(2). I am brought near and placed on the bed by the beloved. I am released from paying submissiveness (to others).
(3). In my house there is light by means of the word (of the Guru). In joy my Lord is joking (with me).
(4). On my forehead a good lot (is written), (my) beloved has come to my house. A firm happy wifehood (I have) obtained, 0 humble Nanak!
III. LIV. CXXL (1). My mind is applied to the true name.
(Eut outwardly) I jest and talk with the people.2 1 i^ft = 5fc^, (I am) united; the subject must be gathered from the context.
2 TraT = ZZ\> joke, jest; TO = ^T^> talk, speech.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LV.— LVII. (CXXII.-CXXIV.)
Pause.
Outwardly good terms with all are kept up.
(But inwardly) I remain uncontaminated like a lotus in the water.
(2). By word of mouth I am conversing with all. (But) my own soul I keep with the Lord.
(3). Much ecstasy also comes into sight. This mind is the dust of the feet of all.
(4). Humble Nanak has obtained the perfect Guru. The One is shown (to him as being) inside and outside.
IV. LV. CXXII.
(1). The girl1 is obtaining pleasures in youth. (But) without the name she is mingled with dust.
Pause.
In her ear is an ear-ring, (fine) clothes are put on. (Her) bed is comfortable, in (her) mind she is proud.
(2). Beneath (her) an elephant, above (her) an umbrella of gold. (But) without devotion to Hari she is buried in the earth.
(3). (One may have) many beautiful women. (But) without love to Hari every taste is insipid.
(4). The Maya is deceitful, diseases are spread out (by her).2 Nanak is in the asylum of the Lord, the kind Supreme Spirit.
V. LVI. CXXIII.
(1). There is a garden, (in which) many trees are planted. The nectar-name is produced on them as fruit.
Pause.
0 wise one, make such a contemplation, By which the state of final emancipation may be obtained!
Bound about are ponds of poison, in the midst (of that garden) is nectar, 0 brother!
(2), There is one gardener, who waters (the trees). He takes care of the branches every morning.3 (3). Every tree is brought and firmly planted. Every one blossoms, not one is fruitless.
(4). Who obtains the nectar-fruit of the name from the Guru: He crosses the Maya, (says) Nanak, the slave.
VI. LVII. CXXIV.
(1). Boyal sports are made by thy name.
The Yoga (deep meditation) is made by singing thy praise.
1 "ETS5fan = MI&T, girl. The words in these verses are exceedingly disfigured, as the author took no pains to choose suitable words.
2 f*PJ35tofT = fETfcf^ (from fEWJTST, t° be spread out).
3 The Lahore lithographed copy reads the MSS. No.2484: irf^rfs, No.2483: \TT5\rj5; the first two readings are wrong, as they give no sense, the last, IfTfeVT^ IS = Sansk. TTprT! TJTrT!> every morning, which suits well the context.
RAG ASA; MAIL V., SABD LVIIL— LX. (CXXV.— CXXVIL) Pause.
All comforts are brought about in thy shelter. The curtains of error are opened by the true Guru.
(2). By comprehending the order (of Hari) pleasures are enjoyed. In the service of the true Guru (there is) great emancipation.
(3). By whom thou art known, he is in his married state of mortified passions and accepted. Who is attached to the name, he is emancipated.
(4). Who has obtained the treasure of the name: His treasury is fall, says Nanak.
VII. LYI1I. CXXV.
(1). (If) I go to a Tirtha, (I see that) they are practising egotism (there). (If) I ask the Pandits, they are attached to the Maya.
Pause.
Show me that place, 0 friend!
"Where there is continually the praise of Hari (goiog on).
(2). Ey reflection on the Shastras and Yedas, on merit and demerit: There is again and again descent to hell (and ascent to) heaven.
(3). In the married state there is care, dejection and selfishness. Works bring trouble to the soul.
(4). Ey the mercy of the Lord the mind becomes subjected.
Nanak (says): (who becomes) a disciple, by him the Maya is crossed.
Pause.
In the society of the pious the praise of Hari is sung. This place is obtained from the Guru.
VIII. LIX. CXXVI.
(1). In the house is happiness, outside (of it) also is happiness. By remembering Hari all troubles are destroyed.
Pause.
