The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 468

The service of Hari (is the uttering of) the nectar-name (with) the mouth.

Pause. Hari is my companion and my friend. In pain and pleasure I remember him, he is present. ' What can the helpless Yama frighten me? (2). Hari is my refuge, Hari is my salvation. Hari is my friend, the council in my heart. (3). Hari is my capital, Hari is my trust.

(Having become) a disciple I acquire wealth, Hari is my banker. (4). From the mercy of the Guru this wisdom comes. Humble Nanak is absorbed in the bosom of Hari.

' fff37^ Sr©, of this much, i.e. of this thy body, that will become dust.

EAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD XVII.— XX. (LXXXIV.— LXXXVII.) 529

(1). If the Lord becomes merciful (to me), thea I apply this miad (to him). Serving the true Guru I obtain all fruits.

Why will (my) heart weep? my true Guru is perfect.

He gives (me) what I desire, he is the depository of all happiness, he is brimful of the pond of nectar.

(2). His lotus-feet are kept within (my) heart.

(His) sight is manifested, the beloved Earn is met with.

(3). The five companions ( = the five senses) having met sing a song of congratulation.

The sound of the voice not produced (by men) is made to sound.

(4). The Guru of Nanak is pleased, Hari the king is mot with.

(1). Hari bestowing (his) mercy has become manifest. By falling in with the true Guru wealth is obtained.

Such a wealth of Hari should be collected, 0 brother!

(Which) fire does not consume, (which) does not sink in water, (which) does not leave (thee) nor go anywhere.

(2). It does not diminish, it is not exhausted.

In eating and spending (it) the mind remains satiated.

(3). He is a true wholesale merchant, in whose house the wealth of Hari is collected.

By this wealth the whole world is benefited.

(4). He obtains the wealth of Hari, to whom it is duo by a former decree (of God).

Humble Nanak is seizing at the end the name.

(So) is (his) harvest indifferent (or) good, 0 man!

What is born, know, that that dies (again). The devotee of Govind (alone) becomes stable. (2). After the day is passed, night will fall in. When the night is gone, it becomes again morning. (3). (Whom) the Maya deludes, they remain unlucky. By the favour of the Guru some rare one wakes. (4). Nanak says: I sing (his) excellences day and night. (My) face (becomes thereby) bright, pure (ray) mind.

(1). All the nine treasures are deposited with thee. Thou art fulfilling the wishes, thou proteotest at the end.

Pause. If thou art my beloved, what hunger have I? When thou dweUest in (my) heart, no pain affects (me).

530 RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD XXI.— XXIII. (LXXXVIII.-XC.)

(3). "WTien it pleases thee, then I sing the excellences of Hari.

In thy house there is always, always justice.

(4). 0 true Lord, inapprehensible and inscrutable!