(By whom) the creator is not remembered, in (whose) mind (there is) no reflection nor discrimination. (Who has) a loving attachment to the Lord, he is not a bit contaminated by the Maya. Nanak (says): some rare ones are found, who are not enraptured with the world.
VI.
Slot The six Shastras state, that He is high and has no end nor limit.
The devotees, who are singing his excellences, shine at the gate of the Lord, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
The sixth day. The six Shastras say it and many Smritis tell it: That the Supreme Brahm is most excellent and high, the end of his excellences Shesh 1 does not know. Narada, the Munis, Shuka2 and Yyasa are singing the praise of Govind.
They are desirous of (his) juice, they are delighted with Hari, the devotees are enraptured with the Lord.
Infatuation, conceit and error are destroyed, the asylum of the merciful one is obtained (by them). The lotus-foot dwells in (their) mind and body, having seen (his) sight (they are) happy. Gain is obtained, loss is taken away by devoutly meditating in the society of the pious. They acquire the treasury and depository of (all) excellences by meditating on the name, (says) Nanak.
VII.
VII.
SIoL The assembly of the saints relates the glory of Hari, they utter it with true affection. Nanak (says): (their) mind becomes content by devoutly applying their thought to the One.
1 fj'Gf, the thousand-headed serpent Mug, the couch and canopy of Vishnu and the upholder of the world, which rests on one of his heads.
2 ^T3b the son of Vyasa.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., THITI VIII.— X.
Paurl.
On the seventh day collect the wealth of the name, the treasury (of which) is not exhausted! In the assembly of the saints he is^obtained, (who) has no end nor limit. Give up thy own self and adore Govind, fall on the asylum of Hari, the king! Thou wilt remove (thy) pain, thou wilt cross the water of existence, thou wilt obtain the fruit desired by (thy) mind.
(If) thou mutter day and night Hari in (thy) mind, (thy) life is fruitful and approved. Know, that the creator is always inside and outside with thee. He is a friend, he is a companion and friend, who gives instruction about Hari. Nanak is a sacrifice to him, who mutters the name of Hari, Hari.
VIII. Skk.
(If) the eight watches (his) excellences be sung, (if) the other bores be abandoned: The servant of Yama cannot overpower (him), Nanak (says): the Lord is merciful.
Pauri.
The eighth (day). The eight perfections, the nine treasures; All the (four desirable) objects (of human life), perfect intelligence; The opening of the lotus (of the heart), continual joy; Pure conduct, (the giving of) salutary advice; AU virtues, pure ablutions: Higher and more excellent than all is divine knowledge.
The worship of Hari, Hari (is made) in the society of the perfect Guru.
By muttering the name and by love to Hari one crosses, (says) Nanak.
IX.
SM.
Narayan is not remembered (by him, who is) fascinated by enjoyment and passion. Nanak (says): by forgetting the name one wanders about in hell and heaven.
Pauri.
The ninth (day). The nine apertures (of the body) are impure.
Those, who do not mutter the name, act perversely.
They sport with another's wife, they prate slander against the pious.
They do not hear a bit the glory of Hari with their ears.
They steal another's property for the sake of their (own) belly.
Their (burning) fire is not put out, their thirst is not quenched.
"Without the service of Hari these fruits are earned.
Nanak (says): by forgetting Hari the unfortunate die and are born (again).
X.
Slot I wandered about searching in the ten directions (of the earth); wherever I see, there is that One {i.e. the Supreme).
The mind is brought into one's power, if it be the mercy of the omnipresent one.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., THITI XI.— XIII.
Pauri.
The tenth (day). (By whom) the ten gates (of the body) are brought under subjection: In (their) heart is contentment, they mutter the name.
(Who) hear with their ears the glory of Hari, Gopal: (Those) pious ones are seeing with their eyes the merciful (Hari).
(Their) tongue sings the praises of the endless one.
In (their) heart they reflect on the omnipresent Lord.
With their hands and feet they perform service to the saints.
Nanak (says): this control (of the senses) is obtained by the mercy of the Lord.
XL SM.
The only One should be praised, (but some) rare one knows the relish (of it)!
The excellences of G5vind are not known, (says) Nanak, every one is astonished (at them).
