3. By Pir Sadru' d-dīn.


(This gnan , in Gujrati, is recited daily before the evening prayers).

1. 0, brothers, always pray God in the evening and morning! Recite the gnan in praise of the Naklank ! The True Guide, Sohedev (i.e., Pir Sadru'd-dīn) has shown you the Path. The Guru of the twelve crores (120 millions) of followers, he, Pir Sadru'd-dīn, has shown you the right direction !

2. The unutterable "High Word" (dhikr) is know to the devotees. By knowing it they have saved their souls from the wheel of re-birth.

3. The mystery of becoming immortal is known to ascetics. They have brought about salvation to the seventy one generations of their ancestors.

4. He who possesses the true knowledge of the Ather-ved (i.e., the Coran) knows well that the tenth avatar of the Merciful, the Lord of the Time, is (now) unveiled.1

5. Various tunes of music are there (in Paradise?) played, and the mortals of the earth are confounded when the mystery of His manifestation is revealed to them.

6. 0, men of God, never feel ashamed to be devoted to worship. Devote yourselves to the Lord of the Time, keeping your body and mind in purity.

7. The adherence to the six schools of Hindu philosophy is of no value whatever 2 because these do not teach the mystery of the Right Path.

8. 0, my brothers, if you advance along the True Path, you are welcome ! You will reach the goal that hundreds of thousands of pure souls have already reached (before you).

9. 0, you who heed good advices! Beware of doing evil, strive to act virtuously.

10. 0, faithful, says Pir Sadru'd-dīn, listen to me : this negligent world does not possess the knowledge of the mystery of the Lord of the Time!


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