(2). I sing the praises of Hari, I continually hear Hari, Hari is made (my) refuge. The juice of Hari is obtained from the Guru, my mind and body are absorbed (in him). Blessed, blessed is the Guru, the true divine male, by whom devotion to Hari is communicated. From which Guru Hari is obtained, that Guru I buy (for myself).3 (3). Hari, the Xing, is the giver of virtues, we arc vicious.
The sinful, sinking stones Hari brings across by means of the instruction of the Guru. Thou art the giver of virtues and pure, we are without virtues.
0 Hari, I have fled to (thy) asylum, preserve (me) the foolish one, save the bewildered one!
(4). By means of the instruction of the Guru ease and joy are always (obtained by him), (by whom) Hari, Hari is meditated upon in (his) mind.
(By whom) the Lord Hari, the beloved, is obtained, he sings in (his) house a song of praise. Bestow mercy (on me), 0 Hari, 0 Lord, (this is my) prayer, by Hari, Hari (I am) quickened! Humble Nanak asks the dust of those, by whom the true Guru is obtained.
1 i.e. He, whose lot or destiny is great, by the performance of meritorious works in a former birth.
2 f*^ is here not the god Shiva, but the Spirit, as distinguished from 5fN, the individual life. T&f3 is taken in the sense of Maya, the illusion spread over the creatures by the three qualities.
3 %\7S\, I buy, from sfl^cM, to buy, to gain over (Sansk. ^).
RAG GATJRI, MAH. IV., SABD I. II. (XXXIX. XL.)
GAUBI flUAEEBI; MAHALA IV.
Caupadas. Om! by the favour of the true Guru! I. XXXIX.
(1). By the Pandit the Shastras and the Smriti are read. The Jogl says: Gorakh, Gorakh! 1 I the foolish one mutter: Hari, Hari!
Pause.
I do not know what our state is, 0 Ham!
Worship Hari, 0 my mind, and thou art bringing the boat safely across the water of existence.
(2). The Sanyasi besmears his body with cow-dung ashes. The Brahmacari lets go another's wife.
I foolish one, 0 Hari, desire thee.
(3). The Khatrl does works and obtains the fame of a hero. The Sudra and Yaisya follow (their own) disposition.
Me, the foolish one, the name of Hari rescues.
(4). All is thy creation, thou thyself art contained in it. To the disciple, (says) Nanak, thou givest greatness. By me, the blind one, Hari is made my refuge.
Gaurt guareri; mahald IV. II. XL.
(1). A story without attributes is the story of Hari.2 Worship (him) having joined the assembly of the pious people!
Cross3 the water of existence having heard the ineffable story about Hari!
Pause.
0 Govind, join (me) with the assembly of the pious!
(That) (my) tongue may sing the juice of Hari, the qualities of Bam.
(2). Who meditate on (thy) name, 0 Hari, Hari! Make me, 0 Bam, the slave of those (thy) slaves! The service of thy people is the highest work.
(3). The man who lets (me) hear the story about Hari, Hari: That man is pleasing to my heart and mind.
He whose lot is great, obtains the dust (of) the feet (of such a) man.
(4). Friendship and intimacy with the saints Is obtained (by them), to whom it has been decreed from the beginning. These men, (says) Nanak, are absorbed in the name.
1 «j}<W (*fYr^0> tne name of the famous Hindu reformer.
2 f/>d Jlc\ 5"ETT 9 a story without attributes, i.e, the attributes or qualities of Hari, cannot be described.
3 3cT» cross (Imper.)= and thou wilt cross.
RAG GATTRI, HAH. IV., SABD III. IV. (XLI. XLII.)
Gauri guar erl; mahala IV.
III. XLI.
(1). The mother is delighted, (if) her son eats. The fish is delighted by hathing in the water.
The true Guru is delighted,1 (if) he receives a disciple into his favour.2 Pause.
0 Hari, join to me those dear people of Hari, By meeting with whom3 my pains depart, (2). As a cow shows affection having met with her calf.
