The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 455

512 RAG ASA; MAH. III., SABD VI. VII. (XLV. XLVI.)

(3). By the service of the Guru (one) obtains always happiness.

Joining the society of the pious he sings the excellences of Hari.

(If), praising the name, he reflect (on it):

He is himself saved and becomes the saviour of his family.

(4). The word of the Guru makes (the disciple) dwell in the name.

Nanak (says): by the word (of the Guru) he obtains the palace (and) house (of Hari).

By the instruction of the Guru he bathes in the true pond, in the water of Hari.

Foolishness, filth and all sins are removed.

(1). The self-willed one dies and death ruins (him). By second love he kills himself. By continually saying; " mine, mine " he is ruined. He does not know himself, he is asleep in error.

He indeed is dead, who dies by means of the word (of the Guru).

Praise and blame are shown to be the same by the Guru; having made profit in this world by muttering Hari, he departs.

(2). Who is destitute of the name, is dissolved in the womb.

His life is useless, who is attached to duality.

All who are destitute of the name, burn in pain.

By the true, perfect Guru understanding is communicated.

(3). (Whose) mind is unsteady, he gets many blows.

(Becoming) a foetus (in) the womb (he gets) a dwelling of ordure.

In that house the self-willed one makes his abode.

(4). I become always a sacrifice to my own true Guru.

The disciple, who is endowed with (divine) light, he unites with the light.

His (the disciple's) speech is pure, he dwells in his own house.

Nanak (says): who destroys egotism, is always indifferent (to the world).

(1). The slave, (who) has laid aside his own caste;

(Who) has offered body and soul, (is) in the asylum of the true Guru.

(In whose) heart the name is, (his) dignity is great.

The beloved Lord becomes always (his) companion.

He considers, both grief and joy, as the same, and is saved by the favour of the Guru, by means of the word (of the Guru).

(2). The doing of (religious) works is commanded throughout.

(But) without the word (of the Guru) none becomes acceptable.