ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਙੰਙਾ ਙ੍ਰਾਸੈ ਕਾਲੁ ਤਿਹ ਜੋ ਸਾਕਤ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਕੀਨ ॥

ngangaa ngraasai kaal tih jo saakat prabh keen |

NGANGA: Death seizes those whom God has made into faithless cynics.

ਅਨਿਕ ਜੋਨਿ ਜਨਮਹਿ ਮਰਹਿ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੀਨ ॥

anik jon janameh mareh aatam raam na cheen |

They are born and they die, enduring countless incarnations; they do not realize the Lord, the Supreme Soul.

ਙਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਤਾਹੂ ਕਉ ਆਏ ॥

ngiaan dhiaan taahoo kau aae |

They alone find spiritual wisdom and meditation,

ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਜਿਹ ਆਪਿ ਦਿਵਾਏ ॥

kar kirapaa jih aap divaae |

whom the Lord blesses with His Mercy;

ਙਣਤੀ ਙਣੀ ਨਹੀ ਕੋਊ ਛੂਟੈ ॥

nganatee nganee nahee koaoo chhoottai |

no one is emancipated by counting and calculating.

ਕਾਚੀ ਗਾਗਰਿ ਸਰਪਰ ਫੂਟੈ ॥

kaachee gaagar sarapar foottai |

The vessel of clay shall surely break.

ਸੋ ਜੀਵਤ ਜਿਹ ਜੀਵਤ ਜਪਿਆ ॥

so jeevat jih jeevat japiaa |

They alone live, who, while alive, meditate on the Lord.

ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਭਏ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਹ ਛਪਿਆ ॥੨੧॥

pragatt bhe naanak neh chhapiaa |21|

They are respected, O Nanak, and do not remain hidden. ||21||