Casting upon them thy own favourable look, thou thyself unitest them (with thyself), 0 Lord!
(9). Whom (thou hast) caused to obey (thy) order: Within them (thou hast) planted the word (of the Guru).
Those lucky women are (thy) intimate friends, who have love with (thee) the husband, 0 Lord! ' (10). Who are pleased with the divine decree: from their heart error is removed.
0 Nanak, such a one is known as the true Guru, who unites every one, Sir!
(11). By meeting with the true Guru those have obtained the fruit (of their former good actions): Who have cleared away from within egotism (individuality).
1 In the best MSS. of the Granth the following two pieces are numbered by themselves, and not among the Astpadis, to which they do not belong. No title is given to either piece; we head them therefore by the first words.
2 fire = f*T3%» the created beings; {jl? firf? WtGcM, to put into (upon) their occupation, to assign to every created being its peculiar work.
3 in*TT ^Id^cM, to let fall or pour out the dice, i.e. to assign the lot to every creature.
4 tJV© may be translated by " Lord " or " Sir" (or brother). In the following verses -rf\G is partly applied to God, partly redundant (applied to a brother = UTTSt)- SIRI BAG, HAH. I., JOGI ANDARE, 12-23.
The pain of (their) foolishness 1 is cut off, destiny has come and settled on their forehead, Sir!
(12). Thy words are nectar.
In the heart of (thy) devotees they are deeply fixed.
By keeping up worship in the heart, comfort (is obtained);2 (on whom) thou bestQwest a favourable look, (him) thou savest, 0 Lord!
(13). The true Guru, heing met with, is known. By the meeting with whom the name is praised.
Without the true Guru it is not obtained; the whole (world), doing (religious) works, has become tired,3 0 Lord!
(14). I have devoted myself to the true Guru.
Who has put me, who was led astray by error, into the (right) way.
If he bestows his own favourable look, he himself unites (with himself), Sir!
(15). Thou art contained in all.
By that creator his own self is hidden.
0 Nanak, he has become manifest to that disciple, to whom the creator has communicated his light, Sir!
(16). By the Lord himself he is cherished. Who has given and made soul and body.
He preserves the honour of his own servant, putting both hands on his forehead, Sir!
(17). All abstinences and cunnings have come to an end. My Lord knows everything.
His glory is laid out manifest, all the world cries: victory! Sir!
(18). My virtues (and) vices he has not taken into account. The Lord has remembered his practice.4 Taking me to his neck he has preserved (me), no hot wind touches (me), Sir!
(19). In my heart and body the Lord is meditated upon. The fruit desired by my heart I have obtained.
Thou art Lord above a king and emperor, JSanak lives reciting silently (thy) name, 0 Lord!
(20). Thou thyself hast created thyself.
Thou hast made another sport (= the world) and shown it.
In all is the perfectly True one; whom he pleases, him he lets know (the truth), Sir!
(21). (Where) he is obtained by the favour of the Guru. There the infatuation of the Maya is brought to an end.
He himself, out of his own mercy, absorbs (with himself), Sir!
(22). (Thou art) the GopTs, the river, the cowherd. Thou thyself hast removed the kine.
By (thy) order the vessels are made, thou thyself having broken (them) makest (them again),5 0 Lord!
(23). Who have fixed their mind on the true Guru.
1 The ^d+lfii or foolishness, coDsists in considering oneself different from the Supreme.
3 The words wfofo ^ftW must be thus constructed: ntefo ^ffcf*H *Tfef (UTT 3 Has become tired, knocked up. The sense is: all their (religious) works have been of no use, the name was not obtained by their works.
4 The sense is: the Lord has remembered that it is his practice ever to forgive.
5 nmf ^fe **<£lfo may also be translated; thou thyself, having prepared (or adorned them), breakest (them).
SIRI HAG, MAH. V., PAI PAE 1-9.
They have brought duality to an end.
A pure light is in those men, they are gone, having adorned their human birth, Sir! (24.) (Thou art) always, always £doing) good works. I (am saying) (thy) praises night and day.
(Thou art) giving gifts without being asked; Nanak says-: remember the True one, Sir!
Sirz Rag; mahala V. I. Pause.
Having fallen at his feet I will conciliate him, Sir!
By the true Guru, the Supreme Spirit, (I am) united, like him there is none other, Sir!
