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Ang 1007Raag MaarooGuru Guru Arjan

ਮਾਰੂ ਅੰਜੁਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਘਰੁ ੭ ॥

maaroo anjulee mahalaa 5 ghar 7 |

Maaroo, Anjulee ~ With Hands Cupped In Prayer, Fifth Mehl, Seventh House:

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

ਸੰਜੋਗੁ ਵਿਜੋਗੁ ਧੁਰਹੁ ਹੀ ਹੂਆ ॥

sanjog vijog dhurahu hee hooaa |

Union and separation are ordained by the Primal Lord God.

ਪੰਚ ਧਾਤੁ ਕਰਿ ਪੁਤਲਾ ਕੀਆ ॥

panch dhaat kar putalaa keea |

The puppet is made from the five elements.

ਸਾਹੈ ਕੈ ਫੁਰਮਾਇਅੜੈ ਜੀ ਦੇਹੀ ਵਿਚਿ ਜੀਉ ਆਇ ਪਇਆ ॥੧॥

saahai kai furamaaeiarrai jee dehee vich jeeo aae peaa |1|

By the Command of the Dear Lord King, the soul came and entered into the body. ||1||

ਜਿਥੈ ਅਗਨਿ ਭਖੈ ਭੜਹਾਰੇ ॥

jithai agan bhakhai bharrahaare |

In that place, where the fire rages like an oven,

ਊਰਧ ਮੁਖ ਮਹਾ ਗੁਬਾਰੇ ॥

aooradh mukh mahaa gubaare |

in that darkness where the body lies face down

ਸਾਸਿ ਸਾਸਿ ਸਮਾਲੇ ਸੋਈ ਓਥੈ ਖਸਮਿ ਛਡਾਇ ਲਇਆ ॥੨॥

saas saas samaale soee othai khasam chhaddaae leaa |2|

- there, one remembers his Lord and Master with each and every breath, and then he is rescued. ||2||

ਵਿਚਹੁ ਗਰਭੈ ਨਿਕਲਿ ਆਇਆ ॥

vichahu garabhai nikal aaeaa |

Then, one comes out from within the womb,

ਖਸਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ਦੁਨੀ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਆ ॥

khasam visaar dunee chit laaeaa |

and forgetting his Lord and Master, he attaches his consciousness to the world.

ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ਭਵਾਈਐ ਜੋਨੀ ਰਹਣੁ ਨ ਕਿਤਹੀ ਥਾਇ ਭਇਆ ॥੩॥

aavai jaae bhavaaeeai jonee rehan na kitahee thaae bheaa |3|

He comes and goes, and wanders in reincarnation; he cannot remain anywhere. ||3||

ਮਿਹਰਵਾਨਿ ਰਖਿ ਲਇਅਨੁ ਆਪੇ ॥

miharavaan rakh leian aape |

The Merciful Lord Himself emancipates.

ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਸਭਿ ਤਿਸ ਕੇ ਥਾਪੇ ॥

jeea jant sabh tis ke thaape |

He created and established all beings and creatures.

ਜਨਮੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਜਿਣਿ ਚਲਿਆ ਨਾਨਕ ਆਇਆ ਸੋ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ਥਿਆ ॥੪॥੧॥੩੧॥

janam padaarath jin chaliaa naanak aaeaa so paravaan thiaa |4|1|31|

Those who depart after having been victorious in this priceless human life - O Nanak, their coming into the world is approved. ||4||1||31||