Nanak, even the pretended saint who practiseth such things,
shall go bound to hell.
All impurity consisteth in superstition and attachment
to worldly things.
Birth and death are ordained; as it pleaseth God, we come
and go.
The eating and drinking which God sent as sustenance
are pure.
Nanak, the pious persons who know God have no
impurity.
Pauri XVIII
Magnify and praise the True Guru in whom there is all greatness.
If the Guru cause us to meet God, we shall behold His greatness.
If it please the Guru, he will cause God's praises to dwell in the heart.
He putteth his hand on our foreheads; and when he
giveth the order, removeth evil from within us.
When God is pleased the nine treasures are obtained.
Slok XIX
The Brahman having first purified himself sitteth in a
purified square.
The purified food is placed before him; no one may
touch it.
Being thus purified, he beginneth to eat and read Sanskrit
verses.
If it is thrown into a filthy place; whose fault is that?
The corn was holy, the water was holy, the fire and salt
were holy; when the fifth ingredient, ghi,[1] was added,
Then the food became holy.
When the food entereth a sinful body, it becometh impure as if spat upon.
The mouth which uttereth not the Name, and eateth even
delicacies without the Name,
Consider, O Nanak, as if spat upon.
- ↑ Clarified butter, always deemed pure by Hindus and kindred sects.
