The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 138

0 dear heart, 0 fiiend, the fish, having met with the water of Hari, lives.

Having drunk Hari they are satiated, nectar is poured out, all comforts are showered down on the heart.

The husband of Lakshmi is obtained, songs of congratulation are sung, (theii-) desire is fulfilled, the true Guru is pleased.

They are absorbed in (his) skirt, the nine treasui-es are obtained, the name and all his property the Lord has given them.

Nanak has given (this) instruction to the saints: by love and attachment to Hari the mind is absorbed.

DakhanO.} (1). How shall I see in my heart the sight of my beloved? 0 Nanak, in the asylum of the saints the support of life is to be obtained.

Chant. Love with the lotus of the foot (of Hari) is the custom of the saints, he comes into their heart, Sir! Another love is perverse impropriety, it is not pleasing to the servants (of Hari), Sir! It is not pleasing to (his) servants, without (his) sight how should they have patience one moment? Void of the name body and soul are decayed, as a fish dies without water.

Join me, 0 my beloved, 0 support of my life! having joined the saints I will sing thy qualities! 0 Lord of Nanak, bestow a favour, that in heart and body I may be absorbed in (thy) bosom!

Ifakhand. (2). He is shining in every place, no other is seen. The shutters (of the tenth gate) are opened by meeting with the true Guru, 0 Nanak!

Chant. Thy words are quite incomparable; (thy) word, the support of the saints, should be reflected upon. Sir!

' 3MOT is a peculiar kind of verse, consisting of tno bemistichs. The following piece is a mixture of Dakhanas and Chants.

110 sir! rag KE chant, MAH. v., I. (III.)

AYho remembers (thee) at every breath and morsel, his faith (thou art) making full, how shouldst thou be forgotten from ( =by) the mind?

How shouldst thou be forgotten from the mind, (who art) not removed a moment, 0 my life, the abode of qualities!

Thou givest the fruits the heart is desiring, O Lord, thou rememberest the request (desii'e) of the creatures.

O Lord of the helpless, (who art) with all! who mutters (thy name), (by him) his birth is not lost in the play!

(This is) the prayer of Nanak to the Lord: in mercy make me cross the water of existence!'

I)alchand. (3). (Who is) bathing' in the dust and ashes of the saints, (to him) the Lord becomes merciful. All things are obtained (by him), 0 Nanak, the wealth and property of Hari.

Beautiful is (thy) house, 0 Lord, the rest' of (thy) devotees, in hope (on thee) they live, Sir!

In heart and body they are immersed (in devotion), they are remembering the name of the Lord, the nectar of Hari they are drinking. Sir!

The nectar of Hari they are drinking, they are becoming firm for ever, the water of sensual pleasures is considered insipid (by them).

(To whom) thou, 0 Gopal, my Lord, hast become merciful, they have appi-eciated the treasure (in) the society of the saints.

In all ways they have much comfort and joy, the jewel of the beloved Hari they are sowing up within their heart.

The support of life is not forgotten a moment, muttering, muttering (the name) they live, 0 Nanak! *

(4). "WTiom thou hast made thy own, with them thou art united.

Thou thyself art in thyself, that praise, (says) Nanak, thou thyself hast heard.

Thou, 0 G5vind, applying the trick of love and gratifying me, hast enchanted my heart, Sir!

Clinging to (thy) unfathomable neck I have become illustrious by the favour of the saints. Sir!

Clinging to the neck of Hari I have become illustrious, all vices are overcome, the characteristics of devotion have come into my power.

On (my) heart all comforts are showered, Govind is pleased, all birth and death is done away.