Those disciples are devotees, by whom he is praised, (whose) flag is the true word (of the Guru). (I am) always a sacrifice (to them), who are serving the perfectly True one.
XIV. Sidh I.
Who are smitten by the perfect true Guru himself, they are now smitten by the true Guru. Though it be much desired to unite them (with the society of the pious), the creator does not allow, that they be united.
They get no entrance into the society of the pious, in the society they are inquired after by the Guru. If one go and join them now, him the executioner of Yama kills.
The false ones, who were cursed by the Guru Baba, they were also cursed by the Guru Angad. The Guru in the third generation reflected: what is in the hand of these helpless ones? By the Guru, that is anointed in the fourth generation, all slanderers and wicked people are saved. If some son (of theirs), (becoming) a disciple, serve the true Guru, all his affairs are put right. He will obtain the fruit, he desires, having got sons, wealth and riches, Hari saves and unites (him with himself).
All treasures are in the true Guru, into whose breast they were put by Hari. He gets the perfect true Guru, on whose forehead this destiny is written.
Humble Nanak asks for the dust of those, who are the beloved disciples and friends of the Guru.
SlOk II.
To whom he himself gives greatness, at their feet he himself also lays down the world. Then one would be afraid, if anything would be done by oneself, (but) in all the creator makes go on his own skill.
Behold, 0 brother, this arena ( = the world) belongs to the beloved true Hari, who by his own power makes all bow down (to his saints).
Hari, the Lord protects his own devotees, the faces of the calumniators and wicked people he causes to be blackened.
The greatness of the true Guru increases always more, Hari himself causes constantly praise and devotion to be made.
RAG GrAURI, MAH. IV., VAR XV.
Mutter day by day the name, 0 ye disciples of the Guru! Hari the creator himself causes it to be uttered by the mouth.
The faces of the disciples maizes bright the beloved Hari, in the whole world he raises the cry: victory to the Guru!
Humble Nanak is the slave of Hari, Hari preserves the honour of the slaves of Hari.
Pauri.
Thou thyself art the true Lord, thou art our true wholesale merchant. Make firm (in us) the true capital of (thy) name, 0 Lord, we are thy retail-dealers! (Who) serve the True one, who traffic in the True one, who recite his pure qualities: Those people, by reason of being (his) servants, are united (with him), by the word of the Guru they are accomplished.
Thou, the true Lord, art inapprehensible, (but) by the word of the Guru thou makest (thyself ) known.
XV. Slolc I.
In whose heart the calumny of another is harboured, he will never do well. T$o one heeds what he says, he cries continually standing in a desert.
In whose heart there is backbiting (and who) becomes known as a backbiter, all his clever achieve- ments are lost.
Who always makes untrue backbiting of another, he cannot show his face, it has become black. In the Kali-yug the body is the field of actions, as one sows, such he will eat. Justice is not administered by (mere) words; (by whom) poison is eaten, he dies at that very moment.
Behold, 0 brother, the true justice of the creator! as one acts, so he receives.
To humble Nanak the whole right insight is given, he proclaims the affairs of the gate of Hari.1 Blok II.
Who are separated (from Hari), (when) the Guru is present, they get no entrance at the gate (of Hari).
(If) any go and join those slanderers, (their) faces turn pallid, they are spit in the face. Who are cursed by the true Guru, they are cursed in the whole world, they are always going about without knowing what to do.
By whom their own Guru is concealed, they wander about sighing. Their hunger never ceases, they constantly cry out in hunger. No one hears what they say, they always die gradually.
They cannot see the greatness of the true Guru, they get no place neither in that nor in this world. Who goes and joins them, who are smitten by the true Guru, (by him) all (his) remaining honour is lost.
Who are cursed by the Guru, they (become) further on leprous; who joins such a one, him he (the Guru) makes take up (his) leprosy.
Hari does not look on those, who apply their mind to another love. What is decreed by the creator himself, against that there is no remedy. Humble Nanak (says): adore thou the name, nothing can come up to that! The majesty of the name is great, and it is constantly more increasing.2 1 The sense is: he proclaims what is going on at the gate of Hari.
