The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 335

"Who has no limit nor bounds, (says) Nanak.

He is the wholesale merchant (and) Lord, true wealth is the capital of Hari.

Nanak (says): (this) true and pure (wealth) is obtained by him, (who) is with the saints.

Pauri. Sasd (S.). True, true, true is he. None is separate from the true divine male. He falls on (his) asylum, whom he puts (into it).''

' The Supreme is Jf^ (= Sansk. ^QW) empty, devoid of sensation and at the same time JTtf WfTTi^. living- in happiness.

^ 3r3 Wftf must Iiere be taken as two separate words and 3f5 in its original (adjectival) sense of: large.

' What are the ^n Stfe' " f^^" only be referred to -HA^f ^H<^. the Supreme not being subject to either as formless. Endowed with all forms he is penetrating tlie universe and all creatures, which are his sport. Tliey perish again, but not his vital energy iu them, which called them into existence.

^ ■LTTO'. ^^T''^ (in the following line). It is difficult to say, what these corruptedforms are intended for; we have translated tliem for "L) ifa and *{^\{\i- Every grammatical connexion is wanting in these lines, and they can only be translated by conjecture.

360 RAG GAURI, MAH. V., BAVANAKHRI IV.— VI.

Eemembering, remembering he sings (his) excellences, (whom) he lets hear (them).

Doubt and error do not in any way enter (him).

(To whom) his grandeur is manifest, to him he is known.

Slolc. Why are they crying: wealth, wealth! the infatuation of the Maya is all falsehood. Without the name all is becoming dust, 0 Nanak!

Poxri. D/iad/ul (Dh.). Thy servants are cleansed from dust. Blessed are those, whose mind is delighted (with thee). They do not desire wealth, they do not wish for heaven.

In the love to the very beloved they are absorbed in the dust of the pious ones. How should worldly affairs occupy them. Who do not give up the One nor go to any other? Into whose heart the Lord has given the name: (Those) pious ones the Lord is filling, (says) Nanak.

By many (fliqir-) garbs and by obstinacy of mind' not any divine knowledge and meditation is obtained.

Kanak says: (on whom) mercy is bestowed, he is a devotee endowed with divine knowledge.

JVana (N.). Divine knowledge does not (consist) in words of the mouth,

(Nor) in making many arguments- (from) (different) kinds of Shastras.

He is endowed with divine wisdom, in whose (mind) that one is firmly fixed.

By talking and hearing no Tog (abstract meditation) whatever is made.

He is endowed with divine wisdom, in whose (mind) the order (of the Supreme) remains firm.

That is a disciple endowed with divine knowledge and reflecting on the truth (= the Supreme),

On whom mercy has been bestowed, says Kanak.

SM. Avan (A.). They have come into creation (=this world), (but) without comprehending (the truth) they are cattle and oxen.

Nanak (says): that disciple comprehends, on whose forehead (this) lot (is written).

They have come for one (purpose) into the world. (But) their life-time is deluded by the fascinating Maya.

' Tlie lir3 does not belong to f^JlfT^. but to V^Ti Uf^; so as the words stand, they give no sense. ° -HJIHJ must here be translated by argument (ratiocinatio), Sansk. '?lfW-

RAG GAURI, MAU. V., BAVANAKERI VII.— IX. 361

In the womb they practise austerities with the head turned down and the feet lifted upwards.