Pauri.
The eleventh (day). Behold Hari as being near (thee)! Subdue (thy) senses and hear the name of Hari!
Contentment is in (thy) mind, (if there be) kindness towards all creatures.
In this wise (thy) religious duty is fulfilled.
If thou keep (thy) running (mind) in one place: (Thy) heart and body (become) pure in muttering the name of Hari.
In all the Supreme Brahm is present.
XTanak (says): praise Hari, this is a permanent duty!
XII.
Slot (Their) foolishness is removed, they perform service (to Hari), (with whom) the kind pious people have met.
Nanak (says): who remain united with the Lord, all their troubles are extinguished.
Pauri.
On the twelfth day (give) alms, (mutter) the name (and perform) ablutions!
Worship Hari and give up conceit!
Drink the nectar of Hari in the society of the pious!
(Thy) mind will be satiated by praise and love to Hari, A soft speech renders every one contented.
With the juice of the name of Hari thou nourishest the five elements (=body) and the soul. From the perfect Guru this assurance is obtained, iNanak (says): uttering the name of Earn one does not again fall into a womb.
XIII.
Slot (Who) is comprehended within the three qualities, his affair is not accomplished.
(If) the saviour of the sinners dwells in his heart, he is emancipated (by) the name, (says) Kanak.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., THITI XIV. XV.
Pauri, The thirteenth (day). Under three afflictions1 is the world.
It is coming and going and descends to hell.
The worship of Hari, Hari does not come into its mind.
The Lord, the ocean of comfort, is not praised a moment.
It is bound, now and then having joy and now and then grief.
A long disease is produced 2 by the Maya.
By making changes (of mind) disquietude is obtained.
In the eyes is drowsiness, it talks (as in) a dream.
This state takes place by forgetting Hari.
iNanak is in the asylum of the Lord, the merciful Supreme Spirit.
XIY. SM.
The four quarters, all the fourteen worlds Earn is pervading. Nanak (says): no deficiency is seen, his works are everywhere.
Paurl.
The fourteenth (day). In the four quarters is the Lord himself, His majesty is filling all the worlds.
In the ten directions the one Lord is contained.
Behold, in earth and sky, in all is the Lord.
In water, earth, wood, mountain and the nether region: There the merciful Lord abides.
Small and large, all is the Lord.
Nanak (says): the disciple is knowing Brahm.
XV. Sloh.
(By him) his own self is overcome, (by whom) according to the instruction of the Guru the excellences of Govind are sung.
By the favour of the saints fear is effaced, anxiety is extinguished, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
The day of the new moon. They are happy in themselves, (to whom) contentment was given by the Gurdev.
(Their) mind and body is cool, tranquillity and composure are attained by serving the Lord. (Their) fetters are broken (and their) many chauges (of mind), (their) affairs are fruitful and accomplished.
(Their) folly is swept away, (their) egotism gone off by remembering the name of Hari. The asylum of the Supreme Brahm is seized, coming and going are effaced. He is saved himself with his family by uttering the excellences of Govind, (And) by performing service to Hari, (if) the name of the Lord be muttered. Happiness and tranquillity are obtained from the perfect Guru, (says) Nanak.
1 The three afflictions are: tt| I'fdl'cfi (psychical or corporeal), (physical or material) and Wf^I^fa<fi (from the gods or fate).
2 All the MSS. read: 3HT*TTf*r&> though the preposition ^flf is hardly ever found connected with ^JTO in Sanskrit.
RAG GrAURI, MAH. V., THITI XVI. XVII.; RAG GAURI, MAH. IV., VAR I.
XVI.
SloJc.
The perfect (full) one never vacillates, (whe) is made perfect by the Lerd himself. Day by day he increases mere, (says) Nanak, and dees not decrease.
Pauri.
The day of full moon. Pull is the Lerd alone, the powerful cause of causes.
The Supreme Spirit, whese hand is abevc all, is merciful te the creatures.
Govind, the Guru, whose werk takes effect, is the depository of (all) excellences.
The Lerd, the inward governor, is wise, inapprehensible and free frem all darkness.
The Supreme Brahm, the Lord, is knowing every affair.
To the assistant ef the saints and (their) refuge constantly reverence!