2 tJrflJl is a meaningless corruption (for the sake of the rhyme) instead of ti^lQ, verbal adjective: rising; tJ^I 0 > it is going on rising, increasing.
440 RAG GAURI, MAH. IV., VAR XVI. XVII.
SM III.
Who is appointed (Guru) by the Guru then being, the majesty of that man is great.
To him all the world bows and falls down at bis feet, his fame is spread in the world.
To bim the (nine) regions and the universe pay reverence; on whose bead the perfect Guru places his hand, be (also) becomes perfect.
The majesty of the Guru becomes always greater, no one can come up to him.
Humble Nanak has been appointed (Guru) by Hari the creator himself, that Lord himself protects (his) honour.
Pauri.
In the body is a boundless castle, in it are shops also.
The disciple, who carries on traffic, collects the substance of Hari.
The treasure of the name of Hari is purchased, diamonds and red corals.
"Who are seeking wealth in another place besides (their) body, they are fools and goblins.
Those foolish ones are turned about in error, like a deer is led astray in brambles.1 XVI. SM I.
Who slanders the perfect true Guru, he becomes distressed in the world.
The hell is horrible and a well of pain, he is seized and carried there.
No one hears his cries and screams, in distress he weeps.
He loses all, this and that world, profit and capital, all is wasted.
He is made the ox of an oilman and yoked on by his early rising master.
Hari sees and hears always everything, before him nothing is hidden.
What he sows, that he reaps, as one has sown before (in a former birth).
On whom the Lord bestows his own mercy, he washes the feet of the true Guru.
Following the Guru, the true Guru, he crosses over, as iron with wood.2 Humble Nanak (says): meditate thou on the name! muttering Hari happiness is obtained by the name of Hari.
SM II.
Those female disciples are very fortunate, happy married women, with whom Hari the king has met. In their heart light is manifested, they are absorbed in the name, (says) Nanak.
Pauri.
This body is all virtue, in which the light of the True one is.
A jewel is hidden and concealed in it, some (rare) disciple and votary draws it out, having searched for it.
When the whole is known (as) the Supreme Being, then the One is contained (everywhere), the One is lengthwise and crosswise.
The One is seen, the One is minded, the One is heard with the ears.
Humble Nanak (says): keep thou in mind the name and thy service is becoming perfectly true!
XVII. SM I.
All relishes are in the heart of those, in whose mind Hari dwells. Those faces are bright at the threshold of Hari, all go to see them, 1 = ^35 = ^§>' 2 TjlffgJHT is » meaningless alliteration instead of rffTf.
BAG GAURI, MAIL IV., VAK XVIII.
By whom the name of the fearless one is meditated upon, they have no fear.
The supreme Hari is embraced by them, for whom it has been decreed by himself.
They receive a dress of honour at the gate of Hari, in whose heart Hari dwells.
They themselves cross with all their family, and after them they release the whole world.
0 Hari, join to humble Kanak (thy) people! seeing them we live.
Slok II.
That ground becomes green, on which my true Guru sits.
Those creatures become flourishing, by which my true Guru is seen.
Blessed, blessed is the father, blessed, blessed the family, blessed, blessed (the mother, by whom the Guru is born.
Blessed, blessed is the Guru, by whom the name is adored; he himself crosses and he rescues them (also), by whom he is seen.
0 Hari, mercifully join to me the true Guru, (that) humble Nanak may wash (his) feet!
Pauri.
The true Guru is the perfectly True one and immortal, by whom Hari is kept in (his) breast. The true Guru is the perfectly True one, the Supreme Spirit,1 by whom lust and wrath, the baneful thing, is destroyed.
When the perfect true Guru is seen, the mind is subdued within.
(I am) constantly a sacrifice to my own Guru, (ram) devoted (to him).
The disciple is victorious, the self-willed one is overcome.
XVIII. Slok I.
With (whom) he (Hari) joins the true Guru out of mercy, (that) disciple will meditate on the name. Who does that which will please the true Guru, (him) the perfect Guru will let dwell in (his) house. In whose heart there is meditation on the name, all their fear he (the Guru) will remove. For whose protection Hari himself stands up, what will all other machinations avail (against them)? Humble Nanak (says): meditate thou on the name! in this and that world Hari will rescue (thee).
