(2). Having adored the lotus of the foot of the Lord, By the remembrance of Hari my anxiety was effaced.
(3). When having given up all (others) I came helpless to the asylum of the One: Then the high place (of Hari) was easily obtained (by me).
(4). Pain, trouble, error and fear fled.
The creator, says Nanak, took up his abode in my heart.
Gauri; mahala V. LI. CXXI.
(1). Do service (with thy) hand, (with thy) tongue sing the praises (of Hari)! (With thy) feet run in the way of the Lord!
Pause.
(This is) the favourable time, (this is) the fit opportunity of remembering (Hari). By remembering the name thou wilt get safely over (every) fear.1 (2). With (thy) eyes behold the sight of the saints! Begard in (thy) heart the imperishable Lord!
(3). Go to the pious and hear his praise! He will efface (thy) fear of birth and death.
(4). Put the lotus-foot of the Lord in (thy) breast!
Save (thy human) body, which is hard to get, (from further transmigration)!
Gauri; mahala V.
LIL CXXII.
(1). On whom he bestows his own mercy: That man utters with his tongue the name.
1 "©3^*KT = GdfcTj *nou wu^ Set over> on account of the rhyme (TnftofT)- RAG GAURI, MAH. V., SABD LIII.-LV. (CXXIIL-CXXV.)
Pause.
By forgetting the name the pain of doubt enters (man). By remembering the name error and fear flee.
(2). Who hears the praise of Hari, who sings the praise of Hari: That man pain does not approach.
(3). The man who serves Hari is graceful. The fire of the Maya does not affect him.
(4). In (his) mind, body and mouth is the name of the merciful Hari. Nanak (says): other worldly cares are abandoned (by him).
Gaurl; mahala Y. LIII. CXXIIT.
(1). Giving up cleverness and much dexterity, I kept fast the perfect Guru.
Pause.
Pains become extinct having sung with pleasure the praises of Hari. The perfect Guru met (with me), having devoutly meditated (on Hari).
(2). The Guru gave (me) the mantra of the name of Hari. Cares were effaced, anxiety went off.
(3). Joys sprang up by meeting with the Guru, the merciful.
Bestowing his mercy (on me) the nooses of Yama were cut asunder (by him).
(4). Nanak says: (who) has obtained the perfect Guru: Him the Maya does not again overspread.
Qauri; mahala Y. LIY. CXXIY.
(1). (Thou wast) preserved by the perfect Guru himself. The fleshly-minded ones distress overtook.
Pause.
0 my friend, mutter the Guru, the Guru!
Thy face will become bright at the court (of Hari).
(2). Make the feet of the Guru dwell in thy heart! (Thy) pain, enemies and misfortune he will destroy.
(3). (If) the word of the Guru (be) with thee as a companion: All creatures become kind (to thee), 0 brother!
(4). When the perfect Guru bestowed his mercy (on me): 1 became fully satisfied,1 says Nanak.
Gaurl; mahala Y. LV. CXXY.
(1). Many relishes he enjoys like an ox.
The thief is bound by the rope of spiritual blindness.
Pause.
(Man) is a lifeless body if destitute of the society of the pious. He is coming and going, by the pain of the womb he is consumed.
1 \T<J^> s.ft fulness, satisfied state.
RAG GAURI, mah. v., SABD LVL— LVIIL (CXXVL— CXXVIII.)
(2). Many beautiful clothes are put on (by him).
(But they are like) a scare-crow in a field, (by which) (birds) are frightened away.1 (3). All other bodies are of (some) use.
(But) the human (body) is of no use, which does not mutter the name.
(4). Nanak says: to whom he became merciful: He, having joined the society of the pious, adores Gopal.
Gauri; mahala V. LVL CXXVL (1). In the Kali-yug troubles are removed by the word of the Guru. Coming and going is put a stop to, all comforts (are obtained).
Pause.
Pear is extinct, the fearless Hari is meditated upon.
In the society of the pious the excellences of Hari are sung.
