SKETCH OF THE SIKHS. SOT 



required to exhibit some proof of his powers, that would astonish them 3 

 he rephed, " I have nothing to exhibit worthy of you to behold. A holy 

 *' teacher has' no defence but the purity of his doctrine : the world may 

 " change, but the creator is unchangeable." These words, adds the au- 

 thor, caused the miracles and enchantments of the To'gis'waras to cease, 

 and they all fell at the feet of the humble Na'nac, who was protected by 

 the all perfe6|: God. 



Na'nac, according to the same authority, went from Vatdla to Muitd7t, 

 where he communed with the Pirs, or holy fathers of the Muhajnmedaft 

 religion of that country. ^^ I am come," said he, when he entered that 

 province, " into a country full of Pirs, like the sacred Gaiigd, visiting 

 " the ocean." From Miiltdn he went to Kiftipdr,* where, after perform- 

 ing numerous miracles, he threw off his earthly shape, and was buried 

 near the bank of the river Ravi, which has since overflowed his tomb. 

 if?r<fi/)z^r continues a place of rehgious resort and worship; and a small 

 piece of Na'nac's garment is exhibited to pilgrims, as a sacred relic, at 

 his Dhcmnasdld, or temple. 



It would be difficult to give the chara61:er of NA^NAcf- on the authority 

 of any account we yet possess. His writings, especially the first chapters 

 of the Adi-Grantli, will, if ever translated, be perhaps a criterion, by 

 which he may be fairly judged ; but the great eminence which he ob- 

 tained, and the suocess, with which he combated the opposition which he 



* Kirtipiir Delira, on the banks of the Ilavi) or Ilj/draoles. 



+ lie is, throughout this sketch, called Na'nac. Miduimmeihtn historians generally terra 

 tira Na NAc Shah, lo donote his being a Fahlr, the name of Shah being frequently given to 

 men ofcelebriJy, in that sect. The SMViy, in speaking of him, call him Baba Na nac or 

 Gwnt Na'nac, father Na'nac,, or Na'xac the teacher j and their miters term him N.v'.VAa 

 Nirifikar, Avhich means Na nac ilie oinuiprcseut. 



