1 f&fc| Ic^G = "fetf s.f. (Sindhi f^T^) moment, avau being a meaningless alliteration.
2 The five are: ^T*J etc. '= for the sake of the rhyme.
4 In &>\ jflaTl^ the last two syllables are a meaningless alliteration.
5 f^TMT<ft A thorny plant, used as an antidote against poison (Sansk. f%xntT]» kut *n Hindi fem.). The Sikh Granthis explain f^VfT3^ as an adjective, signifying: uncontaminated! A groundless conjecture, as in so many other cases.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CXXXVL— CXXXVIII. (CCIIL— CCY.)
ASA; GHAE, XII.; MAHALA V. Om! By the favour of the true Guru!
I. CXXXVI. CCIIL (1). Giving up all cunning worship the formless Supreme Brahm! Without the One true name all appears as dust.
Pause.
That Lord is known (as being) always with (every one).
By the favour of the Guru the One is comprehended by love to Hari.
(2). The protection of the One is powerful, there is no other place (for protection). The water of the great world is crossed by singing always the excellences of Hari.
(3). Birth and death are removed, no pain is incurred in the city of Tama. The treasure of the name he obtains, on whom that Lord bestows mercy.
(4). The One is stay and support, the One only is of use to the weak.
Nanak (says): joining the society of the pious he should be muttered, without Hari there is none other.
II. CXXXVII. CCIY.
(1). Soul, mind, body, life, all pleasures and enjoyments are given by the Lord. He is the friend of the poor, bountiful to the creatures, an asylum for protection.1 Pause.
0 my mind, meditate on the name of Hari, Hari!
In this and that world he is a companion with (thee), apply thy devotion to the One!
(2). The people meditate on the Yeda and the Shastras for the sake of crossing the world (of existence). Above many works and religious ceremonies is the practice of the name.
(3). Lust, wrath, egotism are destroyed, (if one) meet with the true Gurdev.
(In whom) he makes firm the name and attachment to Hari, (his) service of the Lord is good.
(4). 0 merciful one, (I flee) to the asylum of thy feet, thou art the hope of the poor. Thou art the support of (my) life, thou, 0 Lord, art the protection of Nanak!
III. CXXXVIII. ccv.
(1). Eolling about great pain is incurred without the society of the pious.
Acquire the gain of Govind, the juice of Hari! the Supreme Brahm is unchangeable.
Pause.
The name of Hari should continually be muttered!
At every breath meditate on that Lord, give up other love!
(2). That Lord is the powerful cause of causes, he himself is the giver of life. Giving up all cunning mutter the Lord the eight watches!
(3). He is friend, companion, assistant and associate (to thee), he is high, unattainable, boundless. Make (hie) lotus-foot dwell in (thy) heart! (he is) the support of (thy) life.
(4). Bestow mercy (on me), 0 Supreme Brahm, (that) I may sing (thy) excellences (and thy) praise! Nanak lives by muttering (thy) name, (in which) are all comforts (and) great dignity.
1 is postposition =.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CXXXIX.— CXLI. (CCVL— CCVIII.)
IV. CXXXIX. CCYI.
(1). Seeing the society of the pious I make efforts, (if) the Lord causes (me) to make (them). He applies (to me) the colour of the name of Hari, Hari, the Lord himself colours (me).
Pause.
In my mind I mutter 1 the name of Earn.
Mercifully dwell in my heart, become thou thyself (my) companion!
(2). Having heard thy name, 0 heloved Lord, I desire to see (thee). Bestow mercy on thy worm, even this is (my) wish and desire.
(3). (My) body and property are thine, thou art my Lord, nothing is in my power. As thou keepest me, so I remain, what thou givest, I eat.
(4). Thou cuttest off the sins of (my) several births, (I am) bathing in the dust of the people of Hari.
By love and devotion error and fear are annihilated, Hari is always in the presence of Nanak.
Y. CXL. CCYII.
(1). Unattainable, incomprehensible is thy form, he attains to it, on whose forehead (this) lot (is written).
(On whom) by the kind Lord himself mercy is bestowed, (to him) by the true Guru the name of Hari is given.
Pause, The Kali-yug is saved by the Gurdev.
Who were perplexed and confounded by discharging behind and before (through terror), they all applied themselves to thy service.
(2). Thou thyself art the creator, the upholder of the whole creation, in all thou art contained. Dharm-raja became astonished, the whole (creation) came and fell down at (thy) feet.
