The legends of the Panjâb

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THE LEGEND OE GDEU GUGGA. 133
Guru Goralihnath.
125 " Is maya sansar men dukh hai athori jam.
He Mai, is jagat se nahin mujhe kuchh kam.
Nahin mujhe kuchli kam jagat se ; alakh-purakh, abinas,
Brahma wohi, Bishn wohi hai, sahasr wohi rup Kailas :
Us ka nam le : mukat hfli likh, chhut ja jfln cham-asi.
130 Jao mahil ke bich, Msli ; kyAn rudan kare hai yehaii si "
Rani Bdchhal,
" He Guru Gorakhnathji, turn ho kirpa nidhan !
Main dasi hun charan ki; puran kijo kam.
Puran kijo kam : dhyan charnoh se laun.
Dijo mukh se bachan, dan putar ka paun.
135 Khan pan sab te ja rahun beakul din rati,
Guru Gorakhndth.
125 "In this illusory world grief is always present.*
My lady, I have nothing to do with this world.
I have nothing to do with this world : the invisible
Being, the imperishable,
Brahma is he, Bishnf is he, KailasJ is he of the thousand
forms :
Take thou his name :
salvation is written down for thee
(by fate), thou art released from the eighty-four
lives. §
130 Go to thy palace, Lady: Why art thou grieving here "
Queen Bdchhal.
"0 Guru Gorakhnath, thou art the home (ocean) of
mercy
I am (but) a slave-girl at thy feet : fulfil my desire.
Fulfil my desire :
I worship at thy feet.
Speak a word from thy lips and I shall obtain the gift
of a son.
135 I cannot eat~or drink at all, miserable day and night,
* Lit., Throughout the 8 watches.
t Vishnu.
t «i^a.
§ The eighty-four Idhhs of lives: the conventional expression for
the transmigration of souls.