The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 262

RAG GAURI, MAH. V., SABD XXXYIII.-XL. (CVIII.-CX.) 2G5

Nor horses and elephants are of use to thee.

(4). Nanak says: who is kindly united (with Hari) by the Guru,

Who has Hari, the king, his is everything.

(1). The feet of the Guru are on my forehead. By him all my pains are removed.

Pause. I am a sacrifice to my own true Guru.

Having known the (Supreme) spirit I mind him with the greatest delight. (2). "Who applies to his face the dust of the feet of the Guru: By him all egotism' is given up.

(3). To whom the word of the Guru has become sweet in his mind: He has seen in (it) the Supreme Brahm. (4). The Guru is the giver of comfort, the Guru is the creator. The Guru, says Nanak, is the support of soul and life.

In whose (house) there is no deficiency whatever.

Pmise. 0 heart, make that beloved Hari thy friend! The support of life keep always in thy thoughts! (2). 0 my heart, serve thou always him, "Who is the primeval spirit, the infinite God. (3). Put thy hope on him, 0 heart.

In whom confidence (is placed) from the beginning, the beginning of the Tugs. (4). The love to whom always becomes happiness: (Him) Nanak praises, having met (with) the Guru.

(1). What (our) friend does, that is agreed to by us.

The actions of (our) friend are the reasons of (our) welfare.^

Pause. In my heart and thought I trust in the One, From whom (every) work proceeds, he is our friend. (2). Our friend is unconcerned (about anybody). By the mercy of the Guru he is a friend^ to me.

' JHo t)ftj, s.f. the consciousness of individual existence. ' i.e. they tend to our welfare. ITT^TvIT = Pers. \:J^ \, friend, acquaintance.

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The powerful divine male, the Supreme Brahra, the Lord.

(4). "We are thy slaves, (thou art) our Lord.

Honour and greatness, (says) Nanak, are thine, 0 Lord!

(1). To whom thou hast become a powerful advocate: To him no staia whatever (is applied).

Pause. 0 Mtidhava, who puts his hope in thee: To him the world is nothing. (2). In whose heart the Lord is: He has no apprehension whatever.

(3). To whom thou, 0 Lord, hast given firmness (of mind): Him no pain approaches. (4). Nanak says: I obtained that Guru, "Who showed to me the Supreme Brahm as omnipresent.

(1). By a great lot the human body, which is hard to get, is obtained. Who do not mutter the name, they are suicides.

Pause: Having died those (find) no place,' by whom Ram is forgotten. Destitute of Ram of what use is (their) life?

(2). They are eating, drinking, sporting, laughing to a great extent. Of what use is the embellishment of a corpse? (3). "Who do not hear the praise of the Supreme bliss (= God): They are born as stupid animals, as quadrupeds and birds.- (4). Nanak says: (in whom) by the Guru the (initiatory) mantra is made firm: In (his) heart the name alone is contained (and nothing else).

(1). Who has a mother, who has a father? AU relatives are but nominal and false.

Pause. Why, 0 fool, art thou bewildered? In accordance with (his) order thou hast come.

" tcJJI'^'Hfe (Sansk. fTT'^'jftf'l)) here used as adjective: born from the womb of an animal = animal, especially of the loner order. The assimilation of f?I^JT to f^J|^ is against all rules and must be considered as a vulgar corruption (Hindi rfSUI).

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(2). (There is) one earth, one vital energy (in all).