1244 : 1776
The Vedas are only merchants; spiritual wisdom is the capital; by His Grace, it is received.

1244 : 1777
O Nanak, without capital, no one has ever departed with profit. ||2||

1244 : 1778
Pauree:

1244 : 1779
You can water a bitter neem tree with ambrosial nectar.

1244 : 1780
You can feed a venomous snake lots of milk.

1244 : 1781
The self-willed manmukh is resistant; he cannot be softened. You might as well water a stone.

1244 : 1782
Irrigating a poisonous plant with ambrosial nectar, only poisonous fruit is obtained.

1244 : 1783
O Lord, please unite Nanak with the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, so that he may be rid of all poison. ||16||

1244 : 1784
Shalok, First Mehl:

1244 : 1785
Death does not ask the time; it does not ask the date or the day of the week.

1244 : 1786
Some have packed up, and some who have packed up have gone.

1244 : 1787
Some are severely punished, and some are taken care of.

1244 : 1788
They must leave their armies and drums, and their beautiful mansions.

1244 : 1789
O Nanak, the pile of dust is once again reduced to dust. ||1||

1244 : 1790
First Mehl:

1244 : 1791
O Nanak, the pile shall fall apart; the fortress of the body is made of dust.

1244 : 1792
The thief has settled within you; O soul, your life is false. ||2||

1244 : 1793
Pauree:

1244 : 1794
Those who are filled with vicious slander, shall have their noses cut, and be shamed.

1244 : 1795
They are totally ugly, and always in pain. Their faces are blackened by Maya.

1244 : 1796
They rise early in the morning, to cheat and steal from others; they hide from the Lord's Name.

1244 : 1797
O Dear Lord, let me not even associate with them; save me from them, O my Sovereign Lord King.

1244 : 1798
O Nanak, the self-willed manmukhs act according to their past deeds, producing nothing but pain. ||17||

1244 : 1799
Shalok, Fourth Mehl:

1244 : 1800
Everyone belongs to our Lord and Master. Everyone came from Him.

1244 : 1801
Only by realizing the Hukam of His Command, is Truth obtained.

1244 : 1802
The Gurmukh realizes his own self; no one appears evil to him.

1244 : 1803
O Nanak, the Gurmukh meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Fruitful is his coming into the world. ||1||

1244 : 1804
Fourth Mehl:

1244 : 1805
He Himself is the Giver of all; He unites all with Himself.

1244 : 1806
O Nanak, they are united with the Word of the Shabad; serving the Lord, the Great Giver, they shall never be separated from Him again. ||2||

1244 : 1807
Pauree:

1244 : 1808
Peace and tranquility fill the heart of the Gurmukh; the Name wells up within them.

1244 : 1809
Chanting and meditation, penance and self-discipline, and bathing at sacred shrines of pilgrimage - the merits of these come by pleasing my God.

1244 : 1810
So serve the Lord with a pure heart; singing His Glorious Praises, you shall be embellished and exalted.

1244 : 1811
My Dear Lord is pleased by this; he carries the Gurmukh across.

1244 : 1812
O Nanak, the Gurmukh is merged with the Lord; he is embellished in His Court. ||18||

1244 : 1813
Shalok, First Mehl:

1244 : 1814
Thus speaks the wealthy man: I should go and get more wealth.

1244 : 1815
Nanak becomes poor on that day when he forgets the Lord's Name. ||1||

1244 : 1816
First Mehl:

1244 : 1817
The sun rises and sets, and the lives of all run out.

1244 : 1818
The mind and body experience pleasures; one loses, and another wins.

1244 : 1819
Everyone is puffed up with pride; even after they are spoken to, they do not stop.

1244 : 1820
O Nanak, the Lord Himself sees all; when He takes the air out of the balloon, the body falls. ||2||

1244 : 1821
Pauree:

1244 : 1822
The treasure of the Name is in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. There, the Lord is found.