The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 550

Ifanak says: the bearer of prosperity joined (me), all joys and pleasures were made.

(3). Having joined (her) companion she asks: tell (me) the sign of the beloved!

(I am) filled with love and aftection (to him), tell (me) something, I do not know (his sign)!

The qualities of the creator are dark, hidden and boundless, the Yeda does not reach (their) end.

In devotion with love meditate on the Lord, sing always the excellences of Hari!

She is filled with the knowledge of all (his) qualities, (who) is pleasing to her own Lord.

Nanak says: she, who is imbued with love and affection (to Hari), is easily absorbed (in him).

(4). 'W"ith pleasure they commenced to sing songs of joy about Hari.

(Their) friends increased, (their) pain (and their) enemies fled.

(Their) comfort (and) tranquillity became abundant, they rejoiced in the name of Hari, the Lord himself bestowed mercy (on them).

They clung to the feet of Hari, they were always waking, they were united with the Lord, the wearer of the chaplet of wild flowers.

Auspicious days came, easily all treasures were obtained (by them), they are blended ' with the Lord.

Nanak says: the people of Hari are always comfortably settled - in the asylum of the Lord.

' "UTT^T (= "yJIcNI, pagg-na) to be blended, to be mingled with (Sansk. Tf^t, root TT^). ■:JlJ|cM (= ^JIcM. tagg'ia), to remain, to be settled comfortably (Sindhi ajl^, Marathi rt'lU!)- The etymology is not quite clear.

G32 BAG ASA; MAH. V., CHANT XI. XII. (XXXII. XXXIII.)

(1). Rise and go, 0 traveller, what delay hast thou made?

(Thy) time has arrived, by what falsehood art thou enticed?

By falsehood (thou art) enticed, by the fraud of the Maya thou committest innumerable sins.

(Thy) body, the heap of ashes, is looked out for by Yama, the death, 0 helpless one, (thou art) overcome!

Abandoning wealth (and) youth thou wilt go off, clothing and food are stopped.

Nanak says: (thy) works go with (thee), what is done, cannot be effaced.

(2). Thou art ensnared like the deer, (that) sees at night the moonshine.

From pleasure pain springs up, sin is always committed.

Sins, that are committed do not leave (thee), they carry (thee) away having thrown a neck-halter (over thee).

Having seen the city of Harischandra (= mirage) (thou art) carried away, falsehood is enjoyed (on thy) bud.

(Thou art) intoxicated with greediness and selfishness, (thou art) absorbed ' in pride.

Nanak (says): the deer is destroyed by (its) ignorance, coming and going ( = transmigration) is not effaced (in the state of ignorance).

(3). By a sweet (thing) the fly is killed, how shall it fly (being caught)?

(When) the elephant has fallen into a pit, how shall swimming be made?

Swimming (across) has become difficult (to him), into (whose) mind the Lord never has come for a moment.