(There are) all comforts (enjoyed), when thou comest into (one's) thought. That man mutters (thy) name, who pleases thee.
(2). Body and mind become cool by muttering thy name.
Who is muttering Hari, Hari, the tent of his pain tumbles down.
(3). Who comprehends the order, he is accepted, Whose mark is the true word (of the Guru).
(4). By the perfect Guru the name of Hari is made fast (in me). Nanak (says): I. have obtained happiness in (my) mind.
IX. LX. CXXVII.
(1). Wherever thou sendest (me), there I go. The happiness, thou givest, that I obtain.
Pause.
(I am) always (thy) slave, 0 Lord Govind! Ey thy mercy I am fully satiated.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXL— LXIII. (CXXVIII.-CXXX.)
(2) f What thou givest, that I put on and eat. By thy favour, 0 Lord, I get on comfortably.
(3). In my mind and body I meditate on thee. No one I compare with thee. * (4). Nanak says: continually I thus meditate.
(My) salvation is effected by clinging to the feet of the pious.
X. LXI. CXXYIII.
(1). In rising, sitting and sleeping he should be meditated upon! In going on the road Hari, Hari should be sung!
Pause.
With the ear the nectar-story should be heard!
By whom it is heard, in (his) mind joy springs up, all the pain and disease of (his) mind go (2). (If) in every Work, on the road, in the placeB of resort he be muttered: The nectar of Hari is drunk by the favour of the Guru.
(3), (By whom) day and night the praise of Hari is sung: That man is not put into the road of (= to) Tama.
(4). By whom he (Hari) is not forgotten the eight watches: By clinging to his feet salvation is obtained, (says) Nanak.
XL LXII. CXXIX.
(1). By remembering whom thou dwellest in comfort; Happiness is enjoyed and pain is effaced: Pause.
Be joyful (and) sing the excellences of (that) Lord! Conciliate continually thy own true Guru!
(2). Do the true word of the true Guru!
Being firmly seated in (thy) house thou wilt obtain thy Lord.
(3). (If) the ill conduct of another thou dost not keep in (thy) mind: Pain (will) not (befall thee), 0 brother and friend!
(4). (To whom) by the Guru the mantra of Hari is given: He knows day by day this happiness, (says) Nanak.
XII. LXIII. CXXX.
(1). Whom, being low, nobody knows: Him, when muttering the name, the four corners (of the earth) mind.
Pause.
I ask for thy sight, give it me, 0 beloved! Who is not saved by thy service?
(2). Near whom nobody goes: His feet the whole creation rubs and washes.
(3). The man, who is not of any use: His name is muttered by the favour of the saints.
(4). When (my) sleeping mind becomes wakeful in the society of the pious: Then the Lord becomes sweet to Nanak.
BAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXIV.— LXVII. (CXXXL— CXXXIV.)
XIII. LXIV. CXXXI.
(1). The only One I behold with (my) eyes. Continually I remember the name of Hari.
Pause.
I sing the excellences of Earn, Earn, Earn.
By the majesty of the saints I meditate on the name of Hari, Hari in the society of the pious, 0 dear!
(2). In whose string everything is strung: He is contained in every creature.
(3). He is making production and destruction in a moment.
He himself, who is without qualities, remains distinct (from all).
(4). The inward governor is the cause of causes. The Lord of Nanak is enjoying happiness.
XIV. LXY. CXXXIL (1). (Who) were made to wander about in crores of births: They won a (human) body, hard to acquire, (and) are not overcome.
Pause.
Sins are destroyed, pain and trouble are removed. They become purified by the dust of the saints.
(2). The saints of the Lord, (who are) able to save (others), Meet with him, for whom exactly union (with them is written).
(3). In (his) mind (is) joy, (to whom) the Guru has given (his) mantra. (His) thirst is quenched, (his) mind becomes immovable.
(4). The name is the (best) thing, the nine treasures and (all) perfections. Nanak (says): from the Guru understanding is obtained.
XY. LXYI. CXXXIII.
(1). Thirst is effaced, ignorance and darkness. By the service of the pious many sins are cut off.
Pause.
Happiness, tranquillity and much joy Are obtained by the service of the Guru; (his) mind (becomes) pure, (by whom) the name of Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari is heard.
(2). The foolish presumption of the mind is destroyed. The will of the Lord becomes sweet.
