The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 60

^ '^fH'WT = '^fS. ''•/- protection, prop, support; WfT is meaningless, and only added to make up the rhyme; similarly inTt^ftWT instead of Vldl<iTH- Arjun's poetry is distinguished by such violence; he often spoils the words at the end of a verse so, that they are hardly recognizable.

' ojfjtyT might, in Arjnn's poetry, also be taken for srfaf; then the translation would run thus: having remembered them in his mind.

' fexjlS and t^rmS — 'fe'^3 filMA IS (Accus. Pliir.). We find in the Granth also eighteen siddhis mentioned.

" VT<jyO*f. Sansk. s)^MIT> t''^ farthest limit of Brahma, beyond Brahma, whom Brahma even cannot reach; or perhaps more simply = M^l^ > the Supreme Bralim.

By whom the fearless, by whom the fearless Hari has been meditated upon, all their fear will go, Sir! '

By whom my Hari is worshipped, they will be absorbed in the form of Hari, Hari.

Those are blessed, those are blessed, by whom H;iri is meditated upon, humble Nanak will be their Bacrifice.

(4). With thy worship, with thy worship (thy) store-houses are filled, 0 endless, endless one I

Thy worshippers, thy worshippers praise thee, 0 manifold, manifold, endless Hari!

They offer to thee manifold, manifold adoration, Sir! they practise to thee austerities, they mutter (thy name), 0 endless one!

They read many different, diflTeront Smritis and Shastras of thine,- they practise the Kriya and the six works.'

Those are Bhagats, those are good Bhagats, who please my Lord Hari.

(5). Thou art the first Being (male), boundless,* the creator, like thee there is no other.

Thou art in all ages the (only) one; always, always thou art One, thou art that immoveable creator.

What is pleasing to thyself, that exists; what thou thyself dost, that is made.

By thyself all the creation is produced; by thyself all (the creation) is made and caused to disappear.

Humble Nanak sings the praises of the creator, who knows all.

1. Pause. Thou art the creator, true, my Lord.

What is pleasing to thee, that will be done; what thou give.st, that I obtain. (1). All is thine, thou art meditated upon by all. On whom thou bestowest mercy, he obtains the gem of (thy) name. By the disciple of the Guru it is obtained, by the self-willed it is lost.' By thyself (one) is separated (from thee), by thyself one is united (with thee). (2). Thou art the ocean, all is in thee. Without thee there is none other. The living creatures are thy sport.

Having fallen in with separation, they are separated, with union — there is union.' (3). Whom thou lettest know, that man knows (them). He always tells and explains the qualities of Hari.

' JI^ITIT may be pause instead of Jl^ift) will go, or causal: he will remove.

^ 3o miglit also be translated: to tbee, instead of being taken for an adjective.

' t^^*HT = Sansk. fWTT "lay be taken generally as a holy action (as sacrifice) or specially as obsequies. The six works or dnties are now: firMT (Sansk. flT^T). ^5- V^, -HaG, W75T. fijWa^, i.e. the lock of hair on the crown of the head, the toothpick, the Dh5ti, tlie Brahmanical tliread, the rosary and tilak; these are binding on the Khatri (cf. Siri Rag, Astp. 26, 5).

* *>rM"3V3= Hindi ■4)n(lJ|'^, Sansk. '^IMKMK.. tlic limit of that which is illimitable, an epithet of Vishnu; identical with WflTSTJTS, which is also found in the Granth.

TH'lftf ) he who turns his face towards the Guru, a disciple of the Guru, and i^J^ftf, he wlio turns his face towards his own mind, self-willed, not attending to the Guru's instruction.

T'HWCSI. to fall in with, is constructed with the Locative (f^-^ftf); ^tIT3TT is likewise the Locative, but with lengthened final i (jtrlfST f*Tf?5). But ^YiJ|\ "i^^y a'so be taken as an adjective, united; then the construction would be: ^^af^ ^ ^?5 ^. Where all case-signs are left out, tlie construction is more or less a mere conjecture. The sense, however, is plain: when thou separatest them (from thee, by transmigration), they are separated; when thou unitest them, they are united (absorbed in thee).

By whom Hari is worehipped, he obtains comfort.

He is easily (naturally) absorbed in the name of Hari.

(4). Thou thyself art the creator, all is made by thee.

Thou, having created, created, seest and knowest it.