RAG GrATJRI, MAH. V., CHANT I. (VIII.)
KAGU GATJEI; CHANT; MAHALA Y. Om l*by the favour of the true Guru! I. YIII.
(1). In my mind a strong passion (of love) has sprung up, 0 Lord! how shall I see (thee), 0 liheral Lord?
0 Hari, my friend and companion, 0 Guru, 0 divine male, 0 arranger (of all things)!
The supreme spirit, arranging (all things) is alone Shridhar; 1 how shall we, who are longing (for thee),2 meet with thee?
(Our) hand performs service (to thee), (our) head (is laid) on (thy) feet, in the heart of (us), the wretched ones, is a desire to see (thee).
At every breath (thou art remembered), not a moment,3 a ghan (or) muhurta thou art forgotten day and night.
Nanak (says): we are thirsty like a Catrik, how shall union be effected (with thee), 0 liberal Lord?
(2). One supplication I make, 0 Lord! hear, 0 beloved sweetheart!
My heart and body have been fascinated, 0 Lord, having seen thy actions.
Having seen thy actions I am fascinated; how should the sad woman be of a composed mind?
(Thou art) a virtuous Lord, kind and young, brimful with all virtues.
(It is) not (thy) fault, 0 beloved, 0 giver of comfort, I am separated (from thee) by (my own) wickedness.4 Nanak prays: 0 Bestow mercy (on me) and come to (my) house, 0 beloved Lord!
(3). I offer up my heart, I offer up all my body, I offer up all and shall give it.
1 offer up my head to that beloved friend, who transmits (my) message to the Lord.
(By whom) in her own place then is offered up (her) head before the Guru, (to her) is shown the Lord (as being) with (her).
In a moment all (her) pain is effaced, what (her) mind desired, is obtained. Day and night the woman enjoys pleasures, all (her) anxieties are effaced. Nanak says: the beloved one is met with, as we desired.
(4). In my heart joy has sprung up, 0 dear! congratulation is sounded.
The dear and beloved one has come to (my) house, all thirst is (now) quenched. The beloved Gopal, the Lord has joined (me), by (my) companions a song of blessing is sung. (In) all (my) friends and relatives joy has sprung up, the place of the inebriated ones6 is swept away.
Unbeaten sound the musical instruments in the house, the beloved one is with (me), the bed is spread out.
Nanak says: naturally the beloved, the giver of comfort, remains united (with me).
1 Sansk. ^f^f"^, the bearer of prosperity, an epithet of Vishnu.
3 the sixtieth part of a (or twenty-four minutes); = ^J^T^f > forty-eight minutes (two gharis). We have put \f&> first, though iu the original it is placed after Uf^.
4 y fd*HT^ = ^fcT*HT<ft> for the sake of the rhyme.
356 RAG GAURI, MAH. V., CHANT II. III. (IX. X.)
Gauri; mdhala V. II. IX.
(1). 0 fascinating one! 1 high are thy mansions, infinite thy palaces.
0 fascinating one! thy gates are beautiful, 0 Lord! the alms-house of the saints. Infinite are (thy) alms-houses, 0 merciful Lord, (where) they always sing (thy) praise! (Where) the pious and saints are gathered together, there they meditate on thee. Bestow mercy and compassion, 0 merciful Lord! be kind to the poor!
Nanak says: (we are) longing after (thy) sight, meeting with (thy) sight is the highest happiness.
(2). 0 fascinating one! thy words are incomparable, pure (thy) deportment.
0 fascinating one! thou alone carest for the creatures, all the others (are) dust.2 Thou alone carest (for them), 0 inapprehensible Lord, by whom the whole machinery (of the universe) is upheld.
ISy the word of the Guru thou art brought into (one's) power, 0 primeval divine male, 0 Banvari! Thou thyself departest, thou thyself remainest, by thyself the whole machinery is upheld. Nanak says: keep (my) honour! all thy servants (flee) to thy asylum.
(3). 0 fascinating one! on thee the assembly of the pious meditates, (their) meditation (is directed on) (thy) sight.
0 fascinating one! Yama does not come near them, who mutter thee at the end. Death does not touch them, who with one mind meditate (on thee). Who with heart, word and deed adore thee, they obtain all fruits.
Who are confused by discharging behind and before3 and silly, they, having seen (thy) sight, (become) well versed in divine knowledge.
