Without understanding this every one shall be disgraced,

[1. Who calls to prayer from the top of a mosque.]

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'Nanak, the man who listeneth to the Guru's instruction shall be saved.

'They who delight not in the Word and who love not God's name,

'Speak offensively with their tongues, and shall ever be disgraced.

'Nanak, they act according to their destiny which none can erase.'

RAG BILAWAL

It would not redound to God's glory to call Him by the names of the Hindu incarnations.

Thou art an emperor; if I call Thee lord, how will that be to Thy greatness?

If Thou inspire me, I will praise Thee, O Lord; I am foolish myself and can say nothing.

Give me understanding to sing Thy praises,

That I may abide in truth according to Thy will.

All that there is cometh from Thee; Thou lovest all.

I know not Thy limit, O my Lord; what skill have 1, a blind man?

What shall I say? while talking I see that I cannot describe the Indescribable.

I speak as it pleaseth Thee; and this is only in the smallest degree for Thy greatness.

Among so many dogs I, a strange dog, bark for my belly's sake.

Even though Nanak perform no service, he will still bear his Master's name.

The Guru's faith in God.

My body I have clothed with a Qalandar's dress, I have turned my heart into a temple, and I bathe in that place of pilgrimage.

The one word dwelleth in my heart, and I shall not be born again.

My soul is pierced by the Compassionate One; O my mother,

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Who knoweth another's pain?

I think of no one but God.

O inaccessible, imperceptible, unseen, and boundless God, take thought for me.

Thou fillest sea and land, the upper and lower regions Thy light is in every heart.

My faculty of learning and my understanding are all Thine; I have built my heart as a temple to Thee.

I know none but Thee, O my Lord; I ever sing Thy praises.

Men and lower animals all seek Thy protection; all anxiety for them resteth with Thee.

What pleaseth Thee is good; this is Nanak's sole representation.

LUNAR DAYS

The Guru counsels disregard of mammon:--

What name shall I repeat except that of the Lord of the world?

Under the Guru's instruction God's court is seen in one's own home.

They who are attached to mammon shall regret it

They shall go in fetters to Death's gate and suffer transmigration.

What have they brought, and what shall they take away?

They shall receive blows from the god of death on the head.

No one can be emancipated without the Guru's instruction.

No one can be saved by the practice of hypocrisy.

Heartfelt devotion is superior to all offerings and ablutions:--