The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 40

"We meet here likewise with the forms Brftnf^, \rtftwS by the side of 3fsWT. which we have noticed in NamdGv.

Jaidev (Jayadeva), though the time in which he lived has hitherto not yet been fixed with certainty, belongs in all likelihood also to the fourteenth century. Wilson, who enumerates him with the disciples of Ramanand, is apparently mistaken, as the Bhakta-mala nowhere states that Jaidev was a disciple of Eamanand, which it certainly would have done if any tradition to this purport had been cun-ent among the Vaishnavas. But we consider it equally wrong, if Lassen (Gita- gijvinda. Prolegomena, p. iv.) is inclined to date back the Gita-govinda to the twelfth century of our era (about 1150); against such a supposition his own Prakrit verses, as preserved in the Granth, speak too strongly, which decidedly bear the stamp of a later age. Only the following piece of Jaidev, which is a curious mixture of Sanskrit and the vulgar tongue, is contained in the Granth (Rag GujrT, Sri Jaidev):

■Lra^^ 33 \r?f7f3 vi ^7 f5f3 *j<jyji3 ii °(

$^W TR TTT^T -vd^M II -Elf^ *Ht»T3 33^f^ II

7J ^f3 tT TWB% 7i ^rTTi^ rCTlfq HH?^ SfSW II ^TJT^ II

■^E\fZ t^'rfZ ^rafJTTJ tT W^rf^ iKTOB^ II

3f7r TTw -^of^d ^^rm^^ 3tt ^^'3 'ra^ ii ^

Tjfg' 33T3 fi^Tr fA05<^WT f^ T^^T^T ■EtH'TT II tPTTJ f? 7T3t75 f^ T^7i f^ 3VTfn II 8?rf^7?rfy^f3 'frfU 7J^ TfS775 fjrfq M^ II %^ JKTf^ 3^ fllZ 3^ 33 »TT^ 3T3 II M

cxxiv Oy THE LANGUAGE AND THE METEES USED IN THE GEANTH.

(1). The primeval Spirit (is) incomparable,' first, steeped in love. Joyful,- far from nature, though in thought penetrating all.

Only the name of Earn is beautiful. Utter (the name) consisting of the essence of nectar!

By the remembrance of -n-hich^ there is no burning* (in the heart), neither fear of birth, the

trouble of old age (and) death. (2). (If) thou desirest the discomfiture ^ of Yaraa and the others, (know): fame (and) welfare (are to)

the doer of meritorious works. In the present, past and future time he is equally continuing," he is extremely propitious and

tender. (3). Greediness and the other (vices), looking upon another's wife (and) what (is) twofold conduct

( = duality). Having given up all bad works flee to the asylum of the discus-holder, 0 foolish one! (4). Devotion to Hari (must be) (in one's) heart only; what is the use of works (and) words? of

Tug, of sacrifice, of alms and austerity? (5). Mutter: " Guvind, GOvind," 0 man! this is the step to every perfection.

Jaidev (says): the coming' of that (man) is fruitful,^ all (his) regeneration is gone.

Of IiamGna>id also, who lived towards the end of the fourteenth or the beginning of the fifteenth century, one piece only is contained in the Granth. It is found in the Efig Basant and runs thus:

W5 ynWtT^ H ^f^?5T3T H3T II JtTT 1^3 7; ^^ tf7^ dPyG vr3T II ^UT# II %? U^M ^7i 3^ -fwi II WfiT e7^ dwT "ST^ ^n II

iffTTJ BT^ "^'T ^Tfe li ^ Tjrm -siTrfs^ sj^ »th^ *[Tfa ii <i

^fTTJ yITE^W 3TT tTW XTtnTJ II 3 VffH?fT& t?T3 ^^m II

^7 ^^7i ^3 $X ^fS II ■© TT T© ^TS^ ^ ^^ 7J dfs II =?.

»rf3 3TH ^ ■ErfeUTjt 3^ II frlfe JR75 Vt\^i*> ^ snt ^ II

Tr*n^7 wn»ft -3^t5 "^^ ii sra srr -^rj^ srrt?fe sra^ ii?

"Where shall it bo gone, Sir? colour is applied to (my) house (= body). My reasoning faculty does not move, my mind has become lame.

' All the;\I.SS. read: Vf^^fLfJ^, but tliore must be some mistake or another in this word; very likely it is miswritteu for: IHAfV-f*? (Sansk. '^•nTT, « changing with o, and a with i, as iu many other instances). ' VcW"? "33 J being' excessive joy; ^3 is shortened from *JfT.

^ yT must here (as in v. 3) be separated from WTci^T; 't is the Prakrit relative neuter y^, but the Annsvara is very freqni'ntly not written in the Granth.

^ "irtH}. instead "f ^^f^- from the Sansk. root "S, "SWff^. intransitively used here. * 'MdlS'^ > disoomfitnre = Sansk. X}"^TH^> '' being frequently exchanged for the semi-vowel 1/. '' fJt^ftirVf (sam-abyii) = Sansk. T^JJ ami T5I3>r?T, in later Iliiuini ^^^. ' J^Py G (, = WTTEWT^. t'le participle past used as a substantive: the coming.

'^ J^SZ = San>k. '^I, l)l()\vn, budded (like a flower) = fniitAd, bearing its fVuit. It is an idiomatic expression: " the destiny of a man bnds," i.e. it comes to its fulfilment.