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1He made all beings and creatures his chessmen, and He Himself threw the dice. ||26||

2Bhabha: Those who search, find the fruits of their rewards; by Guru's Grace, they live in the Fear of God.

3The self-willed manmukhs wander around, and they do not remember the Lord; the fools are consigned to the cycle of 8.4 million incarnations. ||27||

4Mamma: In emotional attachment, he dies; he only thinks of the Lord, the Love of Nectar, when he dies.

5As long as the body is alive, he reads other things, and forgets the letter 'm', which stands for marnaa - death. ||28||

6Yaya: He is never reincarnated again, if he recognizes the True Lord.

7The Gurmukh speaks, the Gurmukh understands, and the Gurmukh knows only the One Lord. ||29||

8Rarra: The Lord is contained among all; He created all beings.

9Having created His beings, He has put them all to work; they alone remember the Naam, upon whom He bestows His Grace. ||30||

10Lalla: He has assigned people to their tasks, and made the love of Maya seem sweet to them.

11We eat and drink; we should endure equally whatever occurs, by His Will, by His Command. ||31||

12Wawa: The all-pervading Transcendent Lord beholds the world; He created the form it wears.

13He beholds, tastes, and knows everything; He is pervading and permeating inwardly and outwardly. ||32||

14Rarra: Why do you quarrel, O mortal? Meditate on the Imperishable Lord, and be absorbed into the True One. Become a sacrifice to Him. ||33||

15Haha: There is no other Giver than Him; having created the creatures, He gives them nourishment.

16Meditate on the Lord's Name, be absorbed into the Lord's Name, and night and day, reap the Profit of the Lord's Name. ||34||

17Airaa: He Himself created the world; whatever He has to do, He continues to do.

18He acts, and causes others to act, and He knows everything; so says Nanak, the poet. ||35||1||

19Raag Aasaa, Third Mehla, Patee - The Alphabet:

20One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

21Ayo, Angai: The whole world which was created - Kaahkai, Ghangai: It shall pass away.

22Reeree, Laalee: People commit sins, and falling into vice, forget virtue. ||1||

23O mortal, why have you studied such an account,

24which shall call you to answer for payment? ||1||Pause||

25Sidhan, Ngaayiyai: You do not remember the Lord. Nanna: You do not take the Lord's Name.

26Chhachha: You are wearing away, every night and day; you fool, how will you find release? You are held in the grip of death. ||2||

27Babba: You do not understand, you fool; deluded by doubt, you are wasting your life.

28Without justification, you call yourself a teacher; thus you take on the loads of others. ||3||

29Jajja: You have been robbed of your Light, you fool; in the end, you shall have to depart, and you shall regret and repent.

30You have not remembered the One Word of the Shabad, and so you shall have to enter the womb over and over again. ||4||

31Read that which is written on your forehead, O Pandit, and do not teach wickedness to others.