Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak pronunciation was the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated world-wide as Guru Nanak Gurpurab on Kartik Pooranmashi, the full-moon day in the month of Katak, October–November...
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth15 April 1469
CityPunjab, Pakistan
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Having detected them by means of trustworthy persons, who, disguising themselves, ,pretend to follow the same occupations and by means of spies, wearing various disguises, he must cause them to be instigated ,to commit offences , and bring them into his power.
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Those two creatures, who are born of wives of other men, cause to the giver the loss of the rewards , both in this life and after death, for the food sacred to gods or manes which has been given to them .
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Then having caused the crimes, which they committed by their several actions, to be proclaimed in accordance with the facts, the king shall duly punish them according to their strength and their crimes.
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A just king shall not cause a thief to be put to death, ,unless taken with the stolen goods ,in his possession , him who ,is taken with the stolen goods and the implements ,of burglary , he may, without hesitation, cause to be slain.
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All those also who in villages give food to thieves or grant them room for ,concealing their implements , he shall cause to be put to death.
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Nanak knows this Truth, that the Lord is not separate from His Saints.
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Those who worship in adoration the Name of the Lord, their pain, doubt and fear are dispelled.
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Those humble beings engage in the Lord s trade, who have the jewel of such pre ordained destiny upon their foreheads.
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Those who are appointed to guard provinces and his vassals who have been ordered ,to help , he shall speedily punish like thieves, ,if they remain inactive in attacks ,by robbers .
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Throughout the ages, know Him as the One.
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He must be acquainted with the ,proper , wages of servants, with the various languages of men, with the manner of keeping goods, and ,the rules of purchase and sale.
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Very fortunate is that bride who focuses her consciousness on Him, her Lord s Love is so sweet to her.
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The ornaments which may have been worn by women during their husbands lifetime, his heirs shall not divide, those who divide them become outcasts.
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Since that ,time the virtuous censure that ,man who in his folly appoints a woman, whose husband died, to ,bear children ,to another man .