By love to the Lord the spotless name (dwells) in the heart. By love to the Lord (one is) always lustrous. By love to the Lord all care is effaced.
(3). By love to the Lord (one) crosses this water of existence. By love to the Lord (one) is not afraid of Yama.
BAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXXXVI. LXXXVII. (CLIII. CLIV.)
The love of the Lord saves all.
The love of the Lord goes with (one to the other world).
(4). By oneself no one meets (With him), he goes astray.
To whom he is merciful, him he joins to the society of the pious.
Nanak says: (I am) a sacrifice to thee.
In the asylum of the saints I am saved hy thee, 0 Lord!
XXXV. LXXXYI. CLIII.
(1). Having hecome a king he exercises dominion. Practising oppression wealth is brought on himself. Accumulating and accumulating a bag (of money) is made (by him). (But) the Lord taking it away from him gave it to another.
Pause.
A raw jug, in (which) there is water, Being proud of that very (water) tumbles down.
(2). He became fearless, he became free from all restraint.
The creator, (who is) with (him), did not come into (his) mind. Armies were assembled, preparation (for war) was made. (When) the breath left (him), he became ashes.
(3). High (were) his mansions and palaces and (many) his queens. Heart-pleasing elephants and horses were collected (by him). Great (was) the retinue of (his) sons and daughters.
By spiritual blindness he was consumed and the blind one died.
(4). By whom it is produced, by him it is destroyed. Pleasures and enjoyments are like a dream.
He is emancipated, he has dominion and wealth, To whom the Lord is merciful, (says) the slave Nanak.
XXXVI. LXXXVII. CLIV.
(1). (When) with this one (i.e. the Maya) close friendship is made: It increases still more, when union is brought about.
When she has clung to (one's) neck, she no more lets go. Who clings to the feet of the true Guru, he is set free.
Pause.
She, who is fascinating the world, we have discarded.
He, who is without qualities, was obtained and we "congratulated (ourselves).
(2). Such a beautiful one fascinates the mind.
On the road, pass, house and in every wood she looks out. To mind ano? body she clings becoming sweet (to them). By the favour of the Guru I saw, that she is false.
(3). Her forerunners are great cheats. She leaves neither father nor mother. Her own associates are bound by her.
By the favour of the Guru I overcame all.
(4). Now joy has sprung up in my mind. Fear has ceased, all frauds are broken.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXXXVIII. LXXXIX. (CLV. CLVI.)
Nanak says: when the true Gruru was obtained (by me): My whole house was set up comfortably.
XXXVII. LXXXVIII. CLV.
(1). (All) the eight watches they consider (him as being) near (them). The doing of the Lord is sweet to them.
The One name is the support of the saints. They are always the ashes of the feet of all.
Pause.
Hear the manner of life of the saints, 0 brother! Their greatness cannot be told.
(2). Whose occupation is the name alone: (Their) rest is the praising of the joyful (Supreme). To whom friend and enemy are the same: (They) do not know any other besides their own Lord.
(3). Crores and crores of sins they are cutting off. They are removing pain and bestowing life.
They are heroes and champions, true to their promise. The helpless Lakshml ( = Maya) is deceived by the saints.
(4). Their society desire the Suras and Devas, (Whose) sight is efficacious, whose service is fruitful. Having joined the hands Nanak makes (this) supplication: "May to me the service of the saints be given by the depository of (all) excellences! " XXXVIII. LXXXIX. CLVI.
(1). All comforts (are contained) in muttering the One name. All duties (are done) by singing the excellences of Hari. Very pure is the society of the pious.
With whom they fall in, in him love to the Lord springs up.
Pause.
By the favour of the Guru he obtains joy.
In whose mind light is produced by remembering (Hari), the greatness of his salvation cannot be told.
(2). Vows, religious observances, ablutions and worship (are performed) by him, The Vedas, Puranas and the Smriti are heard by him, Whose place is the very pure and spotless Society of the saints, where the name of Hari, Hari is.
(3). That man is manifest in all the world, (Who is) the dust of the feet of them, who are purifying the sinners. With whom Hari, Hari the king has met: Tbe greatness of his salvation cannot be told.
(4). Joining (my) hands I will meditate the eight watches, (That) I may obtain the sight of those pious ones.
Join me, the poor one, (with them)! Nanak has come and fallen on (thy) asylum.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD XC.-XCII. (CLVIL— CLIX.)