(His) inexpressible tale is not comprehended, remember the feet ef Hari!
He is saving the sinners, the friend of the friendless.
Nanak is in the asylum of the Lord.
XVII.
Slot (His) pain is extinguished, (his) deubt is gone, (who) has seized the asylum of Hari, the Xing. By singing the excellences of Hari he obtains the fruit, his heart desires, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
If one sing, if one hear, if ene reflect (en them); If one teach (them), if one strengthen (them), he is saved.
He cuts eff his sins', he hecemes pure, the filth of his life goes.
In this and in the ether world his face is bright, the Maya dees not affect him.
He is intelligent, he is a Vaishnava, he is endowed with divine knowledge and affluent.
He is a here, he is of noble family, by whom the Lerd is adered.
The Khatrl, the Brahman, the Sudra, the Vaisya and the Candal are saved by remembering (Hari). By whem his own Lord is known, his dust is Nanak.
GAUBI; VAK; MAHALA IV. Om! by the favour of the true Guru! I.
sm i.
The true Guru, the Supreme Spirit is merciful, to whom every one is approved.
"With one and the same leek he beholds (all), from the faith of the heart cemes perfection.
In the true Guru is nectar, that highest werd of Hari, Hari.
Nanak (says): by mercy Hari is meditated upon, some (rare) disciple obtains (him).
SM II.
Egotism and the Maya, all is poison, in the world (there is) continually loss. Gain is the wealth of Hari, it is acquired by the disciple by reflecting on the word (of the Guru). The filth of egotism, the poison, goes off by keeping the nectar of Hari, Hari in the breast. All the affairs ef those disciples are accomplished, on whom he bestews mercy. Who are personally united (with him), they remain united, being united (with himself) by Hari, the creator.
RAG GATTRI, MAH. IV., VAR II.— IV.
Pauri.
Thou art the true Lord, thou art true, the true, true Lord I All (the creation) is meditating on thee, all (the creation) clings to thy feet.
Thy praise is beautiful and fine, by whom it is performed, him thou makest pass across.
To the disciples thou art giving (this) fruit/ that they are absorbed in the true name.
0 my great Lord, great is thy grandeur!
II.
SM I.
All other praising and all other speaking, besides the name, is insipidity.
The fleshly-minded praise (their) egotism, their talk is egotism and selfishness.
(But those) who do not praise (him, i.e. Hari), they die, they are all consumed (by their) slander.
Humble!Nanak (says): the disciples are saved muttering Hari, Hari, the supreme bliss.
SM II.
0 true Guru, show (me) Hari the Lord, (that) I may meditate on the name of Hari in my mind! Nanak (says): I will utter with (my) mouth the pure name of Hari, that is removing all pain.
Paurt.
Thou thyself art formless and void of all darkness, 0 King Hari!
By whom thou, the True one, art meditated upon with one mind, all their pain is removed. Thou hast no partner, who is brought near (to thee) and informed (by thee). There is no donor like thyself, 0 pure one, thou art considered as true in my mind.
0 my 4rue Lord, 0 True one, true is (thy) name!
III.
SM I.
In (thy) heart is the disease of egotism, by error thou art led astray, 0 fleshly-minded wicked man! Nanak (says): remove thy disease by meeting with the true Guru and the pious, good men!
SM II.
The heart and body of the disciple are imbued with love to Hari, the depository of (all) excellences. Humble iNanak (says): him, who flees to the asylum of Hari, he unites (with himself), praise to the Guru!
Pauri.
Thou art the creator, the unattainable Supreme Spirit, with whom art thou to be compared? (If) one would be like thee, it would be told; thou art like thyself (only), (thus) it is read. Thou alone art existing in all creatures, to the disciple thou art manifest.2 Thou art the true Lord of all, thou art higher than all.
"What thou doest, that, 0 True one, will take place, then why should one grieve?
IV.
SM L 1 have love to the beloved in heart and body; those who are attached (to the beloved) day and night: (On them) bestow mercy, 0 Lord, the true Guru, that they may dwell in comfort! (says) humble Nanak.
1 The Lahore lithographed copy reads: lTffe*HT> but the MSS. (Nos. 2483 and 2484) read ITlfERT, which we have followed in our translation.
