superior, the Hindu or the Muhammadan religion.
The Guru replied, Without good acts the professors
of both religions shall suffer. Neither the Hindus
nor the Muhammadans shall obtain entrance into
God s court. All their devotions shall vanish like the
fleeting dye of safflower. Both sects are jealous of
each other. The Hindus insist on saying Ram and
the Moslems Rahim, but they know not the one
God. Satan hath led them both along his own
flowery way/ On that occasion the Guru uttered
the following hymn in the Tilang measure :
Thy fasting and worship shall be acceptable
When thou, O man, keepest watch over the ten apertures of thy body, hatest the world,
Chastenest thy mind, restrainest thy sight, and fleest worldly desires and wr anglings.
Every day of the month offer thy love to the Lord; thus shalt thou be recognized as pure and gentle.
Keep the fast of meditation, and let the renunciation of pleasure be thy dance;
Keep watch over thy heart, so shalt thou be a really learned man;
Abandon delights, ease, evil speaking, mental anxiety, and vexation;
Treasure kindness in thy heart, and renounce the devices of infidelity; Extinguish the fire of lust in thy heart, and thus become cool.
Saith Nanak, thus practise fasting, and thy faith shall be perfect. [1]
When the Guru had finished, the Qazi said, Well done! I have to-day for the first time seen a real saint of God.’ The Qazi then went and told the high priest that the darwesh Nanak had arrived. The high priest went to see him, shook hands with him,
- ↑ This hymn is not found in the Granth Sahib.