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After a short stay with the holy men with whom he had recently been consorting, the Guru, in company with Mardana, pr…
When subsequently Malik Bhago heard of the Guru s absence from the feast, he ordered him to be produced. Bhago inquir…
After this the Guru and Mardana proceeded to a solitary forest, nowhere entering a village or tarrying on the bank of…
Mardana subsequently received an order to go to another village. He there also received great homage. The villagers c…
The Guru and Mardana are said to have visited a notorious robber called Shaikh Sajjan. With extreme impartiality he h…
Shaikh Sajjan, on hearing this warning and heart-searching hymn, came to his right understanding. He knew that all th…
The Guru, hearing of a religious fair at Kurkhetar near Thanesar, in the present district of Ambala, on the occasion …
Man is first conceived in flesh, he dwelleth in flesh. When he quickeneth, he obtaineth a mouth of flesh; his bone, s…
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Fools wrangle about flesh, but know not divine knowledge or meditation on God. They know not what is flesh, or what i…
The Guru succeeded in making many converts at Kurkhetar. When departing, he thus addressed his Sikhs: 'Live in harmon…
The Guru next visited Hardwar in pursuance of his mission. A great crowd was assembled from the four cardinal points …
The Guru then asked how far distant their ancestors were. A learned man among them replied that their ancestors were …
The Guru after a little time again broke silence, and said, 'The Hindus are going to hell. Death will seize and merci…
The Guru, requiring fire to cook his food, went into a Brahman's cooking-square for it. The Brahman charged him with …
Evil mindedness is a low woman, cruelty a butcher’s wife, a slanderous heart a sweeper woman, wrath which ruineth the…
While at Hardwar the Brahmans pressed the Guru to return to his allegiance to the Hindu religion. They pointed out th…
Guru Nanak and Mardana departed thence, and proceeded to Panipat, a place famous in Indian history as the scene of th…
The Shaikh, on arriving, asked the Guru what religious denomination his head-dress denoted, and why he did not shave …
When man hath shaved his mind he hath shaved his head; Without shaving his mind he findeth not the way. Let him cut o…
The Shaikh then asked the Guru to what religious sect he belonged. The Guru replied:—
Under the instructions of my Guru I remain His disciple. My stole and my hat consist in grasping the Word in my heart…
The Shaikh next inquired to what sect the Guru's loin-cloth belonged. The Guru replied:—
By the word and instruction of the Guru my mind hath obtained peace; I restrain my five senses and abide apart from t…
Then again the Shaikh desired to know what sect the Guru s slippers denoted. The Guru replied:—
By associating with those who go the right way I have obtained all knowledge. I have reduced my mind to the caste of …
Again the Shaikh said, 'Explain to me what a darwesh is. The Guru, ordering Mardana to play the rebeck, composed the …
He who while he liveth is dead, while he waketh is asleep, who knowingly alloweth himself to be plundered, And who ha…
The Shaikh finally said, 'Well done! why make a further examination of him who beareth witness to God? Even to behold…
Guru Nanak journeyed on and arrived in Dihli. An elephant belonging to the reigning sovereign Ibrahim Lodi had just d…
It is He (pointing on high) who destroyeth and destroying re-animateth; Nanak, there is none but the one God.
The animal then died, the inference of the chroniclers being that it died at the will of the Guru, as it had been pre…
Nanak is hungry for God, and careth for naught besides. I ask for God, I ask for nothing else.
The king returned to his palace, and the Guru continued his wanderings.
The Guru next proceeded to Bindraban, where he saw enacted the play called Krishanlila, in which the exploits of Kris…
The disciples play, the gurus dance, Shake their feet, and roll their heads. Dust flieth and falleth on their hair; T…
Nanak, they who have the fear of God in their hearts have also love.