(3). (There is) the Satya, Treta and Dvapar Yuga, (but) the highest among the Tugas the Kali- yuga is called.
Who assents 2 (to the words of the Guru), he is assented to, no one is seized in any place.
(4). 0 Hari, thou dost, what thy devotees ask for, this is thy glory.
Joining his hands Nanak asks for (this) gift: 0 Hari, give (me) the sight of thy saints!
ASA; GHAR XIII.; MAH ALA V. Om! by the favour of the true Guru!
I. CXLI. CCVIII. Pause.
0 true Guru, by thy words the vicious are saved!
(1). The very dejected, wicked and censorious (become) purified in (thy) society.
(2). (Who were) wandering about in (several) births, (who were) falling into hell, their families are saved (by them).
(3). (Whom) nobody knows, (whom) nobody minds, they are manifest at the gate of Hari.
(4). What glory, what greatness shall I give (to thee)? Nanak is every moment a sacrifice to thee.
1 TTTfV instead of TTTlft, for the sake of the rhyme.
2 tylfUold' assent, consent; Sindhi ^jf^iTT (fen*-)' 72 RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CXLIL— CXLVI. (CCIX.— CCXIII.)
II. CXLIL CCIX.
Pause.
(Those) remain fools: (1). (Who) are intoxicated with love to (their) family (and) enjoyment of sensual gifts; laying hold of falsehood they are tied down (by it).
(2); Plans, designs, the joy and delight of a dream are called true by the self-willed.
(3). The secret of the nectar-name, the boon, (that is) with (him), he does not find out a bit.
(4). Bestowing (his) mercy (we) were put (by him) into the society of the pious; Nanak is (in their) asylum.
III. CXLIII. CCX.
Tipade. Pause.
That is the love to the beloved.
(1). Gold, rubies, elephants, pearls, rubies, not, not, not.
(2). Not dominion, not fortune, not command, not enjoyment: Nothing, nothing I desire.
(3). By worshipping the asylums of the feet of the saints 1 I obtain the highest comfort.
Nanak (says): (my) burning is removed, the friend of (my) affection is met with.
IV. CXLIV. CCXI.
Pause.
By the Guru (thou wast) shown (to my) eyes.
(1). In this and that world, in everybody art thou, thou, 0 fascinating one!
(2). (Thou) alone, 0 beautiful one, (art) the cause of causes, the upholder of the earth!
(3). (I am) a sacrifice to the adoring touch and sight of the saints. Nanak is sleeping in comfort.
V. CXLY. CCXII.
Pause.
The name of Hari, Hari is priceless. He is naturally happy.
(1). He is a companion with (me), he does not give (me) up, he is unfathomable and inestimable.
(2). The beloved is (my) brother, (my) father and mother, the refuge of (his) devotees.
(3). The invisible one is shown, be is obtained from the Guru, this one is the embodiment of Hari.
VI. CXLVI. CCXIII. Pause.
He accomplishes his devotion, (To whom) the Lord has come.
(1). (Whose) aim the blessing of the name is, he makes the feet (of Hari) dwell in (his) heart.
(2). This one is emancipated, this one is devoted, (who) holds fast the society of the saints.
(3). (If) I meditate on the name, I become easily absorbed. Nanak sing3 the excellences of Hari.
1 The whole line is one aggregate of words without any grammatical relation; the translation can there- fore be only a guess.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CXLVIL— CLI. (CCXIV— CCXVIII.)
VIT. CXLVIL CCXIV. Pause.
The feet of the Lord are beautifu*.
By the saints of Hari they are obtained.
(1). Their own self is parted with, worship is performed (by them), the excellences (of Hari) are sung (by them) with delight.
(2). They long after the One, they are thirsting after (his) sight, no other pleases (them).
(3). (Bestow) thy mercy (on me)! what is the helpless creature rTanak is a sacrifice (to thee).
VIII. CXLVIIL CCXV. Pause.
Remember the One in (thy) mind!
(1). Meditate on the name, fix it in (thy) heart, without him there is none other!
(2). Come to the asylum of the Lord, all fruits are obtained (there), all pain departs.
(3). The divine male, the arranger (of all), is bountiful to the creatures, in every creature he is.
IX. CXLIX. CCXYI. Pause.
Who is forgetting Hari, he dies.
