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256 True is the teaching of the Guru whose words are nectar; my heart is satisfied therewith.

Man marcheth off to a place of pilgrimage and returneth laden with sin, while, if he had remained under the Guru's instruction, he would have found the True One.

There should be no end to speaking of God; He is the storekeeper of devotion and everywhere diffused.

Nanak maketh a true representation—it is he who cleanseth his heart who is pure.

To this the Guru added the following hymn of his

The Guru continued: ‘Even if one go on a pilgrimage, the Name ought to be praised. Indeed, it is by praising the Name all advantages, whether temporal or spiritual, are obtained; and it was for the magnification of the Name places of pilgrimages were established on spots frequented by great Rikhis and Munis who had spent their days in that form of devotion. On the other hand, making pilgrimages involveth great sufferings and ruffleth