(8). Nanak (flees) to thy asylum, 0 Lord! (thy) servant has come to thy gate.
Gauri; mahald V. XV. XLIV.
(1). Being given to pleasures and to the enjoyment of the world (I am) blind and ignorant.
Pause.
I amass, I acquire (wealth); (thus) my whole life is spent.
(2). I am a hero, I am foremost, no one is equal to me.
(3). Who is youthful, of good conduct 1 and of good family, he hecomes proud in his heart.
1 *>TOTH = *HOTcJ^5; the affix ^3 (as in vTq<^5) must also be added to IHtTTJ- KAGr GAURI, MAH. L, CHANT I.
(4). By which (matter) the man of child-like understanding is entangled,1 that is not forgotten at the hour of death.
(5). Brothers, friends, relations, companions, (who remain) hehind, to them he entrusts himself.2 (6). To which predominant inclination the mind clings, that becomes manifest at the end.
(7). Egotism, practising pure works, is hound by this bond.
(8). 0 merciful Supreme Spirit, bestow mercy (on me)! Nanak is the slave of slaves.
Om! The true name is the creator, the divine male. By the favour of the Guru!
EAGU GAUEI PURBI; CHANT; MAHALA T. I.
(1). The young woman is distressed by night, 0 dear, she finds no sleep.
That woman (becomes) feeble, 0 dear, that is grieving about her beloved (husband).
The woman has become feeble by grieving about her beloved, how shall she see with her eyes?
Ornaments, sweet tastes, fruition of enjoyments, all is vain, it is of no account whatever.
Eeplete and drunk with youth, dissolved by pride, no milk comes to her breast.
Nanak (says): that woman comes to union (with her beloved),3 who without the beloved gets no sleep.
(2). The woman is honourless without her beloved Lord.
How shall she obtain happiness without keeping him in her breast? Without her Lord no family-life is (possible); ask (thy) friends and companions! Without the name there is no affection nor love, in the True one she dwells happy. The true friend is joined by contentment in the heart, by the instruction of the Guru the bride- groom is known.
Nanak (says): the woman, that does not give up the name, is naturally absorbed in the name.
(3). Join me, my friend and companion! we will enjoy our beloved!
Having asked the Guru I will write a message of love (to him) by the word (of the Guru), 0 dear! The true word is shown by the Guru, the fleshly-minded one repents (for not having attended to it). (The mind) 4 that is roaming about, remains firm, when the True one is known. By thinking of the True one (the mind) is always fresh, by love to the word (of the Guru), young.5 Nanak (says): by his favourable look true tranquillity (of mind) (is obtained); join me, 0 friend and companion!
(4). My desire is fulfilled, 0 dear, my sweetheart has come to my house. The woman having met with (her) bridegroom sings a song of joy.
She sings (his) excellences (and) a song of joy, by (his) love she is happy, in the heart of the young woman is excessive joy.
1 The Lahore lithographed copy reads: 'ETHT T^fa SFf > another MS. reads: TpJ TrftT oFT, which gives no sense. Another MS. reads: WT&> ^(m^ l> which must be taken as an adjective (of a new formation): having the understanding of a child. The various readings show, that the Sikhs no longer understand the passage.
2 Tpin7*t> *°r tne sa^e °^ tne,'hyme, instead of Tflf (7TT> as the subject is masculine.
3 f^T© f*i*6lliY= f^TWlty, Loc. of filWlQ, to be united to union.
4 No subject is hinted at, as usual with Nanak, but according to the context is very likely to be supplied.
5 No subject, nor any grammatical relation is indicated in this line, the translation can therefore only be made by conjecture.
RAG GAURI, MAH. I., fiHANT II.; MAH. III., CHANT I. (III.)
The sweetheart is pleased, the wicked ones 1 are absorbed, by muttering the True one the True one is obtained.
Joining her hands that woman makes supplication, who day and night is steeped in love (to her sweetheart).
Kanak (says): the beloved and the woman dally (with each other); my desire is fulfilled.
Gauri; Chant; malialaY. II.
(1). Hear, 0 husband, 0 Lord, I am alone in the wood!
How shall I he composed without (my) husband, 0 Lord, that heedest no person?
The woman cannot remain without her Lord, the night (hecomes) very troublesome (to her).
She finds no sleep, (for) love pleases (her); hear my supplication!
Without her heloved she thinks of none, (being left) alone she weeps.
