The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 604

' JTt)50, so written in all the manuscripts, I have compared. But it is apparent, that (as the conte.vt shows) ^^2^, the son of Vyasa, is meant here. See Preni Sagar, p. 4, 1. 2, below.

' "ir3VM3 = ^T^t^ fl ' ''"^ well-Unown King of Hastiuapur, grandson of Arjun, to wliom the Prein Sagar was related.

* No subject is mentioned, so that it is doubtful, if the subject is Brahma or Nanak.

* •fPT, an epithet of a Jogi; nine chief teachers of the Jogis are enumerated, beginning with Gorakli- nath, the founder of the sect.

^?ltMT3r= Sansk. ^TT'^rlT. an old Raja, the fatlier of the hero Muckund (JT'J^"^)- See Prem Sagar, p. 103, 1. 10 sqq.

' "SWS^ 's traditionally explained as signifying '^^Wfrt'J^, a universal monarch.

" ddMdl' (= Sansk. ^K^f^), a famous Jogi, said to have been a disciple of Gorakh-nath. He has apparently become a fal)ulous person, as Kabir and Nanak are represented as Iiaving bad conversations with him. If lie lived so late as tliat, he cannot be identified with Bhartriliari, tlie brotlier of Vikraniaditya.

' -^dMI ( = Sansk. 4"4I^^)> name of a Brahman, notorious for bis sudden wrath.

'° tldclG (= Sansk. 'q'^'^cf^), name of a Raja or a being belonging to the intermediate regions.

" W?r3T (= Sansk. Wf^'^^), the sire of the Angiras, a kind of liiglicr beings (called sons of the gods).

SAY All EEFEERI.NG TO MAH. II.. I.— III. C97

savaIe eefeeeing to the second mahala. (panegykic of angad.)

Om! By the favour of the true Guru! (BY THE BHATT EA.LASAHAE).

Blessed be that divine male, the creator, the maker of the primary elemeuts, who is powerful to create!

Blessed be the true Guru Nanak, who has put his hand on thy head!

When ' naturally he put (his) band on (thy) head,

Nectar rained in streams; " among the body of the gods and the ilunis (thy) fragrance ' is manifest.'

Death, the hateful fellow, is killed, having roared.

The running mind is checked, the five beings " are kept in one house, having been pacified.^

The -world is overcome by the medium of the Guru, in harmony' play the chess-mates, the vehicle' sunk in deep contemplation holds fast meditation on the Formless one.

Kalasahar utters (his) praise; in the seven continents Lahana is the Guru of the world, having touched Murari.'

"Whose sight is a stream of nectar, (that) takes away the sins, darkness and ignorance depart by his sight.

Those who receive the nectar-Sabd, the hard, difficult work, those men are brought across the world of individual existence without difficulty.'"

Eemembering (the name) in the society of the pious they are wakefal, having become humble" (they are) always in the highest love.

Kalasahar utters (his) praise; in the seven continents Lahana is the Guru of the world, having touched Murari.

The expanse of (thy) renown '- is spotless, (thou art) the support of the ascetics, the perfect (Jogis), the good men (and) of the creatures.

' "3 (shortened from 3T). at the time when. ' ^pH »■/• (Sindhi iff^, a flood), stream.

' '^TvTCf ■'<■/■ smell, fragrance (from the Persian,_c*;).

' l)JJ||-Hc\T> ''-«■ to be sounded, to lie noised about, to be publicly known (fioiii the Persian jlil sound; rf. tlie Maratlii: ■^TRf^)-

' Tf^rlcM. the same as?fH^?^T> to come to au understanding, to be pacified. Compare the Marathi