(4). House, mansion, palace, whatever is seen, nothing (goes) with (thee). As long as thou livest in the time of the Kali-yug, remember the name, (says) humble Nanak.
♦ ASA; GHAK III.; MAH ALA V. Om! By the favour of the true Guru! I. XXXVIII. CV.
(1). Dominion, property, youth, house, splendour, beautiful youth; Much wealth, elephants and horses, rubies, the price (of which is) Lakhs (of Bupees): 1 (All these) are further on (=in the other world) at the gate (of Hari) of no use, the proud one departs leaving (them) behind.
Pause.
Why is the mind applied (to anything) but the One?
In rising and sitting, in sleeping and waking, continually Hari should be meditated upon!
(2). ("Whose) courts are very wonderful and beautiful, (who) has acquired high praises in battle; * Who boasts with his mouth: I will kill, bind (and) set free!
(When) the order of the Supreme Brahm has come, he departs giving up (all) in one day.
(3). He does many works and contrivances, (but) the creator he does not know.
He gives instruction (to others), but he himself does not do the truth, the word (of the Guru) he does not recognize.
He has come naked and will go naked, as an elephant shakes off the dust.
(4). Hear, 0 my pious friend: all this expansion is false!
Saying': " mine, mine " they are drowned, the ignorant people are consumed and die. Nanak, having met with the Guru, meditates on the name, by the true name he is saved.
BAG ASA; GHAB V.; MAHAL A V. Om! By the favour of the true Guru! I. XXXIX. CVI.
(1). That whole world is in error, (Being) blind by (worldly) occupations; some (rare) man of Hari wakes.
(2). (Their) life is absorbed (in) love to the very fascinating and beloved (Maya). Some rare one forsakes (her).
(3). The incomparable lotus-foot of Hari is the mantra of the saints. Some (rare) pious man clings (to it).
(4). Nanak wakes in the society of the pious out of love to divine knowledge. On him, whose lot is great, mercy (is bestowed).
1 ^tofT^j corrupted for the sake of the rhyme instead of ^tt1T?>( (Pers. Arab. <OU-J, earnest money = price, cost).
2 V5T5?T s*m' a panegyrical kind of poetry, in which the bravery of heroes, etc., is extolled; thence praises, panegyrics generally.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD XL. — XLII. (CVII.— CIX.)
Om! By the favour of the true Guru! EAGUASA; GHAR VI.; HAHALA V. I. XL. CVII.
(1). Who pleases thee, he is accepted, even that is the happiness and tranquillity (of) the mind. The powerful cause of causes is boundless, there is no other, 0 friend!
Pause.
The people delight in singing thy excellences.
The advice, counsel and cleverness of (thy) people is what thou dost and causest (them) to do.
(2). Nectar is thy name, 0 beloved, in the society of the pious (its) juice is obtained.
Those people become satiated (and) full (of it), (by whom) Hari, the depository of happiness, is sung.
(3). "Who is in thy protection, 0 Lord, he has no care.
On whom thy kindness is bestowed, they are good wholesale merchants, 0 Lord!
(4). All error, spiritual blindness and mischievousness are gone off since the sight (of Hari) was obtained. Nanak has made the true name his occupation, in love to the name of Hari he is sunk.
II. XLI. CVIII.
(1). "Who washes another's filth,1 he (through) several births, obtains his own doing (= deserts). Here (he finds) no comfort (and there) at the threshold (no) entrance, having gone to the city of Tama he is tormented.
Pause.
By the slanderer his whole life is lost.
(Here) he cannot reach anything, further on (in the other world) he gets no place.
(2). (When) the lot of the helpless slanderer has fallen, what will that poor man do? He is ruined there, where no one protects (him), to whom shall he raise his voice?
(3). ~No salvation (accrues to) the slanderer in any way, thus it pleases the Lord. Who calumniates the pious, by him no tranquillity ''* (and) happiness are enjoyed.
(4). The pious are relying on thee, 0 Lord, thou art the assistant of the pious. Kanak says: the pious are preserved by Hari, the slanderers are swept away (by him).
III. XLII. CIX.
(1). (Who) washes his outside (white), heart and mind (being) filthy, he loses both his places. Here he is sunk in lust, wrath and spiritual blindness, in the other world he will sob and weep.
Pause.
The way of worshipping Govind is different!
The hillock is beaten, (but) the snake does not die, the snake 3 does not hear the name.
