1. There is one (and the same) understanding in as many creatures as there are. "Without understanding none is created. As their understanding is, so is their way.
The account is one and the same, (in consequence of which) they come and go.3 Pause.
Why, 0 soul! practisest thou cleverness?
He (i.e. God) takes and gives, there is no remissness (on his part).4 (2). Thine are the creatures and thou belongest to the creatures. To whom (else) shall they come and weep, 0 Lord?
As thou art the Lord, they come (to thee) and weep. Thou art theirs and they are thine.
(3). We contradict, we contradict. Thou weighest (us) within thy sight.
Who (does) good works, he has full understanding. Without good works it (i.e. the understanding) decreases in the heart. .(4). Mnak bows ( = says): what sort of a man will get divine knowledge? He who knows his own self, will comprehend (God). Who reflects by the favour of the Guru: That sage is acceptable at the threshold (of God).
1 Occupied with or in a low business, or a low-caste man.
2 It is difficult to say wbat is exactly meant by ^T?T» as there is no hint to what it is to be referred. Very likely the sense is: my weight (^T? may have this meaning) is great, which I, as a clever man, have or exercise.
3 ^tfT is the final account taken and asked at the threshold of God, according to which they come and go, i.e* are subjected to transmigration* SIRI rag, mah. I., SABD XXXI. XXXII. XXXIII.
Sirl Rag; mahald I. IV. Ghar.
(1). Thou art the ocean, wise arid clear-sighted, how shall I, the little fish, obtain (thy) end? Wherever I see, there art thou, if I go out from thee, I burst and die.
Pause.
I do not know the fisher nor do I know the net. "When pain overtakes me, I remember thee.
(2). Thou, 0 -beloved! art known as brimful, I am far off. Whatever I do, that is in thy presence.
Thou seest, I do not acknowledge (it). Neither thy work nor thy name.
(3). As much as thou givest, so much I eat. I have no other door, to which door shall I go? Nanak makes one supplication: soul and body, all is with thee.
(4). He himself is near, he himself is far, he himself is in the midst. He himself sees and hears, he himself by his power makes the world. That order, 0 Nanak! which is pleasing to him, is authoritative.
Birl Rag; mahald I.
IV. Ghar.
(1) « Why is the creature conceited in its mind? The gift is in the hand of the giver.
As he pleases, so he gives or does not give. What is effected by the word of the creature?
Pause.
Who himself is true, to him pleases truth.
Who is blind and ignorant, (to him pleases) nonsensical talk.
(2). Whose the trees are, (his is) the garden. As their kind (species) is,, so is their name.
According to the nature of the blossom the fruit is defined (set down). Having sown himself he himself will eat it.
(3). A wall is raw, (if) the clay in it be raw.1 If the intellect is unsalted, the flavour is insipid.
0 UanakJ the simple-minded are put right {i.e. succeed).
Without the name there is no commendation (at the threshold of God).
Sirl Rag; mahald I.
V. Ghar.
(1). The fraudless (man) fraud does not deceive, nor can a dagger wound him.
As the Lord keeps him, so he remains, (but) the soul of this greedy man is agitated.
1 <4t£\ cfa, WtH (='3tT)j *ne *s raw» not g00^! firm, if the clay from which it is made be raw, i.e. bad, sandy.
SIRI RAG, MAH. III., SABD I. (XXXIV.)
Pause.
How shall the lamp hum without oil?
(2). If the Puranas are highly appreciated, if the wick of fear is applied to this body. The understanding of truth is unawares1 kindled.
Pause.
This is the oil, thus the lamp burns.
Make a light, the Lord then meets (with thee).
(3). In this body sticks a Banya.3 Comfort is obtained, if worship (of God) he made. The whole world is coming and going.
(4). (If) in the world worship (of God) be practised: Then a seat at the threshold will be obtained. Nanak says: the arm will be swung.3 Sirl Rag; mahald III. (Amardds.) I. Ghar.
Om! By the favour of the true Guru. I. XXXIV.1 (1). I serve my own true Guru with one mind, with one thought and love. The true Guru is the heart's desire and Tirtha of him, whom he instructs.