Nanak (says): that woman comes to union (with her heloved), who without the beloved suffers pain.
(2). Who shall take her (to himself), who is given up hy the heloved?
With love and affection she falls in, 0 dear, (if) she he inclined to the word (of the Guru). (If) she be inclined to the word, she obtains honour, the lamp (of the word) hrightens up (her) body. Hear, 0 friend and companion, she is happy in the True one, (who) remembers the excellences of the True one.
If she is united by the true Guru, then she is enjoyed by the beloved, she is happy hy the nectar- speech (of the Guru).
Nanak (says): that woman enjoys her beloved, who is pleasing to his mind.
(3). Who is immersed in the fascinating Maya, 0 dear, she is carried away hy guileful falsehood. How shall the rope on (her) neck be opened without the very dear Guru, 0 dear?
Who in love and affection to Hari reflects on the word, hers he (i.e. Hari) hecomes. Meritorious actions, alms, many ablutions, how should they wash away the inward filthiness? Without the name no one ohtains salvation by obstinacy and tenacity in a desert.2 Nanak (says): the true house is known by means of the word (of the Guru), how should duality know the palace (of Hari)?
(4). Thy name is true, 0 Lord, the word (of the Guru) is the true object of reflection. Thy palace is true, 0 Lord, (thy) name is true traffic.
The traffic of the name is sweet, by devotion gain is daily (acquired).
Without this (name) no wares are seen,' take the name every moment!
Examine the account with a true look, hy a perfect destiny it (i.e. the name) is obtained.
Nanak (says): the name is a great sweet flavour; from the perfect Guru the True one is obtained.
EAGTT GAUEI PTJEEI; CHANT; MAHAL A. III. Om! the true name is the creator, the divine male. Ey the favour of the Guru! I. III.
(1). That woman makes supplication, 0 dear, who remembers the excellences of Hari. Not a moment she can remain, 0 dear, without the beloved Hari.
Without the beloved Hari she cannot remain, without the Guru the palace (of Hari) is not obtained.
2 The sense is: by practising austerities with tenacity in a desert (tj |cM — Pers. ^jl^Lj).
3 The sense is: without this name all other wares or goods are but false.
RAG GAU^I, MAH. III., CHANT II. (IV.)
(If), what the Guru says, that be done, the fire of thirst is quenched.
That Hari is true, without him there is none other, without serving him no comforts are obtained. Nanak (says): that woman comes to^xnion (with him), whom he himself unites (with himself).
(2). 0 blessed and delightful night, (in which) she applies her mind to Hari!
(If) she serve the true Guru and bestow love (on him), 0 dear, he removes from within her own self. She removes from within her own self, she sings the excellences of Hari, daily she entertains love (to him).
Hear, 0 my friend and companion, friend of my heart! by the word of the Guru she is absorbed (in Hari). (If) she recite mentally the excellences of Hari, she is dear to her beloved, (if) she has love to the name. Nanak (says): that woman is dear to her Lord, (who wears) on her neck (as) necklace the name of Earn.
(3). The woman is solitary, 0 dear, without her beloved Lord.
By second love she is wretched, 0 dear, without the word of the Guru she is disfigured.1 "Who without the beloved word crosses (the ocean), which is hard to cross? by the infatuation of the Maya she is ruined.
Spoiled by falsehood she is turned off by her beloved; that woman does not obtain the palace (of Hari). Who is attached to the word of the Guru, is naturally intoxicated (with love), day by day she remains absorbed (in Hari).
Nanak(says): the woman that is always imbued with love (to Hari), Hari himself unites (with himself).
(4). Then union is brought about, if Hari unite (to himself); without Hari who will bring about union? Without one's own beloved Guru, 0 dear, who will put a stop to doubt?
The Guru puts a stop to doubt, thus union is brought about, 0 mother! then that woman obtains happiness.
Without service to the Guru (there is) horrible darkness, without the Guru she does not find the (right) path.
The woman, that is imbued with love (to Hari), is naturally intoxicated by reflecting on the word of the Guru.
Nanak (says): the woman obtains Hari as her husband by love and affection to the Guru.
Gauri; mahala III. II. IY.
(1). Without (my) beloved (I am) quite wretched, 0 dear, how shall I live without my beloved, 0 my mother?
Without the beloved I find no sleep, 0 dear, the clothes do not fit (my) body. The clothes fit the body, when they please the beloved, (and) the mind is applied (to him) by the instruction of the Guru.
