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' HSt^wl' or P>G75^ or?*T; rAe^W^='f'!T^ (by transition of m to!'), sf. purity. This is a peculiar practice of the Jdgis prior to restraining the breath and falling then into a death-like sleep or torpidity. The Jogis are said to purify first their bodies by drinking milk; they swallow then a piece of cotton cloth, drawing it out at the anus, thus cleansing the stomach and the bowels from all impurities. — Relata refero.

° 3H^I3T. Sansk. >f?TT^. "• a certain large number, corresponding to Jlffe? "SITtf-

RAG IIAJH, MAH. V., SABD VI.— VIII. (XIII.— SV.) 137

(4). Bestowing mercy (on me) he (Hari) has joined to me the saint (= Guru). My heart and body became refreshed, I obtained comfort.

The eternal Lord has taken his dwelling in (my) body, Nanak sings (now) the happiness (imparted by) Hari, 0 dear!

(1). The Supreme Brahm, the infinite God: The unattainable, inapprehensible, invisible, impenetrable:

The cherisher of the poor, Gopal, Govind, Hari, meditate upon him in (thy) body, 0 disciple! (2). The disciple of the Guru the destroyer of (the Daitya) Madhu' saves. Erishna, the enemy of llura, is the companion of the disciple.

The merciful Damodar - is obtained by the disciple, not by any other votary,' 0 dear! (3). Kesav* does not eat and is without enmity. ^Vliose feet crores of men worship.

In which disciple's heart that Hari, Hari is, he alone is (his) worshipper, 0 dear! (4). Efficacious is the sight of the endless and boundless one. He is very powerful, always a donor.

The disciple, by whom (his) name is silently repeated, is saved; Nanak (says): salvation is known by few, 0 dear!

(1). What thou sayest, must be done, what thou givest, must be taken.

Thou, thou art everything, 0 my beloved, I sacrifice myself to thy power, 0 Lord!

(2). By (his) decree is the wayless wilderness, by (his) decree is the way.

By (his) decree the disciple sings* the qualities of Hari.

By (his) decree (man) wanders about in many wombs; all is in his pleasure, 0 dear!

(3). No one is foolish, no one is clever.

0 unattainable, inapprehensible, endless, unfathomable one! thy value cannot be told, 0 Lord! (4). Give me the dust of (thy) saints, 0 beloved!

1 have come and fallen down at thy gate, 0 Hari!

Seeing thy sight my heart is satiated; I am longing to meet (with thee), 0 Lord!

VIII. XV. (1). There is pain, when thou art forgotten. Hunger seizes (him), he runs about in many ways.

^ ^^1^7?, Sansk. ^ift^T (^"HT + ^^T). having a rope round his belly (alluding to an event in Krishna's childhood); an epithet of Krishna.

3T3T= aiHj = Sansk. 3^^, votary (otherwise ^Jlfj), or u'ay, manner. 5''T5, Sansk. ^^J^, having long hair, an epithet of Krishna. ^ 3Il«S10l, corrupted, on account of the rhyme, instead of ^n^tvl; ^Tc^lvJ'T itself is meaningless, but that does not matter with Arjun, if only the rhyme be kept up.

138 RAG MAJH, MAH. V., SABD IX. X. (XVI. XVII.)

To whom thou, 0 cherisher of the poor, givest the remembrance of (thy) name, he is always happy. (2). My true Guru is very powerful. If I remember him in my heart, all pain is gone.

The disease of anxiety, the pain of egotism is departed, thou thyself cherishest me, 0 Lord! (3). Like a child 1 ask everything.

Thou art giving, 0 Lord, and there is no deficiency of pleasures.

Palling at thy feet I conciliate thee much, 0 Gopal, who art compassionate to the poor. (4). I devote myself for the true, perfect Guru. By whom all my fetters are cut asunder.

Into whose heart thou givest (thy) name, they are made pure; ' Nilnak is happy iu (thy) love, 0 Lord!

(I). 0 dear Gopal, 0 merciful and mirthful one!

0 high, unfathomable, endless Lord! remembering, remembering thee, I live, 0 Lord I