2 XJlTJrgWr, instead of l(^Jr^t*^» the sake of the rhyme.
RAG GAURI, MAH. IV., VAR V- VI.
Slok II.
In whose heart there is love to the beloved, they will shine (at the gate) in proportion as they utter (the name of the beloved).
Nanak (says): Hari himself knows those, who entertain love to the beloved.
Pauri.
Thou art the creator, thou thyself art unerring and not subject to (any) mistake.
What thou doest, 0 True one, that is good, by the word of the Guru thou makest comprehend (this).
Thou art the powerful cause of causes, there is none other.
Thou art the Lord, unattainable and merciful, all meditate on thee.
All creatures are thine and thou art every one's, thou deliverest all.
V.
Slok L Hear, 0 sweetheart, the message of love, the eyes are attentively fixed (on thee)! (With whom) by the pleased Guru the sweetheart is joined, they dwell in comfort, (says) humble Nanak.
Slok II.
The true Guru is bountiful and merciful, whose mercy is everlasting.
The true Guru is inwardly without enmity, that One Brahm he beholds (in) all.
Who entertain enmity with him, who is without enmity, of those no one remains.
The true Guru is seeking the best of all, how should evil come from him?
As one desires a fruit from the true Guru, such a one he gets.
Nanak (says): the creator is knowing all, from whom nothing is hidden.
Pauri.
Whom the Lord makes great, him I consider as great.
Whom the Lord pleases, him he pardons, he is acceptable to the Lord.1 If one offend him, he is a foolish ignorant man.
Whom the true Guru unites (with himself), he utters (his) excellences and praises (his) qualities. Nanak (says): he is perfectly true; who comprehends (him), is absorbed in the True one.
VI. Slok I.
Hari is true, devoid of all darkness and immortal, without fear, without enmity, without form.
By whom he is muttered with one mind and one thought, their burden of egotism goes off.
Ey which disciples Hari is adored, victory to those pious people!
If one slander the perfect true Guru, him the whole world curses.
In the true Guru he himself is abiding, Hari himself is protecting him.
Blessed, blessed is he, who is singing the excellences of the Guru, to him (be) constantly reverence! Nanak is a sacrifice to them, by whom the creator is muttered.
Stoic II.
By himself the earth is created, by himself the sky.
By himself the creatures are produced in it, he himself gives the morsel into (their) mouth. He himself is abiding (in) all, he himself is the depository of (all) qualities. Humble Nanak (says): meditate thou on the name, all sins are cut off by it!
1 3T^ft = ^|cM, on account of the rhyme.
RAG GAURI, MAH. IV., VAR VII. VIII.
Pauri.
Thou art the true Lord, the truth, truth is pleasing to the true one. "Who are praising thee as the True^one, near them the servant of Yama does not go. Their faces are bright at the gate, to whose heart the true Hari is pleasing. The false ones are thrown back; in whose heart is falsehood and hypocrisy, they incur great pain. The faces of the false ones become black, the false ones become sweepings.
VII.
Sidle L The true Guru is the field of religious duties, as one sows on it, such a fruit he gets. By the disciples of the Guru nectar is sown and Hari gives them the fruit of nectar. Their faces are bright in this and that world, at the true gate they receive from Hari a dress of honour.
In the heart of some is falsehood, they practise continually falsehood; these, as they sow, such a fruit they will eat.
When the true Guru, the banker,1 will look closely at them, they will all be disclosed as counterfeit. They get always such (a fruit) as they intend, they are such as they are sounded by God.3 In both worlds the Lord himself abides, working continually he beholds all his proceedings.
SM II.
SM II.
In him, who is directing his mind on the One, the One is abiding, to whom he (the One) attaches himself, he becomes acceptable.
Some one makes many words, (but) in whose house the thing is, he eats it.
"Without the true Guru the right knowledge is not obtained, egotism does not depart from within. The selfish ones suffer the pain of hunger, they stretch out their hand and beg at every house. Falsehood and deceit do not remain hidden, outward show and plating go off. For whom it is written before, with him the true Guru, the Lord falls in.
As when iron is brought in contact with the philosopher's stone, so one falling in with the society (of the pious) becomes gold.
