Ang 254
ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥
salok ||
Salok:
ਗਨਿ ਮਿਨਿ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਮਨੈ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਰਪਰ ਚਲਨੋ ਲੋਗ ॥
gan min dekhahu manai maahi sarapar chalano log ||
See, that even by calculating and scheming in their minds, people must surely depart in the end.
ਆਸ ਅਨਿਤ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਿਟੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਅਰੋਗ ॥੧॥
aas anit guramukh mitai naanak naam arog ||1||
Hopes and desires for transitory things are erased for the Gurmukh; O Nanak, the Name alone brings true health. ||1||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pauRee ||
Pauree:
ਗਗਾ ਗੋਬਿਦ ਗੁਣ ਰਵਹੁ ਸਾਸਿ ਸਾਸਿ ਜਪਿ ਨੀਤ ॥
gagaa gobid gun ravahu saas saas jap neet ||
GAGGA: Chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe with each and every breath; meditate on Him forever.
ਕਹਾ ਬਿਸਾਸਾ ਦੇਹ ਕਾ ਬਿਲਮ ਨ ਕਰਿਹੋ ਮੀਤ ॥
kahaa bisaasaa deh kaa bilam na kariho meet ||
How can you rely on the body? Do not delay, my friend;
ਨਹ ਬਾਰਿਕ ਨਹ ਜੋਬਨੈ ਨਹ ਬਿਰਧੀ ਕਛੁ ਬੰਧੁ ॥
nah baarik nah jobanai nah biradhee kachh ba(n)dh ||
there is nothing to stand in Death's way - neither in childhood, nor in youth, nor in old age.
ਓਹ ਬੇਰਾ ਨਹ ਬੂਝੀਐ ਜਉ ਆਇ ਪਰੈ ਜਮ ਫੰਧੁ ॥
oh beraa nah boojheeai jau aai parai jam pha(n)dh ||
That time is not known, when the noose of Death shall come and fall on you.
ਗਿਆਨੀ ਧਿਆਨੀ ਚਤੁਰ ਪੇਖਿ ਰਹਨੁ ਨਹੀ ਇਹ ਠਾਇ ॥
giaanee dhiaanee chatur pekh rahan nahee ih thaai ||
See, that even spiritual scholars, those who meditate, and those who are clever shall not stay in this place.
ਛਾਡਿ ਛਾਡਿ ਸਗਲੀ ਗਈ ਮੂੜ ਤਹਾ ਲਪਟਾਹਿ ॥
chhaad chhaad sagalee gaee mooR tahaa lapataahi ||
Only the fool clings to that, which everyone else has abandoned and left behind.
ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਰਹੈ ਜਾਹੂ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਭਾਗ ॥
gur prasaad simarat rahai jaahoo masatak bhaag ||
By Guru's Grace, one who has such good destiny written on his forehead remembers the Lord in meditation.
ਨਾਨਕ ਆਏ ਸਫਲ ਤੇ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਪ੍ਰਿਅਹਿ ਸੁਹਾਗ ॥੧੯॥
naanak aae saphal te jaa kau priahi suhaag ||19||
O Nanak, blessed and fruitful is the coming of those who obtain the Beloved Lord as their Husband. ||19||
ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥
salok ||
Salok:
ਘੋਖੇ ਸਾਸਤ੍ਰ ਬੇਦ ਸਭ ਆਨ ਨ ਕਥਤਉ ਕੋਇ ॥
ghokhe saasatr bed sabh aan na kathatau koi ||
I have searched all the Shaastras and the Vedas, and they say nothing except this:
ਆਦਿ ਜੁਗਾਦੀ ਹੁਣਿ ਹੋਵਤ ਨਾਨਕ ਏਕੈ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥
aad jugaadee hun hovat naanak ekai soi ||1||
"In the beginning, throughout the ages, now and forevermore, O Nanak, the One Lord alone exists." ||1||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pauRee ||
Pauree:
ਘਘਾ ਘਾਲਹੁ ਮਨਹਿ ਏਹ ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਦੂਸਰ ਨਾਹਿ ॥
ghaghaa ghaalahu manahi eh bin har doosar naahi ||
GHAGHA: Put this into your mind, that there is no one except the Lord.
