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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਰੇ ਮਨ ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਜਹ ਰਚਹੁ ਤਹ ਤਹ ਬੰਧਨ ਪਾਹਿ ॥

re man bin har jeh rachahu teh teh bandhan paeh |

O mind: without the Lord, whatever you are involved in shall bind you in chains.

ਜਿਹ ਬਿਧਿ ਕਤਹੂ ਨ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਸਾਕਤ ਤੇਊ ਕਮਾਹਿ ॥

jih bidh katahoo na chhootteeai saakat teaoo kamaeh |

The faithless cynic does those deeds which will never allow him to be emancipated.

ਹਉ ਹਉ ਕਰਤੇ ਕਰਮ ਰਤ ਤਾ ਕੋ ਭਾਰੁ ਅਫਾਰ ॥

hau hau karate karam rat taa ko bhaar afaar |

Acting in egotism, selfishness and conceit, the lovers of rituals carry the unbearable load.

ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਜਉ ਨਾਮ ਸਿਉ ਤਉ ਏਊ ਕਰਮ ਬਿਕਾਰ ॥

preet nahee jau naam siau tau eaoo karam bikaar |

When there is no love for the Naam, then these rituals are corrupt.

ਬਾਧੇ ਜਮ ਕੀ ਜੇਵਰੀ ਮੀਠੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਰੰਗ ॥

baadhe jam kee jevaree meetthee maaeaa rang |

The rope of death binds those who are in love with the sweet taste of Maya.

ਭ੍ਰਮ ਕੇ ਮੋਹੇ ਨਹ ਬੁਝਹਿ ਸੋ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਦਹੂ ਸੰਗ ॥

bhram ke mohe neh bujheh so prabh sadahoo sang |

Deluded by doubt, they do not understand that God is always with them.

ਲੇਖੈ ਗਣਤ ਨ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਕਾਚੀ ਭੀਤਿ ਨ ਸੁਧਿ ॥

lekhai ganat na chhootteeai kaachee bheet na sudh |

When their accounts are called for, they shall not be released; their wall of mud cannot be washed clean.

ਜਿਸਹਿ ਬੁਝਾਏ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਤਿਹ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਬੁਧਿ ॥੯॥

jiseh bujhaae naanakaa tih guramukh niramal budh |9|

One who is made to understand - O Nanak, that Gurmukh obtains immaculate understanding. ||9||