1 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS, -H
2 Brahmas, Vishnus, and a hundred thousand llamas
3 stand at the gate of the Most High ; these all
4 perish. God, alone, is immortal. Yet men, who
5 unite in • the - praise of God., are not ashamed of
6 living in contention with each other, which proves
7 that the evil spirit has subdued all. He alone is
8 a true Hindoo whose heart is just, and he only is
9 a good Mussulman whose life is pure.”
10 Nanuk w^g believed by his followers to have
11 had an interview with the Supreme God; which he
12 thus describes >— <c One day Nanuk heard a voice
13 from above, exclaiming, ‘ Nanuk, approach!’ He
14 replied, ‘ Oh God l what power have I to Stand in
15 thy presence ?’ The voice said, * Close thine eyes.’
16 Nanuk shut his eyes and advanced; he was told to
17 look up ; he did so, and heard the word, ‘ Wa ! ’ or
18 ‘ Well done!’ pronounced five times, and then 4 Wa !
19 Gwrujif or f Well done! Teacher After this, God
20 said,‘Nanuk! I have sent thee into the world in the
21 Kali-yog (or depraved age)—go and bear my name!.
22 Nanuk said, ‘ Oh God ! how can I bear the mighty i
23 burthen / If my age was extended to tens of j
24 millions of years, if I drank of immortality, and my
25 eyes wore formed of the sun and moon, and were
26 never closed, still, oh God! I could not presume
27 to take charge of Thy wonderful name!’ ‘ 1 will be
28 thy Guru' (teacher), said God, ‘ and thou shall, be
29 a G uru to all mankind, thy sect shall be great in the
30 world, and thy word Puri Puri; the word of the
31 Bairagi is Ram! Ram !; that of the Sanyase, Om,
32 Naina! Narayen! ; and the word of the Yogis,