She is always a happy married woman, who serves the true Guru, and is absorbed in the bosom of the Guru.
(If) the Guru by (his) word unite2 (her with the beloved), then she enjoys the beloved, in (tbis world the name (only) is (true) gain.
Nanak (says): (that) woman is dear to the Lord, who mentally recites the excellences of Hari.
(2). That woman enjoys pleasures, 0 dear, (who is) with her own beloved.
Day and night she is immersed in pleasure, 0 dear, reflecting on the word of the Guru. She reflects on the word of the Guru (and) destroys (thereby) her egotism (= individuality); in this wise she is united with her beloved.
2 The Lahore lithographed copy reads: 5fc5T, which gives no proper sense. The MS. (2483) reads Jj%, which suits well the context.
RAG GAURI, MAH. III., CHANT III. (V.)
That is always a happy married woman and in high glee, (who is) attached to the true name. If she remain united with her own Guru, nectar is received, she destroys and removes her duality. Nanak (says): the woman, ivho obtains Hari (as) her husband, forgets all her troubles.
(3). The woman, (that) has strayed away from her beloved by reason of affection and fondness to the Maya, 0 dear!
Has stuck to a groundless lie and is ruined by the guileful falsehood (of the Maya), 0 dear! (If) she clear away the falsehood by remembering the instruction of the Guru, she does not lose her life in gambling.
(If) she obey the word of the Guru, she is absorbed in the True one, she destroys from within her egotism (= individuality).
She makes the name of Hari dwell in her heart, this she makes her ornament.
Nanak (says): that woman is naturally absorbed (in the Supreme), whose support the true name is.
(4). Join me, 0 my beloved, without thee I am quite wretched! No sleep comes into my eyes, 0 dear! I loathe food and water.
I do not like water nor food, I die out of grief, how shall happiness be obtained without the beloved? I offer up supplication before the Guru, if it please the Guru; as one joins (him), so he is united (with him).
The giver of happiness himself unites (with himself), he himself meets (with one) and comes to (his) house.
Nanak (says): (that) is always a happy married woman, (whose) beloved neither dies nor goes away.
Gauri; mahala III.
in. y.
(1). The woman is pierced with love to Hari, 0 dear! by the natural good disposition of Hari. She is fascinated by the heart-ravisher, 0 dear! (her) duality is (therefore) naturally absorbed. (Her) duality is naturally absorbed, (if) the woman gets (her) bridegroom, by the instruction of the Guru she enjoys pleasure.
This body is filled with falsehood and untruthfulness up to the neck, it practises sin.
(That) disciple is a devotee, in whom tranquillity and meditation spring up, without devotion the filth does not go off.
The woman, that is attached to her beloved, removes from within her own self.
(2). The woman obtains her beloved, 0 dear! by love and affection to the Guru. At night she sleeps in comfort, 0 dear! keeping (him) in her breast.
Keeping (him) in her breast she is united with the beloved, daily she removes her pain.
"Within (her) is the palace, (where) the woman enjoys her beloved, reflecting (on him) by means of the instruction of the Guru.
Day and night the nectar of the name is drunk, she destroys and removes (her) duality.
Nanak (says): being united with the True one she is a happy married woman by infinite love to the Guru.
(3). Come, be merciful, 0 my dearly beloved!
The woman makes supplication, 0 dear! she is in love with the true word (of the Guru).1 She is in love with the true word, she destroys her egotism, (having become) a disciple she adjusts her business.
In every period (of the world) that one alone is true; who reflects on the Guru, comprehends (him, i.e. the True one).
1 IdAl f v.n. To be in love with (Loc); cf. the Sansk. "If^jT^IF- RAG GAURI, MAH. III., CHANT IV. (VI.)
The self-willed one is sunk in lust, afflicted by spiritual blindness, to whom shall she go and cry? Nanak (says): the self-willed one gets no place (of rest) without the dearly beloved Guru. (4). The woman is ignorant, foolish and devoid of virtues, 0 dear! the beloved is unattainable, boundless.
(If) he himself unite (one to himself), union is effected, he himself is pardoning.
The dear husband is pardoning the vices of the woman; in everybody he is contained.
By love, affection, faith and devotion he is obtained, by the true Guru understanding is imparted.
She remains always in joy day and night, (who) daily continues devoutly meditating (on him).
Eanak (says): easily Hari is obtained as husband, that woman gets the nine treasures.
Garni; mahald III. IV. VI.
