66 passages · ~10 min read
Tap any verse to open it — original, meaning & audio.
The Guru then departed for Pasrur, and thence to Sialkot, the fortress of the Sial tribe, now a can tonment in the no…
Friendship with Karars is false, and false is its foundation.
Mula saw not whence death would come to him. When his work was accomplished in Sialkot, the Guru proceeded to the sou…
The first name is that of God, the second that of the Prophet.
O Nanak, if thou repeat the Creed, thou shalt find acceptance in God s court.
The Guru replied : The first name is that of God ; how many prophets are at His gate ! O Shaikh, form good intentions…
The Guru continued : Mian Mitha, at God s gate there is no room for a prophet. He who dwelleth there is God alone. Mi…
Act according to the Quran and thy sacred books. Put the wick of fear into thy body; Burn in it the knowledge of trut…
And, saith Nanak, triumphantly swing thine arm. Mian Mitha then put to the Guru the question contained in the first l…
'My brother, salam alaikum! for God's sake tell the truth; how shall man obtain distinction in God's court?' As man s…
Nanak, such things are false, and God alone is true. The sinners who have committed transgressions are bound and led …
Their luggage of sins is so heavy that they cannot lift it.
The steep road ahead is dark, while the executioner walketh behind them.
In front is a sea of fire ; how shall they cross it ? Ravens stand on men s skulls, and peck at them fast as a shower…
The eyes of the sinful shall be torn out ; they shall be come blind, and terrible darkness prevail.
Their ears shall be pressed as if they were the sockets of oil-presses, and storms of filth shall assail their noses.
Their tongues shall be cut out for breaking their promises and forgetting the True One.
They shall cry aloud when their skulls are burning in the fire.
No one can save the ignorant man who is covetous and hath no priest ;
But they whose demerits are pardoned through their merits shall be, O Nanak, of the elect.
As sesame is heated and pressed, or cotton carded by means of a thong, so shall sinners be punished.
Like paper they shall be beaten with mallets, and put into presses;
They shall be heated like iron; they shall burn and cry aloud;
The wretched beings heads shall be taken up with tongs and placed on anvils, On which they shall be beaten with hamme…
Nanak, without the true Name they shall have no rest either in this world or the next.
Iron spikes shall be driven into their feet, and the sun shall burn their heads.
They who are captivated with the strange woman s flesh, shall lose their manhood and their honour ;
They shall be bound to a heated pillar, and no one will go near them ;
They shall be unloosed and again tied to it ; they shall repent and implore pity
Everybody, Nanak, is an enemy of the sinner
They shall be put into a furnace and bodkins of fire thrust into their eyes ;
They shall be burnt by sand under which fire hath been kindled ;
They shall be roasted in a caldron like rice, and shall then crackle and make a report.
God Himself pardoneth, O Nanak ; whom else shall we address ?
As the juice of sugar-cane is expressed by putting great weight on it,
So man is weighed down by eating, drinking, dressing, and pleasures which degrade his mind.
An account shall be demanded from the soul which hath dealt in such things.
Feet and legs perform the duties the soul ordereth them.
The tongue which tasted sinful savours shall stand up in court and cry out against the soul ;
The ears shall also depose that it is the soul which is false and deceitful.
The nose and eyes shall also plead not guilty, and it is the poor soul which shall suffer.
The soul under arrest in Death s court pleadeth, It is the senses which have led the whole world astray :
'The senses united have thrown man into misery as the smith putteth iron on the anvil.'
1 Dharmraj, the Pluto of Greek mythology. Nanak, he who meeteth not the true Guru and obtaineth not divine knowledge,…
The soul shall be filed seventy times like an arrow ;
It shall be melted like gold in a mould ; O soul, thou shalt suffer for what thou hast done.
The soul shall have to bear a prodigious saddle and be driven like a steed.
Nanak, it shall be bound by Death, and have to suffer transmigration again and again.
How many enemies shall it have on sea and land ! the forests and glades shall cause it to suffer.
Every house shall bear it enmity ; Nanak, the real thing is to meditate on the Eternal.
Death with the three bloodshot and terrible eyes shall lie in wait for the soul.
The whole world is Death s provender ; merciless is the god of death.
He seizeth men, Nanak, and hurrieth them away in obedience to the Commander.
My body is before Thee ; Thou art Master ; Thou mayest preserve or destroy it.
There shall be no mother, father, kinsman, wife, or brother,
Son, or wealth to assist us ; how shall we have consolation ?
There shall be no quiver, or bow, or shield, or sword to protect us,
But a seething caldron day and night ; consider this under the Guru s instruction.
Make honesty thy steed, truth thy saddle, continence thine equestrian armour ;
The five virtues 1 thine arrows, and truth thy sword and shield.
Nanak, pious men who have truth in their hearts, shall obtain honour in God s court.
1 Contentment, compassion, piety, patience, morality. The list of the five virtues is somewhat arbitrary. Truth is ge…
He who turneth from God shall pine away and die; the True One is ever the Pardoner. Mian Mitha then spoke: 'What is t…
Nashihat Nama
The present are favoured; the absent are not. Faith is a friend, want of faith an infidel; Pride is ruin, wrath is un…
Is, O Nanak, called a wise man. Upon this the Guru and Mian Mitha separated.