(2). The practice of the Maya is given up, (and yet) he does not know the essence of devotion.
He gives himself to speculation on the Veda and the Shastras, (and yet) he does not become acquainted with truth.4 7 The sense is: to wash the filthy clothes of another, i.e. to criticize his actions.
2 is here = irffS *■/- 3 (Hindi ^f^T> Sansk. ^TS^T), a kind of snake (a lizard without feet). The sense of these two lines is: the way of adoring Govind is different from the practice of the people, who only touch the outside (the hillock, in which the snake is hidden) without killing the snake itself (selfishness).
* 33 tPT = 33 cT@, tJJT being here used as a postposition.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD XLIIL— XLV. (CX.-CXII.)
(3). As a false rupee is discovered, when it comes into the sight of the money-changer: (So) the inward governor knows everything j what is hidden from him?
(4). The groundless (= false) m|n is destroyed in a moment by (his) falsehood, hypocrisy and deceit. True, true, true he is called by Nanak, (who) in his own heart perceives and remembers (Hari).
IV. XLIIL CX.
(1). (Who) is making efforts, (his) mind becomes pure, he dances having removed his own self. (Who) is collected in (his) mind, he keeps the five persons1 in subjection.
Pause.
Thy people dance and sing thy excellences.
The rebeck, tambourine, cymbal and string of toe-bells emit a sound, (though) unbeaten.
(2). (Who) first instructs his own mind and afterwards gladdens others.
(Who) mutters the name of Earn in his heart and with his mouth lets all (men) hear (it).
(3). (Who) with his hand washes the feet of the pious, (who) applies the dust of the saints to his body. (Who) offers up his heart and body and puts (them) before the Guru, he obtains the true thing.
(4). Whoever hears and beholds with faith, the pain of his birth and death goes off. Such a dance removes hell; Nanak (says): the disciple wakes.
V. XLIV. CXI.
V (1). A low Candal woman becomes a Brahmani, from a Shudra woman (one) becomes the best, 0 dear! The insatiable thirst of hell and heaven is quenched and devoured, 0 dear!
Pause.
The cat of the house is taught something else, seeing the mouse it is frightened, 0 dear! The lion is given into the power of the goat by the Guru, (the goat) is set by him on the dog.
(2). Without posts the roof is supported, by the houseless a house is obtained.
Without a setter the setting (of jewels) is made, a wonderful (precious) stone is set, 0 dear!
(3). The complainer is not reaching his object by means of complaint, by silence a decision is obtained, 0 dear!
She who is sitting in wealth on a carpet takes a corpse and runs to show it to the eyes.
(4). That ignorant one says: I know; he, who is knowing, (says): I do not investigate (it) minutely, 0 dear!
Nanak says: (to whom) the Guru has given nectar to drink, he delighting (in it) is made happy.
VI. XLV. CXII.
(1). Cutting (my) bonds (my) vices are forgotten (by him), his own greatness is remembered (by him). He became kind (to me) like a mother and father, like a child (I was) cherished (by him).
Pause.
The disciples of the Guru are preserved by Gopal, the Guru.
They are drawn out (by him) from the great water of existence bestowing his glance (of favour on them).
(2). By remembering whom one escapes from Yama and gets happiness here and there: (Him) mutter at (every) breath and morsel with (thy) tongue, continually (his) excellences should be sung!
1 The five persons are oFW> ^Tf, e*c» RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD XL VI.— XLVIII. (CXIIL— CXV.)
(3). By devotion with love the highest step is obtained, in the society of the saints pain is extinguished. (Such a one) is neither consumed nor does he go, no fear whatever enters (him), the spotless property of Hari he takes possession of.
(4). At the time of the end the Lord becomes (my) assistant, here and there he is (my) protector. He is the friend of (my) life, (my) beloved, my wealth; ISanak is always a sacrifice (to him).
VII. XLVL CXIIL (1). When thou art (my) Lord, what fear (should I entertain)'? without thee whom should I praise? (When I have) thee alone, then I have everything, without thee I have none other.
Pause.
0 father, I have seen, that the world is poison. Keep me, 0 my Lord, thy name is my support!
(2). Thou knowest all the pain of the mind, to whom else should it be told?
Without the name the whole world is mad; (if) the name is obtained, happiness is acquired.
(3). What shall be said, to whom shall it be told? what is to be said, that is with (thee), 0 Lord! Everything is thy work, my hope is continually (put) in thee.