(2). Who have put the lotus-feet in their heart: They are brought over the sea of fire by the Guru.
(3). Those, who were continually drowning, are drawn out by the perfect Guru. Those, who were broken through various births, are refitted again.
(4). Nanak says: I am devoted to that Guru, By meeting with whom my salvation was effected.
Gauri; mahala V. LVIL CXXVII.
(1). In the society of the pious fall on his asylum! Place (thy) heart and body before him!
Pause.
Drink the nectar- name, 0 my brother!
Eemembering, remembering (it) all heat (of passions) is extinguished.
(2) » Giving up conceit put a stop to birth and death! Pay reverence to the feet of the servants of Hari!
(3). At every breath think of the Lord in (thy) mind! Collect that wealth, which goes with (thee)!
(4). To him it accrues, on whose forehead the lot (is written). Nanak says: cling to his feet!
Gauri; mahala V. LVIIL CXXVIII.
(1). The dry ones are made green in a moment. Having got the sight of the nectar they are vivified.
Pause.
The afflictions are cut off by the perfect Guru, the God. On his worshipper his own worship is bestowed.
1 The words are very obscure and without a free rendering unintelligible. The literal translation runs: "as'by a scare-crow {£6M> *•/■) *n a neld it: is frightened."
RAG GrAURI, MAH. V., SABD LIX.-LXI. (CXXIX.-CXXXI.)
(2). Anxiety is effaced, the wish of the heart is accomplished.
By the true Guru, the ahode of (all) excellences, mercy is bestowed.
(3). Troubles fled, comforts settled (in the heart).
No delay intervened when they1 were ordered by the Guru.
(4). Their desire was attained, they met with the perfect Guru. Nanak (says): those men have borne good fruit.
Gaurl; mahala V. LIX. CXXIX.
(1). The turmoils are passed, tranquillity has set in from the Lord. Coolness has sprung up, by the Lord (this) gift is given.
Pause.
By the mercy of the Lord they became happy.
Those, who were separated through many births, are united (with the Lord).
(2). By remembering, by remembering the name of the Lord, The place of all diseases is destroyed.
(3). With natural ease he utters the praise of Hari, Who remembers the Lord through the eight watches.
(4). Pain and trouble and Tama do not come near (him), Who sings the praises of Hari, says Nanak.
Gaurl; mahala Y. LX. CXXX.
(1). 0 blessed day, 0 blessed event, By which the supreme, unfettered Brahm was met with.
Pause.
I devote myself to tnat time, In which my mind mutters the name of Hari.
(2). Fruitful are those forty-eight minutes, fruitful those twenty-four minutes, In which my tongue utters: Hari, Hari!
(3). Fruitful is that forehead, by means of which I shall pay reverence to the saints. Pure is that foot, that walks in the way of Hari.
(4). Nanak says: blessed is my destiny, By reason of which the feet of the pious were met with.
Gaurl; mahala Y.
LXI. CXXXI.
(1). Keep the word of the Guru in thy mind! Remembering the name all anxiety departs.
Pause.
Without the Lord there is none other. He alone kills and preserves.
1 tTT 3rf<J TSUHI id > when they (Le. the Jffcf, the comforts) were ordered to come.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., SABD LXIL— LXIV. (CXXXII.— CXXXIV.)
(2). Put the feet of the Guru in (thy) heart and breast! The ocean of fire thou wilt cross muttering (the name).
(3). Direct (thy) meditation on the form of the Guru! Here and there thou wilt obtain honour.
(4). Who having given up every (thing) comes to the asylum of the Guru: His anxieties are removed, he obtains happiness, (says) Nanak.
Gauri; maliala V. LXII. CXXXII.
(1). By remembering whom all pain passes off, (And) the jewel of the name comes and dwells in the mind: Pause.
Mutter, 0 my heart, the praise of (that) Govind! The tongue of the pious praises Earn.1 (2). Without the One there is none other, By whose favourable look comfort is always obtained.