(1). The Maya is a powerful pond, 0 dear! how shall the hard to cross be got over? Make the name of Ram the boat, 0 dear! put within as rower the word (of the Guru).
Who puts the word into (her) as rower, (her) Hari himself ferries over, in this wise the (pond) hard to cross is got over.
The disciple, to whom devotion is allotted, dies whilst living.
In a moment (her) sins are cut off by the name of Earn, (her) body (becomes) pure.
Nanak (says): in the name of Earn is salvation, the slags become gold.
(2). Women and men are sunk in lust, 0 dear! the precept regarding the name of Earn is not known by them.
Mother, father, son, brother are very dear (to them), 0 dear! they are drowned without water. They are drowned without water, (by whom) salvation is not known, (who) run about in the world in egotism.
Every one, that has come (into the world), will go (again), he is saved (who) reflects on the Guru. (If one) become a disciple (and) praise the name of Earn, he crosses himself and makes (his) family cross.
Eanak (says): in (whose) body the name dwells, he meets with the beloved (Hari) by means of the instruction of the Guru.
(3). Without the name of Earn no one becomes firm, 0 dear! the world is a play. He (becomes) firm by true devotion, 0 dear! (whose) traffic is the name of Earn.
The name of Earn is an unattainable, boundless traffic, (but) by the instruction of the Guru the wealth (of (Earn) is obtained.
Service, reflection, devotion, these are true: one's own self is removed (thereby) from within.
We are devoid of understanding, foolish, silly, blind, by the true Guru we are put into the (right) path.
Nanak (says): the disciple, (who) takes pleasure in the word (of the Guru), sings daily the excellences of Hari.
(4). He himself causes to be done, he himself does (everything), 0 dear! he himself accomplishes by means of the word.
He himself is the true Guru, he himself is the word, 0 dear! he himself is adoring love 1 through all ages.
Through all ages he is adoring love, Hari himself accomplishes, he himself applies to his adoration.
1 fM*HIcF may be taken either = ^fff? IHT (or lfVf?T) or = fJTO> attached to his devotees; but the first meaning seems to suit better the context. In fiWH^ final e is only an alliteration.
45 RAG GATTRI, MAH. III., CHANT V. (VII.)
He himself is wise, he himself is clear-sighted, he himself causes worship to be performed. He himself is the giver of virtues, he cuts off vices, he causes the name to dwell in the heart. Kanak is always a sacrifice to the gratuitous service of the True one: he himself does and causes to be done (everything).
Gauri; makala III. Y. VII.
(1). Serve the Guru, 0 my friend! 1 meditate on the name of Hari!
Do not go far away from thy heart, 0 friend! sitting in thy house thou wilt obtain Hari. Sitting in thy house thou wilt obtain Hari by always turning (thy) thoughts (on him) with natural true disposition.
The service of the Guru is quite delightful (to him), whom he himself causes to perform it.
He sows the name, the name springs up, the name he makes dwell in his mind.
Nanak (says): in the true name is greatness: to whom (this) is written before, he gets it.
(2). The name of Hari is sweet, (if) thou tastest it applying thy mind to it, 0 friend! Taste with thy tongue the juiee of Hari, 0 dear! giving up other juices and tastes.
Thou wilt always obtain the juice of Hari, when thou pleasest Hari (and) thy tongue delights in tho word (of the Guru).
(If) thou meditatest on the name, thou wilt always obtain happiness, if thou continuest devoutly absorbed in the name.
By the name (one) is produced, by the name one perishes, by the name (one) is absorbed in the True one.
Nanak (says): the name is obtained from the instruction of the Guru, he himself (i.e. Hari) applies (one) to it.
(3). These (people), having given up (their own) property, go in the service of a stranger to a foreign eountry, 0 friend!
From none other is comfort obtained, 0 friend! by greediness after worldly things they are allured, By greediness after worldly things they are enticed, by error they are led astray, how should they obtain happiness?
The serviee of a stranger is very hard, having sold their own self they lose their virtue. The fetter of the Maya is not stopped (= ceases),2 every moment pain distresses (them). Nanak (says): the pain of the Maya ceases then, when they apply (their) mind to the word of the Guru.
(4). The self-willed one is foolish and ignorant, 0 friend! he does not make dwell the word in his mind.
The error (imparted by) the Maya is blind, 0 friend! how should he (i.e. the self-willed one) find the path of Hari?
