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ਗਉੜੀ ਬੈਰਾਗਣਿ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥

gaurree bairaagan mahalaa 4 |

Gauree Bairaagan, Fourth Mehl:

ਸਾਹੁ ਹਮਾਰਾ ਤੂੰ ਧਣੀ ਜੈਸੀ ਤੂੰ ਰਾਸਿ ਦੇਹਿ ਤੈਸੀ ਹਮ ਲੇਹਿ ॥

saahu hamaaraa toon dhanee jaisee toon raas dehi taisee ham lehi |

O Master, You are my Banker. I receive only that capital which You give me.

ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਣੰਜਹ ਰੰਗ ਸਿਉ ਜੇ ਆਪਿ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਹੋਇ ਦੇਹਿ ॥੧॥

har naam vananjah rang siau je aap deaal hoe dehi |1|

I would purchase the Lord's Name with love, if You Yourself, in Your Mercy, would sell it to me. ||1||

ਹਮ ਵਣਜਾਰੇ ਰਾਮ ਕੇ ॥

ham vanajaare raam ke |

I am the merchant, the peddler of the Lord.

ਹਰਿ ਵਣਜੁ ਕਰਾਵੈ ਦੇ ਰਾਸਿ ਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

har vanaj karaavai de raas re |1| rahaau |

I trade in the merchandise and capital of the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

ਲਾਹਾ ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਧਨੁ ਖਟਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਸਚੇ ਸਾਹ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਇਆ ॥

laahaa har bhagat dhan khattiaa har sache saah man bhaaeaa |

I have earned the profit, the wealth of devotional worship of the Lord. I have become pleasing to the Mind of the Lord, the True Banker.

ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਹਰਿ ਵਖਰੁ ਲਦਿਆ ਜਮੁ ਜਾਗਾਤੀ ਨੇੜਿ ਨ ਆਇਆ ॥੨॥

har jap har vakhar ladiaa jam jaagaatee nerr na aaeaa |2|

I chant and meditate on the Lord, loading the merchandise of the Lord's Name. The Messenger of Death, the tax collector, does not even approach me. ||2||

ਹੋਰੁ ਵਣਜੁ ਕਰਹਿ ਵਾਪਾਰੀਏ ਅਨੰਤ ਤਰੰਗੀ ਦੁਖੁ ਮਾਇਆ ॥

hor vanaj kareh vaapaaree anant tarangee dukh maaeaa |

Those traders who trade in other merchandise, are caught up in the endless waves of the pain of Maya.

ਓਇ ਜੇਹੈ ਵਣਜਿ ਹਰਿ ਲਾਇਆ ਫਲੁ ਤੇਹਾ ਤਿਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੩॥

oe jehai vanaj har laaeaa fal tehaa tin paaeaa |3|

According to the business in which the Lord has placed them, so are the rewards they obtain. ||3||

ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਵਣਜੁ ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਕਰੇ ਜਿਸੁ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਹੋਇ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਦੇਈ ॥

har har vanaj so jan kare jis kripaal hoe prabh deee |

People trade in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, when the God shows His Mercy and bestows it.

ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਫਿਰਿ ਲੇਖਾ ਮੂਲਿ ਨ ਲੇਈ ॥੪॥੧॥੭॥੪੫॥

jan naanak saahu har seviaa fir lekhaa mool na leee |4|1|7|45|

Servant Nanak serves the Lord, the Banker; he shall never again be called to render his account. ||4||1||7||45||