Nanak (says): (thy) dominion is immovable, 0 all-filling supreme spirit, 0 Lord!
(4). 0 fascinating one! thou art bearing good fruit; he is accomplished with his retinue.
0 fascinating one! he saves his sons, friends, brothers, family.
The world is saved, (their) apprehension of self 4 is removed, by whom thy sight is obtained.
Who have called thee "blessed," near them Yama does not come.
Thy excellences are endless, endless, 0 true Guru, 0 divine male, 0 Murari!
Nanak says: who lays firmly hold (of thee), he crosses the world.
Gauri; mahalu V. SM.
(Who) purifies innumerable sinners, (to him) (I am) again and again a sacrifice. Nanak (says): muttering the name of Earn is a fire, (which) is consuming their sins.
Chant. III. X.
(1). Mutter, 0 my mind, Earn, Narayan, Govind, Hari, Madhava!
Meditate, 0 my mind, on Murari, Mukand! 5 the pain (and) noose of death is (thereby) cut off.
1 According to Sikh tradition these verses are said to be addressed to Mohan, the uncle of Arjun, who withheld the writings of the former Gurus for some time from Arjun. But the verses are apparently addressed to the Supreme, as they can hardly refer to a man, except they contain the most abject flattery, which is hardly credible.
2 dllw (f°r the sake of the rhyme ^JTS^)) dust, the same as THSTfe, ^rom wn*cn ^ }S shortened.
3?\&> T3" (Sansk. 4J<«f discharging behind and before (as done in consequence of terror, etc.).
4 JKlf^H 1^ j here *n tne sense of JX yfy 1 3, egotism, individuality, apprehension of self as distinct from the Supreme.
5 ^^7T = Sansk. *jc|i»^, an epithet of Vishnu.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., CHANT IV. (XI.)
The lotus-feet of the pain-remover, the asylum of the poor, of Sridhar, should he adored! The road of Yama, the difficult ocean of fire is overcome by remembering (him) for a moment. He is consuming sins, he is rendering pure, day and night adore (him)! Nanak supplicates: bestow mercy (on me), 0 Gopal, 0 Govind, 0 Madhava!
(2). Recite mentally, 0 my mind, Damodar, the remover of pain, the destroyer of fear, Hari, the king!
The husband of Sri (=Laksbml) is merciful, fascinating the mind, kind to his devotees, eminently accomplished.1 The all-filling supreme spirit is kind to his devotees, what is desired by the heart, is obtained (from him).
From the blind well of darkness he rescues (him), (by whom) the name is caused to dwell in (his) mind.
By the Gods, the Siddhs, the Ganas, the Gandharvas, the Munis, the men, (his) excellences are sung (with) many adorations.
Nanak supplicates: bestow mercy (on me), 0 supreme Erahm, 0 King Hari!
(3). Reflect, 0 mind, on the supreme Brahm, the Lord, by whom the whole machinery (of the universe) is upheld!
The Lord is full of compassion and powerful, in everybody (he is) the support of life. He bestows breath, intelligence, body and life, he is endless, unattainable, infinite. The powerful and fascinating one is fit to be an asylum, all sins he destroys. All (his) diseases, sorrows and sins become extinct, (who is) muttering the name of Murari. Nanak supplicates: 0 powerful one, bestow mercy (on me), (by whom) the whole machinery is upheld!
(4). 0 my mind, sing the excellences of the eternal and imperishable one, (who is) higher than all and compassionate.
The supporter of the universe alone cherishes, for the sake of giving, all (creatures). The cherisher (of all) is very compassionate and wise, he bestows mercy on every one. Death, the plague, oovetousness, spiritual blindness, are extinguished (in him), in whose soul the Lord dwells.
(To whom) God is favourable, (his) service is fruitful, (his) affliction is brought to an end. The desire of him is fulfilled, who is muttering him, who is kind to the poor.
Gauri; mahald Y. IV. XI.
(1). Hear, my friend, join me, we will make efforts, (that) we conciliate Hari, the beloved! Abandoning pride and performing adoration we will allure (him) by (some) trick with the mantra of the pious (= Guru)!
0 friend, if he has come into (one's) power, he does not give (her) up (again); this* is a good manner of the Lord.
Nanak says: old age, death and the fear of hell he removes, he renders that creature pure.
(2). Hear, 0 friend, there is a good petition (= word), this scheme should be matured! With natural ease the difficulty is stopped, if a song to Govind he sang.
