1290 : 1477
But when men and women meet in the night, they come together in the flesh.

1290 : 1478
In the flesh we are conceived, and in the flesh we are born; we are vessels of flesh.

1290 : 1479
You know nothing of spiritual wisdom and meditation, even though you call yourself clever, O religious scholar.

1290 : 1480
O master, you believe that flesh on the outside is bad, but the flesh of those in your own home is good.

1290 : 1481
All beings and creatures are flesh; the soul has taken up its home in the flesh.

1290 : 1482
They eat the uneatable; they reject and abandon what they could eat. They have a teacher who is blind.

1290 : 1483
In the flesh we are conceived, and in the flesh we are born; we are vessels of flesh.

1290 : 1484
You know nothing of spiritual wisdom and meditation, even though you call yourself clever, O religious scholar.

1290 : 1485
Meat is allowed in the Puraanas, meat is allowed in the Bible and the Koran. Throughout the four ages, meat has been used.

1290 : 1486
It is featured in sacred feasts and marriage festivities; meat is used in them.

1290 : 1487
Women, men, kings and emperors originate from meat.

1290 : 1488
If you see them going to hell, then do not accept charitable gifts from them.

1290 : 1489
The giver goes to hell, while the receiver goes to heaven - look at this injustice.

1290 : 1490
You do not understand your own self, but you preach to other people. O Pandit, you are very wise indeed.

1290 : 1491
O Pandit, you do not know where meat originated.

1290 : 1492
Corn, sugar cane and cotton are produced from water. The three worlds came from water.

1290 : 1493
Water says, "I am good in many ways." But water takes many forms.

1290 : 1494
Forsaking these delicacies, one becomes a true Sannyaasee, a detached hermit. Nanak reflects and speaks. ||2||

1290 : 1495
Pauree:

1290 : 1496
What can I say with only one tongue? I cannot find your limits.

1290 : 1497
Those who contemplate the True Word of the Shabad are absorbed into You, O Lord.

Continued...

1290 : 1498
Some wander around in saffron robes, but without the True Guru, no one finds the Lord.

1290 : 1499
They wander in foreign lands and countries until they grow weary, but You hide Yourself within them.

1290 : 1500
The Word of the Guru's Shabad is a jewel, through which the Lord shines forth and reveals Himself.

1290 : 1501
Realizing one's own self, following the Guru's Teachings, the mortal is absorbed into Truth.

1290 : 1502
Coming and going, the tricksters and magicians put on their magic show.

1290 : 1503
But those whose minds are pleased by the True Lord, praise the True One, the Ever-stable Lord. ||25||

1290 : 1504
Shalok, First Mehl:

1290 : 1505
O Nanak, the tree of actions done in Maya yields ambrosial fruit and poisonous fruit.

1290 : 1506
The Creator does all deeds; we eat the fruits as He ordains. ||1||

1290 : 1507
Second Mehl:

1290 : 1508
O Nanak, burn worldly greatness and glory in the fire.

1290 : 1509
These burnt offerings have caused mortals to forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Not even one of them will go along with you in the end. ||2||

1290 : 1510
Pauree:

1290 : 1511
He judges each and every being; by the Hukam of His Command, He leads us on.

1290 : 1512
Justice is in Your Hands, O Lord; You are pleasing to my mind.

1290 : 1513
The mortal is bound and gagged by Death and lead away; no one can rescue him.

1290 : 1514
Old age, the tyrant, dances on the mortal's shoulders.

1290 : 1515
So climb aboard the boat of the True Guru, and the True Lord will rescue you.

1290 : 1516
The fire of desire burns like an oven, consuming mortals night and day.

1290 : 1517
Like trapped birds, the mortals peck at the corn; only through the Lord's Command will they find release.

1290 : 1518
Whatever the Creator does, comes to pass; falsehood shall fail in the end. ||26||

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