How shall he obtain the path without love to the true Guru? the self-willed one takes (only) his own self into aecount.
The servants of Hari are always happy by applying their mind to the feet of the Guru. On whom Hari bestows mercy, he always sings the excellences of Hari.
Kanak (says): the jewel of the name is (true) gain in (this) world, the disciple he himself (i.e. Hari) instructs.
1 fWT fVcJT is the Vocat. of flf^, dear, beloved, friend.
2 TdofcM has here the signification of: to be stopped, to be checked.
RAG GrATJRI, MAH. V., CHANT I. (VIII.)
KAGU GATJEI; CHANT; MAHALA Y. Om l*by the favour of the true Guru! I. YIII.
(1). In my mind a strong passion (of love) has sprung up, 0 Lord! how shall I see (thee), 0 liheral Lord?
0 Hari, my friend and companion, 0 Guru, 0 divine male, 0 arranger (of all things)!
The supreme spirit, arranging (all things) is alone Shridhar; 1 how shall we, who are longing (for thee),2 meet with thee?
(Our) hand performs service (to thee), (our) head (is laid) on (thy) feet, in the heart of (us), the wretched ones, is a desire to see (thee).
At every breath (thou art remembered), not a moment,3 a ghan (or) muhurta thou art forgotten day and night.
Nanak (says): we are thirsty like a Catrik, how shall union be effected (with thee), 0 liberal Lord?
(2). One supplication I make, 0 Lord! hear, 0 beloved sweetheart!
My heart and body have been fascinated, 0 Lord, having seen thy actions.
Having seen thy actions I am fascinated; how should the sad woman be of a composed mind?
(Thou art) a virtuous Lord, kind and young, brimful with all virtues.
(It is) not (thy) fault, 0 beloved, 0 giver of comfort, I am separated (from thee) by (my own) wickedness.4 Nanak prays: 0 Bestow mercy (on me) and come to (my) house, 0 beloved Lord!
(3). I offer up my heart, I offer up all my body, I offer up all and shall give it.
1 offer up my head to that beloved friend, who transmits (my) message to the Lord.
(By whom) in her own place then is offered up (her) head before the Guru, (to her) is shown the Lord (as being) with (her).
In a moment all (her) pain is effaced, what (her) mind desired, is obtained. Day and night the woman enjoys pleasures, all (her) anxieties are effaced. Nanak says: the beloved one is met with, as we desired.
(4). In my heart joy has sprung up, 0 dear! congratulation is sounded.
The dear and beloved one has come to (my) house, all thirst is (now) quenched. The beloved Gopal, the Lord has joined (me), by (my) companions a song of blessing is sung. (In) all (my) friends and relatives joy has sprung up, the place of the inebriated ones6 is swept away.
Unbeaten sound the musical instruments in the house, the beloved one is with (me), the bed is spread out.
Nanak says: naturally the beloved, the giver of comfort, remains united (with me).
1 Sansk. ^f^f"^, the bearer of prosperity, an epithet of Vishnu.
3 the sixtieth part of a (or twenty-four minutes); = ^J^T^f > forty-eight minutes (two gharis). We have put \f&> first, though iu the original it is placed after Uf^.
4 y fd*HT^ = ^fcT*HT<ft> for the sake of the rhyme.
356 RAG GAURI, MAH. V., CHANT II. III. (IX. X.)
Gauri; mdhala V. II. IX.
(1). 0 fascinating one! 1 high are thy mansions, infinite thy palaces.
0 fascinating one! thy gates are beautiful, 0 Lord! the alms-house of the saints. Infinite are (thy) alms-houses, 0 merciful Lord, (where) they always sing (thy) praise! (Where) the pious and saints are gathered together, there they meditate on thee. Bestow mercy and compassion, 0 merciful Lord! be kind to the poor!
Nanak says: (we are) longing after (thy) sight, meeting with (thy) sight is the highest happiness.
(2). 0 fascinating one! thy words are incomparable, pure (thy) deportment.
0 fascinating one! thou alone carest for the creatures, all the others (are) dust.2 Thou alone carest (for them), 0 inapprehensible Lord, by whom the whole machinery (of the universe) is upheld.
ISy the word of the Guru thou art brought into (one's) power, 0 primeval divine male, 0 Banvari! Thou thyself departest, thou thyself remainest, by thyself the whole machinery is upheld. Nanak says: keep (my) honour! all thy servants (flee) to thy asylum.