The troubles of the Kali-yug are effaced, the doubt is extinguished, the fruit, that is desired, is obtained, r fijd^,lfU*HT must nere a^so l)e an attribute. The Sikhs know nothing about its signification. It very likely corresponds with the Marathi fsf^T^cf, eminently accomplished, derived from f%^, fame, reputation, glory.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., BAVANAKHRI I.
(If) the name of the supreme Brahm, the all-filling Lord, be meditated upon, (says) Nanak.
(3). I desire and continually enjoy happiness, the Lord grants my desire.
I am thirsting after (his) feet, I am passionate for his sight, I look in every place (for him). Seeking (him) I find Hari, the assembly of the saints joins the powerful divine male (to me). Nanak (says): those with whom the sweetheart, the giver of comfort, meets, they are very fortunate, 0 mother!
(4). 0 friend, I dwell with my own beloved Lord, my mind and body are familiar with Hari. Hear, 0 my companion, (my) sleep is good, my own beloved has joined me.
(My) error is done away, (I have) naturally tranquillity (of mind), the Lord has become manifest, the lotus has opened.
Nanak (says): (who) have obtained as husband the Lord, the inward governor, (their) happy married state does not give way.
Om! by the favour of the true Guru!
GAURI; BAVANAKHBI; 1 MAHALA Y. I. SM.
The Gurdev is (my) mother, the Gurdev is (my) father, the Gurdev is (ray) master (and) Lord. The Gurdev is (my) companion, destroying (my) ignorance, my cousin (and) full brother. The Guru is a donor, he teaches (me) the name of Hari, the (initiatory) mantra of the Gurdev is saving.2 (From) the Guru (comes) tranquillity and true wisdom, the Gurdev's body is the mutual philosopher's stone.
The Gurdev is the Tirtha, the pond of nectar, the divine knowledge (imparted) by the Guru is (equal to) numberless ablutions.
The Gurdev is the creator, taking away all sins, the Gurdev makes the sinners pure.
The Gurdev is from the beginning, from the beginning of the world, through all ages is the Gurdev; taking3 (his) mantra and muttering it I am saved.
0 Lord, join me to the society of the Gurdev! bestow mercy (on me)! I am foolish and sinful, by clinging to whom I may cross (the water of existence).
The Gurdev, the true Guru, is the supreme Brahm, the Lord; the Gurdev, says Nanak, I worship (as) Hari.4 Slot By himself (everything) is done and caused to be done, he himself is able to do (it). JSTanak (says): he himself is contained (in all), no one has been or will be.
1 fcj i^j/^ Jlffcf^, literally: containing the fifty-two letters of the (Sanskrit alphabet), Anusvara and Visarga being counted also as two letters by the Indian grammarians. The present Gurmukhl alphabet is called the " Painti," as containing thirty-five letters only. In the Bavanakhri here following, no regular order of the letters can be discerned.
3 vTfcJ is here apparently the p. past conj. of vldA|> used here not without an intended double meaning.
4 The Guru is here quite identified with Hari.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., BAVANAKHEI II. III.
Paurl.
Worship to the 6m (and) the pious true Guru!
In the beginning, midst and end is tfoe formless one.
He himself is devoid of sensation and dwelling in happiness.1 He himself is hearing, he himself is praising.
His own self is produced by himself.
He himself is (his own) father, he himself is (his own) mother. He himself is subtle (atomic), he himself is big. His sport cannot be seen, (says) Nanak.
Pause.
Bestow mercy (on me), 0 Lord, who art compassionate to the poor, (That) my mind may become the dust of thy saints!
II.
Slok.
The One is formless and endowed with (all) forms, he himself is without qualities and endowed with all qualities.
The One is to be defined as the One, (says) Nanak, (and) the One is (also) manifold.
Pawn.
By the large mouth 2 of the Om the forms are made.
In one string he is stringing (them all).
In one by one the three qualities are spread out.
From a quality-less one he appears (uow) as one endowed with all qualities.
Making all sorts (of forms or creatures) he produced a dissension.
(By) birth and death the infatuation of the mind is increased.
From both kinds 3 he himself is free, Who has no limit nor bounds, (says) Nanak.
III. SM.
He is the wholesale merchant (and) Lord, true wealth is the capital of Hari, Nanak (says): (this) true and pure (wealth) is obtained by him, (who) is with the saints.
Paurt.
Sasd (S.). True, true, true is he.
