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Translation of the " Vichitra Ndtak" or " Beautiful Epitome" — a 

 fragment of the Sikh Granth entitled " the Book of the Tenth Bon* 

 tiff"* By Captain G. Siddons, 1st Cavalry, 



Chapter I. 

 There is one God. 

 Oh good and holy One ! by Thy favour I commence this beautiful 

 Epitome of the verbal declarations of the ten padshahs.f 



To Thy power I am obedient with my whole heart, and shall com- 

 plete this work if thou deignest thine assistance. 



The praise of Time. J 

 Thou dwellest in Heaven and upon earth, 

 Thou destroyest armies of wickedness, 

 In war thou art ever victorious, 



Ever Superior. 

 Thy power is not only great, but perfect, 

 Thy refulgence is incomparable, 

 Thy brilliancy is illimitable, 



Equal to the Sun's. 

 Thou comfortest all who are virtuous, 

 Thou correctest every evil precept, 

 Thou puttest to flight all iniquity : 



My hope is in thee. 

 Noble Creator of the world, all hail ! 

 Who mercifully protectest the good, 

 Who bestowest thy favours upon me, 



To thy second, all hail ! 

 Even one brightness 

 Ungenerated, 

 God above all gods, 

 King above all kings 

 Incorporeal, 



* N. B.— Govind Sing, the last of the Padshahs wrote this Book. 



f Tbe ten Padshahs or Gurus are 1, Nanak, 2, Angad, 3, Amaradas, 4, Ramadas, 

 5, Arjun, 6, Hargovind, 7, Harkishan, 8, Teghbahadur, 9, Harah, 10, Govind 

 Sing. 



X God the Supreme Being, is personified by ^T^T or ^ me - 



