Great Throughts Treasury

"I constantly, lovingly cherish my Beloved within my heart, through the True Guru, I see my Husband Lord."

"I have become fearless, imbued with the Love of my Lord and Master, I have shaken off the fear of death."

"I chant the Name of the Lord, and meditate on it. I was seeking and searching for Him, for the Lord, my best friend, I found Him within the home of my own being."

"I have found that God, who never leaves, forever and ever, He sits with me."

"I have obtained the glorious greatness of Name of the Lord from the True Guru, beholding the Divine True Guru, my mind is at peace."

"I live, I live, and I blossom forth, beholding the True Guru."

"I have found my Husband Lord within my own home, and all my anxiety is forgotten."

"I have realized my True Lord God, while the other unworthy ones have gone astray."

"I offer my prayer to the Perfect Guru, please save me, and bless me with Your glorious greatness."

"I place the saddle on the body horse, the saddle of realization of the Good Lord."

"I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, so pleasing to my mind, following the Guru s Teachings, I meditate on the Lord within my mind."

"I see the One Lord, and I know the One Lord, I realize the Lord within my soul."

"I too have been defrauded, chasing after worldly entanglements, my Husband Lord has forsaken me I act like a wife without a spouse."

"I will fully declare what result the giver obtains after death, if he gives food, destined for the gods or manes, to a man who is unworthy to sit in the company."

"I will now propound the eternal laws for a husband and his wife who keep to the path of duty, whether they be united or separated."

"I will now fully declare what kind of sacrificial food, given to the manes according to the rule, will serve for a long time or for eternity."

"If ,the punishment falls not on ,the offender himself, ,it falls on his sons, if not on the sons, ,at least on his grandsons, but an iniquity ,once committed, never fails to produce fruit to him who wrought it."

"If a child be born in a man s house and his father be not known, he is a son born secretly in the house and shall belong to him of whose wife he was born."

"I worship the Lord and the True Guru, the Lord God has granted His Grace."

"If a father recovers lost ancestral property, he shall not divide it, unless by his own will, with his sons for it is self-acquired property."

"If a woman abandoned by her husband, or a widow, of her own accord contracts a second marriage and bears a son , he is called the son of a remarried woman."

"If a woman duly appointed bears a son to her brother in law or to another that son if he is begotten through desire, they declare to be incapable of inheriting and to be produced in vain."

"If a man buys a boy whether equal or unequal in good qualities from his father and mother for the sake of having a son, that child is called a son bought."

"If a woman thinks in her heart of anything that would pain her husband, the above mentioned text is declared ,to be a means for completely removing such infidelity."

"If additional shares are thus deducted, one must allot equal shares ,out of the residue to each , but if no deduction is made, the allotment of the shares among them shall be ,made in the following manner."

"If a younger brother begets a son on the wife of the elder, the division must then be made equally, this the law is settled."

"If an appointed daughter by accident dies without ,leaving a son, the husband of the appointed daughter may, without hesitation, take that estate."

"If anybody gives away a maiden possessing blemishes without declaring them, ,the bridegroom may annul that ,contract with the evil minded giver."

"If he avoids quarrels with these persons, he will be freed from all sins, and by suppressing all such quarrels a householder conquers all the following worlds."

"If he is ardent in wrath against criminals and endowed with brilliant energy, and destroys wicked vassals, then his character is said to resemble that of Fire."

"If he has touched these, while impure, let him always sprinkle with his hand water on the organs of sensation, all his limbs, and the navel."

"If by a special contract a field is made over ,to another for sowing, then the owner of the seed and the owner of the soil are both considered in this world as sharers of the crop ."

"If he avoids her, while she is in that condition, his wisdom, energy, strength, sight, and vitality will increase."

"If he is asked, let him always give something, be it ever so little, without grudging, for a worthy recipient will perhaps be found who saves him from all guilt ."

"If my mother, going astray and unfaithful, conceived illicit desires, may my father keep that seed from me."

"If no agreement with respect to the crop has been made between the owner of the field and the owner of the seed, the benefit clearly belongs to the owner of the field, the receptacle is more important than the seed."

"If his kingdom be secure, protected by the strength of his arm, it will constantly flourish like a ,well watered tree."

"If one man s bull were to beget a hundred calves on another man s cows, they would belong to the owner of the cows, in vain would the bull have spent his strength."

"If one marries, either knowingly or unknowingly, a pregnant bride the child in her womb belongs to him who weds her, and is called a son received with the bride ."

"If seed be carried by water or wind into somebody s field and germinates there the plant sprung from that seed belongs even to the owner of the field, the owner of the seed does not receive the crop."

"If one of the brothers, being able to maintain himself by his own occupation, does not desire a share of the family property, he may be made separate by the others receiving a trifle out of his share to live upon."

"If only I could meet the Guru, meet the Guru, O my Beloved, I dedicate myself to devotional worship of the True Guru."

"If such persons who are secret thieves, dwell in the realm of a king, they constantly harass his good subjects by their forbidden practices."

"If she be still a virgin, or one who returned to her first husband after leaving him, she is worthy to again perform with her second or first deserted husband the ,nuptial ceremony."

"If only someone would come, if only someone would come, and lead me to meet my Perfect True Guru."

"If the eldest or the youngest brother is deprived of his share, or if either of them dies, his share is not lost to his immediate heirs."

"If the eunuch and the rest should somehow or other desire to ,take wives, the offspring of such among them as have children is worthy of a share."

"If the future husband of a maiden dies after troth verbally plighted, her brother in law shall wed her according to the following rule."

"If the husband went abroad for some sacred duty she must wait for him eight years, if he went to acquire learning or fame six years if he went for pleasure three years."

"If the husband went on a journey after providing for her the wife shall subject herself to restraints in her daily life, but if he departed without providing for her she may subsist by blameless manual work."