1288 : 1379
One whose pre-ordained destiny is activated, comes to know the True Lord.

1288 : 1380
By God's Command, it is ordained. When the mortal goes, he knows.

1288 : 1381
Realize the Word of the Shabad, and cross over the terrifying world-ocean.

1288 : 1382
Thieves, adulterers and gamblers are pressed like seeds in the mill.

1288 : 1383
Slanderers and gossipers are hand-cuffed.

1288 : 1384
The Gurmukh is absorbed in the True Lord, and is famous in the Court of the Lord. ||21||

1288 : 1385
Shalok, Second Mehl:

1288 : 1386
The beggar is known as an emperor, and the fool is known as a religious scholar.

1288 : 1387
The blind man is known as a seer; this is how people talk.

1288 : 1388
The trouble-maker is called a leader, and the liar is seated with honor.

1288 : 1389
O Nanak, the Gurmukhs know that this is justice in the Dark Age of Kali Yuga. ||1||

1288 : 1390
First Mehl:

1288 : 1391
Deer, falcons and government officials are known to be trained and clever.

1288 : 1392
When the trap is set, they trap their own kind; hereafter they will find no place of rest.

1288 : 1393
He alone is learned and wise, and he alone is a scholar, who practices the Name.

1288 : 1394
First, the tree puts down its roots, and then it spreads out its shade above.

1288 : 1395
The kings are tigers, and their officials are dogs;

1288 : 1396
they go out and awaken the sleeping people to harass them.

1288 : 1397
The public servants inflict wounds with their nails.

1288 : 1398
The dogs lick up the blood that is spilled.

1288 : 1399
But there, in the Court of the Lord, all beings will be judged.

1288 : 1400
Those who have violated the people's trust will be disgraced; their noses will be cut off. ||2||

1288 : 1401
Pauree:

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He Himself creates the world, and He himself takes care of it.

1288 : 1403
Without the Fear of God, doubt is not dispelled, and love for the Name is not embraced.

1288 : 1404
Through the True Guru, the Fear of God wells up, and the Door of Salvation is found.

1288 : 1405
Through the Fear of God, intuitive ease is obtained, and one's light merges into the Light of the Infinite.

1288 : 1406
Through the Fear of God, the terrifying world-ocean is crossed over, reflecting on the Guru's Teachings.

1288 : 1407
Through the Fear of God, the Fearless Lord is found; He has no end or limitation.

1288 : 1408
The self-willed manmukhs do not appreciate the value of the Fear of God. Burning in desire, they weep and wail.

1288 : 1409
O Nanak, through the Name, peace is obtained, by enshrining the Guru's Teachings within the heart. ||22||

1288 : 1410
Shalok, First Mehl:

1288 : 1411
Beauty and sexual desire are friends; hunger and tasty food are tied together.

1288 : 1412
Greed is bound up in its search for wealth, and sleep will use even a tiny space as a bed.

1288 : 1413
Anger barks and brings ruin on itself, blindly pursuing useless conflicts.

1288 : 1414
It is good to be silent, O Nanak; without the Name, one's mouth spews forth only filth. ||1||

1288 : 1415
First Mehl:

1288 : 1416
Royal power, wealth, beauty, social status and youth are the five thieves.

1288 : 1417
These thieves have plundered the world; no one's honor has been spared.

1288 : 1418
But these thieves themselves are robbed, by those who fall at the Guru's Feet.

1288 : 1419
O Nanak, the multitudes who do not have good karma are plundered. ||2||

1288 : 1420
Pauree:

1288 : 1421
The learned and educated are called to account for their actions.

1288 : 1422
Without the Name, they are judged false; they become miserable and suffer hardship.

1288 : 1423
Their path becomes treacherous and difficult, and their way is blocked.

1288 : 1424
Through the Shabad, the Word of the True and Independent Lord God, one becomes content.

1288 : 1425
The Lord is deep and profound and unfathomable; His depth cannot be measured.

1288 : 1426
Without the Guru, the mortals are beaten and punched in the face and the mouth, and no one is released.

1288 : 1427
Chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, one returns to his true home with honor.

1288 : 1428
Know that the Lord, by the Hukam of His Command, gives sustenance and the breath of life. ||23||