0 Lord of humble TTanak, thou art the Lord, as it pleases (thee), so thou makest (men) go.
Pauri.
By whom Hari is served in (their) heart, them Hari himself unites (with himself).
His qualities are communicated to them, who burn all their vices by means of the word (of the Guru).
(Their) vices are sold for straws, to whom he gives, they obtain true (qualities).
(I am) a sacrifice to my own Guru, who has effaced (my) vices and displayed (in me) virtues.
Great is the grandeur of the great one, the disciple sings (his) praise.
VIII. SM I.
In the true Guru is a great majesty; who daily meditates on the name of Hari, Hari: He, uttering the name of Hari, Hari (gets) purity and control of the senses, by the name of Hari he is satiated.
The name of Hari (is his) strength, the name of Hari (is his) tribunal, the name of Hari procures his protection.
2 The sense is: they emit such a sound as God makes them emit, just as a musical instrument gives such a sound as the player desires.
55 RAG GAURI, MAH. IV., VAR IX.
Who intently adores the shape (body) of the Guru, he gets the fruits Jus heart desires. Who slanders the true perfect Guru, him the creator will cause to be killed. That time will not again come into his hand, what he has sown, he will eat himself. He is carried off to the horrible hell with a black face, as they put a neck-halter on a thief. If he fall again on the asylum of the true Guru, he is saved, when he meditates on the name of Hari, Hari.
Nanak proclaims the words of Hari, thus he pleases Hari, the creator.
Slolc II.
Who does not mind the order of the perfect Guru, he is self-willed, ignorant and robbed by the Maya, the poison.
In his heart is falsehood, he is known as practising falsehood, hopeless strifes are put on his neck by God.
He sells many words, but his words please no one.
He wanders about in every house like an ill-fated woman; who comes in contact with him, to him also (his) marks are communicated.
Who becomes a disciple, he remains undenled, he leaves the side of that one and sits down, at the side of the Guru.
Who conceals his own Guru, he is not a good man, 0 ye saints, by him profit and capital, all is lost.
Nanak lets first hear the Shastras and the Vedas.
(But) the word of the perfect Guru comes (stands) above them.
To the disciples of the Guru the grandeur of the perfect Guru pleases, the self-willed do not get this opportunity.
Pmcri.
The perfectly True one is greater than all, he obtains him, whom the true Guru appoints. He is the true Guru, who is meditating on the True one, the perfectly True one and the true Guru are One.
He is the true Guru, the divine male, by whom the five intoxicated ones are subdued. Who without serving the true Guru adore their own self, in them is falsehood, fie upon (them)! (their) faces are dull.
What they speak does not please any one, their faces are black by deviating from the true Guru.
IX.
The whole field belongs to Hari the Lord, by himself it is cultivated.
Pardoning the disciples he makes germinate (their field), by the self-willed their stock (of seed) is lost. Every one sows for his own advantage, that field is made to germinate, which is pleasing to Hari. Ey the disciples of the Guru the neotar of Hari is sown, the nectar-name of Hari, as fruit they obtain nectar.
Yama, the mouse, is constantly gnawing the field, by Hari the creator he is beaten and ejected. The field comes forth and germinates, by Hari, who is bestowing heaps of corns, it is caused to germinate.
All their care and anxiety he removes, by whom the true Guru, the divine male, is meditated upon. Humble Nanak (says): (by whom) the name is adored, he himself is saved and he saves (also) tbe whole world.
1 This Slok is written out by the Sikhs as a charm against mice, and buried in small vessels on the four corners of a field.
RAG GrAURI, MAH. IV., VAR X, SM II.
The whole day the fleshly-minded one is ahsorhed in covetousness (and) other things. By night he is buried in sleep, al^the nine 1 are remiss in sleep.
On the head of the fleshly-minded is the order of (their) wives, they constantly lead them astray.
The men, who are doing what they are told by their wives, are impure, foul and vile.
The man, who is given to lust, is an impure man, he goes along asking his wives.
Who walks according to the bidding of the true Guru, he is a true and good man.
Women and men are all created by himself, the sport of Hari is performed in all.
