By muttering it (thou wilt be) approved at the threshold, (says) Nanak.
(3). Instruct thy mind in the name of Hari!
(Thy mind), that is running to the ten directions (of the globe), will come to rest.
No harm whatever will befall him, In whose heart that Hari dwells.
The Kali-yug is hot, the name of Hari is cool.
Continually remembering it thou wilt obtain happiness.
(Thy) fear is destroyed, thy hope fulfilled.
Who by devoutness and attachment is enlightening himself: To his house comes the imperishable one and dwells therein.
Nanak (says): (from him) the noose of Tama is cut off.
(4). Who is discussing the truth, he is a true man. - Who is regenerated and dies, is quite an unskilful person. Coming and going are effaced by serving the Lord, By giving up one's own self in the asylum of the Gurdev.
Thus one's life, the jewel, is saved, By continually remembering Hari, the support of life.
By many contrivances (people) are not emancipated, (Nor) by reflecting on the Smriti, the Shastras and the Vedas.
Perform worship to Hari with thy mind!
And thou wilt obtain the fruit, thou art desiring, (says) Nanak.
(5). Thy wealth will not go with thee.
Why art thou (then) clinging to it, 0 foolish heart?
RAO GAURI, MAH. V., SUKHMANI XX.
Son, friends, family and wife: Say, which of them wilt thou have for a protector?
Dominions and merriments and plenty of worldly goods: Say, what deliverance (comes) from them?
Horses, elephants and riding on chariots, Is a vain ostentation, a vain display.
Ey whom (all these things) were given, him he does not comprehend, (he is) a stranger (to him). Having forgotten the name he repents (of it), (says) Nanak.
(6). 0 ignorant one, take thou the instruction of the Guru! Without worship (of Hari) many clever ones have been drowned. 0 friend, worship Hari in thy heart!
Thy intellect will become pure.
Keep the lotus-foot in thy mind!
The sins of (thy) various births will go off.
Mutter thyself, and make others mutter the name!
By continually hearing and uttering (it) thou wilt obtain salvation.
The truly existing of all things 1 is the name of Hari.
Sing his excellences with natural ease! (says) Nanak.
(7). Singing his excellences thy filth will go off. The poison of egotism and wickedness departs.
Thou becomest free from cares and wilt dwell in happiness, Eemembering at every breath and morsel the name of Hari. Give up all cunning, 0 my heart!
In the society of the pious thou wilt obtain true wealth. Make it thy business to collect the capital of Hari! Here (thou wilt have) happiness and at the threshold applause. He sees in all constantly the One, On whose forehead (this) destiny (is written), (says) Nanak.
(8). Mutter the One, praise the One! Bemember the One, recite the One in (thy) mind! Sing the excellences of the One, who is endless! In heart and body mutter the One Lord!
Hari himself is the only One.
The Lord is brimfully contained (in all).
Many expansions have emanated from the One.
Adoring the One (thy) sins are gone.
In the mind and body the One Lord is sporting.
Ey the favour of the Guru the One is known, (says) Nanak.
XX.
Slok Wandering and wandering about (I) have come and fallen on thy asylum, 0 Lord! 0 Lord, this is the prayer of Nanak: apply (me) to thy worship!
Asfpadl.
(1). The beggar, 0 Lord, asks a gift. Mercifully give (me) the name of Hari!
EAG GAUJ3I, MAIL V., SUKHMANI XX.
I ask for the dust of the piouB people.
0 Supreme Brahm, fulfil my desire! Continually I Bing the excellences of the Lord. At every breath I meditate on thee, <T Lord!
1 entertain love to the lotus-foot. I worship the Lord continually.
The One is (my) refuge, the One (my) support.
Nanak begB, that he may remember the name of the Lord!
(2). By the favourable glanee of the Lord great happiness is obtained. Some rare one gets the juice of Hari.
Those people are satiated, by whom it is tasted.
They are perfect men and are no more vacillating.
They are entirely filled with love, affection and inclination.
Desire (after Hari) springs up in the society of the pious.
They fall on (his) asylum giving up all others.
