The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 202

With devotion and love (thy) store-rooms are filled.

Who are protected by thee in mercy, they, by a perfect destiny, are absorbed (in thee)

Thou bestowest mercy and lookest fivourably on thy servant.

He sings (then) the attributes of the all-filling and undecayable one; in telling and hearing (them) ttiere is no end. o \ j

(5). Here (in this world) and there (in that world) thou art the protector.

In the womb of the mother thou art the preserver.

The fire of the Maya does not affect them, who steeped in (thy) love are singing (thy) attributes.

(b). How shall I tell and remember thy qualities?

Thou art my friend, my sweetheart; 0 Lord, without thee I do not know any one else.

(7). To whom thou, 0 Lord, hast become a helper:

(thce^''°"' ° '^'""'^' "^ ''^'™ ""^ ^'^'"^ '°"'^°'"* ' *^" '°"'*^ °^ ^^' P^°"' ^' muttering and proclaiming (8). Thou art high, unfathomable, boundless, inestimable. Thou art the true Lord, (I am) thy servant and slave. Thou art the king, true is (thy) sovereignty, Nanak is devoted, devoted (to thee).

»^?fT. I he Sikhs do not know what to make of these words.

»HWU, literally: a well, whose mouth is dosed; hut also name of a hell.

RAG MAJH, MAH. V., ASTPAD. IV. V. (XXXVIII. XXXIX.)

Fame. (1). Continually, continually the deity should be remembered. By no means it should be forgotten from the mind. From the society of the saints (that) is obtained, By means of which one must not go on the road of Tama. Take as viaticum the name of Hari and no reproach ^yill bcfaU thy family. Sir. (2). Who are remembering the Lord:

They are not thrown into heU.,,,, /.v n q;,.!

No hot wind touches (them), into whose heart he has come and settled (there), Su. (3). They are beautiful and lustrous: "Who are sitting' in the society of the pious.

By whom the wealth of Hari is collected, they are profound (and) boundless, Sir. (4). (By whom) the nectar (and) elixir of Hari is drunk: By seeing the face of (that) man one lives (it is lived).

Having adjusted all (thy) business, worship continuaUy the feet of the Guru, Sir. (5). Who by Hari is made his own:

He is a hero, he is foremost, on whose forehead the lot (is written), Sir! (6). Who (fem.) in (her) heart is immersed (in) the Lord: She is enjoying kingly (grand) enjoyments.

(By whom) no wicked (thing) is done, she crosses, having applied herself to true woik, 0 deai. (7). (By whom) the creator is made to dweU in (her) heart:

She obtains the fruit of (her) life..,,,., i- a;i„„v t

(If) Hari, the husband is liked in (thy) heart, thy (happy) married state is lastmg, 0 dear.

(8). The immovable thing is obtained (by him):

(Who) is in the asylum of the fear-destroying (Hari).,,•,-, -a-nvn

knak (says): putting (him) into the hem (of his garment) he is brought across by him (.... Han),

Fame. (Who) continually mutters Hari, in (his) mind is calmness.

1). By remembering, remembering the Gurdev (his) fears are effaced andremoved. _ (2). (Who) comes to the asylum of the Supreme Brahm, why should he pme with grief? (3). By worshipping the feet of the saints and pious all wishes are fiUhlled.

(4\ In every body abides the One, in water, land and on the face of the earth, he is fuUy contained.

(5). (By whom) the remover of sins is worshipped, (he is) pure by the dust of the saints.