The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 602

^ ^Mrfl) a canal or a side-branch of the river (Sindlii cjljj^).

* Some MSS. do not ascribe this verse to the Mah. V., but as it is a reply to the preceding verse, it is very likely, that those manuscripts, wliicb attribute tbis verse to Guru Arjun, are in tbe riglit. In the same way the following verse too must be ascril)ed to Arjun, tliough none of tbe MSS. bears the mark of Mah. V.

° ^5iO*<> literally: a great goose, i.e. a great devotee.

° WT Bf^AI, to associate, to keep company (Jif Jf = the Sanskrit 'W^> not '^S^), literally: to close nn embrace.

' Tbis verse belong's likewise to Arjun, who is fond of criticizing what he reads, and of making objections to it, tliough in none of the manuscripts nor in the Lahore lithographed copy it is attributed to the Mali. V.

694 SLOKS OF SHEKH FAEID 128—130. SAVAIE REFERRING TO MAH. I., I.— III.

(128). "WTio, when there is wisdom (in him), becomes foolish;

"Who, when there is power (in him), becomes weak;

(129). Do not say, that one (thing) is distasteful, in all is the true Lord.

Do not grieve the heart of any one, all are invaluable rubies!

(130). All hearts are rubies, to grieve them is by no means good.

If thou art longing after thy beloved, do not grieve the heart of any one!

With one mind meditate on the divine male, the giver of blessings!

He is always renowned as the support of the saints.

Taking his feet I make them dwell in my heart.

Then I sing the qualities of Nanak, the most excellent Guru.

I sing the qualities of the most excellent Guru, the ocean of comfort, the remover of sin, the pond of the Sabd.'

The Jogis and Jangams sing the deep ocean of firmness (and) vrisdom, reflecting on it.

Indra and the others sing (them), the Bhagat Prahlad and the others, by whom the sweetness of their own spirit was known.

I, the poet Kalasu, sing the glory of Guru Nanak, by whom the Eag-jog ^ was performed.

Janak and the others sing (them), the devoted chief Jogis, who are at all times * full of the love of Hari.

Sanak and the others sing (them), the saints, Siddhas and the others, the holy Munis sing (them), who are without deceit.

His qualities sings Dhom,^ whose circle is immovable, by devotion (and) love the juice (of Hari) was known by him.

I, the poet Kalasu, sing the glory of Guru Nanak, by whom the Eag-jog was performed.

' *<<j^^ (Plur.) or ^^U}, verses of a certain kind of Prakrit metre.

^ fl^, for tlie sake of the rhyme = 1^3 •

' TT^ tT3T> doing secular business and yet performing abstract meditation.

* T3^??5T. for tlie sake of the rhyme, instead of WB'^ 5T?5.

SAVAIE REFERRINi; TO MAH. I., IV.-VIl. 605

Kapila ' Tvitli the others sings (them), who is at the beginning, the chief Jogi, boundless, the best of Avatars.