(3). The feet of the perfect Guru are seized. The sins of crores of births go off.
(4). This jewel of birth becomes fruitful (to him), (On whom) the Lord bestows mercy, says Nanak.
XYI. LXVII. CXXXIV.
(1). My own true Guru I remember continually. The feet of the Guru I brush with (my) hair.
Pause.
Wake, 0 my wakeful mind!
Without Hari no one is of use (to thee), false is the fascination (of the Maya), false the expansion (of the world)!
RAG ASA; MAH V., SABD LXVIIL— LXX. (CXXXV.— CXXXVII.)
(2). Bestow (thy) love on the word of the Guru!
(If) the Guru become merciful (to thee), (thy) pain goes.
(3). Without the Guru there is«o other place. The Guru is bountiful, the Guru gives the name.
(4). The Guru himself is the Supreme Brahm, the Lord. Mutter, 0 Nanak, the Guru the eight watches!
XVII. LXVIIL CXXXV.
(1). He himself is the tree (and) the spread out branches (of it). He himself keeps his own field.
Pause.
Wherever I see, there is that One. In every creature is that one himself.
(2). He himself is the sun and the expansion of (his) rays. He is hidden, he is the appearance.
(3). One may fix (his) name as having all qualities and as having none. Both (names) meeting together are united (in him).
(4). Nanak says: by the Guru error and fear are put aside. The blissful (Supreme) is seen1 by every eye.
XVIII. LXIX. CXXXVI.
(1). I do not know any contrivance and dexterity. Day and night I praise thy name.
Pause.
I am vicious and have not any virtue.
That Lord is doing and causing to be done (everything).
(2). I am foolish, doltish, ignorant and thoughtless. I am longing in my mind after thy name.
(3). Muttering, austerities, continence and works I do not practise. The name of the Lord I adore in (my) mind.
(4). I do not know anything, little is my understanding. Nanak says: (I am) in thy asylum, 0 Lord!
XIX. LXX. CXXXVII.
(1). Hari, Hari, these two words are (my) rosary.
Muttering and muttering (them) he became merciful (to me) the poor one.
Pause.
I make supplication to my own true Guru: Mercifully keep (me) in (thy) asylum, give me the muttering of Hari, Hari!
(2). (Who) keeps the rosary of Hari in his heart: He removes the pain of regeneration and death.
(3). Who keeps (him) in (his) heart and utters with (his) mouth: Hari, Hari! That man does not vacillate in any way neither here nor there.
(4). Nanak says: who is imbued with love to the name: With him the rosary of Hari goes (to the other world).
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXXI.— LXXIV. (CXXXVIII. -CXLI.)
XX. LXXI. CXXXVIII.
(1). (Who) becomes his, whose everything is: That man no contamination whatever enters.
Pause.
The servant of Hari is always emancipated.
Whatever he does, that is good; the practice of the slave of the pious people is exceedingly pure.
(2). Who, having forsaken all, has come to the asylum of Hari: How should the Maya enter that man?
(3). In whose mind the treasure of the name is: He has no care not even in a dream.
(4). Nanak says: (by whom) the true Guru is obtained: All (his) error and infatuation are extinguished.
XXI. LXXII. CXXXIX.
(1). When my Lord has become kindly disposed (to me): Then, say, how should pain and error (be) near (me)?
Pause.
Having heard, having heard the report about thee I live. Save me, who am destitute of virtues!
(2). Pain is effaced, care is forgotten.
Fruit is obtained by muttering the mantra of the true Guru.
(3). He is true, he is true.
Remembering and remembering string and keep (him) in thy bosom!
(4). JSanak says: what work has he (to do), In whose mind the name of Hari dwells?
XXII. LXXIII. CXL.
(1). By lust, wrath and egotism (people) are ruined. By remembering Hari the people of Hari are set free.
Pause.
Those are drunk in the intoxication of the Maya.
The devotees are waking and given to the remembrance of Hari.
(2). By reason of spiritual blindness and error one is made to wander about in many wombs. The devotee is stationary, (by whom) the feet of Hari are meditated on.
(3). (I am) shutting np the blind well (of) my house.
The saints are emancipated, who comprehend, (that) Hari is near (them).
(4). Nanak says: who is in the asylum of the Lord: He gets here happiness and in the other world salvation.
