The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 22

' Here the Lahore edition adds (against all the other MSS.): Both fell at his feet and said: " Sir, thou thyself art indeed God."

" The Lahore edition has here again: fy\^a( 3 *KTV WTT vl. Nanak indeed is himself God.

in-law, or displease thee!" Jairam said: " WTiat is done by thee, that is done." Then Nanak and Jairam took their food, and having eaten they sat down. Afterwards Mula and CandoranI came in. Before Mula and Sama, the Pandit, had been quarrelling. Now CandoranI, the mother- in-law, came; having seen K"anak she pealed like thunder and began to say: "Hear, N'lnak, for this purpose thou hast married, that having increased the family thou leavest it and runnest away?" So she went on chatting.... Mrda did not again give up his daughter. Lakhmi-das was as yet on the haunch [i.e. a baby) and Siri Cand was four years and three-quarters old.

Nanah leaves his family, which is hroken up.

[Nanak then went away from Sultanpur and remained outside (of it in the jungle); he did not come (any longer) to the house of his wife. Candorant and ilula did not give up their daughter; prating on he [i.e. Mida) made much altercation. At last the matter was settled thus. Bebe Nanakl said: " Well, aunt, Sirl Cand shall remain with me, and my sister-in-law and Lakhmi-das you take with you. If there should be any question about property and if my sister-in-law should become excited about anything, we will make a present of it to her; we cannot struggle with the Lord." Then Candorruu and Mula took their daughter and grandson with them ']

Then Guru Nanak and Bala came to Talvandi; his uncle Lalu met with him and said: " My brother Kalu is departed and my lady sister-in-law is also departed, thou art my arm, remain now with me! what thou sayst, that I will do!" Guru Nanak replied: "0 uncle Lalu, we also must go, we cannot remain." Then uncle Lalu said again: "Well, Sir, what thou wilt say, that we must mind." Guru Nanak remained there fifteen days.

NCinak joins his wife at PaJiho. Questions about the succession in the Guriiship.

Then Guru Nunak and Bala came to (the village) of Pakho, the Radh'iva, and began to remain there.- One day the mother, the Com, said: "Bhal Bala, let now the ascetic stop (here), he has wandered enough about." Bala replied: " Well, madam! " Bhai Bala said then to Guru Nanak: " Sir! give me now leave! " Guru Nanak replied: " Bhal Bala, where we remain, there remain thou also!" Bala -said: "Sir, going and remaining depends on the Lord, but. Sir, who will be after thee (thy successor)?" Guru Nanak replied: "Bhal Bala, afterwards Lahana, the Khatrl, the son of Pheru, the Tihan Khatrl, will meet with us, he will remain after me (as Guru)." Bala asked again: "0 Guru, will he also be a good man?" Guru Kanak replied: "Bhal Bala, he will be like me." Bala, asked again: "Sir, what about his honour Sirl Cand?" The Guru replied: " Bha! Bala, he wall not be in want of bread and clothes, they will follow him, but that thing {i.e. the Guruship) belongs to Lahana." Then Bala took leave and went to Talvandi.

' We break oH" here and give the conclusion of the life of Nanak. The intermediate wanderings of Nanak, as related here, have very little in common with the original compilation and are full of wonderful stories, which bear the stamp of invention on their front. We pass them over as irrelevant to our object in view.

■ Tlie home of Nanak's wife, « here she had been staying in the house of her parents since her separation from her husband.

(86). Bala presses Angad to tell him how he became Nunalcs disciple and successor.

