The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 394

On ■whose forehead (this) destiny is written by the Lord:

Those come to the asylum of the pious, (says) Nilnak.

(8). In whose heart it ( = the name) dwells and who hears it with affection:

He removes the pain of regeneration and death.

The body, which is hard to obtain, he saves at once.

Spotless is his lustre, nectar is his speech,

In whose heart the One name is contained.

Pain, disease, fear and error are extinguished.

The name of the pious is pure, (pure are) his works.

Who considers it a pleasure ' to recite this name (of Hari), (says) Nanak.

EAGU GAUEI; THITI; ^ MAHAL.l V. Om! By the favour of the true Guru!

The Lord, the creator, is present throughout in water, earth and on the surface of the earth. The One, whose form is one, is spread out having become of many kinds, (says) Nfmak.

On the first (lunar day) worship the Lord, whose form is one, meditating on him! Recite Guvind, Gopal, the Lord, fall on the asylum of Hari the king! From him (comes) protection, welfare and happiness, by whom everything is made. In the four corners, in the ten directions (of the earth) I have wandered about: without him there is none other.

The Vedas, the Puranas and the Smriti were heard (by me), I reflect in many ways: The deliverer of the sinners, the destroyer of fear, the ocean of happiness is the formless one. He is bountiful and giving enjoyments; with him there is no other place. What Nanak desires, that he obtains by singing the excellences of Hari.

Pause. The praise of Govind should always be sung! Joining the society of the pious he should be worshipped, 0 my friend!

' ^tf V^ = ^Tif ^f?Wrr, on account of the rhyme.

" fyfi, s.f. a lunar date or divy of the hiiiar period of fifteen days.

Perform worship many times, fall on the asylum of Hari the king!

In the society of the pious error and duality will be cut off and effaced, (says) Nanak.

Fauri. On the second (lunar day) remove folly, serve continually the Guru!

Ram, the gem, dwells iu (thy) heart and body, 0 friend, if thou give up lust, wrath and covetousness. Death is effaced, Hfe is obtained, aU disti-ess is annihilated. Give up thy own self, adore Govind, give thyself to love and devotion (to Hari)! Gain will accrue (to thee), loss will be removed, at the threshold of Hari (thou wilt be) honoured. If thou collect the wealth of the name of Hari, (thou art) a true and fortunate wholesale merchant. Rising and sitting adore Hari, being delighted with the pious! I^anak (says): folly goes off (thus), the Supreme Brahm dwells in (thy) mind.

I The three (states) ' permeate the world, the fourth (state) some (rare) one obtains.

i Nanak (says): those saints have become pure, in whose mind that One dwells.

On the third (day; the fruit of the poison of the three (lualities is now and then very high, now and then low.

"Wandering much about in heU and heaven death always kills (him again). -

In joy, grief and doubt the world (is immersed), in egotism it spends its time.

By whom they have been made, him they do not know, they think of many contrivances (with a view to their salvation).

(His) mental anxiety, difficulty, trouble, passion and inquietude is not broken,

"Wlio does not comprehend the majesty of the Supreme Brahm, the omnipresent Lord.

Being quite immersed in spiritual blindness and error he dwells in the great hell.