XXIII. LXXIV. CXLI.
(1). Thou art my wave, I am thy fish. Thou art my Lord, I am at thy gate.
Pause.
Thou art my creator, I am thy servant, I have seized (thy) asylum, 0 Lord, weighty with excellences!
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXXV.-LXXVII. (OXLII.-CXLIV.)
(2). Thou art my life, thou (art) my support. Having seen thee the lotus (of my heart) opens.
(3). Thou art my salvation an£ honour, my ground for assurance. Thou art powerful, I am saved by thee.
(4). May I daily mutter the name, the depository of (all) excellences! This prayer Nanak (offers) to the Lord!
XXIV. LXXV. CXLII.
(1). He who is weeping, practises falsehood. Another, (though) laughing, is grieving.
Pause.
Some one dies, in the house of another (there is) singing.
Some one weeps, another laughing and laughing is conducting the bride.1 (2). From childhood (one) has grown old.
Having arrived (at old age) he is not emancipated and repents again.
(3). The world passes on in the three qualities.
Again and again there is descent to hell (and ascent to) heaven.
(4). Nanak says: who is attached (to) the name: His life is fruitful and accepted.
XXV. LXXVI. CXLIII.
(1). (I) kept on sleeping (and) the news of the Lord was not known (by me). (When) it became morning, (I) repented again.
Pause.
By love to the beloved one I have naturally joy in my mind, 0 dear!
I am longing to meet with the Lord, why should I therefore be slothful, 0 dear?
(2). Nectar was brought forth into (my) hand. (I) slipt and it was thrown on the ground.
(3). "With desire, spiritual blindness and egotism (I am) laden. It is not the fault of the Lord, the creator.
(4). In the society of the pious error and darkness are effaced. 0 Nanak, I am united by the creator (with himself).
XXVI. LXXYII. CXL1V.
(1). (I am) longing after the lotus-foot, 0 beloved!
The servants of Tama have fled helpless (away from me).
Pause.
It is thy mercy, (that) thou comest into (my) thought. By remembering the name all diseases are destroyed.
(2). Thou givest much pain to others. (But) thy people (pain) cannot reach.
1 'MIccA s.m. the person who conducts the bride from or to the house of her father or father-iu-Iaw; a paronymph.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXXVIII.-LXXX. (CXLV.-CXLVII.)
(3). A thirst after thy sight has sprung up in (my) mind. Tranquillity, joy (and) love dwell (in me).
(4). May the prayer of Nanak be heard! May only the name be given into my heart!
XXVII. LXXVIII. CXLV.
(1). (My) mind is satiated, (my) troubles are effaced. (My) own Lord became merciful (to me).
Pause.
By the favour of the saints goodness was done (to me).
In whose house everything is, that all-filling, fearless Lord was met with.
(2). The name was established (in me) (by) the merciful saint. (My) very dreadful hunger was put out.
(3). By my own Lord the gift was given (to me).
(My) burning heat was quenched, tranquillity was produced in (my) mind.
(4). (My) searching about ceased, (my) mind entered tranquillity. Nanak obtained the treasury of the name.
XXVIII. LXXIX. CXLVI.
(1). Who are on intimate terms with the Lord: They remain fully satiated with food.
Pause, The devotees of the Lord have not little.
They are eating, spending and extravagant in giving.
(2). Whose master the unattainable Lord is: Say, how much can people do (against him)?
(3). In whose service the eighteen supernatural powers are: By his moment's glance (on one) they cling to (one's) feet.
(4). On whom thou bestowest mercy, 0 my Lord! He has no want, says ITanak.
XXIX. LXXX. CXLVIL (1). When I meditate on my own true Guru: Then I obtain great comfort in my mind.
Pause.
Calculation is effaced, doubt is extinct.
The people, who are attached to the name, become saints.1 (2). When my own Lord is in my thoughts: Then fear is effaced, 0 my friend!
(3). When I seize thy protection, 0 Lord: Then my desire is fulfilled.
(4). Having seen thy proceedings my mind was comforted. Nanak, (thy) slave, trusts in thee.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXXXI.-LXXXIII. (CXLVIIL-CL.)
XXX. LXXXI. CXLVIIL (1). Day by day the mouse gnaws the rope, Whilst falling into the well (man) eats sweetmeats.
Pause.