Then Bala said: "Hear, 0 Guru (Angad); between Guru Jfanak and thee there is no difference whatever! and till here I have information about the Guru; what I have seen with my own eyes, that T have dictated. Of what follows I have no knowledge." Then Guru Angad said: "Bhal Bala, thou hast given us a sight of Guru ^S'anak, the creator is merciful to thee." Bala replied: "Sir, thou hast taken from me the whole account, give rae now, Sii-, thy own story, how did it happen with thee?" Guru Angad replied: "Take my account, 0 Bhai Bala! thus it happened with us. "We had gone to Kangra with the family (wife) to worship the Devi. We had heard before, that one Nanak, a YeJi Khatri, had become an ascetic and was staying there. We said: ' As we have come here, we will also have an interview with him.' We went out and had an interview with him and every hair of us became cool. The Guru asked us: ' How, brother, what is thy name? whence art thou, 0 brother disciple? ' I answered: ' 0 Gurij, there is a village of the jungle, there we dwell and my name is Lahana.' Then the Guru said: ' Who art thou? ' We replied: '0 Guru, we are a Tihan' Khatri and have come on a pilgrimage to the DOvI.' The Guru said then: ' Well, brother, go and having worshipped the Devi come (again) 1 ' We replied: ' Sir, now our going is stopped, if crores of Devis be put together, they will not come up (= be equal) to your sight. For which sake we were going there, that business has been accomplished here.' The Guru said: ' Hear, 0 brother Lahana, what will be due to you on our part, that you will take.' Then, brother Bala, whilst I looked out for my own opportunity, all the bonds of my body broke, and when I moved away, my breath became stopped. The Guru said then: ' Brother Lahana, go now to thy own house and take thy wife with thee! ' I did not go.' Thus, 0 brother Bala, it happened with me." Then Bala replied: "Sir, between Guru Nanak and thee there is no diflfereuce whatever. Guru Nanak did not hide anything from me, what defect hast thou seen in me, that thou hidest (things) from me?" Guru Angad said: "Bhal Bala,, show to me, that I have hidden anything from thee?" Bala replied: "Sir, manifest that, why Guru Jifanak has given thee the name of Angad?" Guru Angad understood in his mind that this was a perfect man, and that it was not good to hide anything from him, as he had stayed with Guru Nanak.

Guru Angad said then: " One day I had brought a bundle of grass from without {i.e. the jungle) for the cow. The mother, the ConI, was sitting at the side of Guru Nanak, and having seen on my clothes splashings of mud she said to Guru Nanak: 'Fear a little God, 0 ascetic, this one is also the son of a Khatri! ' Guru Xanak replied: ' Hear, 0 daughter of ilulu! these are not splashings of mud, they are KungQ ' of the threshold (of God).' Bhal Bala, thus my name Angad was given to me."

Bala said: " Sir, having become Guru you keep (things) back from the disciples! Eather say, that you are not a Sikh!" Then Guru Angad answered: "Bhal Bala, one day the motlier, the ConI, brought her two sons to Guru jS^anak and sat down. She began to say: ' Though thou hast sons of thy own, thou art throwing this thing into other houses.* It is not becoming to thee, that thou givest it to the sons of strangers, whereas thou hast sons of thy own.' A mouse fell into the sight of Kunak, which was dead. Guru Xanak said: ' 0 son Sirl Cand, this mouse is dead, it is not good that it should lie here; touch it with the toe of thy foot, that it may be

' T^tT^ or tcJOcN is the name of the elan.

' Tlie Lahore edition interpolates here an apparition of the Devi to Lahana, professing to be lierself the servant of Nanak. The story is apparently newly made up, as all the other MSS. do not contain it. ^?3J »«. a fine powder composition of red colour, rubbed by women on the forehead. The Guruship is meant here by the thing (^TFT?)-

removed to some distance!' But Siri Cand answered: 'I have seen many such conjurers, who putting down a wing let fly off a pigeon, and who from skins make cats.' ' Upon this Guru Nanak remained silent. When an hour had passed, I came. Then Guru Nanak said: '0 child Angad, a dead mouse is lying here, touch it with the toe of thy foot and throw it to some distance.' I touched it with the toe of my foot and it fell down in some direction. Then Is^anak said: ' 0 daughter of llula! this is the son of a stranger and this one is my own son, •what shall I do? To whom the creator gives it, he takes it' {i.e. the Guruship). Then, Bhai Bala, my name hecame Angad."

Bala said: "Sir, another doubt has come to me: is there in me some great vice that you are putting a screen before me every twenty-four minutes?" Guru Angad answered: "Hear, Bhai Bala 1 ^ One day I and Bhai Bura were with Nanak, it was midnight. Guru Xanak said: 'Bhai Bura, what time of the night is it?' Burli looked, came and said: 'Sir, it is midnight.' Gui'u Nanak said: ' Bhai Bura, I know it is not midnight, it is a watch of the night.'' Bura went again out and looked; it was midnight. Bura said (therefore) again: 'Sir, it is midnight.' Guru Kanak said the third time: ' Bura, it is not midnight, it is a watch of the night.' Bura said the third time: ' Sir, it is midnight, it is not a watch of the night.' Guru!Nanak then said: ' Bhai Bura, remain seated! ' Then Guru Kanak said again: ' Son Angad, see thou, how much of the night it is? ' I went out to see; it was midnight. Having come in I said: ' Sir, it is midnight.' Guru Xanak said again: ' Son Angad, it is a watch of the night, go and see! ' Then I understood in my mind, that it was (indeed) midnight, but that the Gui-u's view was different. I came and said: ' 0 Guru, a watch of the night is remaining, but there was a defect in my eyes.' Then Guru Kanak became much pleased and said: ' Son Angad, bow thy head before the creator! ' I bowed my head, but Bura became displeased in his mind. Then Guru Is anak said: ' Bhai Bura, bow thy head before Angad! ' But Bura became much displeased. Then Guru Nanak said: ' Bura, don't be displeased! this is the order of the creator.' Thus, Bhai Bala, it happened with us."

