ਤੀਰਥਿ ਨਾਵਾ ਜੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵਾ ਵਿਣੁ ਭਾਣੇ ਕਿ ਨਾਇ ਕਰੀ ॥ ਜੇਤੀ ਸਿਰਠਿ ਉਪਾਈ ਵੇਖਾ  ਵਿਣੁ ਕਰਮਾ ਕਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਲਈ ॥ ਮਤਿ ਵਿਚਿ ਰਤਨ ਜਵਾਹਰ ਮਾਣਿਕ ਜੇ ਇਕ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸਿਖ ਸੁਣੀ ॥ ਗੁਰਾ ਇਕ ਦੇਹਿ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥ ਸਭਨਾ ਜੀਆ ਕਾ ਇਕੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਸੋ ਮੈ ਵਿਸਰਿ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥੬॥

Translation in English :

In this Pauri Satguru Nanak deals with the common practice of bathing in the sacred tanks and rivers at the various centres of pilgrimage, and declares that a mere dip in a sacred tank or river without His grace is of no avail.

Note: - This grace can only be obtained by selfless service, meditation on the Divine name, singing hymns in His praise and leading an honest and truthful life.

When I cast a glace on the whole created Universe, I see that without good Karmas of the past lives one cannot get anything.  The present life is the fruit of the past.

Law of Karma:  The transmigration of the soul is a scientific reality.  By meditating on the Divine name daily, and by doing Hari Kirtan and selfless service to mankind, one comes to know all is past births and rebirths through the four Yugas. Weighed on the balance of reason the law of transmigration becomes clear.  Some are born pets, warriors, mathematicians, musicians, and seers.  These developments come to them from their past lives.

The impressions of all the Karmas good or bad are made on the Anteh-karam (mind).  They form a part and parcel of ones life and come with him in the next birth. Now the good Karmas give their reward, and the evil ones bring their drawbacks with them.

The good Karmas bring a man in the sphere of Satsang (the company of God conscious persons) and evil Karmas lead him astray.  By following the path of meditation on the Divine name one can eradicate the effect of all evil Karmas (see note Pauri 20th).

Weighing and fixing in one‟s mind the priceless jewels and precious stones of vairag – non-attachment to the worldly pleasures, jawahar – the power of self- realization, manak – listening to the Guru‟s teachings with rapt attention, and then scrupulously acting upon them are all latent in the human mind.  They are revealed when one attentively listens to the Satguru’s teachings and implicitly obeys them.

Through the grace of the Satguru, I have realized that He alone is the Bestower of all gifts to the whole creation.  Every moment I feel His presence within me and I live, move, and have my being in Him.