In considering and reflecting the night is passed.
Whilst thinking of the many pleasures of the Maya the bow-holder (Vishnu) is never remembered.
(2). (Considering) the shade of a tree immovable he built a house.
Death, throwing 1 (over him) the noose of the Maya, made ready the arrow.
(3). The shore of sand, the surface (of which) the waves inundate: That place the fool laid hold of, considering it immovable.
(4). In the society of the pious Hari the king is muttered (by me). Nanak lives singing the excellences of Hari.
XXXI. LXXXII. CXLIX.
(1). In his society thou (fern.) art sporting. In his society we are in union with thee. In his society every one desires thee. Without him nobody looks (at thee).
Pause.
That loving one where is he contained? Without him thou art distressed, 0 dear!
(2). In his society thou art the mistress in the house. In his society thou wilt become manifest.
In his society thou art kept blooming.
Without him thou art given up to wretchedness.
(3). In his society thou, hast honour and greatness. In his society the world is thy relative.
In his society all thy arrangement is made. Without him thou wilt become dust.
(4). That loving one neither dies nor goes. Bound hy (his) order (man) does works.
Having joined he separates and establishes (again), (says) Nanak. He himself knows his own power.
XXXII. LXXXIIL CL.
(1). Neither is he dying nor are we afraid. Neither is he destroyed nor are we distressed. Neither is he poor nor are we hungry. Neither has he pain nor have we pain.
Pause.
There is no other who is killing.
He is our life, (who) is giving life (to us).
(2). Neither is a fetter on him nor are we bound. Neither has he toils nor have we toils.
1 ^ here = ^f^; the words must thus be constructed, if they are to give any sense: 5£ ^ RAG ASA; MAIL V., SABD LXXXIV. LXXXV. (CLI. CLII.)
Neither has he filth nor have we filth.
(When) he has joy, then we have always pastime.
(3). Neither is in him reflection nor have we reflection. Neither is on him (any) dauhing nor is on us (any) smearing. Neither has he hunger nor have we thirst.
When he is pure, then we are asking (for it).
(4). We are nothing, that one alone is (all). Before and after that One alone is.
Nanak (says): hy the Guru the waves of error are put out. We and he, having met, have become of one colour.
XXXIII. LXXXIV. CLI.
(1). In many ways service is rendered (by me). Soul, life and property are offered up (to the Guru).
(I fetch) water, I swing the fan (to him), giving up conceit. Many times I become a sacrifice (to him).
Pause.
She is a happy married woman, who is pleasing to the Lord. With her I will meet, 0 my mother!
(2). (I am) the water-carrier of his lowest bond-maids. (I am) their dust, (my) soul dwells with (them).
(If) the lot (be written) on my forehead, then I obtain (their) society. The Lord mingles with his own colour.
(3). Muttering, austerity and all religious observances I render (to him). Works and all burnt offerings I make (to him).
Giving up pride and spiritual ignorance I become (their) dust. In their society I see the Lord (with my) eyes.
(4). Every moment I adore him. Day and night I practise this service. Gopal Govind became merciful (to me).
In the society of the pious he is pardoning, (says) Nanak.
XXXIV. LXXXV. CLII.
(1). By love to the Lord happiness is always obtained. By love to the Lord no pain is incurred.
Love to the Lord clears away the filth of egotism. By love to the Lord one becomes always pure.
Pause.
Hear, 0 friend, such love and affection Is the support of (every) life and everybody.
(2). By love to the Lord all treasures are obtained.
By love to the Lord the spotless name (dwells) in the heart. By love to the Lord (one is) always lustrous. By love to the Lord all care is effaced.
(3). By love to the Lord (one) crosses this water of existence. By love to the Lord (one) is not afraid of Yama.
BAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXXXVI. LXXXVII. (CLIII. CLIV.)
The love of the Lord saves all.
The love of the Lord goes with (one to the other world).
(4). By oneself no one meets (With him), he goes astray.
To whom he is merciful, him he joins to the society of the pious.
Nanak says: (I am) a sacrifice to thee.
In the asylum of the saints I am saved hy thee, 0 Lord!