Slok II.
To the disciples of the Guru the greatness of the true Guru is pleasing.
Hari preserves the honour of the true Guru, it is continually increasing.
In the mind of the true Guru is the supreme Brahm, the supreme Brahm rescues him.
(Whose) strength and tribunal the true Guru is, to them Hari makes bow down the whole (world).
By whom my true Guru is seen and loved, all their sins he removes.
Those faces (will be) bright at the threshold of Hari and much honoured.
Humble Nanak asks the dust of those, who are" the disciples of the Guru and my brethren.
Pauri.
1 utter and praise (his) qualities, true is the greatness of the perfectly True one.
Who praises (him) is true, true is (his) praise, (but) none has got the (right) estimate of the True one.
Who have tasted the juice of the perfectly True one, they remain satiated.
Those are knowing the relish of Hari, as by a dumb one sweetness is eaten (but cannot be told).
1 The Guru is here, as so often elsewhere, perfectly identified with the Supreme.
56 RAG GAURI, MAH. IV., III., VAR XIX. XX.
From the perfect Guru the fruition of Hari, the Lord, is obtained (and) congratulation is uttered in the heart (in consequence thereof).1 XIX. SM I.
Within whom there are flowing sores, they know the pain thereof.
Who know Hari, (they know) the pangs of separation (from him), I am always a sacrifice to them.
Who join to me Hari my sweetheart, for them I roll (my) head on the ground.2 Who perform the work of the Guru, to those disciples I am the slave of slaves.3 Who are steeped in the deep red eolour of Hari, (their) body is rilled with love to Hari.
Mercifully join Nanak (to the Guru)! (my) head is sold to the Guru.
SM II.
With vices my body is filled, how shall it become pure, 0 ye saints? By the diseiple virtues are bought, he washes off the filth of egotism.
The True one he purchases with pleasure, the traffic of the True one is carried on (by him). Loss does not befall him by any means, (to whom) that gain of Hari is pleasing. Nanak (says): by them the True one is purchased, for whom exaetly it is deereed, (that) they should obtain (him).
Patiri.
(Who) are praising the True one, (who are) praising the perfectly True one, they are pure men. In the heart of them, who serve the True one, the True one dwells, the perfectly true Hari is (their) protector.
By whom the True one is adored, they, having departed, are united with the True one. By whom the perfectly True one is not served, those self-willed fools (become) goblins. They are talking nonsense like those, 'who are intoxicated with liquor.
XX.
Sloh I.; mahald III.
In the Gauri Hag she has a good character, (who) keeps (her) husband in (her) mind. Who makes this her ornament, that she walks aeeording to the will of the true Guru. The true word (of the Guru) is (her) husband, whom she always enjoys. As the eolour of the boiled Manjlth is very deep red, so she gives her soul to the True one. In very deep eolour she is steeped, (her) love is directed on the True one.
Falsehood and deeeit do not remain hidden, (though) they put round (themselves) falsehood and deception.
They make false shows of greatness, who entertain love with falsehood. Nanak (says): he himself (only) is true, he himself beholds (everything).
Sloh II.; mahald IV.
In the soeiety of the saints the praise of Hari is made, in the eompany of the pious the beloved is met with.
1 The sense is: who has obtained from the Guru the fruition of Hari, he congratulates himself in his own heart. IjcVcM signifies here: to receive the fruition of; 3TfcT "M^ is the Ablative: from.
3 ^R^t^HT, a senseless corruption instead of?tfej>{t fche slave of slaves = the lowest slave. For the sake of the rhyme the words are often so disfigured, that they are hardly recognizable.
BAG- GAUI1I, MAS. III., IV., VAR XXI.
Those men are blessed men, who give instruction and assistance to others.
They confirm the name of Hari (in others), who proclaim the name of Hari: (for) by the name of Hari the world is saved. m Every one desires to see the Guru, by the nine regions and the universe he is worshipped.