He obtains the boon, for which his heart has been anxious; the fruit he wishes, he gets. If the name be reflected upon, if the name be asked, he is easily absorbed in the name.
Pause.
0 my mind! taste the juice of Hari and thy thirst will cease. The disciples, by whom it has been tasted, remain easily absorbed.
(2). By whom the true Guru has been served, they have obtained the treasure of the name. In their heart the love of Hari dwells, in their mind conceit has ceased.
The lotus of the heart has opened, meditation is easily brought about.
The pure heart is delighted with Hari and at the threshold honour is obtained.
(3). Those who serve their own true Guru are rare in the world.
By whom egotism and selfishness are destroyed and Hari is kept in the breast. Who have love to the name, for them I sacrifice myself.
Those are happy in the four periods (of the world), in whom the inexhaustible, endless name is.
(4). By meeting with the Guru the name is obtained, spiritual blindness and (worldly) thirst cease. With Hari their heart is delighted, in their house they are solitary.5 J *HTfe is = *3fU> without knowing, unawares.
2 Banya, a Hindu retail-dealer. The Banyas are rather notorious for their greediness and un scrupulousness.
s W WsJlifl^h fche arm mil be swung. In India people who walk about happy and without concern usually swing their arms in walking.
4 The Sabds (Dupadas and Caupadas) are counted in one continual number, but at the same time the verses of the different mahalas (or Gurus) are counted separately. The first number indicates therefore the number of verses belonging to the several mahalas, the second the totality of Sabds etc., in a Rag*.
6 The sense is: they retire from the world and worldly pursuits.
SIRI RAG, MAH. III., SABD II. III. (XXXV. XXXVI.)
I shall sacrifice myself for those, who have obtained the taste of Hari.
0 Nanak! by bis (merciful) look the true name is obtained, the vessel of virtues.1 * Sirt Rag; mahala III.
II. XXXV.
(1). "Who baving put on many dresses3 deceives (others), practising in his mind and heart hypocrisy. He does not obtain tbe palace of Hari, after his death, he enters into ordure.
Pause, 0 my mind! the disciple, who (dwells) solitary in his own house. He practises true abstinence and will become manifest (=bonoured).
(2). By whom his mind is overcome by means of the word (instruction) of the Guru, he obtains the state of final emancipation in his house.
By whom the name of Hari is reflected upon, him be (i.e. Hari) brings to the communion of the true assembly.
(3). If (one) enjoy a lakh of women, if be exercise dominion over the nine regions (of the earth). "Without the true Guru he does not obtain oomfort, again and again he falls into the womb.3 (4). Ey wbom the necklace of Hari is put on their neck, having.directed their thought on the feet of tbe Guru.
Echind tbem follows increase and success, they bave not a bit of covetousness.
(5). What pleases, to the Lord, that is done, anything else cannot be done.
Humble Nanak lives by taking the name; 0 Hari, give (it to me) according to thy inherent good disposition!
Siri Rag; mahala III. I. Ghar.
III. XXXVI.
(1). Whose tbe government is, his is every body.
By performing the work of a disciple tbe True one becomes manifest in the heart. Within wbom the True one dwells, be has true knowledge of the True one.
Tbose who are united with the True one, are not separated (from him), they dwell in their own house.4 Pause.
0 my beloved, without Hari I have none other!
The true Guru is tbe true (real) Lord, union (with Hari) is made by tbe pure word (instruction of tbe Guru).
(2). Who by tbe word (of tbe Guru) is united (with Hari), be remains united, whom be (Hari) unites bimself.
In a second love no one is united, again and again be comes and goes. In all the One dwells, the One is contained (in tbem).
1 3TT> a frequent attribute of the name, about the same as 3fJ^t felJTTS; 3"f*T is the Arabic <jgulL (cup); in Panjabi it denotes a large metallic plate or vessel. 31*T may be translated by the vessel of virtues, or the vessel (receptacle) of (all) qualities.
2 tne dress °^ a fa(^r' Tnis verse 1S sP°ken against the deceitful faqlrs.
a H^cM * to *nto t*ie womD> *-e- to **e horn again in the course of transmigration.
