The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 98

66 SIRI RAG, MAH. V., SABD XIII. XIV. (LXXXIII. LXXXIV.)

0 very fortunate, join the society (of the holy ones), believe in the true word (of the Guru)!

Serve the ocean of happiness, who is king above kings!

(3). My trust is the lotus of the foot (of Hari), there is no other place.

My hold is on thee, 0 Supreme Brahm! by thy power I remain (abide).

0 Lord! thou art the trust of the humble, into thy society I enter.

(4). Hari should be silently repeated, Govind should be worshipped the eight watches!

(By whom) soul, life, body, property are preserved, (by whom) mercifully life is protected.

0 Nanak! all pains are removed by him, the Lord, the Supreme Brahm, is forgiving (or: giving).

(1). Who has fallen in love with that True one, he does not die nor come (again) after having gone. Though separated, he is not separated (from him, who) is continually contained in all. The pain and trouble of the humble he (Hari) is breaking on account of his good disposition towards (his) worshipper.

The wonderfully formed, the unstained (Supreme) has been united (to me) by the Guru, 0 mother!

Pause. 0 brother, make that Lord thy friend!

Away with the fascination and friendship of the Maya! no happy one is seen. (2). He is wise, bountiful, well-disposed, pure, of an infinite form (or beauty). A friend, a helper, very great, high, great, infinite. He is not known as young (or) old, his court is immovable. What is asked (from him), that is obtained, he is the support of the helpless.' (3). Looking upon whom the sins are taken away and tranquillity is made in soul and body. If with one mind the One be meditated upon, the error of the mind ceases. He is the abode of virtues, always young, whose bountifulness is (all-) filling. Always, always he should be worshipped, day and night he should not be forgotten! (4). For whom it was written before, their friend is Govind.

Body, soul and property, all I offer (to those, by whom) this whole life is devoted (to him). He always sees and hears in the presence, in everybody Brahm is contained. (Even) the ungrateful- he cherishes; the Lord, 0 Nanak! is always giving.

(1). By the Lord, by whom soul, body and property have been given, they are easily (naturally) taken care of and preserved.

Having made all the constituent parts (of the body), infinite light has been put within it (by him).-' Always, always the Lord should be remembered, put and keep him within thy breast!

' Hsmdl = HSMdi; Arjnn lengthens or shortens the syllables, not only at the end of the verse (for the sake of the rhyme), but also in the midst of the line, just as he pleases.

^ Wffo^dd'^r^. ungrateful. It is somewhat doubtful if it is to be derived from lf(T^ or from '^Ilirr^. In the first case the initial Jlf would be wrong, In the second the assimilation of '^ to glian is without analogy.

^ cJWT 's here identical with 'V(TrT. a constituent part of the body, of which seven are enumerated: blood, marrow, fat, flesli, bones, medullary substance, semen. The TTft JITUT^. the infinite light, is the »HT3^T. or the individual spirit which has directly emanated from the Supreme Spirit.

SIRI KAG, MAH. v., SABD XV. XVI. (LXXXV. LXXXVI.) C7

0 my heart, there is none other without Hari!

Eemain always in the asylum of the Lord, uo pain will enter thee.

(2). Jewels, choice things, rubies, gold, silver are dust.

Mother, father, son, relative, all kinsmen are false.

By whom he was made, him he does not know, the fleshly-minded one is an impure beast.

(3). "Who is inside and outside diffused, him he considers as being far away.

Thirst (worldly covetousness) has seized him, he is absorbed in it, in his heart is cruel egotism.

The boat's load' of them, who are destitute of devotion and the name, comes and goes.

(4). Be merciful, 0 Lord creator, and preserve the creatures!

"Without the Lord there is no protector, very formidable has Tama become.