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Rh If sandal be rubbed on a donkey, he will still roll in the dust. Nanak, by spinning falsehood the web of falsehood is woven. False is the cloth therefrom and its measurement; false the raiment and the pride thereof. The repetition of God's name is superior to the call of the Muazzin or the horn of the Jogi, Whether the Muazzin repeateth the call to prayer or the Jogi bloweth horns, and the bards join the chorus, Some are givers, others are beggars; to me Thy name alone is acceptable. Nanak, I am a sacrifice to those who have heard and accepted it.

The following sloks in the Suhi ki War contain miscellaneous instruction and reflections of the Guru:—

I am a sacrifice to those whose words consist of God's praises. Every night is for the married woman; let me who am separated from Thee, O God, obtain even one night.

They who have not obtained the sweets of love or the delights of the Bridegroom, Are like the guest of an empty house who goeth as he cometh. A curse on the lives of those who eat to distend their bellies Nanak, without the true Name all love is turned into hate.

You say, O Pandits—'As darkness is dispelled when a lamp is lighted, 'So by reading the Veds sinful inclinations are destroyed.' I say, 'When the sun riseth, the moon is not seen. 'Where divine knowledge appeareth mental ignorance is dispelled. 'You, O Pandits, read the Veds and study them, 'But the reading of the Veds is a secular occupation. 'Without understanding this every one shall be disgraced,