ਮਾਝ

ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਾਚੈ ਹਰਿ ਸਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥

ahinis preet sabadh saachai har sar vaasaa paavaniaa ||5||

Day and night, they are in love with the True Word of the Shabad. They obtain their home in the Ocean of the Lord. ||5||

ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਸਦਾ ਬਗੁ ਮੈਲਾ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਲੁ ਲਾਈ ॥

manmukh sadhaa bag mailaa haumai mal laiee ||

The self-willed manmukhs shall always be filthy cranes, smeared with the filth of ego.

ਇਸਨਾਨੁ ਕਰੈ ਪਰੁ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥

eisanaan karai par mail na jaiee ||

They may bathe, but their filth is not removed.

ਜੀਵਤੁ ਮਰੈ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਮੈਲੁ ਚੁਕਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥

jeevat marai gur sabadh beechaarai haumai mail chukaavaniaa ||6||

One who dies while yet alive, and contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad, is rid of this filth of ego. ||6||

ਰਤਨੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਘਰ ਤੇ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

ratan padhaarath ghar te paiaa ||

The Priceless Jewel is found, in the home of one's own being,

ਪੂਰੈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਸੁਣਾਇਆ ॥

poorai satigur sabadh sunaiaa ||

when one listens to the Shabad, the Word of the Perfect True Guru.

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਮਿਟਿਆ ਅੰਧਿਆਰਾ ਘਟਿ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਨਣਿਆ ॥੭॥

gur parasaadh miTiaa a(n)dhiaaraa ghaT chaanan aap pachhaananiaa ||7||

By Guru's Grace, the darkness of spiritual ignorance is dispelled; I have come to recognize the Divine Light within my own heart. ||7||

ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਏ ਤੈ ਆਪੇ ਵੇਖੈ ॥

aap upaae tai aape vekhai ||

The Lord Himself creates, and He Himself beholds.

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੈ ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਲੇਖੈ ॥

satigur sevai so jan lekhai ||

Serving the True Guru, one becomes acceptable.

ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸੈ ਘਟ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਗੁਰ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੩੧॥੩੨॥

naanak naam vasai ghaT a(n)tar gur kirapaa te paavaniaa ||8||31||32||

O Nanak, the Naam dwells deep within the heart; by Guru's Grace, it is obtained. ||8||31||32||

ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

maajh mahalaa teejaa ||

Maajh, Third Mehla:

ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਸਬਾਇਆ ॥

maiaa moh jagat sabaiaa ||

The whole world is engrossed in emotional attachment to Maya.

ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਦੀਸਹਿ ਮੋਹੇ ਮਾਇਆ ॥

trai gun dheeseh mohe maiaa ||

Those who are controlled by the three qualities are attached to Maya.

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਕੋ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਬੂਝੈ ਚਉਥੈ ਪਦਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥

gur parasaadhee ko viralaa boojhai chauthai padh liv laavaniaa ||1||

By Guru's Grace, a few come to understand; they center their consciousness in the fourth state. ||1||

ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥

hau vaaree jeeau vaaree maiaa moh sabadh jalaavaniaa ||

I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who burn away their emotional attachment to Maya, through the Shabad.

ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਜਲਾਏ ਸੋ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਏ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਿ ਮਹਲੀ ਸੋਭਾ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

maiaa moh jalaae so har siau chit laae har dhar mahalee sobhaa paavaniaa ||1|| rahaau ||

Those who burn away this attachment to Maya, and focus their consciousness on the Lord are honored in the True Court, and the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||1||Pause||

ਦੇਵੀ ਦੇਵਾ ਮੂਲੁ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ॥

dhevee dhevaa mool hai maiaa ||

The source, the root, of the gods and goddesses is Maya.

ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਸਾਸਤ ਜਿੰਨਿ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥

si(n)mirat saasat ji(n)n upaiaa ||

For them, the Simritees and the Shaastras were composed.

ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਪਸਰਿਆ ਸੰਸਾਰੇ ਆਇ ਜਾਇ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥

kaam karodh pasariaa sa(n)saare aai jai dhukh paavaniaa ||2||

Sexual desire and anger are diffused throughout the universe. Coming and going, people suffer in pain. ||2||

ਤਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਗਿਆਨ ਰਤਨੁ ਇਕੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

tis vich giaan ratan ik paiaa ||

The jewel of spiritual wisdom was placed within the universe.

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਇਆ ॥

gur parasaadhee ma(n)n vasaiaa ||

By Guru's Grace, it is enshrined within the mind.