All thy work is very good, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
Thou art unconcerned (about anything) and bottomless, how should the inestimable one be estimated? They are very fortunate, who are meditating on thee (and) with whom the true Guru falls in. The word of the true Guru is true and beautiful, the word of the Guru is brought about. The others, who in emulation of the true Guru are talking nonsense, are false, by falsehood they are broken down.
Something else is in their heart and something else in their mouth, chattering about the Maya, the poison, they are dying in grief.
X. SM I.
The service of the true Guru is pure, that man becomes pure, who performs service (to the Guru). In whose heart is hypocrisy and false change (of mind), they are separated by the True one himself.2 The true disciples sit at the side of the true Guru and pass their time. There, the false ones are not found in any good place.
To whom the word of the true Guru is not pleasing, their faces are dirty, they wander about blasted by God.
In whose heart there is no love to Hari, how long will those fleshly-minded ones be caused to take possession (of bodies) as goblins?
Who meets with the true Guru, he keeps his own mind steady, he himself abides with his own thing.
Humble Nanak (says); some the Guru joins and gives them happiness, some, who are deceitful, are separated by himself.
SM II.
In whose heart there is meditation on the name of Hari, their affairs are put right by God. Their dependence on men ceases, Hari the Lord sits near them and takes their side. (If) Hari is on (their) side, then every one is on (their) side, all who see (their) sight, applaud (them). Wholesale merchant and king, all are made by Hari, all come and make supplication to (his) people. The grandeur of the perfect Guru is great, by serving the great Hari inestimable happiness is obtained.
By the perfect Guru the gift (of) the immovable Hari is given, (though) he always bestows, it increases still more.3 A calumniator cannot see (his) greatness, that one is consumed by the creator himself. Humble Nanak utters the excellences of the creator, he is always protecting his votaries.
1 The nine are very likely the Tf^^f, the nine sentiments or passions.
2 -HtI^tS; its meaning is unknown.
3 i.e. the store of the gifts of the Guru.
RAG GATJRI, MAH. IV., VAR XL XII.
Paari.
Thou art the Lord, unattainable and compassionate, very bountiful and wise.
Like thou no one comes into my sight, thou art clever and pleasing to me.
Love to the family and all that is seen, is passing away, it is coming and going.
Who direct their mind on anything else but the True one, they are given to falsehood, false is their hope.
Nanak (says): meditate thou on the True one, the ignorant are consumed and die without the True one!
XL SIoJc L (If) first true love be not bestowed (on Hari), talking afterwards (of it) is of no use. The helpless self-willed man wanders about halfway,1 how shall he obtain happiness by (mere) words? In whose heart there is no love to the true Guru, he comes in falsehood and departs in falsehood. If my Lord Hari, the creator, bestow mercy (on him), then the true Guru, the Supreme Brahm, comes into (his) sight.
Then he drinks nectar, (when) the word of the Guru removes all his anxiety, care and error. He remains always injoyday and night, humble Nanak (says): day by.dayhesingstheexcellencesofHari.
SM II.
Who is called a disciple of the true Guru, he, rising early, meditates on the name. He makes efforts early in the morning, he makes ablution, he bathes in the pond of nectar. According to the instruction of the Guru he makes the Jap 2 of Hari, Hari, and all his sins and faults go off.
Again, when the day rises, he sings the Gur-banI,3 in sitting and rising he meditates on the name. Who at every breath and morsel meditates on my Hari, Hari, he is a disciple of the Guru and pleasing to the Guru.
To whom my Lord is merciful, that disciple of the Guru he lets hear the instruction of the Guru. Humble Nanak asks for the dust of that disciple of the Guru, who himself mutters and makes others mutter the name.
Pawn.
They are a few rare ones, who are meditating on thee, the True one.
Who in heart and mind are adoring the One, their abundance innumerable crores are eating. All (the world) is meditating on thee, they are aecepted, whom thou likest, 0 Lord! Who, without serving the true Guru, are eating and dressing themselves, they die, having died they are reborn leprous.
Being present they speak sweetly, outside they emit poison from their mouth; (these) quarrelsome and insincere people are separated by the Lord (from himself).
XII.
mi i.