* The meaning is: when united witb the Lord they dwell in their own house solitary (retired from the world), and do not wander about like faqirs. Or "house" may be taken as the inner man.
SIRI RAG, MAH. III., SABD IV. (XXXVII.)
That disciple, to whom he himself (=Hari) is mereiful, is absorbed in the name.
(3). Having read, having read an astrological treatise, the Pandits refleet (on it).
Their understanding and intellect are led astray, they do not understand, in their heart ia the passion of covetousness.
They wander about in the eighty-four lakhs1 (of transmigrations), wandering and wandering they become wretched.
What is written before must he done, nobody is erasing it.
(4). The service of the true Guru is difficult; the head should be given after having abandoned one's own self.
If he falls in with the word (of the Guru), he is united with Hari; all (his) worship is recompensed. By touehing the philosopher's stone he becomes a philosopher's stone, light ia absorbed in the luminous (Supreme Being).
To whom it is decreed before, with them the true Guru will fall in.
(5). 0 heart, do not say: (I am) hungry, hungry, do thou not utter a cry!
By whom the eighty-four lakhs (of forms of existence) are created, he gives support to every one. The fearless is always merciful, he remembers all.
0 Nanak! if it (= truth) he understood by the disciple, he will obtain the gate of salvation.
Siri Rag; mahala III. IY. XXXVII.
(1). By whom, having heard, it {i.e. the name) is minded, they dwell in their own house. Having praised the true Hari by means of the instruction of the Guru, the vessel of virtues is obtained. Those who are steeped in the word (of the Guru) are pure, I shall always be their sacrifice.
In whose heart Hari dwells, in their body he is manifest.
Pause.
0 my mind, meditate on the pure Hari, Hari!
On whose forehead it is written from the beginning, those disciples constantly meditate on him.
(2). 0 ye holy men of Hari, behold and look! he dwells near brimful.
By whom he is recognized by means of the instruction of the Guru, those see him always in their presence.
He always dwells in the heart of the virtuous, from the vicious he is far. The fleshly-minded are without virtues, without the name they pine and die.
(3). By whom the word (instruction) of the Guru is heard and minded, they meditate in their mind on that Hari.
By being attaehed daily to devotion, mind and body become pure.
False is the colour of the safflower, it passes away and they weep in pain.
In whose heart the name is shining, he will always, always he firmly established.
(4). Having obtained the boon of human birth he does not think of the name of Hari nor meditate (on it).
After his foot has slipped, he cannot remain (here), in the other world he does not obtain a plaee.
That time does not come to hand (again) at the end, having gone, he regrets it.
On whom he (Hari) looks (in merey), he is saved, having constantly direeted his thoughts on Hari.
1 There are eighty-four lakhs of forms of existence (^ft = ^frf^), through which transmigration runs: nine lakhs of (moving in the water), twenty-seven lakhs of ^TR^ (stationary, like trees, etc.), eleven lakhs of Iff?? (worms, etc.), ten lakhs of (birds), twenty-three lakhs of 'EffapSJ (quadrupeds), four lakhs of JH^f (men).
SI HI RAG, MAH. III., SABD V. VI. (XXXVIII. XXXIX.)
(5). They look at all things, (but) the fleshly-minded get no understanding. The worship of those disciples is acceptable, whose heart is pure.
They sing the qualities of Hari,^hey always repeat: Hari! having sung the qualities of Hari, they are absorbed (in him).
0 Nanak! their speech is always true, who remain meditating on the name.
Siri Rag; mahala III.
V. XXXVIII.
(1 ). By whom with one mind the name is meditated upon, having reflected by means of the instruction of the Guru.
Their faces are always bright in that true court (of God).
Those always, always drink nectar, who are attached to the true name.
Pause.
0 brother, to the disciple honour will always be given!
If Hari, Hari is always meditated upon (by him), he washes off the filth of egotism.
(2). The fleshly-minded do not know the name, without the name honour is lost. They have not tasted the relish of the name, they cling to another love. Worms of ordure fall upon ordure, they are absorbed in ordure.
(3). His human birth is fruitful, who walks in the love of the true Guru. He saves his own family, blessed is the mother who has given birth to him.
