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Conquer your mind and conquer the world.

Guru Nanak

Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river, united with the ocean.
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Assumption Man Ocean Quality River Unity Woman
The soul bride shall never be a widow, she shall never suffer sorrow.
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Bride Sorrow Soul Suffering
Thou has a thousand eyes and yet not one eye; Thou host a thousand forms and yet not one form.
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Eyes Form Oneself
Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one’s wife alone.
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Ancestor Faith Heaven Performance Religious Service Wife
Like the juggler, deceiving by his tricks, one is deluded by egotism, falsehood and illusion.
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Ego Fake Illusion Trick
The world is a drama, staged in a dream.
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Drama Dreams One Liner Stage World
Food sacred to the manes or to the gods must be given to a man distinguished by sacred knowledge, for hands, smeared with blood, cannot be cleansed with blood.
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Blood Cleaning Food God Hands Sacred
As fragrance abides in the flower As reflection is within the mirror, So does your Lord abide within you, Why search for him without?
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Flower Fragrance God Himself Reflection Search
Blessed, blessed is that body horse which meditates on the Lord God.
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Blessing God Meditation
An adopted son shall never take the family, name and the estate of his natural father, the funeral cake follows the family, name and the estate, the funeral offerings of him who gives, his son in adoption cease, as far as that son is concerned.
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Adoption Family Name Natural Son
When the purpose of the appointment to ,cohabit with the widow bas been attained in accordance with the law, those two shall behave towards each other like a father and a daughter in law.
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Appointment Daughter Each Other Father Purpose Widow
The ignorant soul bride wanders in delusion, in the love of duality, she sits like a widow. She sits like a widow, in the love of duality, infatuated with Maya, she suffers in pain. She grows old, and her body withers away.
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Body Bride Growth Ignorance Love Old Pain Suffering Widow
Do not wish evil for others. Do not speak ill of others. Do not obstruct anyones activities.
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Activity Evil Obstruct Talk
If the widow of a man who died without leaving issue, raises up to him a son by a member of the family, she shall deliver to that, son the whole property which belonged to the, deceased .
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Death Deliver Man Property Widow
Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self.
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Appearance Aspect Ignorance Limitation State
I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.
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Ancient Caste Children Man Myself Young

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