The legends of the Panjâb

THE LEGEND OP SILA DAI. 357
Totd.
1375 " Aji Nath, sun lijiye, karo ik tadbir.
Nath, tumhEtre bar mei taj
dun oj sarir.
Taj dfin aj sarir, NS.thji ; ab jiwan kj'a mera
Eao Rasalu gia maran ko^ tera charan kS, chera.*
Agrohe men jalan gia hai, us se kal ne ghera.
1380 Chalo hamare sang, Nathjlj karo idhar ko phera."
Guru Gorahhndth.
" Are bacha, mat na jale, dharo idhar ko dhy3,n.
Chalo sang, ham bhi chalen ; bhale kareri Bhagwdn.
Bhale karen BhagwS,n, re bacha ; man men rakho dhir^.
Nahin marega R^o Easalu ; mat na taje sarira.
1385 Ik Nam se dhyan lag^o : sada bhajo Raghbira.
'
Honhar hatti nh,' sohi kah gae D^s Kabira.''
Parrvt.f
1375 " Sir Saint, hear me, make some plan.
At thy door, my Lord, I will give up my body to-day.
I will give up my body. Sir Saint : why
longer
should I live
Raja Ras&.lu, the disciple at thy feet, has gone to die.
He has gone to burn at Agroha ; death is on him.
1380 Come with me. Sir Saint : let us journey thither."
Guru Gorakhndth.
" My son, bum not : turn thy attention here.
Come with me, let us go together :
God will bless us, my son :
Raja Rasalu will not die :
God will bless us.
have patience in thy heart.
(so) give not up thy body.
1385 Worship the One Name (of God) : call always on
Raghbir.J
'
What is to be is not put off,'
so saith Kabir.§
* For eheld. f Prays to Gorakkaatli. J Rdma, i.e., God.
§ Tie great mediaeval reformer, whose writings and sayings still form
tie principal beliefs of the modern illiterate Aryan Indians. He flourished
in the time of the Emperor Sikandar Shah Lodi, a. d. 1488-1512,