(1). The Lord 1 (is) my dear friend.
(He is) sweeter (to me) than mother and father.
(Sweeter than) sister, brother and all friends; like thee there is none other, 0 Lord!
(2). By thy order Savan 2 has come. I have applied the plough of truth.
I commenced to sow the name in hope; 0 Hari, having made it grow, bestow heaps of corn, OLord!
(3). I, having met with the Guru, know the One. I do not know any other word in my mind.
By Hari I was put into one work; as it pleases (thee), so accomplish it, 0 Lord!
(4). 0 brethren, enjoy yourselves and eat!
I have been invested by the Guru in the court with the mantle.
I have become the master of the village; the five partners were brought bound, Sirs!3 (5). I have come to thy protection. The five are the labourers of my fields.
No one lifts up his shoulder and is remiss, 0 Nanak! by hard labour the village is cultivated, Sir!
(6). I sacrifice and devote myself (to thee). Continually I am meditating on thee.
The desolate heap of ruins is built up, I am a sacrifice to thee, 0 Lord!
(7). I am always meditating on the beloved Hari. I obtain the fruit, I desire in my heart.
All my works are adjusted by him, the hunger of my heart is taken, away by him, Sir!
(8). All (worldly) occupation is given up by me. I serve the true Lord.
The name of Hari, the receptacle of the nine treasures, I have taken and bound in my lap, Sir!
(9). I have obtained the comfort of comforts. The Guru has fixed the word in my heart.
1 TAHITI (='ft^T^')> an epithet of Krishna, the Lord of cows. Arjun was a great worshipper of Krishna: he was his (the God whom he had specially chosen for his worship); his tomb at Lahore is still covered with paintings exhibiting the feats of Krishna.
2 Savan = July-August (the rainy month in the Panjab).
3 The master of the village, the master of the heart. The five partners are explained by: SfW> ^» *fcr» nfvhrre.
SIRI RAG, MAH. V., PAI PAE, 10-21.
By the true Guru, the Supreme Spirit, it was shown (to me), having put his hand on my forehead, Sir!
(10). I have built a true Dharmsala.
I obtain the instruction of the Guru, having searehed (for it).
I wash the feet (of the Guru), I swing the Pankha, bowing and bowing to him I cling to his feet, Sir!
(11). Having beard (his) words (I) came to the Guru.
The name, alms-giving, bathing was enjoined (by the Guru).
The whole world was saved, 0 Nanak, having ascended the true boat, Sir!
(12). The whole creation serves (him) day and night, Sir! Give ear and hear my supplication,1 Sir!
I have seeu and accurately examined all: he himself, being pleased, has released (saved) it (the creation), Sir!
(13). Now the order of the kind (Hari) has been given. No one is troubling the other.
All (the world) has settled in happiness, this rule of mildness has set in, Sir!
(14). Softly and lightly nectar is raining.
I speak, what I am caused to speak by the Lord.
I have put much trust in thee, thou thyself wilt accept me, 0 Lord!
(15). The hunger of thy devotees is always thy own.
0 Hari, (thou art) fulfilling my desires!
Give me a sight of thee, 0 giver of comfort, take and put me to thy neck, 0 Lord!
(16). Like thee none other is found.
Thou art in the earth, the heavens and in the nether regions.
Thou art contained in every place; Nanak (says); thou art the true support of (thy) devotees, 0 Lord!
(17). I am the brave combatant of the Lord.
Having met with the Guru the back-part of my turban stands high up.
All the (world) has been assembled for the wrestling; God himself, being seated, looks on, Sir!
(18). The mouths of the drums and kettledrums sound. The wrestlers have descended and take their rounds.
Eive young men were killed (by me); the Guru, rejoicing, tapped me, Sir!
(19). All have come together.
They will go home, having changed the road.2 The disciples are gone, having got the advantage, the fleshly-minded are gone, having lost their capital, Sir!
(20). Thou art without colours and signs. Thou, 0 Hari, art seen present and manifest.
Having heard, having heard, they are meditating on thee; thy devotees are attached to thee, 0 ocean of qualities!
(21). I am constantly the servant of the Deity. The Guru has cut my rope.
1 shall not again dance in wrestling. Nanak has sought and found the fit time, Sir!
1 i.e. my word.
2 ^TZ I fk*Hl =?JT£?c£Tf2f J final o is an alliteration, for the sake of the rhyme.