The name of Hari, Hari is meditated upon (by him), upon whom he bestows his mercy and pleasure* (4). By which disciples the name is meditated upon, having removed from within their own self. Those are pure from inside and outside, the true ones are absorbed in the True one.
Those have become acceptable, who meditate on Hari by the instruction1 of the Guru.
Siri Rag; mahald III.
VI. XXXIX.
(1). To the devotees of Hari, Hari is wealth and capital, having asked the Guru they carry on traffic. They praise continually the name of Hari, the name of Hari is (their) trading stock and support. By the perfect Guru the name of Hari is established (in them), the devotees of Hari have an inexhaustible storehouse.
Pause.
0 brother, admonish this heart (of thine)!
Why does this (thy)Jieart indulge in laziness? 0 disciple, read (repeat) the name!
(2). The devotee of Hari has love to Hari, if he reflect attending to the Guru. By hypocrisy devotion is not made, the word duality is wretched.
That man, though united (by the Guru with the Supreme Spirit) does not blend (with him), in whose heart is the thought of difference.3 (3). He is called a worshipper of Hari, who keeps Hari in the breast.
Soul and body he entrusts and puts before (Hari), having destroyed egotism3 from within. Blessed and acceptable is that disciple who is never discomfited.
1 f^jjs J\6H £t vrfcT f^RHTfS signifies literally: in whose contemplation Hari is by means of the —.
2 ffc|fc)o/> separation, discrimination, here identical with ^f%Ttn, duality. The sense is: a man who still considers himself different, apart from the Supreme Spirit, cannot be united with him.
8 Egotism = the idea of individual existence as distinct from the Supreme Being.
SIBI RAG, MAH. III., SABD VII. VIII. (XL. XLL) (4). If lie (Hari) is found by destiny, then he is obtained; without destiny he cannot be obtained.
Eighty-four lakhs are longing for him; whom he unites, he is united with Hari.
0 Nanak! by the disciple Hari is obtained, by being always absorbed in the name of Hari.
Siri Rag; mahala III. VII. XL.
(1). The name of Hari is an ocean of comfort, by the disciple it is obtained. By whom daily the name is meditated upon, he is easily absorbed in the name. His heart is in love with the true Hari, his tongue sings the qualities of Hari.
0 brother, the world is pained by second love!
He who has come to the asylum of the Guru obtains comfort, having daily meditated on the name.
(2). To the true one dirt does not stick, a pure mind meditates on Hari.
If by the disciple the word (of the Guru) is known, he is absorbed in the immortal name of Hari. By the Guru divine knowledge is kindled very bright, ignorance and darkness pass away.
(3). The fleshly-minded are filthy, filled with dirt, (in them) is the thirst and passion of egotism. "Without the word the dirt does not go off, tbey die and are born (again) and become wretched. They cling to imposture 1 and have neither this nor that side.
(4). The disciple practises silent repetition of the name, austerity and continence; his love is (directed) to the name of Hari.
By the disciple the one name of the creator is always meditated upon.
0 Nanak! the name is meditated upon (by him), (which) is the support of all creatures.
Sirl Rag; mahala III. VIII. XLI.
(1). The fleshly-minded is filled with spiritual blindness, indifference to the world and loneliness he does not practise.
He does not know the word (of the Guru), he is always in pain, at the threshold of Hari he loses his honour.
By the disciple egotism is parted with, by being attached to the name comfort is obtained (by him).
0 my mind, day and night (my) hope has been fulfilled continually!
Who having served the true Guru bums his spiritual ignorance, he is lonely in his (own) house.
(2). The disciple practises (good) works, indifference to the world and joy in Hari springs up (in him).
Day and night he performs devotion, having annihilated egotism he is free from care. By great luck the true assembly is obtained, Hari is obtained and (thereby) easily joy.
(3). That man is a saint and indifferent to the world, that man establishes the name in his heart. Within whom lurks no darkness, who thoroughly removes from within his own self.
The treasure of the name is shown (to him) by the true Guru, by drinking the juice of Hari he is satiated.
1 *JT3^rnft, deceit, imposture, compounded of,./. roguery (Sansk. ^&IT, by inversion of the first syllable **fTU), and y^jlj, play, playing with roguery, practising imposition*^ people by empty pretences or some hocus pocus. They cling to imposture (as knavish faqirs are wont to do) and lose thus this and that world, are deprived of both.
