The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 338

In the four quarters and in the ten directions (of the globe) those wander about, (on whom) is the mark of doing works. ^

Comfort, pain, final emancipation, regeneration is written by destiny, (says) Nanak.

The destiny, that is written (by him), no one effaces.

Some one wandering about in the wilderness he makes regret it.

Whatever is given by him, that is taken (again) away by him, (says) Nanak.

They go on eating, spending and living luxuriously, (but his) store-rooms are not exhausted. Many innumerable men are muttering Hari, Huri, (says) Nanak.

' ^^r3*fftf, having four faces, i.e. Brahma or Vishnu. But ^^^ftrf^JHT^.seems here to stand for ^W^rr^' knowing Brahm as the one real substance.

^ The xn;=fi. ^H^. and ^^^ is practised in Jog and frequently also reromraended in the Granth as a means of perfecting abstiact meditation and fixing the mind on tlie Supreme.

^ The sense is: whose destiny it is to do works.

RAG GAURI, MAIL V., BAVANAKHRI XIX.— XXT. 365

Fauri. Khakha (Kh.). There is no deficiency •with that powerful one. "What is to be given, that he gives, (wherever) he pleases, there, there he goes. (Their) expenditure (and) treasury is the wealth of the name, this is the capital of (liis) devotees. In patience, humility, joy and tranquillity they continue muttering his excellences. They sport and are happy with joy, to whom he becomes merciful.

They are always wealthy and lustrous, the wealth (of whose) house is the name of Earn. No grief, pain and punishment fall on them, on whom he has bestowed a favourable look. Nanak (says): who please the Lord, to them fulness ' is allotted.

Sloh. Calculate and see in thy mind: at last people must depart. Hope, that is not lasting, is effaced by the disciple, in the name (only) is health, (says) Nanak.

Pauri. Gaga (G.). Utter the excellences of Govind at every breath, mutter (them) continually! "What trust is there on (thy) body? make no delay, 0 friend! Neither for the child, nor for youth nor for old age is there any restriction., That time is not known, when the noose of Tama comes and falls (on any one). Look at the wise, the meditating and clever one, he is not remaining in this place! Giving up, giving up (everything), all (the world) departs, (but) the fool (still) clings to it. By the favour of the Guru he continues remembering (the name), on whose forehead (tbis) lot (is written). Nanak (says): they have come (into the world) bearing fruit, on whom the affection of the beloved rests.

All the Shastras and Vedas were searched (by me), no one is saying, that there is another (but the Supreme).

Nanak (says): that One alone is at the beginning, at the beginning of the Yugas and is now.

Paitri. Ghaghd (Gh.). Put this into (thy) mind: without Hari there is none other! No one has been and no one will be, in every one he is contained. Thou wilt be released, 0 mind, when thou comest to his asylum. The essence of the name is in the Kali-yug a medicinal remedy. Having spent their time many repent (of it).

How should they obtain a firm standing ^ without devotion to Hari? They, having stirred up the great nectar-juice, drink it. To whom it is given by Hari, the Guru, (says) Nanak.

All the days ai-e counted and passed, the breath is not increasing, it is decreasing (daily) as much as a sesam-seed.

Who desire to live in error and spiritual blindness, they are fools, (says) Nanak.

' \r3T> '<■/■ fulness, i.f>. everything that is desirable. " f%rf3> ^ fli'm standing (opposed to transmigration).

366 RAG GAURI, JIAH. V., BAVAXAKIIRI XXII.— XXIV.

Pauri. Nam (N.). Death devours him, who is made a Sakat by the Lord. In many wombs he is born and dies (again), not having known the Supreme Lord. Divine knowledge and meditation accrue to him. To whom they are caused to be given by himself out of mercy. By calculation and reflection no one is emancipated. An unburnt jar bursts at last.

They live (really), by whom the living (Lord) is muttered. He has become manifest ' and is not hidden, (says) Nanak.

Eeflect in (thy) mind on the lotus-foot! the overturned lotus (of thy heart) is (then) opening. Govind himself becomes manifest by the instruction of the saints, (says) Nanak.

Patiri. Coca (C.). (I have) clung to the lotus-foot of the Guru. Blessed, blessed is that day, auspicious (this) event!

(I) came, having wandered about in the four quarters and in the ten directions (of the globe). When mercy was bestowed (on me), then (his) sight was obtained. Light habits and earnest reflections '^ were done away and all duality. In the society of the pious (my) mind became pure. Anxiety he forgets by the sight of the One, On whose eyes the collyrium of divine knowledge (is put), (says) Nanak.

The breast (becomes) cool, the mind comforted, by singing with fondness the excellences of Govind. 0 Lord, bestow such a mercy (on me), Xanak is (thy) slave of slaves.

Pauri. ChachCi (Ch.). (We are) thy lads and slaves. (We are) the water-carriers of the slave of slaves. Chachd (Ch.). (I) am the dust of thy saints. 0 Lord, bestow on me thy own mercy! Having given up cunning and much dexterity, The saints were firmly fixed in (my) mind. (That) figure of ashes ^ obtains salvation, To whom the saints are assistants, (says) Nanak.

Slolc. (On account of their) power and tyranny they are much puffed up, (but) in their unsolid body is disease. On account of their conceit they have fallen into bonds; release (= emancipation) (is obtained by) the name.