As a woman is delighted, when her beloved (husband) comes home: (So) the people of Hari are delighted, when they sing the praise of Hari.
(3). The peacock lives in delight, (if) (there he) a stream of water. The king (lives) in delight, having seen a profusion of wealth.
The people of Hari (live) in delight, (when) they mutter the Formless one.
(4). Man is greatly delighted,4 (if) he acquires wealth and property. The disciple is delighted, (if) he be pressed to the neck of the Guru.5 Humble Nanak is delighted, (if) he may lick the feet of the pious.
Gmirl guareri; mahala IV.
IV. XLII.
(1). The beggar is delighted, (if) a Lord gives (him) alms. The hungry one becomes delighted, (if) he may eat food.
The disciple is delighted by meeting with the Guru, (thereby) he is satiated.
Pause.
0 Hari, give (me) an interview, 0 Hari, I long after thee! Bestow mercy (on me) and fulfil my desire!
(2). The Cakvl is delighted, (when) the sun shines into her face. She meets (then) with her heloved and renounces all pains.
The disciple is delighted, (when) he becomes a favourite with the Guru.
(3). The child is delighted (when) it drinks milk with its mouth. It is happy in its heart, (when) it sees the mother.
The disciple is delighted, (when) the Guru receives (him) into favour.
(4). All other delight is an unsolid delusion of the Maya. It passes away and is a false glass and plating.
Humble INanak (says): delight and satiety is (only) the true Guru.
1 After supply: 2 *?f£f \\ iGcM, to apply to the mouth, i.e. to receive (an inferior) into favour, to become familiar with.
a f^T7> f*rf?5*HT = frTTJ $ fHfenft; m the older language it would be firfe*^, by meeting with whom.
the final i in 1£T3^ being here lengthened in order to get a long metrical syllable; 7& signifies therefore literally: (to) a man it is life's delight.
RAG GAURI, MAH. IV., SABD V.— VII.* (XLIII.— XLV.)
Gauri guareri; mahala IV.
V. XLIII.
(1). The service of the true Guru is rendered fruitful: By meeting with whom the name of Hari, of Hari the Lord3 is meditated upon. By whom Hari is muttered, after them many people are emancipated.
Pause.
0 disciple, 0 my hrother, say: Hari! Saying: Hari! all sins go off.
(2), "When the Guru is met with, then the mind is brought into subjection. The five running (senses) are stopped, Hari is meditated upon.
Day by day the qualities of Hari are sung in the city (=body).
(3). Who put the dust of the feet of the Guru on their mouth: They abandon falsehoods and meditate devoutly on Hari. They are bright-faced at the threshold of Hari, 0 brother!
(4). The service of the Guru is pleasing to Hari himself. Krishna and Balabhadra1 meditate at the feet of the Guru. Nauak (says): the disciple Hari himself brings across.
Gauri guareri; mahala IV.
VI. XLIY.
(1). Hari himself is the JogI and carries a staff (like a Jogl). Hari himself; the Banvari,2 is contained (in all).
Hari himself practises austerities and is given to deep contemplation.
Pause.
My Bam, who is of this kind, is all-filling. Hari dwells near and is not far off.
(2). Hari himself is the word, the attention and contemplation is he himself. Hari himself sees, he himself is expanded.
Hari himself causes (his name) to be muttered, Hari himself mutters it.
(3). Hari himself is the cloud (and) the stream of nectar ( = water). Hari is the nectar, he himself is (also) the drinker (of it).
Hari himself is bringing about final emancipation.
(4). Hari himself is the boat, the buoy and raft.3 Hari himself is, by (means of) the instruction of the Guru, salvation. Hari himself, (says) Nanak, is carrying across.4 Gaurz bairagani; mahala IV.
VII. XLV.
(1). Thou art our wholesale merchant and our Lord, what sort of goods thou givest us, that we take. We deal in the name of Hari with pleasure, if thou thyself, having become merciful, givest it (to us).