# SIRI RAG, MAH. III., SABD IX. X. (XLII. XLIII.)
(4). By whomsoever is obtained the society of the pious by a perfect destiny, he is indifferent to the world.
The fleshly-minded wanders abouj;, he does not know the true Guru, egotism clings to his heart. 0 Nanak! those who are steeped in the word (of the Guru) and dyed in the name of Hari, are without fear, what can happen (to them)?
Siri Rag; mahald III.
IX. XLII.
(1). In the house the wares are laid out, all the thing is within.
If every moment the name be remembered, some disciple will obtain it. The treasure of the name is inexhaustible, by a great destiny it is obtained.
Pause.
0 my heart, give up calumny, egotism and conceit!
0 disciple, meditate thou always with one mind on Hari!
(2). The faces of the disciples, who reflect on the word of the Guru, are bright.
Here (in this world) and there (that world) they obtain comfort, having muttered, muttered in their heart: Murari!
In their (own) house the palace (of Hari) is found (by them), by reflecting on the word of the Guru.
(3). The foreheads of those, who turn away their face from the true Guru, (will be) black. Daily they earn pain, they are perpetually looked out for by the vile men 1 of Tama. (Even) in a dream they have no comfort, they are consumed by much anxiety.
(4). The donor of all is one, he himself gives presents. Nothing can be said, he gives to whom he pleases.
0 Nanak! by the disciple he (=Hari) is obtained, he himself knows him. * Siri Rag; mahald III.
X. XLIII.
(1). If the true Lord be served, the True one gives greatness.
(In whose) heart he dwells by the favour of the Guru, he removes egotism. This running mind he will save, when he himself looks down upon it (in mercy).
Pause.
0 brother, 0 disciple, meditate ou the name of Hari!
(In whose) heart the treasure of the name always dwells, he receives a place in the palaces (of Hari).
(2). Soul and body of the fleshly-minded is blind, he has no place nor site. In many births he wanders about like a crow in an empty house.
By means of the instruction of the Guru there is light in the heart, by the word (of the Guru) the name of Hari is obtained.
(3). The world endowed with the three qualities is blind, the infatuation of the Maya is darkness. The greedy worship for the sake of food, reading the Ygdas they raise a cry.
Amongst worldly pursuits they are consumed and dead, they have neither this nor that side.
(4). By the infatuation of the Maya is forgotten the father and preserver of the world.
1 -Him is here derived from the Sansk. *<4J, a low, vile man; yflf Tftf$ quite corresponds to yffl -H^|d> cf. Siri Rag1, Sabd 21, 2. The words may, however, also be translated; they are always overcome by the net of Yama.
SIKI RAG, MAH. III., SABD XL XII. (XLIV. XLV.)
Without the Guru it (i.e. the world) is thoughtless, the whole (creation) is (therefore) bound by (Tama) the death.
The followers of the Guru are saved, having remembered the true name.
Sir i Rag; mahala III.
XI. XLIY.
(1). (In) the three qualities is the infatuation of the Maya, the disciple obtains the fourth degree.1 He is united by him (with himself) in mercy, the name of Hari comes and dwells in his heart.
In whose bag there is religious merit, them he unites with the assembly of the pious.
Pause.
0 brother! keep fast the true instruction of the true Guru!
(Who) is acquiring the thoroughly True one, (him) he (i.e. Hari) unites (with himself) by the word (of the Guru).
(2). By whom the name is known, for them I sacrifice myself.
Having given up my own self, I sit down at (their) feet and walk according to their will. (Who) obtains the gain of Hari, the name of Hari, he is naturally absorbed in the name.
(3). Without the Guru the palace (of Hari) is not obtained, the name is not gotten. Seek such a true Guru, from whom that True one may be obtained.
He who kills the demons,2 lives in comfort, what is pleasing to him, that is done.
(4). As the true Guru is looked upon, so will be the happiness.3 If a man have faith (in the Guru), he will have no doubt whatever.
0 Nanak! there is one light and two forms (shapes), by the word (of the Guru) union (between the two) is effected.
Siri Rag; mahala III.
