^0 SKETCH OF THE- BMS.g^. 



.^ f • JIIqw imitncrpus they are who praise ikeeyth&y:cm^d:ia^ QimpcekevmmSi h^wthea shall 

 Na'nac describe them ? 



He, even he is the lord of truth, true, and truly just. 



IJe is, he, was, he passes, he passes not, the pregerverof jallthat is preserved,' 



Of numerous hues, sorts and kinds, he is the original aulhor of Maj/d (deception.) 

 •'^ Halving formed the creation, he surveyshis ovvn'R^orlt, th6display of his oWn gi'eatjcss. 



What pleases him liedoes, and no order of/ ;any:otkerbpirig can reach hira> ; 



He is the Padshah and the Pddsdheh of Shahs; Na'nac resides in his favour, 



; These few verses are, perhaps, sufficient to shew,. that it was on a prinei-: 

 |)Ie of pure deisnik, that Na'nac entirely, grounded his religion. It was; 

 not, possible, however, that the minds of any large portion of mankind, 

 could remain long fixed in a belief which presented them only with ge-^ 

 neral troths, and those of a nature too vast for their contemplation, or 

 comprehension. The followers of Na'nac, since his death, haye paid an 

 adoration to his name, which is at variance with the lessons which he 

 taught; they h^ve clothed him in all the attributes of a saint. The}^ con- 

 sider him as the sele61ed instrument of God to make known the true faith 

 to fallen man; and, as such, they give him divine honors; not' only per- 

 foTnijng pilgrimage to his tomb, but addressing him, in their prayers^ as 

 their saviour and mediator. 



The" 'religious tenets and usages of the \S2M5', continued as they, had 

 be^p established by Na'nac,* till the; time of Guru Govind, who, 

 though he did not alter the fundamental principles of the established faith, 

 made so complete a change in the sacred usages, and civil habits of his 



* Certainly no material alteration was made, either in the belief or -forms of the Sikhs, hj 

 any of his successors before Gu'ru' Go'vind. Har Go'vivd, tvho armed his followers to 

 repel aggression, woiildorily appear to have made' a temporary effort to oppose his enemies^ 

 without an endeavour to effect any serious change ia the jeligious belief or customs of th@ 

 sect to which he belonged^ v/' 



