The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 182

164 RAG MAJH, MAH. III., ASTPAD. XIV. (XV.)

By the secret of the word (of the Guru)' some one obtains the palace (of Hari), the palace-servants' he calls to (his) palace.

(4). True is the wholesale merchant, true his retail-dealers.

The True one they buy out of infinite love to the Gurii.

The True one they purchase, the True one they acquire, from the True one they earn comfort.'

(5). Without capital how shall he obtain anything?

The fleshly-minded one wanders about in the whole world.

"Without the capital (of the name) all go off empty, having gone empty they are incurring pain.

(6). Some purchase the True one from the dear word of the Guru.

They are saved themselves and save all their families.

Having come (to the threshold of Hari) they are approved of, having met with their beloved they obtain happiness.

(7). Within is the thing {i.e. the Supreme), the fool seeks it outside.

The self-willed are blind and wander about without restraint.

Where the thing is, from thence no one gets it, the self-willed are going astray* in error.

(8). He himself gives and calls by the word (of the Guru).

The palace-servant obtains easy comfort in the palace.

Nanak (says): from the name greatness is obtained; he himself {i.e. Hari) having heard, heard (the word of the Gm-u) is meditating (on it).

(1). By the true Guru his true instruction is proclaimed. Think on Hari, at the end he will be (thy) companion!

Hari, the unattainable, the inapprehensible, the masterless, the unproduoed from the womb, thou obtainest by faith in the true Giu'u.

I am devoted, 0 Lord, I am devoted (to them, who) part with (their) own self.

If they part with their own self, then they obtain Hari, they are easily absorbed with Hari.

(2). The work, that is written before, is performed.

By serving the true Guru comfort is always obtained.

Without (divine) allotment the Guru is not obtained, by the word (of the Guru) he (Hari) is uniting to union (with himself).

(3). The disciple remains uncontaminated in the world.

His trust is in the Guru, the name is his support.

If one oppresses the disciple, what is it to him? he himself {i.e. the oppressor) is wasting away and subjected to pain.

(4). The fleshly-minded are blind and have no understanding.

By slandering and slandering it lifts up a great burthen, without wages it conveys the burthen.

(5). This world is an inclosed garden-bed, my Lord the gardener.