ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
maajh mahalaa 5 |
Maajh, Fifth Mehl:
ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਮੁਕਤਾ ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਜੁਗਤਾ ॥
kaun su mukataa kaun su jugataa |
Who is liberated, and who is united?
ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਬਕਤਾ ॥
kaun su giaanee kaun su bakataa |
Who is a spiritual teacher, and who is a preacher?
ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਗਿਰਹੀ ਕਉਣੁ ਉਦਾਸੀ ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੧॥
kaun su girahee kaun udaasee kaun su keemat paae jeeo |1|
Who is a house-holder, and who is a renunciate? Who can estimate the Lord's Value? ||1||
ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਬਾਧਾ ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਛੂਟਾ ॥
kin bidh baadhaa kin bidh chhoottaa |
How is one bound, and how is one freed of his bonds?
ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਵਣੁ ਤੂਟਾ ॥
kin bidh aavan jaavan toottaa |
How can one escape from the cycle of coming and going in reincarnation?
ਕਉਣ ਕਰਮ ਕਉਣ ਨਿਹਕਰਮਾ ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਕਹੈ ਕਹਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੨॥
kaun karam kaun nihakaramaa kaun su kahai kahaae jeeo |2|
Who is subject to karma, and who is beyond karma? Who chants the Name, and inspires others to chant it? ||2||
ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਸੁਖੀਆ ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਦੁਖੀਆ ॥
kaun su sukheea kaun su dukheea |
Who is happy, and who is sad?
ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਸਨਮੁਖੁ ਕਉਣੁ ਵੇਮੁਖੀਆ ॥
kaun su sanamukh kaun vemukheea |
Who, as sunmukh, turns toward the Guru, and who, as vaymukh, turns away from the Guru?
ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਮਿਲੀਐ ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਬਿਛੁਰੈ ਇਹ ਬਿਧਿ ਕਉਣੁ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੩॥
kin bidh mileeai kin bidh bichhurai ih bidh kaun pragattaae jeeo |3|
How can one meet the Lord? How is one separated from Him? Who can reveal the way to me? ||3||
ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਅਖਰੁ ਜਿਤੁ ਧਾਵਤੁ ਰਹਤਾ ॥
kaun su akhar jit dhaavat rahataa |
What is that Word, by which the wandering mind can be restrained?
ਕਉਣੁ ਉਪਦੇਸੁ ਜਿਤੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਸਮ ਸਹਤਾ ॥
kaun upades jit dukh sukh sam sahataa |
What are those teachings, by which we may endure pain and pleasure alike?
ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਚਾਲ ਜਿਤੁ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਧਿਆਏ ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਕੀਰਤਨੁ ਗਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੪॥
kaun su chaal jit paarabraham dhiaae kin bidh keeratan gaae jeeo |4|
What is that lifestyle, by which we may come to meditate on the Supreme Lord? How may we sing the Kirtan of His Praises? ||4||
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮੁਕਤਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜੁਗਤਾ ॥
guramukh mukataa guramukh jugataa |
The Gurmukh is liberated, and the Gurmukh is linked.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬਕਤਾ ॥
guramukh giaanee guramukh bakataa |
The Gurmukh is the spiritual teacher, and the Gurmukh is the preacher.
ਧੰਨੁ ਗਿਰਹੀ ਉਦਾਸੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੫॥
dhan girahee udaasee guramukh guramukh keemat paae jeeo |5|
Blessed is the Gurmukh, the householder and the renunciate. The Gurmukh knows the Lord's Value. ||5||
ਹਉਮੈ ਬਾਧਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਛੂਟਾ ॥
haumai baadhaa guramukh chhoottaa |
Egotism is bondage; as Gurmukh, one is emancipated.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਵਣੁ ਤੂਟਾ ॥
guramukh aavan jaavan toottaa |
The Gurmukh escapes the cycle of coming and going in reincarnation.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਰਮ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਹਕਰਮਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਰੇ ਸੁ ਸੁਭਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੬॥
guramukh karam guramukh nihakaramaa guramukh kare su subhaae jeeo |6|
The Gurmukh performs actions of good karma, and the Gurmukh is beyond karma. Whatever the Gurmukh does, is done in good faith. ||6||
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੁਖੀਆ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਦੁਖੀਆ ॥
guramukh sukheea manamukh dukheea |
The Gurmukh is happy, while the self-willed manmukh is sad.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਨਮੁਖੁ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਵੇਮੁਖੀਆ ॥
guramukh sanamukh manamukh vemukheea |
The Gurmukh turns toward the Guru, and the self-willed manmukh turns away from the Guru.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਿਲੀਐ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਛੁਰੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੭॥
guramukh mileeai manamukh vichhurai guramukh bidh pragattaae jeeo |7|
The Gurmukh is united with the Lord, while the manmukh is separated from Him. The Gurmukh reveals the way. ||7||
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਖਰੁ ਜਿਤੁ ਧਾਵਤੁ ਰਹਤਾ ॥
guramukh akhar jit dhaavat rahataa |
The Guru's Instruction is the Word, by which the wandering mind is restrained.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਉਪਦੇਸੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਸਮ ਸਹਤਾ ॥
guramukh upades dukh sukh sam sahataa |
Through the Guru's Teachings, we can endure pain and pleasure alike.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਚਾਲ ਜਿਤੁ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਧਿਆਏ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੀਰਤਨੁ ਗਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੮॥
guramukh chaal jit paarabraham dhiaae guramukh keeratan gaae jeeo |8|
To live as Gurmukh is the lifestyle by which we come to meditate on the Supreme Lord. The Gurmukh sings the Kirtan of His Praises. ||8||
ਸਗਲੀ ਬਣਤ ਬਣਾਈ ਆਪੇ ॥
sagalee banat banaaee aape |
The Lord Himself created the entire creation.
ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ਥਾਪੇ ॥
aape kare karaae thaape |
He Himself acts, and causes others to act. He Himself establishes.
ਇਕਸੁ ਤੇ ਹੋਇਓ ਅਨੰਤਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਏਕਸੁ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੯॥੨॥੩੬॥
eikas te hoeo anantaa naanak ekas maeh samaae jeeo |9|2|36|
From oneness, He has brought forth the countless multitudes. O Nanak, they shall merge into the One once again. ||9||2||36||