(1). Who meditates on the name, obtains all fruits, that man becomes happy.
(2). (If one) practise works of egotism, (though) he be called a king, he is bound (by them) (like) a parrot by error (is caught) by a twig smeared with quick-lime.
(3). Nanak says: with whom the true Guru has met, that man becomes immovable.
ASA; GHAE XIV.; MAHALA V. Om! By the favour of the true Guru! I. CL. CCXYII.
Pause.
That love is (always) new.
It clings continually to (its) own beloved.
(1). Who is pleasing to the Lord, is not born again.
He is absorbed in devotion and love to Hari, in affection to Hari.
(2). May this mind be given (to me), (that) union with the Lord may be brought about! Bestow thy own mercy (on me), that Kanak may obtain the name!
II. CLI. CCXVIII.
Pause.
Join (me), 0 beloved Earn, without thee nobody remains sedate.
(1). (Though) one do many works (according to) the Smriti and the Shastras: Yet without thy sight, 0 Lord, there is no happiness.
(2). Practising vows, religious observances and control of the senses they have become tired; Kanak (is in) the asylum of the pious, with (whom) the Lord dwells.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CLJ1.— CL1V. (CCXIX.— CCXXI.)
ASA; GHAR XV. • PARTAL; 1 MAHALA V. By the favour of the true Guru!
I. CHI. CCXIX.
(1). (Who) is sunk in vice and asleep in intoxication gets no understanding. When he is seized by the hair by Tama and marched off, then he is ruined.2 Pause.
(Who) are given to covetousness of sensual objects, the poison, they, being deprived (of their) wealth, distress (their) mind.
Being intoxicated with arrogance and pride, the godless do not know (that there will come upon them) destruction in a moment.
(2). The Yedas, Shastras and (holy) men cry, but the deaf man does not hear.
Having utterly lost the play he becomes bankrupt (and then) the fool repents in his mind.
(3). All fines are paid (by him) in the wrong way and are not taken account of in the court. The work, by means of which he remains under protection, he does not do.
(4). When the world was shown to me as such by the Guru, I sang the praise of the One. Having given up (all other) hope and cunning Nanak came to (his) asylum.
II. CLIII. CCXX.
Pause.
By the occupation with the name of Govind The pious and saints are conciliated, the Beloved one is obtained, (his) excellences are sung and the five sounds and musical instruments played.
(1). He (i.e. the Guru) bestows mercy (on me), he goes and shows (me) the bridegroom, now I am in love with Govind.
Serving the saint with love he applies (to me) the colour of (my) beloved Lord.
(2). The Guru makes fast divine knowledge in (my) mind, he makes (me) rejoice, (that) the bride- groom neither comes nor goes, he puts (this) treasure into (my) mind.
I have given up all the desire of (my) mind.
It has been a long, long time, much desire has affected (my) mind.
Show me the sight of Hari, show it to me!
Poor Nanak has come to (thy) asylum, take (me) to (thy) neck!
III. CLIY. CCXXI.
Pause.
0 that some one would demolish the troublesome pit!
That he would keep (me) away from hope, desire, deception, illusion and error!
(1). May lust, wrath, covetousness and pride, may (all) these diseases leave (me)!
(2). In the society of the saints I will delight in the name and sing the excellences of Govind. Day by day I will meditate on the Lord.
Error and fear I will overcome and efface. Kan at recovers the treasure of the name.
1 "M^d » certain mode in music.
2 Uffaf tTTcVT, to be ruined. MS. No. 2483 reads V1pZnf|> be repents.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CLV.-CLVIL (CCXXII.-OCXXIV.)
IV. CLV. CCXXIL Pause.
Abandon lust, wrath and cove^ousness!
0 (my) mind, remember the name of Govind!
The adoration of Hari is a fruitful work.
(1). Give up pride, illusion, vice, (they are) false, mutter: Ram, Earn, Ram!
0 my mind, stick to the feet of the saints!
(2). Wake and remember the feet of the Lord Gopal, (who is) merciful to the poor, purifying the sinners, of the Supreme Brahm, Hari!
Adore him, 0 Kanak, (and thy) lot (is) perfect.
V. CLVI. CCXXIII.
Pause.
Joy (and) grief, weeping and gladness are shown as a play.
(1 ). One moment there is fear, one moment (one is) fearless, in another moment one rises and runs away. One moment there is relish, one moment there is enjoyment, in another moment (one) gives it up.