Upon this Bala said: ""Why are you continually keeping the secret from me?" Guru Angad answered: " Bhai Bala, the mouth is middling and the greatness unfathomable, it cannot be told, it must be kept in the heart. But as thou dost not leave off, it must be told." Bala said: "Sir, let it be told!" Then Guru Angad said: "The discipleship is difficult and all is the creator's; but this is the conduct of the world. But, Bhai Bala, this story has not been written.*

"One day my daughter was going about and fell into the sight of Guru Xanak. He said: 'Son Angad, having dressed thy daughter bring her to me.' I dressed and brought her to him. Guru Kanak said: 'Son, go thou, sit outside!' I went and sat down on the threshold. Guru Kanak and my daughter sat down on the bedstead, then the rail of the bedstead broke. Guru Isanak was sitting in his composure of mind.'' I said then (to myself): ' In the Guru's com- posure of mind discomposure must lake place.' I seized then that rail and sat down. Thus, Bhai Bala, it happened with us, if you wUl accept it or not." Bala said: "0 Guru! true, true, true!" Then Guru Angad said: "Bhril Bala, this story, that has been heard, must be taken as

The Madarls (followers of the JIusalman Pir Jladar) are such jugglers. They put down a wing of a pigeon, read a mantra over it and a pigeon flies off, etc.

' This story is left out in the Lahore lithographed edition. ' That is: it is the last watch of tlje night. This story, which throws a good deal of light ou the reason of the intimacy of NSnak and Angad, is naturally left out in the Lahore lithographed copy, being too discreditable to the character of Nanak.

* The MS. — reads here: 3T5 AlAcJ JUTV^ fWJKT?^ t^f% WTUT. Guru Nanak was in his own thought.

true, and, Bh'u Bala, thou must consider Guru Nanak as true. And if one will consider him as true, his vices and sins, as many as they may be, ■will, by taking his words as true, be washed away. And if one will do the words of Guru Nanak, he will arrive there, where Guru Nanak is."...' " One time there was in a certain town a pool full of black mud. When rain was foiling, all the filth of the town was collected there. The Guru having gone near it threw a cup into it. At that time both sons of the Guru wore with him and I {i.e. Angad) also was with him. The Guru looked first towards Sirl Cand and said: ' Son, take the cup out from the pool! ' Sir! Cand answered: 'Where one must go, there one may go, some others will take it out with pleasure and not give it up.' Then the Guru looked towards LakhmT-das and said: ' Son, take out the cup from the pool! ' He answered in the same manner as Sir! Cand had done. Then the Guru looked towards me. I did not let the Guru speak, but jumped with my clothes into the pool and brought the cup out. Though my clothes were full of mud, I felt very happy."