SIRI RAG, MAH. I., PAHARE I.
Ora! By the favour of the true Guru!
(1). In the first watch of the night, 0 friend merchant, he (= man) has fallen into the womb2 by order (of God).
He performs within austerity, the face being turned upwards, 0 friend merchant, and supplication to the Lord.
He makes supplication to the Lord, being given to meditation and devout absorption, the face being directed upwards. ' Without decency (= naked) he has come into the Kali-yug, and will go again naked.
As the pen (of God) has flown (= written) on the forehead, such (a lot) the creatures will obtain.
Nanak says: in the first watch man has fallen into the womb.3 (2) In the second watch of the night, 0 friend merchant, meditation has been forgotten.
Prom hand to hand he is fondly passed,4 0 friend merchant, as Kan (= Krishna) in the house of Jasuda.5 The child is fondly passed (danced) from hand to hand, the mother says: My son! know, 0 my thoughtless foolish heart, at the end nothing will be thine. Thon doest not know him,-by whom creation was made; form (= conceive) in thy mind divine knowledge!
Nanak says: in the second watch meditation is forgotten by man.
(3). In the third watch of the night, 0 friend merchant, his mind is intent on wealth and youth. He does not remember the name of Hari, 0 friend merchant, by which the bound one is released. Man does not remember the name of Hari, he is confused and (engaged) with the Maya.
He is enamoured of property, drunk by youth, uselessly his human birth is lost.
He has not carried on traffic with religion, he has done no (good) works, 0 friend!
Kanak says: in the third watch the thought of man (is directed) towards wealth and youth.
(4). In the fourth watch, of the night, 0 friend merchant, the reaper has come (and reaped) the field.
When he is seized and marched off by Yama, no one has undergone a change of mind.6 No one has undergone a change of mind, when he is seized and marched off by Tama. A false weeping is made round about him, in a moment he has become a stranger. That thing he has obtained, on which he had bestowed his affection. Nanak says: in the fourth watch the field of man is reaped by the reaper.
1 The following pieces bear the superscription "panaris," watches, for reasons apparent from the contents. These verses are addressed to a vanjara mitr, which the Sikhs take for a proper name, but it is perhaps more simple to take it for an appellative.
3 The Hindus fancy that the foetus in the womb is meditating on Brahm.
4 Literally: he is caused to dance.
5, the wife of Nanda, in whose house Krishna was brought up.
6 §3" = a changed state, change of mind; man dies as he lived.
SIRI RAG, MAH. f., PAHARE II.
Sirt Rag; mahald I. II.
(1). In the first watch of the night, 0 friend merchant, the child is of a thoughtless mind.
It drinks milk, it is caused to play, 0 friend merchant, mother and father are in love with their son.
Mother and father have great love to their son, all are under the infatuation of the Maya. By copulation1 (of the parents) he came (into the world), he has earned his deeds, he does the work, which he has to do.
Without the name of Earn final emancipation is not obtained, he is drowned in the love of duality. Nanak says: man will he released (==saved) in the first watch by keeping Hari in his mind.
(2). In the second watch of the night, 0 friend merchant, (his) mind is filled with full youth.3 Day and night he is given to lust, 0 friend merchant, the blind one has not the name in his mind. The name of Earn is not in his heart, he considers other (things) as sweet pleasures.
(Who have) no divine knowledge, no meditation, virtue nor continence; they are false and, being born, they will die (again).
Not by a Tirtha, nor fasting, nor purity and abstinence, nor good works, religious practices and worship.3 0 TTanak, by love and devotion salvation (is obtained), by another (work) duality is diffused (in the mind).4 (3). In the third watch of the night, 0 friend merchant, the geese have come and alighted on the pond.5 Youth decreases, old age gets the upper hand, 0 friend merchant, life diminishes, the days go. At the end thou wilt repent, 0 blind one, when thou art seized and carried off by Yama. Thou hast made all thy own, in a moment it has become the property of another. Wisdom is abandoned (by thee), cunning is gone, having practised vices thou wilt repent. Nanak says: 0 man, in the third watch remember the Lord, directing (thy) thoughts (on him)!
(4). In the fourth watch of the night, 0 friend merchant, he (man) has become old, (his) body emaciated.
