ਵਡਹੰਸੁ

ਆਪੁ ਛੋਡਿ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰੀ ਪਿਰੁ ਸਚੜਾ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਏ ॥

aap chhodd sevaa karee pir sachaRaa milai sahaj subhaae ||

Renouncing ego, I serve them; thus I meet my True Husband Lord, with intuitive ease.

ਪਿਰੁ ਸਚਾ ਮਿਲੈ ਆਏ ਸਾਚੁ ਕਮਾਏ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਧਨ ਰਾਤੀ ॥

pir sachaa milai aae saach kamaae saach sabadh dhan raatee ||

The True Husband Lord comes to meet the soul-bride who practices Truth, and is imbued with the True Word of the Shabad.

ਕਦੇ ਨ ਰਾਂਡ ਸਦਾ ਸੋਹਾਗਣਿ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਹਜ ਸਮਾਧੀ ॥

kadhe na raa(n)dd sadhaa sohaagan a(n)tar sahaj samaadhee ||

She shall never become a widow; she shall always be a happy bride. Deep within herself, she dwells in the celestial bliss of Samaadhi.

ਪਿਰੁ ਰਹਿਆ ਭਰਪੂਰੇ ਵੇਖੁ ਹਦੂਰੇ ਰੰਗੁ ਮਾਣੇ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਏ ॥

pir rahiaa bharapoore vekh hadhoore ra(n)g maane sahaj subhaae ||

Her Husband Lord is fully pervading everywhere; beholding Him ever-present, she enjoys His Love, with intuitive ease.

ਜਿਨੀ ਆਪਣਾ ਕੰਤੁ ਪਛਾਣਿਆ ਹਉ ਤਿਨ ਪੂਛਉ ਸੰਤਾ ਜਾਏ ॥੩॥

jinee aapanaa ka(n)t pachhaaniaa hau tin poochhau sa(n)taa jaae ||3||

Those who have realized their Husband Lord - I go and ask those Saints about Him. ||3||

ਪਿਰਹੁ ਵਿਛੁੰਨੀਆ ਭੀ ਮਿਲਹ ਜੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਲਾਗਹ ਸਾਚੇ ਪਾਏ ॥

pirahu vichhu(n)neeaa bhee mileh je satigur laageh saache paae ||

The separated ones also meet with their Husband Lord, if they fall at the Feet of the True Guru.

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸਦਾ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਹੈ ਅਵਗੁਣ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਏ ॥

satigur sadhaa dhiaal hai avagun sabadh jalaae ||

The True Guru is forever merciful; through the Word of His Shabad, demerits are burnt away.

ਅਉਗੁਣ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਏ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਉ ਗਵਾਏ ਸਚੇ ਹੀ ਸਚਿ ਰਾਤੀ ॥

aaugun sabadh jalaae dhoojaa bhaau gavaae sache hee sach raatee ||

Burning away her demerits through the Shabad, the soul-bride eradicates her love of duality, and remains absorbed in the True, True Lord.

ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਹਉਮੈ ਗਈ ਭਰਾਤੀ ॥

sachai sabadh sadhaa sukh paiaa haumai giee bharaatee ||

Through the True Shabad, everlasting peace is obtained, and egotism and doubt are dispelled.

ਪਿਰੁ ਨਿਰਮਾਇਲੁ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥

pir niramail sadhaa sukhadhaataa naanak sabadh milaae ||

The Immaculate Husband Lord is forever the Giver of peace; O Nanak, through the Word of His Shabad, He is met.

ਪਿਰਹੁ ਵਿਛੁੰਨੀਆ ਭੀ ਮਿਲਹ ਜੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਲਾਗਹ ਸਾਚੇ ਪਾਏ ॥੪॥੧॥

pirahu vichhu(n)neeaa bhee mileh je satigur laageh saache paae ||4||1||

The separated ones also meet with their Husband Lord, if they fall at the feet of the True Guru. ||4||1||

ਵਡਹੰਸੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

vaddaha(n)s mahalaa teejaa ||

Wadahans, Third Mehla:

ਸੁਣਿਅਹੁ ਕੰਤ ਮਹੇਲੀਹੋ ਪਿਰੁ ਸੇਵਿਹੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥

suniahu ka(n)t maheleeho pir sevih sabadh veechaar ||

Listen, O brides of the Lord: serve your Beloved Husband Lord, and contemplate the Word of His Shabad.

ਅਵਗਣਵੰਤੀ ਪਿਰੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਈ ਮੁਠੀ ਰੋਵੈ ਕੰਤ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ॥

avaganava(n)tee pir na jaaniee muThee rovai ka(n)t visaar ||

The worthless bride does not know her Husband Lord - she is deluded; forgetting her Husband Lord, she weeps and wails.

ਰੋਵੈ ਕੰਤ ਸੰਮਾਲਿ ਸਦਾ ਗੁਣ ਸਾਰਿ ਨਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਜਾਏ ॥

rovai ka(n)t sa(n)maal sadhaa gun saar naa pir marai na jaae ||

She weeps, thinking of her Husband Lord, and she cherishes His virtues; her Husband Lord does not die, and does not leave.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਤਾ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਛਾਤਾ ਸਾਚੈ ਪ੍ਰੇਮਿ ਸਮਾਏ ॥

gurmukh jaataa sabadh pachhaataa saachai prem samaae ||

As Gurmukh, she knows the Lord; through the Word of His Shabad, He is realized; through True Love, she merges with Him.

ਜਿਨਿ ਅਪਣਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਤਾ ਕਰਮ ਬਿਧਾਤਾ ਕੂੜਿ ਮੁਠੀ ਕੂੜਿਆਰੇ ॥

jin apanaa pir nahee jaataa karam bidhaataa kooR muThee kooRiaare ||

She who does not know her Husband Lord, the Architect of karma, is deluded by falsehood - she herself is false.

