By the name are saved all (their) families.
(8). Nanak delivers true instruction: Keep the name of Hari in (thy) breast!
"Who is attached to the worship of Hari, (gets) the gate of salvation.
III. XXY.
(1). Every one entertains hope upon hope.
Who understands the order (of Hari), becomes free from hope. In hope many people have fallen asleep. He wakes, whom he awakens.
Pause.
By the true Guru the name is given to understand, without the name hunger does not go.
By the name the fire of thirst is quenched, the name is given to him, (on whom his) pleasure is.
(2). In the Eali-yug (fame accrues to him who) knows the word (of the Guru). By this worship (is effected) and egotism ceases.
By serving the true Guru one becomes approved. By whom hope is entertained, he suffers loss.
(3). What shall be given to him,,who lets hear the word? Who mercifully makes the name dwell in the mind.
This head should be given after having removed one's own self. Who comprehends the order (of Hari), obtains always happiness.
(4). He himself does and causes to be done (everything). He himself makes the name dwell (in) the disciple.
He himself leads astray, he himself puts into the (right) way. By the true word he reabsorbs into the True one.
(5). The true word (of the Guru) is the true speech. By the disciple it is continually uttered and praised. The self-willed one is led astray by infatuation and error. Without the name all wander about mad.
(6). In the three worlds the One is contained. The fool reading on entertains another love.
He performs many (religious) works, (which are) all pain. By serving the true Guru happiness is always obtained.
(7). Eeflecting on the word (of the Guru) is sweet nectar. He enjoys it day by day having subdued (his) egotism. He is naturally in joy, (on whom) he bestows grace. Who are attached to the name, are always in true love.
(8). Hari should be muttered and read by reflecting on the word of the Guru! Hari should be muttered and read having subdued one's egotism!
Hari should be muttered with affection and true love!
Nanak (says): keep the name in (thy) breast by means of the instruction of the Guru!
75 RAG ASA; MAH. III., ASTPAD. IV. V. (XXVI. XXVII.)
BAG ASA; MAHALA III.; ASTPADlI; GHAR VIII.; KAFI. Om! By the favour of the true Guru! IY. XXVI.
(1). By the Guru tranquillity is produced, by whom the fire of thirst is quenched. From the Guru the name is obtained, great (is his) greatness.
Pause.
Think of the One name, 0 my brother!
Seeing the world burning we have fled and fallen on the asylum (of Hari).
(2). From the Guru divine knowledge springs and the reflection on the great truth. From the Guru goods and chattels are obtained, with worship (his) store-rooms are filled.
(3). By the disciple the name is meditated upon, he comprehends the instruction.
The disciple (is given) to worship and praise, in his heart is the boundless word (of the Guru).
(4). Happiness springs up (in) the disciple, he never (incurs) pain. By the disciple egotism is destroyed, (his) mind becomes pure.
(5). By meeting with the true Guru self departs, the knowledge of the three worlds is obtained. A pure light is spread out, by the Luminous one light is blended (with himself).
(6). (Who) is instructed by the perfect Guru, his understanding becomes very high. (His) heart becomes cool and tranquil, by the name happiness is produced.
(7). The perfect, true Guru is then met with, when he (Hari) bestows a favourable look. All blemishes and sins are cut off, no pain nor calamity arises again.
(8). In his own hand is greatness, he gives (it to him, whom) he applies to the name. Nanak (says): in whose mind dwells the treasure of the name, he obtains greatness.
V. XXVII.
(1). Having heard make (him) dwell in (thy) mind, he himself comes and joins (thee), 0 my brother! D&y by day perform true worship, direct thy thoughts on the True one!
Pause.
Meditate thou on the One name, thou wilt obtain happiness, 0 my brother! Egotism and duality remove, (thy) greatness (will be) great.
(2). This worship the excellent men and Munis are desiring, (but) without the true Guru it cannot be obtained.
The Pandits and astrologers are reading, (but) they get no understanding.
(3). By himself everything is preserved, nothing can be said.
What he himself gives, that is obtained, by the Guru comprehension (of the truth) is communicated.