1 y^^^, name of the elder brother of Krishna.
4 VTcT 'MIccCM? to bring or ferry across; "Ifi^^T is here the causal of Hc^cM (to fall).
RAG GrAURI, MAH. IV., SABD VIII. IX. (XLVI. XLVIL) Pause.
We are the retail-dealers of Earn.
Hari makes (us) carry on traffic, giving us a stock of goods, 0 dear!
(2). He obtains the gain of the worship of Hari and his wealth, who is pleasing to the mind of Hari, the true wholesale merchant.
(By whom), muttering Hari, the goods of Hari are laden, him Tama, the tax-gatherer, does not' approach.
(3). The tradesmen, who earry on another traffie, are absorhed in pain, being tossed about by other (things).
As the traffie is, to which they are applied by Hari, such is the fruit they obtain.
(4). That man carries on the traffic of Hari, Hari, to whom the Lord gives it, having become merciful (towards him).
Humble ISTanak (says): (by whom) Hari, the wholesale merchant, is served, (from him) he never takes again an account.
Gauri hair tig ani; mahala IV.
VIII. XLVI.
(1). As the mother is nourishing the embryo, in the hope of getting a son, (Saying): " having become great and having acquired wealth he will give (me), having gone through his enjoyment and pastime:" So the people of Hari keep love to Hari, (thinking): he himself will give us his hands.
Pause, 0 my Earn, 0 Hari, my Lord, keep me the foolish one! The greatness of thy servant is greatness to thee!
(2). In (his) palace and house is joy, to (whose) mind the praise of Hari is pleasing. All juices become sweet to the mouth, when one sings the qualities of Hari.
The people of Hari are the support of their dependents, twenty-one families, (yea) the whole world they save.
(3). Whatever is done, that is done by Hari, it is the greatness of Hari.
0 Hari, thine are the creatures, thou art existing (in them), thou art causing (them) to perform worship, 0 Hari!
Thou lettest them obtain the treasury of devotion, thou thyself art distributing it.
(4). A slave bought in a shop what cleverness has he (in the transaction), If Hari put him into a sovereignty? a slave (and) grass-cutter he makes utter the name of Hari. Humble Nanak is the slave of Hari, (this is) the greatness of Hari.
Gaurl guurerl; mahala IV.
IX. XLVIL (1). The husbandman undertakes farming, he takes to it1 brightening up his spirits.2 He yokes on the plough and exerts himself, (thinking): my son and daughter will eat (from the fruits of my labour).
In this way the people of Hari mutter: Hari, Hari! (thinking): Hari will at the end release (us).
Pause.
0 my Earn, may my, the foolish one's salvation be effected!
Apply (me) to the service of the Guru, the true Guru, (this is) my desire!
1 MxicM, v.a. (Sansk. caus. ^t^T) to like, to take to (a thing).
2 t?V@ <X>lGcM> to take courage, to brighten up one's spirits.
RAG GAURI, MAH. IV., SABD X. XL (XLVIII. XLIX.)
(2). The merchant, having taken horses, goes about for the sake of traffic.
He acquires wealth and entertains the desire to increase (still more) the infatuation of the Maya.1 In this way the people of Hari are saying: Hari, Hari! saying: Hari! they obtain comfort.
(3). Poison collects the shopkeeper, (poison) he earns sitting in (his) shop.
Spiritual darkness and falsehood (is in him), (he has) an outlay of falsehood, to falsehood he clings. In this way the people of Hari collect the wealth of Hari, having taken Hari as their provisions they go.
(4). This infatuation of the Maya is the family, in second love (there is) a noose (for man).
By means of the instruction of the Guru that man crosses, who is the slave of the slaves (of Hari). By humble Nanak the name is meditated upon, the disciple is made manifest.2 Gauri lairdgani; mahala IY.