As it was the Baba Guru's habit to remain in Kartarpur (towards his end), so he remained. At the time of praising (the Lord) praise was made, towards the end of the night ablution was made and recitation and austerity practised, the Lord was magnified; then crowds (of disciples) come and cooking goes on. In the mind of Guru Baba Nanak dwelled this thought: "When will that time come, in which I shall sec the Lotus-foot of the Lord? " When some days had passed, the month of Asu came. Then Guru Nanak became very joyful and happy. On the seventh of Asu it happened, that songs of joy were sung and the praise of the Lord was made. Baba Nanak fell into deep reflection. After that he said to his attendants: "I think, that to-day my absorption will take place; smear a place with cow-dung, throw Kusa-grass upon it and make things ready." His attendants began to weep; Guru Nanak comforted them. Then his attendants began to collect the (necessary) things and a man went to call Lakhmi-das and Sirl Cand, (saying): " You are called for." Lakhmi-das and Sir! Cand did not come, they began to say: "Why should we go, as he is in good health?" The mother, the C5nT, went by her own disposition to the Guru. When Guru Nanak saw that her hands were sullied with Dal, he said: " How, 0 Coni? If thou hast anything to say, say it! And why are thy hands sullied? " When the mother saw that the Guru was in the state of absorption, she said: "To-morrow is a Sradh, it is the date of thy father; if it please thee, we wiU go and make the Sriidh." The mother, the Coni, having become very humble, begged of him. Then Guru Nanak said: "WeU, be it so, 0 Coin! make the Sradh! Eemaining (as yet) the eighth and ninth, -we shall be absorbed on the tenth." Having seen the submissiveness of the mother, the Coin, the Guru became merciful and said: "Prepare the things for the Sradh!" Then the mother in token of sacrifice clung to the feet of the Baba. The Guru Baba then gave the order: "Give up to-day preparing the things for (my) absorption!" This word was noised about among the people, that the Guru Baba will be absorbed on the tenth. On the eighth the Sradh of his father was performed, on the ninth the whole family of the Guru Baba assembled.' Then Lakhml-

' Here both the Manuscripts, which we have hitherto followed, break off, after some conversation between Angad and Bliai Bala on the former Bhagats and why Kabir alone reached the presence of the Supreme Lord. The death of Nanak is not mentioned by them and we are therefore restricted to the Lahore litho- graphed copy alone, which i-elates some more stones of Angad's blind obedience to the commands of Guru Nanak and of the disobedience of his sons.

^ We leave out the story, that all Prophets, Pirs, Saints, etc., came to take leave of Nanak, as it is not worth mentioning.

das and Sin Cand besought him much, saying: "Sir, the Guruship you have given to Lahana, what is our support?" The Guru answered: "Children, you will have plenty of food and clothes." Then Lakhml-das and SirT Cand said: "Food and clothes we shall have, but nobody will mind us." The Guru answered: " Children, don't be anxious! The dogs of Gurus and Pirs are minded, you also will be minded. But the greatness of the name is with Angad." When they had heard this order of the Guru Baba, Lakhmi-das and Sir! Cand and all the family and the disciples fell down at his feet.

When two watches and a half of the night were remaining, the Guru Baba fell into deep meditation. All the things (for cremation) were prepared. Then the Lord appeared to him and in the true region a cry of victory arose. When the Baba had given up his meditation, he began to say: "I am a sacrifice, have mercy on me the lowest sinner! Blessed be the Lord!" Then the Lord, having become merciful, said: "I liave pardoned thy way {i.e. thy religious system and the followers of it), befoi'e and after, whoever will take thy name, he shall become emancipated." Then with the order of the Lord the Guru Baba was absorbed in Samvat 1596, on the tenth day of the dark half of the month of Asu. The Mahajans {i.e. Khatns) and the people of Govind ' began to perform the duties of the world {i.e. to prepare for cremation) and put Guru Nanak on the funeral pile. There were also Pathans, who were disciples of the Guru. They said: "Wo also will have a sight of him." The ^Mahajans said: "Khans, now it is not your time." They answered: "Baba Nanak is our Pir, we will have his sight." The Mahajans said: "To-day is not the time to see him, go away!" The Pathans came on with might and began to say: "Baba Nanak is our Pir, we will do with him as it is customary to Pirs, we will bring him to the grave-yard." The Mahajans had, on account of the Turks, drawn sheets round about (the corpse). Then one disciple said: " Ye brethren, Hindus and Musalmans, what for are you quarrelling? The Guru Baba is not here indeed, he has departed to the true region." When he went and looked, there was nothing on the funeral pile; the quarrel of both parties ceased.

(90). Impression made hy the death of Ndtialc. All the retinue, the attendants, the Mahajans and the people of Govind began to say: "Ram! Ram!" 'i'hey praised Guru Nanak, (saying): "Yah, vah! Guru Nanak has been the visible Supreme Lord! but by our own lot we have not been able to worship him in any way." They began to repent and having seen the sport of the Guru Baba they were confused with fear. The Musalmans began to take the name of God, (saying): "Yah, vah God! Guru Baba Nanak has been a great man, of a great spirit, he was the image of God himself." They set to praise God. Hindus and Musalmans, having seen this, were astonished. The family and attendants of Guru Baba Nanak set fire to the funeral pile and performed the funeral ceremonies, (saying): " The Guru Baba Nanak is bodily gone to Paradise! "