Guru Nanak

The impurity of the mind is greed, and the impurity of the tongue is falsehood. The impurity of the eyes is to gaze upon the beauty of another man's wife, and his wealth. The impurity of the ears is to listen to the slander of others. O Nanak, the mortal's soul goes, bound and gagged to the city of Death. All impurity comes from doubt and attachment to duality. Birth and death are subject to the Command of the Lord's Will; through His Will we come and go.

Asa di Var

Make compassion the cotton, contentment the thread, modesty the knot and truth the twist. This is the sacred thread of the soul; if you have it, then go ahead and put it on me.

Raag Aasaa 471:5383-4

The impurity of the mind is greed, and the impurity of the tongue is falsehood. The impurity of the eyes is to gaze upon the beauty of another man's wife, and his wealth. The impurity of the ears is to listen to the slander of others. O Nanak, the mortal's soul goes, bound and gagged to the city of Death. All impurity comes from doubt and attachment to duality. Birth and death are subject to the Command of the Lord's Will; through His Will we come and go.

Asa di Var

The one Lord who created the world is the Lord of all.Fortunate is their advent into the world, whose hearts remain attached to God's service.O foolish man, why hast thou forgotten Him?When thou adjustest thine account, my friend, thou shalt be deemed educated.The Primal Being is the Giver; He alone is true.No account shall be due by the pious man who understandeth by means of these letters.

Praise Him whose limit cannot be found. They who practise truth and perform service shall obtain their reward.He who knoweth divine knowledge is the learned pandit.He who knoweth the one God in all creatures would never say 'I exist by myself '.When the hair groweth white, it shineth without soap.King Death's hunters follow him who is bound by the chain of mammon.The Creator, Lord of the world, giveth sustenance to His slaves.All the world is bound in His bonds; no other authority prevaileth.He who hath renounced the singing of God's word, is arrogant in his language.He who fashioned vessels made kilns in which He put them and burnt them.The servant who performeth the Guru's work, who remaineth obedient to His commands,Who deemeth bad and good as the same, shall in this way be absorbed in Him.He who made the four Veds, the four mines, and the four ages Hath been in every age a Jogi, a worldly man, or a learned pandit.

Praise Him whose limit cannot be found. They who practise truth and perform service shall obtain their reward.He who knoweth divine knowledge is the learned pandit.He who knoweth the one God in all creatures would never say 'I exist by myself '.When the hair groweth white, it shineth without soap.King Death's hunters follow him who is bound by the chain of mammon.The Creator, Lord of the world, giveth sustenance to His slaves.All the world is bound in His bonds; no other authority prevaileth.He who hath renounced the singing of God's word, is arrogant in his language.He who fashioned vessels made kilns in which He put them and burnt them.The servant who performeth the Guru's work, who remaineth obedient to His commands,Who deemeth bad and good as the same, shall in this way be absorbed in Him.He who made the four Veds, the four mines, and the four ages Hath been in every age a Jogi, a worldly man, or a learned pandit.

The one Lord who created the world is the Lord of all.Fortunate is their advent into the world, whose hearts remain attached to God's service.O foolish man, why hast thou forgotten Him?When thou adjustest thine account, my friend, thou shalt be deemed educated.The Primal Being is the Giver; He alone is true.No account shall be due by the pious man who understandeth by means of these letters.