(4). All living creatures are his and he belongs to all of them. Who shall be called bad? if there would be another.1 (5). Only one order is current, there is only one government.
He himself makes (them) wander about, in (whose) heart is the vice of covetousness.
(6). Some are made by himself disciples, they comprehend the instruction (of the Guru). Devotion is also bestowed on them by him, (which) is in (his) store-rooms.
(7). The wise ones have all the truth, they have true knowledge.
Though led astray by some one they do not go astray, they know the True one, 1 The sense is: if there would be another (besides the One Supreme), then one could be called bad. But as the Supreme is in all, all are his creatures, they are all the same.
RAG ASA; MAH. III., ASTPAD. VI. VII. (XXVIII. XXIX.)
(8). In the house ( = the body) the five (senses) are dwelling and reflecting.
Nanak (says): without the true Guru they are not brought into subjection, by the name egotism is destroyed* VI. XXVIII.
(1). In the house is the whole thing, outside (of it) is nothing.
By the favour of the Guru it is obtained, he draws out the falsity, (that is) within.
Pause.
From the true Guru Hari is obtained, 0 brother!
(That) the treasure of the name is within (the heart), this is shown by the perfeet true Guru.
(2). "Who is duly appreciating Hari, he takes and obtains the gem of reflection.
(Who) opens (his) heart, he sees by a supernatural sight, (that) the store-rooms (of Hari) are opened.
(3). Within are many apartments, (where) the soul dwells.
The fruit desired by (his) mind he will obtain, there will no more be wandering about (in transmigration).
(4). By the assayer the thing is taken eare of, from the Guru information is obtained. The boon of the name is priceless, some (rare) diseiple obtains it.
(5). Who searches the outside, what does he get? the thing is in the house, 0 brother!
Being led astray by error the whole world wanders about, by the self-willed one his honour is lost.
(6). Giving up his own house the false one goes to another's house. Like a thief he is seized, without the name he is beaten.
(7). Who know their own house, they are happy, 0 brother! Within it Brahm is recognized (owing to) the greatness of the Guru.
(8). He himself bestows gifts, to whom shall (anything) be said? he himself makes understand (the truth).
0 Eanak, meditate thou on the name, at the true gate thou wilt obtain glory.
VII. XXIX.
(1). The knowing one's own self is a sweet taste, 0 brother!
By tasting the juice of Hari they beeome emancipated, to whom the True one is pleasing.
Pause.
Hari is pure; (his) pure dwelling is in a pure mind.
(By whom) he is praised (by means of) the instruction of the Guru, he is indifferent to the word in the midst of the world.
(2). Without the word (of the Guru) one's own self is not known, the whole (world) is blind, 0 brother! By the instruction of the Guru light (is made) in the heart, the name is a companion at the end.
(3). In the name they live, in the name they abide.
In (their) heart is the name, in (their) mouth is the name, (their) reflection is on the name (and) the word (of the Guru).
(4). By hearing the name, by minding the name greatness (aeerues) by the name.
(Who) praises the name continually, he reaehes the palaee (of Hari) by means of the name.
(5). By means of the name light (is produced) in the heart, by the name splendour is obtained. By the name happiness is produced, in the name (is) a refuge.
(6). Without the name no one is accepted, by the self-willed (their) honour is lost. They are bound and beaten in the city of Yama, their life is wasted to no purpose.
(7). All render service to the name, (but) the disciple he makes to comprehend the name. Even the name, the name should be minded, in the name is greatness!
RAG ASA; MAH. III., ASTPAD. VIII. IX. (XXX. XXXI.)
(8). To whom he gives it, he gets it, by the instruction of the Guru he (Hari) makes comprehend the name.
Eanak (says): everything is in the power of the name, by reason of a perfect lot some one gets it.
VIII. XXX.
(1). The ill-favoured women do not reach the palace, they do not know the relish of the beloved one. They speak insipid things, they do not how down, another love is (their) pleasure.
Pause.
How shall this mind be brought into subjection?
By the favour of the Guru it is stopped, by attention to divine knowledge it returns home.
(2). The favoured woman is adorned by himself, bestowing (his) love and affection (on her). "Walking according to the will of the true Guru she is easily decorated by the name.
