I am not a learned Pandit, I am not clever or wise. I do not wander; I am not deluded by doubt.

They turn their faces away from the True Guru; they continue to wander aimlessly. They are not accepted by the earth or the sky; they fall into manure, and rot.

Things that I could get done, I do not entrust to others; I do them myself, so that they may learn self-reliance and get experience thereby.

Those that ride on chariots, and those that have no chariots, those that are mounted, and those that are not mounted, all those, after they have been slain, vultures and strong-winged hawks shall devour!

WHEN you scatter seeds on the surface of the soil, they do not germinate; you have to keep them inside the soil.

From near thy vicinity, from near thy distance (do I call), remain here, do not follow; do not follow the Fathers of yore! Firmly do I fasten thy life's breath.