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1With your hands and feet, do all your work, but let your consciousness remain with the Immaculate Lord. ||213||

2Fifth Mehla:

3Kabeer, no one belongs to me, and I belong to no one else.

4The One who created the creation - into Him I shall be absorbed. ||214||

5Kabeer, the flour has fallen into the mud; nothing has come into my hands.

6That which was eaten while it was being ground - that alone is of any use. ||215||

7Kabeer, the mortal knows everything, and knowing, he still makes mistakes.

8What good is a lamp in one's hand, if he falls into the well? ||216||

9Kabeer, I am in love with the All-knowing Lord; the ignorant ones try to hold me back.

10How could I ever break with the One, who owns our soul and breath of life. ||217||

11Kabeer, why kill yourself for your love of decorations of your home and mansion?

12In the end, only six feet, or a little more, shall be your lot. ||218||

13Kabeer, whatever I wish for does not happen. What can I accomplish by merely thinking?

14The Lord does whatever He wishes; it is not up to me at all. ||219||

15Third Mehla:

16God Himself makes the mortals anxious, and He Himself takes the anxiety away.

17O Nanak, praise the One, who takes care of all. ||220||

18Fifth Mehla:

19Kabeer, the mortal does not remember the Lord; he wanders around, engrossed in greed.

20Committing sins, he dies, and his life ends in an instant. ||221||

21Kabeer, the body is like a clay vessel or a brittle metal pot.

22If you wish to keep it safe and sound, then vibrate and meditate on the Lord; otherwise, the thing shall break. ||222||

23Kabeer, chant the Name of the Beautifully-haired Lord; do not sleep unaware.

24Chanting His Name night and day, the Lord will eventually hear your call. ||223||

25Kabeer, the body is a banana forest, and the mind is an intoxicated elephant.

26The jewel of spiritual wisdom is the prod, and the rare Saint is the rider. ||224||

27Kabeer, the Lord's Name is the jewel, and the mouth is the purse; open this purse to the Appraiser.

28If a buyer can be found, it will go for a high price. ||225||

29Kabeer, the mortal does not know the Lord's Name, but he has raised a very large family.

30He dies in the midst of his worldly affairs, and then he is not heard in the external world. ||226||

31Kabeer, in the blink of an eye, moment by moment, life is passing by.

32The mortal does not give up his worldly entanglements; the Messenger of Death walks in and beats the drum. ||227||

33Kabeer, the Lord is the tree, and disillusionment with the world is the fruit.

34The Holy man, who has abandoned useless arguments, is the shade of the tree. ||228||

35Kabeer, plant the seeds of such a plant, which shall bear fruit throughout the twelve months,

36with cooling shade and abundant fruit, upon which birds joyously play. ||229||

37Kabeer, the Great Giver is the tree, which blesses all with the fruit of compassion.

38When the birds migrate to other lands, O Tree, you bear the fruits. ||230||

39Kabeer, the mortal finds the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, if he has such destiny written upon his forehead.