X. XLYIII.
(1). Continually, day and night he is given to covetousness, by error he is led astray. In forced labour the forced labourer turns about, he has put a burden upon his head. "Who performs service to" the Guru, him Hari applies to his house-work.
Pause.
0 my Earn, break the fetters of the Maya and apply me to (thy) house-work!
We will continually sing the qualities of Hari, being absorbed in the name of Hari.
(2). All men serve a king and prince on account of the illusive world (money). He either imprisons or fines (them), or the king dies.
Blessed, blessed and fruitful is the service of the true Guru, by means of which, having muttered the name of Hari, Hari, the comfort of Hari is obtained.
(3). Continually traffic is carried on in divers ways on account of the Maya.
If it (i.e. the traffic) produces gain, then he is happy, if there be loss, then he dies. "Who makes partnership with the Guru in praising (Hari), he gets continually comfort.
(4). As much as there is hunger (after) other relish and pleasure, so much hunger will again befall (one).
On whom Hari himself bestows mercy, he sells his head before ( — to) the Guru.
Humble Nanak (says): (who) is satiated by the juice of Hari, (him) no hunger again befalls.
Gauri lairdgani; mahala IV.
XI. XLIX.
(1). In my heart and mind (there is) continually a desire after Hari, how shall I see, 0 Hari, thy sight?
Who entertains affection (for thee), he knows (thee), in my heart and miud there is much love (to thee), 0 Hari!
1 am a sacrifice to my own Gum, by whom my creator, who was separated from me, has been united (with me).
Pause.
0 my Earn, we sinners have fallen on (thy) asylum, on (thy) gate, 0 Hari!
Believing,3 that at some time, bestowing thy own mercy (on us), thou wilt unite us the destitute of virtue (with thyself).
1 The sense is: he desires to increase still more his wealth and in consequence bis spiritual blindness.
2 Or: (to) the disciple (the name) is manifest.
3 believing that, may be that (=^TTT tf)- RAG GAURI, MAH. IV., SABD XII. XIII. (L. LI.)
(2). Our vices are many, many, they are many heaps upon heaps, 0 Hari, they cannot be counted. Thou, 0 Hari, art virtuous, thou, 0 Hari, art merciful, thou thyself, 0 Hari, pardonest, (as) it pleases (thee), 0 Hari!
We sinners are protected by the society of the Guru, (by him) instruction is given (to us), the name of Hari releases (us).
(3). How shall I tell thy qualities, 0 my true Guru? when we speak of the Guru, then astonish- ment overtakes (us).
A sinner like me no other protects as we are rescued and protected by the true Guru. Thou, 0 Guru, art (my) father, thou, 0 Guru, art (my) mother, thou, 0 Guru, art my relative, my companion!
(4). "What is our fate, 0 my true Guru, that fate thou thyself knowest, 0 Hari!
We are wandering and strolling about, no one is asking a word about us, by the Guru, the true Guru, we poor ones are received into his society.
Blessed, blessed is the Guru of humble Nanak, by meeting with whom all cares and pains have ceased!
Gaurl lair ag ani; maliald IY. XII. L.
(1). Gold, women, female buffaloes (my) soul is coveting, sweet is the infatuation of the Maya. To house, palace, horse, insipid pleasure (my) mind is attached.
Hari, the Lord, does not come into (my) mind, how shall I be emancipated, 0 my Zing Hari?
Pause.
0 my Earn, 0 my Hari, these are low works (of mine)!
Thou art virtuous, 0 Hari, thou art merciful, out of mercy pardon all my vices!
(2). I have no beauty, nor high birth, nor any good conduct.
What dare we say, who are without virtues, thy name is not muttered (by us).
We sinners are saved in the society of the Guru, it is the meritorious deed of the true Guru.
(3). All, soul, body, mouth, nose is given (by him) and water for sustenance.
The eating of grain, the putting on of clothes is given (by him) and other relishes and enjoyments.1 He, by whom they are given, does not come into (my) mind, I consider myself as a beast.
