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272 If the True Guru be met, true love shall not sunder, And the wealth of divine knowledge of the three worlds shall be obtained. If any one acquire virtue, he will not forget the Pure Name. The birds which peck on sea and land have played and gone away. Man must depart in a ghari or two ; his enjoyment is only for to-day or to-morrow. He whom Thou blendest with Thyself shall be blended with Thee, and shall take his place in the true arena. Without the Guru love is not produced, and the filth of pride departeth not. He who recognizeth God in himself, and knoweth the secret of the Word, shall be satisfied : But when man recognizeth himself through the Guru’s instruction, what more remaineth for him to do ? Why speak of meeting God ? Man hath met Him already, but it is only on receiving the Word he is satisfied. The perverse obtain not understanding ; separated from God they suffer punishment. For Nanak there is but the gate of the one God ; there is no other refuge.

It is said the following was addressed by the Guru, during his pilgrimage to the east, to a Raja called Harbans :—

Man is led astray by the reading of words ; ritualists are very proud. What availeth it to bathe at a place of pilgrimage, if the filth of pride be in the heart ? Who but the Guru can explain that the King and Emperor dwelleth in the heart ? All men err ; it is only the great Creator who erreth not. He who admonisheth his heart under the Guru’s instruction shall love the Lord.