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110 He who made men assigned them different positions; He sitteth apart alone and regardeth them. True is the Lord, true His decision, true the justice He meteth out as an example.

Bodies shall be cut like shreds of cloth ; Hindustan will remember what I say.

They shall come in 78, depart in 97, and then shall rise another disciple of a hero.

Nanak uttereth the word of the True One, and will proclaim the truth at the True One s appointed time.

Lalo asked the Guru what he meant by saying that God had assigned men different positions. The Guru replied as follows :

God can cause lions, hawks, kestrels, and falcons to eat grass ;

And the animals which eat grass He can cause to eat meat such a custom can He establish.

He can cause hills to appear in rivers, and unfathomable rivers in sandy deserts.

He can appoint a worm to sovereignty, and reduce an army to ashes.

What wonder would it be if God caused to live without breath all the animals which live by breathing ?

Nanak, as it pleaseth the True One, so He giveth us sustenance.

A Brahman came to the Guru, offered him a basket of fruit, and said, My friend, thou art uttering hymns of wrath.’ The Guru replied, Remain not here ; there is a pool three miles distant ; go thither with thy family. All who remain here will be put