75 : 2439
In the second watch of the night, O my merchant friend, you have forgotten to meditate.

75 : 2440
From hand to hand, you are passed around, O my merchant friend, like Krishna in the house of Yashoda.

75 : 2441
From hand to hand, you are passed around, and your mother says, "This is my son."

75 : 2442
O, my thoughtless and foolish mind, think: In the end, nothing shall be yours.

75 : 2443
You do not know the One who created the creation. Gather spiritual wisdom within your mind.

75 : 2444
Says Nanak, in the second watch of the night, you have forgotten to meditate. ||2||

75 : 2445
In the third watch of the night, O my merchant friend, your consciousness is focused on wealth and youth.

75 : 2446
You have not remembered the Name of the Lord, O my merchant friend, although it would release you from bondage.

75 : 2447
You do not remember the Name of the Lord, and you become confused by Maya.

75 : 2448
Revelling in your riches and intoxicated with youth, you waste your life uselessly.

75 : 2449
You have not traded in righteousness and Dharma; you have not made good deeds your friends.

75 : 2450
Says Nanak, in the third watch of the night, your mind is attached to wealth and youth. ||3||

75 : 2451
In the fourth watch of the night, O my merchant friend, the Grim Reaper comes to the field.

75 : 2452
When the Messenger of Death seizes and dispatches you, O my merchant friend, no one knows the mystery of where you have gone.

75 : 2453
So think of the Lord! No one knows this secret, of when the Messenger of Death will seize you and take you away.

75 : 2454
All your weeping and wailing then is false. In an instant, you become a stranger.

Continued...

75 : 2455
You obtain exactly what you have longed for.

75 : 2456
Says Nanak, in the fourth watch of the night, O mortal, the Grim Reaper has harvested your field. ||4||1||

75 : 2457
Siree Raag, First Mehl:

75 : 2458
In the first watch of the night, O my merchant friend, your innocent mind has a child-like understanding.

75 : 2459
You drink milk, and you are fondled so gently, O my merchant friend. The mother and father love their child so much, but in Maya, all are caught in emotional attachment.

75 : 2460
By the good fortune of good deeds done in the past, you have come, and now you perform actions to determine your future.

75 : 2461
Without the Lord's Name, liberation is not obtained, and you are drowned in the love of duality.

75 : 2462
Says Nanak, in the first watch of the night, O mortal, you shall be saved by remembering the Lord. ||1||

75 : 2463
In the second watch of the night, O my merchant friend, you are intoxicated with the wine of youth and beauty.

75 : 2464
Day and night, you are engrossed in sexual desire, O my merchant friend, and your consciousness is blind to the Naam.

75 : 2465
The Lord's Name is not within your heart, but all sorts of other tastes seem sweet to you.

75 : 2466
You have no wisdom at all, no meditation, no virtue or self-discipline; in falsehood, you are caught in the cycle of birth and death.

75 : 2467
Pilgrimages, fasts, purification and self-discipline are of no use, nor are rituals, religious ceremonies or empty worship.

75 : 2468
O Nanak, emancipation comes only by loving devotional worship; through duality, people are engrossed in duality. ||2||

75 : 2469
In the third watch of the night, O my merchant friend, the swans, the white hairs, come and land upon the pool of the head.

75 : 2470
Youth wears itself out, and old age triumphs, O my merchant friend; as time passes, your days diminish.

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