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160 The Jogis then asked the Guru if he were an Audhut. The Guru told them what an Audhut ought to be:—

He is a servant of the Guru who restraineth his sexual organs, Whose heart is free from worldly desires, whose words are true, And who receiveth as his alms the glance with which the Merciful One beholdeth him. Know him to be meek whose heart is meek, And whose instruction is the profitable Word. Nanak saith, he is an Audhut Whose mind is not fickle, who goeth not to spectacles, Or to gamble or play chaupar, Who attacheth not his mind to things bad or good, Who weareth on his body whatever is given by the Guru, Who, when he goeth to another’s house, talketh not scandal, Who observeth the restraint put on him by the true Guru, And who receiveth the Guru’s instructions—O holy man, Nanak saith, such a man is an Audhut.

The Jogis then desired to know if he were a Jogi, and the Guru replied:—

To remain seated without support, To collect and restrain the five evil passions, To sleep little and take scant food, To keep guard over the saintly body, To be constant in devotion, penance, self-restraint, and remembrance of God— Nanak saith, these are the marks of a Jogi.

When he speaketh, he uttereth divine wisdom; He day and night waketh in the contemplation of God; He attacheth a string to the vacant sphere, And by the Guru’s favour never dieth. All the gods do obeisance to him