(4). If thou givest greatness, it is thy greatness, here and there I meditate on thee. 0 Lord of Nanak, who art always giving happiness, thy one name is my salvation.
VIII. XLVII. CXIV.
(1), Nectar is thy name, 0 Lord, this great juice is drunk by (thy) people. The burdens of fear of repeated birth have ceased, sin is extinct, error is gone.1 Pause.
Seeing (thy) sight I live.
Having heard thy words, 0 true Guru, my mind and body have become tranquil.
(2). By thy mercy the society of the pious was obtained (by me), this work was done by thyself. Thy feet, 0 Lord, were firmly seized (by me) and the poison was (thus) easily destroyed.
(3). Thy name, 0 Lord, is the depository of happiness, this imperishable mantra I obtained. By the Guru it was given to me out of mercy, my heat, pain and enmity departed.
(4). Blessed is he, who has obtained a human body, whom the Lord has taken to union with himself. Blessed is that Kali-yuga, (where) in the society of the pious the praise (of Hari) is sung! Nanak says): the name (is) the support (of my) heart.
IX. XLVIII. CXV.
(1). He (the Supreme) has been before everything,2 what other knowledge does one have? His own erring and misled child the Supreme Brahm, the Lord, pardons.
Pause.
My true Guru is always merciful, he protects me, the poor one.
(My) sickness is cut off (by him), great happiness is obtained (hy me), the nectar-name of Hari is put into (my) mouth (by him).
(2). (My) many sins are taken away, (my) bonds are cut, (I) have become emancipated. From the very horrible blind well (I) am drawn out by the Guru seizing (my) arm.
2 The words ought to be put in the following order: JHT^ft foTsT RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD XLIX.-LI. (CXVI.-CXVIII.)
(3). (1) have become fearless, all fear is effaced, (I) am protected by the protector. Such is thy gift, 0 my Lord, all (my) affairs are adjusted (by thee).
(4). The depository of (all) qualities, the Lord, I have acquired in (my) heart. Nanak has fallen on (his) asylunfand is happy.
X. XLIX. CXYI.
(1). (When) thou art forgotten, then every one (becomes) an enemy (to me). (When) thou comest into (my) thought, then (every one does) service (to me). No one else is known (besides thee), 0 true, inapprehensible and inscrutable one I Pause.
(When) thou comest into (my) thought, then (thou art) always merciful (to me), what (can) by the helpless people (be done)?
Say, who should be called bad (or) good? all are thy creatures!
(2). I rely on thee, thou art (my) support, thou keepest (me) giving (me) thy hand. On whom thy mercy is, that man no calamity whatever devours.
(3). That is happiness, that is greatness, which is pleasing, 0 Lord, to (thy) mind. Thou art wise, thou art always kind, (if) the name be obtained, I enjoy pleasure.
(4). Before thee is my prayer: soul and body is all thine. Nanak says: all is thy greatness, nobody knows my name.
XI. L. CXVII.
(1). (If) the Lord, the inward governor, bestows mercy, Hari is obtained in the society of the pious. (If) he, having opened the shutters, shows (his) sight, one is not subject again to regeneration.
Pause.
Meet with the beloved Lord and thou wilt remove all thy pain, 0 dear!
Cross in the society of him, by whom the Supreme Brahm is adored in (his) heart!
(2). (Who) wanders about in a great desert and in an ocean of fire, (who is) living in joy and grief: (His) mind becomes pure having met with the true Gruru, by muttering the immortal Hari with (his) tongue.
(3). (By whom) his body and all his wealth is set up (as the object of his thoughts), he is bound (by) a soft fetter.
By the favour of the Guru (his) births are cut off, (by whom) the name of Hari is adored.
(4). They are kept by the Lord, the preserver, who are pleasing to their own Lord. Soul and body is all thine, 0 donor! JSanak is always a sacrifice (to thee).
XII, LI. CXYIIL Pause.
(Thou hast) escaped from spiritual blindness (and) dull sleep, what favour was bestowed (on thee), Odear?
The very fascinating (Maya) does not affect thee, how is thy sloth gone, 0 dear?
(1). Lust, wrath and egotism are hard, who has escaped (from them) by means of continence, 0 dear? The excellent men, Devas and Asuras, are subject to the three qualities, the whole world is robbed (by them), 0 dear!
(2). The fire of a burning forest consumes much grass, some green shrub is saved, 0 dear! Such a powerful one I cannot describe, nothing like him can be told, 0 dear.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LIL— LIV. (CXIX.— CXXI.)
