He burneth with the pangs of hunger, and he shall also have misery hereafter.

He who hath not received the Guru's instruction, loseth his honour by his own stupidity.

Some rare man obtaineth God's service by the Guru's teaching.

The Jogi who knoweth the way dwelleth in a peaceful home.

He who is satisfied with the alms of love and the Word beholdeth all men with an equal eye.

[1. Literally--fix thine attention on God.

2. The little raft on which the lamp is placed.]

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The five oxen[1] draw the carriage of the body:

The whole goeth well by the contrivance of God.

When the axle breaketh, the carriage turneth over

Its timber is scattered and it is burnt in the fire.

Meditate, O Jogi, on the Guru's instruction.

Consider weal and woe, union and separation of friends as the same.

Let the Name and meditation on the Guru's instruction be thy dainties.[2]

The wall of thy body shall remain permanent[3] by repeating God's name.

By the practice of sahaj jog thou shalt be freed from entanglements,

And shalt repress lust and wrath under the Guru's admonition.

Make the protection of God and the Guru earrings for thy heart.

Nanak, it is by devotion to God man shall be saved.

ASHTAPADI

God is in man's heart and ought not to be sought for elsewhere:--

O Nanak, may I obtain the greatness of the Name! there is no religious work superior to it.

If man go elsewhere to ask for what he hath at home, he shall be received with reproaches.

It is said that Guru Nanak on his excursion to the Himalayas met a Jogi called Chetnath, who reproached him with not being a Jogi, a Sanyasi, or a saint, but only a pretended guru. The following was Guru Nanak's reply:--

O Jogi, thou buildest a hut and preachest to the world

If, abandoning thy devotional attitudes, thou beg from door to door, how shalt thou obtain the True One?

[1. The five organs of action.

2. Sweets are given to Jogis at the time of their reception into a monastery.

3. There is a belief that the Jogis live for hundreds of years as the result of their austerities.]

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Thou lovest mammon and woman,

And art neither an anchoret nor a worldly man.

O Jogi, keep thy seat,[1] and the pain of thy worldly love shall depart.

Thou art not ashamed to beg from door to door

Thou singest songs, but knowest not thyself.

How shall the great fire which burneth thee be extinguished?

If the love of God attach to thy heart under the Guru's instruction,

Thou shalt easily enjoy the alms of contemplation.

Thou hypocritically appliest ashes to thy body,

And shalt be punished for thy worldliness by Death's mace.

The impure vessel[2] of thy heart cannot hold the alms of love.