(3). She always enjoys her own beloved, true is (her) bed by love.
She is charmed by the love of her beloved, meeting with her beloved she gets happiness.
(4). Boundless knowledge is (her) ornament, the woman is decorated (thereby). She is stout and beautiful by love and affection to her beloved.
(5). On the favoured women love is bestowed by the true, invisible and boundless (Supreme). They serve their own Guru with true love and affection.
(6). By the favoured woman decoration is made, a necklace of virtues is on her neck.
The exquisite scent 1 of love she is rubbing on her body, within (her) is the gem of reflection.
(7). Who are attached to the worship (of Hari), they are the highest, caste and fellowship come from the word (of the Guru).
Without the name every one is of low caste, he becomes a worm of ordure.
(8). Saying: " I, I," the whole (world) wanders about, without the word (of the Guru) egotism does not depart.
Nanak (says): who are attached to the name, their egotism departs, they are absorbed in the True one.
IX. XXXI.
(1). Who are attached to the True one, they are pure, (their) report is always true. Here they are known in every house, further on they become manifest in every age.
Pause.
0 silly, gay mind, apply thou true colour!
If the well-known word (of the Guru) enter deeply, this colour does not go off nor disappear.
(2). We are low, dirty and excessively conceited, by another love (we are) useless.
By meeting with the Guru, the philosopher's stone, we became gold, pure, infinite light.
(3). Without the Guru no one is coloured, by meeting with the Guru colour is applied.
Who are steeped in the fear and love of the Guru, they by means of praising (Hari) are absorbed in the True one.
(4). "Without fear love does not spring up nor does the mind become pure. Those who are doing works without fear, are false, they get no place (of rest).
(5). Whom he himself colours, he will receive the die, he joins (him) to the society of the pious. From the perfect Guru the society of the pious springs up in an easy and true manner.
(6). Without the society (of the pious) all remain such as cattle and oxen (are). By whom they were made, him they do not know, without the name all are thieves.
1 fUd*i<y> ~ Mf\*J<?l, exquisite scent, loosely taken for sandal-wood.
RAG ASA; MAH. III., ASTPAD. X. XL (XXXIT. XXXIII.)
(7). Some buy virtues and sell (their) vices by the natural good disposition of the Guru. From the service of the Guru the name is obtained, it comes and dwells in (their) heart.
(8). The donor of all is the One, having created (them) he puts (them) into (their) work.
Nanak (says): they are applied? by him to the name, by means of the word (of the Guru) they are united (with him).
X. XXXII.
(1). The whole (world) is desiring the name; on whom he bestows mercy, he gets it. "Without the name all is pain, he (gets) happiness, in whose mind he makes dwell (the name).
Pause.
Thou art boundless (and) gracious, (I am in) thy asylum. From the perfect Guru the greatness of the name is obtained.
(2). Inside and outside is the One, (by whom) a manifold creation is produced.
(According to his) order he makes (them) do works, who may be called (his) second, 0 brother?
(3) t Understanding aud not understanding is made by thee, this is thy sovereignty.
Some thou pardonest and unitest (with thyself), some, who are false, thou beatest at (thy) threshold and kickest them out.
(4). Some are thoroughly pure and clean, they are applied by thee to the name.
From the service of the Guru happiness springs up, by the true word (of the Guru) they are made to comprehend (the truth).
(5). Some are of bad conduct, filthy, infected with poison, he himself makes (them) stray away from the name.
They have neither perfection nor understanding nor control of the passions, they wander about being puffed up.
(6). On whom he bestows his own merciful look, him he applies to faith (in himself).
Who is coercing (his) mind by truth and contentment, (him) he lets hear the pure word (of the Guru).
(7). By reading an estimation one does not arrive (at a true estimate), by telling and reciting (stories) one does not get the end (of him).
From the Guru the (true) estimate (of him) is obtained, by means of the true word (of the Guru) true knowledge (of him) is acquired.
(8). Examine thou this mind (and) body by reflecting on the word of the Guru!
Eanak (says): in this body is the treasure of the name, it is obtained by infinite love to the Guru.
