Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak pronunciation was the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated world-wide as Guru Nanak Gurpurab on Kartik Pooranmashi, the full-moon day in the month of Katak, October–November...
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth15 April 1469
CityPunjab, Pakistan
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Then having caused the crimes, which they committed by their several actions, to be proclaimed in accordance with the facts, the king shall duly punish them according to their strength and their crimes.
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Throughout the ages, know Him as the One.
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I will fully declare what result the giver obtains after death, if he gives food, destined for the gods or manes, to a man who is unworthy to sit in the company.
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Nanak knows this Truth, that the Lord is not separate from His Saints.
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Those humble beings engage in the Lord s trade, who have the jewel of such pre ordained destiny upon their foreheads.
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Those who are appointed to guard provinces and his vassals who have been ordered ,to help , he shall speedily punish like thieves, ,if they remain inactive in attacks ,by robbers .
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That soul bride who is adorned with Truth is imbued with her Lord s Love, in peace and poise.
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Very fortunate is that bride who focuses her consciousness on Him, her Lord s Love is so sweet to her.
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The ornaments which may have been worn by women during their husbands lifetime, his heirs shall not divide, those who divide them become outcasts.
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Those two creatures, who are born of wives of other men, cause to the giver the loss of the rewards , both in this life and after death, for the food sacred to gods or manes which has been given to them .
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During fifteen years the manes do not eat ,the food of that man who disdains a ,freely offered gift , nor does the fire carry his offerings ,to the gods .
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A son whom a damsel secretly bears in the house of her father, one shall name the son of an unmarried damsel and declare such offspring of an unmarried girl ,to belong to him who weds her ,afterwards .
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You shall enjoy your Husband Lord forever, O perishable bride, and obtain an abode in the home of your own inner being.
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Those who worship in adoration the Name of the Lord, their pain, doubt and fear are dispelled.