(4). All is thy work, thou art the inward governor.
What shall we helpless creatures do, all is thy sport, 0 Lord!
Humble Nanak is a shop-bought (slave), 0 Hari, (I am) the slave (of thy) slaves!2 Gaurl bairagani; mahala IY. XIII. LI.
(1). As a mother, having given birth to a son, nourishes him and keeps (him) within her sight, And inside and outside (of the house) puts a morsel into (his) mouth, thumping him every moment (out of love): So the true Guru keeps the disciple out of affection and love to Hari.
Pause.
0 my Earn, we are ignorant children of Hari, the Lord.
Blessed, blessed is the Guru, the Guru, the true Guru and master, by whom wc are instructed con- cerning Hari and made wise.
= 33T> ani is only a meaningless alliteration.
is a ludicrous corruption instead of 3R5T^t "ZT RAG GAURI, MAH. IV., SABD XIV. XV. (LII. LIII.)
(2). As in the sky turns about and flies the white-clothed (bird),1 Keeping its mind (thought) behind, in its heart continually remembering its young ones: So the true Guru, Hari, Hari has an affection for the disciple, the Guru keeps the disciple in his heart.
(3). As the pinchers,2 thirty (or) thirty-two (in number), preserve within the tongue of flesh and blood: — Does one think, that the flesh (=the tongue) is in the hand of the pinchers? all is subject to Hari. — So when men calumniate the saints, Hari protects the honour of his people.
(4). 0 brother, may not any one think, that anything is in the hand of any one, He does and causes it to be done.
Old age, death, fever, one-sided rheumatism in the face, imprecation, all are in the power of Hari, none (of these evils) can befall (a man), except when put on by Hari.
Meditate continually in (thy) mind and thought on this name of Hari, (says) humble Nanak, which at the end will emancipate (thee).3 Gauri bairagani; mahald IV. XIV. LII.
(1). By meeting with whom joy springs up in the heart, he is called the true Guru.
The duality of the mind is done away with, the highest station of Hari (= final emancipation) is obtained.
Pause.
My beloved true Guru, how shall he be met with?
I make obeisance every moment, my perfect Guru, how shall he be obtained?
(2). By Hari, out of mercy, my true, perfect Guru is joined (to the pious one).
The wish of the (pious) man is accomplished, having obtained the true, perfect Guru.
(3). Hari makes devotion firm, he hears devotion, if one meet with that true Guru. No deficiency at all takes place, the acquisition of Hari is continually made solid.
(4). In whose heart there is brightness (of understanding), (he entertains) no second love (=duality). Nanak (says): he is saved by meeting with that Guru, who makes (him) sing the qualities of Hari.
Gaufipurhi; mahald IV. XV. LIII.
(1). By Hari, the merciful Lord, mercy was bestowed (on me), in my mind, body and mouth I speak of Hari.
The colour of the disciple has become very deep, my jacket4 is steeped in the colour of Hari.
Pause.
I am the female slave of my Lord Hari* When my mind was reconciled with Hari, the whole world was given away (by me) as a valueless5 ball.
(2). Make discrimination, 0 pious brother, search (thy) heart and inquire well! The form of Hari is all light, Hari dwells near to all, Hari is with (them).
(3). Hari, Hari, the boundless, the inapprehensible divine male, dwells near the whole world.
2 The 5T3^, or pinchers, are the teeth.
4 ^<&Y, jacket, figuratively = heart, mind.
5 Hf^TFyt = *H must here be taken iu the sense of: without value = valueless.
RAG GAURI, HAH. IV., SABD XVI.-XVIII. (LIV.-LVI.)
Hari is made manifest by the perfect Guru, (my) head is (therefore) sold to the Guru. (4). 0 Hari, inside and outside of the creatures art thou! I have come to thy asylum, thou art the great, great divine male.
Humble Nanak sings day by day the excellences of Hari, having met with the true Guru, the Guru, the mediator.