(3). In the chamber of lamp-black (I have not become) black, a spotless colour was applied, 0 dear! The great mantra of the Guru dwelled in (my) heart, the wonderful name was heard (by me), 0 dear!
(4). Bestowing mercy (on me) the Lord is looking (on me) with a glance of favour, he applied me to his own foot.
Ey devotion (with) love I obtained happiness, 0 Nanak, I entered the society of the pious.
Om! by the favour of the true Guru! BAGTJ ASA; GUAR VII.; MAHALA V.
I. LIL CXIX.
(1). Eed short breeches shine on thy body.
Thou art pleasing (to thy) sweetheart, his mind is captivated (by thee).
Pause.
Ey whom is thy redness made?
Ey what colour hast thou become red?
(2). Thou art beautiful, thou (enjoyest) a good fortune. In thy house is the sweetheart, in thy house is good luck.
(3). Thou art virtuous, thou art the most excellent. Thou art pleasing to the beloved, thou art very intelligent.
(4). (Thou) art pleasing to the beloved, therefore (thou art) of red colour. Nanak says: by (his) favourable look (thou art) exalted.
Pause.
Hear, 0 my (female) friend, this is the way of (my) passing the time. The Lord himself is adorning (me).
II. LIII. CXX.
(1). When (my) troubles are intense, they are receding, Now that I have been advised, (that he is) in (my) presence.
Pause.
Submissiveness has ceased, 0 friend and companion!
My error is gone, by the Guru (I am) united with (my) beloved.1 (2). I am brought near and placed on the bed by the beloved. I am released from paying submissiveness (to others).
(3). In my house there is light by means of the word (of the Guru). In joy my Lord is joking (with me).
(4). On my forehead a good lot (is written), (my) beloved has come to my house. A firm happy wifehood (I have) obtained, 0 humble Nanak!
III. LIV. CXXL (1). My mind is applied to the true name.
(Eut outwardly) I jest and talk with the people.2 1 i^ft = 5fc^, (I am) united; the subject must be gathered from the context.
2 TraT = ZZ\> joke, jest; TO = ^T^> talk, speech.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LV.— LVII. (CXXII.-CXXIV.)
Pause.
Outwardly good terms with all are kept up.
(But inwardly) I remain uncontaminated like a lotus in the water.
(2). By word of mouth I am conversing with all. (But) my own soul I keep with the Lord.
(3). Much ecstasy also comes into sight. This mind is the dust of the feet of all.
(4). Humble Nanak has obtained the perfect Guru. The One is shown (to him as being) inside and outside.
IV. LV. CXXII.
(1). The girl1 is obtaining pleasures in youth. (But) without the name she is mingled with dust.
Pause.
In her ear is an ear-ring, (fine) clothes are put on. (Her) bed is comfortable, in (her) mind she is proud.
(2). Beneath (her) an elephant, above (her) an umbrella of gold. (But) without devotion to Hari she is buried in the earth.
(3). (One may have) many beautiful women. (But) without love to Hari every taste is insipid.
(4). The Maya is deceitful, diseases are spread out (by her).2 Nanak is in the asylum of the Lord, the kind Supreme Spirit.
V. LVI. CXXIII.
(1). There is a garden, (in which) many trees are planted. The nectar-name is produced on them as fruit.
Pause.
0 wise one, make such a contemplation, By which the state of final emancipation may be obtained!
Bound about are ponds of poison, in the midst (of that garden) is nectar, 0 brother!
(2), There is one gardener, who waters (the trees). He takes care of the branches every morning.3 (3). Every tree is brought and firmly planted. Every one blossoms, not one is fruitless.
(4). Who obtains the nectar-fruit of the name from the Guru: He crosses the Maya, (says) Nanak, the slave.
VI. LVII. CXXIV.
(1). Boyal sports are made by thy name.
The Yoga (deep meditation) is made by singing thy praise.
1 "ETS5fan = MI&T, girl. The words in these verses are exceedingly disfigured, as the author took no pains to choose suitable words.
2 f*PJ35tofT = fETfcf^ (from fEWJTST, t° be spread out).
3 The Lahore lithographed copy reads the MSS. No.2484: irf^rfs, No.2483: \TT5\rj5; the first two readings are wrong, as they give no sense, the last, IfTfeVT^ IS = Sansk. TTprT! TJTrT!> every morning, which suits well the context.