None is separate from the true divine male.
He falls on (his) asylum, whom he puts (into it).4 1 The Supreme is (=Sansk. "S^O empty, devoid of sensation and at the same time *ffcf 3>| |4{A> living in happiness.
2 3HJ *rfVf must here be taken as two separate words and JTB" in its original (adjectival) sense of: large.
3 What are the Htfe? I* can onry ue referred to tTT^T ^T37?j the Supreme not being subject to either as formless. Endowed with all forms he is penetrating the universe and all creatures, which are his sport. They perish again, but not his vital energy in them, which called them into existence.
4 XTT^j T^T^T (>n the following line). It is difficult to say, what these corruptedforms are intended for; we have translated them for HTfe ana< *JAlfy. Every grammatical connexion is wanting in these lines, and they can only be translated by conjecture.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., BAVANAKHRI IV.— VI.
Bemembering, remembering he sings (his) excellences, (whom) he lets hear (them).
Doubt and error do not in any way enter (him).
(To whom) his grandeur is manifest, to him he is known.
He is a pious man, he comes up (to him).
Nanak is always a sacrifice to that man.
IV.
Sl&L Why are they crying: wealth, wealth! the infatuation of the Maya is all falsehoed. Without the name all is becoming dust, 0 Nanak!
Paurl.
Dhadhd (Dh.). Thy servants are cleansed from dust. Blessed are those, whose mind is delighted (with thee). They do not desire wealth, they do not wish for heaven.
In the love to the very beloved they are absorbed in the dust of the pieus ones.
How should worldly affairs occupy them, Who do not give up the One nor go to any other?
Into whose heart the Lord has given the name: (Those) pious ones the Lerd is filling, (says) Nanak.
V.
SM.
By many (faqlr-) garbs and by obstinacy of mind 1 not any divine knowledge and meditation is obtained.
Nanak says: (on whom) mercy is bestowed, he is a devotee endowed with divine knowledge.
Paurl.
Nana (N.)- divine knowledge does not (consist) in words of the meuth, (Nor) in making many arguments 2 (from) (different) kinds of Shastras. He is endowed with divine wisdom, in whose (mind) that one is firmly fixed. By talking and hearing no Tog (abstract meditation) whatever is made.
He is endowed with, divine wisdom, in whose (mind) the order (of the Supreme) remains firm. Heat and cold, all is the same to him.
That is a disciple endowed with divine knowledge and reflecting on the truth (=the Supreme), On whom mercy has been bestowed, says ISanak.
VI.
Slok.
Avan (A.). They have ceme into creation ( = this world), (but) without comprehending (the truth) they are cattle and oxen.
Nanak (says): that disciple comprehends, on whose forehead (this) lot (is written).
Paurl.
They have ceme for one (purpose) into the world. (But) their life-time is deluded by the fascinating Maya.
1 The nfd does not belong to f^?HT?^> but to V{7* vlfj; so as the words stand, they give no sense.
2 THlfe must here be translated by argument (ratiocinatio), Sansk. ^jflfi - HAG GAURI, MAH. V., BAVANAKHEI VII.-IX.
In the womb they practise austerities with the head turned down and the feet lifted upwards. They continually remember the Lord at every breath. Those, who are discharged (from jjjae womb), are entangled. The giver (of life) is forgotten from their mind. On whom the Lord bestows mercy: By him he is not forgotten neither here nor there, (says) Nanak.
VII.
Sloh.
They come by (his) order, they perish by (his) order, no one is sundered from (his) order. His coming and going are effaced, (says) Nanak, in whose heart that One (=the Supreme) is.
Pauri.
These creatures (= men) are undergoing many a formation in the womb.
Sunk in sweet delusion they are ensnared in the womb.
By this Maya (and) the three qualities they are subdued.
Their infatuation 1 is communicated to everybody.
0 friend, tell me some contrivance, By means of which I may cross this difficult Maya!
Whom he mercifully joins to the assembly of the saints: Near him the Maya (does not come), (says) Nanak.
SM.
(One's own) works must be earned, prosperous and adverse (circumstances) are made by that Lord himself.
The animals are given to their own interest (and) to selfishness, what do they earn without Hari?
Pauri.
He himself alone causes to be done (everything).
By himself demerit and merit are spread out.
In this age to whatsoever he has applied (one): Even that is obtained, what he causes to be given.
His end no one knows.