In their heart (there is) light, daily devout meditation is made.
By the very fortunate one that Lord is muttered.
ISanak (says): who is attached to the name, obtains comfort.
(3). The desire of the worshipper is fulfilled. From the true Guru he obtains spotless instruction. To his servant the Lord becomes merciful.
(His) worshipper is always made exalted.
Cutting (his) bonds (his) servant is made free.
Begeneration and death, pain and error are gone.
His wish is granted, all his desire is fulfilled.
He (Hari) dwells always with him in his presence.
Whose he ( = the servant) was, by him he is united (with himself).
ITanalc (says): by devotion he is absorbed in the name.
(4). Why should he be forgotten, who does not break (one's) work? 1 "Why should he be forgotten, who is acknowledging one's work? Why should he be forgotten, by whom everything is given?
Why should he be forgotten, who is the life of the creatures?
Why should he be forgotten, who preserves in the midst of fire?
By the favour of the Guru some rare one apprehends him.
Why should he be forgotten, who draws out from poison?
(Who) reunites him, who had broken away (from him) through various births.
By the perfect Guru this truth is taught.
By iNanak, the servant, his own Lord is meditated upon.
(5). 0 holy friend, do this work! Giving up others mutter the name of Hari! Eemembering it continually thou wilt obtain happiness. Mutter it thyself and make others mutter the name! By devotion and love the world is crossed.
Without devotion (to Hari) the body will be ashes.
1 ^m^5 75 £f IAcM j literally: uot to break one's work, i.e. not to let pnss unrequited. UfX^y ^lAcM is a Hindi translatiou of the Sansk. Ifcf^ = unthankful, and the following oft*HT tTT^ of the Sansk. fTTHJ = thankful.
RAG GATTRI, MAH. V., SUKHMANI XXI.
The depository of all welfare and happiness is the name. The drowning one gets rest. All troubles are extinguished.
Nanak (says): mutter the name, the depository of (all) excellences!
(6). Affection, love, inclination and desire spring up (in him), In (whose) mind and body this very relish is.
Seeing (his) sight with the eyes happiness is obtained.
The mind becomes joyful by washing the feet of the pious.
In the heart and body of the devotees is pleasure.
Some rare one obtains (their) society.
In mercy the one thing is given (to him), Who mutters by the favour of the Guru the name.
His greatness cannot be told, Who is contained in all, (says) Nanak.
(7). The Lord is forgiving and merciful to the poor. Compassionate to the devotees and always kind. Govind Gopal is the friend of the friendless, Making and cherishing all creatures.
The primeval divine male, the cause of causes. The support of the life of (his) devotees. Whoever mutters him, he becomes purified.
(Whom) he applies to devoutness, (his) mind is directed (on him).
We are devoid of virtues, low, ignorant.
Mnak (has fled) to thy asylum, 0 Supreme Spirit, 0 Lord!
(8). All obtain paradise (and) final emancipation, By whom the excellences of Hari are sung one moment. (They get) many royal enjoyments and greatness, To whose mind the story of the name of Hari is pleasing. (They have) many enjoyments, clothes and joyful songs, (Whose) tongue is continually muttering: Hari, Hari! (Their) practice is virtuous, they have splendour and wealth, (In whose) heart the mantra of the perfect Guru dwells.
0 Lord, let me dwell in the society of the pious! All happiness (is there) displayed, (says) Nanak.
XXI. Sloh.
He himself is endowed with all qualities and without any qualities, formless, sunk in objectless, deep meditation.
By himself (all) is created and he himself also is muttering (in adoration).
Astpadl.
(1). When this (human) form is no longer seen: Then demerit and merit whence does it spring?
When by himself objectless, deep meditation 1 is kept up: 1 ifo *WrfM; *fe CSp*^' empty, devoid, not directed to any object, as there is not anything, but the supreme, primeval being.
RAG GAinftT, MAH. V., SUKHMANl XXI.
Then with whom do they make enmity and opposition?
When no colour nor mark of man is known: 1 Then, say, whom does joy and grief fill?
"When the Supreme Brahm himself is (man's) own self: Then where is illusion? who is led astray by error?
