The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 16

' Sii-i Rag, Sabd 3, Mah. I. ^ The paper is torn liere. ' Sir! Rag, Sabd 24, Mah. I.

Then the Baba came to the bank of the Eavi; he put five Paisa before Guru Angad and full down at his feet; ' this became known then among his retinue. Then among all the society the intelligence was spread, that the Guru B'lba was in the house of CTinan; the society came to see him, Hindus and Musalmans also came. Then Guru Angad with joined hands stood before him; the Baba said: " Ask something! " Guru Angad said: " 0 King, if it please thee, may that, which was broken off from the society, be again applied to (its) skirt! " ^ The answer was given to Guru Angad: "For thy sake all are pardoned." Then Guru Angad fell down at his feet. At that time the Sabd was made in the Eag Majh, Mahala I. [there follow four verses].^ Then the Baba went to a Sarih-tree and sat down under it; the Sarih-trce had become dry and became now green again, leaves and blossoms came forth; then Guru Angad fell down at his feet. Then the mother (the wife of Nanak) began to weep; brothers, relations, all the retainers began to weep. At that time the Sabd was made in the Eag Vadhans, Mahala I. [there foUow four verses].^ Then the society began to sing funeral songs; the Baba fell into a trance. At that time the order was given and the Eag Tukhari was made. The Baba uttered the Barah maha; it was night, towards dawn of day, at the time of his departure. The Eag Tukhari, Barah maha, Mahala I. [there follow seventeen verses].' Then his sons said: "0 father, what wiU be our state?" The Guru answered: "Not even the dogs of the Guru are in want, you will get plenty of clothes and bread, and if you wiU mutter: 'Guru, Guru!' the end of your existence will be obtained." Then the Hindus and Musalmans, who were votaries of the name, began to say, the Musalmans: ""We shall bury him," and the Hindus: "We shall burn him." Then the Baba said: "Put ye flowers on both sides, on the right side put those of the Hindus and on the left those of the Musalmans. If the flowers of the Hindus wUl remain green to-morrow, then they shall burn me; and if the flowers of the Musalmans wiU remain green, then they shall bury me." Then the Baba ordered the society, that they should recite the praises (of God); the society began to recite the praises, (as written) in the Eag Gaurl purbi, Mahala I. [there follow four verses]; " Eag Asa, Mahala I. [there follow two verses]; ' then from Dhanasarl Eag [there follows one verse]; ' then the Slok was read: " The wind is

the Guru," etc. "When (this) Slok was read having taken up (his feet?) he fell asleep

' When they lifted up the sheet, there was nothing at all. The flowers of both parties

had remained green. The Hindus took theirs and went and the Musalmans took theirs and went. The whole society fell on their knees. Say: vah Guru! In the Samvat year 1595, the tenth day of the light half of the month of Asu, Baba Nanak was absorbed (= died) in Kartarpur.'"

It was said: vah Guru, vah Guru, vah Guru, vah Guru! The Sakhl is finished.

' This was the iuitiatiou or appointment to tlie Gurusliip; afteru-ards, as it appears from the later Janam-Sakhis, a cocoa-nut also was placed before the successor; see p. xlviii, 1. 15.

^ The sense is: may those, who were excluded from the society (of the disciples), be again restored!

' A misquotation, the verses being ascriljcd in the Grauth to Guru Arjun; see Rag Majh, Sabd 18, Mah. V. (p. 113).

* Vadhans, Alahania, 1, Mali. I. " Rag Tukhari, Barah maha, 1, Mab. I.

' Gauri purbi dipaki 1, (20), Mah. I. (p. 175). ' Asa, Sabd 30, Mah. I.

' The MS. is torn here and only a few words remain. ' The leaf here is tattered.

THE JANAM-SAKHI OF BABA NANAK {Enlarged rccompiMion of A.)

The Janam-patn of Baba Nanak -was written in the Samvat year fifteen hundred and eighty- two,' on the fifth day of the light half of the month of Vaisakh. The book was written by Paira, a llokha,^ a Khatri of Sultanpur. Guru' Angad caused it to be written, and Paira wrote it according to the oral dictation of Eala, a Sandhu Jat.*

Bhal* Bala had come from Talvandl (the jaglr) of Eae Bhoe, the Bhatti,* and had looked out for Guru Angad.

Two months and seventeen days were spent in writing (this book). "Wherever he had wandered about with Guru Nanak, that Bhai Bala dictated with facility.

Guru Angad was much pleased with Bhai Bala; (for) BhaT Bala had wandered about with Mardana, the rababl, in the company of Nanak; also at the time, when Nanak was employed in the commissariat, Bhai Bala was with him.

Uoxo the Jaytam-Patri of Kdnah was ollained.

