ਪਉੜੀ ੮

paurree 8

ਅਠੈ ਸਿਧੀ ਸਾਧਿ ਕੈ ਸਾਧਿਕ ਸਿਧ ਸਮਾਧਿ ਫਲਾਈ ।

atthai sidhee saadh kai saadhik sidh samaadh falaaee |

Accomplishing eight siddhis (powers) the gurmukh has attained the fruit of adept trance (siddh samadhi).

ਅਸਟ ਕੁਲੀ ਬਿਖੁ ਸਾਧਨਾ ਸਿਮਰਣਿ ਸੇਖ ਨ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਈ ।

asatt kulee bikh saadhanaa simaran sekh na keemat paaee |

The practices by the eight ancestoral family houses of Sesanag could not understand His mystery.

ਮਣੁ ਹੋਇ ਅਠ ਪੈਸੇਰੀਆ ਪੰਜੂ ਅਠੇ ਚਾਲੀਹ ਭਾਈ ।

man hoe atth paisereea panjoo atthe chaaleeh bhaaee |

One maund (old Indian weighing unit) consists of eight panseris (about five kilograms), and five multiplied by eight is equal to forty.

ਜਿਉ ਚਰਖਾ ਅਠ ਖੰਭੀਆ ਇਕਤੁ ਸੂਤਿ ਰਹੈ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਈ ।

jiau charakhaa atth khanbheea ikat soot rahai liv laaee |

The spinning wheel having eight spokes keeps its consciousness concentrated in a single thread.

ਅਠ ਪਹਿਰ ਅਸਟਾਂਗੁ ਜੋਗੁ ਚਾਵਲ ਰਤੀ ਮਾਸਾ ਰਾਈ ।

atth pahir asattaang jog chaaval ratee maasaa raaee |

Eight watches, eight limbed yoga, chaval (rice), ratti, rais, masa (all old Indian measuring units of time and weight) have among themselves the relationship of eight i.e. eight rais = one chaval, eight chavals = one ratti and eight rattis = one masa.

ਅਠ ਕਾਠਾ ਮਨੁ ਵਸ ਕਰਿ ਅਸਟ ਧਾਤੁ ਇਕੁ ਧਾਤੁ ਕਰਾਈ ।

atth kaatthaa man vas kar asatt dhaat ik dhaat karaaee |

Controlling the mind comprising eight inclinations, the gurmukh has made it homogenous as the eight metals after mixing become one metal.

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ।੮।

saadhasangat vaddee vaddiaaee |8|

Great is the glory of the holy congregation.