Blind in his eyes he does not see, 0 friend merchant, with his ears he does not hear a word. He is blind in his eyes, his tongue has no taste, his power and strength have come to a stand-still. There are no virtues in him, how should he obtain comfort, the fleshly-minded one is coming and going. The straw has ripened, being emaciated it breaks and is destroyed; having come he goes, what is his trust?
Nanak says: 0 man, in the fourth watch become acquainted with the word proceeding from the month of the Guru!
(5). The end of those breaths has come, 0 friend merchant, a burning fever is on the shoulder. Not a bit of virtue is contained (in them), having collected vices they will take them (with themselves).
1 But *?r|fdT may also be translated by: "destiny," "fate."
2 is here adjective (Sansk. replete, full of); his mind is filled (= intoxicated) with full youth.
3 Supply: salvation i3 obtained. There is no verb nor subject in these verses, and the translation can only be made according to conjecture, as not even any case-relation is pointed out.
4 The words ^ftpjT f<PHT^ ^RT might also be translated: the other (he who is given to the practices) duality permeates.
5 The sense of this allusion is: the hairs of men have become white, the geese being white. JfJ, pond, lake = body.
SIRI RAG, MAH. IV., PA HARE I. (III.)
» He who goes having collected virtues will not be struck in the face, he will not be born (and) die (again).
Yama with the net of death will qpt be able to overpower him; by love, devotion and fear (of God) he is saved.
With honour he goes (to the threshold of Hari), he is easily absorbed, all pains he removes. iNanak says: a man (who has become) a disciple, will be emancipated, from the True one he will receive honour. • Sir! Rag; mahala IV.1 (1). In the first watch of the night, 0 friend merchant, he (man) is placed in the belly by Hari. He meditates on Hari, he utters Hari, 0 friend merchant, he remembers the name of Hari, Hari. He silently mutters the name of Hari, Hari, he adores (him), muttering in the fire (of the womb) Hari, he lives.
He is born into the world, he is applied to the mouth {i.e. kissed), father and mother have become happy.
Think.of him, 0 man, whose property thou art, reflecting in thy heart on the word proceeding from the mouth of the Guru.
Nahak says: in the first watch man silently mutters Hari, (who) bestows mercy (on him).
(2). In the second watch of the night, 0 friend merchant, (his) mind is bent on duality.
Mother and father, pressing him to their cheek, nourish him, 0 friend merchant, saying: mine, mine (thou art).
Mother and father always press him to their cheek, they think in their heart: Having got (from us food) he will (again) feed (us).
Him, who gives, he does not know, the fool clings to the gift.
Some one, who becomes a disciple, reflects, he reflects in his mind on Hari, directing his thoughts on him.
Nanak says: in the second watch, 0 man, this one death will never devour.
(3). In the third watch of the night, 0 friend merchant, his mind is occupied with care and trouble. Of wealth he thinks, wealth he collects, 0 friend merchant, the name of Hari, Hari he does not remember.
The name of Hari, Hari, Hari he does never remember, who at the end becomes a companion. This wealth and prosperity is a false illusion, having given it up at the end and having gone, he repents.
"Whom the Guru in mercy unites (with Hari), he remembers the name of Hari, Hari. Nanak says: in the third watch, 0 man, that one, having gone, is united with Hari.
(4). In the fourth watch of the night, 0 friend merchant, Hari has brought on the time of departure.
Serve with (thy) hand the perfect true Guru, 0 friend merchant, all the' night is gone and passed.
Serve Hari, — not a moment make any delay, — whereby thou wilt for ever become firm (not subject to transmigration).
In union with Hari thou wilt ever enjoy pleasures, the pain of birth and death thou wilt remove.
1 The following Gurus had apparently the writings of Nanak before them; hence these imitations, which usually add very few ideas.
SIRI RAG, MAH. V., PA HARE I. (IV.)
Do not make in thy thought a difference between the Guru (and) the true Guru, the Lord, meeting with whom {i.e. the Guru) the worship of Hari becomes pleasant.
Nanak says: 0 man, in the fourth watch the night of the devotees is fruitful.
Sirl Rag; mahala V. I. IY.
(1). In the first watch of the night, 0 friend merchant, he (Hari) puts (him) into the belly.1 In ten months he is made a man, 0 friend merchant, after some delay he earns (his former) works. The time is passed, the (former) works are earned, as it is originally written, so he has received. Mother, father, brother, son, wife — amongst them he is placed by the Lord.