ਨਹ ਹੋਆ ਨਹ ਹੋਵਨਾ ਜਤ ਕਤ ਓਹੀ ਸਮਾਹਿ ॥
nah hoaa nah hovanaa jat kat ohee samaahi ||
There never was, and there never shall be. He is pervading everywhere.
ਘੂਲਹਿ ਤਉ ਮਨ ਜਉ ਆਵਹਿ ਸਰਨਾ ॥
ghoolahi tau man jau aavahi saranaa ||
You shall be absorbed into Him, O mind, if you come to His Sanctuary.
ਨਾਮ ਤਤੁ ਕਲਿ ਮਹਿ ਪੁਨਹਚਰਨਾ ॥
naam tat kal mahi punahacharanaa ||
In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, only the Naam, the Name of the Lord, shall be of any real use to you.
ਘਾਲਿ ਘਾਲਿ ਅਨਿਕ ਪਛੁਤਾਵਹਿ ॥
ghaal ghaal anik pachhutaavahi ||
So many work and slave continually, but they come to regret and repent in the end.
ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਹਾ ਥਿਤਿ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥
bin har bhagat kahaa thit paavahi ||
Without devotional worship of the Lord, how can they find stability?
ਘੋਲਿ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਤਿਹ ਪੀਆ ॥
ghol mahaa ras a(n)mrit tih peeaa ||
They alone taste the supreme essence, and drink in the Ambrosial Nectar,
ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰਿ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਦੀਆ ॥੨੦॥
naanak har gur jaa kau deeaa ||20||
O Nanak, unto whom the Lord, the Guru, gives it. ||20||
ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥
salok ||
Salok:
ਙਣਿ ਘਾਲੇ ਸਭ ਦਿਵਸ ਸਾਸ ਨਹ ਬਢਨ ਘਟਨ ਤਿਲੁ ਸਾਰ ॥
ngan ghaale sabh divas saas nah badhan ghatan til saar ||
He has counted all the days and the breaths, and placed them in people's destiny; they do not increase or decrease one little bit.
ਜੀਵਨ ਲੋਰਹਿ ਭਰਮ ਮੋਹ ਨਾਨਕ ਤੇਊ ਗਵਾਰ ॥੧॥
jeevan lorahi bharam moh naanak teoo gavaar ||1||
Those who long to live in doubt and emotional attachment, O Nanak, are total fools. ||1||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pauRee ||
Pauree:
ਙੰਙਾ ਙ੍ਰਾਸੈ ਕਾਲੁ ਤਿਹ ਜੋ ਸਾਕਤ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਕੀਨ ॥
nga(n)ngaa ngraasai kaal tih jo saakat prabh keen ||
NGANGA: Death seizes those whom God has made into faithless cynics.
ਅਨਿਕ ਜੋਨਿ ਜਨਮਹਿ ਮਰਹਿ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੀਨ ॥
anik jon janamahi marahi aatam raam na cheen ||
They are born and they die, enduring countless incarnations; they do not realize the Lord, the Supreme Soul.
ਙਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਤਾਹੂ ਕਉ ਆਏ ॥
ngiaan dhiaan taahoo kau aae ||
They alone find spiritual wisdom and meditation,
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਜਿਹ ਆਪਿ ਦਿਵਾਏ ॥
kar kirapaa jih aap divaae ||
whom the Lord blesses with His Mercy;
ਙਣਤੀ ਙਣੀ ਨਹੀ ਕੋਊ ਛੂਟੈ ॥
nganatee nganee nahee kooo chhootai ||
no one is emancipated by counting and calculating.
ਕਾਚੀ ਗਾਗਰਿ ਸਰਪਰ ਫੂਟੈ ॥
kaachee gaagar sarapar phootai ||
The vessel of clay shall surely break.
ਸੋ ਜੀਵਤ ਜਿਹ ਜੀਵਤ ਜਪਿਆ ॥
so jeevat jih jeevat japiaa ||
They alone live, who, while alive, meditate on the Lord.
ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਭਏ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਹ ਛਪਿਆ ॥੨੧॥
pragat bhae naanak nah chhapiaa ||21||
They are respected, O Nanak, and do not remain hidden. ||21||
ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥
salok ||
Salok:
ਚਿਤਿ ਚਿਤਵਉ ਚਰਣਾਰਬਿੰਦ ਊਧ ਕਵਲ ਬਿਗਸਾਂਤ ॥
chit chitavau charanaarabi(n)d oodh kaval bigasaa(n)t ||
Focus your consciousness on His Lotus Feet, and the inverted lotus of your heart shall blossom forth.
ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਭਏ ਆਪਹਿ ਗੋੁਬਿੰਦ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੰਤ ਮਤਾਂਤ ॥੧॥
pragat bhae aapahi goubi(n)d naanak sa(n)t mataa(n)t ||1||
The Lord of the Universe Himself becomes manifest, O Nanak, through the Teachings of the Saints. ||1||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pauRee ||
Pauree:
ਚਚਾ ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਗੁਰ ਲਾਗਾ ॥
chachaa charan kamal gur laagaa ||
CHACHA: Blessed, blessed is that day,
ਧਨਿ ਧਨਿ ਉਆ ਦਿਨ ਸੰਜੋਗ ਸਭਾਗਾ ॥
dhan dhan uaa din sa(n)jog sabhaagaa ||
when I became attached to the Lord's Lotus Feet.
ਚਾਰਿ ਕੁੰਟ ਦਹ ਦਿਸਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਆਇਓ ॥
chaar ku(n)t dah dis bhram aaio ||
After wandering around in the four quarters and the ten directions,
ਭਈ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਤਬ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਪਾਇਓ ॥
bhaee kripaa tab darasan paaio ||
God showed His Mercy to me, and then I obtained the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.
ਚਾਰ ਬਿਚਾਰ ਬਿਨਸਿਓ ਸਭ ਦੂਆ ॥
chaar bichaar binasio sabh dooaa ||
By pure lifestyle and meditation, all duality is removed.
ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਹੂਆ ॥
saadhasa(n)g man niramal hooaa ||
In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the mind becomes immaculate.
ਚਿੰਤ ਬਿਸਾਰੀ ਏਕ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟੇਤਾ ॥
chi(n)t bisaaree ek drisatetaa ||
Anxieties are forgotten, and the One Lord alone is seen,
ਨਾਨਕ ਗਿਆਨ ਅੰਜਨੁ ਜਿਹ ਨੇਤ੍ਰਾ ॥੨੨॥
naanak giaan a(n)jan jih netraa ||22||
O Nanak, by those whose eyes are anointed with the ointment of spiritual wisdom. ||22||
ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥
salok ||
Salok:
ਛਾਤੀ ਸੀਤਲ ਮਨੁ ਸੁਖੀ ਛੰਤ ਗੋਬਿਦ ਗੁਨ ਗਾਇ ॥
chhaatee seetal man sukhee chha(n)t gobid gun gaai ||
The heart is cooled and soothed, and the mind is at peace, chanting and singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe.
ਐਸੀ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਨਾਨਕ ਦਾਸ ਦਸਾਇ ॥੧॥
aisee kirapaa karahu prabh naanak daas dasaai ||1||
Show such Mercy, O God, that Nanak may become the slave of Your slaves. ||1||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pauRee ||
Pauree:
ਛਛਾ ਛੋਹਰੇ ਦਾਸ ਤੁਮਾਰੇ ॥
chhachhaa chhohare daas tumaare ||
CHHACHHA: I am Your child-slave.
ਦਾਸ ਦਾਸਨ ਕੇ ਪਾਨੀਹਾਰੇ ॥
daas daasan ke paaneehaare ||
I am the water-carrier of the slave of Your slaves.
ਛਛਾ ਛਾਰੁ ਹੋਤ ਤੇਰੇ ਸੰਤਾ ॥
chhachhaa chhaar hot tere sa(n)taa ||
Chhachha: I long to become the dust under the feet of Your Saints.