The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 227

^ This line seems to refer to him, to whom everything is made known. Relating, what he has beard, he struggles with the Maya (illusion).

Om! The true name is the creator, the divine male ■without fear, without enmity,

of timeless form, unproduced from the womb.

(I). The fear (of God) is very heavy, a great weight:

The wisdom of the (human) mind is light,' it talks (random) words.

(By whom) the load is put on the head and carried about:

He, by the favourable look (of God) and by destiny reflects on the Guru.

Without the fear (of God) none will pass over.

The state (of) the fear (of God) is kept up' by means of faith.

(2). Pear is in the body (like) fire, it is kindled with fear.

The state of fear is shaped by means of the word (of the Guru).

(If) the mould is blind,' the cast is blind.

(3). By the sport of the intellect desire is produced.

By a thousand clevernesses passion does not go down.

Nanak (says): the fleshly-minded talk wind.

Blind is (their) word ( = instruction) and senseless prattle.

(1). In fear is the house (= heart), in the house is fear, by means of the fear (of God) fear goes. What is that fear, by which fear subsides? Without thee there is no other place. Whatever exists, all is thy pleasure.*

One would be afraid, if there should be another object of fear.

He is alarmed by fear, (in whom there is) an uproar of the mind.

(2). The soul does neither die nor is drowned, it passes over.

By whom (everything) is done, he does everything.

By (his) order it comes, by (his) order it goes.

In future and past (times) ^ it is absorbed by (his) order.

(3). (Who has) love to Brahm (and) a desire (for) heaveu:

' Light, i.e. not able to bear the weight.

^ 'HTftf'KT H^f3 is a compound vcrl), in wliicli ^II^TfH 's nearly meaningless. ' ^'x3l> «■"'■ mould, stamp. JK^T = indistinct.

* T3 ^rt H-ri 1 fa' > all is thy pleasure, i.e. all is produced by thy pleasure (or order). ° JHT^t "UTS', literally: before and after, i.e. the soul in its past and future births is absorbed (re- absorbed) by liis order.

In him is much hunger (after) a sign of direction.'

Eating and di-inking the fear (of God) (is his) support.

Without eating (it) he dies (and) becomes a fool.