His own sport is carried on by himself.
Nanak (says): there is no other creator.
(2). When the Lord alone is the master (of all): Then say, whom shall I account bound (or) free? When Hari alone is unattainable, endless: Then what descent is there to hell (or) heaven?
When the Lord is destitute of qualities by his innate nature: Then say, in which place is the energy of Shiva?
When he himself applies his own light: 2 Then who is fearless, who is afraid of any one?
He himself is doing his own works.
Nanak (says): the Lord is unattainable, endless.
(3). When be himself is imperishable, dwelling in happiness: Then say, where is regeneration and death and destruction? When the creator, that Lord, is omnipresent: Then say, who should entertain fear of Tama?
When the Lord alone is not passing and inapprehensible: Then from whom should Citragupta ask an account?
When the Lord is free from all darkness, inapprehensible, unfathomable: Then who are set free, who are bound with fetters?
He himself is wonderful in himself.
Nanak (says): his own form is procured by himself.
(4). When there is the Supreme pure Spirit, the king of men: Then, say, what is (one) washing in the absence of filth?
When there is he, who is free from all darkness, formless, absorbed in himself: Then for whom (should there be) regard, of whom (should one be) proud?
When there is only the form of the Lord of the universe: Then, say, to whom should stick fraud (and) blemish?
When that, which bears the form of light,3 is re-absorbed in light: Then who should he hungry, who should be satiated?
The creator is the cause of causes.
Nanak (says): there is no estimate of the creator.
(5). When his own glory is laid out (by) himself with (one): Then who is his mother, father, friend, son and brother? When he himself, who is accomplished in every skill, (is in one): Then what is he gathering (from) the Veda or the book? 4 1 fti*J o?T» °f this one = man. The sense is: when all human individuality is absorbed. * ^fs, light, as the principle of life in all creatures.
3 sj^f^j •JTcTlR'j bearing or having- the form, qualities of (divine) light, i.e. the creature is re-absorbed in the fountain of light.
53 RAG GAURI, MAH. V., SUKHMANI XXI f.
When he himself puts his own self into (one's) breast: What should he reflect on good or ill omens? When he himself is high, he himself is near: Then who shall be called Lord, who servant? (We are) astonished at the wonder of wonders. Nanak (says): he himself knows his own state.
(6). When the undeceivable, the indivisible, the impenetrable one is contained (in one); Whom will then the Maya penetrate?
He himself (gives) order to himself.
The three qualities do not affect (him).
When the One Lord only is (in one): Then who is free from care, whom does care befall?
When his own assurance of himself (is in one): Then who speaks, who is the hearer?
He is quite boundless, higher than high.
Nanak (says): he himself comes up to himself.
(7). When by himself the form of the world is created, And laid out in the three qualities: Then religious demerit and merit, what is it?
One he makes desire hell and another heaven.
(There is) the useless entanglement and trouble of the Maya.
(There is) the burden (of) selfishness, spiritual blindness, error and fear.
(There is) pain and pleasure, honour and dishonour, (Which) are explained in different ways.
(But) he himself makes and beholds his own sport.
(When) the sport is closed, there remains (only) the One, (says) Nanak.
(8). When he himself is not passing away, then (his) devotee (also is not passing away). When the expansion (of the world) is spread out, (it is done for) the glory of the saints. He himself is the owner of both sides (—both worlds).
Their beauty is made by him. He himself makes sports, pleasures and frolics. He himself is given to enjoyments uninterruptedly. Whom he pleases, him he applies to his own name. What he pleases, that play he plays.
No estimate can be made of him, he is unfathomable, unmeasurable, not to be weighed. Nanak, his slave, speaks, as he makes (him) speak.
XXIL Slot 0 Lord of all creatures, thou thyself art existing!
Nanak (says): the One is spread out, where is another to be seen?
Asfpadl.
(1). He himself speaks and he himself is hearing.
He himself is One and he himself is expansion (= multiplicity).
When it pleases him, he produces a creation.
By his own decree he absorbs it (again).
Without thee nothing whatever is done.
