[97] Nánac was celebrated for the manner in which he performed Tapasa, or austere devotion, which requires the mind to be so totally absorbed in the Divinity, as to be abstracted from every worldly thought, and this for as long a period as human strength is capable of sustaining.
[98] The most ancient Hindús do not appear to have paid adoration to idols; but, though they adored God, they worshipped the sun and elements.
[99] B'hai Gúrú Dás B'halé.
[100] Bráhmen, Cshatríya, Vaisya, and Súdra.
[101] Different sacred books of the Hindús.
[102] Yár signifies friend; and one of the prophet's titles, among his followers, is Yar-i-Khudá, or the Friend of God.
[103] The Muhammedan religion is said to be divided into seventy-two sects.
[104] There is no ground to conclude that casts were altogether abolished by Nánac; though his doctrines and writings had a tendency to equalize the Hindús, and unite all in the worship of one God.
[105] A kind of ascetic devotion, which has been before explained.
[106] The Sidd'his (saints) are the attendants of the gods. The name is most generally applied to those who wait on Ganésa.