XXXIX. XC. CLYII.
(1). (Who is) bathing the eight watches in (holy) water: To this wise one fruition alwajs accrues.
He does not give up any one to no purpose. Again and again we will cling to his feet!
Pause.
The Shaligram is our object of service.
"Worship, adoration and obeisance (we render to) the god.
(2). "Whose bell is heard in the four corners (of the earth); "Whose dwelling is always in paradise; "Whose fly-flapper is swinging above all: His incense is always rising.
(3). "Whose covered box is in every creature, 0 dear! (Who) is unintermittingly with all pious people. Art! and praise (is offered to this) ever rejoicing one. (His) greatness is beautiful and always endless.
(4). To whom it is allotted, he will obtain it.
That one has come to the asylum of the feet of the saints. Into (his) hand has come the Shaligram of Hari. Nanak says: by the Guru (this) gift is given (to him).
XL. XCI. CLYIII.
Pancpade.
(1). On which road the female water-carrier is robbed: That road is far from the saints.
Pause.
By the true, perfect Guru the true (road) is told (them).
In the lane1 of thy name they are emancipated, the road of Yama remains far (from them).
(2). On which landing-place (there is) the greediness of the collectorof customs: That road remains far from (thy) people.
(3). In which whirlpool 2 many crowded caravans are: (There) the pious are with the Supreme Brahm.
(4). The recording angels are writing the account of all. (But) on the devotees they do not cast a glance.
(5). Nanak says: who has the true, perfect Guru: In his (house) the musical instruments sound without being beaten.
XLI. XCII. CLIX.
(1). In the society of the saints the name is taught, (Which) is fulfilling all desires and wishes. Thirst is quenched, by the praise of Hari (I am) satiated. Continually muttering the bow-holder I live.
Pause.
I have fallen on the asylum of the cause of causes.
By the favour of the Guru I obtained my innate house, darkness was effaced, the moon rose.
RAG ASA; MAfl. V,, SABD XCIII.— XCV. (CLX.— CLXII.)
(2). With rubies and gems the store-rooms are filled. There is no deficiency by muttering the Formless one. If any man drink the nectar- word (of the Guru): He obtains the highest salvation, (says) Nan at.
ASA; GHAE VII.; MAHALA V. XLII. XCIII. CLX. Dupada.
(1). (If) I always meditate on the name of Hari in my heart: I mate cross all my companions and associates.
Pause, The Guru, (who) is always with me: Him I remember continually (and) keep in my mind.
(2). Thy doing is sweet to me.
Nanat asts for the name of Hari, the greatest boon.
XLIII. XCIY. CLXI.
(1). In the society of the pious the world is saved. The name of Hari is support to the mind.
Pause.
The lotus-foot of the beloved Gur-dev The saints worship, (being) dear to Hari by (their) love (to the Guru).
(2). On whose forehead the lot is written: His good fortune is firm, says Nanat.
XLIV. XCY. CLXII.
(1). (To me) the order of the beloved is sweet.
By (my) husband the rival wife of the house is dismissed. By the beloved the favoured wife is adorned. The heat of my mind is taten away.
Pause.
Goodness accrues (to her, by whom) the word of the beloved is obeyed. The happiness and tranquillity of this house are tnown.
(2). I am the bond-maid, the servant of the beloved. He is imperishable, unattainable, boundless.
I tate the fan and swing it to the beloved.
The five enemies, the mischief-maters, run away.
(3). I am not of (noble) family nor am I beautiful. What do I know, how I beeame pleasing to my beloved? I, the destitute, poor and humble one, Was taken by the beloved and made his queen.
(4). When my beloved sweetheart became intimate (with me): (I obtained) happiness and tranquillity, blessed is my wifehood. Nanak says: he is fulfilling my desire.
By the true Guru (I am) united (with) the Lord, the depository of (all) excellences.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD XCVL-XCVIIL (CLXIIL-CLXV.)
XLY. XCVI. CLXIIL (1). On her forehead is the triad (=the three qualities), her look is cruel. She speaks harshly, she is of rftde tongue.
She is always hungry, the heloved one she helieves to be far off.
Pause.
One woman of this kind has been produced by Earn.
By her the whole world is devoured, we are preserved by the Guru, 0 my brother!
(2). Practising deceit the whole world is overpowered (by her). Brahma, Vishnu and Mahadev are deluded (by her).
The disciples, who cling to the name, are purified (from her).
