There he saw a Tom Cat, whom he continued ot scan attentively.185.
To catch the mouse (which it) concentrates,
Seeing his miditativeness for the rats, even the great hermits felt shy
(If) such attention is paid to (attainment of) Hari,
If such meditativeness is observed for the sake of the Lord, only then that unmanifested Brahman can be realized.186.
We considered him as (our) fifth Guru.
I shall consider him my fifth Guru, such a thought came to the mind of Dutt, the king of sages
The kind that will pay attention,
He, who will meditate in such a way, he will assuredly realise the Lord.187.
End of the description of the adoption of Tom Cat as the fifth Guru.
Now begins the description of the Cotton Carder as the Guru
CHAUPAI
Sannyas Raj (Datta) walked forward
Leaving all other desires and keeping only one thought in his mind, Dutt, the king of Yogis moved further
Then (he) saw a 'room' (penja) crouching (who did not turn his attention from his work even when the army passed by him).
There he saw a carder carding cotton and said thus in hiss mind188
(That this penge) did not even see the king's army going,
“This man has not seen all the army passing in front of him and his neck remained bowed
All the army passed that way,
The whole army went on this path, but he was not conscious of that.”189.
I did not look back crying,
While carding the cotton, he did not look back and this lowly person kept his neck bowed
Seeing this, Dutt smiled in his heart.
Seeing him, Dutt smiled in his mind and said, “I accept him as my sixth Guru.”190.
As it has planted for Roon (Pinjan).
And the army passed, but (it) did not raise its head.
Such love should be with the Lord,
The way in which he absorbed his mind in cotton and the army passed away and he did not raise his head, in the same way, when the Lord will be loved, then that ancient Purusha i.e. the Lord will be realized.191.
End of the description of the adoption of Carder as the sixth Guru.
Now begins the description of Fisherman as the Seventh Guru
CHAUPI
Sannyas Raj (Datta) walked forward
That great ascetic Dutt, of the pure mind moved further
He saw a machhi (fish catcher).
There he saw a Fisherman going with his net.192.
He was holding a hooked stick ('binchhi') in his hand.
He was holding his lance in one of his hands and was carrying the net on one shoulder
And (engaged in fishing) (walked) like the blind. He was located in the hope of a fish,
He was standing there for the sake of the fish in such a way as if his body had become breathless.193.
He was waiting for a fish,
He was standing with the desire of catching one fish in such a way as if someone standing with patience and detached from all his paraphernalia
Let us love the Lord in this way,
Dutt thought that if such a love was observed for the sake of the Lord, then that perfect Purusha i.e. the Lo
End of the description of the adoption of Fisherman as the seventh Guru.
Now begins the description of he adopt of Maid-servant as the Eighth Guru
CHAUPAI
Daksha Prajapati (house) of Muni (Datta).
When the sage Dutt reached the abode of Daksha Prajapati, he was greatly pleased alongwith his army