ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
sireeraag mahalaa 3 |
Siree Raag, Third Mehl:
ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਮੇਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਕੀਨਾ ਆਪੇ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਏ ॥
maaeaa mohu merai prabh keenaa aape bharam bhulaae |
Emotional attachment to Maya is created by my God; He Himself misleads us through illusion and doubt.
ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਕਰਮ ਕਰਹਿ ਨਹੀ ਬੂਝਹਿ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਏ ॥
manamukh karam kareh nahee boojheh birathaa janam gavaae |
The self-willed manmukhs perform their actions, but they do not understand; they waste away their lives in vain.
ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਇਸੁ ਜਗ ਮਹਿ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਕਰਮਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਏ ॥੧॥
gurabaanee is jag meh chaanan karam vasai man aae |1|
Gurbani is the Light to illuminate this world; by His Grace, it comes to abide within the mind. ||1||
ਮਨ ਰੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਹੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥
man re naam japahu sukh hoe |
O mind, chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and find peace.
ਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਸਾਲਾਹੀਐ ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
gur pooraa saalaaheeai sehaj milai prabh soe |1| rahaau |
Praising the Perfect Guru, you shall easily meet with that God. ||1||Pause||
ਭਰਮੁ ਗਇਆ ਭਉ ਭਾਗਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਚਰਣੀ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥
bharam geaa bhau bhaagiaa har charanee chit laae |
Doubt departs, and fear runs away, when you focus your consciousness on the Lord's Feet.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਮਾਈਐ ਹਰਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥
guramukh sabad kamaaeeai har vasai man aae |
The Gurmukh practices the Shabad, and the Lord comes to dwell within the mind.
ਘਰਿ ਮਹਲਿ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਈਐ ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਖਾਇ ॥੨॥
ghar mehal sach samaaeeai jamakaal na sakai khaae |2|
In the mansion of the home within the self, we merge in Truth, and the Messenger of Death cannot devour us. ||2||
ਨਾਮਾ ਛੀਬਾ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਜੋੁਲਾਹਾ ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥
naamaa chheebaa kabeer joulaahaa poore gur te gat paaee |
Naam Dayv the printer, and Kabeer the weaver, obtained salvation through the Perfect Guru.
ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਕੇ ਬੇਤੇ ਸਬਦੁ ਪਛਾਣਹਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਜਾਤਿ ਗਵਾਈ ॥
braham ke bete sabad pachhaaneh haumai jaat gavaaee |
Those who know God and recognize His Shabad lose their ego and class consciousness.
ਸੁਰਿ ਨਰ ਤਿਨ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਮੇਟੈ ਭਾਈ ॥੩॥
sur nar tin kee baanee gaaveh koe na mettai bhaaee |3|
Their Banis are sung by the angelic beings, and no one can erase them, O Siblings of Destiny! ||3||
ਦੈਤ ਪੁਤੁ ਕਰਮ ਧਰਮ ਕਿਛੁ ਸੰਜਮ ਨ ਪੜੈ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਉ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ॥
dait put karam dharam kichh sanjam na parrai doojaa bhaau na jaanai |
The demon's son Prahlaad had not read about religious rituals or ceremonies, austerity or self-discipline; he did not know the love of duality.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟਿਐ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਹੋਆ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਖਾਣੈ ॥
satigur bhettiai niramal hoaa anadin naam vakhaanai |
Upon meeting with the True Guru, he became pure; night and day, he chanted the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
ਏਕੋ ਪੜੈ ਏਕੋ ਨਾਉ ਬੂਝੈ ਦੂਜਾ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ॥੪॥
eko parrai eko naau boojhai doojaa avar na jaanai |4|
He read only of the One and he understood only the One Name; he knew no other at all. ||4||
ਖਟੁ ਦਰਸਨ ਜੋਗੀ ਸੰਨਿਆਸੀ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਏ ॥
khatt darasan jogee saniaasee bin gur bharam bhulaae |
The followers of the six different life-styles and world-views, the Yogis and the Sanyaasees have gone astray in doubt without the Guru.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਤਾ ਗਤਿ ਮਿਤਿ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਏ ॥
satigur seveh taa gat mit paaveh har jeeo man vasaae |
If they serve the True Guru, they find the state of salvation; they enshrine the Dear Lord within their minds.
ਸਚੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣੁ ਰਹਾਏ ॥੫॥
sachee baanee siau chit laagai aavan jaan rahaae |5|
They focus their consciousness on the True Bani, and their comings and goings in reincarnation are over. ||5||
ਪੰਡਿਤ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਵਾਦੁ ਵਖਾਣਹਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਏ ॥
panddit parr parr vaad vakhaaneh bin gur bharam bhulaae |
The Pandits, the religious scholars, read and argue and stir up controversies, but without the Guru, they are deluded by doubt.
ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਫੇਰੁ ਪਇਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਪਾਏ ॥
lakh chauraaseeh fer peaa bin sabadai mukat na paae |
They wander around the cycle of 8.4 million reincarnations; without the Shabad, they do not attain liberation.
ਜਾ ਨਾਉ ਚੇਤੈ ਤਾ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਏ ਜਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥੬॥
jaa naau chetai taa gat paae jaa satigur mel milaae |6|
But when they remember the Name, then they attain the state of salvation, when the True Guru unites them in Union. ||6||
ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਹਰਿ ਉਪਜੈ ਜਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੁਭਾਏ ॥
satasangat meh naam har upajai jaa satigur milai subhaae |
In the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, the Name of the Lord wells up, when the True Guru unites us in His Sublime Love.
ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਅਰਪੀ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਈ ਚਲਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭਾਏ ॥
man tan arapee aap gavaaee chalaa satigur bhaae |
I offer my mind and body, and I renounce my selfishness and conceit; I walk in Harmony with the Will of the True Guru.
ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਗੁਰ ਅਪੁਨੇ ਵਿਟਹੁ ਜਿ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਏ ॥੭॥
sad balihaaree gur apune vittahu ji har setee chit laae |7|
I am forever a sacrifice to my Guru, who has attached my consciousness to the Lord. ||7||
ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣੁ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਜੋ ਬਿੰਦੇ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤਾ ॥
so braahaman braham jo binde har setee rang raataa |
He alone is a Brahmin, who knows the Lord Brahma, and is attuned to the Love of the Lord.
ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਨਿਕਟਿ ਵਸੈ ਸਭਨਾ ਘਟ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਰਲੈ ਜਾਤਾ ॥
prabh nikatt vasai sabhanaa ghatt antar guramukh viralai jaataa |
God is close at hand; He dwells deep within the hearts of all. How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, know Him.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਛਾਤਾ ॥੮॥੫॥੨੨॥
naanak naam milai vaddiaaee gur kai sabad pachhaataa |8|5|22|
O Nanak, through the Naam, greatness is obtained; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He is realized. ||8||5||22||