(Whose) tattered blue (or) black quilt is filled with filth and lice, those disaffected ones are driven away.4 No one allows (one) to sit near (him) in the world, who has fallen into ordure; the fleshly-minded one comes having the very same filth applied (to himself).
^The sense is: halfway between God and the world.
2 The Jap of Hari (the muttering: Hari, Hari!) as a devotional exercise.
3 The Gur-banT is another devotional exercise, consisting of singing the praises of Hari.
* The construction of this verse is very intricate; the Sikh Granthis could not give me any explanation of it. %*lffef or <£}Jtf has here a double meaning: disaffected (turning away their face from the Guru) and (with the verb HjGcM) to turn off or drive away (similarly: %*fffcf 3t1cM)' The construction is: \$Xh %HVft RAG GrAURI, MAH. IV., VAR XIII.
Who for censuring and slandering others is sent off, (his) face will he hlack there also (in the other world); in both (worlds) (the face) of the disaffected ones is black.
"Turn (him) out," (so) it is heard in the whole world, 0 brother! The disaffected servant is beaten with shoes, being done up he rises and goes home.
Further on he is no more allowed to mix with societies and relatives, his wife and niece bring him again home.
This and the other world, both are lost, in hunger and thirst he always cries.
Elessed, blessed is the Lord, the creator, the Supreme Spirit, who himself causes true justice to be done.
Who slanders the perfect true Guru, he is by the True one killed and consumed. This word is spoken by him, by whom the whole world is produced.1 Slolc II.
Whose master is naked and hungry, whence shall his servant get enough to eat?
The thing, that is in the house of the master, comes into the hands of the servant, whence shall he (the servant) get, what there is not?
That service is difficult, if one, having been served, asks again an account (from the servant).
Eanak (says): serve thou Hari the Guru, whose sight is fruitful, no one will ask again an account (from thee).
Pauri.
~Em.dk (says): the saints reflect (on what) the four Yedas are saying.
What the devotees utter with their mouth, those words take effect.
It is manifest, spread about and known, all people are hearing it: The foolish men, who are in enmity with the saints, obtain no happiness.
They desire their virtues, they are burning in selfishness.
What can those helpless ones do, when their own lot is bad?
Who are struck down by that Supreme Brahm, they are destroyed by any one.
The branches of a tree are drying up, that is cut off by the root.
XIII.
Who in his heart is meditating on Hari the Guru, his grandeur is great.
Ey the perfect, true Guru, being pleased, it is given, it does not diminish a bit, though one try to diminish it.
The true Lord is on the side of the true Guru, all the people, who chatter (against him), 'die. The faces of the slanderers are made black by Hari the creator, by himself (the Guru's honour) is increased.
In proportion as the slanderer slanders (him), it (i.e. the Guru's honour) increases continually more. Humble Nanak (says): by whom Hari is adored, at their feet he places the whole (world).
Slok II.
Who keeps account2 with the true Guru, to him all this and that world is lost.
He continually gnashes with his teeth, he emits foam, prating and prating he breaks'down.
1 The verse is said to refer to some Marvahl Khatris, who were sent by some disaffected people to Dilli, to complain of the Guru, and were thus turned out by the king. Under the true Guru he understands himself, who in this and in the following verses pronounces his whole wrath against his backbiters.
2 ~1[<53 who keeps account, i.e. who closely watches his proceedings, which the Guru did not like by any means.
RAG GAURI, MAH. IV., VAR XIV.
He makes always schemes for money and wealth, (but) his former property also flies away. What does he gain, what does he eat, into whose heart the pain of doubt has fallen? Who entertains enmity with him, who is without enmity, he takes upon his head all the sins of the world.
He gets no entrance neither at the front nor hack, in whose heart is calumny and in the mouth a mango.
If he stretches out his hand to gold, it closes upon ashes.
(But) if he come again to the asylum of the Guru, his former vices are pardoned. Humble Nanak (says): (by whom) daily the name is meditated upon, (his) blemishes and sins go off by the remembrance of Hari.
Paurt.
Thou art perfectly true, thou art above all, thou art the supreme authority.
Who are meditating on thee the True one, who serve (thee) the True one, who put (their) hope on (thee) the True one: In (their) heart is happiness,1 (their) faces are bright, they speak truth, thy strength, 0 True one, (is in them).