(3). Practising repeatedly vows and religious observances they became tired. They wander about to every shore and holy watering place of the earth. Those are saved, who are in the asylum of the true Guru.
(4). By the infatuation of the Maya the whole world is bound. The foolish man is consumed by egotism.
We are preserved by the Guru seizing (our) arm, (says) Nanak.
XLVI. XCVII. CLXIV.
(1). All pains (are incurred) when the Lord is forgotten. Here and there (such a) man is of no use.
Pause.
The saints are satiated by meditating on Hari, Hari.
Mercifully they are applied to thy own name; (they have) all comforts, (on whom) is thy pleasure, OLord!
(2). Who considers him far away, who is with him: That man is dying, being continually grieved.
(3). Who does riot think of him, by whom everything is given: His days and nights pass- in great bitterness.
(4). Nanak says: who remembers the One Lord: He obtains salvation in the shelter of the perfect Guru.
XLVIL XCVIII. CLXV.
(1). Who is muttering the name, all his mind and body is flourishing. All his sins and faults are taken away.
Pause, That day is good, 0 my brother!
(In which) singing the excellences of Hari emancipation is obtained, (2). (By whom) the feet of the pious are worshipped: (His) troubles are effaced and enmity from (his) mind.
(3). Having met with the perfect Guru the quarrel is stopped. All the five enemies are brought into subjection.
(4). In whose mind the name of Hari dwells: For him Kanak is a sacrifice.
KAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD XCIX.-CI. (CLXVI.-CLXVIII.)
XLV1II. XCIX. CLXVI.
(1). Sing thou, 0 singer!
(Him who is) the support of the life of soul and body! By whose service thou obtainest all comforts. Do not go again to any other!
Pause, The ever-rejoicing, happy Lord, the depository of (all) excellences, should continually be muttered! (I am) a sacrifice to that beloved saint, by whose favour the Lord is made to dwell in (my) mind.
(2). "Whose gift is not exhausted; Who is quite naturally contained (in) all; Whose donation no one effaces: That True one should be made to dwell in the mind!
(3). In whose house all things are fully contained: The servants of (that) Lord are not grieving from pain.
(By whom) his asylum is laid hold of, he obtains the fearless state ( = emancipation). At every hreath that depository of excellences should be sung!
(4). He is not far, wherever one may go.
If he bestows a favourable look, then Hari, Hari is obtained. I make supplication to the perfect Guru. Nanak asks for the wealth and capital of Hari.
XLIX. C. CLXYII.
(1). First the pain of the body was effaced. (Then) happiness was imparted to (my) whole mind. In mercy the Guru gave (me) the name.
I sacrifice myself for that true Guru.
Pause.
I obtained the perfect Guru, 0 my brother!
Disease, grief and all pain were destroyed in the asylum of the true Guru.
(2). The feet of the Guru I made dwell in (my) heart. All the fruits were obtained, which my mind was desiring. The fire (in me) was quenched, all became tranquillity. Out of mercy the Guru bestowed (this) gift (on me).
(3). To the placeless one the Guru gave a place. To the honourless one the Guru gave honour.
Cutting (my) bonds he made (me) his servant and protected (me). (My) tongue tasted (his) nectar-speech.
(4). By a great lot the feet of the Guru were worshipped. Forsaking all, the asylum of the Lord was obtained.
To whom the Guru has become kind, (says) Nanak: That man is always exalted.
L. CI. CLXVIII.
(1). The true Guru was sent by the True one. A son 1 was produced by copulation.
1 fxJ<J"HW£> a term f°r a son- These verses refer apparently to Baba Nanak.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CII. CIIL (CLXIX. CLXX.)
He came and dwelt in the womb.
In the heart of the mother (there was) much joy.
m Pause. A son was conceived, a devotee of Govind.
What was written by (the Supreme) himself, became manifest amongst all.
(2). By (his) order the child was born after ten months. Grief was effaced, great joy was produced.
The female friends sing the word of the Guru (in) joy. (Which) pleases to the mind of the true Lord.
(3). The progeny increased, many generations went on. The lustre of religion was established by Hari.
What is desired by the heart, is given by the true Guru.
People became free from anxiety, the One was devoutly meditated upon.
(4). As a child puts much trust in his father: (So) I speak,1 being caused to speak, according to the pleasure of the Guru.
(His) word is not hidden nor concealed.
Guru Mnak is pleased, (by him) it is bestowed (on me).
