Who can knot divine knowledge to his mind;

Who maketh pilgrimage on each of the three hundred and sixty days of the year;

Who washeth the filth of pride from his heart--

Nanak saith, he is a hermit.

[1. Sikhs and Moslems use the expression I Gate of God' for God's throne or God's court., The latent allusion is to a king who removes himself from his subjects' gaze. It is at his gate those who appeal to him for justice waft, and it is at his (rate when he goes forth his subjects can obtain a sight of him.

2. Âsa.

3 The organs of action are the mouth, the hands, the feet, and the generative and excretory organs. The organs of perception are the five senses.]

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The Jogis then asked the Guru if he were an Audhut. The Guru told them what an Audhut ought to be:--

He is a servant of the Guru who restraineth his sexual organs,

Whose heart is free from worldly desires, whose words are true,

And who receiveth as his alms the glance with which the Merciful One beholdeth him.

Know him to be meek whose heart is meek,

And whose instruction is the profitable Word.

Nanak saith, he is an Audhut

Whose mind is not fickle, who goeth not to spectacles,

Or to gamble or play chaupar,

Who attacheth not his mind to things bad or good,

Who weareth on his body whatever is given by the Guru,

Who, when he goeth to another's house, talketh not scandal,

Who observeth the restraint put on him by the true Guru,

And who receiveth the Guru's instructions--O holy man,

Nanak saith, such a man is an Audhut.

The Jogis then desired to know if he were a Jogi, and the Guru replied:--

To remain seated without support,

To collect and restrain the five evil passions,

To sleep little and take scant food,

To keep guard over the saintly body,

To be constant in devotion, penance, self-restraint, and remembrance of God--

Nanak saith, these are the marks of a Jogi.

When he speaketh, he uttereth divine wisdom

He day and night waketh in the contemplation of God

He attacheth a string to the vacant sphere,[1]

And by the Guru's favour never dieth.

All the gods do obeisance to him

[1. That is, he fixes his attention on God.]

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Who in this way performeth the Guru's service,

And who alloweth not his tongue to taste dainties-

Nanak saith, these are the marks of a Jogi.

He who effaceth wrath, avarice, and greed;

Who quencheth the fire of the five evil passions within his heart;

Who day and night flieth the kite

By which divine knowledge is produced and evil inclinations depart;

Who cherisheth holiness, restraineth his evil passions

And repeateth no spell but the Guru's--

The habits of that good man are the best--