ਜਤੁ ਸਤੁ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਗੁਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥

jat sat sa(n)jam sach kamaavai gur poorai naam dhiaavaniaa ||3||

Celibacy, chastity, self-discipline and the practice of truthfulness are obtained from the Perfect Guru, by meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||3||

ਪੇਈਅੜੈ ਧਨ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਣੀ ॥

peieeaRai dhan bharam bhulaanee ||

In this world of her parents' home, the soul-bride has been deluded by doubt.

ਦੂਜੈ ਲਾਗੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਪਛੋਤਾਣੀ ॥

dhoojai laagee fir pachhotaanee ||

Attached to duality, she later comes to regret it.

ਹਲਤੁ ਪਲਤੁ ਦੋਵੈ ਗਵਾਏ ਸੁਪਨੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਨ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥

halat palat dhovai gavaae supanai sukh na paavaniaa ||4||

She forfeits both this world and the next, and even in her dreams, she does not find peace. ||4||

ਪੇਈਅੜੈ ਧਨ ਕੰਤੁ ਸਮਾਲੇ ॥

peieeaRai dhan ka(n)t samaale ||

The soul-bride who remembers her Husband Lord in this world,

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਵੇਖੈ ਨਾਲੇ ॥

gur parasaadhee vekhai naale ||

by Guru's Grace, sees Him close at hand.

ਪਿਰ ਕੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਰਹੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੀ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਿੰਗਾਰੁ ਬਣਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥

pir kai sahaj rahai ra(n)g raatee sabadh si(n)gaar banaavaniaa ||5||

She remains intuitively attuned to the Love of her Beloved; she makes the Word of His Shabad her decoration. ||5||

ਸਫਲੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਜਿਨਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

safal janam jinaa satigur paiaa ||

Blessed and fruitful is the coming of those who find the True Guru;

ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਉ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਇਆ ॥

dhoojaa bhaau gur sabadh jalaiaa ||

through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they burn their love of duality.

ਏਕੋ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਘਟ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥

eko rav rahiaa ghaT a(n)tar mil satasa(n)gat har gun gaavaniaa ||6||

The One Lord is permeating and pervading deep within the heart. Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||6||

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਨ ਸੇਵੇ ਸੋ ਕਾਹੇ ਆਇਆ ॥

satigur na seve so kaahe aaiaa ||

Those who do not serve the True Guru-why did they even come into this world?

ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

dhirag jeevan birathaa janam gavaiaa ||

Cursed are their lives; they have uselessly wasted this human life.

ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਬਹੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥

manmukh naam chit na aavai bin naavai bahu dhukh paavaniaa ||7||

The self-willed manmukhs do not remember the Naam. Without the Naam, they suffer in terrible pain. ||7||

ਜਿਨਿ ਸਿਸਟਿ ਸਾਜੀ ਸੋਈ ਜਾਣੈ ॥

jin sisaT saajee soiee jaanai ||

The One who created the Universe, He alone knows it.

ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਛਾਣੈ ॥

aape melai sabadh pachhaanai ||

He unites with Himself those who realize the Shabad.

ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਤਿਨ ਜਨ ਕਉ ਜਿਨ ਧੁਰਿ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਲੇਖੁ ਲਿਖਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੧॥੩੨॥੩੩॥

naanak naam miliaa tin jan kau jin dhur masatak lekh likhaavaniaa ||8||1||32||33||

O Nanak, they alone receive the Naam, upon whose foreheads such pre-ordained destiny is recorded. ||8||1||32||33||

ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥

maajh mahalaa chauthhaa ||

Maajh, Fourth Mehla:

ਆਦਿ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਅਪਰੰਪਰੁ ਆਪੇ ॥

aadh purakh apara(n)par aape ||

The Primal Being is Himself remote and beyond.

ਆਪੇ ਥਾਪੇ ਥਾਪਿ ਉਥਾਪੇ ॥

aape thaape thaap uthaape ||

He Himself establishes, and having established, He disestablishes.

ਸਭ ਮਹਿ ਵਰਤੈ ਏਕੋ ਸੋਈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥

sabh meh varatai eko soiee gurmukh sobhaa paavaniaa ||1||

The One Lord is pervading in all; those who become Gurmukh are honored. ||1||

ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵਣਿਆ ॥

hau vaaree jeeau vaaree nira(n)kaaree naam dhiaavaniaa ||

I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Formless Lord.