He himself (i.e. the Lord) causes him to do bad and good works, in the power of this creature is nothing.
Nanak says: in the first watch man is put into the womb.
(2). In the second watch of the night, 0 friend merchant, he gives way to the freaks of full youth. Bad and good he does not know, 0 friend merchant, his mind is intoxicated with egotism.
Bad and good thou doest not know, 0 man, the journey further on (to the other world) is difficult! The perfect true Guru was never served (by thee), on (thy) head the executioners of Tama are standing.
When Dharm-Eae (= Tama) will seize (thee), what answer wilt thou make, 0 fool? Nanak says: in the second watch man gives way to the freaks of full youth.
(3). In the third watch of the night, 0 friend merchant, he collects poison and blind ignorance. He clings to son and wife in infatuation, 0 friend merchant, within he is tossed about by emotions. Man is tossed about within by emotions (desires), that Lord does not come into his mind.
With the assembly of the holy ones he has not associated, in many wombs he will (therefore) suffer pain.
The creator is forgotten (by him), not a moment he has meditated on the Lord. Nanak says: in the third watch (of the night) poison and blind ignorance he collects.
(4). In the fourth watch of the night, 0 friend merchant, that day has come near.
Remember thou, 0 friend merchant, the name communicated by the Guru, it will be thy companion to the court (of Hari)!
Remember the name given by the Guru, 0 man, at the end it will be thy companion!
This is an illusion, the Maya will not go with thee, she has made a false friendship (with thee).
The whole night is passed; serve the true Guru and the darkness will become light.
Nanak says: 0 man, in the fourth watch that day has come near!
(5). The decree of Govind has come, 0 friend merchant, they have risen and gone and their work with them.
Not a bit of delay they (i.e. the messengers of Tama) give, 0 friend merchant, firm hands are laid upon them.
The decree has come, they are marched off, the fleshly-minded are always distressed. Those, who have served the perfect, true Guru, are always happy at the threshold (of Hari). The body is the ground (soil) of works in (this present) world, what they sow, they are eating. Nanak says: the devotees obtain honour at the court (of Hari), the fleshly-minded are always wandering about (in transmigration).2 1 VTfST3T may be the participle present (from IJlGcM) or the past part. = Sansk. XTTf^cf. * ^^|fd, for the sake of the rhyme = (^0:$).
SIEI RAO, MAH. IV., CHANT I.
sir! rag.
MahaU IV.; Ghar II. CHANT.1 I.
(1). How shall the ignorant girl see the sight of Hari in her father's house?
If Hari, Hari bestow his own mercy (upon her), she learns from the mouth of the Guru the work of her father-in-law's house.
Of her father-in-law's house she learns the work from the mouth of the Guru, meditating always on Hari, Hari.
Amongst her friends she goes about happy, at the threshold of Hari she swings leisurely her arm.
The account, as much as Dharm-Rae (Yama) has to ask (from her), she clears away by muttering the name of Hari, Hari.
The ignorant girl, (having become) a disciple, sees the sight of Hari in her father's house.3 (2). The wedding has taken place, 0 my father, from the mouth of the Guru Hari is obtained. Ignorance and darkness are cut off, by the Guru divine knowledge is kindled bright.
By the Guru divine knowledge is kindled, darkness is extinguished, Hari, the choice jewel, is obtained.
The disease of egotism is gone, pain has ceased, self is consumed by means of the instruction of the Guru.
The timeless being is obtained as husband, the imperishable, who never dies nor goes. The wedding has taken place, 0 my father, from the mouth of the Guru Hari has been obtained. % (3). Hari is true, true, 0 my father! having met with the people of Hari the marriage-procession is beautiful.
* Muttering Hari in her father's family she (the girl) is happy, in her father-in-law's family she is quite shining.
In her father-in-law's family she is quite shining, who has remembered the name in her father's family.
The human birth of those, whose mind is turned to the Guru, is bearing all fruits; having won (the game) the dice is thrown down (by them).3 Having met with the holy people of Hari (their) work is adorned (excellent), the joyful man is obtained as husband.
Hari is true, true, 0 my father! having met with the people of Hari the marriage-procession is beautiful.
(4). The Lord Hari, 0 my father, Hari gives me the dowry-gift.
Hari gives clothes, Hari gives splendour, by which (my) work is adorned.