LI. CII. CLXIX.
(1). The Guru gave (me) his hand (and) kept (me). The glory of (his) servant became (thus) manifest.
Pause.
The Guru, Guru I mutter, the Guru, Guru I meditate upon. The supplication of (my) heart is offered to the Guru.
(2). (We) have fallen on the asylum of the true Gur-dev. The service of (his) servant became (thus) accomplished.
(3). Soul, body, youth (and) life he preserves. Nanak says: (I am) a sacrifice to the Guru!
ASA; GHAHVIIL; KAFI; MAHALA V. Om! by the favour of the true Guru!
I. CIIL CLXX.
(1). I am the bought slave of my true Lord. Soul and body, all is his, everything is thine.
Pause.
The honour of the honourless one art thou, 0 Lord, I trust in thee! Another support, without that of the True one, I consider as unsolid.
(2). Thy order is boundless, no one can reach (its) end.
With whom the perfect Guru falls in, he walks according to (thy) pleasure.
(3). Cleverness and cunning are of no use whatever. What the pleased Lord gives, that happiness is obtained.
1 Tf§> must here be taken as 1st Pers. Sing.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CIV.-CVI. (CLXXI.— CLXXIII.)
(4). If Lakhs of works be practised, no bond is (thereby) effected (on him), (By whom) the name is made his support (and by whom) other business is given up, (says) humble Nanak.
II. CIY. CLXXI.
(1). Eveiy pleasure was sought (by me), none is so great as that of Hari. From the Guru being pleased that true Lord is obtained.
Pause.
I am continually a sacrifice to my own Guru.
May this gift be given (to me), that I do not forget a moment (or) second the name!
(2). He is a true wealthy man, iu whose heart the wealth of Hari is.
He escapes from the great net (of the Maya), in whom the word of the Guru (dwells) incessantly.
(3). How shall I tell the greatness of the Guru? the discrimination of the Guru is the pond of truth. He is from the beginning, from the beginning of theYugas, through all the Yugas, the perfect Lord.
(4). The name I meditate upon continually, in Hari, Hari (my) mind delights. (My) soul, life and property are with the Guru, (says) Nanak.
III. CV. CLXXII.
(1). (If) the incomprehensible, boundless Lord dwells a little in (my) mind: All my pain, trouble and disease, 0 mother, are destroyed.
Pause.
I become a sacrifice to my own Lord.
In my mind and body great joy is produced by muttering (him).
(2). For a moment I heard a word about that true Lord.
Comforts upon comforts I obtained, 0 mother, (which) I cannot estimate.
(3). (My) eyes (were) looking (at him), having seen (him) I became enamoured (of him). I, the vicious one, was applied by himself to the hem of his garment.
(4). From the Veda, the book (Qur'an), from the whole world he is conspicuous.1 The King of Nanak is openly seen.
IY. CVI. CLXXIII.
(1). Lakhs of devotees adore (thee) muttering: 0 dear, 0 dear one! By what contrivance shall I, the vicious, sensual one, obtain (thee)?
Pause.
I rely on thee, 0 Govind, Gopal, 0 merciful Lord! Thou art the Lord of all, thine is all the creation!
(2). (Thou art) always a companion, the saints behold (thee) always in (their) presence. Those who are destitute of the name die in grief.
(3). (To whom) the lowest service is pleasing, their wandering about (= transmigration) is effaced.. What is the condition of them, by whom the name is forgotten?
(4). As cattle, that are breaking into fields, so is the whole world.
Nanak (says): 0 Lord, cut thou thyself (my) bonds and unite (me with thee)!
1 y|Uc*T is here better derived from the Arab.-Hindust.^lj, manifest, conspicuous, which suits well the context, whereas tnod! in the sense of: "separate," "distinct from," is out of place here.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CVII.-CX. (CLXXIV.-CLXXVII.)
y. cvn. clxxiv.
(1). Having forgotten all things meditate (on) the One! Drop false conceit, offer up (th^) mind and body!
Pause.
Praise thou the eight watches the creator! I live by thy gifts, bestow mercy on me!
(2). Do that work, by which (thy) face (will become) bright! He clings to the True one, to whom thou givest it, 0 God!
(3). Erect that house, which is not at all tumbling down! Make the One dwell in thy mind, who never dies!
(4). To them Ram is dear, who are pleasing to the Lord.
By the favour of the Guru the Ineffable one is praised by Nauak.
