The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 546

The eternal, indeterminable, unfathomable Lord is within all and outside (of all).

All are beggars, the One is bountiful, he is not far off, he is a manifest companion.

He is in the power of (his) devotees, he joins the creatures; by whom is his greatness calculated?

May Niinak obtain this gift (and) honour, (that) he may put (his) head on the feet of the pious!

Make efforts, 0 ye very fortunate, remember Hari, Hari the king!

By whose remembrance aU happiness accrues (and) pain, affliction and error depart, (says) Nanak.

(1). In muttering the name of Govind no sloth should be made!

By meeting with the pious one does not go to the city of Yama.

Pain, affliction and fear do not befall (him), remembering the name he is always happy.

Adore at every breath Hari, Hari, meditate on that Lord with (thy) mind and mouth!

0 merciful, kind, delightful depository of (all) excellences, bestow mercy, (that) service may be made (to thee)!

Nanak answers and utters- (this) stanza:^ in muttering the name of Govind may no sloth be made!

(2). The pure name of the Pure one is purifying the sinners.

The knowledge of the Guru is the collyrium, which destroys error and darkness.

The knowledge of the Guru is the (right) collyrium, the pure Lord is present in water, land and on the surface of the earth.

In whose heart he dwells one moment, his anxieties are effaced.

The Lord is of unfathomable knowledge and powerful, breaking the fear of all.

Nanak answers and utters this stanza: the pure name of the Pure one is purifying the sinners.

(3). The sanctuary cf the kind and merciful Gopal, the depository of kindness, is seized (by me).

Thy feet are my refuge, in thy asylum is perfection.^

The feet of Hari are the cause of causes, the Lord Hari, Hari is saving the sinners.

The name brings across the ocean of the world (and) existence, by (its) remembrance many have crossed.

(Who) seek him who at the beginning and end is endless, (let them know, that) the way of salvation is heard of in the society of the saints.

Nanak answers and utters (this) line: the sanctuary of the kind and merciful Gopal, the depository of kindness, is seized (by me).

(4). Hari himself has made (this) his practice, (that he is) kind to (his) devotees.

Wherever the saints adore (him), there he is manifested.

By the Lord himself they are reabsorbed, the work of the devotees is easily accomplished.

(There is) joy, every success, great rejoicing (on their part), every pain is forgotten.

^ VfCWV is derived from the Sansk. nfTpl^, to answer, to rejoin; similarly ^^ from ^^, the Prakrit form of 51^ being gfT?; (cf. Weber, Hala, 222). The Sikh Granthis explain vf^lrfv' traditionally liy: " he says;" but this is a mere conjecture, as they have no idea of the etymology of this verb; ^JV they usually identify with tT^, which gives no sense.

' xjcjc^ signifies here: a stanza, a line of poetry.