The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 573

(1). Who win know the Supreme Brahm, he will please him.

By (which) devotees Earn is kept in mind, they will stop (keep firmly) their thoughtless mind.

Pause. 0 mind, how wilt thou cross over? the ocean of the world is a water of poison. Having seen the false llaya thou art led astray, 0 mind!

(2). In the house of a calico-printer birth was given (to me); by the instruction of the Guru, 0 brother! (And) by the favour of the saints Is'ama has met with Hari.

Om! By the favour of the true Guru! I. (1). The deer, the fish, the black bee, the moth, the elephant are (all) destroyed by one (and the same) fault.

In whom are the five incurable faults, how much hope has he?

0 Madhava, affection is entertained for ignorance.

(2). The thoughtless one is produced in the womb of an animal, (he who is) indifferent to religions merit (or) demerit.

The human birth is hard to obtain, in that (human) society (also) he is low.

(3). As far as living creatures are, they are subject to destiny.

At the end they ai'e entangled in the noose of death, (against which) no contrivance avails anything.

(4). Ravidas, the slave of slaves, (says): abandon error, the knowledge of the Guru is the austerity of austerities.

The supreme bliss, that is taking away the fear of (his) devotees, consider as the primary cause!

' Tlie comparison is only hinted at and must be supplied from the context. As the snake, etc., so does he; as the heron, etc., so is his meditation.

' ffWB' a lion, "3 being in Marathi an emphatic affix. ' Tlicse words are addressed to a Brahman.

( 1 ). The saints — with thee (their) hody (and) soul is coherent.

(By) the knowledge of the true Guru the saints know (thee), 0 God of gods!

Pause. May the society of the saints, the flavour of the story of the saints, The love of the saints he given to me, 0 God of gods! (2). The deportment of the saints, the way of the saints (I ask for). (I am) the slave of slaves (to them).

(3). One thing more I ask, the gem of devotion, that is granting all desires. Let (me) not be written together with the unholy and sinners! (4). Eavidas says: who knows (this), he is wise: (That) between the saints and the endless (Supreme) there is no difference.

(1). Thou art the sandal-tree, we helpless ones are the castor-oil tree, with thee there is perfume. From a low tree (we) have become a high (tree), (our) bad smell is banished ' by (thy) good smell.

Pause. 0 Mildhava, the society of the saints is in thy asylum! We are vicious, thou art (our) benefactor!

(2). Thou art twisted silk, white and yellow, we are helpless like worms. "We cUng to the society of the pious, 0 Madhava, like the bee to honey. (3). My caste is low, my brotherhood is low, low is my birth. No worship of king Earn has been made (by me), says Eavidas, the Camar (tanner).

(1). What is done,''Vheu the body is broken to pieces? When the love (to thee) goes, then thy people are afraid.

Faicse. (Their) mind is wandering about thy lotus-foot. Drinking (nectar) the wealth of Earn is obtained (by them). (2). A mass of fortune and misfortune is the wealth of the Milya. Thy people are not immersed in it. (3). By the rope of love thy people are bound. Eavidas says: how shall I escape from it?

Pause. Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari!

Eemembering Hari (his) people have got safely through and crossed. (1). By the name of Hari Kabir (is) famous. The papers (= accounts) of several births are cut to pieces. (2). Namdev gave to the stooping (idol of Hari) milk to drink. He came no (more) into the perplexity of regeneration in the world. (3). Humble Eavidas is imbued with love to Ram. Thus he is not going to hell by the favour of the Guru.

' fe^?n, from r/»«J|*<cNT = f%^€1, to banish, * The sense is: it is of uo con sequence.

668 RAG ASA; RAVIDAS VI.; THE BHAGAT DHAXXA I. II.; MAH. Y.

It sees, sees, hears, speaks, it is running ahout and returning.

(1). "When it gets something, then it is proud.