By thyself thy own self is put into the true Guru, by thyself the Guru is adorned.
Thou thyself worshippest and causest the true Guru to be worshipped, 0 creator!
If one be separatedjrom the true Guru, his face (becomes) black, he is smitten down by Yama.
He gets no entrance neither in the future nor afterwards: (this) is reflected upon in their mind by the disciples of the Guru.
The people, who meet with the true Guru, are saved, by whom the name is remembered in their heart.
Ye, who are disciples and sons of humble Nanak, mutter Hari! Hari is saving you.
Sidle III.; mahala III. Ey egotism the world is led astray, by folly, worldly pursuits and passion.
(If) one meet with the true Guru, a look of favour is (cast upon him), but the self-willed one is in stark blindness.
Nanak (says): whom he himself (i.e. Hari) joins (to himself), he bestowslove on the word (of the Guru).
Pauri.
He praises and magnifies the perfectly True one, whose heart is steeped in love (to Hari). Ey whom the One is adored with one mind, their wall ( =body) is never tattered. Blessed, blessed are those men and applauded, by whom the true nectar is drunk with their tongue. To whose mind the perfectly True one is pleasing, they are accepted at the true threshold. Blessed, blessed is the birth of the lovers of truth, (their) faces (are made) bright, happiness is enjoyed (by them).
XXI. Sloh I.; mahala IV.
, The Sakats go and bow before the Guru, (but) they are insincere and false in their heart. "When the Guru says: rise, 0 my brother! they sit down being crammed together (like) herons.1 In the heart of the disciples of the Guru the true Guru abides, those who are privileged2 (by God), are selected (by the Guru).
Those insincere (Sakats) hide before and after their face, they do not mingle (with the disciples).
Their food is not there, the rams go and acquire falsehood.
Though the Sakat be fed, yet he necessarily disgorges poison from his mouth.
'Eo fellowship should be made with any Sakat, they are smitten by the creator.
Whose this sport is, he makes and sees it; 3 humble Nanak remembers the name.
SM II.
The true Guru is the unattainable Supreme Spirit, by whom Hari is kept in his breast. ]$o one can come up to the true Guru, on whose side the creator is.
The sword and coat of mail of the true Guru is the worship of Hari, by which death, the plague, is destroyed.
2 is explained by the Sikh Granthis by " spy but this is a mere guess. It corresponds to the Sansk. ^fdbfcf^, one who is privileged (by God) on account of his merits, etc. 3?M^ldl stands for 66M<£dT (or rather 66M^d); on account of the rhyme.
3 The sense is: the whole world is the sport of Hari, he makes it and sees it.
RAG GAURI, MAH. IV.; VAR XXII. XXIII.
Hari himself is the protector of the true Guru, after the true Guru 1 every one is saved by Hari. Who excogitates mischief against the perfect true Guru, he is smitten by the creator himself. He is taken notice of at the threshold of the true Hari, (by whom) the unattainable (Guru) is reflected upon, (says) humble Nanak.
Pauri.
By whom the True one is adored whilst being asleep, they utter the True one, when they rise.
Those disciples are scarce in the world, who utter the True one.
I am a sacrifice to those, who day by day utter the True one.
To whose mind and body the True one is pleasing, they go to the true threshold.
Humble Nanak utters the true name, he always worships the perfectly True one.
XXII.
Blok I.; mahala IY. "What is sleeping, what is waking? those, who are disciples, are acceptable.
By whom at every breath and morsel he (Hari) is not forgotten, they are perfect and most excellent men.
By destiny the true Guru is obtained, (if) day by day meditation be made.
Their society I will hold fast, that I may obtain honour at the threshold, (Who) in sleeping utter: vah, vah! and (who) also in rising say: vah, van! 2 Nanak (says): their faces (are) bright, who, when rising (from sleep), continually remember (him).
Slok II.; mahala IY. (If) one's own true Guru be served, the boundless name is obtained.
Those, who are drowning in the water of existence, Hari draws out, the bountiful Hari bestows gifts (upon them).
Blessed, blessed is that wholesale merchant,3 who deals in the name.