"Whatever he does, that also takes effect.
From the One (comes) the whole expanse (of the universe).
Kanak (says): he himself is arranging it.
IX.
Slot They are taken up with women and pleasure — a safflower dye,3 poison and uproar. Nanak (says): I fall on that asylum, (where) "I and mine" are destroyed.
Pauri.
0 my mind, with whatever thou art taken up without Hari, by that thou fallest into bonds. In which manner one never is emancipated, those very (things) the Sakats do.
1 *HTV<£ ^e "jfotoati011 °f the Maya and the three qualities.
2 %W3 ~&[t the safflower dye, a false red dye, that soon wears off.
RAG GATJRI, MAH. V., BAVANAKHRI X.— XII.
Who, saying " I, I," are fondly engaged in (religious) works, they (get) an unflinching load. When there is no love to the name, these very works (bring on) a worse state. They are hound by the rope of Tama (on account of) the enjoyment of the sweet Maya-Deluded by error they do not comprehend, (that) that Lord is always with (them). There is no escape from (giving) account (of one's deeds), (if one's) fear (of God) be raw (and there be) no accurate knowledge (of him).
"Whom he makes comprehend (the truth), 0 Nanak, the intelligence of that disciple (becomes) pure.
X.
Whose fetters are broken, (to him) the society of the pious accrues.
Who are steeped in the colour of the One, (their) colour is deep, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
Rdrd (E.). Colour this thy own mind!
Mutter the name of Hari with (thy) tongue!
None will (then) say (to thee) at the threshold: Sirrah! 1 (They will on the contrary say): Come, sit down! pleasant honour they will give (thee). In those palaces thou wilt obtain a dwelling.
(There will no more be) regeneration (and) death, they will be done away. On whose forehead (this) destiny is written from the beginning: In his house the wealth of Hari (will be), (says) Nanak.
XI.
Slok.
Greediness is a false passion, delusion enters the foolish and blind ones.
They cling to an offensive smell, (says) Nanak, (who) are in the bonds (of) the Maya.
Pauri.
Laid (L.). Clinging to sensual objects they are given to enjoyments.
Asserting their own self (as distinct from the Supreme) they are always intoxicated with the Maya.
In this Maya they are born (and) die.
As (his = God's) order is, so they do.
No one is deficient, no one is full {i.e. by himself).
No one is clever, no one is foolish.
To whatever he applies (them), to that they stick.
Nanak (says): the Lord is always distinct.2 XII. Slok.
The dear Gopal, Govind, the Lord, is deep, profound and unfathomable. There is no other unconcerned, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
Laid (L.). No one comes up to him.
He himself is the only One, there will be no other.
1 cHI* an interjection expressing* some slight: O thou fellow! Sirrah!
2 nffeVTTT = *HfeV3 (^rf^TH)j distinct, not mixed up with the Maya and not contaminated by her.
KAGr GAURI, MAIL V., BAVANAKHRI XIII.— XV.
He will be, he is and has always been.
His end no one has reached.
In a worm and elephant he is full j contained.
The supreme spirit is known as manifest in all places.
To whom Hari has given his own juice: That disciple is muttering Hari, Hari with love, (says) Nanak.
Slok By whom the taste of one's own spirit is known,1 they naturally enjoy the pleasure of Hari. Blessed, blessed, blessed are those men, they are approved of!
Pauri.
His coming (into the world) is accounted fruitful, By whose tongue the praise of Hari, Hari is uttered.
He comes and dwells with the saints.
Day by day he meditates on the name with pleasure.
That man becomes attached to the name, On whom the mercy and compassion of the creator is.
His coming (into the world) is only one, he does not come again into the womb (afterwards). Nanak (says): he is absorbed in the sight of Hari.
XIV. Slok.
By muttering which joy springs up in the heart and second love is destroyed, Pain, trouble and thirst are quenched, in (that) name be absorbed, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
Yaya (Y.). Consume folly and duality!
Having given up this thou wilt sleep in comfort and tranquillity.
Yaya (Y.). Go and fall on the asylum of the saints, By whose support thou wilt cross the water of existence!
Yaya (Y.). He will not be regenerated, Who takes the One name and strings it into his heart.
Yaya (Y.). His lifetime is not lost (at play), who relies on the perfect Guru.
Nanak (says): he obtains happiness, in whose heart the One is.
XV.
Slot "Within the heart and body he dwells, who is a friend here and there.
