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APP 1.
ADMONITORY LETTERS OF NANAK
XX
34]
The Nasihat Nama of Nanak, or the Letter to Karun, the Mighty Prince, possessing forty Capital Cities replenished with Treasure.
(Extracts from.)
Alone man comes, alone he goes. When he departs naught .will avail him
(or bear
him
witness) When the reckoning is taken, what answer will he give ? If then only he repents, he shall be punished.
Karun paid no devotions; he kept not faith The world exclaimed he ruled not justly. He was called a Ruler, but he governed not well. :
For the pleasures of the world ensnared him. hell-fire shall torment him.
He plundered the earth
:
Man should do good, so that he be not ashamed.
—
Repent and oppress jiot. Otherwise hell-fire shall seize thee, even in the grave. Holy men. Prophets, Shahs, and Khans,
The mark of not one remaineth in the world; For man is but as the passing shade of the flying bird.
Thou rejoicest in thy Forty Treasures, See, oh people Karun utterly confounded. Nanak pray unto God, and seek God as thy refuge. !
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2.
The Reply of Nanak to Karun, the Lord of Medina.
Nanak went to Mecca; Medina he afterwards visited. The lord of Mecca and Medina, First,
Karun, he made his disciple. When Nanak was about to depart, Karun, the fortunate, thus spoke Now thou art about to go. But when wilt thou return? Then the Guru thus answered When I put on my tenth dress 1 shall be called Gobind Singh; Then shall all Singhs wear their hair; They shall accept the 'Pahal' of the two-edged dagger Then shall the sect of the Khalsa be established: :
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APP 1.
ADMONITORY LETTERS OF NANAK
XX
34]
The Nasihat Nama of Nanak, or the Letter to Karun, the Mighty Prince, possessing forty Capital Cities replenished with Treasure.
(Extracts from.)
Alone man comes, alone he goes. When he departs naught .will avail him
(or bear
him
witness) When the reckoning is taken, what answer will he give ? If then only he repents, he shall be punished.
Karun paid no devotions; he kept not faith The world exclaimed he ruled not justly. He was called a Ruler, but he governed not well. :
For the pleasures of the world ensnared him. hell-fire shall torment him.
He plundered the earth
:
Man should do good, so that he be not ashamed.
—
Repent and oppress jiot. Otherwise hell-fire shall seize thee, even in the grave. Holy men. Prophets, Shahs, and Khans,
The mark of not one remaineth in the world; For man is but as the passing shade of the flying bird.
Thou rejoicest in thy Forty Treasures, See, oh people Karun utterly confounded. Nanak pray unto God, and seek God as thy refuge. !
!
2.
The Reply of Nanak to Karun, the Lord of Medina.
Nanak went to Mecca; Medina he afterwards visited. The lord of Mecca and Medina, First,
Karun, he made his disciple. When Nanak was about to depart, Karun, the fortunate, thus spoke Now thou art about to go. But when wilt thou return? Then the Guru thus answered When I put on my tenth dress 1 shall be called Gobind Singh; Then shall all Singhs wear their hair; They shall accept the 'Pahal' of the two-edged dagger Then shall the sect of the Khalsa be established: :
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