No incantations or spells, no hypocrisy, nor did any one
play on the flute.[1]
There were no acts attaching to the soul, or religion, or the
gadfly of mammon.
No one saw caste or birth with his eyes.
There was not the net of pride, nor was death written on
man’s brow, nor did man meditate on aught created.[2]
There was no slander, no seed, no soul, no life.
There was no Gorakh or Machhindar.[3]
Nor was there divine knowledge, or meditation, or nobility;
nor did any one have conceit of himself.
There was no caste or religious garb, no Brahman or Khatri;
No demigod, no temple, no cow, no gayatri,[4]
No hom, no sacred feasts, no places of pilgrimage to bathe
in, nor did any one perform worship.
There was no Mulla or any Qazi;
No Shaikh, no Disciple, no Haji;[5]
No subject or king; nor was pride in the world, nor did
any one give himself a great name.
There was no love, no service, no Shiv, or energy
of his;[6]
No friend, no helper, no seed, no blood.[7]
God Himself was the merchant, Himself the dealer—such was the will of the True One—
- ↑ One of Krishan’s youthful accomplishments.
- ↑ Literally—nor did any one meditate on any one else. That is, no one then worshipped the gods or idols of the Hindus.
- ↑ Machhindar is described in a verse attributed to Gorakhnāth as his father.
- ↑ The gāyatri is the spell of the Hindus. It is now recited as follows: Oam, bhūr, bhuvas, svar, tat savitur vareṇyam, bhargo devasya, dhīmahi dhīyo yo naḥ prachodyāt ‘Oam, earth and air and sky, let us meditate on that excellent sun the bright god, which stimulateth our intellects.’ The late Professor Max Müller gave the following translation—‘We meditate on the adorable light of the divine Savitri, that he may rouse our thoughts.’
- ↑ This word is applied to Muhammadans who have made the pilgrimage to Makka.
- ↑ Shiv’s energy or consort was variously named Pārbati, Durga, &c.
- ↑ ‘No seed, no blood’: this refers to the male and female functions of generation.