(2). One moment there is abstract devotion, austerities and much worship, in another moment there is doubt.
(On whom) one moment there is mercy in the society of the pious, 0 Nanak, (to him) is applied the colour of Hari.
ASA; MAHALA V.; GHAR XVII.; ASAVARI.
Om! by the favour of the true Guru!
I. CLVII. CCXXIV. Pause.
1 say: 0 Govind, Govind! Hari, Hari is dear to (my) mind.
What the Guru says, I keep in (my) mind.
I break it away from others and make it return (to Hari).
Thus the darling I have obtained, 0 (female) friend!
(1). There is fascination by the lotus in the pond.1 (But) the foot does not go there, I am worn out.
I do not remain bewildered and confused. I make efforts being intent on one object. (Being) in the asylum of (his) feet I get out, 0 friend!
(2). I am firm, firm in (my) mind. Forest and house are the same (to me). Within (me) is (my) One beloved. Outside I view (him) as many.3 I practise the Raja-yoga.
In the world I am not of the world, 0 friend, says ISanak.
1 The sense is: I am fascinated by the lotus in the pond. There is an allusion to, or rather a paraphrase 3 The sense is: the Supreme has many outward forms.
HAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CLVIII.-CLX. (CCXXV-— CCXXVII.)
II. CLYIII. CCXXY.
Pause.
One desire I entertain.
(My) meditation is continually (directed) on the Guru. Eirtn is the mantra and knowledge of the saints (in me). I worship the feet of the Guru.
Then union is brought about, (if) the Guru incline (to thee) in mercy, 0 my mind.
(1). The support of another breaks down.1 He is contained in every place.
The fear of Yama subsides.
The tree is planted in (its) place.
Then all obsequiousness (to others) ceases.
(2). On whose forehead (this) (is written) as his due: He crosses the fire of existence.2 In his own house he gets a (firm) place. He delights in Hari (and) enjoys (him). His hunger has ceased.
Nanak (says): he is naturally absorbed (in Hari), 0 (my) mind!
III. CLIX. CCXXVI.
Pause.
On Hari, Hari, Hari I reflect.
With natural contemplation he is muttered.
The tongue of the pious utters (him).
The way of emancipation is heard.
By the very pure it is obtained, 0 my mind!
(1). The (holy) men (and) Munis seek (him), (Who is) the Lord and owner of all.
In the Kali-yuga, in the world it is difficult to find him, Who is destroying pain.
The Lord is fulfilling the desires of the low, 0 (my) mind!
(2). 0 mind, he should be adored, ( Who is) invisible and impenetrable! Make friendship with him, (Who) does not perish, nor go nor die! Erom the Guru he is known, (Says) Nanak, who is my heart's content, 0 my miad!
IY. CLX. CCXXYII. Pause.
Lay hold of the refuge of the One!
Utter the word of the Guru!
Perform the order of the True one!
Seek the treasure in thy mind!
And thou wilt enter into happiness, 0 my mind!
1 HBT m- support, prop. Nilia is a meaningless alliteration, as in many other rhymes of these lines.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CLXI. CLXII. (CCXXVIII. CCXXIX.)
(1). Who dies whilst living: He crosses (the ocean of existence), which is hard to cross.
Who becomes the dust of al^ Him I call fearless.
(His) anxieties are effaced By the instruction of the saints, 0 my mind!
(2). Whose happiness the name is: That man pain never approaches. Who hears the praise of Hari, Hari: Everybody minds him.
He has become fruitful, (Says) Nanak, who has become acceptable to the Lord, 0 my mind!
Y. CLXI. CCXXVIII. Pause.
If meeting together the praise of Hari be sung, The highest step ( = emancipation) is obtained. Who is pierced with love to him: He has all perfections. Day by day he wakes.
Nanak (says): he is very fortunate, 0 my mind!
(1). (If) the feet of the saints be washed, Polly is removed.
Become the dust of the saintsJ No pain whatever will afflict (thee)!
Fall on the asylum of the saints!
Thou wilt never be born (any more) nor die.
Those become immovable, By whom Hari, Hari is muttered, 0 my mind I (2). (My) sweetheart and friend art thou. Strengthen to me the name!
Without him there is none other.
Adore him in (thy) mind!
May he not be forgotten a moment!
Without him how shall (one) get on?