RAG ASA; MAIL V., SABD LVIIL— LX. (CXXV.— CXXVIL) Pause.
All comforts are brought about in thy shelter. The curtains of error are opened by the true Guru.
(2). By comprehending the order (of Hari) pleasures are enjoyed. In the service of the true Guru (there is) great emancipation.
(3). By whom thou art known, he is in his married state of mortified passions and accepted. Who is attached to the name, he is emancipated.
(4). Who has obtained the treasure of the name: His treasury is fall, says Nanak.
VII. LYI1I. CXXV.
(1). (If) I go to a Tirtha, (I see that) they are practising egotism (there). (If) I ask the Pandits, they are attached to the Maya.
Pause.
Show me that place, 0 friend!
"Where there is continually the praise of Hari (goiog on).
(2). Ey reflection on the Shastras and Yedas, on merit and demerit: There is again and again descent to hell (and ascent to) heaven.
(3). In the married state there is care, dejection and selfishness. Works bring trouble to the soul.
(4). Ey the mercy of the Lord the mind becomes subjected.
Nanak (says): (who becomes) a disciple, by him the Maya is crossed.
Pause.
In the society of the pious the praise of Hari is sung. This place is obtained from the Guru.
VIII. LIX. CXXVI.
(1). In the house is happiness, outside (of it) also is happiness. By remembering Hari all troubles are destroyed.
Pause.
(There are) all comforts (enjoyed), when thou comest into (one's) thought. That man mutters (thy) name, who pleases thee.
(2). Body and mind become cool by muttering thy name.
Who is muttering Hari, Hari, the tent of his pain tumbles down.
(3). Who comprehends the order, he is accepted, Whose mark is the true word (of the Guru).
(4). By the perfect Guru the name of Hari is made fast (in me). Nanak (says): I. have obtained happiness in (my) mind.
IX. LX. CXXVII.
(1). Wherever thou sendest (me), there I go. The happiness, thou givest, that I obtain.
Pause.
(I am) always (thy) slave, 0 Lord Govind! Ey thy mercy I am fully satiated.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXL— LXIII. (CXXVIII.-CXXX.)
(2) f What thou givest, that I put on and eat. By thy favour, 0 Lord, I get on comfortably.
(3). In my mind and body I meditate on thee. No one I compare with thee. * (4). Nanak says: continually I thus meditate.
(My) salvation is effected by clinging to the feet of the pious.
X. LXI. CXXYIII.
(1). In rising, sitting and sleeping he should be meditated upon! In going on the road Hari, Hari should be sung!
Pause.
With the ear the nectar-story should be heard!
By whom it is heard, in (his) mind joy springs up, all the pain and disease of (his) mind go (2). (If) in every Work, on the road, in the placeB of resort he be muttered: The nectar of Hari is drunk by the favour of the Guru.
(3), (By whom) day and night the praise of Hari is sung: That man is not put into the road of (= to) Tama.
(4). By whom he (Hari) is not forgotten the eight watches: By clinging to his feet salvation is obtained, (says) Nanak.
XL LXII. CXXIX.
(1). By remembering whom thou dwellest in comfort; Happiness is enjoyed and pain is effaced: Pause.
Be joyful (and) sing the excellences of (that) Lord! Conciliate continually thy own true Guru!
(2). Do the true word of the true Guru!
Being firmly seated in (thy) house thou wilt obtain thy Lord.
(3). (If) the ill conduct of another thou dost not keep in (thy) mind: Pain (will) not (befall thee), 0 brother and friend!
(4). (To whom) by the Guru the mantra of Hari is given: He knows day by day this happiness, (says) Nanak.
XII. LXIII. CXXX.
(1). Whom, being low, nobody knows: Him, when muttering the name, the four corners (of the earth) mind.
Pause.
I ask for thy sight, give it me, 0 beloved! Who is not saved by thy service?
(2). Near whom nobody goes: His feet the whole creation rubs and washes.
(3). The man, who is not of any use: His name is muttered by the favour of the saints.
(4). When (my) sleeping mind becomes wakeful in the society of the pious: Then the Lord becomes sweet to Nanak.
BAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXIV.— LXVII. (CXXXL— CXXXIV.)
XIII. LXIV. CXXXI.
(1). The only One I behold with (my) eyes. Continually I remember the name of Hari.
Pause.
I sing the excellences of Earn, Earn, Earn.
By the majesty of the saints I meditate on the name of Hari, Hari in the society of the pious, 0 dear!
