Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji

: Holy Saadhus: forsake the pride of your mind.

Sexual desire, anger and the company of evil people - run away from them, day and night. ||1||Pause

One who knows that pain and pleasure are both the same, and honor and dishonor as well,

who remains detached from joy and sorrow, realizes the true essence in the world.

Renounce both praise and blame; seek instead the state of Nirvaanaa.

O servant Nanak, this is such a difficult game; only a few Gurmukhs understand it! ||2

Holy Saadhus: the Lord fashioned the creation.

One person passes away, and another thinks that he will live forever - this is a wonder beyond understanding! ||1||Pause

The mortal beings are held in the power of sexual desire, anger and emotional attachment; they have forgotten the Lord, the Immortal Form.

The body is false, but they believe it to be true; it is like a dream in the night.

Whatever is seen, shall all pass away, like the shadow of a cloud.

O servant Nanak, one who knows the world to be unreal, dwells in the Sanctuary of the Lord. ||2

The Praise of the Lord does not come to dwell in the minds of the mortal beings.

Day and night, they remain engrossed in Maya. Tell me, how can they sing God's Glories? ||1||Pause

In this way, they bind themselves to children, friends, Maya and possessiveness.

Like the deer's delusion, this world is false; and yet, beholding it, they chase after it.

Our Lord and Master is the source of pleasures and liberation; and yet, the fool forgets Him.

O servant Nanak, among millions, there is scarcely anyone who attains the Lord's meditation. ||2

Holy Saadhus: this mind cannot be restrained.

Fickle desires dwell with it, and so it cannot remain steady. ||1||Pause