The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 484

Pause. I obtained the perfect Guru, 0 my brother!

Disease, grief and all pain were destroyed in the asylum of the true Guru. (2). The feet of the Guru I made dwell in (my) heart. All the fruits were obtained, which my mind was desiring. The fire (in me) was quenched, all became tranquillity. Out of mercy the Guru bestowed (this) gift (on me). (3). To the placeless one the Guru gave a place. To the honourless one the Guru gave honour. Cutting (my) bonds he made (me) his servant and protected (rae). (My) tongue tasted (his) nectar-speech. (4). By a great lot the feet of the Guru were worshipped. Forsaking all, the asylum of the Lord was obtained. To whom the Guru has become kind, (says) Nanak: That man is always exalted.

(1). The true Guru was sent by the True one. A son ' was produced by copulation.

' Ridirn^^, a tprin for a son. These verses refer apparently to Baba Nanak.

RAG ASA; MAIL V., SABD CII. C'lII. (CLXIX. CLXX.) 557

He camo and dwelt in the -womb. In the heart of the mother (there was) much joy.

Pause. A son was conceived, a devotee of Govind.

What was written by (the Supreme) himself, became manifest amongst all. (2). By (his) order the child was born after ten months. Grief was effaced, great joy was produced. The female friends sing the word of the Guru (in) joy. (Which) pleases to the mind of the true Lord. (3). The progeny increased, many generations went on. The lustre of religion was established by Hari. What is desired by the heart, is given by the tme Guru. People became free from anxiety, the One was devoutly meditated upon. (4). As a child puts much trust in his father:

(So) I speak,^ being caused to speak, according to the pleasure of the Guru. (His) word is not hidden nor concealed. Guru Nanak is pleased, (by him) it is bestowed (on me).

(I). The Guru gave (me) his hand (and) kept (me). The glory of (his) servant became (thus) manifest.

Pause. The Guru, Guru I mutter, the Guru, Guru I meditate upon. The supplication of (my) heart is offered to the Guru. (2). (We) have fallen on the asylum of the true Gur-dev. The service of (his) servant became (thus) accomplished. (3). Soul, body, youth (and) life he preserves. Nanak says: (I am) a sacrifice to the Guru!

(1). I am the bought slave of my true Lord. Soul and body, all is his, everything is thine.

Pause. The honour of the honourless one art thou, 0 Lord, I trust in thee! Another support, without that of the True one, I consider as unsolid. (2). Thy order is boundless, no one can reach (its) end. With whom the perfect Guru falls in, he walks according to (thy) pleasure. (3). Cleverness and cunning are of no use whatever. What the pleased Lord gives, that happiness is obtained.

' '^w must here be taken as 1st Pers. Sing.

558 RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CIV.— CVI. (CLXXI.— CLXXIII.)

(4). If Lakhs of works be practised, uo bond is (thereby) effected (on him),

(By whom) the name is made his support (and by whom) other business is given up, (says) humble Nanak.

(1). Evei-y pleasure was sought (by me), none is so great as that of Hari. From the Guru being pleased that true Lord is obtained.

Pauise. I am continually a sacrifice to my own Guru.

May this gift be given (to me), that I do not forget a moment (or) second the name! (2). He is a true wealthy man, in whose heart the wealth of Hari is.

He escapes from the great net (of the llaya), in whom the word of the Guru (dwells) incessantly. (3). How shall I tell the greatness of the Guru? the discrimination of the Guru is the pond of truth. He is from the beginning, from the beginning of the Yugas, through all the Yugas, the perfect Lord. (4). The name I meditate upon continually, in Hari, Hari (my) mind delights. (My) soul, life and property are with the Guru, (says) Nanak.

(1). (If) the incomprehensible, boundless Lord dwells a little in (ray) mind: All my pain, trouble and disease, 0 mother, are destroyed.

Pause. I become a sacrifice to my own Lord.

In my mind and body great joy is produced by muttering (him). (2). For a moment I heard a word about that true Lord. Comforts upon comforts I obtained, 0 mother, (which) I cannot estimate. (3). (My) eyes (were) looking (at him), having seen (him) I became enamoured (of him). I, the vicious one, was applied by himself to the hem of his garment. (4). From the Veda, the book (Qur'an), from the whole world he is conspicuous." The King of Nanak is openly seen.

(1). Lakhs of devotees adore (thee) muttering: 0 dear, 0 dear one! By what contrivance shall I, the vicious, sensual one, obtain (thee)?

I rely on thee, 0 Goviud, Gopal, 0 merciful Lord!

Thou art the Lord of all, thine is all the creation!

(2). (Thou art) always a companion, the saints behold (thee) always in (their) presence.

Those who are destitute of the name die in grief.

(3). (To whom) the lowest service is pleasing, their wandering about (= transmigration) is effaced.