LIFE OF GURU NANAK
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- Repeat the name of Him by whose worship thou shalt obtain happiness in His court.
- In the next world thou canst in no wise enforce thine authority; every one shall fare according to his acts.
- Remember the Lord, my brethren, every one must depart.
- That which pleaseth the Omnipotent shall come to pass; this world is an illusion.
- The true Creator pervadeth sea and land, the nether regions, and the firmament.
- The true Creator is invisible, unequalled; His limit cannot be found.
- Profitable is their advent into this world who have meditated with their whole hearts upon Him.
- The Adorner by His order demolisheth and again constructeth.
- That which pleaseth the Omnipotent shall come to pass; this world is an illusion.
- Saith Nanak, O Father, they shall be considered to have wept who weep through love.
- If men weep for the sake of worldly things, all their weeping, O Father, shall be in vain:
- All their weeping shall be in vain; the world is not mindful of God, and weepeth for mammon.
- They know not good from evil, and thus lose their human lives.
- All who come into this world must depart; false are you who practise pride.
- Saith Nanak, men shall be considered to have wept, O Father, if they weep through love.[1]
After this the assembled crowd began to sing songs of mourning, and the Guru fell into a trance. When he awoke therefrom, his sons, on seeing a stranger appointed to succeed their father, inquired what provision had been made for themselves. Guru Nanak replied, 'O my sons, God giveth to His creatures; you shall obtain food and clothing in
- ↑ Wadhans, Alāhaniān.