(3). Make the One thy friend, acquaintance and companion! The word "Hari, Hari," write in thy heart!
(4). The Lord is contained everywhere. Nanak sings the praises of the inward governor.
Gauri; mahala V. LXIIL CXXXIII.
(1). The whole world is sunk in fear.
He has no fear, whose support is the name.
Pause.
Tear cannot enter thy asylum.
What is pleasing to thee, that (thou art) doing.
(2). There is grief and joy in coming and going.
Ey that comfort is obtained, what is pleasing to the Lord.
(3). The Maya enters the great ocean of fire.
They are cool (composed), who obtain the true Guru.
(4). Keep me. 0 Lord, the preserver!
Nanak says: what (can) the helpless creature do?
Gauri; mahala V. LXIY. CXXXIV.
(1). By thy mercy the name is muttered.
By thy mercy a place (is obtained) at (thy) threshold.
Pause.
Without thee, 0 Supreme Erahm, there is none other. Ey thy mercy comfort is always obtained.
The words of this line must be constructed thus: JTR 3^ d+1Al TR ^*fl%- BAG GATJRI, MAH. V., SABD LXV.— LXVII. (CXXXV.— CXXXYII.)
(2). (If) thou dwellest in the heart, no pain befalls (it).
By thy mercy suspense and fear flee.
(&). 0 Supreme Brahm, 0 boundless Lord!
(Thou art) the inward governor of all bodies.
(4). I offer (this) supplication to my own true Guru: May the name, the true capital, be given (to me), (says) Nanak.
Gauri; mahala V. LXV. CXXXV.
(1). Like empty husks without a grain: So are (those) empty, (whose) mouth is devoid of the name.
Pause.
Mutter the name of Hari, Hari, 0 man!
Woe to (thy) body void of the name and being another's!
(2). Without the name there is no good lot on the face. "Without the husband there is no happy married state.
(3). Who, having forgotten the name, takes to another enjoyment: None of his desires will be accomplished.
(4). 0 Lord, bestow on me thy own mercy and gift, (That) Nanak may mutter the name day and night.
Gauri; mahala V. LXVI. CXXXVI.
(1). Thou art powerful, thou art my Lord. All is from thee, thou art the inward governor.
Pause.
Thou, 0 supreme, omnipresent Brahm (art) the shelter of thy servants. In thy asylum are crores of thy servants saved.
(2). All creatures, as many as there are, are thine. By thy mercy many comforts (are obtained).
(3). Whatever exists, all is thy decree.1 Who comprehends (thy) order, he is absorbed in the True one.
(4). 0 Lord, in mercy bestow (on me) (this) gift, That Nanak may remember the name (containing) the (nine) treasures.
Gauri; mahala V.
LXVII. CXXXYII.
(1). (That) very fortunate man obtains his sight, Who devoutly meditates on the name of Bam.
Pause.
In whose heart Hari dwells: Him no pain (befalls) even in a dream.
1 i.e. exists by thy decree.
RAG GAUJ1I, MAH. V., SABD LXVIIL— LXX. (CXXXVIII.-CXL.)
(2). All treasures are laid up in (his) people. In their society sins and pains depart.
(3). The greatness of (his) people cajinot be told, (His) people are ahsorhed in the Supreme Brahm.
(4). May in mercy my petition be heard, 0 Lord! May the dust of (thy) slave be given to Nanak!
Gauri; mahala V. LXVIIL CXXXVIIL (1). By remembering Hari thy calamity goes off. All welfare comes and dwells in thy mind.
Pause.
Adore, 0 my heart, the one name! It will he of use to thy soul.
(2). Night and day sing the excellences of the endless one! The mantra of the perfect Guru is spotless.
(3). Give up shifts, hold fast the One!
Taste the nectar-juice, the great excellent thing!
(4). The difficult ocean (of existence) those people cross: On whom he bestows a favourable look, says Nanak.
Gauri; mahala V. LXIX. CXXXIX.