XII. XLY.
(1). Having abandoned the nectar they are greedy of worldly objects, they perform a false worship. They forsake their own religion, they do not understand, their (life) is daily spent in pain.
The fleshly-minded are blind, they do not think, they arc dead, being drowned without water.
Pause.
0 my heart, flee always to the asylum of Hari!
If the word of the Guru dwells within, Hari is not forgotten.
(2). This body is a puppet of the Maya, within which wicked egotism is put. The fleshly-minded comes and goes, is born and dies (again), his honour is lost.
By serving the true Guru, comfort is always obtained, by the Luminous one light is united (with himself).
(3). The service of the true Guru is full of comfort, the fruit, that (one) wishes, he obtains. By chastity, truthfulness and austerity his body is pure, he makes Hari Hari dwell in his heart. He remains always in joy, day and night, meeting with the beloved he obtains comfort.
(4). I sacrifice myself for those, who have come to the asylum of the true Guru.
At the true gate there is true greatness (obtained), they are easily absorbed in the True one.
0 ^anak! by his (merciful) look he is obtained, the disciple he unites to uniou (with himself).
1 \30MI V? = <}Tto> the fourth or mystic state of the soul, in which it is united with the Supreme Spirit or Brahm by intense meditation and abstraction from all objects of the senses.
2 The *HTT3 are sfa, Sfcj, vRTcf, according to Sikh interpretation.
3 The happiness of a man depends on what he takes the Guru for.
SIBI BAG, MAH. III., SABD XIII. XIV. XV. (XLVI. XLVII. XLVIII.)
Siri Rag; mahala III.
XIII. XLVI.
(1). The works, which the fleshly-minded practise, are like ornaments on the body of an unfavoured woman.
The husband of the bed does not come, continually she is wretched.
The palace of the beloved she does not obtain, his household is not seen (by her).
Pause.
0 brother, meditate with one mind on the name!
He who keeps company with the society of the pious, obtains comfort by silently repeating the name of Earn.
(2). That (fern.) disciple is always a favoured woman, by whom the beloved is kept in the breast. She speaks sweetly, she walks humbly, her husband dallies with her on the bed.
Those favoured women are beautiful, who have infinite love to the Guru.
(3). By a perfect destiny the true Guru is found, when the destiny is rising. Prom within pain and error is cut off and comfort is obtained.
She who walks according to the pleasure of the Guru, will not find any pain.
(4). In the decree of the Guru is nectar, which one may easily obtain. Those who have got it, have drunk it, having removed egotism from within.
0 Nanak! if the name is meditated upon by the disciple, union is effected with the True one.
Siri Rag; mahala III.
XIV. XLVII.
(1). When she knows her own beloved, she puts body and soul before him (as an offering). She does those works, which the favoured women do.
There is (thereby) easily union (or meeting) with the True one, the True one gives (her) greatness.
Pause.
O brother, without the Guru devotion cannot be made.
"Without the Guru devotion is not obtained, though every one desire it.
(2). On account of another love (than God's) the sum of the eighty-four lakhs (of births) is allotted to the fascinating woman.
"Without the Guru she gets no sleep, in pain she passes the night.
Without the word (of the Guru) the beloved is not obtained, she wastes her lifetime uselessly.
(3). In egotism she goes about in the world, (but) there is no wealth nor prosperity on her side. Every blind one, that does not think of the name, is bound by Yama, the death.
When the true Guru is found, wealth is obtained, having remembered the name of Hari in the heart.
(4). Those who are attached to the name are pure by the inherent nature of the Guru.1 (Their) heart and body are dyed with colour, their tongue tastes sweet juice.
0 Nanak! that colour does not go off, which Hari has applied in the beginning.2 Siri Rag; mahala III.
XV. XLVIII.
(1). (If) he (Hari) bestows mercy on the disciple, then devotion is made (by him), without the Guru devotion cannot be made.
1 The Guru being the "MTU^T or touchstone.
2 In the beginning (Tjfij loc.) when the destiny of every being was fixed.
SIR! RAG, MAH. III., SABD XVI. (XLIX.)