The whole world thou stringest into thy string.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., SUKHMANX XXII.
Whom thou, 0 Lord,*instructest thyself: That man gets the true name.
He looks on all things as the same, who knows the truth. The whole creation he is overcoming,^says) JSanak.
(2). All creatures are in his hands.
He is merciful to the poor, the friend of the friendless.
"Whom he protects, him no one kills.
He is dead, whom he forgets from his mind.
Having given him up where else should one go?
Ahove all is the One king, in whom there is no darkness.
In whose hand is all the management of the creatures: Him know (as "being) with thee inside and outside!
He is the depository of all excellences, endless and houndless.
Nanak, his slave, is always a sacrifice (to him).
(3). The merciful one is omnipresent. He is compassionate to all.
He himself knows his own actions. The inward governor is continually contained (in all). He cherishes creatures of many kinds. Whatever is made hy him, of that he thinks. Whom he pleases, him he unites (with himself). Who worships (him) singing the excellences of Hari, Who trusting in him in his mind obeys him: By him the One creator is known (says) Nanak.
(4). Who clings to the One name of Hari: That man's hope does not remain unfulfilled.
To the servant (of Hari) the service (of Hari) is pleasing. By understanding (Hari's) order he obtains the highest step. Nothing higher can be imagined than he, In whose mind dwells he, who is void of all darkness (=the Supreme).
Breaking their fetters they become friendly to all, Who day by day worship the feet of the Guru.
In this world they are easy and in the other world happy, Whom Hari, the Lord himself, unites (with himself), (says) JNanak.
(5). Join the society of the pious and be happy! Sing the excellences of the Lord, the supreme bliss! Eeflect on the truth of the name of Bam!
Save (thy human) body, which is hard to obtain!
Sing the nectar-words, the excellences of Hari!
The crossing of thy life, this is (thy) object.
Behold the Lord always (as being) near (to thee)!
Thy ignorance will be effaced, thy darkness be extinguisher!.
Hear (this) instruction and make it dwell in (thy) heart!
And thou wilt obtain the fruits, thy heart desires.
(6). Adjust both, this and that world, By keeping the name of Earn in thy breast! The initiation of the perfect Guru is perfect.
In whose heart it dwells, by him the True one is verified (in his own person).
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., SUKHMANI XXIII.
Mutter with devout meditation the name in (thy) heart and body! Pain, trouble and fear will depart from thy mind. 0 trafficker, carry on a true traffic!
Thy hatch of goods will get safely to the threshold (of Hari).
Keep in thy heart reliance on the One!
And thou wilt not come nor go again, (says) Nanak.
(7). Away from him whereto will one go? One is saved hy meditating on the preserver.
Who mutters the fearless (Hari), all his fear is effaced. By the mercy of the Lord man is emancipated. Whom the Lord protects, he suffers no pain.
In the heart of him, who is muttering the name, happiness springs up.
Anxiety goes, selfishness is effaced.
No one is coming up to that man.
On (whose) head the G-uru, the hero, is standing: His affairs are accomplished, (says) Nanak.
(8). Whose intelligence is perfect, whose glance is nectar: Seeing his sight the creation is saved.
Whose lotus-feet are incomparable: His sight is fruitful; beautiful is the form of Hari. Blessed is (his) service, approved of is (his) servant. The inward governor, the primeval divine male, In whose heart he dwells, he becomes exalted. Death does not come near him.
They become immortal and attain the dignity of immortality, Who in the society of the pious meditate on Hari, (says) Nanak.
XXIII.
Slot The collyrium of divine knowledge, that is extinguishing ignorance and darkness, is given the Ghiru.
(With whom) by the mercy of Hari the saints have met, in (his) mind (there is) light.
Astpadt.
(1). In the society of the saints the Lord is seen (as being) within (one). The name of the Lord becomes sweet.
Everything is in the One vessel, Which appears under many various forms.
The name of the Lord is nectar (and) the nine treasures.
His place of rest is in the (human) soul.
(Where there is) deep abstract meditation, there the unbeaten sound (is heard). The wonder and astonishment cannot be told.1 By him it is seen, to whom he himself shows it. Nanak (says): that man gets a right knowledge (of it).
