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He hath not father or mother or son or brother. (Macauliffe, i, p. 362).
The drum of the Veds loudly resoundeth for many a faction.
Remember God’s name, Nanak; there is none but Him.
(Macauliffe, i, p. 369)
The Simritis and the Shastars define good and evil, but they know
nothing of the Real Thing; (Macauliffe, ii, p. 125)
They who were smitten by the Smritis
Abandoned My worship.
They who attached their hearts to My feet
Did not walk in the way of the Simritis.
Brahma made the four Veds
And caused all to act according to them;
But they whose love was attached to My feet
Renounced the Veds.
They who abandoned the tenets of the Veds and of other religious
books,
Became devoted to Me, the supreme God
They who shrink from suffering,
And, forsaking Me, adopt the way of the Veds and Simritis Shall fall
into the pit of hell, (Macauliffe, Vol. V, p. 298)
Since I have embraced Thy feet I have paid regard to none besides.
The Purans of Ram (the God of the Hindus) and the Quran of Rahim
(the God of the Musalmans) express various opinions, but I accept
none of them.
The Simritis, the Shastars, and the Veds all expound many different
doctrines, but I accept none of them.
O holy God, by Thy favour it is not I who have been speaking;
all that hath been said hath been said by Thee.
(Macauliffe, Vol. V, p. 310)
4. The Brahmin
You read books, perform your twilight devotions, argue, worship stones,
and sit like cranes;
You utter falsehoods as excellent jewels; you meditate on the Gayatri
three times a day;