(2). In whose string everything is strung: He is contained in every creature.
(3). He is making production and destruction in a moment.
He himself, who is without qualities, remains distinct (from all).
(4). The inward governor is the cause of causes. The Lord of Nanak is enjoying happiness.
XIV. LXY. CXXXIL (1). (Who) were made to wander about in crores of births: They won a (human) body, hard to acquire, (and) are not overcome.
Pause.
Sins are destroyed, pain and trouble are removed. They become purified by the dust of the saints.
(2). The saints of the Lord, (who are) able to save (others), Meet with him, for whom exactly union (with them is written).
(3). In (his) mind (is) joy, (to whom) the Guru has given (his) mantra. (His) thirst is quenched, (his) mind becomes immovable.
(4). The name is the (best) thing, the nine treasures and (all) perfections. Nanak (says): from the Guru understanding is obtained.
XY. LXYI. CXXXIII.
(1). Thirst is effaced, ignorance and darkness. By the service of the pious many sins are cut off.
Pause.
Happiness, tranquillity and much joy Are obtained by the service of the Guru; (his) mind (becomes) pure, (by whom) the name of Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari is heard.
(2). The foolish presumption of the mind is destroyed. The will of the Lord becomes sweet.
(3). The feet of the perfect Guru are seized. The sins of crores of births go off.
(4). This jewel of birth becomes fruitful (to him), (On whom) the Lord bestows mercy, says Nanak.
XYI. LXVII. CXXXIV.
(1). My own true Guru I remember continually. The feet of the Guru I brush with (my) hair.
Pause.
Wake, 0 my wakeful mind!
Without Hari no one is of use (to thee), false is the fascination (of the Maya), false the expansion (of the world)!
RAG ASA; MAH V., SABD LXVIIL— LXX. (CXXXV.— CXXXVII.)
(2). Bestow (thy) love on the word of the Guru!
(If) the Guru become merciful (to thee), (thy) pain goes.
(3). Without the Guru there is«o other place. The Guru is bountiful, the Guru gives the name.
(4). The Guru himself is the Supreme Brahm, the Lord. Mutter, 0 Nanak, the Guru the eight watches!
XVII. LXVIIL CXXXV.
(1). He himself is the tree (and) the spread out branches (of it). He himself keeps his own field.
Pause.
Wherever I see, there is that One. In every creature is that one himself.
(2). He himself is the sun and the expansion of (his) rays. He is hidden, he is the appearance.
(3). One may fix (his) name as having all qualities and as having none. Both (names) meeting together are united (in him).
(4). Nanak says: by the Guru error and fear are put aside. The blissful (Supreme) is seen1 by every eye.
XVIII. LXIX. CXXXVI.
(1). I do not know any contrivance and dexterity. Day and night I praise thy name.
Pause.
I am vicious and have not any virtue.
That Lord is doing and causing to be done (everything).
(2). I am foolish, doltish, ignorant and thoughtless. I am longing in my mind after thy name.
(3). Muttering, austerities, continence and works I do not practise. The name of the Lord I adore in (my) mind.
(4). I do not know anything, little is my understanding. Nanak says: (I am) in thy asylum, 0 Lord!
XIX. LXX. CXXXVII.
(1). Hari, Hari, these two words are (my) rosary.
Muttering and muttering (them) he became merciful (to me) the poor one.
Pause.
I make supplication to my own true Guru: Mercifully keep (me) in (thy) asylum, give me the muttering of Hari, Hari!
(2). (Who) keeps the rosary of Hari in his heart: He removes the pain of regeneration and death.
(3). Who keeps (him) in (his) heart and utters with (his) mouth: Hari, Hari! That man does not vacillate in any way neither here nor there.
(4). Nanak says: who is imbued with love to the name: With him the rosary of Hari goes (to the other world).
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXXI.— LXXIV. (CXXXVIII. -CXLI.)
XX. LXXI. CXXXVIII.
(1). (Who) becomes his, whose everything is: That man no contamination whatever enters.
Pause.
The servant of Hari is always emancipated.
Whatever he does, that is good; the practice of the slave of the pious people is exceedingly pure.
(2). Who, having forsaken all, has come to the asylum of Hari: How should the Maya enter that man?
(3). In whose mind the treasure of the name is: He has no care not even in a dream.
(4). Nanak says: (by whom) the true Guru is obtained: All (his) error and infatuation are extinguished.