I am a sacrifice to the Guru.
Nanak mutters the name, 0 my mind!
VI. CLXII. CCXXIX. Pause.
Thou art the cause of causes.
None other is known by me.
What thou dost, that takes place.
In ease and comfort they sleep.
Composure ia given to the mind (of them), Who have fallen down at the gate of the Lord, 0 my mind!
RAG ASA; MAH. V., SABD CLXIIL (CCXXX.); MAH. IX.f SABD I. (CCXXXI.)
(1). By associating with the pious Control of the senses (becomes) perfect. "When one's own self is given up: Then (all) afflictions are effaced. Mercy is bestowed (on them).
The BanvarT is preserving (their) honour, 0 my mind!
(2). This should be considered as happiness. "What Hari does, should be minded.
No one is unhappy, Who becomes the dust of the saints.
Whom he himself protects: He tastes the nectar of Hari, 0 my mind!
(3). Who has got no one: His is that Lord.
Who comprehends (his) inner mind: To him everything is known. Save the sinner!
This is the prayer of Nanak, 0 my mind!
vii. clxiii. ccxxx.
Ik tuka. Pause.
Those strangers Are hearing the message.
(1). To whom they are attached: All (those) they leave behind. Those become like a dream, By whom the name of Hari is taken.
(2). Who forsaking Hari cling to another: They are born (again) and, having died, are ruined. By whom Hari, Hari is obtained: They remain alive.
To whom he (Hari) becomes merciful: He is a devotee, (says) Nanak.
BAGTT ASA; MAHALA IX. Om! by the favour of the true Guru!
I. CCXXXI.
Pause.
To whom shall I tell the pain of (my) mind?
(I am) devoured by greediness, I am running about in the ten directions (of the earth), I long for wealth.
(1). Por the sake of pleasure I undergo much pain, I am serving every man.
At every door I am strolling about like a dog, I have no concern about the worship of Ram.
(2). The human birth (I have got), (I am) wasting to no purpose, I am not ashamed at the laughter of the people.
Why is Nanak not singing the praise of Hari? it destroys the bad thoughts of the body.
RAG ASA; MAH, I., ASTPAD. I.
RAGU ASA; GHAR II.; MA HAL A I.; ASTPADll. 6m! by the favour of the true Guru! I.
(1). Descending he bathes in a" pond hard of access.
He neither speaks nor talks, he sings the excellences of Hari.
(Like) water in the atmosphere he is absorbed in the Insentient (Supreme).
Stirring the juice of truth he gets the great juice (of nectar).
Pause.
Hear such, divine knowledge, 0 ray mind! Being omnipresent he upholds all places.
(2). Yows of truth and religious observances do not afflict death.1 By means of the word of the true Guru (one) consumes his wrath. By dwelling in the tenth gate he applies profound meditation.
By the touch of the philosopher's stone he obtains the highest step.
(3). For the sake of the happiness 54 of (his) mind he churns truth. In a brimful pond he does not wash off his dirt.
As he is, to whom he is attached, such he becomes. x What the creator himself does, that takes place.
(4). The cool snow of the Guru extinguishes the fire (of passions). (His) service increases intelligence and (superhuman) power. Bestowing3 (his) sight he comes easily to (one's) house, (And) makes (one) utter the pure word (and) sound.
(5). Within (the heart) is divine knowledge (and) the essence of the great juice ( = nectar). Reflecting on the Guru (is equal to) bathing at a Tirtha.
Within is the place of worship of the enemy of Mura. The Luminous one is mingling light (with himself).
(6). (Their) mind is delighted in the love of the One. The pious are absorbed in the king.
They act (according to) the pleasure of the Lord. The eternal Lord cannot be apprehended.
(7). It is produced in water and is far from the water.4 In water the light remains brimful.
Near to whom, far from whom shall I call (him)?
I sing the depository of (all) excellences, seeing (him) in (my) presence.
(8). Inside and outside there is none other. What pleases him, that takes also place.
Hear, 0 Bharthari,6 Nanak expresses (this) thought: The pure name is my support.
1 Le, are not able to remove death.
1 is here very likely = V^f, happiness.
3 **fTfV is here part, past couj. from?HTV^T = Sansk. ^Nr> to hestow.
4 i.e. the reflection of light.
5 ddMQ? name of a Jog!, with whom Nanak is said to have had different discussions.
