[13] From the Patralekha.
[14] From the Patralekha.
[15] “Spring fifth” is the fifth day of the light fortnight of the month of Māgh, when Sarasvati, the goddess of letters and wisdom, who loves the vīnā, lute, is worshipped. The month of Māgh corresponds to January-February.
[16] I.e. the goddess who carries the vīnā, or lute, in her hand.
[17] The thousand-headed snake of Heaven.
[18] Seli, or the small round string made of black wool that Guru Nanak used to wear at times.
[19] Samādhi is the mystic’s “ecstasy,” in which all consciousness of the material world is lost and the soul is face to face with the Real.