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(3). The name is friend, acquaintance and son; the creator, 0 heart, goes with thee.

Serve thy own true Guru, by the Guru it {i.e. the name) is put into (thy) lap.'

(4). By the Lord, the merciful Guru, mercy was bestowed (on me), all (my) cares were extinguished (thereby).

Nanak obtained happiness, by praising Hari all troubles were done away.

Um! by the favour of the true Guru! CLIV. CCXXIV. Pause. The thirst of some rare one is quenched.^

(1). Crores (of Rupees) they^ amass, hundred thousand crores, (but) their mind they do not check. For more and more (money) they struggle.

(2). (Though) they have beautiful women of many kinds, (they are) passionate after another's wife. Good and bad are not known (to them).

' The sentence is not complete, supply: he sullies himself or wallows in the dust, like elephants which liave been bathed.

" "MTf? = V75 fpallai), the border of a garment, in which money is bound up.

RAG GAURI, MAH. V., SABD CLV.— CLVII. (CCXXV.— CCXXVIl.) 307

(3). Many (are) the bonds of the Mfiyii, (by whicli) he errs and is led astray, the abode of excel- lences is not praised (by him).

(His) mind struggles in worldly pursuits.

(4). On whom he bestows mercy, 0 friends, he dies whilst living, in the society of the pious he crosses the Maya.

Nanak (says): that man is approved at the gate of Hari.

(Thou), 0 Hari, (art) the essence (pith) of everything.

(1). Sometimes (thou art) abstract meditation, sometimes enjoyment, sometimes divine knovrledge, sometimes contemplation.

(2). Sometimes (thuu art) silent repetition, sometimes austerity, sometimes worship, a burnt-offering (and) religious observance.

(3). Sometimes (thou art) the shore, sometimes the water, sometimes reflection on the Veda.

Nanak (says): (thou art) dear to (thy) devotees.

Gaurl; mahala V. CLVI. CCXXVI. Pause. Celebrating (thy) excellences, (this) is my treasure.

(1). Even thou (art my) delight, even thou (my) glory, even thou (my) beauty, even thou (my) splendour.

(2). Even thou (art my) trust, even thou (my) gift, even thou (my) Lord, even thou (my) life.

By the Guru the separated one is united again (with thee).

(3). Thou art in the house, thou art in the wood, thou art in the village, thou art in the desert.

(I am) intoxicated, (I am) intoxicated with love to Hari.

(1). He is the beloved, he is (also) the lustful; to the Guru the gift is given (and again) bestowed (by him).

(2). He is the furnace, he is (also) the besmearing with mud, he is the beloved (and) he is (also) the desire.

308 EAG GAURI, MAH. V., SABD CLVIII. CLIX. (CCXSVIII. CCXXIX.)

(3). Tranquillity, amusement, joy (and) sport (accrued to me), the wanderings (in transmigration) ■were stopped, union (with the Supreme) was brought about.

Nanak (says): by means of the word of the Guru he was obtained.'