The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 520

(7). (This is) the solicitation of thy saints: may he (=God) not be forgotten at any breath and morsel!

Who is pleasing to thee, he is good, by thy decree his affair (is put) right.

(8). The beloved one, the ocean of happiness, is met with, great joy has sprung up.

Nanak says: all pains are effaced, the Lord, the highest bliss, has met (with me).

(1). The Supreme Brahm, the Lord, is remembered (by me), I sacrifice myself for the sight of the beloved one.

(2). By the remembrance of whom pain is forgotten, how can that beloved one be abandoned?

(3). I sell this (my) body to the saint (=the Guru), that ho may make meet (with mc) my dearly beloved one.

(4). The pleasures and ornaments of the world are insipid, they are given up (by me), 0 my mother!

(5). Lust, wrath and covetousness are abandoned (by me) having fallen down at the feet of the beloved true Guru.

(6). Those, who are attached to the beloved Ram, they do not go anywhere else.

(7). Who have tasted the juice of the beloved Hari, they are fully satiated.

(8). By whom the hem of the pious (Guru) is seized, (him) ho ferries across the ocean of existence, (says) Nanak.

IttdOa, literally: pangs of love caused by separation from the beloved (dim. of fy JO).

G02 KAG ASA; MAH. V., ASTPAD. IV. V. (XLI. XLII.); MAH. I., PATI 1—6.

(1). The pain of birtli and death is cut off, 0 beloved, when Hari the king meets (with any one).

(2). Beautiful, clever and very wise is the Lord, my life, show (me thy) sight!

(3). The creatures, which are separated from thee, 0 beloved, they are born (again) and die having eaten poison.

(4). "Whom thou unitest (with thee), he is united, 0 beloved, to his foot I cling.

(5). The happiness, (that is gained) from seeing thy sight, 0 beloved, cannot be told with the mouth.

(6). True love does not break, 0 beloved, it remains for all ages.

(7). What pleases thee, that is good, 0 beloved, thy pleasure is command.

(8). Nanak (says): those who are imbued with love to Narayan, 0 beloved, are naturally intoxicated.

(1). Every affair thou art knowing, 0 beloved, to whom shall I say (anything)? (2). Thou art the donor of all creatures, what thou givest, they put on and eat. (3). Pleasure and pain (come) by thy order, 0 beloved, there is no other place. (4). "What thou makest me do, that I do, 0 beloved, nothing else can be done. (5). All the days and nights are pleasant, 0 beloved, when the name of Hari is muttered. (6). That work must be done, 0 beloved, (which) destiny causes to be written on (one's) forehead from the beginning.

(7). He himself alone is existing, 0 beloved, in everybody he is contained.

(8). He draws out from the well of the world, 0 beloved, Xanak is in the asylum of Hari.

(1). By Sasii («) (he is meant), by whom creation was made, the Lord of all is the One. They continually serve (him), who have applied their mind (to him), their coming (into the world) has become fruitful.

0 mind, 0 foolish mind, why art thou going astray? ^^len thou givest account, 0 brother, then (thou art) helpless.

(2). By Ivarl (the letter i). First is the divine male, he himself is munificent and true. The disciple, who comprehends these letters, has no writing on his head.' (3). By Urd (the letter u): his magnifying should be made, whose end cannot be reached. Who serve (him), they obtain rewards, (those) who acquire the True one.

(4). By JV'aiia (the letter n): if any one comprehend divine knowledge, he is a learned Pandit. (If one) know, that in all creatures is the One, then no one will say: " I, I." ■ (5). By Kahlca (the letter /■;): when the hair has become white and bright without soap: The spies of Tama have come (to him, who is) bound with the chain of the ilaya. (6). By KhaWiu (Jch). Purchase thou the independent king of the world, by whom the means of subsistence are given;

By whose fetter the whole world is bound; by others no order (can be) given.