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106 Why art thou attached to thy family ? everything is short-lived as the flowers of the garden. Why ever speak of thy property ? Long for the God who gave it thee. Thou must assuredly depart and leave thy lakhs and karors. Having wandered among the eighty-four lakhs of existences, thou hast at last obtained human life so difficult to obtain. Nanak, remember thou the Name ; the day of thy departure is near. While life remains learn wise conduct :- O body, as long as the soul thy companion is with thee, so long thou livest happily. When thy companion depart eth, thou shalt be blended with the dust. If thou have felt love of God and a desire to behold Him, blest shall be thine abode. As long as the soul dwelleth with thee, every one will say Sir, Sir, to thee ; But when it departeth no one will care for thee. Serve thy Bridegroom in thy father s house, and thou shalt abide in happiness in thy father-in-law's. Having met the Guru, learn wise conduct ; and sorrow shall never befall thee. All must go to their father-in-law's ; God taketh every one away. Nanak, blest is that happy wife who loveth the Bridegroom.

Some moral injunctions :- Store up God s wealth, worship the true Guru, and renounce all sin. Remember that God who made and adorned thee, and thou shalt be saved. O man, repeat the name of the one eternal God, Who gave thee soul, mind, and body, and who is the support of the heart.