The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 399

0 my true Lord, 0 True one, true is (thy) name!

Sloh I. In (thy) heart is the disease of egotism, by error thou art led astray, 0 fleshly-minded wicked man! Xanak (says): remove thy disease by meeting with the true Guru and the pious, good men!

Sloh II. The heart and body of the disciple are imbued with love to Hari, the depository of (all) excellences. Humble Nanak (says): him, who flees to the asylum of Hari, he unites (with himself), praise to the Guru!

Thou art the creator, the unattainable Supreme Spirit, with whom art thou to be compared '?

(If) one would be like thee, it would be told; thou art like thyself (only), (thus) it is read.

Thou alone art existing in all creatures, to the disciple thou art manifest.^

Thou art the true Lord of all, thou art higher than all.

What thou doest, that, 0 True one, will take place, then why should one grieve?

1 have love to the beloved in heart and body; those who are attached (to the beloved) day and night: (On them) bestow mercy, 0 Lord, the true Guru, that they may dwell in comfort! (says) humble

' The Lahore lithographed copy reads: VlfSJWT. but the MSS. (Nos. 2483 and 2484) read "Lflfsm. which we Iiave followed in our translation.

^ VTHJI^Jtr. instead of \r?3TZl^. f'T f'le sake of tlie rhyme.

In whose heart there is love to the beloved, they will shine (at the gate) in proportion as they utter (the name of the beloved).

Nanak (says): Hari himself knows those, who entertain love to the beloved.

Paul-?. Thou art the creator, thou thyself art unerring and not subject to (any) mistake. What thou docst, 0 True one, that is good, by the word of the Guru thou makest comprehend (this). Thou art the powerful cause of causes, there is none other. Thou art the Lord, unattainable and merciful, all meditate on thee. All creatures are thine and thou art eveiy one's, thou deliverest all.

Slolc I. Hear, 0 sweetheart, the message of love, the eyes are attentively fixed (on thee)! (With whom) by the pleased Guru the sweetheart is joined, they dwell in comfort, (says) humble

The true Guru is bountiful and merciful, whose mercy is everlasting.

The true Guru is inwardly without enmity, that One Brahm he beholds (in) all.

Who entertain enmity with him, who is without enmity, of those no one remains.

The true Guru is seeking the best of all, how should evil come from him?

As one desires a fruit from the true Guru, such a one he gets.

Nanak (says): the creator is knowing all, from whom nothing is hidden.

J'nun. Whom the Lord makes great, him I consider as great. Whom the Lord pleases, him he pardons, he is acceptable to the Lord.' If one offend him, he is a foolish ignorant man.

WTiom the true Guru unites (with himself), he utters (his) excellences and praises (his) qualities. Nanak (says): he is perfectly true; who comprehends (him), is absorbed in the True one.

SM I. Hari is true, devoid of all darkness and immortal, without fear, without enmity, without form. By whom he is muttered with one mind and one thought, their burden of egotism goes off. By which disciples Hari is adored, victory to those pious people! If qpe slander the perfect true Guru, him the whole world curses. In the true Guru he himself is abiding, Hari himself is protecting him.-

Blessed, blessed is he, who is singing the excellences of the Guru, to him (be) constantly reverence! Nanak is a sacrifice to them, by whom the creator is muttered.

Slok II. By himself the earth is created, by himself the sky.

By himself the creatures are produced in it, he himself gives the morsel into (their) mouth. He himself is abiding (in) all, he himself is the depository of (all) qualities. Humble Nanak (says): meditate thou on the name, all sins are cut off by it!

*lf7J dlcN^ = Hfe dIcM, oil account of the rhyme.

P(7iir7. Thou art the true Lord, the truth, truth is pleasing to the true one. "Who are praising thee as the True one, near them the servant of Tama does not go. Their faces are bright at the gate, to whose heart the true Hari is pleasing.

The false ones are thrown back; in whose heart is falsehood and hypocrisy, they incur great pain. The faces of the false ones become black, the false ones become sweepings.