The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 406

■Who is appointed (Guru) by the Guru then being, the maje.5ty of that man is great.

To him all the world bows and falls down at his feet, his fame is spread in the world.

To him the (nine) regions and the universe pay reverence; on whose head the perfect Guru places his hand, he (also) becomes perfect.

The majesty of the Guru becomes always greater, no one can come up to him.

Humble Nanak has been appointed (Guru) by Hari the creator himself, that Lord himself protects (his) honour.

In the body is a boundless castle, in it are shops also.

The disciple, who carries on traffic, collects the substance of Hari.

The treasure of the name of Hari is purchased, diamonds and red corals.

"Wlio are seeking wealth in another place besides (their) body, they are fools and goblins.

Those foolish ones are turned about in error, like a deer is led astray in brambles.'

Who slanders the perfect true Guru, he becomes distressed in the world. The hell is horrible and a well of pain, he is seized and carried there. No one hears his cries and screams, in distress he weeps. He loses all, this and that world, profit and capital, all is wasted. He is made the ox of an oilman and yoked on by his early rising master. Hari sees and hears always everything, before him nothing is hidden. What he sows, that he reaps, as one has sown before (in a former birth). On whom the Lord bestows his own mercy, he washes the feet of the true Guru. Following the Guru, the true Guru, he crosses over, as iron with wood.^

Humble Nanak (says): meditate thou on the name! muttering Hari happiness is obtained by the name of Hari.

Those female disciples are very fortunate, happy married women, with whom Hari the king has met. In their heart light is manifested, they are absorbed in the name, (says) Nanak.

This body is all virtue, in which the light of the True one is.

A jewel is hidden and concealed in it, some (rare) disciple and votary draws it out, having searched for it.

When the whole is known (as) the Supreme Being, then the One is contained (everywhere), the One is lengthwise and crosswise.

The One is seen, the One is minded, the One is heard with the ears.

Humble Nanak (says): keep thou in mind the name and thy service is becoming perfectly true!

All relishes are in the heart of those, in whose mind Hari dwells. Those faces are bright at the threshold of Hari, all go to see them.

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By ■whom the nSme of the fearless one is meditated upon, they have no fear.

The supreme Hari is embraced by them, for ivhom it has been decreed by himself.

They receive a dress of honour at the gate of Hari, in whose heart Hari dwells.

They themselves cross with all their family, and after them they release the whole world.

0 Haii, join to humble Nanak (thy) people! seeing them we live.

That ground becomes green, on which my true Guru sits.

Those creatures become flourishing, by which ray true Guru is seen.

Blessed, blessed is the father, blessed, blessed the family, blessed, blessed the mother, by whom the Guru is bom.

Blessed, blessed is the Guru, by whom the name is adored; he himself crosses and he rescues them (also), by whom he is seen.

0 Hari, mercifully join to me the true Guru, (that) humble Xanak may wash (his) feet!