ਨਕਿ ਨਥ ਖਸਮ ਹਥ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਧਕੇ ਦੇ ॥ नकि नथ खसम हथ किरतु धके दे ॥ Nak nath kẖasam hath kiraṯ ḏẖake ḏe. The string through the nose is in the hands of the Lord Master; one's own actions drive him on. ਮਃ ੨ ॥ मः २ ॥ Mėhlā 2. Second Mehl: ਜਹਾ ਦਾਣੇ ਤਹਾਂ ਖਾਣੇ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਸਚੁ ਹੇ ॥੨॥ जहा दाणे तहां खाणे नानका सचु हे ॥२॥ Jahā ḏāṇe ṯahāʼn kẖāṇe nānkā sacẖ he. ||2|| Wherever his food is, there he eats it; O Nanak, this is the Truth. ||2||