The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 545

(4). As a deer, hearing at night with its ears a sound,' bounds (towards it), so, 0 mind, love should be made (to Hari)!

As a young woman is entangled with the corpse of her beloved husband (on the funeral pile), so this mind should be given to the darling (Hari)! '

(If) the mind be given to the darling, enjoyment is made, all pleasures and merriments are enjoyed.

(My) own beloved is obtained, red colour is made, (my) very old friend is met with.

(When) the Gui-u has become my friend, then he is seen by me with (my) eyes, like my beloved no other is seen.

Js'anak says: as in the mind of the kind and fascinating one '' the feet of Hari are seized, so, O mind, love should be made (to Hari)!

Entering deeply and wandering from forest to forest and searching about I did not succeed. 0 Nanak, when the pious men met (with me), Hari was obtained in my heart.

(1). Whom innumerable Munis and many ascetics seek.

(Whom) crores of Brahmas adore (and) wise men mutter.

(Whom) with muttering, austerity, continence, religious ceremonies, worship and many purifications (they are) adoring,

TraveUing over the earth and bathing at the holy watering places for the sake of meeting with the Pure one.

Men, forests, grass, cattle, bii'ds, all are worshipping thee.

Kind is the beloved Govind; Nanak (says): join the society of the pious, salvation is brought about (there)!

(2). Crores of avatars of Vishnu (and of) Shivas, wearing matted hair,

Desire thee, 0 merciful one! in their heart and body is infinite desire.

The boundless, unattainable Govind, the Lord is filling aU, (he is) the Lord and owner (of all).

The gods, the Siddhas, the Ganas, the Gandharvas, the Yakshas, the Kinnaras meditate (on him), telling (his) excellences.

Crores of Indras, many gods are muttering the Lord with exultation.

He is the friend of the friendless (and) merciful, Xanak (says): join the society of the pious, salvation (is there)!

(3). Whom crores of Devis serve (and) LakshmTs of many kinds.

Whom, being hidden and manifest adore the word, the water, day and night.

(On whom) the stars, the moon and the sun meditate, (whom) the earth and the sky sing.

(On whom) all the places of production, all stages of the voice continually meditate.

Whom the Smriti, the Puranas, the four Vedas, the six Shastras are muttering:

The purifier of the sinners, he who is kind to the devotees, is met with in the society of the pious, (says) Nanak,

' The hunters arc said to ensnare the deer by maknig a certain sound at night-time.

' Tlie burning of the Sati is here in no way impugned.

' According to the preceding verses Krishna is here the subject.

(4). As much as ' is made known by the Lord, so much the tongue utters.

"What one serves (him) without knowledge, that much cannot be counted.