XXI. LXXII. CXXXIX.
(1). When my Lord has become kindly disposed (to me): Then, say, how should pain and error (be) near (me)?
Pause.
Having heard, having heard the report about thee I live. Save me, who am destitute of virtues!
(2). Pain is effaced, care is forgotten.
Fruit is obtained by muttering the mantra of the true Guru.
(3). He is true, he is true.
Remembering and remembering string and keep (him) in thy bosom!
(4). JSanak says: what work has he (to do), In whose mind the name of Hari dwells?
XXII. LXXIII. CXL.
(1). By lust, wrath and egotism (people) are ruined. By remembering Hari the people of Hari are set free.
Pause.
Those are drunk in the intoxication of the Maya.
The devotees are waking and given to the remembrance of Hari.
(2). By reason of spiritual blindness and error one is made to wander about in many wombs. The devotee is stationary, (by whom) the feet of Hari are meditated on.
(3). (I am) shutting np the blind well (of) my house.
The saints are emancipated, who comprehend, (that) Hari is near (them).
(4). Nanak says: who is in the asylum of the Lord: He gets here happiness and in the other world salvation.
XXIII. LXXIV. CXLI.
(1). Thou art my wave, I am thy fish. Thou art my Lord, I am at thy gate.
Pause.
Thou art my creator, I am thy servant, I have seized (thy) asylum, 0 Lord, weighty with excellences!
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXXV.-LXXVII. (OXLII.-CXLIV.)
(2). Thou art my life, thou (art) my support. Having seen thee the lotus (of my heart) opens.
(3). Thou art my salvation an£ honour, my ground for assurance. Thou art powerful, I am saved by thee.
(4). May I daily mutter the name, the depository of (all) excellences! This prayer Nanak (offers) to the Lord!
XXIV. LXXV. CXLII.
(1). He who is weeping, practises falsehood. Another, (though) laughing, is grieving.
Pause.
Some one dies, in the house of another (there is) singing.
Some one weeps, another laughing and laughing is conducting the bride.1 (2). From childhood (one) has grown old.
Having arrived (at old age) he is not emancipated and repents again.
(3). The world passes on in the three qualities.
Again and again there is descent to hell (and ascent to) heaven.
(4). Nanak says: who is attached (to) the name: His life is fruitful and accepted.
XXV. LXXVI. CXLIII.
(1). (I) kept on sleeping (and) the news of the Lord was not known (by me). (When) it became morning, (I) repented again.
Pause.
By love to the beloved one I have naturally joy in my mind, 0 dear!
I am longing to meet with the Lord, why should I therefore be slothful, 0 dear?
(2). Nectar was brought forth into (my) hand. (I) slipt and it was thrown on the ground.
(3). "With desire, spiritual blindness and egotism (I am) laden. It is not the fault of the Lord, the creator.
(4). In the society of the pious error and darkness are effaced. 0 Nanak, I am united by the creator (with himself).
XXVI. LXXYII. CXL1V.
(1). (I am) longing after the lotus-foot, 0 beloved!
The servants of Tama have fled helpless (away from me).
Pause.
It is thy mercy, (that) thou comest into (my) thought. By remembering the name all diseases are destroyed.
(2). Thou givest much pain to others. (But) thy people (pain) cannot reach.
1 'MIccA s.m. the person who conducts the bride from or to the house of her father or father-iu-Iaw; a paronymph.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXXVIII.-LXXX. (CXLV.-CXLVII.)
(3). A thirst after thy sight has sprung up in (my) mind. Tranquillity, joy (and) love dwell (in me).
(4). May the prayer of Nanak be heard! May only the name be given into my heart!
XXVII. LXXVIII. CXLV.
(1). (My) mind is satiated, (my) troubles are effaced. (My) own Lord became merciful (to me).
Pause.
By the favour of the saints goodness was done (to me).
In whose house everything is, that all-filling, fearless Lord was met with.
(2). The name was established (in me) (by) the merciful saint. (My) very dreadful hunger was put out.
(3). By my own Lord the gift was given (to me).
(My) burning heat was quenched, tranquillity was produced in (my) mind.
(4). (My) searching about ceased, (my) mind entered tranquillity. Nanak obtained the treasury of the name.
XXVIII. LXXIX. CXLVI.
(1). Who are on intimate terms with the Lord: They remain fully satiated with food.
Pause, The devotees of the Lord have not little.
They are eating, spending and extravagant in giving.
(2). Whose master the unattainable Lord is: Say, how much can people do (against him)?