VI. CVIII. CLXXV.
(1). What sort of men are those, who do not forget the name? They by no means admit (any) difference,1 they are like the Lord.
Pause.
(His) mind and body become happy, (who) has met with thee. Happiness is obtained by the favour of (thy) people, all pain is effaced.
(2). As many people as (are in) the world their dust, they are saved. In whose mind he himself dwells, they are perfect devotees.
(3). Whom he himself acknowledges, he is acknowledged. The approved man is manifest and known in all places.
(4). Day and night I adore and remember (thee) at every breath. Fulfil the desire of Nanak, 0 true king!
VII. CIX. CLXXVI.
(1). That Lord of ours is fully contained in every place.
There is One Lord, (on whose) head is an umbrella, there is none other.
Pause.
As it pleases thee, so keep (me), 0 (my) preserver! Without thee none other is beheld (with) my sight.
(2). The Lord himself cherishes, (who is) pervading2 everybody. In whose mind he dwells himself, by him he is not forgotten.
(3). Whatever he does, that is his own pleasure.
In every Yuga he is known as the assistant of (his) devotees.
(4). By muttering continually the name of Hari one is never grieved. Nanak is longing after (his) sight; may (his) desire be fulfilled!
VIII. CX. CLXXVII.
(1). What sleepest thou forgetting the name, 0 careless and inattentive one! How many go speedily away on this river (of life)!
1 Any difference, i.e. between themselves and the Supreme.
2 Tnffoft = *rTH\» Arab.-Hind. ^Uj, pervading, ai being a meaningless alliteration.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CXI.— CXIII. (CLXXVIII.— CLXXX.)
Pause.
Ascending the boat of the feet of Hari thou wilt cross, 0 mind! Sing the eight watches (his) excellences in the society of the pious!
(2). Thou enjoyest many enjoyments, (but) without the name (they are) empty. "Without worship of Hari thou diest repeatedly and weepest.
(3). Clothes (and) food (thou art enjoying), perfumes thou art powdering and rubbing on (thy) body. Without remembering (Hari) (thy) body (becomes) ashes, at last (thou) must go.
(4). Some rare one sees, that the world is very troublesome.
He is emancipated in the asylum of Hari, (for whom this) destiny is written, (says) ISanak.
IX. CXI. CLXXVIII.
(1). No one (goes) with any one, why should one be proud? ("Whose) support the One name is, he crosses the water of existence.
Pause.
I, the poor one, rely on thee, the True one, 0 my true, perfect Guru! Seeing thy sight my mind becomes tranquil.
(2). Dominion and wealth are (but) trouble, account them as useless! The praise of Hari is (true) support, this is imperishable wealth.
(3). As many as are the pleasures of the Maya, so many are the regrets. The name, the depository of happiness, is sung by the disciple.
(4). The true depository of (all) excellences art thou, 0 deep and profound Lord! Nanak (entertains) in his heart hope and reliance on the Lord.
X. CXII. CLXXIX.
(1). By whose remembrance pain passes away and tranquillity and happiness are obtained: (That) Hari should be day and night meditated upon with joined hands.
Pause.
The Lord of iNanak is he, whose every one is. In all that True one is fully contained.
(2). Who inside and outside is a companion (with thee) through divine knowledge: Adore him, 0 mind, all thy disease will pass away!
(3). The boundless preserver preserves in the midst of fire.
The name of Hari is coolness, by remembering (it) the heat goes off.
(4). He has much happiness, tranquillity and joy, (who is) the dust of (his) people, (says) Mnak. All (his) affairs are accomplished, (with whom) the perfect Guru has met.
XI. CXIII. CLXXX.
(1). Govind, the depository of (all) excellences, is known by the disciple. (If) he become merciful and kind, the pleasure of Hari is enjoyed.
Pause.
Come, let us join the saints, (by whom) the story about Hari is told I Let us daily remember the name and let us not be ashamed of (his) people!
(2). By continually mutteriug the name I live, great joy is produced (thereby). Spiritual delusion is false, the world is false and perishable.
(3). Some rare one directs his love to the lotus-foot (of Hari).
Blessed and charming is the face (of him), by whom Hari is meditated upon.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CXIV.— CXVI. (CLXXXL— CLXXXIII.)
(4). Regeneration and death, the pain of death is effaced hy remembering (the name). Nanak (has) that happiness, which is pleasing to the Lord.