(1). Who put the lotus feet of the Lord in their heart: They, having met with the perfect true Guru, are saved.
Pause.
Sing the praises of Govind, 0 my brother!
Having met with the pious meditate on the name of Hari!
(2). The (human) body, which is hard to get, becomes approved of. From the true Guru attention to the name is obtained.
(3). By remembering Hari the perfect degree1 is attained. In the society of the pious fear and error are effaced.
(4). Wherever I see, there he {i.e. Hari) is contained. Nanak, the slave, is in the asylum of Hari.
Gauri; mahala V.
LXX. CXL.
(1). I sacrifice myself to the sight of the Guru. Continually muttering the name of the true Guru I live.
Pause, 0 Supreme Brahm, 0 perfect Gur-dev!
Bestow mercy (on me), (that) I may apply myself to thy service.
3 "VHJTS the perfect degree = final emancipation.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., SABD LXXL— LXXIII. (CXLI.— CXLIII.)
(2). The lotus-feet (of Hari) I put in (my) heart and breast.
(My) heart, body and wealth are the Guru's, who is sustaining (my) life.
(3). (His) life becomes fruitful and approved of: Who considers the Guru, the Supreme Brahm (as being) near.
(4). The dust of the saints is obtained by the very fortunate.
Nanak (says): by meeting with the Guru devout meditation on Hari is made.
Gauri; mahala V. LXXL CXLI.
(1). He does wicked works and shows (outwardly) other ones (i.e. good ones). (But) at the threshold of Earn the thief is bound.
Pause.
"Who utters: Earn! he is a devotee of Earn.1 In water, earth and on the surface of the earth the One is contained.
(2). In his heart is poison, (but) with his mouth he utters nectar. In the city of Tama he is bound and struck in his face.
(3). "Within the screen (= secretly) he practises many passions. (But) in a moment he will become manifest in the world.
(4). Who inwardly is delighted with the true name: To him, (says) Nanak, the ordainer (of all things) is merciful.
Gauri; mahala V. LXXII. CXLII.
(1). The colour of Earn never goes off (from him): Whom the perfect Guru instructs.
Pause.
The mind that is steeped in the colour of Hari is true.
The Spirit, the ordainer (of all things), is filling in the red colour.
(2). Who, sitting in the society of the saints, sings his excellences: His colour does not go off.
(3). Without remembering Hari no happiness is obtained. All the other relishes of the Maya are insipid.
(4). Those, who were coloured by the Guru, became happy. Nanak says: (to whom) the Guru became compassionate.
Gauri; mahala V. LXXIII. CXLIII.
(1). By remembering the Lord sins flee away, Happiness, tranquillity and joy settle (in the heart).
Pause.
The people of Earn have faith in Earn.
By muttering the name all anxiety is done away.
1 TTHTOT OcTWT^T)* a devotee of Ram, uttering continually: Ram, Ram I They are now known for their impure practices.
BAG XUUgl, MAE. V., SABD LXXIV.— LXXVI. (CXLIV.— CXLVI.)
(2). In the society of the pious there is no fear nor doubtfulness.1 The praises of Gopal are sung day and night.
(3). The fetters are broken by the J,ord out of mercy. The protection of the lotus-foot is given to them.
(4). Nanak says: in their mind clear apprehension (of truth) is made. His servants continually drink (= enjoy) spotless renown.2 Gauri; mahala V. LXXIY. CXLIV.
(1). Whose mind is fixed on the feet of Hari: His pain, trouble and doubt flee away.
Pause.
Who is dealing in the wealth of Hari, he is perfect. Whom he {i.e. Hari) cherishes, that man is a hero.
(2). To whom the Lord became compassionate: Those men cling to the feet of the Guru.
(3). (They enjoy) happiness, tranquillity, quiet and joy. Continually muttering the supreme bliss (=the Lord) they live.
(4). The capital of the name is acquired in the society of the pious. ]Nanak says: by the Lord (their) affliction is cut off.
Gauri; mahala V. LXXV. CXLV.