The disciples, the retail-dealers, who come, he ferries across by means of the word.
Humble Nanak (says): on whom mercy is bestowed, they serve the creator.
Paurl.
Those men are devotees of the perfectly True one, by whom the perfectly True one is adored.
The disciples, who seek him, find the True one in their heart.
By whom the true Lord is served, they subdue and overcome death, the plague.
The perfectly True one is greater than all, who serve the True one are united with the True one.4 Praise to the' perfectly True one! serving the perfectly True one they gain their end.
XXIII.
Slok I.; mahala IY.
The self-willed one is a foolish creature, being destitute of the name he goes astray. Without the Guru the (human) mind does not become fixed, again and again (man) falls into the womb.
(If) Hari, the Lord, himself become merciful (to one), then the true Guru is met with. Humble Nanak (says): praise thou the name and the pain of birth and death will go!
1 After the true Guru, i.e. following the true Guru.
2 Yah, vah (supply: Guru!).
3 The JTRT is here the Guru.
RAG GAU?I, MAH. IV., III., VAR XXIV. XXV.
Slolc II.; mahald IV. I will praise my own Guru in many ways with affection!
Having brought about an intimacy (with the Guru) I keep my mind attached to the true Guru. Applying my mind to the beloved Hari my tougue'cannot get enough in praising (him). Nanak has a hunger after the name in his heart, having drunk the juice of Hari his heart becomes satiated.
Pauri.
Pauri.
The perfectly True one is known (from his) power, by whom day and night is made. He is true, who is always praising (him), the greatness of the True one is true. "Who is praising (him) is true (and his) praise (also) is true, (but) the estimate of the True one no one has obtained.
When the perfect true Guru is met with, then he (Hari) is present and comes into sight. By whom the True one is praised, all the hunger of those disciples is done away.
XXIY.
Slolc I.; mahald IV.
Searching my heart and body I found that Lord in seeking.
I obtained the Guru as intercessor, by whom the Lord Hari was joined to me.
Slok II.; mahald III. Who is relying on the Maya is very blind and deaf. He does not bear the word (of the Guru) and is much wandering about. To the disciple it is known by devoutly meditating on the word. Having heard the name of Hari he minds it, and is absorbed in the name of Hari. What pleases him, that he does being caused to do it. Wanak (says): the musical instrument emits a sound being caused to sound.
Pauri.
Pauri.
Thou, 0 creator, art knowing everything which is going on within the creatures. Thou, 0 creator, art thyself inestimable, (but) the whole world is estimated (by thee). Whatever exists is made by thee, all is thy work. Thou alone art existing iu every creature, true, 0 Lord, is thy work.
Who have met with the true Guru, they are united with Hari, there is no confidence (on the part of Hari) on any one else.
XXV. Slolc I.; mahald IV.
This mind should be kept fast, 0 disciple, the thought should be directed (on him)! How should he at any breath and morsel be forgotten, (who) in sitting and rising is always (with thee)?
Anxiety about death and life is gone, this body is in the power of the Lord Hari. As it pleases (thee), so keep (me), bestow the name on humble Nanak!
Slok II.; mahald III.
The conceited self-willed man does not know the palace (of Hari), one moment he is before, one moment he is behind.
(Though) he he always called, he does not come to the palace, how shall he be accomplished at the threshold (of Hari)?
Some rare one knows the palace of the true Guru and always joins his hands (in supplication).
(On whom) my Hari bestows his own mercy, (him) he causes to return (to his palace), (says) Nanak.
RAG GrAURI, MAH III., V., VAR XXVI. XXVII.
Pauru The performance of that service is fruitful, by means of which the mind of the true Guru is won over. "When the mind of the true Guru is won over, then sins and blemishes are destroyed. The disciples hear with their ears the instruction, that is given by the true Guru. By whom the will of the true Guru is minded, to them a fourfold colour is applied. This is only the course of the disciples, that having heard the initiatory mantra of the Guru their hearts are imbued with love.
XXVI. Slok I.; mahala III. Who conceals his own Guru, he gets no place nor spot.
Both, this and that world, are lost, he gets no place at the threshold (of Hari).
