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thou affectest the woman* in form and name, thou art more than man. 

 Hearken ye all to Hari Das and know of a truth it is but as when one 

 wakes out of sleep. 



17. The love of the world has been tested ; there is no real accord. 

 See, from the king to the beggar, natures differ and no match can be found. 

 The days of many births are past for ever ; so pass not thou. Hearken to 

 Hari Das, who has found a good friend in Bihari ; may all find the like. 



18. People have gone astray ; well, they have gone, but take thy 

 rosary and stray not thou. To leave thy own lord for another is to be like 

 a strumpet among women. Syama declares : those men rebel against me 

 who prefer another, and those too (says Hari Das) who make great sacrifice 

 to the gods and perform laboured funeral rites for departed ancestors, f 



19. Worship Hari from the heart as long as you live ; all things else 

 are vain. It is only a matter of four % days, what need of much baggage. 

 From pride of wealth, from pride of youth, from pride of power, you have 

 lost yourself in mere village squabbles. Says Hari Das : it is greed that 

 has destroyed you ; where will a complaint lie. 



20. In the depth of the delights of an ocean of love how can man 

 reach a landing-place ? Admitting his helplessness§ he cries, What way 

 of escape is open ? No one's arrows fly straight, for all his boasting in 

 street and market-place. Says Sri Hari Das : know Bihari to be a god 

 who overlooks all defects in his votaries. 



JEnd of the SiddMnta of Swdmi Hari Dds. 



* In this stanza it is the god's illusive power, or Maya, that is addressed, rather 

 than the god himself. 



f Thus the Yaishnavas, when they perform a Sraddh, do not repeat the names of 

 their own ancestors, but substitute the names of Krishna, Pradyumna, and Aniruddh. 



% The number ' four' seems to be an allusion to the four stages of life : childhood, 

 youth, manhood, and old age. 



§ The word beJcdryau is doubtful and probably corrupt though given in all three 

 MSS. 



