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(Who) by means of the word of the Guru kills the five:

He himself crosses and makes all his family-relations cross.

(5). The Maya deludes and practises tricks.

The blind fleshly-minded one clings to her.

The disciple keeps aloof (from her) and remains in devout devotion (to Hari).

(6). The hypocritical man assumes many garbs.

In his heart is (worldly) thirst, he wanders about in selfishness.

He does not know his own self, the play is lost (by him).

(7). Having put on clothes he practises shrewdness.

The Maya leads (him) astray in delusion and excessive error.

' f||f\!d 7t ■'-rj^, the daughter of the ocean (?nfg^ = OT1T) '^ the Maya or visible world, as having been raised from the waters l)y Narayana.

^ The religious duty of the present Kali-yuji- is to read = to utter the name. ' The sense is: in this and in the other world.

RAG GAURI, MAH. III.. ASTPAD. IV. V. (XXII. XXIII.) 333

Without serving the Guru he incurs much pain.

(8). Those -n-ho are attached to the name, are ahvays retired from the world.

Within their house they devoutly meditate on the True one.

Nanak (says): Those, who serve the true Guru, are rery fortunate.

(I). The Brahman's chief business is the study of the Veda.

From it the gods -were produced, spiritual illusion and (worldly) thirst.'

Who are led astray by the three qualities, do not dwell in their own house.

We are preserved by Hai'i, (by whom) the true Guru is joined (to us). Day by day the name of Hari is made firm (in us) by dint of devotion. (2). The word of the Veda, affected by the three qualities, is an embarrassment. Having read a sentence, he {i.e. the Pandit) explains it, (but) death strikes (him) on the head. He does not know the truth, he binds together a bundle of straw. (3). The fleshly-minded are put by spiritual ignorance into a false road.

The name of Hari is forgotten (by them), (though) many (religious) works are performed (by them). By reason of second love (= duality) they are drowned in the water of existence. (4). (The Brahman) standing in need of money is called a Pandit. Being attached to worldly pursuits he incurs much pain. The rope of Tama is on (his) neck, death continually distresses (him). (5). Death does not go near the disciple.

Egotism and duality they put away by means of the word (of the Guru). Being attached to the name they sing the excellences of Hari. (6). Maya, the slave-girl, performs service to the devotees. (If one) cling to (their) feet, he obtains the palace (of Hari). Being (thus) always pure he is naturally absorbed (in Hari). • (7). Who hear the report about Hari, they appear happy in (this present) Tug. To them all bow and do daily homage to them. Naturally they sing the excellences of the True one in (their) heart. (8). By the perfect true Guru the word is proclaimed.

The three qualities are (thereby) effaced, to the fourth state the mind is applied.- Xanak (says): having destroyed egotism (= individuality) Brahm is found.

(1). The Brahman reads the Veda and explains (its) passages.

(But) Ln his heart is the quality of darkness, he does not know his own self.

Then he will obtain the Lord, (when) he explains the word of the Guru.

' A sharp censure of the Veda and its study. Polytheism is here put down as the result of the study of the Veda, which is never done by Baba Nanak liimself, who stood quite within the pale of the Hindu Pantheon.

■ rbQ ti I. the fourth, the same as rt^4||, the fourth state, i.e. absti-action from without and absorption in the contemplation of one's own spirit.

J34 EAG GAURI, MAH. III., ASTPAD. VI. (XXIV.)