That opportunity does not come to hand, that he may again cling to the feet of the true Guru.
He is dropped from the account of the true Guru, in pain he passes his time.
The true Guru, the Supreme Spirit, is without enmity, whom he takes himself, (him) he applies (to his service).
Nanak (says): to whom he shows his sight, them he rescues at the threshold (of Hari).
Slok II.; mahala III.
The self-willed one is ignorant, foolish and conceited. In his heart is wrath, in gambling his intelligence is lost. He is given to falsehood and sins. "What does he hear, what does he speak and tell? Blind and deaf he falls into a well going astray. The self-willed one comes and goes blind. Without joining the true Guru he is not accepted. Nanak (says): what is written before, that he earns.
Pauri.
Whose hearts are hard, they do not sit with the true Guru.
There the True one is abiding, (but) the heart of the false ones is gloomy.
Practising fraud and deceit they are bringing forth false accusations, then they go again and sit with the false ones.
Falsehood does not mingle with the true ones, let one see and ascertain this!
The false ones mingle with the false ones, (whereas) the truthful disciples sit with the true Guru.
XXVII.
Slok I.; mahala V.
He himself making efforts kills the remaining slanderers. The assistant of the saints, 0 Nanak, is everywhere present.
Slok II.; mahala V.
They are thoroughly gone astray, thoroughly, where will they put their hands? Even by him they are destroyed, 0 Nanak, who is the powerful cause of causes.
Pauri.
Taking nooses they go at night-time, (but) the Lord knows the creatures. They look at another's wife, hiding themselves in a place.
They break holes in the wall (of a house) in an uneven place, they enjoy sweet liquor.
RAG GAURI, MAH. V., IV., VAR XXVIII.-XXX.
(But) they themselves will repent of their own works.
The angel Ajrall 1 will press (them like) sesam seed in an oil-press.
XXVIII.
Sloh I.; mahala V.
The servants of the true wholesale merchant are approved of. "Who serve another, 0 Nanak, those fools are consumed and die.
Sloh II.; mahala Y.
The destiny, that has heen written by the Lord himself, cannot be effaced. The name of Earn is wealth and capital, (on that) meditate always, 0 Nanak!
Pauri.
(To whom) Narayan has put a stumbling-block, where will he put his foot?
Who is committing countless sins, he tastes continually poison.
Who is calumniating (others) is consumed and dies, he burns in his body.
Who is smitten down by the true Lord, who will protect him?
Nanak has fled to the asylum of him, who is the inapprehensible Supreme Spirit.
XXIX. Sloh I.; mahala V.
The terrible hell, (in which there are) many tortures, is the place for the ungrateful. Who are smitten down by that Lord, 0 Nanak, they, being refused, die.
Sloh II.; mahala Y.
All remedies are applied by him (i.e. the slanderer), (but) there is no medicine for the slanderer. (Whom) the Lord himself leads astray, 0 Nanak, he is consumed and falls (again) into the womb.
Pauri; mahala Y.
The perfect true Gruru being pleased gives the true inexhaustible wealth of Hari.
All cares are effaced (thereby), the fear of Yama ceases.
Lust, wrath (and all) wickedness are destroyed in the society of the pious.
Who are serving another besides the True one, they will die hip-broken.
On Nanak the Guru has bestowed communion with the name.
XXX. Sloh I.; mahala IY.
He is not an ascetic, (who) is covetous in his heart, the deceitful one wanders about for the sake of the Maya.
Eirst, being called, he does not take the alms of the pious one, afterwards repenting, the ascetic comes and places him in the hell of the childless.2 All the righteous people begin to laugh, that the ascetic is overcome by greediness and worldly desires.
Where he sees little wealth, there the ascetic does not go near, by keeping his look on much wealth the ascetic loses his sanctity.
0 brother, this is no ascetic, he is a heron, thus the pious people think.
1 *HWT5^> ( JjVj^ the angel of death.
2 The sense is: the ascetic does not at first take the alms offered by a pious man, afterwards repenting of it he curses him and places him in the hell of the childless (V3", the hell, destined for the childless).