(2). That endless one is inside and outside. In everybody the Lord is contained: being here a meaningless alliteration (not TETT^TT^j adj., astonished).
BAG GAinsI, MAH. V., SUKHMANI XXIII.
In earth, heaven and the nether region.
All the worlds the cherisher is filling.
In tree, grass and mountain is the Supreme Brahm.
As his order is, so it is done.
He is in wind, water, fire.
He is contained in the four quarters and in the ten directions (of the earth).
Without him there is no place.
By the favour of the Ghiru Nanak obtains happiness.
(3). Behold, in the Yeda, the Puranas, the Smriti, In the moon, sun and stars is the One.
The praise of the Lord every one utters.
He himself is immovable, he never moves to and fro.
Practising all ingenuity he plays his play.
By no estimate he is reached, he is inestimable in qualities.
Whose light is in all (created) light: (That) Lord is supporting (all) lengthwise and crosswise.
By the favour of the Guru error is destroyed.
This faith has Nanak in him.
(4). What the saints behold, that is all Brahm. In the view of the saints all is virtue.
What the saints hear, that is a good word.
They are absorbed with the all-pervading Ram.
This is the custom of him, by whom he (Ham) is known.
True are all the words, the pious are uttering.
Whatever happens, that they consider as happiness.
(Because) they know the Lord (as) the cause of causes.
Inside as well as outside he abides.
Nanak (says): all, who have seen (his) sight, are fascinated1 (thereby).
(5). He himself is true and true is all his work. From that Lord all the creation has sprung.
If it pleases him, he makes an expansion.
If it pleases him, he is of one form (only).3 (His) manifold ingenuity cannot be apprehended.
Whom he pleases, he unites (with himself).
Who can be called near, who far?
He himself is omnipresent.
Whom he lets know his secret mind: That man he himself makes comprehend (the truth), says Nanak.
(6). In all creatures he himself is abiding. He himself is seeing all with his eyes. Whose body the whole (world) is: He hears himself his own praise.
He has made one sport of coming and going.3 1 ifcft = on account of the rhyme ("^Tlfy 2 The sense is: he re-absorbs all into himself.
3 The sense is: it his sport or pleasure, that creatures come and go.
RAG GATJRI, MAH. V., SUKHMANI XXIV.
The Maya is made obedient (to him).
Ia the midst of all he remains uncontaminated.
Whatever is to be said, that he says himself.
By (his) order (one) comes, by (his) order (one) goes.
Nanak (says): whom he pleases, him he re-absorbs.
(7). What come3 from him, is not bad. Say, is by anybody else anything done?
He himself is good and his work is very good. He himself knows what is in his own mind. He himself is true and all (his) practice 13 true. Lengthwise and crosswise he i3 absorbed with himself. His secret mind cannot he told.
If there would be somebody else, information would be got.
All that he doe3, is real.
By the favour of the Guru Nanak knows this.
(8). Who knows (him), to him always happiness accrues. That Lord himself unites (him with himself).
He is rich, noble and honoured, Emancipated whilst living, in whose heart the Lord is.
It is good fortune, good fortune, good fortune, that the man has come, By whose favour the whole world is saved.1 Thi3 is the object of the coming of (that) man, (That) in the society of the man the name may come into (one's) mind. He himself is emancipated and he makes the world (also) emancipated. To that man reverence (should) always (be made), (says) Nanak.
XXIV.
Slot (By whom) the perfect Lord, whose name is perfect, i3 adored: He obtains the perfect one by singing the excellences of the perfect one, (says) Nanak.
Astpadi.
(1). Hear the instruction of the perfect Guru! Behold the Supreme Brahm a3 being near (thee)! At every breath remember Govind!
The anxiety of (thy) mind will (then) cease. Give up the transitory wave of hope! Ask in thy heart for the du3t of the saints! Giving up thy own self make supplication, (That) in the society of the pious thou mayest cross the ocean of fire! Fill (thy) store-room with the wealth of Hari! (Pay) reverence to the perfect Guru! (says) Nanak.