XII. CXIV. CLXXXL (1). Come, 0 friend, having met we will enjoy all pleasures!
Let us mutter the nectar-name of Hari, Hari! having met let us remove (our) sins!
Pause.
On account of reflection on the truth and the holy people an alarming danger does not approach. All the thieves are destroyed, the disciples wake.
(2). Wisdom and humility take as viaticum, burn the poison of egotism! True is the shop, perfect the traffic, trade in the wares of the names!
(3). By whom soul, body and property are offered up, they are men of credit. Who please their own Lord, they are always amusing themselves.
(4). Who are drinking the liquor of folly, they are infected with mad poison.
Who are fond of the elixir of Earn, thoy are given to a true intoxicating drug, (says) rTanak.
XIII. CXV. CLXXXIL (1). Effort is made (when) caused to be made, work is set agoing.
Ey muttering continually the name (I) live, by the Guru the mantra is made fast (in me).
Pause.
Let us fall at the feet of the true Guru, by whom error is destroyed! By the Lord in his own mercy truth is established.
(2). Seizing (our) hands we were made his own, by the order and pleasure of the True one. The gift, that was given by the Lord, is full of greatness.
(3). Continually (his) excellences are sung (by me) muttering the name of the enemy of Mura. (My) vow is accomplished, by the true Guru, the Lord, mercy was bestowed (on me).
(4). The wealth (and) excellences of the name I sing, the perfect Guru gives (me) the profit (of it). The holy people are retail-dealers, 0 Nanak, the Lord is an incalculable wholesale merchant.
XIV. CXVI. CLXXXIII.
(1). Whose Lord art thou, 0 Lord, his lot is great.
He is comfortable and always happy, all his error and fear have passed away.
Pause.
We are the servants of Govind, my Lord is profound.
Who is making and causing every arrangement to be made, he is our true Guru.
(2). Who has none other (besides himself), he should be feared.
By service to the Guru (his) palace is reached, the world hard to cross, is crossed.
(3). By thy favourable glance happiness is obtained, a secret treasure in the mind. To whom thou hast become merciful, that servant is approved of.
(4). Nectar-juice is the praise of Hari, some rare one drinks it.
As wages the One name is obtained, (says) Nanak, by continually muttering it in the heart (one) lives.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CXVIL— CXX. (CLXXXIY.— CLXXXYII.)
XV. CXYII. CLXXXIV.
(1). That Lord is higher than all, whose hond-maid I am. All is called his, (he it) little (or) much.
Pause, My life and wealth are acknowledged as the Lord's (property). By whose name (I become) bright, his bond-maid I am accounted.
(2). (Thou art) without concern and filled with joy, (thy) name is a ruby and diamond. She is always filled and satiated with happiness, whose Lord thou art.
(3). 0 friend and companion, hold fast the thought of fellowship (with the saints)! Serve the pious with love, then thou wilt obtain the treasures of Hari.
(4). (All are saying): (we are) the servants of the Lord, all are saying: he is mine. "Whom he adorns, 0 Nanak, she dwells in happiness.
XYI. CXYIII. CLXXXY.
(1). Learn, 0 dear, this conduct, that thou mayst become the slave of the saints!
The highest virtue of all virtues is: do not behold thy husband (as being) far away, 0 dear!
Pause.
Dye this thy own mind, 0 beautiful one, in the name of Hari (as) in Majith! Giving up cleverness and cunning consider Gopal (as being) with (thee), 0 dear!
(2). Make this (thy) ornament, that what the husband says, be agreed to. Eat this betel-nut, that love to another be forgotten.
(3). Having made the word of the Guru thy lamp spread out this hed of truth, 0 dear! Bemain with joined hands the eight watches, then Hari the king meets (with thee), 0 dear!
(4). She has wisdom and all ornaments, she is of boundless beauty, 0 dear! She is a happy married wife, 0 Nanak, who is pleasing to the creator, 0 dear!
XVII. CXIX. CLXXXYI.
(1). So long there is falling and moving from side to side, as long as the errors of the mind (remain). (Our) errors are cut off by our own Guru and we obtained rest.
Pause.
Those are eating poison,1 culpable and driven away from the Guru. We have now become rid of them and those have become rid of us.
(2). Erom the time, that (one) is thinking: " (this is) mine, (this) thine," he is bound. (When) by the Guru (this) ignorance is cut off, then the snares are loosened.