RAG GAURIj MAH. IV., VAR XXXI.
The ascetic, who slanders the pious people, he is smitten down by God on account of this fault, (though) he may he praised by the world.
Behold, by the slander of the great (pious) people all the fruit, which the ascetic had acquired, is gone, destroyed by the ascetic (himself)! 1 Outside he sits amongst the pious and is called an ascetic.
(But when) he sits inside (the house), he commits sin.
Hari manifests and shows (his) inward sin to the pious.
Dharm-Eae says to the servants of Tama: seize and put this ascetic there, where the great murderers are!
No one has further any connexion with this ascetic, he is cursed by the true Guru.
What is going on at the gate of Hari, that Nanak tells; he comprehends it, who is fitted for it by God.
SloJc II.; mahala IV.
By the devotion of Hari, Hari is adored; the greatness of Hari, The praise of Hari the devotees are always singing; the name of Hari is bestowing happiness (on them). On the devotees of Hari the greatness of the name is always bestowed and it becomes always greater. The devotees of Hari are placed firmly in (their) houses, he preserves their honour. Hari will ask account from (their) slanderers, he will punish them severely. As the slanderers are acting in their own heart, such a fruit they obtain.
What is done within (the heart) will at last become manifest, though one do it sitting within the earth.
Humble INanak is happy having seen the greatness of Hari.
Paurz.
Hari himself is the protector of his devotees, what can the sinner do (against them)?
The foolish conceited man practises conceit, he eats poison and dies.
Few are the days (of life), as a ripe field is cut down.
As the works are, they are practising, such will be their reward.
The Lord of humble Nanak is great, he is the Lord of all.
XXXI. Sidk I.; maliald IY.
The fleshly-minded one is thoroughly misled, (he lives) in greediness, covetousness, and egotism. Quarrelling day by day he passes his time, he does not reflect on the word of the Guru. All their sense and understanding is taken away by the creator, what they talk, is all nonsense. They are not satisfied with any gift, in their heart is thirst and much ignorance and blindness. Nanak (says): breaking off connexion with the fleshly-minded is best, who entertain fondness and affection for the Maya.
Sidle I.; mahala IY.
Who have another love in their heart, with those no friendship should be made by the disciples. They come and go and are made to wander about (in transmigration), not in a dream they get any happiness.
They practise falsehood and utter falsehood, clinging to falsehood they become stupid.
1 The readings in this verse differ considerably, as its sense was no longer understood. The MS. (No. 2483) reads: fA«£l which gives no sense whatever; the MS. (No. 2484) reads: ^TJT \TJtft oft Hvo* l which is equally senseless. We have translated according to the Lahore lithographed copy, which reads: ^TnVBVr sft f^T ^ must be joined to f^f = ^ 51 Wl I • But the whole verse is in itself very intricate and clumsy.
RAGr GATJRI, MAH. V., III., VAR XXXII. XXXIII.
Fondness for the Maya is all pain, in pain they are destroyed, in pain they will weep. Nanak (says): no union is possible between worldliness and devout meditation, though every one desire it. ^ "Who have got religious merits in their bag, they obtain happiness by the word of the Guru.
Paurl; mahald Y. 0 Nanak, the saintly Munis state it and the four Yedas tell it: (That) the words, which the devotees utter with their mouth, take effect. They are manifest and known in the world and all people are hearing (them): 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 people do, when their very lot is bad? Who are smitten by that Supreme Brahm, they are destroyed by anybody. Who entertain enmity with him, who is without enmity (=God), they are justly consumed. Who are cursed by the Saint (= the Guru), they wander about perplexed. The branches of a tree, that is cut off at the very root, are getting dry.
XXXII.
Slob I.; mahald Y.
By Guru Nanak the name of Hari, who is able to break and to make, was made firm.
0 friend, remember thou always the Lord, and thy pain goes off.
Sloh II.; mahald Y. The hungry one knows no modesty, he is shameless and abusive. Nanak asks for the name; 0 Hari, grant (me) in mercy devotion (to it)!
Paurl} As the works are, which one is doing, such are the fruits.