(2). Happiness, welfare, quiet and joy (will accrue to thee), (If) thou worship the supreme bliss (=the Supreme) in the society of the piou3.
Do away with hell and save (thy) soul!
Drink the nectar-juice of the excellences of G5vind!
1 Baba Nanak is here understood.
RAG GAtRI, MAH. V., SUKHMANI XXIV.
Think in thy mind of the One Earayan, "Whose One form has many appearances! Gopal Damodar is kind to the poor,^ Destroying pain and perfectly compassionate. Kemember, remember continually the name! It is the support of the creatures, (says) Nanak.
(3). The highest Sloks are the words of the pious. They are priceless rubies and gems.
"Who is hearing and doing them, is saved.
He himself crosses and makes also the people cross.
Fruitful is his life, fruitful his society, In whose heart love to Hari dwells.
All hail! the unbeaten sound resounds (in him).
Hearing, hearing it he is happy: the Lord is manifested (in him).
Gopal is manifested in the head of the holy man.
Nanak (says): in his society (people) are saved.
(4). "Who hearing of him and being needy of protection come to his asylum: Them the Lord himself mercifully unites (with himself).
Enmities are extinguished, they become the dust of all.
The nectar-name they take in the society of the pious.
The Gurdev becomes very propitious to them.
The service of the worshippers is accomplished.
Prom useless embarrassment and change (of the mind) they are freed.
Having heard the name of Earn they utter it with their tongue.
The Lord bestows favour and mercy (on them).
Nanak (says): our trip is accomplished.
(5). Praise.the Lord, 0 holy friend! Attentively and exclusively think (of him)!
(In) the SukhmanI (is) tranquillity; praise the qualities of Govind!
In whose mind he dwells, he becomes (his) receptacle.
All his desire becomes fulfilled.
He becomes known as the first man in all the world.
He gets the highest place.
He is not subject again to coming and going.
That man departs, having acquired the wealth of Hari, To whom it is allotted, (says) Eanak.
(6); "Welfare, tranquillity, the nine treasures, Intelligence, divine knowledge, all perfections are his. Science, austerity, spiritual devotion, meditation on the Lord, The best knowledge, the most excellent ablution, The four desirable objects (of human life), the opening of the lotus (of the heart), Indifference to all in the midst of all (are his).
He is beautiful, clever, a knower of truth, Looking on all things as the same, directing his look on the One.
These fruits has he, who with his mouth utters The name, (says) Guru Nanak, and in his heart hears (these) words.
(7). If one mutter this treasure in his mind: His salvation'is brought about in all the Tugas.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., THITI I.
The excellences of Govind, meditation on the name and praise (of it), Are expounded hy the Smriti, the Shastras, the Yedas and the Puranas.
The object of all instruction is solely the name of Hari.
In the mind of the devotee of Govind is tranquillity.
Crores of sins are effaced in the society of the pious.
By the mercy of the saints he is rescued from Yama.
On whose forehead (this) destiny is written by the Lord: Those come to the asylum of the pious, (says) Nanak.
(8). In whose heart it ( = the name) dwells and who hears it with affection: Into his mind the Lord Hari comes.
He removes the pain of regeneration and death.
The body, which is hard to obtain, he saves at once.
Spotless is his lustre, nectar is his speech, In whose heart the One name is contained.
Pain, disease, fear and error are extinguished.
The name of the pious is pure, (pure are) his works.
His splendour is raised above all, Who considers it a pleasure 1 to recite this name (of Hari), (says) Nanak.
KAGU GATJKI; THITI;* MAHAL A. Y. Om! By the favour of the true Guru!
I. SM.
The Lord, the creator, is present throughout in water, earth and on the surface of the earth. The One, whose form is one, is spread out having become of many kinds, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
On the first (lunar day) worship the Lord, whose form is one, meditating on him! Eecite Govind, Gopal, the Lord, fall on the asylum of Hari the king! From him (comes) protection, welfare and happiness, by whom everything is made. In the four corners, in the ten directions (of the earth) I have wandered about: without hira there is none other.