XI. XXXIII.
(1). Those favoured women are attached to the True one, whom he adorns with the word of the Guru. Even in the house that beloved one is obtained, by reflecting on the true word.
Pause.
By (her) virtues pardon is procured for the vices (of her), (by whom) devout meditation is bestowed on Hari.
Hari is obtained (by her) as husband, the woman is united (with him) by the Guru.
(2). Some do not know, that their beloved one is in (their) presence, he leads them astray by the error of duality.
How should the ill-favoured women obtain (him)? in pain the night is passed (by them).
(3). In whose mind the True one dwells, they practise true work. Daily they serve (him) with ease, they are absorbed in the True one.
(4). The ill-favoured women are led astray by error, they speak falsehood (and) eat poison. They do not know their own beloved, their bed is empty (and) they incur pain.
RAG ASA; MAIL III., ASTPAD. XII. XIII. (XXXIV. XXXV.)
(5). The true Lord is one, may not (any one) lead his mind astray by error!
Who serves him after having asked the Guru, she makes the True and Pure one dwell in (her) mind.
(6). By the favoured woman is (her) beloved one always obtained after having -removed egotism and her own self.
She is day by day occupied with her beloved, true is (her) bed, she obtains happiness.
(7). Saying: "mine, mine," they are gone without having put anything into (their) lap.
The ill-favoured woman (does) not (reach) the palace (of Hari), at the end she departs with regret.
(8). That my beloved is One; direct thy devout meditation on the One!
Nanak (says): if the woman desires happiness, let her make the name of Hari dwell in (her) mind!
XII. XXXIY.
(1). Whom he makes taste nectar, they naturally get the relish of it. The True one is without concern, he has not a bit of covetousness.
Pause, True nectar is raining, it falls into the mouth of the disciples.
The mind is (thereby) always flourishing, it sings naturally the excellences of Hari.
(2). The self-willed are always ill-favoured women j standing at the gate they lament, Who have not got the enjoyment of (their) beloved; they do what is written at the beginning.
(3). The disciple sows (truth) and truth springs up, the true name is (her) occupation. Whom he has here put into gain, (to her) he gives (his) store-rooms of devotion.
(4). The disciple is always a favoured woman by being ornamented with fear and devotion., Daily she enjoys her own beloved, the True one she keeps in her breast.
(5). By whom their own beloved is enjoyed, for them I sacrifice myself.
They always remain with their beloved, they remove from within their own self.
(6). (Their) mind and body are cool, (their) faces bright by the love and affection to their beloved. Their bed is comfortable, they enjoy their beloved having extinguished the thirst of egotism.
(7). Out of mercy he has come to the house (by reason of their) infinite love to the Guru. The favoured women obtained for their only husband the enemy of Mura.
(8). Eor all sins pardon is procured by him, they are united by him who is uniting (them). Nanak (says): (this) word is told (to them), who, having heard (it), conceive love (to it).
XIII. XXXV.
(1). From the true Guru excellence is produced, when that Lord procures him (i.e. the Guru). Easily the name is (then) meditated upon, divine knowledge becomes manifest.
Pause.
0 mind, do not think, that Hari is far off, behold (him) always in thy presence! He is always hearing, he is always seeing, by the word (of the Guru he is perceived as being) omnipresent.
(2). He is meditated upon with one mind by those disciples, by whom their own self is known. They always enjoy their own beloved, by the true name happiness is obtained.
(3). 0 mind, none is thine, see, having reflected on the word (of the Guru)! Elee to the asylum of Hari, thou wilt obtain the gate of salvation!
(4). (If the truth) be heard by means of the word (of the Guru), if it be comprehended by means of the word, (one) bestows devout meditation on the True one.
By means of the word egotism is destroyed, he ( = the disciple) obtains happiness in the true palace.
RAG ASA; MAH. III., ASTPAD. XIY. XV. (XXXVI. XXXVII.)
(5). In this age (of the world) is the glory of the name (manifest), without the name glory is not to be obtained.
The glory of this Maya lasts for four days, it passes away without delay.
(6). By whom the name is forgotten, they are dead (and) will die.
The flavour and taste of Hari they do not get, they are absorbed in ordure.