(3). As long as (one) is not comprehending the order (of Hari), so long he is pained. When having met with the Guru he becomes acquainted with the order, then he is happy.
(4). No one is an enemy, no one blamable and wicked.
(Who) is employed in the service of the Guru, (he is) a servant of the Lord, (says) Mnak.
XVIII. CXX. CLXXXVII.
(1), Happiness, tranquillity, great joy are the singing and praising of Hari. The demons a are removed, the true Guru gives his own name.
1 fsnfT^rt here perhaps better translated by: eating poison (Sansk. t^trrf^O* 2 J| dO 0^nf)> a kind of demons, who exercise a bad influence on man; an imp.
BAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD OXXI. CXXII. (CLXXXVIII. CLXXXIX.)
Pause* I am a sacrifice to my own Guru, I am always a sacrifice (to him).
I devote myself for the Guru, meetiug with whom (I have) true pleasure.
(2). Ill omens stick to him, into whose mind (Hari) does not come. Him Yama does not approach, who is pleasing to the Lord Hari.
(3). As many religious merits, alms, mutterings and austerities (there may be), above all is the name.
Who mutters Hari, Hari (with) his tongue, his works are accomplished.
(4). All fear is extinct, infatuation is gone, no other (besides Hari) is seen.
0 Nanak, (who) are preserved by the Supreme Brahm, (them) no pain again befalls.
ASA; GHAE IX.; MAHALA V. Om! By the favour of the true Guru!
I. CXXI. CLXXXVIII.
(1). (If) I continually keep (him) in mind, I obtain all comforts; shall I please (him) further on or shall I not please (him)?
The One is bountiful to all, shall I as a beggar go to another one?
Pause.
(If) I beg (from) another, I put (him) to shame.
The One Lord is king of kings, whom shall I compare (with him)?
(2). (Though) I rise and sit down, yet I cannot remain, I seek continually (his) sight.
Brahma and the others, Sanaka and the others (viz.): Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana and Sanatkumara, to them the palace (of the Supreme) is hard to reach.
(3). The unattainable one, of unfathomable wisdom, (who is) beyond calculation, I cannot reach.
1 aim at the asylum of the true divine male, on the true Guru, the divine male, I meditate.
(4). The Lord became kind (and) merciful (to me), (ray) bond (and) neck-halter were cut (by him). Nanak says: when the society of the pious is obtained (by me), I am no more subject to birth.
II. CXXII. CLXXXIX.
(1). Inside I sing, outside I sing, waking early I sing.
A viaticum to go with (to the other world) is given to him, who is occupied with the name of Govind.
Pause.
Other (things) I forget, I forget.
The gift of the name is given (to me) by the perfect Guru, this (name) is my support.
(2). In pain I sing, in pleasure also I sing, on the way and road I remember (it). The name was firmly fixed by the Guru in (my) mind, my thirst was quenched.
(3). By day I sing, by night also I sing, at every breath I sing (with my) tongue.
In the sooiety of the pious faith springs up, whilst living and dying Hari is with (me).
(4). Give this gift to humble Nanak, 0 Lord, that I may get the dust of the saints and keep it in (my) breast!
(That with my) ears (I may hear) the story (about thee), (with my) eyes behold (thy) sight, (that I may put my) forehead (to) the feet of the Guru!
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CXXIIL— CXXV. (CXO.— CXCII.)
ASA; GHAR X.; MAHALA V. Om! by the favour of the true Guru!
I. CXXIIL CXC.
(1). Whom thou considerest abiding, he is a guest of twenty (days). Son, wife, house, all furniture, all friends are false.
Pause.
0 my mind! why criest thou: alas! alas!
Look upon (all these) as on the city of Haricandaurl! 1 take up the worshipping of Earn alone, (this is) advantage.
(2). As clothes put on the body go to pieces (after) two, four days. How much soever it may be run upon a wall, at last its end comes.
(3). As a layer of rock-salt, (which is) put (into) a pot of water, melts: (So), when the order of the Supreme Brahm will come, they will rise and go in forty-eight minutes (or) in a second.
(4). 0 mind, by destiny thou goest, by destiny thou sittest down, by destiny thou art taking breath. Praising always Hari, (says) Nanak, thou art saved in the protection of the feet of the true Guru.
II. CXXIV. CXCI.
(1). The incomplete thing became complete, the wicked enemies (became) friends. In darkness the gem became manifest, the sullied intelligence (became) clean.
Pause.
