The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 477

Pause. Be joyful (and) sing the excellences of (that) Lord! Conciliate continually thy own true Guru! (2). Do the true word of the true Guru! Being firmly seated in (thy) house thou wdlt obtain thy Lord. (3). (If) the ill conduct of another thou dost not keep in (thy) mind: Pain (will) not (befall thee), 0 brother and friend! (4). (To whom) by the Guru the mantra of Hari is given: He knows day by day this happiness, (says) Nanak.

Him, when muttering the name, the fom- corners (of the earth) mind.

Pause. I ask for thy sight, give it me, 0 beloved! Who is not saved by thy service? (2). Near whom nobody goes: His feet the whole creation rubs and washes. (3). The man, who is not of any use: His name is muttered by the favour of the saints.

(4). When (my) sleeping mind becomes wakeful in the society of the pious: Then the Lord becomes sweet to Nanak.

5ii RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXIV.-LXTII. (CXXXI.— CXXXIY.)

(1). The only One I behold ydih (my) eyes. CoEtinually I remember the name of Hari.

Pause. I sing the excellences of Ram, Ram, Ram.

By the majesty of the saints I meditate on the name of Hari, Hail in the society of the iiious, 0 dear! (2). In Tvhose string everything is strung: He is contained in every creature.

(.3). He is making production and destruction in a moment. He himself, who is without qualities, remains distinct (from all). (4). The inward governor is the cause of causes. The Lord of Xanak is enjoying happiness.

(1). (Who) were made to wander about in crores of births:

They won a (human) body, hard to acquire, (and) are not overcome.

Tcmse. Sins are destroyed, pain and trouble are removed. They become purified by the dust of the saints. (2). The saints of the Lord, (who are) able to save (others), Meet with him, for whom exactly union (with them is written). (3). In (his) mind (is) joy, (to whom) the Guru has given (his) mantra. (His) thirst is quenched, (his) mind becomes immovable. (4). The name is the (best) thing, the nine treasures and (all) perfections. Xanak (says): from the Guru understanding is obtained.

(1). Thirst is effaced, ignorance and darkness. By the service of the pious many sins are cut off.

Pause. Happiness, tranquillity and much joy

Are obtained by the service of the Guru; (his) mind (becomes) pure, (by whom) the name of Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari is heard.

(2). The foolish presumption of the mind is destroyed.

(3). The feet of the perfect Guru are seized.

(4). This jewel of birth becomes fruitful (to him),

(On whom) the Lord bestows mercy, says Xunak.

(1). ily own true Guru I remember continually. The feet of the Guru I brush with (my) hair.

Without Hari no one is of use (to thee), false is the fascination (of the Maya), false the expansion (of the world)!

RAG ASA; MAH V., SABD LXVIII.— LXX. (CXXSV.— CXXXVII.) 545

(2). Bestow (thy) love on the -word of the Guru!

(If) the Guru become merciful (to thee), (thy) pain goes.

(3). "Without the Guru there is no other place.

The Guru is bountiful, the Guru gives the name.

(4). The Guru himself is the Supreme Brahm, the Lord.

Mutter, 0 Naaak, the Guru the eight watches!

(1). He himseKis the tree (and) the spread out branches (of it). He himself keeps his own field.

Pause. Wherever I see, there is that One. In every creature is that one himself. (2). He himself is the sun and the expansion of (his) rays. He is hidden, he is the appearance.