[3] These hymns have comments on ritualistic practices in Sanyas, Jogis and Bairagis, and also against any form of idolatry, human or deity worship.

[3] Though it is not present in main text and the meaning is not too clear but traditionally it is believed that each Shabad has the merit of a thousand.

[3] Others, such as Dharam Pal Ashta in The Poetry of the Dasam Granth (1959), postulate that the hazare word should be interpreted as meaning "fountain".

[3] "Shabad Hazare" is a term that can also refer to a specific group of seven hymns from the Guru Granth Sahib which should not be confused with this work.

Better to sleep on the ground near the beloved; staying in the village is like being in a furnace.It is believed the sixth hymn was composed by the tenth Guru in the Machhiwara jungle after the deaths of all his sons.