When the mercy of Govind was bestowed: Happiness and prosperity, the fruits of the name of Hari, were obtained, (by me) the true Guru is met with.
(2). I, the poor one, whom nobody was knowing, am (now) manifest in the whole world. I, who was not allowed to sit with any one, (my) feet now all worship.
(3). I, who was going about and seeking for cowries,2 the whole thirst of (my) mind was quenched. I, who was not hearing one word, got coolness in the society of the pious.
(4). Who will with one tongue describe (his) qualities? (they are) unattainable, unattainable, unattainable.
Make (me) the lowest of (thy) slaves! humble Nanak is in the asylum of Hari.
III. CXXV. CXCII.
(1). 0 fool, for (thy) profit thou art very slow, to (thy) loss thou runnest with haste. The cheap goods thou dost not take, being bound by demerits (thou becomcst) dust.
Pause.
0 true Guru, my longing is after thee!
Thy name is: purifier of the sinners; 0 Supreme Brahm, this is my refuge.
1 ^f^pjr, the sonof Trisanku, said to be elevated to Svarga with bis subjects for his unbounded liberality. Being seduced by Narada to boast of his merits, he was precipitated again from heaven. His repentance of his pride arrested his downward descent, and be and his train paused in mid-air. The city of Hariscandra is believed to be at times still visible in the skies, and the word (Gurmukhl 7TQt3^GJl) has thence received the signification of " a mirage." See Wilson, Vish. Purana, p. 382, note 9.
2 *HTC> properly = the eighth part of a pice.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CXXVI. CXXVII. (CXCIII. CXCIV.)
(2). Thou heaxest foul talk and stickest to it, in taking the name thou art lazy. Thou art very fond of censure, the contrary (thing) is understood (by thee).
(3). Another's property, another's hody, another's wife, censure — what is uneatable thou eatest (like) a mad (dog). * For true virtue thou hast no liking, hearing the truth thou art made angry.
(4). The Lord is kind to the poor and merciful, the asylum of the devotees is the name of Hari. Nanak has come- to (thy) asylum, 0 Lord, preserve thy own honour!
IV. CXXVI. CXCIII.
(1), They cling to falsehood,1 entertaining affection for the Maya they are bound.
Whose (their) life is, he does not come into their thought, by egotism they have become blind.
Pause.
0 mind, why dost thou not, (becoming) indifferent (to the world), adore (him)? Thou art dwelling in an unsolid chamber, with all is the disease of poison.
(2). Saying: " mine, mine " day and night is passed, every moment life a passes away. They are attached to (this) false, stinking business (of the world) as to a sweet flavour.
(3). Lust, wrath, covetousness and infatuation — to this enjoyment the senses cling.
By the divine male, the arranger (of all), they are again and again made to wander about in births.3 (4). When he, who is breaking the pain of the poor, has become merciful, then having met with the Guru all comforts are obtained.
Nanak says: (if) I meditate (on him) day and night, every difficulty is overcome and removed.
Pause.
(By whom) this divine male, the arranger (of all) is muttered, 0 brother!
(To him) the destroyer of the pain of the poor (becomes) merciful, the pain of birth and death is done away.
V. CXXVII. CXCIV.
(1). On account of the lust and pleasure of a moment one incurs the pain of a crore of days.
(If one) enjoys pleasures for twenty-four (or) forty-eight minutes, he repents (of it) again and again.
Pause.
0 blind one, remember Hari, Hari, the king! That thy day has come near.
(2). If by mistake thou lookest for one moment at the Akk and Nim tree, thou wilt die. As companionship is with a venomous snake, even so is this wife of another.
(3). On account of an enemy (thou art) committing sins, (but) the thing (=the Supreme) remains disregarded (by thee).
(Thou art) a companion with them, (who) leave (thee), (thou art) a Mend with (that which) goes to ruin.
(4). The whole world is subject to this law, he is saved, who has the perfect Guru. Nanak says: the ocean of existence is crossed (by them), whose bodies have been purified.
1 The Lahore lithographed copy and MS. No. 2484 read: f5rfgnfT *ff3T ^H^F, but MS. No. 2483 reads: firf^KT ^f^T *TfiT> ^e literal translation of which is: delighting in falsehood they cling to it.
8 In tT3^T^ the lj is again a meaningless alliteration.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CXXVIIL— GXXXI. (CXCV.— CXCVIII.)
VI. CXXVIII. CXCV.
Dupade.