Gauri purbl; mahala IV.
XVI. LIY.
(1). 0 Lord, 0 boundless life of the world, 0 Lord of the Universe, 0 divine male, the arranger (of all things)!
On which road thou sendest us, 0 Lord, on that road do we go.
Pause.
0 Ram, my mind is in love with Hari!
Having joined the society of the pious the relish of Ram is obtained (by me), in the delightful name of Hari I am absorbed.
(2). The name of Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari, is a medicine in (this) world, the name of Hari, Hari, Hari, is true.
All their sins and faults are done away with, who by means of the instruction of the Guru eat the juice of Hari.
(3). On whose forehead he writes the decree from the beginning, they are bathing in the pond of contentment, the Guru.
All their filth of foolishness is gone off, who are imbued with love to the name of Ram.
(4). 0 Ram, thou thyself, thou thyself art the Lord and master, like thee there is no other donor. (If) humble Nanak takes (thy) name, then he lives; Hari is muttered by the mercy of Hari.
Gauri purli; mahala IN.
XVII. LY.
(1). Bestow mercy (on me), 0 life of the world, 0 donor! my mind is absorbed with Hari.
By the true Guru the exceedingly pure word is communicated (to me), muttering Hari, Han, Hari, my heart brightens up.
Pause.
0 Ram, my heart and body are pierced by the true Hari!
By the mouth of which the whole world is devoured, (from that death) we are saved, 0 Hari, by the word of the true Guru.
(2). Those, who have no love to Hari, are Sakats, fools and ignorant men.
On them birth and death press very heavily, having died and died they are consumed in ordure.
(3). Thou art merciful, cherishing in (thy) asylum, may a gift be given to me, 0 Hari, I am be- seeching (thee)!
May I be made the slave (of) the slave (of) Hari, my mind dances and takes delight (in it).1 (4). The Lord himself is the great wholesale merchant, we are his retail-dealers.
My mind, body, life, all is thy stock, the wholesale merchant of humble Nanak is the Lord.
Gauri purli; mahala IY. XVIII. LVI.
(1). Thou art merciful, removing all pains, give ear and hear one petition (of mine)! Through whom, thou, 0 Lord Hari, art known, join to me that true Guru, my life!
1 fttfS = Sansk. f^fa, delight; srf^ 7TT% = SrfH e being merely an alliteration.
RAG GATJRI, MAH. IY., 8ABD XIX. XX. (LVII. LVIII.)
Pause.
0 Ram, by me the true Guru is minded as the Supreme Brahm.
1 am foolish, stupid, of an erring mifid, by means of the word of the Guru, the true Guru Hari is known by me.
(2). As many flavours and tastes as were seen by me, they are all distasteful insipidities.
The name of Hari is nectar juice, having met with the true Guru the sweet juice of sugar-cane1 was tasted (by me).
(3). "With whom the Guru, the true Guru, has not met, they are foolish and mad Sakats.
Their works are put down as mean from the beginning, (though) having seen the lamp (of truth) they are consumed by spiritual blindness.
(4). "Whom thou unitest (with thyself), 0 Hari, bestowing mercy (upon them), they are applied (by thee), 0 Hari, to the service of Hari.
Humble Nanak (says): muttering Hari, Hari, Hari they are manifest, by the instruction, by the instruction of the Guru they are absorbed in the name.
Gaurlpurbi; mahalaTV.
XIX. LVII.
(1). 0 my mind, that Lord is always near (to thee), say, whereto should one flee from Hari? Hari himself, the true Lord, pardons, (if) Hari himself releases, then one is emancipated.
Pause.
O my mind, mutter Hari, Hari! Hari should he muttered in the mind!
Flee to the asylum of the true Guru, 0 my mind, following the Guru, the true Guru one is emancipated.
(2). 0 my mind, serve that Lord, who is the giver of all comforts, by serving whom one dwells in his own house.
0 disciple, go and obtain thy own house! the sandal-dust of the praise of Hari should be rubbed in and impressed on the memory!
