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ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਉਬਰੇ ਸਾਚਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਮਾਲਿ ॥੧॥

naanak guramukh ubare saachaa naam samaal ||1||

O Nanak, the Gurmukhs are saved, by contemplating the True Name. ||1||

ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mah 1 ||

First Mehl:

ਗਲਂੀ ਅਸੀ ਚੰਗੀਆ ਆਚਾਰੀ ਬੁਰੀਆਹ ॥

gala(n)ee asee cha(n)geeaa aachaaree bureeaah ||

We are good at talking, but our actions are bad.

ਮਨਹੁ ਕੁਸੁਧਾ ਕਾਲੀਆ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਚਿਟਵੀਆਹ ॥

manahu kusudhaa kaaleeaa baahar chitaveeaah ||

Mentally, we are impure and black, but outwardly, we appear white.

ਰੀਸਾ ਕਰਿਹ ਤਿਨਾੜੀਆ ਜੋ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਦਰੁ ਖੜੀਆਹ ॥

reesaa karih tinaaReeaa jo sevahi dar khaReeaah ||

We imitate those who stand and serve at the Lord's Door.

ਨਾਲਿ ਖਸਮੈ ਰਤੀਆ ਮਾਣਹਿ ਸੁਖਿ ਰਲੀਆਹ ॥

naal khasamai rateeaa maanahi sukh raleeaah ||

They are attuned to the Love of their Husband Lord, and they experience the pleasure of His Love.

ਹੋਦੈ ਤਾਣਿ ਨਿਤਾਣੀਆ ਰਹਹਿ ਨਿਮਾਨਣੀਆਹ ॥

hodai taan nitaaneeaa rahahi nimaananeeaah ||

They remain powerless, even while they have power; they remain humble and meek.

ਨਾਨਕ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਕਾਰਥਾ ਜੇ ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਮਿਲਾਹ ॥੨॥

naanak janam sakaarathaa je tin kai sa(n)g milaah ||2||

O Nanak, our lives become profitable if we associate with them. ||2||

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

pauRee ||

Pauree:

ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਜਲੁ ਮੀਨਾ ਹੈ ਆਪੇ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਆਪਿ ਜਾਲੁ ॥

too(n) aape jal meenaa hai aape aape hee aap jaal ||

You Yourself are the water, You Yourself are the fish, and You Yourself are the net.

ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਲੁ ਵਤਾਇਦਾ ਆਪੇ ਵਿਚਿ ਸੇਬਾਲੁ ॥

too(n) aape jaal vataaidaa aape vich sebaal ||

You Yourself cast the net, and You Yourself are the bait.

ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਕਮਲੁ ਅਲਿਪਤੁ ਹੈ ਸੈ ਹਥਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਗੁਲਾਲੁ ॥

too(n) aape kamal alipat hai sai hathaa vich gulaal ||

You Yourself are the lotus, unaffected and still brightly-colored in hundreds of feet of water.

ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਕਰਾਇਦਾ ਇਕ ਨਿਮਖ ਘੜੀ ਕਰਿ ਖਿਆਲੁ ॥

too(n) aape mukat karaaidaa ik nimakh ghaRee kar khiaal ||

You Yourself liberate those who think of You for even an instant.

ਹਰਿ ਤੁਧਹੁ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਕਿਛੁ ਨਹੀ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਵੇਖਿ ਨਿਹਾਲੁ ॥੭॥

har tudhahu baahar kichh nahee gurasabadee vekh nihaal ||7||

O Lord, nothing is beyond You. I am delighted to behold You, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||7||

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mah 3 ||

Salok, Third Mehl:

ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਰੋਵੈ ॥

hukam na jaanai bahutaa rovai ||

One who does not know the Hukam of the Lord's Command cries out in terrible pain.

ਅੰਦਰਿ ਧੋਖਾ ਨੀਦ ਨ ਸੋਵੈ ॥

a(n)dar dhokhaa need na sovai ||

She is filled with deception, and she cannot sleep in peace.

ਜੇ ਧਨ ਖਸਮੈ ਚਲੈ ਰਜਾਈ ॥

je dhan khasamai chalai rajaaee ||

But if the soul-bride follows the Will of her Lord and Master,

ਦਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਮਹਲਿ ਬੁਲਾਈ ॥

dar ghar sobhaa mahal bulaaee ||

She shall be honored in her own home, and called to the Mansion of His Presence.

ਨਾਨਕ ਕਰਮੀ ਇਹ ਮਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥

naanak karamee ih mat paaee ||

O Nanak, by His Mercy, this understanding is obtained.

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਈ ॥੧॥

gur parasaadee sach samaaee ||1||

By Guru's Grace, she is absorbed into the True One. ||1||

ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mah 3 ||

Third Mehl:

ਮਨਮੁਖ ਨਾਮ ਵਿਹੂਣਿਆ ਰੰਗੁ ਕਸੁੰਭਾ ਦੇਖਿ ਨ ਭੁਲੁ ॥

manamukh naam vihooniaa ra(n)g kasu(n)bhaa dekh na bhul ||

O self-willed manmukh, devoid of the Naam, do not be misled upon beholding the color of the safflower.

ਇਸ ਕਾ ਰੰਗੁ ਦਿਨ ਥੋੜਿਆ ਛੋਛਾ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਮੁਲੁ ॥

is kaa ra(n)g din thoRiaa chhochhaa is daa mul ||

Its color lasts for only a few days-it is worthless!

