ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

Salok, Third Mehl:

ਪਰਾਈ ਅਮਾਣ ਕਿਉ ਰਖੀਐ ਦਿਤੀ ਹੀ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

paraaee amaan kiau rakheeai ditee hee sukh hoe |

Why keep what is held in trust for another? Giving it back, peace is found.

ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਗੁਰ ਥੈ ਟਿਕੈ ਹੋਰ ਥੈ ਪਰਗਟੁ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥

gur kaa sabad gur thai ttikai hor thai paragatt na hoe |

The Word of the Guru's Shabad rests in the Guru; it does not appear through anyone else.

ਅੰਨੑੇ ਵਸਿ ਮਾਣਕੁ ਪਇਆ ਘਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਵੇਚਣ ਜਾਇ ॥

anae vas maanak peaa ghar ghar vechan jaae |

The blind man finds a jewel, and goes from house to house selling it.

ਓਨਾ ਪਰਖ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਅਢੁ ਨ ਪਲੈ ਪਾਇ ॥

onaa parakh na aavee adt na palai paae |

But they cannot appraise it, and they do not offer him even half a shell for it.

ਜੇ ਆਪਿ ਪਰਖ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਤਾਂ ਪਾਰਖੀਆ ਥਾਵਹੁ ਲਇਓੁ ਪਰਖਾਇ ॥

je aap parakh na aavee taan paarakheea thaavahu leo parakhaae |

If he cannot appraise it himself, then he should have it appraised by an appraiser.

ਜੇ ਓਸੁ ਨਾਲਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਏ ਤਾਂ ਵਥੁ ਲਹੈ ਨਉ ਨਿਧਿ ਪਲੈ ਪਾਇ ॥

je os naal chit laae taan vath lahai nau nidh palai paae |

If he focuses his consciousness, then he obtains the true object, and he is blessed with the nine treasures.

ਘਰਿ ਹੋਦੈ ਧਨਿ ਜਗੁ ਭੁਖਾ ਮੁਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੋਝੀ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥

ghar hodai dhan jag bhukhaa muaa bin satigur sojhee na hoe |

The wealth is within the house, while the world is dying of hunger. Without the True Guru, no one has a clue.

ਸਬਦੁ ਸੀਤਲੁ ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਤਿਥੈ ਸੋਗੁ ਵਿਜੋਗੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥

sabad seetal man tan vasai tithai sog vijog na koe |

When the cooling and soothing Shabad comes to dwell in the mind and body, there is no sorrow or separation there.

ਵਸਤੁ ਪਰਾਈ ਆਪਿ ਗਰਬੁ ਕਰੇ ਮੂਰਖੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਣਾਏ ॥

vasat paraaee aap garab kare moorakh aap ganaae |

The object belongs to someone else, but the fool is proud of it, and shows his shallow nature.

ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਨੁ ਬੂਝੇ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਏ ॥੧॥

naanak bin boojhe kinai na paaeo fir fir aavai jaae |1|

O Nanak, without understanding, no one obtains it; they come and go in reincarnation, over and over again. ||1||