(3). 0 my mind, the praise of Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari is the highest (thing), having made the acquisition of Hari one rejoices in his mind.
(If) Hari, Hari himself, out of mercy bestows it, then the nectar-juice of Hari is tasted.
(4). 0 my mind, who cling to any other than the name (of Hari), they are Sakats and are pressed down by Yama.
^ Those are Sakats and thieves, by whom the name is forgotten, 0 heart, one should not go near them!
(5). 0 my mind, serve the inapprehensible, pure, divine male Hari, by serving whom the account is brought to an end.
Humble Nanak (says): who are made full by Hari, the Lord, (their) weight does not diminish a Hasa for one moment.3 Gaurl purll; mahala IV.
XX. LVIII.
(1). My life is in thy power, 0 Lord, my soul and body are all thine.
Bestow mercy (on me), 0 Hari, and show (me) (thy) sight, in my heart there is great desire (for thee).
2 The sense is: they remain full (fully united with the Supreme Being) and no more subjected to transmigration.
RAG GAURI, MAH. IV., SABD XXI. XXII. (LIX. LX.)
Pause.
In my heart and body there is a desire of meeting with Hari.
By the compassionate Guru, by the Guru some mercy was shown (to me), Hari, my Lord1 came and joined (me).
(2). The procedure, which is going on in my mind and thought, thou knowest, 0 Hari!
Day by day I mutter (thy) name, (that) I may obtain comfort, in (my) heart there is continually a desire for thee, 0 Hari!
(3). By the Guru, the true Guru, the way is shown (to me), Hari, my Lord, has come and joined (me). Daily joy has accrued to the very fortunate one, all the desire of (his) servant is accomplished.
(4). All is in the power of Hari, the Lord of the world, the King of the Universe, the creator. Humble Nanak has come to (thy) asylum, 0 Hari, keep the honour of thy servant!
Gauri purhi; mahala IV. XXI. LIX.
(1). This mind does not keep quiet a moment, it is of a versatile disposition, it runs about in the ten, ten directions (of the globe).
(If) by great luck the perfect Guru is obtained, by (whom) the mantra of Hari is given, the mind (becomes) sedate.
Pause.
0 Earn, we are called the slaves of the true Guru.
(2). On our forehead a mark is burnt in, we owe much debt to the Guru.2 Much assistance and meritorious work is done (by him), (we are) brought across3 the difficult water of existence (by him).
(3). "Who have in their heart no affection to Hari, (by them) false connexions are made. As paper is dissolved in water, so the fleshly-minded are dissolved in the womb.4 (4). "We know, (that) we know nothing; as Hari further on keeps us, so we stand.
We are erring and mistaken, 0 Guru, bestow mercy on us! humble Nanak (says): draw out the bad swimmer! 5 Gauri purhi; mahala IV. XXII. LX.
(1). With lust and wrath the town is much filled; a pious man having come there breaks (them) to pieces.
(If) by a former decree (of God) the Guru be obtained, he establishes in the district devotion to Hari in the heart.
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Make joining of the palms of the hands to the holy man, it is a great meritorious act! Make prostration (to him), it is a great meritorious act!
1 5*^; is a grammatical blunder (instead of 5faj), but that does not matter, if only the rhyme be kept up thereby (If^t— 5fcft).
2 WTT^J *TRT is the part, past of irfTOTT (v. intr.), to bear; S3rT-*Tfu^T, to owe a debt. The Sikh Granthis do not know what to make of it.
3 VHT^ (scil. > which is to be supplied here), instead of IfiTnt in order to keep up the rhyme with *n^- 3lf3 V3T@TCT> to bring across, to ferry over (\|d|GcM = t|^|QcM').
4 JT35T^ instead of for the sake of the rhyme.
0 Srr^ = oMfo, imperative, on account of the preceding imperative Mld'O ■ f, RAG GAU11I MAH. IV., SABD XXIII. XXIV. (LXI. LXII.)
