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Rh Who knoweth another's pain? I think of no one but God. O inaccessible, imperceptible, unseen, and boundless God, take thought for me. Thou fillest sea and land, the upper and lower regions; Thy light is in every heart. My faculty of learning and my understanding are all Thine; I have built my heart as a temple to Thee. I know none but Thee, O my Lord; I ever sing Thy praises. Men and lower animals all seek Thy protection; all anxiety for them resteth with Thee. What pleaseth Thee is good; this is Nanak's sole representation.

The Guru counsels disregard of mammon:—

What name shall I repeat except that of the Lord of the world? Under the Guru's instruction God's court is seen in one's own home. They who are attached to mammon shall regret it; They shall go in fetters to Death's gate and suffer trans migration. What have they brought, and what shall they take away? They shall receive blows from the god of death on the head. No one can be emancipated without the Guru's instruction. No one can be saved by the practice of hypocrisy.

Heartfelt devotion is superior to all offerings and ablutions:—

On the tenth day of the lunar month repeat the Name as your offerings and ablutions. Night and day lave yourselves in the attributes and knowledge of the True One.