In pride man cometh, in pride he departeth;
In pride is man born, in pride he dieth;
In pride he giveth, in pride he taketh;
In pride he earneth, in pride he spendeth;
In pride man becometh true or false;
In pride man meditateth evil or good;
In pride he goeth to hell or heaven;
In pride he rejoiceth, in pride he mourneth;
In pride he becometh filthy, in pride he is cleansed;
In pride man loseth his caste and race;
In pride are the ignorant, in pride the clever;
In pride one knoweth not the value of deliverance or
salvation;
In pride is mammon and in pride its effect on the heart;
In pride are animals created.
When pride is removed, God's gate is seen.
Without divine knowledge manworrieth himself by talking.
Nanak, the Commander hath thus ordained it;
As man regardeth God, so God regardeth him.[1]
It is the nature of pride that it produceth pride.
This pride is a trammel which subjecteth man to repeated
transmigration.
What is the origin of pride, and by what device shall it
depart?
For pride it is ordained that man wander according to
his previous acts.
Pride is a chronic disease, but there is also a medicine
for it in the heart.
If God bestow His grace, man shall avail himself of the
Guru's instruction;
Saith Nanak, hear, O ye men, in this way trouble shall
depart.
- ↑ Also translated—
- (a) Treat men according to their acts.
- (b) Treat others as thou wouldst be treated thyself.
- (a) Treat men according to their acts.
