He who made men assigned them different positions; He sitteth apart alone and regardeth them. True is the Lord, true His decision, true the justice He meteth out as an example.
Bodies shall be cut like shreds of cloth ; Hindustan will remember what I say.
They shall come in 78, depart in 97, and then shall rise another disciple of a hero.[1]
Nanak uttereth the word of the True One, and will proclaim the truth at the True One s appointed time. [2]
Lalo asked the Guru what he meant by saying that God had assigned men different positions. The Guru replied as follows :
God can cause lions, hawks, kestrels, and falcons to eat grass ;
And the animals which eat grass He can cause to eat meat such a custom can He establish.
He can cause hills to appear in rivers, and unfathomable rivers in sandy deserts.
He can appoint a worm to sovereignty, and reduce an army to ashes.
What wonder would it be if God caused to live without breath all the animals which live by breathing ?
Nanak, as it pleaseth the True One, so He giveth us sustenance.[3]
A Brahman came to the Guru, offered him a basket of fruit, and said, My friend, thou art uttering hymns of wrath.’ The Guru replied, Remain not here ; there is a pool three miles distant ; go thither with thy family. All who remain here will be put
- ↑ That is, the Mughals shall come in Sambat 1578, and depart in Sambat 1597 (A.D. 1540). The Sambat year is fifty-seven years in advance of annus Domini. The departing monarch was Humayun. The disciple of a hero is understood to be Sher Shah Sun, vho dispossessed him. This line appears to be an answer to a question put to the Guru by Lalo.
- ↑ Tilang.
- ↑ Majh ki War.
