The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 267

Mutter, 0 my heart, the praise of (that) Govind!

(2). Without the One there is none other.

By whose favourable look comfort is always obtained.

(3). Make the One thy friend, acquaintance and companion!

The word " Hari, Hari," write in thy heart!

Nanak sings the praises of the inward governor.

He has no fear, whose support is the name.

Pause. Fear cannot enter thy asylum. "VNTiat is pleasing to thee, that (thou art) doing. (2). There is grief and joy in coming and going. By that comfort is obtained, what is pleasing to the Lord. (3). The Maya enters the great ocean of fire. They are cool (composed), who obtain the true Guru. (4). Keep me, 0 Lord, the preserver! Nanak says: what (can) the helpless creature do?

By thy mercy a place (is obtained) at (thy) threshold.

Without thee, 0 Supreme Brahm, there is none other. By thy mercy comfort is always obtained.

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274 EAG gaurI, mah. v., SABD LXV.-LXVII. (CXXXV.-CXXXVII.;

(2). (If) thou dwellest in the heart, no pain befalls (it).

(Thou art) the inward governor of all bodies.

(4). I offer (this) supplication to my own true Guru:

May the name, the true capital, be given (to me), (says) Nanak.

So are (those) empty, (whose) mouth is devoid of the name.

Pause. Mutter the name of Hari, Hari, 0 man! "Woe to (thy) body void of the name and being another's! (2). Without the name there is no good lot on the face. "Without the husband there is no happy married state. (3). "Who, having forgotten the name, takes to another enjoyment: None of his desires will be accomplished. (4). 0 Lord, bestow on me thy own mercy and gift, (That) Nanak may mutter the name day and night.

(1). Thou art powerful, thou art my Lord. All is from thee, thou art the inward governor.

Pause. Thou, 0 supreme, omnipresent Brahm (art) the shelter of thy servants. In thy asylum are crores of thy servants saved. (2). All creatures, as many as there are, are thine. By thy mercy many comforts (are obtained). (3). "Whatever exists, all is thy decree.'

"Who comprehends (thy) order, he is absorbed in the True one. (4). 0 Lord, in mercy bestow (on me) (this) gift, That Nanak may remember the name (containing) the (nine) treasures.

(1). (That) very fortunate man obtains his sight, "Who devoutly meditates on the name of Eam.

Pause. In whose heart Hari dwells: Him no pain (befalls) even in a dream.

EAG GAURI, MAH. V., SABD LXVIII.— LXX. (CXXXYIII.-CXL.) 275

(2). All treasures are laid up in (his) people. In their society sins and pains depart. (3). The greatness of (his) people cannot be told, (His) people are absorbed in the Supreme Brahm. (4). May in mercy my petition be heard, 0 Lord! May the dust of (thy) slave be given to jSTiuak!

(1). By remembering Hari thy calamity goes off. AU welfare comes and dwells in thy mind.

Pause. Adore, 0 my heai't, the one name! It will be of use to thy soul.

(2). Night and day sing the exeeUences of the endless one! The mantra of the perfect Guru is spotless. (3). Give up shifts, hold fast the One! Taste the nectar-juice, the great excellent thing! (4). The difficult ocean (of existence) those people cross: On whom he bestows a favourable loot, says Nanak.

(1). Who put the lotus feet of the Lord in their heart: They, having met with the perfect true Gui'u, ai'e saved.

Pause. Sing the praises of Govind, 0 my brother! Having met with the pious meditate on the name of Hari! (2). The (human) body, which is hard to get, becomes approved of. From the true Guru attention to the name is obtained. (3). By remembering Hari the perfect degree' is attained. In the society of the pious fear and error are effaced. (4). "Wherever I see, there he {i.e. Hari) is contained. Nanak, the slave, is in the asylum of H;u-i.