Who is taught by the perfect Guru, he should always be muttered, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
Daily remember him, who at the end will be an assistant (to thee)!
These worldly goods last four or six days, every one goes and leaves them behind.
(Paternal) uncle, mother, father, son, daughter, 1 *HT3^T "W» the taste or flavour of one's own spirit, i.e. that true enjoyment is to be found in one's spirit only, where the dwelling of Hari is.
KAG GAURI, MAH. V., BAVANAKHRI XVI— XVIII.
House, wife, nothing is taken with. Collect such (things), that do not perish. Thou wilt (then) go with honour to thy house.
(By whom) in the Kali-yug the praise (of Hari) is sung in the society of the pious: They do not come again, (says) Nanak.
XVI.
Slo/c.
Very beautiful, noble and rich is he who knows the four-faced one.1 He is called a corpse, 0 Nanak, who has no love to the Lord.
Paurl.
Nana, (if.). He hecomes learned in the six Shastras, "Who is practising drawing in the breath, retaining the breath and breathing it forth.2 Divine knowledge and meditation (are equal to) ablutions at a TTrtha, The giving of a Soma-sacrifice, pure (and) untouchable.
In whose heart there is no love to the name of Earn: Whatever is done by him, that is not durable.
Account better than him a Candal, In whose heart Gopal dwells, (says) Nanak.
Slot In the four quarters and in the ten directions (of the globe) those wander about, (on whom) is the mark of doing works.3 Comfort, pain, final emancipation, regeneration is written by destiny, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
Kaka (X.). He is the cause of causes.
The destiny, that is written (by him), no one effaces.
Nothing takes place twice.
The creator is not making a mistake.
To some he himself shows the path.
Some one wandering about in the wilderness he makes regret it. His own sport is made by himself.
Whatever is given by him, that is taken (again) away by him, (says) Nanak.
Slo/c.
They go on eating, spending and living luxuriously, (but his) store-rooms are not exhausted. Many innumerable men are muttering Hari, Hari, (says) Nanak.
1 t>3d«Tftf > having four faces, i.e. Brahma or Vishnu. But xT3 6 Wf^f^WTXt seems here to stand for WtinJT^ knowing Brahm as the one real substance.
2 The *J*T«ib and is practised in Jog and frequently also recommended in the Granth as a means of perfecting abstract meditation and fixing the mind on the Supreme.
3 The sense is: whose destiny it is to do works.
RAG GAUBI, MAH. V., BAVANAKHRI XIX.— XXI.
Pauri.
Khakha (Kh.). There is no deficiency with that powerful one.
What is to be given, that he gives, ^wherever) he pleases, there, there he goes.
(Their) expenditure (and) treasury is the wealth of the name, this is the capital of (his) devotees.
In patience, humility, joy and tranquillity they continue muttering his excellences.
They sport and are happy with joy, to whom he becomes merciful.
They are always wealthy and lustrous, the wealth (of whose) house is the name of Earn.
No grief, pain and punishment fall on them, on whom he has bestowed a favourable look.
Nanak (says): who please the Lord, to them fulness1 is allotted.
XIX.
Slot Calculate and see in thy mind: at last people must depart.
Hope, that is not lasting, is effaced by the disciple, in the name (only) is health, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
Gaga (G.). Utter the excellences of Govind at every breath, mutter (them) continually! What trust is there on (thy) body? make no delay, 0 friend! Neither for the child, nor for youth nor for old age is there any restriction. That time is not known, when the noose of Tama comes and falls (on any one). Look at the wise, the meditating and clever one, he is not remaining in this place! Giving up, giving up (everything), all (the world) departs, (but) the fool (still) clings to it. By the favour of the Guru he continues remembering (the name), on whose forehead (this) lot (is written). Nanak (says): they have come (into the world) bearing fruit, on whom the affection of the beloved rests.
XX.
Slot All the Shastras and Yedas were searched (by me), no one is saying, that there is another (but the Supreme).
Nanak (says): that One alone is at the beginning, at the beginning of the Tugas and is now.
Pauri* Ghagha (Gh.). Put this into (thy) mind: without Hari there is none other! No one has been and no one will be, in every one he is contained. Thou wilt be released, 0 mind, when thou comest to his asylum. The essence of the name is in the Kali-yug a medicinal remedy. Having spent their time many repent (of it).