(3). In whose service the eighteen supernatural powers are: By his moment's glance (on one) they cling to (one's) feet.
(4). On whom thou bestowest mercy, 0 my Lord! He has no want, says ITanak.
XXIX. LXXX. CXLVIL (1). When I meditate on my own true Guru: Then I obtain great comfort in my mind.
Pause.
Calculation is effaced, doubt is extinct.
The people, who are attached to the name, become saints.1 (2). When my own Lord is in my thoughts: Then fear is effaced, 0 my friend!
(3). When I seize thy protection, 0 Lord: Then my desire is fulfilled.
(4). Having seen thy proceedings my mind was comforted. Nanak, (thy) slave, trusts in thee.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXXXI.-LXXXIII. (CXLVIIL-CL.)
XXX. LXXXI. CXLVIIL (1). Day by day the mouse gnaws the rope, Whilst falling into the well (man) eats sweetmeats.
Pause.
In considering and reflecting the night is passed.
Whilst thinking of the many pleasures of the Maya the bow-holder (Vishnu) is never remembered.
(2). (Considering) the shade of a tree immovable he built a house.
Death, throwing 1 (over him) the noose of the Maya, made ready the arrow.
(3). The shore of sand, the surface (of which) the waves inundate: That place the fool laid hold of, considering it immovable.
(4). In the society of the pious Hari the king is muttered (by me). Nanak lives singing the excellences of Hari.
XXXI. LXXXII. CXLIX.
(1). In his society thou (fern.) art sporting. In his society we are in union with thee. In his society every one desires thee. Without him nobody looks (at thee).
Pause.
That loving one where is he contained? Without him thou art distressed, 0 dear!
(2). In his society thou art the mistress in the house. In his society thou wilt become manifest.
In his society thou art kept blooming.
Without him thou art given up to wretchedness.
(3). In his society thou, hast honour and greatness. In his society the world is thy relative.
In his society all thy arrangement is made. Without him thou wilt become dust.
(4). That loving one neither dies nor goes. Bound hy (his) order (man) does works.
Having joined he separates and establishes (again), (says) Nanak. He himself knows his own power.
XXXII. LXXXIIL CL.
(1). Neither is he dying nor are we afraid. Neither is he destroyed nor are we distressed. Neither is he poor nor are we hungry. Neither has he pain nor have we pain.
Pause.
There is no other who is killing.
He is our life, (who) is giving life (to us).
(2). Neither is a fetter on him nor are we bound. Neither has he toils nor have we toils.
1 ^ here = ^f^; the words must thus be constructed, if they are to give any sense: 5£ ^ RAG ASA; MAIL V., SABD LXXXIV. LXXXV. (CLI. CLII.)
Neither has he filth nor have we filth.
(When) he has joy, then we have always pastime.
(3). Neither is in him reflection nor have we reflection. Neither is on him (any) dauhing nor is on us (any) smearing. Neither has he hunger nor have we thirst.
When he is pure, then we are asking (for it).
(4). We are nothing, that one alone is (all). Before and after that One alone is.
Nanak (says): hy the Guru the waves of error are put out. We and he, having met, have become of one colour.
XXXIII. LXXXIV. CLI.
(1). In many ways service is rendered (by me). Soul, life and property are offered up (to the Guru).
(I fetch) water, I swing the fan (to him), giving up conceit. Many times I become a sacrifice (to him).
Pause.
She is a happy married woman, who is pleasing to the Lord. With her I will meet, 0 my mother!
(2). (I am) the water-carrier of his lowest bond-maids. (I am) their dust, (my) soul dwells with (them).
(If) the lot (be written) on my forehead, then I obtain (their) society. The Lord mingles with his own colour.
(3). Muttering, austerity and all religious observances I render (to him). Works and all burnt offerings I make (to him).
Giving up pride and spiritual ignorance I become (their) dust. In their society I see the Lord (with my) eyes.
(4). Every moment I adore him. Day and night I practise this service. Gopal Govind became merciful (to me).
In the society of the pious he is pardoning, (says) Nanak.
XXXIV. LXXXV. CLII.
(1). By love to the Lord happiness is always obtained. By love to the Lord no pain is incurred.
Love to the Lord clears away the filth of egotism. By love to the Lord one becomes always pure.
Pause.
Hear, 0 friend, such love and affection Is the support of (every) life and everybody.
(2). By love to the Lord all treasures are obtained.