The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 246

(3). Thou art merciful, cherishing in (thy) asylum, may a gift be given to me, 0 Hari, I am be- seeching (thee)!

May I be made the slave (of) the slave (of) Hari, my mind dances and takes delight (in it).'

(4). The Lord himself is the great wholesale merchant, we are his retail-dealers.

My mind, body, life, all is thy stock, the wholesale merchant of humble Nanak is the Lord.

(1). Thou art merciful, removing aU pains, give ear and hear one petition (of mine)! Through whom, thou, 0 Lord Hari, art known, join to me that true Guru, my life!

' fi^fe = Sansk. f5|'^;f7I, delight; yfg 7iT% = srf? TiJ^, e being merely au alliteration.

EAG GAURi. MAH. IV., SABD XIX. XX. (LVII. LVIII.) 239

0 Ram, by me the true Guru is minded as the Supreme Brahm.

1 am foolish, stupid, of an erring mind, by means of the word of the Guru, the tnie Guru Hai'i is known by me.

(2). As many flavours and tastes as were seen by me, they are all distasteful insipidities.

The name of Hari is nectar juice, having met with the true Guru the sweet juice of sugar-cane' was tasted (by me).

(3). With whom the Guru, the true Guru, has not met, they are foolish and mad Sakats.

Their works are put down as mean from the beginning, (though) having seen the lamp (of truth) they are consumed by spiritual blindness.

(4). Whom thou unitest (with thyself), 0 Hari, bestowing mercy (upon them), they are applied (by thee), 0 Hari, to the service of Hari.

Humble Nanak (says): muttering Hari, Hari, Hari they are manifest, by the instruction, by the instruction of the Guru they are absorbed in the name.

(I). 0 my mind, that Lord is always near (to thee), say, whereto should one flee from Hari? Hari himself, the true Lord, pardons, (if) Hari himself releases, then one is emancipated.

0 my mind, mutter Hari, Hari! Hari should be muttered in the mind!

Flee to the asylum of the true Guru, 0 my mind, following the Guru, the true Guru one is emancipated.

(2). 0 my mind, serve that Lord, who is the giver of aU comforts, by serving whom one dwells in his own house.

0 disciple, go and obtain thy own house! the sandal-dust of the praise of Hari should be rubbed in and impressed on the memory!

(3). 0 my mind, the praise of Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari is the highest (thing), having made the acquisition of Hari one rejoices in his mind.

(If) Hari, Hari himself, out of mercy bestows it, then the nectar-juice of Hari is tasted.

(4). 0 my mind, who cling to any other than the name (of Hari), they are Sakats and are pressed down by Tama.

Those are Sakats and thieves, by whom the name is forgotten, 0 heart, one should not go near them!

(5). 0 my mind, serve the inapprehensible, pure, divine male Hari, by serving whom the account is brought to an end.

Humble Nanak (says): who are made full by Hari, the Lord, (their) weight does not diminish a Masa for one moment.^

(1). My life is in thy power, 0 Lord, my soul and body are all thine.

Bestow mercy (on me), 0 Hari, and show (me) (thy) sight, in my heart there is great desire (for thee).

" The sense is: they remain full (fully united with the Supreme Being) and no more subjected to transmigration.

240 RAG GAURI, MAH. IV., SABD XXI. XXII. (LIX. LX.)