He himself unites (with himself); he, who understands (the truth), becomes pure. Hari is true, true is his word, by the word (of the Guru) union (with Hari) is effected.
Pause.
0 brother! why is he, who is destitute of devotion, come into the world?
(By whom) the service of the perfect Guru is not made, he has uselessly wasted his human birth.
(2). He himself is the life of the world, the giver of comfort, he himself by his gift unites (with himself).
What are these helpless creatures, what shall one say and tell (to him)?
He himself gives greatness to the disciple, he himself causes (him) to do service.
(3). Having seen his family he is bewildered with infatuation, at the time of departing it does not go with (him).
Serving the true Guru the abode of virtues (or qualities =God) is obtained; his value1 is not to be found out.
The Lord Hari is my companion and friend, the Lord will be my companion at the end.
(4). (One) may say in his own mind and thought and get it said (by others),2 (but) without the Guru self does not go.
Hari is the donor, propitious to his devotees,3 having bestowed mercy he dwells4 in (their) heart. 0 Nanak! he gives beauty and understanding, the Lord himself gives greatness to the disciple.
Siri Rag; mahald III. XYI. XLIX.
(1). Blessed is the mother, who has borne (the disciple), blessed and foremost is (his) father. Having served the true Guru, comfort is obtained (by the disciple), from within conceit is gone. Standing at the gate (of the Guru) the holy people serve (him), they obtain the abode of (all) qualities.
Pause.
0 my mind, turning with the face towards the Guru meditate on that Hari! If the word of the Guru dwells in the mind, soul and body become pure.
(2). Having bestowed mercy he has come to the house, he himself has come and joined (it). By whom he is praised by means of the word of the Guru, they are easily coloured.
The true ones are absorbed in the True one, they remain united (with him) and are not separated (again).
(3). Whatever is to be done, that he has done, anything else cannot be done.
Those who are separated long times, he has united (with himself), having put them down in the account-book of the true Guru.
He himself will cause the work to be done, anything else cannot be done.
(4). Having given up the passion of egotism, soul and body is dyed with colour (love). Day and night the name of the fearless, formless, is contained in the heart.
0 Kanak! by himself they are united (with himself) by means of the perfect, infinite word (of the Guru).
2 He may say— that his own self is gone and be may get it said by others, i.e. it may be attested by others. But forms like Zfft <*u | y. bear in the Granth also the sense of an intensive verb: he may well say.
d 3<*l (*lrnq«i<!l), kind to the devotees, a frequent attribute of Hari in the Granth. 4 <S*Hifl stands here instead of ^T^ft, a beiog lengthened for the sake of the rhyme.
SIEI RAG, MAH. III., SABD XVII. XVIII. (L. LI.)
Sir! Bag; mahala III. XVII. L.
(1). Govind is the abode of (allf qualities, his end cannot be attained.
By talking and chatting he is not obtained, (he is obtained) if egotism departs from within. By meeting with the true Guru he (ue. the disciple) is always steeped in the fear of God, he himself (i.e. God) comes and dwells in the heart.
Pause.
0 brother! some disciple understands (the truth).
Those who do works without understanding (the truth), lose the blessing of their human birth.
(2). Those have obtained the relish (of the name) who have tasted it, without having tasted it they go astray in error.
The true name is nectar, which cannot be described at all.
He who drinks it has become acceptable, being absorbed in the perfect word (ofthe Guru).
(3) If he himself gives, then it is received, nothing else can be done.
In the hand of the giver is the gift, which he bestows by the medium of the Guru. As it is made by him, so it has been (made); as he does the works, (so they are).
(4). The name is chastity, truthfulness, and abstinence; without the name one does not become pure.
By a perfect destiny the name dwells in the heart, by means of the word (of the Guru) union is effected.
0 Nanak! he who abides in the love (of Hari), easily obtains the qualities of Hari.
Siri Hag; mahala III. XVIII. LI. - (1). If (one) subdue his body and practise upturned austerity,1 egotism does not depart from within. If he practise very spiritual2 works, he will never obtain the name.
If he, living, die by means of the word of the Guru, the name of Hari comes and dwells in the heart.
Pause.
Hear, 0 my heart, flee to the asylum of the true Guru!