(7). Some are pardoned by himself and united (with himself), day by day he applies (them) to the name.
The True one they gain, in the True one they remain, in the perfectly True one they are absorbed.
(8). Without the word (of the Guru) one neither hears nor sees, the world is deaf and blind and goes astray.
Without the name it will incur pain, the name is obtained by his pleasure.
(9). Ey whom their mind is applied to the word (of the Guru), those people (become) pure and approved of.
Nanak (says): the name is never forgotten by them, they go to the true gate.
XIV. XXXVI.
(1). By the word (of the Gum) (those) devotees are taught, whose speech is true.
Their own self departed from within, the name is minded (by them), union with the True one is brought about.
Pause.
The name of Hari, Hari is the honour of (his) people. Their life is fruitful, everybody pays regard to them.
(2). Egotism, excessive passion (and) conceit is the nature (of man).
(If one) die by means of the word (of the Guru), then (this) nature goes, light is blended with the luminous Supreme Lord.
(3). The perfect true Guru has met (with us), our life (has become) fruitful.
The nine treasures of the name are obtained, the store-rooms (of which are) full and inexhaustible.
(4). (Those) retail-dealers of this stock of goods come, who have love to the name.
Who become disciples, they get (this) property, in their heart the word (of the Guru) is reflected upon.
(5). The conceited self-willed people do not know the excellence of devotion. Even by himself they are ruined, the dice-play is lost (by them).
(6). Without love (to Hari) devotion does not take place, nor is pleasure obtained in the hody. The boon of love is obtained by attachment to the Guru and composure of the mind.
(7). Whom he makes perform devotion, he does it by reflecting on the word of the Guru. (If) the one name dwells in the heart, it destroys egotism (and) duality.
(8). The caste and brotherhood of the devotees is the one name, ho himself adorns (them). They are always in his asylum, as it pleases (him), so they do works.
(9). Pure devotion to Allah is learnt from the instruction of the Guru.
Nanak (says): in (his) heart the name dwells, (who) adorns (it) with fear and attachment to the name.
XV. XXXVII.
(1). Who is led astray into a false taste, he incurs pain without the name.
The true Guru, the divine male, does not meet (with him), who imparts true understanding.
Pause.
0 my silly mind, taste the juice of Hari and thou wilt get (its) flavour!
Thou art wandering about clinging to a false taste, thou wastest thy life to no purpose.
RAG ASA; MAH. V., ASTPAD. I. (XXXVIII.)
(2). In this age the disciples (are) pure, who devoutly meditate on the true name. 'Without destiny nothing is obtained, what can he said?
(3). (Who) knows his own self, (who) dies by the word (of the Guru), (who) drops change from (his) mind; (Who) flees to the asylum of the Guru, (him) the pardoner pardons.
(4). Without the name happiness is not obtained nor does pain depart from within.
This world is imbued with the infatuation of the Maya, by the error of duality it is led astray.
(5). The ill-favoured woman has no knowledge of (her) beloved, how will she adorn herself? Always, day by day she goes about burning, on (her) bed (her) husband does not dally (with her).
(6). The favoured woman reaches (his) palace having removed from within her own self. Being adorned by the word of the Guru she is joined by her own bridegroom.
(7). Death is forgotten from his mind, the infatuation of the Maya (and) darkness (are in him). The self-willed one having died repeatedly is born again and dies, at the gate of Tama he becomes wretched.
(8). Who are united by himself (with himself), they are united having reflected on the word of the Guru.
Xanak (says): they are absorhed in the name, their faces are bright at that true court.
ASA; MAHALA Y.; ASTPADlI; GHAR II. Om! By the favour of the true Guru!
I. XXXVIII.
(1). The five1 are appeased, the five2 are irritated.
The five are made to dwell (in the mind), the five are despatched.
Pause.
In this wise the town is peopled, 0 my brother!
(His) sin is gone, (who) holds firmly the divine knowledge of the Guru.
(2). A fence of true piety is made and given (by the Guru).
The planks (of his fence) are strong, (who) reflects on the divine knowledge of the Guru.
(3). Sow the name in (thy) field, 0 brother and friend! Carry on traffic, serve continually the Guru!
