The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 332

0 fascinating one! thou alone carest for the creatures, all the others (are) dust.^

Thou alone carest (for them), 0 inapprehensible Lord, by whom the whole machinery (of the universe) is upheld.

By the word of the Guru thou art brought into (one's) power, 0 primeval divine male, 0 Banvarl!

Thou thyself departest, thou thyself remainest, by thyself the whole machinery is upheld.

Nanak says: keep (my) honour! all thy servants (flee) to thy asylum.

(3). 0 fascinating one! on thee the assembly of the pious meditates, (their) meditation (is directed on) (thy) sight.

0 fascinating one! Tama does not come near them, who mutter thee at the end.

Death does not touch them, who with one mind meditate (on thee).

Who with heart, word and deed adore thee, they obtain all fruits.

"Who are confused by discharging behind and before ^ and silly, they, having seen (thy) sight, (become) well versed in divine knowledge.

Nanak (says): (thy) dominion is immovable, 0 all-filling supreme spirit, 0 Lord!

(4). 0 fascinating one! thou art bearing good fruit; he is accomplished with his retinue.

0 fascinating one! he saves his sons, friends, brothers, family.

The world is saved, (their) apprehension of self* is removed, by whom thy sight is obtained.

"Who have called thee "blessed," near them Tama does not come.

Thy excellences are endless, endless, 0 true Guru, 0 divine male, 0 Murari!

Nanak says: who lays firmly hold (of thee), he crosses the world.

Gaur'i; mahalu V. SM. (Who) purifies innumerable sinners, (to him) (I am) again and again a sacrifice. Niinak (says): muttering the name of Ram is a fire, (which) is consuming their sins.

(1). Mutter, 0 my mind, Efim, Narayau, Govind, Hari, Madhava!

Meditate, 0 my mind, on Murari, Mukand! * the pain (and) noose of death is (thereby) cut off.

' According to Sikh tradition tliese verses are said to be addressed to Molian, the uncle of Arjun, who withheld the writings of the former Gurus for some time from Arjun. But the verses are apparently addressed to the Supreme, as they can Iiardly refer to a man, except they contain the most abject flattery, which is hardly credible.

^ 6 1 Iw •'/■ (f<"" the sake of the rhyme '3'T?5^), dust, the same as '3^f55, f'om which it is shortened.

' 3155 WS (Sunsk. TT^JT"^). discharging behind and before (as done in consequence of terror, etc.).

' WnT3Tr^> here in the sense of IXXJ^TS, egotism, individuality, apprehension of self as distinct from the Supreme.

* 31^!^= S*'i*k.?T^«?. an epithet of Vishnu.

The lotus-feet of the pain-remover, the asylum of the poor, of Sridhar, should be adored!

The road of Tama, the difficult ocean of fire is overcome by remembering (him) for a moment.

He is consuming sins, he is rendering pure, day and night adore (him)!

Nanak supplicates: bestow mercy (on me), 0 Gopal, 0 Govind, 0 iladhava!

(2). Kecite mentally, 0 my mind, Damodar, the remover of pain, the destroyer of fear, Hari, the king!