By the worship of Hari, Hari (my) work is easy, he caused the Guru, the true Guru to give (me) the gift.
1 W3 (= *?^)» a peculiar kind of verse, consisting of six hemistichs (occasionally also of less); five such verses form a whole.
2 This (rather poor) simile is used very frequently in the Granth. The girl is the disciple, her father's house implies this present world, her father-in-law's house is the next world, to which she is transferred by marriage (i.e. death).
3 "ITfflT ■4lTW*HT> the dice are thrown down, in token that the game is over.
SIRI RAG, MAH. V., CHANT I. (II.)
In the world and universe 1 the splendour of Hari is spread; this gift, though coveted,2 is not apportioned.
The other gifts, which the fleshly-minded have and exhibit, are falsehood, conceit, glass and plaiting. The Lord Hari, 0 my father, Hari gives me the dowry-gift.
(5). Hari is lovely, lovely, 0 my father! having met with her heloved the woman is an increasing vine.
Hari is from age of ages, from age of ages, the generation3 of the Guru is always going on.
From age to age the generation of the true Guru goes on, by which the name coming from the mouth of the Guru, is meditated upon, Hari, the Supreme Spirit, is never annihilated nor does he pass away, he gives continually and becomes (even) more abundant.
0 Nanak, the saints, the saints (and Hari) are One; muttering the name of Hari, Hari (the girl) is shining.
Hari is lovely, lovely, 0 my father; being united with her beloved the woman is an increasing vine.
Stri Rag; mahalu Y. CHANT.
Om! by the favour of the true Guru! I. II.
(1). 0 dear heart, 0 friend, remember the name of Govind! 0 dear heart, 0 friend, Hari goes through with thee.
Hari is a companion; no one, who meditates on (his) name, goes uselessly.4 The fruits he desires in his heart he obtains, having directed his mind on the lotus of the foot (of Hari).
In water and earth he is fully diffused, the Banvari 5 sees in everybody.
Kanak gives (this) instruction: 0 dear heart, burn (thy) error in the assembly of the holy ones!
(2). 0 dear heart, 0 friend, without Hari the expansions ( = worlds) are a falsehood. 0 dear heart, 0 friend, an ocean of poison are the worlds.
Make the lotus of the foot of the creator the boat, and the pain of doubt will not enter (thee). (With whom) the perfect Guru meets, he is very fortunate, the eight watches the Lord is known (to him).
In the beginning, in the beginning of the Yug is the Lord; 0 worshipper, to (his) devotees (his) name is a support.
Nanak gives (this) instruction: 0 dear heart, without Hari the expansions are a falsehood.
(3). 0 dear heart, 0 friend, lade the cheap cargo of Hari!9 0 dear heart, 0 friend, knock7 at the immovable door of Hari!
1 <Sd^3 is a corruption from (= ^Fg), the egg of Brahma or universe.
a 7; TOTflPHT, it is not apportioned (or met with), though caused to be apportioned, i.e. though some one cause it to he apportioned to himself, try to get it.
3 Vt^Y, or generation of the Guru, are his disciples.
4 i.e. Without having accomplished his purpose.
5 t4A<Sldli an epithet of Krishna, having a garland of wild flowers (Sansk. SRHTf^O. 9 *fV to lade an assortment of goods and go about trafficking with them.
7 lengthened for the sake of the rhyme = ^fe.
SIRI RAG KE CHANT, MAH. V, I. (III.)
He who serves the gate of Hari, the invisible and impenetrable, has obtained an immovable seat. He is not subject to birth and death, he is not coming and going, the pain of his doubt is effaced. The paper of Citragupt is torn in^pieces, the messengers of Yama cannot do anything against him. Nanak gives (this) instruction: 0 dear heart, lade the cheap cargo of Hari!
(4). 0 dear heart, 0 friend, dwell in the company of the holy ones!
0 dear heart, 0 friend, muttering the name (thou wilt be) conspicuous. Kemembering the Lord (thou art) living in happiness, all (thy) wish is fulfilled. By former works the husband of Lakshmi (=Yishnu) is obtained; Hari meets with the long-time separated.
Inside and outside, everywhere he is contained, faith springs (therefore) up in the mind. Nanak gives (this) instruction: 0 dear heart, dwell in the company of the holy ones!
(5). 0 dear heart, 0 friend, by love and attachment to Hari the mind is absorbed. 0 dear heart, 0 friend, the fish, having met with the water of Hari, lives.
