1851.] Translation of the Vichitr a Nat ah. 491 



For this cause only was I born, 

 Hear me, oh, erring mortal, hear ! 

 I have come to give thee comfort, 

 To wipe away the mournful tear. 



Most grossly, have ye been misled, 

 By those who did, myself, precede, 

 They have not pointed out the paths 

 Which surely will to heaven lead. 



Oh ! ye shall never be deceived 

 Who put your trust in him alone, 

 Since those who put their trust in God, 

 Almighty God will not disown. 



Some study the Koran, whilst others the Piirans believe 



But both contain false doctrines, which tho' subtle can't deceive. 



My friends, why will ye not believe ? 



x\nd thus secure your happiness 



Not now, but in eternity 1 

 I will not plait my hair, nor put rings in my ears, 

 But silently bend my knee to God all-powerful, 

 I will not drop my eyelids in mock humility, 

 For God, who is good and just, hates hypocrisy, 

 Those who love God, hate the thing which is false, 

 Be ye sure, that God despiseth the vain. 

 A selfish man cannot enter heaven, 

 Nor one, absorbed in worldly matters, 

 God cannot bear deceitfulness and pride, 

 If you abandon God to seek for worldly praise 

 God will close upon you the gates of paradise. 



Those who preach vain things and pride 



Themselves on gaining converts, 



Who point to empty forms, which 



Do not conduct to heaven, 



Shall themselves be condemned 



To God's everlasting wrath. 



