The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, Volume 4
Translated by Max Arthur Macauliffe
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The opening
CHAPTER I
Ille ego qui quondam gracili modulatus avena Carmen nunc horrentia Martis Arma virosque cano.
Lo! I the man whose muse whilom did mask, As time her taught, in lowly shepherd’s weeds, Am now enforced — a far unfitter task — For trumpets stern to change mine oaten reeds.
SPENSER.
THE early life of Guru Har Gobind has already been given in the life of his father Guru Arjan. On ascertaining his father’s death, he caused the Granth Sahib to be read, and employed Bhai Budha for the purpose. The musicians of the temple sang the Gurus’ hymns to the accompaniment of their instruments. The singing and the reading of the Granth Sahib lasted for ten days.
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About this edition
- The words
- Max Arthur Macauliffe's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 4 places
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 3 places
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
- Library marks on the scanned copy (“I i”, “04945”) (2 blocks)
- Pictures and their captions
- Specks the OCR read as characters (“-ib”, “9y”, “u”) (2 blocks)
- Closing line “END OF VOL. IV”
- The printer's imprint (Horace Hart, Printer to the University) (3 blocks)
- The Toronto library's date-due slip (Robarts Library) (11 blocks)