How should they obtain a firm standing '* without devotion to Hari? They, having stirred up the great nectar-juice, drink it, To whom it is given by Hari, the Guru, (says) Nanak.
XXI.
Slot All the days are counted and passed, the breath is not increasing, it is decreasing (daily) as much as a sesam-seed.
Who desire to live in error and spiritual blindness, they are fools, (says) Nanak.
1 Vfijt, s.f. fulness, i.e. everything that is desirable.
2 f^ffe* a firm standing (opposed to transmigration).
HAG GrAURI, MAH. V., BAVANAKHRI XXII.— XXIV.
Pauri.
Nana (N.). Death devours him, who is made a Sakat by the Lord.
In many wombs he is born and dies (again), not having known the Supreme Lord.
Divine knowledge and meditation accrue to him, To whom they are caused to be given by himself out of mercy.
By calculation and reflection no one is emancipated.
An unburnt jar bursts at last.
They live (really), by whom the living (Lord) is muttered. He has become manifest 1 and is not hidden, (says) Nanak.
Slok.
Reflect in (thy) mind on the lotus-foot! the overturned lotus (of thy heart) is (then) opening. Govind himself becomes manifest by the instruction of the saints, (says) ISanak.
Pauri.
V V Cacd (C). (I have) clung to the lotus-foot of the Guru. Blessed, blessed is that day, auspicious (this) event!
(I) came, having wandered about in the four quarters and in the ten directions (of the globe). When mercy was bestowed (on me), then (his) sight was obtained. Light habits and earnest reflections2 were done away and all duality. In the society of the pious (my) mind became pure. Anxiety he forgets by the sight of the One, On whose eyes the collyrium of divine knowledge (is put), (says) Nanak.
The breast (becomes) cool, the mind comforted, by singing with fondness the excellences of Govind. 0 Lord, bestow such a mercy (on me), Nanak is (thy) slave of slaves.
Pauri.
Chachd (Ch.). (We are) thy lads and slaves. (We are) the water-carriers of the slave of slaves. dhachd (Ch.). (I) am the dust of thy saints. 0 Lord, bestow on me thy own mercy! Having given up cunning and much dexterity, The saints were firmly fixed in (my) mind. (That) figure of ashes 3 obtains salvation, To whom the saints are assistants, (says) Nanak.
XX1Y.
Slok (On account of their) power and tyranny they are much puffed up, (but) in their unsolid body is disease. On account of their conceit they have fallen into bonds; release (= emancipation) (is obtained by) the name.
1 "^TTZ 31J> the Plural apparently referring1 to the Lord.
2 x5T3 signifies here, in contradistinction to f\jtM 6? light habits or manners.
3 €dT<J eft "M3^ft> a figure of ashes = man, made of dust.
RAG GATJRI, MAH. V., BAVANAKHRI XXV.— XXVII.
Pauri.
Jaja (J.). (When) he thinks, " I am something: " He is caught, like a parrot by error«(is caught) on a reed besmeared with bird-lime.1 When he thinks, " I am a devotee and possessed of divine knowledge: " Further on ( = in the other world) he is not a bit minded by the Lord.
When he thinks, " I am reciting a story (in praise of some god): " He is wandering about on the earth like a trader.
By whom his own self is destroyed iu the society of the pious: With him Murari falls in, (says) Nanak.
XXV.
Slot Rising at dawn of day mutter the name, adore it night and day! Grief will not enter thee, trouble is cleared away, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
Jhajhd (Jh.). Thy grief is effaced By occupying thyself with the name of Ram.
Grieving and grieving the Sakat dies, In whose heart there is another love.
Thy sins and vices drop from thy mind, (If) thou nearest the nectar-tale in the society of the saints.
Lust and wrath, the vile ones, drop off (from him), On whom the mercy of the Lord is, (says) Nanak.
Slok.
Make efforts in many ways, thou wilt not be allowed to remain, 0 friend!
(Whilst) thou remainest living, adore the name of Hari, Hari with love, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
Nana (N.). Know for sure and certain, that this causality 58 perishes.
(Though) I make calculation, I cannot count how many have risen and gone.
Whatever I see, that is perishing; with whom should fellowship be made?
Know this precept for certain in (thy) mind: false is the appearance of the Maya.
Who knows (this), he is a saint, he is somewhat3 removed from error.
Him he (i.e. Hari) draws out from the blind well, to whom he becomes very favourable.
In whose hand the power is, he is able to produce the (primary) causes.