(3). 0 fascinating one! on thee the assembly of the pious meditates, (their) meditation (is directed on) (thy) sight.
0 fascinating one! Yama does not come near them, who mutter thee at the end. Death does not touch them, who with one mind meditate (on thee). Who with heart, word and deed adore thee, they obtain all fruits.
Who are confused by discharging behind and before3 and silly, they, having seen (thy) sight, (become) well versed in divine knowledge.
Nanak (says): (thy) dominion is immovable, 0 all-filling supreme spirit, 0 Lord!
(4). 0 fascinating one! thou art bearing good fruit; he is accomplished with his retinue.
0 fascinating one! he saves his sons, friends, brothers, family.
The world is saved, (their) apprehension of self 4 is removed, by whom thy sight is obtained.
Who have called thee "blessed," near them Yama does not come.
Thy excellences are endless, endless, 0 true Guru, 0 divine male, 0 Murari!
Nanak says: who lays firmly hold (of thee), he crosses the world.
Gauri; mahalu V. SM.
(Who) purifies innumerable sinners, (to him) (I am) again and again a sacrifice. Nanak (says): muttering the name of Earn is a fire, (which) is consuming their sins.
Chant. III. X.
(1). Mutter, 0 my mind, Earn, Narayan, Govind, Hari, Madhava!
Meditate, 0 my mind, on Murari, Mukand! 5 the pain (and) noose of death is (thereby) cut off.
1 According to Sikh tradition these verses are said to be addressed to Mohan, the uncle of Arjun, who withheld the writings of the former Gurus for some time from Arjun. But the verses are apparently addressed to the Supreme, as they can hardly refer to a man, except they contain the most abject flattery, which is hardly credible.
2 dllw (f°r the sake of the rhyme ^JTS^)) dust, the same as THSTfe, ^rom wn*cn ^ }S shortened.
3?\&> T3" (Sansk. 4J<«f discharging behind and before (as done in consequence of terror, etc.).
4 JKlf^H 1^ j here *n tne sense of JX yfy 1 3, egotism, individuality, apprehension of self as distinct from the Supreme.
5 ^^7T = Sansk. *jc|i»^, an epithet of Vishnu.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., CHANT IV. (XI.)
The lotus-feet of the pain-remover, the asylum of the poor, of Sridhar, should he adored! The road of Yama, the difficult ocean of fire is overcome by remembering (him) for a moment. He is consuming sins, he is rendering pure, day and night adore (him)! Nanak supplicates: bestow mercy (on me), 0 Gopal, 0 Govind, 0 Madhava!
(2). Recite mentally, 0 my mind, Damodar, the remover of pain, the destroyer of fear, Hari, the king!
The husband of Sri (=Laksbml) is merciful, fascinating the mind, kind to his devotees, eminently accomplished.1 The all-filling supreme spirit is kind to his devotees, what is desired by the heart, is obtained (from him).
From the blind well of darkness he rescues (him), (by whom) the name is caused to dwell in (his) mind.
By the Gods, the Siddhs, the Ganas, the Gandharvas, the Munis, the men, (his) excellences are sung (with) many adorations.
Nanak supplicates: bestow mercy (on me), 0 supreme Erahm, 0 King Hari!
(3). Reflect, 0 mind, on the supreme Brahm, the Lord, by whom the whole machinery (of the universe) is upheld!
The Lord is full of compassion and powerful, in everybody (he is) the support of life. He bestows breath, intelligence, body and life, he is endless, unattainable, infinite. The powerful and fascinating one is fit to be an asylum, all sins he destroys. All (his) diseases, sorrows and sins become extinct, (who is) muttering the name of Murari. Nanak supplicates: 0 powerful one, bestow mercy (on me), (by whom) the whole machinery is upheld!
(4). 0 my mind, sing the excellences of the eternal and imperishable one, (who is) higher than all and compassionate.
The supporter of the universe alone cherishes, for the sake of giving, all (creatures). The cherisher (of all) is very compassionate and wise, he bestows mercy on every one. Death, the plague, oovetousness, spiritual blindness, are extinguished (in him), in whose soul the Lord dwells.
(To whom) God is favourable, (his) service is fruitful, (his) affliction is brought to an end. The desire of him is fulfilled, who is muttering him, who is kind to the poor.
Gauri; mahald Y. IV. XI.
(1). Hear, my friend, join me, we will make efforts, (that) we conciliate Hari, the beloved! Abandoning pride and performing adoration we will allure (him) by (some) trick with the mantra of the pious (= Guru)!