One day the thought came into Guru Angad's mind: "My Guru Nanak was perfect, between him and the Supreme Lord there was no diiference whatever. I should like to know,' in which wise my Guru was bom." This thought was occupying his mind. Meanwhile in the latter half of the month of Katak Bala, the Sandhu Jat, came to see Guru Angad. Guru Angad was keeping himself concealed. Bala, the Sandhu, had this desire, that if the Guru would come forth, he would have an interview with him. Then Bhai Bala heard that Guru Nanak had appointed (as

' i.e. A.D. 1525. If Angad was horn in 1561 Sanibat, he was then twenty-one years of age.

^ HttfT "as the name of his ift'^ or clan; hy caste he was a Kliatii.

' The word Guru is written differently: 3Fr3. gur, ajH. guru and 3T5 Guru.

* Bala, as will he seen, is here represented as tlie constant companion of Nanak; the old Janam-Sakhi never mentions liis name. He was a Jat (tT^ZT) of the Sandhu clan; Cast made liim a Sindlii!

^ Bhai is an lionorary title for saintly Siklis, literally: hrotlier.

^ Rae Bhoe, a Musalman Rajput, was formerly the jagirdar of Talvandl, tlic birth-place of Nanak, after whom tlie place was named; see p. iii, note 1.

' The original is: ^Vft> I shmdd like to see.

Ilia successor) one Khatrl, by name Angad, a Trihun Kbatn,' but that it was not known in which place he kept himself concealed. But he heard further the news, that he was sitting at Khandur, a village of the Khaharfi-Jats. Having heard this, Brda came to see Guru Angad.'' He searched for the Guru and found him. He saw that Guru Angad was twisting van.^ BhuT Bala, the Sandhu, went and bowed his head before him. Guru Angad said: " Come, brother! true is the creator;* come, sit down!" Guru Angad left off twisting van and began to ask Bhai Bala: " 0 brother disciple, from whence hast thou come? why didst thou come? and who art thou?" Then Bala, the Sandhu, joining his hands in supplication, said: "Guru, I am a Jat; my clan is Sandhu and my name is Bala. My birth-place is Talvandl, (the village of) Eae Bhoe, the Bhattl; I am come for the sake of an interview with the Guru." Guru Angad asked further: "Bhal Bala, whose disciple art thou?" Bhal Bala said: "Guru, I am the disciple of Guru Nanak; with me Guru Nanak, the son of Kalu, the Vedl, had met." Guru Angad asked further: "Bhal Bala, hadst thou seen Guru KTinak?" Bhai Bala said: "Guru Nanak was three years older than I, I was following Guru Nanak and going about with him. But at that time I had not this faith, that he is a perfect and great Guru; I was with him in the capacity of a servant." "When Bbai Bala had said this, Guru Angad wept and did not stop his tears in any way. Tims that night passed. When it had become morning. Guru Angad said: "Call Bhal Bala." Bhal Bala came and bowed his head. Guru Angad asked Bhai Bala: "Bhal Bala, is it known to thee, how the birth of Guru Nanak did take place?" Bhal Bala answered: "Sir, that I do not know. But so much I heard from the mouth of the people, that Hari Dayal the Brahmau says, that in these auspicious moments, in the twenty-seven lunar mansions and at the full moon of Katak, not any such one was horn into the world. In the house of Kalu, the Vedl, a great Avatar is bom. So much I had heard. I had also heard that Mahatfi' Kalu caused a Janam-patr! ' to be written." Guru Angad said: "Bhal Bala, how could this Janam-patrl bo procured?" Bhai Bala answered: "The Guru knows it;" but by searching it may come to hand." Guru Angad said: " Bhai Bala, is there any such one, by whom a trace of the Janam-patrl may be procured?" Bala said: "Let it be searched. Sir!" Guru Angad said: "Bhai Brda, thou art an inhabitant of that place, by thee a trace of it may be procured. Search and get it from any one." Bhai Bala, the Sandhu, said: " Sir! Mahata Kalu, the Vedi, has a brother, it is Mahata Lrdu, the Vedl, from him it may be searched." Guru Angad answered: " Bhai Bala, you must search for it." Then Bhai Bala said: " Give me one of your own men; he and I will go and say to Mahata Lalu, the Vedi: ' Bhai Lain, thou hast become very old. Guru Angad has shown thee much benevolence: search after the Janam-patrl of Guru Nanak and give it (to us)! AVe have inquired and found Guru Angad: between Guru Nanak and Angad there is no difference whatever.'" Then Angad said: " Bhra Bala, what the society (of the disciples) says, that is

' Angad was a Khatri, of the Trihun clan. His former name was Lahana. According to the Janam- Sakbi it was changed by Nanak to Angad: ^ft J^g JIHT 3 ■&3V5 vrfS*HT 9' • Compare also p. xliv, 1. 6.

^ The lithographed Laliore copy inserts Iiere: ifT ^'g' JT?'^ WTvf^ T %Z ^ *KTt^*HT: he brouglit a present, as liis circnnistances would permit liim, significant for tlie later Sikli times.

' ^T3t. coarse tnine made of nuinj. This occupation of Angad was afterwards considered as unbecoming a Gum and therefore left out in the Laliore lithograplied copy.