ਦੂਜੈ ਲਗੇ ਪਚਿ ਮੁਏ ਮੂਰਖ ਅੰਧ ਗਵਾਰ ॥

doojai lage pach mue moorakh a(n)dh gavaar ||

Attached to duality, the foolish, blind and stupid people waste away and die.

ਬਿਸਟਾ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਕੀਟ ਸੇ ਪਇ ਪਚਹਿ ਵਾਰੋ ਵਾਰ ॥

bisataa a(n)dar keet se pai pachahi vaaro vaar ||

Like worms, they live in manure, and in it, they die over and over again.

ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਰਤੇ ਸੇ ਰੰਗੁਲੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥

naanak naam rate se ra(n)gule gur kai sahaj subhaai ||

O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam are dyed in the color of truth; they take on the intuitive peace and poise of the Guru.

ਭਗਤੀ ਰੰਗੁ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਸਹਜੇ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੨॥

bhagatee ra(n)g na utarai sahaje rahai samaai ||2||

The color of devotional worship does not fade away; they remain intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||2||

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

pauRee ||

Pauree:

ਸਿਸਟਿ ਉਪਾਈ ਸਭ ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਰਿਜਕੁ ਸੰਬਾਹਿਆ ॥

sisat upaaee sabh tudh aape rijak sa(n)baahiaa ||

You created the entire universe, and You Yourself bring sustenance to it.

ਇਕਿ ਵਲੁ ਛਲੁ ਕਰਿ ਕੈ ਖਾਵਦੇ ਮੁਹਹੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਕੁਸਤੁ ਤਿਨੀ ਢਾਹਿਆ ॥

ik val chhal kar kai khaavade muhahu kooR kusat tinee dhaahiaa ||

Some eat and survive by practicing fraud and deceit; from their mouths they drop falsehood and lies.

ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋ ਕਰਹਿ ਤੁਧੁ ਓਤੈ ਕੰਮਿ ਓਇ ਲਾਇਆ ॥

tudh aape bhaavai so karahi tudh otai ka(n)m oi laaiaa ||

As it pleases You, You assign them their tasks.

ਇਕਨਾ ਸਚੁ ਬੁਝਾਇਓਨੁ ਤਿਨਾ ਅਤੁਟ ਭੰਡਾਰ ਦੇਵਾਇਆ ॥

ikanaa sach bujhaaion tinaa atut bha(n)daar devaaiaa ||

Some understand Truthfulness; they are given the inexhaustible treasure.

ਹਰਿ ਚੇਤਿ ਖਾਹਿ ਤਿਨਾ ਸਫਲੁ ਹੈ ਅਚੇਤਾ ਹਥ ਤਡਾਇਆ ॥੮॥

har chet khaahi tinaa saphal hai achetaa hath tadaaiaa ||8||

Those who eat by remembering the Lord are prosperous, while those who do not remember Him stretch out their hands in need. ||8||

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mah 3 ||

Salok, Third Mehl:

ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਬੇਦ ਵਖਾਣਹਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ਸੁਆਇ ॥

paR paR pa(n)dit bed vakhaanahi maaiaa moh suaai ||

The Pandits, the religious scholars, constantly read and recite the Vedas, for the sake of the love of Maya.

ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਮਨ ਮੂਰਖ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਜਾਇ ॥

doojai bhaai har naam visaariaa man moorakh milai sajaai ||

In the love of duality, the foolish people have forgotten the Lord's Name; they shall receive their punishment.

ਜਿਨਿ ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਦਿਤਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਕਬਹੂੰ ਨ ਚੇਤੈ ਜੋ ਦੇਂਦਾ ਰਿਜਕੁ ਸੰਬਾਹਿ ॥

jin jeeu pi(n)d ditaa tis kabahoo(n) na chetai jo de(n)daa rijak sa(n)baahi ||

They never think of the One who gave them body and soul, who provides sustenance to all.

ਜਮ ਕਾ ਫਾਹਾ ਗਲਹੁ ਨ ਕਟੀਐ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥

jam kaa phaahaa galahu na kateeai phir phir aavai jaai ||

The noose of death shall not be cut away from their necks; they shall come and go in reincarnation over and over again.

ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਕਿਛੂ ਨ ਸੂਝੈ ਅੰਧੁਲੇ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

manamukh kichhoo na soojhai a(n)dhule poorab likhiaa kamaai ||

The blind, self-willed manmukhs do not understand anything. They do what they are pre-ordained to do.

ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

poorai bhaag satigur milai sukhadaataa naam vasai man aai ||

Through perfect destiny, they meet the True Guru, the Giver of peace, and the Naam comes to abide in the mind.

ਸੁਖੁ ਮਾਣਹਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪੈਨਣਾ ਸੁਖੇ ਸੁਖਿ ਵਿਹਾਇ ॥

sukh maanahi sukh painanaa sukhe sukh vihaai ||

They enjoy peace, they wear peace, and they pass their lives in the peace of peace.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋ ਨਾਉ ਮਨਹੁ ਨ ਵਿਸਾਰੀਐ ਜਿਤੁ ਦਰਿ ਸਚੈ ਸੋਭਾ ਪਾਇ ॥੧॥

naanak so naau manahu na visaareeai jit dar sachai sobhaa paai ||1||

O Nanak, they do not forget the Naam from the mind; they are honored in the Court of the Lord. ||1||

ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mah 3 ||

Third Mehl:

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਗੁਣਤਾਸੁ ॥

satigur sev sukh paaiaa sach naam gunataas ||

Serving the True Guru, peace is obtained. The True Name is the Treasure of Excellence.

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