(2). By,the Sakat the taste of the juice of Haii is not known, within him is the thorn of egotism. As he walks he is pricked (hy it), he incurs pain, he suffers death, on (his) head is the cluh (of Yama).
(3). The people of Hari are absorbed if? the name of Hari, Hari, they break the pains of birth and the fear of death.
The imperishable divine male, the Lord, is obtained (by them), in the world and the universe they have much lustre.
(4). We are poor and wretched, 0 Lord! protect, 0 Hari, thine own, thou art very great.
The name is the support and prop of humble Nanak, even in the name of Hari is the pith of comfort.1 Gauri purM; mahalalV, XXIII.2 LXI.
(1). In this fort ( = body) is Hari, Earn, the King, (but) the impudent one gets no taste (of him). (On whom) Hari, who is merciful to the poor, bestows his favour, (by him) Hari is tasted and seen by means of the word of the Guru.
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The praising of Earn Hari is (made) sweet by meditation on the Guru.
(2). Hari, the Supreme Brahm, is inapproachable, incomprehensible, the true Guru being found acts as mediator.3 To whom the words of the Guru are pleasant in (their) mind, to them I come and fall down before them.4 (3). The heart of the fleshly-minded one is exceedingly hard, within it is a black venomous snake.4 Though much milk may be given to drink to a snake, poison issues (from it), in the twinkling of an eye (the bitten man) swells up.6 (4). 0 Lord Hari, bring and join (to me) the holy Guru, (that), having rubbed (for the bite) as charm the word (of the Guru), I may take it in my mouth.7 (To) humble Nanak, the slave and servant of the Guru, the acid (becomes) sweet by clinging to the assembly (of the pious).
Gauri purbi; mahald IV. XXIY. LXII.
(1). For the sake of (obtaining) Hari (my) body is sold (by me) before the perfect Guru. By the true Guru the name is made firm (in him), (on whose) face and forehead a lucky lot (is written).
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0 beloved, by means of the instruction of the Guru devotion to Hari is stirred up.
2 This verse I laid before the assembled Granthis at Amritsar, but they could give me no explanation of it whatever.
4 *HTfe V3faT> having come, I fall down before them. IHjfaT on account of the rhyme = VT?5T- 5 The words ^ZJB oJcTtdl are very obscure. I suppose that c^VeTr is corrupted from the Hindi cfi^c^, a very venomous snake. This suits well the context.
6 <o&n^l; ^fe= <ofcT> ifl the twinkling of an eye. ^3 occurs in this sense twice more in the Granth. <g$f| Jf= <&#>3 I? is swelling (i.e. the bitten man). The final words are so effectually corrupted in this verse, that we can only translate them by conjecture.
31 RAG GAURI, MAH IV., SABD XXV. XXVI. (LXIII. LXIV.)
(2). Sporting in everybody Earn, the king, is contained (therein), by means of the word of the Guru devotion to the Guru (Ram) is stirred up.
I cut off mind and body, and give (them) to the Guru, (for) my error and fear are dispersed by the word of the Guru.
(3). Having brought a lamp he kindles it in darkness, by the knowledge (communicated by) the Guru devotion to the Guru (God) is raised.
Ignorance and darkness are totally destroyed, in the house (= one's own body) the thing (==the Supreme Being) is obtained, the mind becomes awake.
(4). The Sakats are killers, depending on the Maya, Yama begins to look out for them. They have not sold their head before the true Guru, the luckless ones come and go.
(5). Hear our supplication, 0 Lord, we ask for the protection of Hari the Lord.
The honour and reputation of humble Nanak is the Guru, (my) head is sold before the true Guru.
Gauri purli; mahald IV. XXY. LXIII.
(1). We are selfish, of a selfish and foolish mind, by meeting with the Guru (our) own self is done away.
The disease of egotism goes off, comfort is obtained, blessed, blessed is the Guru, Hari the king!
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