Guru Angad Dev Ji

to live after he dies is to live a worthless life in this world.

You Yourself created the earth, and the two lamps of the sun and the moon.

You created the fourteen world-shops, in which Your Business is transacted.

The Lord bestows His Profits on those who become Gurmukh.

The Messenger of Death does not touch those who drink in the True Ambrosial Nectar.

They themselves are saved, along with their family, and all those who follow them are saved as well.

Chop off that head which does not bow to the Lord.

O Nanak, that human body, in which there is no pain of separation from the Lord-take that body and burn it.

They prefer the gift, instead of the Giver; such is the way of the self-willed manmukhs.

What can anyone say about their intelligence, their understanding or their cleverness?

The deeds which one commits, while sitting in one's own home, are known far and wide, in the four directions.

One who lives righteously is known as righteous; one who commits sins is known as a sinner.

You Yourself enact the entire play, O Creator. Why should we speak of any other? ijc{ qyrI joiq iqc{ joqI ivic qUM bolih ivxu joqI koeé ikCu kirhu idKw isAwxIAY ] (138-15, mwJ, mhlw 2) As long as Your Light is within the body, You speak through that Light. Without Your Light, who can do anything? Show me any such cleverness!

O Nanak, the Lord alone is Perfect and All-knowing; He is revealed to the Gurmukh.

You Yourself created the world, and You Yourself put it to work.

Administering the drug of emotional attachment, You Yourself have led the world astray.

The fire of desire is deep within; unsatisfied, people remain hungry and thirsty.

This world is an illusion; it dies and it is re-born-it comes and it goes in reincarnation.

Without the True Guru, emotional attachment is not broken. All have grown weary of performing empty rituals.

Those who follow the Guru's Teachings meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Filled with a joyful peace, they surrender to Your Will.