The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 416

S!ok II.; maJiald V. Who is absorbed in covetousness, wanders always about without gaining at all his eud. With whom the Guru falls in, 0 2\'auak, in his mind (that Hari) dwells.

Faurl. All things are bitter, the name of the True one is sweet. To those people of Hari it is sweet, who, being pious, taste it. For whom it is decreed by the Supreme Brahm, in his heart he dwells. (In whom) the One Supreme Being is contained, (his) second love is cut off. Nanak joining (his) hands asks for Hari; the Lord, being pleased, gives (this gift to him).

That begging is the best, which asks for the One.

Other words, which have not the Lord for their object, are useless, 0 Xanak!

Slok II.; mahala V. A heart pierced with love (and) knowing (God) is rare. (Whom) the saint ( = the Guru) is uniting (with God), (to him) the road (becomes) smooth.

Pavri. Serve him, 0 soul, who is liberal and bountiful! All sins are destroyed by remembering Govind.

The way of Hari is shown by the pious, (if) the mantra of the Guru be muttered. All the pleasures of the Maya are insipid (to him, to whom) Hari is pleasing in (his) mind. Meditate, 0 Nanak, on the Lord, by whom life is given!

The right time for sowing the true name has come; what one sows, that he will eat. He gets it (the name), 0 Xanak, for whom it is decreed.

SloJc II.; mahala V. He is asking for the only True one, to whom he himself, being pleased, gives (it). Nanak (asks) for (that) gift of the Lord, by the eating of which the mind is satiated.

Paiirl. They acquire profit in the world, whose wealth and capital Hari is. They do not know another love, their trust is in the True one. The One immovable is laid hold of (by them), every other thing is passing away. Who forgets the Supreme Brahm, his breath is useless. Nanak will be a sacrifice to that man, who keeps him pressed to his neck.

The Supreme Brahm has given the order and rain has fallen with natural ease. Much corn and grain is produced, the earth is filled and abundantly satiated. (Who) always recites his excellences, the pain of his poverty passes away. What is written before, that is obtained and found by his order. 0 Nanak, meditate on that Lord, by whom thou hast been vivified!

456 RAG GAURI, MAIL V., VAR XVII. XVIII. (L. LI.)

Slok II.; maliald V. The One life-giving ground of eternal bliss should be remembered! There is no other place, in which wise should one become tranquil? I have seen the whole world, there is no happiness without the name. Body and property will become ashes, as everybody knows. Complexion and enjoyment are worthless, what will the creature do? Whom he himself leads astray, he does not know the trick. "Who are imbued with love to the blissful (Supreme), they sing the True one. Nanak (says): those, who are at the gate of thy asylum, please thee.

Regeneration and death do not happen to them, who cling to the skirt of Hari.

They become approved of whilst living, who are intent on the praise of Hari.

"Who have obtained the society of the pious, they are very fortunate.

"Woe to the life, in which the name is forgotten! raw threads break.

Nanak (says): the dust of the pious is purifying (equally to) Lakhs and Crores of Prags.'

(Like) the golden earth, studded with gems of grass, (is) a man, (in whose) mind the love of Hari dwells.*

All his affairs become easy, (says) Nanak, (if) the Guru, the true Guru, is pleased.

(The 111 or kite) is wandering about in the ten directions, (on) water, mountain and forest. "Where a corpse is seen, there the 111 goes and sits down (on it).

Paun. "Who desires the fruit of all comfort, he should acquire the True one.

He should see the Supreme Brahm (as being) near him, he should meditate on the One name Having become the dust of all he is united with Hari.

If he give no pain to any creature, he will go with honour to the house (of Hari). Nanak proclaims the Supreme Spirit, that is purifying the sinners.

The One, whom I have made my friend, is versed in every ingenuity. My life is sacrificed to Hari, (my) heart and body are his property.

If thou seizest (my) hand, 0 beloved, I will not give thee up by any means. Those, who give up Hari, are wicked men, they fall into the pain of hell.

Saiisk. M«4lT> the modern Ilahabad, at the confluence of the Ganges and Jamua with the supposed (subterraneous) addition of the Sarasvati; thence called also f^Tlf^.

This verse is a masterpiece of confusion, it can only I)e translated by conjecture, as so many more, no attentiou being paid by the author to grammatical order or clearness.

RAG GAURI, MAH. V., VAR XIX.— XXI. (LII.— LIV.) 45'i

Paii.rl. What Hari does, in whose house are all treasures, that takes effect. The saints Live by continually muttering (him), they wash off the filth of (their) sins. In whose heart the lotus-footed one dwells, his difficulty he clears away. With whom the perfect Guru meets, he does not die nor is he regenerated nor does he weep. Nanak is very thirsty after the sight of the Lord, may he in. mercy grant it (to me) I