967 : 4141
The Langar - the Kitchen of the Guru's Shabad has been opened, and its supplies never run short.

967 : 4142
Whatever His Master gave, He spent; He distributed it all to be eaten.

967 : 4143
The Praises of the Master were sung, and the Divine Light descended from the heavens to the earth.

967 : 4144
Gazing upon You, O True King, the filth of countless past lives is washed away.

967 : 4145
The Guru gave the True Command; why should we hesitate to proclaim this?

967 : 4146
His sons did not obey His Word; they turned their backs on Him as Guru.

967 : 4147
These evil-hearted ones became rebellious; they carry loads of sin on their backs.

967 : 4148
Whatever the Guru said, Lehna did, and so he was installed on the throne.

967 : 4149
Who has lost, and who has won? ||2||

967 : 4150
He who did the work, is accepted as Guru; so which is better - the thistle or the rice?

967 : 4151
The Righteous Judge of Dharma considered the arguments and made the decision.

967 : 4152
Whatever the True Guru says, the True Lord does; it comes to pass instantaneously.

967 : 4153
Guru Angad was proclaimed, and the True Creator confirmed it.

967 : 4154
Nanak merely changed his body; He still sits on the throne, with hundreds of branches reaching out.

967 : 4155
Standing at His door, His followers serve Him; by this service, their rust is scraped off.

967 : 4156
He is the Dervish - the Saint, at the door of His Lord and Master; He loves the True Name, and the Bani of the Guru's Word.

967 : 4157
Balwand says that Khivi, the Guru's wife, is a noble woman, who gives soothing, leafy shade to all.

967 : 4158
She distributes the bounty of the Guru's Langar; the kheer - the rice pudding and ghee, is like sweet ambrosia.

967 : 4159
The faces of the Guru's Sikhs are radiant and bright; the self-willed manmukhs are pale, like straw.

967 : 4160
The Master gave His approval, when Angad exerted Himself heroically.

Continued...

967 : 4161
Such is the Husband of mother Khivi; He sustains the world. ||3||

967 : 4162
It is as if the Guru made the Ganges flow in the opposite direction, and the world wonders: what has he done?

967 : 4163
Nanak, the Lord, the Lord of the World, spoke the words out loud.

967 : 4164
Making the mountain his churning stick, and the snake-king his churning string, He has churned the Word of the Shabad.

967 : 4165
From it, He extracted the fourteen jewels, and illuminated the world.

967 : 4166
He revealed such creative power, and touched such greatness.

967 : 4167
He raised the royal canopy to wave over the head of Lehna, and raised His glory to the skies.

967 : 4168
His Light merged into the Light, and He blended Him into Himself.

967 : 4169
Guru Nanak tested His Sikhs and His sons, and everyone saw what happened.

967 : 4170
When Lehna alone was found to be pure, then He was set on the throne. ||4||

967 : 4171
Then, the True Guru, the son of Pheru, came to dwell at Khadoor.

967 : 4172
Meditation, austerities and self-discipline rest with You, while the others are filled with excessive pride.

967 : 4173
Greed ruins mankind, like the green algae in the water.

967 : 4174
In the Guru's Court, the Divine Light shines in its creative power.

967 : 4175
You are the cooling peace, whose depth cannot be found.

967 : 4176
You are overflowing with the nine treasures, and the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

967 : 4177
Whoever slanders You will be totally ruined and destroyed.

967 : 4178
People of the world can see only what is near at hand, but You can see far beyond.

967 : 4179
Then the True Guru, the son of Pheru, came to dwell at Khadoor. ||5||

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