(4). All (their) shops are shops of tranquillity, ease and comfort. The retail-dealers of the wholesale merchant (live in) splendour.
(5). None of the poll-tax gatherers 'A takes a fine or tax (from them), (On whom) the true Guru has set his own seal.
(6). Having laden the name as (thy) goods go on trafficking! Having obtained profit (thereby) return to (thy) house, 0 disciple!
(7). The true Guru is the wholesale merchant, the disciples are (his) retail-dealers. The name is (their) capital- stock, the True one takes account (from them).
(8). He dwells in this house, who (performs) service to the perfect Guru. Eternal is the city of God, (says) Nanak.
1 The five virtues are very differently enumerated; e.g. Jf3 (truth = ^^f) (contentment), iftpj (control of the passions), fy^/>|A (ablution), (alms).
2 These five are = c7T*T> etc.
3 t^tIIw the collector of the poll-tax (Arab. <0^).
RAG ASA; MAH. V., ASTPAD. II. III. (XXXIX. XL.)
ASAVAEI; MAH ALA V.; GHAE III. Om! Ey the favour of the true Guru I I. II. XXXIX.
Pause.
My mind has conceived love to Hari.
Muttering Hari, Hari in the society of the pious (it becomes) pure, true (its) practice.
(1). (I am) much longing after (thy) sight, I think (of thee) in many ways. Eestow a favour (on me), 0 Supreme Erahm, 0 Hari, 0 Murari, be gracious (to me) I (2). (My) mind has come from a foreign country and joined the society of the pious. "Who is desiring goods, he gets them by love to the name.
(3). All the pleasures and relishes of the Maya pass away in a moment. The devotees are attached to thy name, they enjoy happiness in every place.
(4). The whole world is seen as passing away, immovable is the name of Hari. Having made friendship with the pious thou wilt obtain an immovable spot.
(5). Friends, sweethearts, sons and relatives, no one is remaining with (thee). The one name of Earn is accompanying (thee), the Lord is the friend of the poor.
(6). The lotus-feet (of Hari) are the boat, by clinging to that the ocean is crossed. The perfect, true Gruru meets with (him, who) has true love to the Lord.
(7). (This is) the solicitation of thy saints: may he (=God) not be forgotten at any breath and morsel!
Who is pleasing to thee, he is good, by thy decree his affair (is put) right.
(8). The beloved one, the ocean of happiness, is met with, great joy has sprung up. Mnak says: all pains are effaced, the Lord, the highest bliss, has met (with me).
ASA; MAHALA V.; BIEAHAEE; 1 GHAE IV. A hind of Chants. Om! By the favour of the true Guru! I. III. XL.
(1). The Supreme Erahm, the Lord, is remembered (by me), I sacrifice myself for the sight of the beloved one.
(2). Ey the remembrance of whom pain is forgotten, how can that beloved one be abandoned?
(3). I sell this (my) body to the saint (=the Guru), that he may make meet (with me) my dearly beloved one.
(.4). The pleasures and ornaments of the world are insipid, they are given up (by me), 0 my mother!
(5). Lust, wrath and covetousness are abandoned (by me) having fallen down at the feet of the beloved true Guru.
(6). Those, who are attached to the beloved Earn, they do not go anywhere else.
(7). Who have tasted the juice of the beloved Hari, they are fully satiated.
(8), By whom the hem of the pious (Guru) is seized, (him) he ferries across the ocean of existence, (says) Nanak.
1 (\j jj^, literally: pangs of love caused by separation from the beloved (dim. of fi<do)- 76 RAG ASA; MAH. V., ASTPAD. IV. V. (XLI. XLII.); MAR I., PATI 1—6.
II. IV. XLI.
(1). The pain of birth and death ia cut off, 0 beloved, when Hari the king meets (with any one).
(2). Beautiful, clever and very wise is the Lord, my life, show (me thy) sight!
(3). The creatures, which are separated from thee, 0 beloved, they are born (again) and die having eaten poison.
(4). Whom thou unitest (with thee), he is united, 0 beloved, to his foot I cling.
(5). The happiness, (that is gained) from seeing thy sight, 0 beloved, cannot be told with the mouth.