(1). Ey remembering Hari all troubles are effaced. The lotus-feet enter the heart.
Pause.
Utter the name of Earn a hundred thousand times! Thou wilt drink nectar-juice by love to the Lord.3 (2). There is comfort, tranquillity, enjoyment and great happiness. Continually muttering the supreme bliss (= the Lord) they live.
(3). Lust, wrath, covetousness and passion are removed. In the society of the pious all blemishes are washed away.
(4). Bestow mercy, 0 Lord, who art compassionate to the poor! May to Nanak the dust of the pious be given!
Gauri; mahala V. LXXVI. CXLVI.
(1). Whose gifts one puts on and eats: How is indolence towards him becoming, 0 mother?
1 3373^ = Sansk. ^Tf5tT, final i being lengthened on account of the rhyme and medial n assimilated to t* 1 {*m{J-!Q signifies in Sanskrit also "water," but this meaning is uncommon and does not fit the context.
3 "V£3 fi-PHTift; fV^HTtft" cannot be here the feminine of f\(7HTHT> but must be taken as ablative of fipXTJ' fina* short t being lengthened on account of the rhyme.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., SABD LXXVII. LXXVIII. (CXLVII. CXLVIII.)
Pause.
"Who, having forgotten the Lord, sticks to another work: He gives away a gem for a shell.
(2). Forsaking the Lord he takes to other objects of desire.
Iu paying obeisance to the slave how (shall) lustre (be obtained)?
(3). He enjoys nectar-juice, food and drink.
By whom they are given, him the dog does not know.
(4). Nanak says: we are untrue to our salt (= ungrateful). Pardon us, 0 Lord, thou inward governor!
Gauri; mahald V. LXXVII. CXLVII.
(1). Meditation iu the mind (on) the feet of the Lord Is (equal to) bathing and ablution at all Tirthas.
Pause.
By remembering Hari every day, 0 my brother! The filth of crores of births goes off.
(2). By whom the report about Hari is fixed in his heart: He gets all the fruits, his mind is desiring.
(3). (His) life and death and birth are approved of: In whose heart the Lord dwells.
(4). Nanak says: those men are perfect, Whose lot is the dust of the pious.
Gauri; mahald V. LXXVIII. CXLVIII.
(1). Who is eating and putting on clothes and denies it: 1 Him the messenger of Dharm-rai (Yama) overpowers.
Pause.
Who turns away his face from him, by whom soul and body are given: He wanders through crores of births and many wombs.
(2). This is the manner of the Sakat: Whatever he does, all is perverse.
(3). By whom soul and life, mind and body are sustained: That Lord is forgotten from (his) mind.
(4). Many papers are written (with reference to) the destruction of the passions.2 Nanak (says): deliverance (is obtained from) the ocean of mercy and happiness.
Pause.
0 Supreme Brahm, (I am) in thy asylum.
(Whose) bonds thou cuttest, he crosses by means of the name of Hari.
1 VfZfd Vlfe, denies it, i.e. that all is the gift of God.
2 *Ep? fa* Td; ^ must here be taken as substantive (Tp?T = ^V)> destruction.
RAG GrAXJRI, MAH. V., SABD LXXIX.— LXXXI. (CXLIX.— CLI.)
Gauri; mahala V. LXXIX. CXLIX.
(1). According to his own desire he*was made (my) friend: (By whom) all wishes and the post of final emancipation are given.
Pause.
Every one should make such a one his friend: By whom nobody is disappointed.
(2). According to his own liking he was put into (my) heart: By whom all pains, troubles and diseases are severed.
(3). (My) tongue became accustomed to say r Earn! All (my) works are accomplished (thereby).
(4). Many times Nanak is a sacrifice. The sight of my Govind is fruitful.
Gauri; mahala Y. LXXX. CL.
(1). Crores of obstacles are done away in a moment, (If) in the society of the pious one proclaims the story of Hari, Hari.
Pause.