XXXV. LXXXYI. CLIII.
(1). Having hecome a king he exercises dominion. Practising oppression wealth is brought on himself. Accumulating and accumulating a bag (of money) is made (by him). (But) the Lord taking it away from him gave it to another.
Pause.
A raw jug, in (which) there is water, Being proud of that very (water) tumbles down.
(2). He became fearless, he became free from all restraint.
The creator, (who is) with (him), did not come into (his) mind. Armies were assembled, preparation (for war) was made. (When) the breath left (him), he became ashes.
(3). High (were) his mansions and palaces and (many) his queens. Heart-pleasing elephants and horses were collected (by him). Great (was) the retinue of (his) sons and daughters.
By spiritual blindness he was consumed and the blind one died.
(4). By whom it is produced, by him it is destroyed. Pleasures and enjoyments are like a dream.
He is emancipated, he has dominion and wealth, To whom the Lord is merciful, (says) the slave Nanak.
XXXVI. LXXXVII. CLIV.
(1). (When) with this one (i.e. the Maya) close friendship is made: It increases still more, when union is brought about.
When she has clung to (one's) neck, she no more lets go. Who clings to the feet of the true Guru, he is set free.
Pause.
She, who is fascinating the world, we have discarded.
He, who is without qualities, was obtained and we "congratulated (ourselves).
(2). Such a beautiful one fascinates the mind.
On the road, pass, house and in every wood she looks out. To mind ano? body she clings becoming sweet (to them). By the favour of the Guru I saw, that she is false.
(3). Her forerunners are great cheats. She leaves neither father nor mother. Her own associates are bound by her.
By the favour of the Guru I overcame all.
(4). Now joy has sprung up in my mind. Fear has ceased, all frauds are broken.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD LXXXVIII. LXXXIX. (CLV. CLVI.)
Nanak says: when the true Gruru was obtained (by me): My whole house was set up comfortably.
XXXVII. LXXXVIII. CLV.
(1). (All) the eight watches they consider (him as being) near (them). The doing of the Lord is sweet to them.
The One name is the support of the saints. They are always the ashes of the feet of all.
Pause.
Hear the manner of life of the saints, 0 brother! Their greatness cannot be told.
(2). Whose occupation is the name alone: (Their) rest is the praising of the joyful (Supreme). To whom friend and enemy are the same: (They) do not know any other besides their own Lord.
(3). Crores and crores of sins they are cutting off. They are removing pain and bestowing life.
They are heroes and champions, true to their promise. The helpless Lakshml ( = Maya) is deceived by the saints.
(4). Their society desire the Suras and Devas, (Whose) sight is efficacious, whose service is fruitful. Having joined the hands Nanak makes (this) supplication: "May to me the service of the saints be given by the depository of (all) excellences! " XXXVIII. LXXXIX. CLVI.
(1). All comforts (are contained) in muttering the One name. All duties (are done) by singing the excellences of Hari. Very pure is the society of the pious.
With whom they fall in, in him love to the Lord springs up.
Pause.
By the favour of the Guru he obtains joy.
In whose mind light is produced by remembering (Hari), the greatness of his salvation cannot be told.
(2). Vows, religious observances, ablutions and worship (are performed) by him, The Vedas, Puranas and the Smriti are heard by him, Whose place is the very pure and spotless Society of the saints, where the name of Hari, Hari is.
(3). That man is manifest in all the world, (Who is) the dust of the feet of them, who are purifying the sinners. With whom Hari, Hari the king has met: Tbe greatness of his salvation cannot be told.
(4). Joining (my) hands I will meditate the eight watches, (That) I may obtain the sight of those pious ones.
Join me, the poor one, (with them)! Nanak has come and fallen on (thy) asylum.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD XC.-XCII. (CLVIL— CLIX.)
XXXIX. XC. CLYII.
(1). (Who is) bathing the eight watches in (holy) water: To this wise one fruition alwajs accrues.
He does not give up any one to no purpose. Again and again we will cling to his feet!
Pause.
The Shaligram is our object of service.
"Worship, adoration and obeisance (we render to) the god.
(2). "Whose bell is heard in the four corners (of the earth); "Whose dwelling is always in paradise; "Whose fly-flapper is swinging above all: His incense is always rising.
(3). "Whose covered box is in every creature, 0 dear! (Who) is unintermittingly with all pious people. Art! and praise (is offered to this) ever rejoicing one. (His) greatness is beautiful and always endless.