By the favour of the Guru one is freed from the world, he crosses the water of existence by means of the word of the Guru.
(2). In the whole (creation) the three qualities are inherent, second love (duality) and (consequent) disorder.3 The Pandit reads, (but) is bound by the fetter of spiritual ignorance; he does not understand out of love to the visible world.
By meeting with the true Guru the triad (the three qualities) goes off, on the fourth station is the gate of salvation.
(3). Prom the Guru the (right) way is obtained, the dimness of spiritual ignorance ceases.
1 "@<J*? 3V> austerity practised by lifting up the arms or standing on the head and lifting the feet upwards, etc. « It is often mentioned in the Granth.
2 *Hft*WT3*T (=^WHII or ^WTftWi)» very spiritual, affectedly spiritual.
creation) the three qualities are the constituent element: [ 310 feoMd must also be taken as Nominatives.
SIR! KAG, HAH. III., SABD XIX. XX. (LII. LIII.)
If (one) die by means of the word (of the Gum), he is saved, he obtains the gate of salvation. By the favour of the Guru he remains united (with God); true is the name of the creator. (4). This mind is very strong, it does not give up in any (way) its scheme. It inflicts pain (upon itself) by another love and is much punished.
0 Nanak! those who cling to the name are saved, having removed egotism by the word (of the Guru).
Sirt Rag; mahdla III.
XIX. LII.
(1). If he bestow mercy, the Guru is obtained, who establishes the name of Hari (in the heart). Without the Guru he is not obtained by any one, he wastes uselessly his human birth.
By doing self-willed works he is punished at the threshold (of God).
Pause.
0 my heart, drop second love!
Within thee Hari dwells, by the service of the Guru thou wilt obtain comfort.
(2). True is the speech, true is the word (of the Guru), when (one) loves the truth. Having removed egotism and wrath, the name of Hari dwells in (his) heart.
If with a pure heart the name is meditated upon, he obtains the gate of salvation.
(3). In egotism the world (=people) passes away, haying died it is born (again), it comes and goes. The fleshly-minded do not know the word (of the Guru), they will depart having lost their honour. By whom the name is obtained by the service of the Guru, he remains absorbed in the True one.
(4). (By whom) the Guru is obtained by minding the word, he removes from within his own self. Daily he performs devotion, his thoughts are always directed on the True one.
0!Nanak! when the name, the highest good, dwells in (his) heart, he is easily absorbed (in God).
Siri Rag; mahala III.
XX. LIII.
(1). Those men, who have not served the true Guru, are ai&icted in the four periods (of the world). The Supreme Spirit which is in their house (=body) is not known (by them), they are ruined by conceit and selfishness.
Begging from those who are cursed by the true Guru, they are consumed in the world. The true word (of the Guru), which is putting all things right, is not received (by them).
Pause.
0 my heart, behold always Hari in (thy) presence!
He takes away the pain of birth and death, in the word (of the Guru) he is contained brimful.
(2). Those who praise the True one are true, the true name is their support. They do true work, they love the True one.
What the true Lord is doing, none is erasing.
The fleshly-minded do not obtain (his) palace, the false ones are ruined by falsehood.
(3). Practising selfishness the world has died, without the Guru there is deep darkness. By the infatuation of the Maya the comfort-giving donor is forgotten.
If it serves the true Guru, then it is saved, if it keep the True one in the breast. By mercy Hari is obtained and by reflection on the true word.
(4). Having served the trne Guru, (his) mind is pure by abandoning the passion of egotism. Having given up his own self, he dies whilst living by meditating on the word of the Guru. The hurried avocations (of life) are stopped, love to the True one has set in.
The faces of those who are immersed in the True one, are bright at that true court.
SIRI RAG, MAH. III., SABD XXI. XXII. (LIV. LV.)
(5). By whom the true Guru, the Supreme Spirit, is not minded, whose love is not attached to the word (of the Ghiru).
As much bathing and^liberality as he may practise, he is wretched by second love.
If Hari bestow his own mercy (on him), then he will give himself to the lore of the name.
0 Nanak! remember thou the name by infinite love to the Guru!
Siri Rag; mahala III.