(Who is) drinking the juice of Earn, (the recital) of whose excellences is nectar: His hunger is taken away by attending to the feet of Hari.
(2). He has all welfare, comfort, tranquillity and treasures: In whose heart the Lord dwells.
(3). Medicine, charms and spells are all ashes. Hold fast the creator in thy heart!
(4). (If) abandoning all doubts the Supreme Brahm is adored: This is, says Nanak, a virtue that will last for ever.
Gauri; mahala V. LXXXI. CLI.
(1). (With whom) that Guru meets, bestowing mercy (on him): Him no disease overtakes and enters.1 Pause.
Who is uttering: Earn! crosses the ocean of fear.
In the asylum of (this) hero the papers of Tama are torn to pieces.
(2). By the true Guru the mantra of the name of Hari is given. By taking this the affairs (of a man) are accomplished.2 (3). Eecitation (of the name), austerity, control of the senses, perfect greatness (obtains he) (To whom) the compassionate Guru Hari has become a helper.
(4). Conceit, illusion, error, are removed by the Guru.
He sees the Supreme Brahm spread out (everywhere), (says) Nanak.
1 TTfe, past part. conj. from TT?5^T (v.a.), to go round and get before = to overtake.
2 *HT*TcT (= Sansk. -4||*J|V)> taking, laying hold of.
RAG GAURI, mah. v., SABD LXXXII.— LXXXIV. (CLIL— CLIV.)
Gauri; mahala V. LXXXII. CLIL (1). He is heavily blind by being filled with worldly affairs.
It is painful to him, (if one) remind (him) of the name of 11am!
Pause, Even thou art greatness to thy servant.
Him, who is sunk in the Maya, thou marchest off to hell.
(2). Seized by sickness he remembers the name.
(But) he who is intoxicated with poison, (finds) no place nor spot (of rest).
(3). Who is in love with the lotus-feet: He does not think of other pleasures.
(4). I will continually remember the Lord. Join Nanak, 0 Hari, the inward governor!
Gauri; mahala V. LXXXIIL CLIII.
(1). The eight watches the highway robbers1 (were) (my) companions. They were mercifully removed by the Lord.
Pause.
Such a taste of Hari every one should enjoy. Every inclination of the mind that Lord is fulfilling.
(2). Over the very hot ocean of the world The Lord is ferrying in a moment.
(3). The many fetters cannot be broken.
(But) by remembering the name one gets the fruit of final emancipation.
(4). By contrivance and dexterity nothing (is effected) by this one (= by me). (If) he bestow his mercy (on me), Nanak sings his praises.
Gauri; mahala V. LXXXIV. CLIV.
(1). (Who) has obtained as capital the name of Hari: He passes through the world, all his affairs are accomplished.
Pause.
By him, whose lot is great, the praise of Hari is sung. 0 Supreme Brahm, if thou give it, then it is obtained.
(2). Hold fast the feet of Hari in thy heart and breast! Eising thou wilt pass over the ocean of existence.
(3). Every one should acquire the society of the pious.
(He will) always (enjoy) welfare, pain will not again affect him.
(4). With love and devotion adore the abode of (all) virtues (= God)! Nanak (says): at (his) threshold honour will be obtained.
1 The *4<t<Sl3 or highway robbers are the five: STR> *£3> *}*J, VFTOTB.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., SABD LXXXV.— LXXXVII. (CLV.— CLVII.)
Qauri; mahala V. LXXXV. CLV.
(1). In water, earth and on the face of the earth is Hari, the friend, omnipresent. Doubts are (thereby) done away, his excellences are continually sung.
Pause.
In rising and sleeping Hari is a watchman with (me), Eemembering whom there is no fear1 of Yama.
(2). The lotus-feet of the Lord are dwelling in (my) heart. Every pain is (thereby) effaced.
(3). (My) hope, trust and wealth is the One.
In (my) heart I rely on the wholesale merchant.
(4). The very humble and friendless pious people Are protected by the Lord, holding out his hand to them.
