Thou art continence, Thou art fasting,

Thou art deliverance, Thou art wisdom,

Thou alone art, Thou alone art.

The dwellers of the East know not Thy limit, the goddess Hingula 1 who dwelleth in the Himalayas meditateth on Thee.

The Jogis practise Jog to be united with Thee; how many suspend their breath to obtain Thee. The Arabs of Arabia worship Thy name.

The Firangis of France worship Thee, ... the

residents of the West recognise Thee as the object of their love.

The Marathas, the Magadhis 1 heartily do Thee penance, the natives of Tilang 2 fix Thee in their hearts, and recognise Thee as the abode of religion.

(The following hymn is one of those recited while the baptismal water is being prepared;)

O man, practise asceticism in this way:

Consider thy house altogether as the forest, and remain an anchoret at heart.

Make continence thy matted hair, union with God thine ablutions, thy daily religious duties the growth of thy nails,

Divine knowledge thy spiritual guide; admonish thy heart and apply God's name as ashes to thy body.

Eat little, sleep little, love mercy and forbearance.

Ever practise mildness and patience, and thou shalt be freed from the three qualities.

Attach not to thy heart lust, wrath, covetousness, obstinacy, and worldly love.

Thus shalt thou behold the Real Soul of this world, and obtain the Supreme Being.

God hath no disease, or sorrow, or worldly love, or mother, no Karma, no superstition, no birth, no caste;

He hath no jealousy, no garb, and is unborn.

I bow to Him as one I bow to Him as one!

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He hath no worldly love, no home, no grief, no relation.

He is afar off, pure, undefiled, none can behold

He hath no caste, no language, no friend, no minister.

I bow to the one independent Being! I bow to the one independent Being!

(In view of the controversy as to whether or not the Sikhs are a sect of the Hindus, the following quotation is also interesting:)

I practise not fasting, nor observe the Ramzām;

I serve Him who will preserve me at the last hour.

The one Lord of the earth is my God.

Who judgeth both Hindus and Musalmans.

I neither go on a pilgrimage to Makka, nor worship at Hindu places of pilgrimages.

I serve the one God and none other.

I neither worship as the Hindus, nor pray as the Musalmans.

I take the formless God into my heart, and there make obeisance unto Him.

I am neither a Hindu nor a Musalman.

In Praise of the Sword

I bow with love and devotion to the Holy Sword.

Assist me that I may complete this work.

Thou art the Subduer of countries, the Destroyer of the armies of the wicked, in the battlefield Thou greatly adornest the brave.