The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 160

(4). The saints have put me into the way of Hari.

By the merciful holy man (= Guru) I have been familiarized with Hari.

Hari is ours, we are the slaves of Hari; the true word (= the name) is given to Nanak by the Guru, 0 Lord!

(Thou art) the giver of comfort and the remover of pain, 0 Hari!

I have tasted and seen all other relishes, the juice of Hari is sweeter than all to my mind, 0 Lord! (2). "Whoever drinks it, he becomes satiated. He becomes immortal, who obtains the juice of the name.

The treasure of the name he obtains, in whose heart the word of the Guru is settled, 0 Lord! (3). "Who has obtained the juice of Hari, he is fully satiated. "Who has obtained the relish of Hari, he is (no longer) agitated.

He obtains the name of Hari, Hari, on whose forehead the destiny ' (is written), 0 Lord! (4). Hari has come into the hand of one man (= the Guru), (from whom) many are benefited. Many, who cling to him, are emancipated.

The treasure of the name is obtained by the disciple; Nanak says: by some rare ones it is seen, 0 Lord!

XVI. XXIII. (1). Treasure, perfection and prosperity (art thou), 0 my Hari, Hari, Hari! The boon of life (art thou), 0 deep and profound one!

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Lakhs and crores of pleasures and merriments he enjoys, who has clung to the feet of the Guru, 0 Lord!

(2). Seeing (thy) sight (we) have become purified.

All (our) brothers and friends have been saved.

Unattainable, inapprehensible is my Lord; by the mercy of the Guru I meditate on the True one, O Lord!

(3). For whom all created beings look out.

High, boundless, imperceptible is (thy) place; that (thy) mansion the Guru shows, 0 Lord!

(4). Deep and profound is thy nectar-name.

In •whose heart (thy) dwelling is, he has become emancipated.

By the Guru all his fetters are cut asunder; humble Nanak (says): easUy he is absorbed (in thee), 0 Lord!

(1). By the mercy of the Lord I meditate on Hari, Hari. By the mercy of the Lord I sing a song of joy.

In rising, sitting, sleeping, waking, Hari should be meditated upon through the whole life, 0 dear! (2). The medicine of the name was given me by the saint (= the Guru). My sins were cut off, I became pure.

Joy sprang up, all pain went oif, all troubles were effaced, 0 dear! (3). Wiose side my beloved takes: He becomes emancipated firom the ocean of the world. Who has known the Guru as true, why should he be afraid, 0 dear! (4). Since I obtain the society of the holy ones. The calamity of egotism ' is gone by meeting with the Guru.

At every breath Nanak sings (the praises) of Hari; by the true Guru a screen is put over me, 0 dear!

(1). He (the Lord) is thoroughly^ in love with his servant.

The Lord, the giver of comfort, cherishes his servant.

(He brings) water, (swings) the fan, grinds (corn for him), even the Lord is in subserviency to his servant,' 0 dear!

(2). By the Lord he (the servant) is put into his service, after his fetter is cut off.

The order of the Lord has been pleasant to the mind of (his) servant.

He does that, which pleases to the Lord; within (in his heart) he is a servant, outwardly he is a Lord, 0 dear!