He who hath not God in his heart and whose conduct is not according to the Word,

Shall be bound at Death's gate and punished for his sins.

Men call themselves Teachers, Pandits, and Missars;[1]

But they who are tinctured with mammon shall not reach God's mansion.

He who by the Guru's favour hath the support of the Name,

Is unequalled amongst millions.

One man appeareth evil and another good; but they are both contained in the True One:

The learned man understandeth this by the aid of the true Guru.

A few holy men who know the one God,

Have ended their transmigration, and become absorbed in Him.

They in whose hearts is the one God,

Possess all excellences and meditate on the truth.

They who act as pleaseth the Guru

Are true, O Nanak, and shall be absorbed in the True One.

The following was addressed to a rich sinner who visited the Guru:--

O silly man, as thou camest so shalt thou depart; as thou wert born so shalt thou die;

As thy enjoyment so shall be thy suffering; through forgetfulness of the Name thou shalt fall into the terrible ocean.

Thou art proud on beholding thy beauty and wealth.

Thou hast extended thy love to gold and woman; why hast thou forgotten the Name and gone astray?

[1. A title applied to Brahmans by Hindus.]

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Not having practised continence, truth, self-restraint, or virtue, thou shalt suffer in the skeleton of a ghost.

Alms-gifts, ablutions, and austerities are of no avail without association with the saints, thou hast been born in vain.

Through the covetousness that attacheth to thee thou hast forgotten the Name; thy life hath been wasted in transmigration.

Death will hasten to seize thee by the hair and punish thee; and, when he eateth thee, thou shalt have no consciousness for repentance.

Day and night thou revilest others and art jealous of them; the Name is not in thy heart, and thou hast not universal benevolence.

Without the Guru's instruction thou shalt not obtain salvation or honour; without God's name thou shalt go to hell.

Thou practisest disguise for a brief period like a conjurer, while thou art steeped in worldly love and sin.

Seeing the extension of thy wealth here and there, thou hast become intoxicated with worldly love.

Thou committest sin on a large scale, and without remembering the Word hast fallen into error.

Thou hast suffered great pain from the disease of pride; but it shall depart when thou receivest the Guru's instruction.

The infidel seeing happiness and wealth coming to him becometh proud in his heart.

He who owneth this body and wealth will take them back; he who feeleth anxiety regarding them shall have sorrow.

At the last moment nothing shall depart with thee whatever is seen is the result of God's kindness.