0 friend, if he has come into (one's) power, he does not give (her) up (again); this* is a good manner of the Lord.
Nanak says: old age, death and the fear of hell he removes, he renders that creature pure.
(2). Hear, 0 friend, there is a good petition (= word), this scheme should be matured! With natural ease the difficulty is stopped, if a song to Govind he sang.
The troubles of the Kali-yug are effaced, the doubt is extinguished, the fruit, that is desired, is obtained, r fijd^,lfU*HT must nere a^so l)e an attribute. The Sikhs know nothing about its signification. It very likely corresponds with the Marathi fsf^T^cf, eminently accomplished, derived from f%^, fame, reputation, glory.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., BAVANAKHRI I.
(If) the name of the supreme Brahm, the all-filling Lord, be meditated upon, (says) Nanak.
(3). I desire and continually enjoy happiness, the Lord grants my desire.
I am thirsting after (his) feet, I am passionate for his sight, I look in every place (for him). Seeking (him) I find Hari, the assembly of the saints joins the powerful divine male (to me). Nanak (says): those with whom the sweetheart, the giver of comfort, meets, they are very fortunate, 0 mother!
(4). 0 friend, I dwell with my own beloved Lord, my mind and body are familiar with Hari. Hear, 0 my companion, (my) sleep is good, my own beloved has joined me.
(My) error is done away, (I have) naturally tranquillity (of mind), the Lord has become manifest, the lotus has opened.
Nanak (says): (who) have obtained as husband the Lord, the inward governor, (their) happy married state does not give way.
Om! by the favour of the true Guru!
GAURI; BAVANAKHBI; 1 MAHALA Y. I. SM.
The Gurdev is (my) mother, the Gurdev is (my) father, the Gurdev is (ray) master (and) Lord. The Gurdev is (my) companion, destroying (my) ignorance, my cousin (and) full brother. The Guru is a donor, he teaches (me) the name of Hari, the (initiatory) mantra of the Gurdev is saving.2 (From) the Guru (comes) tranquillity and true wisdom, the Gurdev's body is the mutual philoso- pher's stone.
The Gurdev is the Tirtha, the pond of nectar, the divine knowledge (imparted) by the Guru is (equal to) numberless ablutions.
The Gurdev is the creator, taking away all sins, the Gurdev makes the sinners pure.
The Gurdev is from the beginning, from the beginning of the world, through all ages is the Gurdev; taking3 (his) mantra and muttering it I am saved.
0 Lord, join me to the society of the Gurdev! bestow mercy (on me)! I am foolish and sinful, by clinging to whom I may cross (the water of existence).
The Gurdev, the true Guru, is the supreme Brahm, the Lord; the Gurdev, says Nanak, I worship (as) Hari.4 Slot By himself (everything) is done and caused to be done, he himself is able to do (it). JSTanak (says): he himself is contained (in all), no one has been or will be.
1 fcj i^j/^ Jlffcf^, literally: containing the fifty-two letters of the (Sanskrit alphabet), Anusvara and Visarga being counted also as two letters by the Indian grammarians. The present Gurmukhl alphabet is called the " Painti," as containing thirty-five letters only. In the Bavanakhri here following, no regular order of the letters can be discerned.
3 vTfcJ is here apparently the p. past conj. of vldA|> used here not without an intended double meaning.
4 The Guru is here quite identified with Hari.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., BAVANAKHEI II. III.
Paurl.
Worship to the 6m (and) the pious true Guru!
In the beginning, midst and end is tfoe formless one.
He himself is devoid of sensation and dwelling in happiness.1 He himself is hearing, he himself is praising.
His own self is produced by himself.
He himself is (his own) father, he himself is (his own) mother. He himself is subtle (atomic), he himself is big. His sport cannot be seen, (says) Nanak.
Pause.
Bestow mercy (on me), 0 Lord, who art compassionate to the poor, (That) my mind may become the dust of thy saints!
II.
Slok.
The One is formless and endowed with (all) forms, he himself is without qualities and endowed with all qualities.
The One is to be defined as the One, (says) Nanak, (and) the One is (also) manifold.
Pawn.
By the large mouth 2 of the Om the forms are made.
In one string he is stringing (them all).
In one by one the three qualities are spread out.
From a quality-less one he appears (uow) as one endowed with all qualities.
Making all sorts (of forms or creatures) he produced a dissension.