Having drunk Hari they are satiated, nectar is poured out, all comforts are showered down on the heart.
The husband of Lakshmi is obtained, songs of congratulation are sung, (their) desire is fulfilled, the true Guru is pleased.
They are absorbed in (his) skirt, the nine treasures are obtained, the name and all his property the Lord has given them.
Nanak has given (this) instruction to the saints: by love and attachment to Hari the mind is absorbed.
SIRI RAG KE CHANT; MAHALA V. Om! By the favour of the true Guru!
Daffiiaqa.1 (1). How shall I see in my heart the sight of my beloved?
0 Nanak, in the asylum of the saints the support of life is to be obtained.
Chant, Love with the lotus of the foot (of Hari) is the custom of the saints, he comes into their heart, Sir! Another love is perverse impropriety, it is not pleasing to the servants (of Hari), Sir! It is not pleasing to (his) servants, without (his) sight how should they have patience one moment? Void of the name body and soul are decayed, as a fish dies without water.
Join me, 0 my beloved, 0 support of my life! having joined the saints I will sing thy qualities! 0 Lord of Nanak, bestow a favour, that in heart and body I may be absorbed in (thy) bosom!
J)alchandf (2). He is shining in every place, no other is seen.
The shutters (of the tenth gate) are opened hy meeting with the true Guru, 0 Nanak!
V Chant Thy words are quite incomparable; (thy) word, the support of the saints, should be reflected upon, Sir!
1 3M^T is a peculiar kind of verse, consisting of two hemistichs. Dakhanas and Chants.
The following piece is a mixture of SIRI BAG KE CHANT, MAH. V., I. (III.)
Who remembers (thee) at every breath and morsel, his faith (thou art) making full, how shouldst thou be forgotten from ( =by) the mind?
How shouldst thou be forgotten from the mind, (who art) not removed a moment, 0 my life, the abode of qualities!
Thou givest the fruits the heart is desiring, 0 Lord, thou rememberest the request (desire) of the creatures, 0 Lord of the helpless, (who art) with all! who mutters (thy name), (by him) his birth is not lost in the play!
(This is) the prayer of Nanak to the Lord: in mercy make me cross the water of existence I1 JDahhana.
(3). (Who is) bathing3 in the dust and ashes of the saints, (to him) the Lord becomes merciful. AU things are obtained (by him), 0 Nanak, the wealth and property of Hari.
V Chant.
Beautiful is (thy) house, 0 Lord, the rest 3 of (thy) devotees, in hope (on thee) they live, Sir!
In heart and body they are immersed (in devotion), they are remembering the name of the Lord, the nectar of Hari they are drinking, Sir!
The nectar of Hari they are drinking, they are becoming firm for ever, the water of sensual pleasures is considered insipid (by them).
(To whom) thou, 0 Gopal, my Lord, hast become merciful, they have appreciated the treasure (in) the society of the saints.
In all ways they have much comfort and joy, the jewel of the beloved Hari they are sowing up within their heart.
The support of life is not forgotten a moment, muttering, muttering (the name) they live, 0 Nanak!4 J)akhand.
(4). Whom thou hast made thy own, with them thou art united.
Thou thyself art in thyself, that praise, (says) Nanak, thou thyself hast heard.
Chant.
Thou, 0 Govind, applying the trick of love and gratifying me, hast enchanted my heart, Sir!
Clinging to (thy) unfathomable neck I have become illustrious by the favour of the saints, Sir!
Clinging to the neck of Hari I have become illustrious, all vices are overcome, the characteristics of devotion have come into my power.
On (my) heart all comforts are showered, Govind is pleased, all birth and death is done away.
By (my) Mends a song of congratulation is sung, (my) wish is accomplished, there is not again a motion of the Maya.5 My hands are seized, (says) Nanak, by the beloved Lord, I am not influenced by the ocean of the world.
1 Sldlfl^ literally: may he (i.e. Nanak) be caused to cross, brought over the waters of existence!
2 ^-HA (*TWT) must here be taken as an adjective.
4 O Nanak = says Nanak.
vTvJT* a motion of the Maya (in my heart) = I am not any more affected by the Maya. But there is another reading, which better suits the context, viz.: £>ftRHT, I am not again deluded by the Maya.
SIRI RAG, MAH. IV., VANJARA.
