There is no impurity in corn, there is no impurity in ablution;[1]
There is no impurity in rain which falleth everywhere;
There is no impurity in earth, there is no impurity in water;
There is no impurity contained in air.
There are no virtues, Nanak, in the man who is without a guru.
It is he who turneth away from God whose mouth is impure.
The Guru mentions things which confer purity on men of different classes:—
Nanak, the following handfuls[2] of water are pure if any one know how to fill them—
Divine knowledge for the Pandit, continence for the Jogi
Contentment for the Brahman, alms out of what he hath
himself earned for the family man,[3]
Justice for the king, meditation on the True One for the learned.
Although water when drunk will quench thirst, the heart cannot be washed with it.
Water is the generator of the world, and shall finally destroy everything.
The futility of idolatry:—
Thou in thy house keepest an idol with its attendant gods:[4]
Thou washest it and worshippest it;
Thou offerest it kungu, sandal, and flowers;
Thou fallest at its feet and propitiatest it to the utmost;
Yet it is by continually begging of men thou clothest and supportest thyself.
- ↑ As supposed by the Jains, who avoid water.
- ↑ Chuli, as much water as can be taken in one hand. Water is taken in handfuls by Hindus and drunk as grace before and some times after meals accompanied by sacred texts. Hindus also use water in the same way when taking solemn oaths.
- ↑ As contradistinguished from the almsgiving of thieves out of their plunder.
- ↑ Such as Lakhshmi, Garur, Ganesh, &c.
