The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 390

His sight is fruitful; beautiful is the form of Hari.

Blessed is (his) service, approved of is (his) servant.

The inward governor, the primeval divine male,

In whose heart he dwells, he becomes exalted.

They become immortal and attain the dignity of immortality,

Who in the society of the pious meditate on Hari, (says) Nauak.

The coUyrium of divine knowledge, that is extinguishing ignorance and darkness, is given by the Guru.

(With whom) by the mercy of Hari the saints have met, in (his) mind (there is) light.

(1). In the.society of the saints the Lord is seen (as being) within (one).

The name of the Lord is nectar (and) the nine treasures.

His place of rest is in the (human) soul.

(Where there is) deep abstract meditation, there the unbeaten sound (is heard).

The wonder and astonishment cannot be told.'

By him it is seen, to whom he himself shows it.

Nanak (says): that man gets a right knowledge (of it).

(2). That endless one is inside and outside.

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In tree> grass and mountain is the Supreme Brahm.

He is contained in the four quarters and in the ten directions (of the earth).

By the favour of the Guru Nanak obtains happiness.

(3). Behold, in the Veda, the Puraiias, the Smriti,

He himself is immovable, he never moves to and fro.

Practising all ingenuity he plays his play.

By no estimate he is reached, he is inestimable in qualities.

(That) Lord is supporting (all) lengthwise and crosswise.

By the favour of the Guru error is destroyed.

(4). What the saints behold, that is all Brahm.

What the saints hear, that is a good word.

They are absorbed with the all-pervading Ram.

This is the custom of him, by whom he (Ram) is known.