Ill JDalckand.
(5). The name of the Lord is priceless, its value no one knows.
On whose forehead the lot is, thosft, (says) Nanak, enjoy the pleasure of Hari.
Chant.
Those, who utter (the name), are pure, all who hear it are happy, hy those, who write it, their family is saved, Sir!
Who have the society of the saints and love to the name of Hari, they meditate on Brahm, Sir! Brahm is meditated upon (hy them), their human birth is adorned (and) by the Lord his mercy is made full.
The hands (of those) are seized (hy Hari), who have praised Hari, they do not run into a womb nor do they die.
Those, who meet with the true, merciful and kind Guru, are flourishing, lust, auger and covetousness is destroyed.
The inexpressible Lord cannot be described; Nanak sacrifices and devotes himself (to him).
SIEI BAG; MAHALA IY. YANJAEA.1 Om / The true name! By the favour of the Guru!
(1). Hari, Hari is the highest name, by whom every one has been created, Sir! Hari cherishes all creatures, in everybody he is contained.
That Hari should always be meditated upon! without him there is none other. Those, who direct their mind to the infatuation of the Maya, go off leaving her behind and will weep in pain.
By humble iNanak the name is meditated upon: Hari will be a companion at the end.
Pause.
I have none other without Hari.
The asylum of Hari, the Guru, should be obtained, 0 friend merchant! by a great destiny it is laid hold of.
(2). Without the saints, no one, 0 brother! has obtained the name of Hari. Those who practise works in egotism are like the son of a whore without a name.
The lineage of the father is then brought about, if the Guru, being pleased, bestow his favour. By (that) very fortunate one2 the Guru is obtained, who has put his love day and night on Hari. Humble JNanak (says): Brahm is known (by him, who) practises the work of praising Hari.
Pause.
In (my) heart a longing after Hari has sprung up.
By the perfect Guru the name is made firm, the name of Hari, Hari the Lord, is obtained (by me).
(3). As long as there is a breath in youth, meditate on the name!
At the time of departure Hari will go with (thee), Hari will at the end release (thee).
1 Vanjara is the name of a peculiar kind of verse, very likely taken from the circumstance that these verses are addressed to the friend merchant 2 <jo$auft> very fortunate; literally: he whose destiny is great, very auspicious.
SIRI RAG, MAH. IV., VANJARA.
I am a sacrifice for those, into whose heart Hari has come and settled (there). Who have not kept the name of Hari, Hari in their mind, they are gone at the end with remorse. On whose forehead it was written in the beginning by Hari, the Lord, (says) humble Nanak, they meditate on the name.
Pause.
0 heart, bestow love on Hari, Hari!
By the very fortunate one the Guru is obtained, by the word of the Guru he will pass over.
(4). Hari himself is producing (everything), Hari himself gives and takes. Hari himself leads astray in error, Hari himself gives wisdom.
Those disciples, in whose heart he is manifest, are some rare ones.
1 am a sacrifice for those who have obtained Hari from the instruction of the Guru.
Humble Nanak (says): the lotus (=heart) (of them) is opened, in whose heart Hari, Hari has settled.
Pause.
Mutter in (thy) heart: Hari, Hari!
Flee and fall on the asylum of Hari, the Guru, 0 beloved! he takes away all sins and pains.
(5). Who is contained (diffused) in everybody, how shall he dwell in the heart, in what manner is he obtained?
If the Guru, the perfect, true Guru be met with, Hari comes and dwells in the heart and mind. To me the name is refuge and support, from the name of Hari (comes) knowledge of salvation.1 My trust is in the name of Hari, Hari, in the name of Hari is my caste-fellowship.3 Humble Nanak has meditated on the name, he is steeped in love, in love and affection to Hari.
Pause.
Meditate on Hari, Hari the Lord is true.
From the words of the Guru the Lord Hari is known, the whole creation is from Hari the Lord.
(6). To whom it has been written (=decreed) before, they have come and joined the Guru. In servantship,3 0 friend merchant, the name of Hari, Hari the Guru, is shining forth. Blessed, blessed is the traffic of the traders, who have laden the goods and stock of Hari!
The faces of the disciples are bright at the gate (of Hari), having come they are placed at the side of Hari.
Humble Nanak (says): those have obtained the Guru, with whom he himself, the abode of qualities, has been pleased.4 Pause.