73 RAG ASA; MAH. I., ASTPAD. TT. IIT.
II.
(t). All mutterings, all austerities, all cleverness (are of no use). (He) wanders about in the desert, no way is found. Without comprehending (the truth) no one is accepted. On a head destitute of the name (there are) dark spots.
Pause.
True is the Lord, the world is subject to destruction.
(That) man is emancipated, (who is) a disciple (and) slave (of the Guru).
(2). The world is bound by spiritual illusion and by much longing.
Ey the instruction of the Guru some (become) indifferent (to the world). In (whose) heart the lotus of the name is opened: They have no fear of Yama.
(3). The world is overcome by women, by the love of fascinating women. Clinging to son and wife it forgets the name.
Life is wasted to no purpose, the play is lost.
Ey serving the true Guru (one's) work is accomplished.
(4). Outside he utters egotism and makes (others) enter it. Inside he is emancipated and never implicates himself.
The infatuation (caused by) the Maya he consumes by the word of the Guru. He always meditates in his heart on the pure name.
(5). (Who) keeps and checks (his) running (mind): (Him) he {i.e. the Guru) unites with the society of the disciples (according to his) destiny. "Without the Guru he is led astray, he comes and goes.
(On whom) he (the Guru) bestows a favourable look, (him) he unites to close connexion (with himself).
(6). (If) I speak of the beautiful (Supreme), be cannot be described. If I relate the Inexpressible, I canuot get any estimate of him.
All pain is thine, (all) happiness (is allotted according to thy) will. All pain is effaced by the true name.
(7). A musical instrument without a hand, beating time in music without a foot.1 If he comprehend the word (of the Guru), then he is truly exalted.
In (whose) heart is the True one, he has all happiness.
(On whom) he casts a favourable look, (him) the preserver preserves.
(8). The three worlds are known (to him), (who) clears away his own self. (Who) comprehends the word (of the Guru), he is absorbed in the True one. (Who) with one continual devotion reflects on the word (of the Guru): Elessed is (that) mindful man, (says) Nanak.
III.
(1). The destinies are innumerable; write (them severally and) mind (them)!
Praise the heart-pleasing True one with attention!
Reading continually the stories (about him) keep (them) in mind! 2 The destinies are innumerable, he who is free from destiny,3 is boundless.
1 No grammatical relation of any kind is pointed out.
3 If&tf, exempt from destiny = the Supreme.
RAG ASA; MAH. I,, ASTPAD. IV.
Pause.
Such True one consider thou as the only One! Kecognize birth and death (as his) order!
(2). By the infatuation of the %uya (and) by death the world is bound. Who is bound is emancipated by remembering the name.
The Guru is the giver of happiness, do not seek another one! Here and there he goes on with thee.
(3). (If one) die by means of the word (of the Guru), then he applies his devout meditation to the One. (If) he remains immovable, he puts a stop to his wandering.
He (becomes) emancipated whilst living, (if) he make the name dwell in his mind. (If) he becomes a disciple, he is absorbed in the True one.
(4). By whom the earth, the firmament and the sky are made; By whom all is established and again disestablished: He himself is unintermittingly in all.
He does not ask any one, he himself bestows.
(5). Thou art the full ocean, the ruby, the diamond. Thou art pure, true, profound in qualities.
He enjoys happiness, (who) meets with the Guru, the Pir. One is the Lord, one his Yazlr.
(6). The world is led captive; (those are) free, (by whom) egotism is destroyed. In the world the wise and well-conducted one is rare.
In the world the reflecting Pandit is rare.
Without having fallen in with the true Guru every one wanders about in egotism.
(7). The world is afflicted, some few people are happy.
The world is diseased (by its) inclination for sensual pleasures (and) weeps.1 The world is produced and destroyed having lost (its) honour. Who becomes a disciple, he comprehends the truth.
(8). The dear in price, immense in weight, The unflinching, guileless instruction of the Guru hold thou fast! By love he is met with, the work of fear pleases (him). Humble Nanak expresses (his) thought.
IV.
(1). One dies and five weep together.
(His) egotism departs, (who) washes away his dirt by means of the word (of the Guru). By understanding and knowledge tranquillity is produced in the house. Without comprehending (the truth) he loses all his honour.
Pause.
Who dies, who are those, that weep? The cause of causes is pleased with all.2 (2). Does any one weep in pain for the dead? He weeps, who suffers pain.