(4). To whom it is allotted, he will obtain it.
That one has come to the asylum of the feet of the saints. Into (his) hand has come the Shaligram of Hari. Nanak says: by the Guru (this) gift is given (to him).
XL. XCI. CLYIII.
Pancpade.
(1). On which road the female water-carrier is robbed: That road is far from the saints.
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By the true, perfect Guru the true (road) is told (them).
In the lane1 of thy name they are emancipated, the road of Yama remains far (from them).
(2). On which landing-place (there is) the greediness of the collectorof customs: That road remains far from (thy) people.
(3). In which whirlpool 2 many crowded caravans are: (There) the pious are with the Supreme Brahm.
(4). The recording angels are writing the account of all. (But) on the devotees they do not cast a glance.
(5). Nanak says: who has the true, perfect Guru: In his (house) the musical instruments sound without being beaten.
XLI. XCII. CLIX.
(1). In the society of the saints the name is taught, (Which) is fulfilling all desires and wishes. Thirst is quenched, by the praise of Hari (I am) satiated. Continually muttering the bow-holder I live.
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I have fallen on the asylum of the cause of causes.
By the favour of the Guru I obtained my innate house, darkness was effaced, the moon rose.
70 RAG ASA; MAfl. V,, SABD XCIII.— XCV. (CLX.— CLXII.)
(2). With rubies and gems the store-rooms are filled. There is no deficiency by muttering the Formless one. If any man drink the nectar- word (of the Guru): He obtains the highest salvation, (says) Nan at.
ASA; GHAE VII.; MAHALA V. XLII. XCIII. CLX. Dupada.
(1). (If) I always meditate on the name of Hari in my heart: I mate cross all my companions and associates.
Pause, The Guru, (who) is always with me: Him I remember continually (and) keep in my mind.
(2). Thy doing is sweet to me.
Nanat asts for the name of Hari, the greatest boon.
XLIII. XCIY. CLXI.
(1). In the society of the pious the world is saved. The name of Hari is support to the mind.
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The lotus-foot of the beloved Gur-dev The saints worship, (being) dear to Hari by (their) love (to the Guru).
(2). On whose forehead the lot is written: His good fortune is firm, says Nanat.
XLIV. XCY. CLXII.
(1). (To me) the order of the beloved is sweet.
By (my) husband the rival wife of the house is dismissed. By the beloved the favoured wife is adorned. The heat of my mind is taten away.
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Goodness accrues (to her, by whom) the word of the beloved is obeyed. The happiness and tranquillity of this house are tnown.
(2). I am the bond-maid, the servant of the beloved. He is imperishable, unattainable, boundless.
I tate the fan and swing it to the beloved.
The five enemies, the mischief-maters, run away.
(3). I am not of (noble) family nor am I beautiful. What do I know, how I beeame pleasing to my beloved? I, the destitute, poor and humble one, Was taken by the beloved and made his queen.
(4). When my beloved sweetheart became intimate (with me): (I obtained) happiness and tranquillity, blessed is my wifehood. Nanak says: he is fulfilling my desire.
By the true Guru (I am) united (with) the Lord, the depository of (all) excellences.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD XCVL-XCVIIL (CLXIIL-CLXV.)
XLY. XCVI. CLXIIL (1). On her forehead is the triad (=the three qualities), her look is cruel. She speaks harshly, she is of rftde tongue.
She is always hungry, the heloved one she helieves to be far off.
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One woman of this kind has been produced by Earn.
By her the whole world is devoured, we are preserved by the Guru, 0 my brother!
(2). Practising deceit the whole world is overpowered (by her). Brahma, Vishnu and Mahadev are deluded (by her).
The disciples, who cling to the name, are purified (from her).
(3). Practising repeatedly vows and religious observances they became tired. They wander about to every shore and holy watering place of the earth. Those are saved, who are in the asylum of the true Guru.
(4). By the infatuation of the Maya the whole world is bound. The foolish man is consumed by egotism.
We are preserved by the Guru seizing (our) arm, (says) Nanak.
XLVI. XCVII. CLXIV.
(1). All pains (are incurred) when the Lord is forgotten. Here and there (such a) man is of no use.
Pause.
The saints are satiated by meditating on Hari, Hari.