Gaurt; mahala V. LXXXVI. CLYI.
(1). Having made ablution in the name of Hari they (are) pure.
(They get thereby) crores of meritorious deeds done at an eclipse, many fruits (of their good works).3 Pause.
If the feet of Hari dwell in the heart: The blemishes of many births pass away.
(2). As reward for praising Hari in the society of the pious (this) is obtained: (That) the road of Tama does not come into sight.
(3). (Whose) support Grovind is in mind, word and deed: Erom him the world, the baneful thing, recedes.
(4). "Who in mercy is made his own by Hari: He, (says) Nanak, is muttering (the name), he is muttering Hari.
Gaurl; mahala V. LXXXVII. CLVII.
(1). Fall on (his) asylum! by whom Hari is known: (Their) mind and body become cool, being attached to the feet of Hari.
Pause.
Who do not settle in their heart the Lord, the destroyer of fear: They pass in continual alarm through many births.
(2). In whose heart the name of Hari dwells: All his designs and affairs are accomplished.
(3). In whose power birth, old age and death are: That powerful (Lord) remember at (every) breath and morsel!
1 qJcPHT = q5U> s'm- fear> on account of the rhyme.
2 The sense is: bathing in the name of Hari = muttering the name of Hari, is equal to crores of meritorious orks done at an eclipse, which bring in many fruits (rewards). At a 3J^Jc5 or eclipse it is very meritorious give alms, etc.
36 2 RAG GAURI, MAH. V., SABD LXXXVIII.-XC. (CLVIII.— CLX.)
(4). (My) friend, sweetheart and companion is the one Lord. The name of the Lord is the support of Nanak.
Gauri; mahala V. LXXXVI1I. CLVIII.
(1). Outside (the house) he is kept fast (by me) remembering (him) in (my) heart. (We) return home taking Govind with (us).
Pause.
The name of Hari, Hari (goes) with the saints. (Their) mind and body are imbued with love to Earn.
(2). By the favour of the Guru the ocean (of existence) is crossed. All the impurities of the (former) births are removed.
(3). The remembrance of the name of the Lord (brings in) lustre. The mantra of the perfect Guru is pure.
(4). In (my) heart (there is) attentive regard to the lotus-feet. Nanak lives by seeing (their) splendour.
Gauri; mahala Y. LXXXIX. CLIX.
(1). Blessed is that place, where the praises of Govind are sung. Welfare and happiness are made to dwell (there) by the Lord himself.
Pause, Calamity is there, where Hari is not remembered.
Crores of joys are there, where they sing the excellences of Hari.
(2). By forgetting Hari many troubles and diseases (set in). (Where) the Lord is served, Tama does not come near.
(3). That is a very blessed, immovable place: Where only the name of the Lord is muttered.
(4). Wherever I go,1 there my Lord is with (me). With Nanak the inward governor is united.
Gauri; mahala V. XC. CLX.
(1). The man that meditates on Govind: Be he learned (or) unlearned, attains the highest state (= Pause.
Eemember Gopal in the society of the pious! Without the name wealth and property are (but) false ( (2). That man is handsome, clever and intelligent: By whom the decree of the Lord is heeded.
(3). In the world that (man) is approved of: Who knows his Lord (as being) in everybody.
1 tTTT THlfWh literally: "wherever it is gone."
= final emancipation).
= useless).
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., SABD XCL— XCIII. (CLXL— CLXIII.)
(4). Nanak says: whose lot is perfect: His mind is fixed on the feet of Hari.
* Gauri,* mahala Y. XCI. CLXL Pause.
The Sakat does not keep company with the servant of Hari. That one is worldly-minded, this one has love to Ram.
(1). Like as one,1 who rides (only) in his thoughts, dresses out a mare. Like as a eunuch causes a woman to be brought to him.2 (2). (Like as) one, putting a rope on an ox, causes it to be milked. (Like as) one, being mounted on a cow, runs after a lion.
(3). (Like as) one, taking a jenny-ass3 and considering her as the cow, that grants all desires, worships her.
