The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 377

In a moment he makes various proceedings.

He has made a structure of various kinds.

All creatures are his, all places are his.

Nanak lives by muttering the name of Hari.

(5). By the name are supported all the creatures.

By the name are supported the regions and the universe.

By the name are supported the Smriti, Veda and Puranas.

By the name are supported hearing, knowledge and meditation.

By the name are supported the sky and the nether region.

By the name are supported the (seven) cities and all the worlds.

By the name they are saved, having heard (it) with their ears.

That man obtains salvation in the fourth state,' (says) Nanak.

(6). (His) form is true, whose place is true.

The Supreme Spirit alone is true primeval nature (as cause of the material world).

The true Supreme Spirit is contained in all.

His works are true, whose creation is true.

True and perfectly spotless is what he does.

Whom he makes comprehend (this), to him all is good.

The true name of the Lord is giving happiness.

True faith (in it) is obtained from the Guru, (says) Nanak.

(7). True is the word and instruction of the pious.

True are those men, into whose heart it enters.

True is the attachment, if one comprehend (it).

Who is muttering the name, his salvation is brought about.

He himself {i.e. Hari) is true, by the True one all is made.

Whose the creation is, he is the creator.

Another does not understand (it), though he reflect (upon it).

The right knowledge of the creator no creature has.

Nanak (says): what pleases to him, that exists.

' -HIA is here tlie part, past of tTTGcM. v.a., to bring forth.