1 This line is rather obscure; ^Jf\ ZRS we translate by: the inherent quality or disposition for pleasure. No grammatical relation, as usual, the sense must therefore be guessed at.
RAG ASA; HAH. I., ASTPAD. V.
Whom it has befallen, he knows the Lord. "What the creator himself does, that takes place.
(3). (Who is) dying whilst living, saves (others and is himself) saved. Victory (to thee), 0 Lord of the world, in (thy) asylum is emancipation! I am a sacrifice to the feet of the true G-uru!
The Guru is the boat, by (means of his) word I am crossing the world of existence.1 (4). He himself is fearless and an unintermitting light. Without the name there is impurity and defilement in the world. (If) folly be extinguished, what for are they weeping? Without attention to devotion they are born and die.
(5). A true friend weeps for a dead (friend). The three qualities weep continually.
Having removed pain and pleasure (I am) naturally of a sedate mind. Body and soul I entrust to the beloved Krishna.
(6). In (whose) mind is the One, many innumerable, Many countless works (he does).2 Without fear and devotion (one's) life is useless.
(Who) sings the excellences of Hari, falls in with the highest object (of human life — emancipation).
(7). He himself dies, he himself also kills.
He himself produces and having established disestablishes (again).
Creation is produced (by thee), thou art by nature luminous.
By reflection on the word (of the Guru) there is uniou (with thee), no doubt.
(8). There is impurity (in) fire, in the food, (which) the world eats. There is impurity in water, (and) even in all places.
Nanak (says): there is impurity, (when one) is born and dies. By the favour of the Guru the juice of Hari is drunk.
V.
(1). Who reflects on his own self, he assays the diamond. By one favourable glance the perfect Guru ferries across. Who minds the Guru in his mind, his mind becomes tranquil.
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Such a wholesale merchant carries on banking business.
(On whom his) true glance is, he crosses by devotion to the One.
(2). The name of the Supreme is the best capital stock. Who is attached to the pure and true one, he is a pedlar.
(By) the praise of the Guru, the creator, tranquillity (is produced in) the house.
(3). (Who) by means of the word (of the Guru) consumes (his) hope and desire; (Who) utters Earn!Narayan and causes (him) to be uttered: He obtains from the Guru the road to (Hari's) palace and house.
2 These two lines contain no verb nor any grammatical relation; they are little more than a jingling of words, the final rhyme being twice Jtfiftf. The sense seems to be: " If the One is in the mind, this is equal to many innumerable works."
RAG ASA; MAH. I., ASTPAD. VI.
(4). (His) body is of gold, of incomparable light. All is the form of the God of the three worlds. That true and inexhaustible wealth is in my lap.
(5). In the five (elements), in thf three (qualities), in the nine (regions), in the four (ages or Vedas?) he is contained.
Earth and heaven he upholds by (his) skill. He is going out and quickly returning.
(6). (Who) is a fool, (to his) eyes he does not appear.
(Whose) tongue is given to relishes, he does not comprehend what is said. Being intoxicated with poison he struggles with the world.
(7). In the highest society he becomes the highest, Who runs after virtue and washes away vices. Without serving the Guru tranquillity is not found.
(8). The name is a diamond, a jewel, a ruby. (Whose) mind is a pearl, his property it is.
Nanak (says): who essays (it), he is happy (by its) sight.
VI.
(1). The disciple's heart's desire is divine knowledge and meditation. The disciple belongs to the palace and is acquainted with the palace.
The attention of the disciple (is directed to) the word (of the Guru) (as his) banner. * Pause.
Such, (who are) reflecting with love and devotion, Are disciples, (to them) the name of Murari (is) true.
(2). Day and night he is pure and happy in (his) place. He alone has the knowledge of the three worlds. From the true Guru he knows the order (of Hari).
(3). True is his gladness, he has no grief.
The nectar of the very sweet divine knowledge he enjoys. The five 1 are absorbed, the whole world (becomes) happy.
(4). In all is (thy) light, every one is thine. That one himself joins and separates.
What the creator himself does, that takes place.
(5). Having pulled down he raises up, by (his) order it is absorbed. By (his) order that exists, which pleases him.
Without the Guru no one obtains the Perfect one.
(6). In young and old — there is no mindfulness in man. In full youth he is immersed in conceit.
Without the name what will he get at the end?