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Ang 265Raag GaureeGuru Guru Arjan

ਨਉ ਖੰਡ ਪ੍ਰਿਥਮੀ ਫਿਰੈ ਚਿਰੁ ਜੀਵੈ ॥

nau khandd prithamee firai chir jeevai |

You may roam over the nine continents of the world and live a very long life;

ਮਹਾ ਉਦਾਸੁ ਤਪੀਸਰੁ ਥੀਵੈ ॥

mahaa udaas tapeesar theevai |

you may become a great ascetic and a master of disciplined meditation

ਅਗਨਿ ਮਾਹਿ ਹੋਮਤ ਪਰਾਨ ॥

agan maeh homat paraan |

and burn yourself in fire;

ਕਨਿਕ ਅਸ੍ਵ ਹੈਵਰ ਭੂਮਿ ਦਾਨ ॥

kanik asv haivar bhoom daan |

you may give away gold, horses, elephants and land;

ਨਿਉਲੀ ਕਰਮ ਕਰੈ ਬਹੁ ਆਸਨ ॥

niaulee karam karai bahu aasan |

you may practice techniques of inner cleansing and all sorts of Yogic postures;

ਜੈਨ ਮਾਰਗ ਸੰਜਮ ਅਤਿ ਸਾਧਨ ॥

jain maarag sanjam at saadhan |

you may adopt the self-mortifying ways of the Jains and great spiritual disciplines;

ਨਿਮਖ ਨਿਮਖ ਕਰਿ ਸਰੀਰੁ ਕਟਾਵੈ ॥

nimakh nimakh kar sareer kattaavai |

piece by piece, you may cut your body apart;

ਤਉ ਭੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਜਾਵੈ ॥

tau bhee haumai mail na jaavai |

but even so, the filth of your ego shall not depart.

ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਨਾਮ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਕਛੁ ਨਾਹਿ ॥

har ke naam samasar kachh naeh |

There is nothing equal to the Name of the Lord.

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਤ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਹਿ ॥੨॥

naanak guramukh naam japat gat paeh |2|

O Nanak, as Gurmukh, chant the Naam, and obtain salvation. ||2||