Nanak (says): praise him, by whom the conjunction4 is made!
Slok (His) bonds of regeneration (and) death are broken, (that) pious man obtains happiness by (to Hari), 1 The At66A\ is a reed or bamboo, besmeared with bird-lime, on which birds are caught.
2 vt3 (^<J)> causality; the causes, that act in this world, will perish or cease.
4 ^T^faf* as *n tne Sankhya philosophy: the incidental conjunction of things.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., BAVANAKHKI XXVIII. XXIX.
(Who) does not forget from his mind the depository of (all) excellences, the Xing Govind, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
(T.).1 Perform thou service to the One, none goes away (from him) unsuccessful. (If) he dwells in (thy) mind, hody, mouth and heart, then, whatever thou desirest, that will take place.
The service of (his) palace is given to him, to whom the pious are merciful.
Then thou dwellest in the society of the pious, when he himself becomes kind (to thee).
Many houses have been examined hy me: without the name there is no happiness.
The messengers of Yama depart from him who enters the society of the pious.
Again and again I sacrifice myself for the saints, (By whom) the sins of any time are destroyed.
Slot They are not stopped at the gate (of Hari), to whom he becomes very propitious. Whom the Lord has made his own, those people are blessed, blessed, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
Thatha (Th.). (That) mind does not break down, Which, having forsaken all (things), clings to the One. By agreeing with the Maya (people) die. No happiness accrues to them in any way.
Who dwells in the society of the saints, (to him) tranquillity accrues, The nectar-name is tasted by him (in) his heart.
Who is pleasing to his own Lord: That man's mind becomes composed, (says) Nanak.
Prostration and adoration many times (to thee, whose is) all skill and power! Keep (me) from shaking, 0 Lord, by giving (thy) hand (to) Nanak!
Pauri.
JDadd (p.). This is not (thy) dwelling \l whose the dwelling is, know him!
Learn the control of that dwelling from the word of the Guru!
For the sake of this dwelling (man) undergoes (much) labour, Of which not an inch goes with him.
He has the right knowledge of that dwelling, On whom the glance of the all-filling Lord is.
The immovable and true dwelling is obtained in the society of the pious. Nanak (says): those men do not shake (any more).
1 Here no special letter of the alphabet is put down, but it must be t, the first word (£VJ&) commencing with it.
2 The ffoj or dwelling is the human body.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., BAVANAKHRI XXX.— XXXII.
XXX. Slok They do not fall, nor is on any a fetjer thrown hy Dharm Rae.
Nanak (says): they, who are connected with the pious, are saved by muttering Hari.
Pauri.
Dhadha (Dh.). Why do you wander about searching? search should be made in this mind.
Who dwells with thee, 0 Lord, why should he wander from forest to forest?
Throw down the little heap1 in the society of the pious! self-conceit is ugly.
Ye will obtain comfort and dwell in tranquillity, having seen (their) sight (you will he) happy.
A little heap is born, being born it dies, as a foetus in the womb it suffers pain.
Who being immersed in spiritual blindness continues to cling to it, comes and goes in egotism.
(Formerly) falling and falling (we) have now fallen on the asylum of the pious people.
The nooses of pain were cut asunder, we were absorbed (in the Supreme), (says) Nanak.
Slok.
Where the pious are, (there) is continually adoration and praising of Govind, (says) Nanak. There is neither "I" nor "thou;" thou wilt not escape, do not come near (them), 0 messenger (of Yama)! 2 Pauri.
JSfand (N.). Success is obtained in battle, if one overcome himself. (Who) dies fighting with his egotism, the duality, he is a hero.3 ■ Who, effacing his egotism (= individuality) dies whilst living (according to) the instruction of the perfect Guru: He overcomes his mind and is united with Hari, he has the appearance of heroism. He does not consider any (thing) his own, the One is his reliance and support. Day and night he continues remembering that Lord, the infinite supreme spirit. He makes this mind the dust (of) all, these works he practises.
He comprehends the order (of God) and obtains always the happiness, that is decreed (for him), (says) Nanak.
Slok.
Body, mind and property I offer up to him, who joins that Lord to me.
Nanak (says): error and fear is cut off (thereby), the looking out of Yama ceases.
Pauri.
Tata (T.). Make friendship with him, the depository (of all) virtues, the King Govind!
Thou wilt obtain the fruits, that are desired by thy mind, thy burning will cease.