(Like as) one runs after traffic without a capital.
(4). Nanak (says): mutter the name of Ram in thy mind! Remember the Lord Hari, he is (thy) friend.
Gauri; mahala Y. XCIL CLXII.
(1). That is called a pure mind and firm: "Which drinks the elixir of Ram, 0 brother!
Pause.
By making the feet of Hari (one's) support in the heart: Release is effected from birth and death.
(2). That body is spotless, from which no sin springs. By love to Ram it is of pure dignity.
(3). In the society of the pious the passions are extinguished. Higher than all is this assistance (of the pious).
(4). Who are imbued with love and affection to Gropal: The dust of (those) pious men Nanak asks.
Gauri; mahala Y.
XCIII. CLXIII.
(1). In whom such an affection to Gopal has sprung up: Those men of a full great lot are united (with him).
Pause.
As a wife is happy seeing her husband: So the people of Hari live by remembering the name.
1 The following lines are meant to show the incongruity of the friendship of the servant of Hari and the Sakat. To make the sense clear, there must be supplied: their company or friendship is as incongruous as if one, etc.
2 VOTcJTST = TJtJlOcM ) to cause to arrive, to- be brought.
3 <n"I3cJ> s*f* here jenny-ass (= ^(3\) 5 ^ may also signify: sheep, which does not suit the context here.
KAG GrATJRI, MAH. V., SABD XCIV.-XCVI. (CLXIV.— CLXVI.)
(2). As a mother lives seeing (her) son: So are the people of Hari thoroughly in love with him.
(3). (As) the covetous one is happy seeing wealth (coming in): (So) the mind of the pious is fixed on the lotus-feet.
(4). May not a bit be forgotten the liberal donor! The Lord of Nanak is the soul's support.
Gaurl; mahala V. XCIY. CLXIV. Pause.
Those men, who are accustomed to the elixir of Earn: Are imbued with love and affection to the lotus-feet.
(1). All other juices appear as ashes. "Without the name the world is devoid of fruit.
(2). From the blind well 1 they are drawn out by himself. The qualities of Gopal are of wonderful majesty.
(3). In tree and grass and in the three worlds Gopal is omnipresent. The creatures are the expansion of Erahm; the merciful is with (them).
(4). "Nanak says: this is the best tale, Which the creator approves of.
Gaurl; mahala V. XCY. CLXV. Pause, Continually ablution in the pond of Earn should be made! Stirring up the great juice the nectar of Hari should be drunk!
(1). The name of Govind is a pure water.
Who bathes therein, all (his) affairs are accomplished.
(2). If approval2 of the saints and conversation with (them) be made: One clears away the blemishes of crores of births.
(3). (Who) remembers the pious, he is happy.
In his mind and body the highest bliss (=the Supreme) is contained.
(4). To whose lot the treasures of the feet of Hari fall: To him Nanak, the slave, sacrifices himself.
Gaurl; mahala V.
XCYI. CLXVI. Pause.
Do that by which no dirt will stick to thee I In the praise of Hari this mind should wake!
(1). Eemember the One (and do not entertain) a second love!
1 W*7?V> a blind well, the mouth of which is covered and into which people fall unawares.
2 3TF> s.m. (Marathi still r{^), approval, agreement. But the word is not of Persian origin, it is derived from the same source as the Sindtri ^fT, concord.
In the society of the saints mutter the name alone!
(2). (He performs) religious works, observances, vows, and worship: Who does not know another besides the Supreme Brahm.
(3). His toil has come to an end: "Whose affection rests with his own Lord.
(4). That Vaishnava (devotee) is boundless (Supreme): By whom (his) passions are abandoned, says Nanak.
Gauri; mahala V. XCVII. CLXVII.
(1). Whilst living the fools give (him) up.1 Has any one after his death been benefitted (by him)?
Pause.
Eemember Govind in (thy) heart and body, (this is) written (for thee) from the beginning. The material world is not of any use (to thee).