(6). True love dees not break, 0 beloved, it remains for all ages.
(7). What pleases thee, that is good, 0 beloved, thy pleasure is command.
(8). Nanak (says): those who are imbued with love to Narayan, 0 beloved, are naturally intoxicated.
III. Y. XLII.
(1). Every affair thou art knowing, 0 beloved, to whom shall I say (anything)?
(2). Thou art the donor of all creatures, what thou givest, they put on and eat.
(3). Pleasure and pain (come) by thy order, 0 beloved, there is no other place.
(4). What thou makest me do, that I do, 0 beloved, nothing else can be done.
(5). All the clays and nights are pleasant, 0 beloved, when the name of Hari is muttered.
(6). That work must be done, 0 beloved, (which) destiny causes to be written on (one's) forehead from the beginning.
(7). He himself alone is existing, 0 beloved, in everybody he is contained.
(8). He draws out from the well of the world, 0 beloved, Nanak is in the asylum of Hari.
EAGTJ ASA; MAHAL A I. THE TABLET (PATI). Om! By the favour of the true Guru!
(1). By Sasu (s) (he is meant), by whom creation was made, the Lord of all is the One.
They continually serve (him), who have applied their mind (to him), their coming (into the world) has become fruitful.
Pause.
0 mind, 0 foolish mind, why art thou going astray?
When thou givest account, 0 brother, then (thou art) helpless.
(2). By Ivari (the letter i). First is the divine male, he himself is munificent and true. The disciple, who comprehends these letters, has no writing on his head.1 (3). By Ura (the letter u): his magnifying should be made, whose end cannot be reached. Who serve (him), they obtain rewards, (those) who acquire the True one.
(4). By Nana (the letter n): if any one comprehend divine knowledge, he is a learned Pandit. (If one) know, that in all creatures is the One, then no one will say: " I, I." 2 (5). By Kakkd (the letter ]c): when the hair has become white and bright without soap: The spies of Tama have come (to him, who is) hound with the chain of the Maya.
(6). By Khakhhu (kh). Purchase thou the independent king of the world, by whom the means of subsistence are given; By whose fetter the whole world is bound; by others no order (can be) given.
1 The sense is: he is not subject to the decrees of destiny.
2 The sense is: he will discard duality.
RAG ASA; MAH. I., PATI 7-23.
(7). By Gagga (g). Sing the word (of him), by whom the earth is emitted and dissolved, (when) the drop (of semen) has become proud.
By whom, having shaped vessels, a kiln is made (and by whom) he is made who is putting (them into the kiln).1 (8). By Ghaggha (gh). If he puts the servant into (his) service, he sticks to the word of the Guru. If he considers bad and good as the same, the Lord is sporting (in him) in this manner.
(9). By Caeca (c). By whom the four Vedas were made, the four places of production, the four ages (of the world): He is through all ages a JogI and enjoying the sources of production,2 he himself has become a learned Pandit.
(10). By Chaccha (ch). Darkness exists within all, error is made by thee.
Having brought forth error (the creatures) are led astray by thyself; on whom thy mercy is bestowed, with them the Guru meets.
(11). By Jajja (}). Know, the beggar asks, in the eighty-four Lakhs (of forms of existence) he has wandered about in begging.
The One takes and the One gives, no other one has been heard of.
(12). By Jhqjjhd (Jh). Why dost thou die in grief, 0 man? what is to be given, that he is giving. Giving he looks on, he executes his order, as the daily bread of the creatures is allotted.
(13). By Nana (»). When I look about with my eyes, there is no other (to be seen). Only One is contained in all places, One dwells in the mind.
(14). By Tatta (£). Why art thou carrying on works, 0 man? in twenty-four or in forty-eight minutes thou must rise and go.
Do not lose thy life in gambling, nee and fall on the asylum of Hari!
(15). By Tattha (Jh). Coolness is abiding in the heart of those, whose mind is directed to the feet of Hari.
- Whose mind is applied (to thee), they are saved, by thy favour happiness is obtained (by them).
(16). By Badda (d). Why makest thou ostentation, 0 man? Whatever is created, that is all passing away.