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Ang 1019Raag MaarooGuru Guru Arjan

ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

maaroo mahalaa 5 |

Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

ਬਿਰਖੈ ਹੇਠਿ ਸਭਿ ਜੰਤ ਇਕਠੇ ॥

birakhai hetth sabh jant ikatthe |

Beneath the tree, all beings have gathered.

ਇਕਿ ਤਤੇ ਇਕਿ ਬੋਲਨਿ ਮਿਠੇ ॥

eik tate ik bolan mitthe |

Some are hot-headed, and some speak very sweetly.

ਅਸਤੁ ਉਦੋਤੁ ਭਇਆ ਉਠਿ ਚਲੇ ਜਿਉ ਜਿਉ ਅਉਧ ਵਿਹਾਣੀਆ ॥੧॥

asat udot bheaa utth chale jiau jiau aaudh vihaaneea |1|

Sunset has come, and they rise up and depart; their days have run their course and expired. ||1||

ਪਾਪ ਕਰੇਦੜ ਸਰਪਰ ਮੁਠੇ ॥

paap karedarr sarapar mutthe |

Those who committed sins are sure to be ruined.

ਅਜਰਾਈਲਿ ਫੜੇ ਫੜਿ ਕੁਠੇ ॥

ajaraaeel farre farr kutthe |

Azraa-eel, the Angel of Death, seizes and tortures them.

ਦੋਜਕਿ ਪਾਏ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰੈ ਲੇਖਾ ਮੰਗੈ ਬਾਣੀਆ ॥੨॥

dojak paae sirajanahaarai lekhaa mangai baaneea |2|

They are consigned to hell by the Creator Lord, and the Accountant calls them to give their account. ||2||

ਸੰਗਿ ਨ ਕੋਈ ਭਈਆ ਬੇਬਾ ॥

sang na koee bheea bebaa |

No brothers or sisters can go with them.

ਮਾਲੁ ਜੋਬਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਛੋਡਿ ਵਞੇਸਾ ॥

maal joban dhan chhodd vayesaa |

Leaving behind their property, youth and wealth, they march off.

ਕਰਣ ਕਰੀਮ ਨ ਜਾਤੋ ਕਰਤਾ ਤਿਲ ਪੀੜੇ ਜਿਉ ਘਾਣੀਆ ॥੩॥

karan kareem na jaato karataa til peerre jiau ghaaneea |3|

They do not know the kind and compassionate Lord; they shall be crushed like sesame seeds in the oil-press. ||3||

ਖੁਸਿ ਖੁਸਿ ਲੈਦਾ ਵਸਤੁ ਪਰਾਈ ॥

khus khus laidaa vasat paraaee |

You happily, cheerfully steal the possessions of others,

ਵੇਖੈ ਸੁਣੇ ਤੇਰੈ ਨਾਲਿ ਖੁਦਾਈ ॥

vekhai sune terai naal khudaaee |

but the Lord God is with you, watching and listening.

ਦੁਨੀਆ ਲਬਿ ਪਇਆ ਖਾਤ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਅਗਲੀ ਗਲ ਨ ਜਾਣੀਆ ॥੪॥

duneea lab peaa khaat andar agalee gal na jaaneea |4|

Through worldly greed, you have fallen into the pit; you know nothing of the future. ||4||

ਜਮਿ ਜਮਿ ਮਰੈ ਮਰੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੰਮੈ ॥

jam jam marai marai fir jamai |

You shall be born and born again, and die and die again, only to be reincarnated again.

ਬਹੁਤੁ ਸਜਾਇ ਪਇਆ ਦੇਸਿ ਲੰਮੈ ॥

bahut sajaae peaa des lamai |

You shall suffer terrible punishment, on your way to the land beyond.

ਜਿਨਿ ਕੀਤਾ ਤਿਸੈ ਨ ਜਾਣੀ ਅੰਧਾ ਤਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਸਹੈ ਪਰਾਣੀਆ ॥੫॥

jin keetaa tisai na jaanee andhaa taa dukh sahai paraaneea |5|

The mortal does not know the One who created him; he is blind, and so he shall suffer. ||5||

ਖਾਲਕ ਥਾਵਹੁ ਭੁਲਾ ਮੁਠਾ ॥

khaalak thaavahu bhulaa mutthaa |

Forgetting the Creator Lord, he is ruined.

ਦੁਨੀਆ ਖੇਲੁ ਬੁਰਾ ਰੁਠ ਤੁਠਾ ॥

duneea khel buraa rutth tutthaa |

The drama of the world is bad; it brings sadness and then happiness.

ਸਿਦਕੁ ਸਬੂਰੀ ਸੰਤੁ ਨ ਮਿਲਿਓ ਵਤੈ ਆਪਣ ਭਾਣੀਆ ॥੬॥

sidak sabooree sant na milio vatai aapan bhaaneea |6|

One who does not meet the Saint does not have faith or contentment; he wanders just as he pleases. ||6||

ਮਉਲਾ ਖੇਲ ਕਰੇ ਸਭਿ ਆਪੇ ॥

maulaa khel kare sabh aape |

The Lord Himself stages all this drama.

ਇਕਿ ਕਢੇ ਇਕਿ ਲਹਰਿ ਵਿਆਪੇ ॥

eik kadte ik lehar viaape |

Some, he lifts up, and some he throws into the waves.

ਜਿਉ ਨਚਾਏ ਤਿਉ ਤਿਉ ਨਚਨਿ ਸਿਰਿ ਸਿਰਿ ਕਿਰਤ ਵਿਹਾਣੀਆ ॥੭॥

jiau nachaae tiau tiau nachan sir sir kirat vihaaneea |7|

As He makes them dance, so do they dance. Everyone lives their lives according to their past actions. ||7||

ਮਿਹਰ ਕਰੇ ਤਾ ਖਸਮੁ ਧਿਆਈ ॥

mihar kare taa khasam dhiaaee |

When the Lord and Master grants His Grace, then we meditate on Him.

ਸੰਤਾ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਨਰਕਿ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥

santaa sangat narak na paaee |

In the Society of the Saints, one is not consigned to hell.

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮ ਦਾਨੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਉ ਗੁਣ ਗੀਤਾ ਨਿਤ ਵਖਾਣੀਆ ॥੮॥੨॥੮॥੧੨॥੨੦॥

amrit naam daan naanak kau gun geetaa nit vakhaaneea |8|2|8|12|20|

Please bless Nanak with the gift of the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord; he continually sings the songs of Your Glories. ||8||2||8||12||20||