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(If he have) merriments and shows of many kinds, if he have adhered continually to his pleasure.

If he has not remembered the Supreme Brahm, he has gone into the womb of a snake.

(7). He may be very rich and of virtuous conduct, his comeliness and manners may be spotless.

He may be in love with mother, father, son, brothers, friend.

He may be addressed by the whole quiver-bearing army in homage: ° Sir, Sir!

If he has not remembered the Supreme Brahm, he is seized and thrown into the lowest hell.'

(8). In his body there may be no sickness nor any defect, no pain nor grief whatever.

Death may not come into his mind, day and night he may enjoy himself.

He may have made all his own, he may not have got anxiety in his heart.

' TTlKlcm ^nd Ijnn'Q are sjTionymous; the latter stands for ^T^ = JWTTU (in Prakrit dissolved alreadj' into K'^HI'ili)- Tlie word?T'^'^ is also used in the same sense in Sindbi.

* ff»r^ fVfJ>n?; fV^HTH stands here (for the sake of the rhyme) for flpK | J |, attached to, given to (=fjf?J), constructed witli the locative (44 Qj), as in Sanskrit.

' The four sins are now said to be: the killing of a girl, the killing of a cow, the killing of a Brahman, and cohabitation with one's Guru's wife. Formerly five heinous sins were enumerated: (1) killing a Brali- man, (2) stealing gold, (3) drinking liquors (?ri,im^), (4) intercourse with the wife of one's Guru, (5) associa- ting with any one guilty of such crimes.

* The si.v duties, as far as they are binding on the Khatri, are mentioned already, p. 1", note. The six duties of the Brahman are: (1) ^TWHI (reading of the sacred texts), (2) ^'^Jn^'T (teacliing the same), (3) «4^<t (sacrificing), (4) '?n^»T (procuring or vicariously conducting sacrifice), (5) 3T1 (almsgiving), (6) HfflU^ (accepting donations).

' 3dt^*1 "^7 '^7 must be thus divided: 3^^^^ "^^ = X^' (_^ J wearing a quiver, the other '^^ is = q«^«lT to worship, to do homage, and is the participle past conjunctive: having done homage.

^ d*1l.3W is originally one of the seven divisions of Patala (see Vishnu Purann, p. 204); but in tlie modern Hindi it denotes the lowest of the seven divisions, and is identical with 7T3^-

98 SIRI RAG, MAH. V., ASTPAD. II. (XXVII.)

If the Supreme Brahra be has not remembered, be falls (has fallen) into the power of the servant of Yuma.

(9). On whom the Supreme Brahm bestows mercy, he obtains the society of the holy ones.

As, as he (Brahm) is magnified, so, so love with Hari (is increased).

He himself is the Lord of both boundaries,' there is no other place.

From the true Guru, if he be pleased, the true name is obtained, 0 Nanak!

Pause. I do not know what things please (him).

(1). He who is given to meditation, makes meditation; ■ He who has divine knowledge, acquires divine knowledge. By whom is the Lord known? (2). The Bhagautl^ remains in his practice. The Jog! says: (I am) emancipated. The ascetic is absorbed in his austerity.

(3). The silent devotee keeps silence, the Sauya.si is given to chastity. The stoic is absorbed in indifference (to the world). The devotee bows down in (different) manners. The Pandit reads with a loud voice the Veda. The householder is fulfilling liis duties in his household. (4). The Ik-sabdi and Avadhut is (given) to mimicry. The Kaparl is given to show (sport). Some bathe at a Tirtha.^

(5). (Some) who go without food and are fasting, are touchable [i.e. mingling with people). Some hide themselves and do not give an interview. Some are wise in their own mind. (6). No one says: he is wanting.* All say: he is obtained (by me).

Whom he (Hari) unites (with himself), he is a devotee. (7). Giving up all contrivances and shifts:

1 will fall on the asylum (of the Guru). Nanak flees to the foot of the Guru.

' '^J^ filf(J*Ht M'lH. the Lord of both ends or boundaries, i.e. of this and tli.at world, or of the whole universe.

^ The BbagautI is a faqir, who imitates the dress, dance, etc., of Krishna; iT3T3T> given to the practice, performance (of the "^^TO, etc.).

^ The Ik-sabdi is the same as the Alokh-nami, who only uses tlie word Alakli (Brahma). The Avadhut is a naked faqir; both are said to be given to miniici-y. The Kapari is a faqir who nnikes pilgrimage to Hinglaj; they carry a red flag, sell rosaries, etc., and also give public shows (o^ 0 3 I = ^rl^)- Tn3[r5T= Sansk. Sniirl, wakeful, attentive to, given to.