The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 407

The true Guru is the perfectly True one and immortal, by whom Hari is kept in (his) breast. The true Guru is the perfectly True one, the Supreme Spirit,' by whom lust and wrath, the baneful thing, is destroyed.

When the perfect true Guru is seen, the mind is subdued within.

(I am) constantly a sacrifice to my own Guru, (lam) devoted (to him).

The disciple is victorious, the self-willed one is overcome.

With (whom) he (Hari) joins the true Guru out of mercy, (that) disciple will meditate on the name. Who does that which will please the true Guru, (him) the perfect Guru will let dwell in (his) house. In whose heart there is meditation on the name, all their fear he (the Guru) will remove. For whose protection Hari himself stands up, what will all other machinations avail (against them)? Humble Nanak (says): meditate thou on the name! in this and that world Hari will rescue (thee).

To the disciples of the Guru the greatness of the true Guru is pleasing.

Hari preserves the honour of the true Guru, it is continually increasing.

In the mind of the true Guru is the supreme Brahra, the supreme Brahm rescues him.

(Whose) strength and tribunal the true Guru is, to them Hari makes bow down the whole (world).

By whom my true Guru is seen and loved, all their sins he removes.

Those faces (will be) bright at the threshold of Hari and much honoured.

Humble Xanak asks the dust of those, who are the disciples of the Guru and my brethren.

1 utter and praise (his) qualities, true is the greatness of the perfectly True one.

Who praises (him) is true, true is (his) praise, (but) none has got the (right) estimate of the True one.

Who have tasted the juice of the perfectly True one, they remain satiated.

Those are knowing the relish of Hari, as by a dumb one sweetness is eaten (but cannot be told).

The Guru is here, as so often elsewhere, perfectly identified with the Supreme.

442 KAG GAURI, MAH. IV., III., VAE XIX. XX.

From the perfect Guru the fruitioa of Hari, the Lord, is obtained (and) congratulation is uttered in the heart (in consequence thereof).'

"Within whom there are flowing sores, they know the pain thereof.

Who know Hari, (they know) the pangs of separation (from him), I am always a sacrifice to them.

'Who join to me Hari my sweetheart, for them I roll (my) head on the ground.^

Who perform the work of the Guru, to those disciples I am the slave of slaves.'

Who are steeped in the deep red colour of Hari, (their) body is filled with love to Hari.

Mercifully join Xanak (to the Guru)! (my) head is sold to the Guru.

SM II. With vices my body is filled, how shall it become pure, 0 ye saints? By the disciple virtues are bought, he washes off the filth of egotism.

The True one he purchases with pleasure, the traffic of the True one is carried on (by him). Loss does not befall him by any means, (to whom) that gain of Hari is pleasing. Nanak (says): by them the True one is purchased, for whom exactly it is decreed, (that) they should obtain (him).

(Who) are praising the True one, (who are) praising the perfectly True one, they are pure men. In the heart of them, who serve the True one, the True one dwells, the perfectly true Hari is (their) protector.

By whom the True one is adored, they, having departed, are united with the True one. By whom the perfectly True one is not served, those self-willed fools (become) goblins. They are talking nonsense like those,'who are intoxicated with liquor.

SloJc I.; makald III. In the Gaurl Eag she has a good character, (who) keeps (her) husband in (her) mind. Who makes this her ornament, that she walks according to the will of the true Guru. The true word (of the Guru) is (her) husband, whom she always enjoys. As the colour of the boiled Manjith is very deep red, so she gives her soul to the True one. In very deep colour she is steeped, (her) love is directed on the True one.