The Yedas, the Puranas and the Smriti were heard (by me), I reflect in many ways: The deliverer of the sinners, the destroyer of fear, the ocean of happiness is the formless one. He is bountiful and giving enjoyments; with him there is no other place. What Nanak desires, that he obtains by singing the excellences of Hari.
Pause.
The praise of Govind should always be sung!
Joining the society of the pious he should be worshipped, 0 ray friend!
2 ft|fi> s-f- a lunar date or day of the lunar period of fifteen days.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., THITI II.— IV.
II.
SldL Perform worship many times, fall on»the asylum of Hari the king! In the society of the pious error and duality will be cut off and effaced, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
On the second (lunar day) remove folly, serve continually the Guru!
Ram, the gem, dwells in (thy) heart and body, 0 friend, if thou give up lust, wrath and covetousness.
Death is effaced, life is obtained, all distress is annihilated.
Give up thy own self, adore Govind, give thyself to love and devotion (to Hari)!
Gain will accrue (to thee), loss will be removed, at the threshold of Hari (thou wilt be) honoured.
If thou collect the wealth of the name of Hari, (thou art) a true and fortunate wholesale merchant.
Eising and sitting adore Hari, being delighted with the pious!
Nanak (says): folly goes off (thus), the Supreme Brahm dwells in (thy) mind.
III.
Sidk.
The three (states) 1 permeate the world, the fourth (state) some (rare) one obtains. Nanak (says): those saints have become pure, in whose mind that One dwells.
Pauri.
On the third (day) the fruit of the poison of the three qualities is now and then very high, now and then low.
Wandering much about in hell and heaven death always kills (him again).3 In joy, grief and doubt the world (is immersed), in egotism it spends its time. By whom they have been made, him they do not know, they think of many contrivances (with a view to their salvation).
(His) mental anxiety, difficulty, trouble, passion and inquietude is not broken, Who does not comprehend the majesty of the Supreme Brahm, the omnipresent Lord. Being quite immersed in spiritual blindness and error he dwells in the great hell. 0 Lord, mercifully protect me, Nanak hopes in thee!
IV.
Slok.
He is clever, intelligent and skilful, by whom his egotism is abandoned.
(He has) the four (desirable) objects (of human life) and the eight perfections, (who) adores the name of Hari, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
On the fourth (day) (by whom) the four Yedas are heard and investigated and truth reflected upon; (Who) mutterB and remembers the name of Bam, (in which are) all welfare, happiness (and all) treasures: 1 The three states are: €|TO?^> and ^J^jfH 5 tne fourth state is abstraction from without and absorption in the contemplation of one's own spirit (as identical with Brahm).
2 Whoever is yet subject to the three qualities, though he may afterwards for his good works attain to heaven, is reborn on earth and in the power of death. Who is thrown into hell for his bad works, is reborn on earth, after his punishment is over. Only he is thoroughly emancipated, who on earth has become liberated from the influence of the three qualities.
54 RAG GAURI, MAH. V., THITI V.-VIL He prevents hell, removes pain, (his) many troubles are done away.
Death recedes (from him), he is delivered from Yama, by undertaking the praise of Hari.
(His) fear is destroyed, he tastes nectar, he is imbued with love to the formless Hari.
The pain of poverty and impurity is annihilated, the name is (his) support.
Gods, Naras, Munis, men are seeking Gopal, the ocean of happiness.
(His) mind is pure, (his) face is bright, (who) becomes the dust of the pious, (says) Nanak.
V.
Slot Five passions dwell in the mind (of him, who) is absorbed with the Maya.
In the society of the pious he becomes pure, (says) Nanak, by love to the Lord.
Paurt.
The fifth (day). Those arbitrators are the best, by whom the deceit is known. There is a great variety of flowers and scents, (but) all is falsehood (unreality) and imposition. Nothing is known nor understood by it {i.e. the world), it makes no reflection whatever. The world is immersed in ignorance, being deeply engaged in pleasure, worldly attachment and enjoyment.
He is regenerated and dies and wanders about in many wombs, (though) many religious works be done (by him),