ਸੁਣਿਅਹੁ ਕੰਤ ਮਹੇਲੀਹੋ ਪਿਰੁ ਸੇਵਿਹੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੇ ॥੧॥

suniahu ka(n)t maheleeho pir sevih sabadh veechaare ||1||

Listen, O brides of the Lord: serve your Beloved Husband Lord, and contemplate the Word of His Shabad. ||1||

ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਇਓਨੁ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣੁ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥

sabh jag aap upaion aavan jaan sa(n)saaraa ||

He Himself created the whole world; the world comes and goes.

ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਖੁਆਇਅਨੁ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮੈ ਵਾਰੋ ਵਾਰਾ ॥

maiaa moh khuaaian mar ja(n)mai vaaro vaaraa ||

The love of Maya has ruined the world; people die, to be re-born, over and over again.

ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮੈ ਵਾਰੋ ਵਾਰਾ ਵਧਹਿ ਬਿਕਾਰਾ ਗਿਆਨ ਵਿਹੂਣੀ ਮੂਠੀ ॥

mar ja(n)mai vaaro vaaraa vadheh bikaaraa giaan vihoonee mooThee ||

People die to be re-born, over and over again, while their sins increase; without spiritual wisdom, they are deluded.

ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਪਿਰੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਓ ਰੋਵੈ ਅਵਗੁਣਿਆਰੀ ਝੂਠੀ ॥

bin sabadhai pir na paio janam gavaio rovai avaguniaaree jhooThee ||

Without the Word of the Shabad, the Husband Lord is not found; the worthless, false bride wastes her life away, weeping and wailing.

ਪਿਰੁ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਰੋਈਐ ਰੋਵੈ ਕੰਤੁ ਵਿਸਾਰੇ ॥

pir jagajeevan kis no roieeaai rovai ka(n)t visaare ||

He is my Beloved Husband Lord, the Life of the World - for whom should I weep? They alone weep, who forget their Husband Lord.

ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਇਓਨੁ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੇ ॥੨॥

sabh jag aap upaion aavan jaan sa(n)saare ||2||

He Himself created the whole world; the world comes and goes. ||2||

ਸੋ ਪਿਰੁ ਸਚਾ ਸਦ ਹੀ ਸਾਚਾ ਹੈ ਨਾ ਓਹੁ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਜਾਏ ॥

so pir sachaa sadh hee saachaa hai naa oh marai na jaae ||

That Husband Lord is True, forever True; He does not die, and He does not leave.

ਭੂਲੀ ਫਿਰੈ ਧਨ ਇਆਣੀਆ ਰੰਡ ਬੈਠੀ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਏ ॥

bhoolee firai dhan iaaneeaa ra(n)dd baiThee dhoojai bhaae ||

The ignorant soul-bride wanders in delusion; in the love of duality, she sits like a widow.

ਰੰਡ ਬੈਠੀ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਏ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ਆਵ ਘਟੈ ਤਨੁ ਛੀਜੈ ॥

ra(n)dd baiThee dhoojai bhaae maiaa moh dhukh paae aav ghaTai tan chheejai ||

She sits like a widow, in the love of duality; through emotional attachment to Maya, she suffers in pain. She is growing old, and her body is withering away.

ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਆਇਆ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਜਾਸੀ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਗਾ ਭਾਇ ਦੂਜੈ ॥

jo kichh aaiaa sabh kichh jaasee dhukh laagaa bhai dhoojai ||

Whatever has come, all that shall pass away; through the love of duality, they suffer in pain.

ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਸੂਝੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਜਗੁ ਲੂਝੈ ਲਬਿ ਲੋਭਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਏ ॥

jamakaal na soojhai maiaa jag loojhai lab lobh chit laae ||

They do not see the Messenger of Death; they long for Maya, and their consciousness is attached to greed.

ਸੋ ਪਿਰੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਦ ਹੀ ਸਾਚਾ ਨਾ ਓਹੁ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਜਾਏ ॥੩॥

so pir saachaa sadh hee saachaa naa oh marai na jaae ||3||

That Husband Lord is True, forever True; He does not die, and He does not leave. ||3||

ਇਕਿ ਰੋਵਹਿ ਪਿਰਹਿ ਵਿਛੁੰਨੀਆ ਅੰਧੀ ਨਾ ਜਾਣੈ ਪਿਰੁ ਨਾਲੇ ॥

eik roveh pireh vichhu(n)neeaa a(n)dhee naa jaanai pir naale ||

Some weep and wail, separated from their Husband Lord; the blind ones do not know that their Husband is with them.

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਸਾਚਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਦਾ ਸਮਾਲੇ ॥

gur parasaadhee saachaa pir milai a(n)tar sadhaa samaale ||

By Guru's Grace, they may meet with their True Husband, and cherish Him always deep within.

ਪਿਰੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਮਾਲੇ ਸਦਾ ਹੈ ਨਾਲੇ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਤਾ ਦੂਰੇ ॥

pir a(n)tar samaale sadhaa hai naale manmukh jaataa dhoore ||

She cherishes her Husband deep within herself - He is always with her; the self-willed manmukhs think that He is far away.

ਇਹੁ ਤਨੁ ਰੁਲੈ ਰੁਲਾਇਆ ਕਾਮਿ ਨ ਆਇਆ ਜਿਨਿ ਖਸਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਤਾ ਹਦੂਰੇ ॥

eih tan rulai rulaiaa kaam na aaiaa jin khasam na jaataa hadhoore ||

This body rolls in the dust, and is totally useless; it does not realize the Presence of the Lord and Master.