144 : 2148
You alone, Lord, You alone. ||2||

144 : 2149
First Mehl:

144 : 2150
Neither the just, nor the generous, nor any humans at all, nor the seven realms beneath the earth, shall remain.

144 : 2151
The One Lord alone exists. Who else is there?

144 : 2152
You alone, Lord, You alone. ||3||

144 : 2153
First Mehl:

144 : 2154
Neither the sun, nor the moon, nor the planets, nor the seven continents, nor the oceans, nor food, nor the wind-nothing is permanent.

144 : 2155
You alone, Lord, You alone. ||4||

144 : 2156
First Mehl:

144 : 2157
Our sustenance is not in the hands of any person.

144 : 2158
The hopes of all rest in the One Lord.

144 : 2159
The One Lord alone exists-who else is there?

144 : 2160
You alone, Lord, You alone. ||5||

144 : 2161
First Mehl:

144 : 2162
The birds have no money in their pockets.

144 : 2163
They place their hopes on trees and water.

144 : 2164
He alone is the Giver.

144 : 2165
You alone, Lord, You alone. ||6||

144 : 2166
First Mehl:

144 : 2167
O Nanak, that destiny which is pre-ordained and written on one's forehead

144 : 2168
-no one can erase it.

144 : 2169
The Lord infuses strength, and He takes it away again.

144 : 2170
You alone, O Lord, You alone. ||7||

144 : 2171
Pauree:

144 : 2172
True is the Hukam of Your Command. To the Gurmukh, it is known.

144 : 2173
Through the Guru's Teachings, selfishness and conceit are eradicated, and the Truth is realized.

144 : 2174
True is Your Court. It is proclaimed and revealed through the Word of the Shabad.

144 : 2175
Meditating deeply on the True Word of the Shabad, I have merged into the Truth.

144 : 2176
The self-willed manmukhs are always false; they are deluded by doubt.

144 : 2177
They dwell in manure, and they do not know the taste of the Name.

144 : 2178
Without the Name, they suffer the agonies of coming and going.

144 : 2179
O Nanak, the Lord Himself is the Appraiser, who distinguishes the counterfeit from the genuine. ||13||

144 : 2180
Shalok, First Mehl:

144 : 2181
Tigers, hawks, falcons and eagles-the Lord could make them eat grass.

144 : 2182
And those animals which eat grass-He could make them eat meat. He could make them follow this way of life.

144 : 2183
He could raise dry land from the rivers, and turn the deserts into bottomless oceans.

144 : 2184
He could appoint a worm as king, and reduce an army to ashes.

144 : 2185
All beings and creatures live by breathing, but He could keep us alive, even without the breath.

144 : 2186
O Nanak, as it pleases the True Lord, He gives us sustenance. ||1||

144 : 2187
First Mehl:

144 : 2188
Some eat meat, while others eat grass.

144 : 2189
Some have all the thirty-six varieties of delicacies,

144 : 2190
while others live in the dirt and eat mud.

144 : 2191
Some control the breath, and regulate their breathing.

144 : 2192
Some live by the Support of the Naam, the Name of the Formless Lord.

144 : 2193
The Great Giver lives; no one dies.

144 : 2194
O Nanak, those who do not enshrine the Lord within their minds are deluded. ||2||

144 : 2195
Pauree:

144 : 2196
By the karma of good actions, some come to serve the Perfect Guru.

144 : 2197
Through the Guru's Teachings, some eliminate selfishness and conceit, and meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

144 : 2198
Undertaking any other task, they waste their lives in vain.

144 : 2199
Without the Name, all that they wear and eat is poison.

144 : 2200
Praising the True Word of the Shabad, they merge with the True Lord.

144 : 2201
Without serving the True Guru, they do not obtain the home of peace; they are consigned to reincarnation, over and over again.

144 : 2202
Investing counterfeit capital, they earn only falsehood in the world.

144 : 2203
O Nanak, singing the Praises of the Pure, True Lord, they depart with honor. ||14||

144 : 2204
Shalok, First Mehl:

144 : 2205
When it pleases You, we play music and sing; when it pleases You, we bathe in water.