The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 94

The disciples are accepted at the threshold, by Hari himself they are received and embraced.

(3). To the disciples the way is manifest, at the gate (of Hari) they are by no means kept back.

They praise the name of Hari, the name is in their heart, they continue devoutly meditating on the name.

Whilst sounds not produced by beating (an instrument) are sounded at the gate, they obtain lustre ' at the true gate.

(4). Every one applauds the disciples by whom the name is praised.

0 Lord! give me their company! (this is) the petition of (this) beggar.

0 Nanak! the lot of those disciples is great in whose heart the name is shining.

(1). How thou art delighted, having seen the ornaments of thy son and wife! Thou enjoyest thyself, livest in pleasures, art given to innumerable merriments. Thou givest many orders and art inflexible. The creator does come into thy mind, (thou art) a blind, ignorant, self-willed man.

0 my heart! the giver of comfort is that Hari.

By the favour of the Guru he is obtained, by destiny he is acquired.

(2). Thou art covetous of clothes and enjoyment, of the dust of gold and silver.

Excellent horses and elephants are much liked ' (by thee); indefatigable chariots are made.

(But in spite of all this) thou dost not come into anybody's mind, thou art forgotten by ail (thy) relationship (after thy death).

Being led astray by the creator (thou art) impure without the name.

(3). Earning the imprecations (of others) thou coUectest wealth.

On what thou art putting thy trust, that does not remain always with thee.

Thou practisest egotism; 0 selfish one! thoii art immersed in the inclination of thy heart.

He who is led astray by that Lord himself has no caste nor fellowship.

(4). He, who has been joined (with Hari) by the true Guru, the Supreme Spirit, is alone my friend.

One is the protector of the people of Hari, what do men weep in selfishness?

What is pleasing to the people of Hari, that he (=Hari) docs, at the gate of Hari they are never turned back.

0 Nanak! he who is steeped in the love of Hari becomes a light in the whole world.

'?T3T 'M'lOcM, to obtain histre = to be adorned, to be received with honour,

^ Gnru Ai-jun. On the whole, bis poetry is the most incoherent and the least refined in the Granth and therefore frequently obscure, as little attention is paid by him to a clear grammatical construction.

" U'5^=Sansk. f^^T;, excellent horse; ff^H. Sindbi 3t?l^ = Saiisk. ^^tM^X (PrSkrit first JI'^TW'?^, thence the Hindu! 3J^^"^, "^ being a euphonic insertion to avoid the hiatus). The Labor lithographed edition reads '33T, two other MSS. read only '331, which suits the context better; the translator has followed tlie latter reading.

SIKI KAG, MAH. V., SABD II. III. (LXXII. LXXIII.) 61

(1). In (their) heart (is) much wantonness and great merriment; being led astray by the pleasures of the sight:

The umbrella-wearing sovereignties have fallen into doubt' {i.e. duality).

0 brother! happiness is obtained in the society of the saints.

To whom it is decreed by that Supreme Spirit, who fixes the destiny, the pain of his uncertainty is blotted out.