ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

Salok, Third Mehl:

ਪੜੑਿ ਪੜੑਿ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਮੋੁਨੀ ਥਕੇ ਦੇਸੰਤਰ ਭਵਿ ਥਕੇ ਭੇਖਧਾਰੀ ॥

parra parra panddit mounee thake desantar bhav thake bhekhadhaaree |

The Pandits, the religious scholars and the silent sages read and recite until they get tired. They wander through foreign lands in their religious robes, until they are exhausted.

ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਨਾਉ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਪਾਇਨਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਗਾ ਅਤਿ ਭਾਰੀ ॥

doojai bhaae naau kade na paaein dukh laagaa at bhaaree |

In love with duality, they never receive the Name. Held in the grasp of pain, they suffer terribly.

ਮੂਰਖ ਅੰਧੇ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਕੈ ਬਿਉਹਾਰੀ ॥

moorakh andhe trai gun seveh maaeaa kai biauhaaree |

The blind fools serve the three gunas, the three dispositions; they deal only with Maya.

ਅੰਦਰਿ ਕਪਟੁ ਉਦਰੁ ਭਰਣ ਕੈ ਤਾਈ ਪਾਠ ਪੜਹਿ ਗਾਵਾਰੀ ॥

andar kapatt udar bharan kai taaee paatth parreh gaavaaree |

With deception in their hearts, the fools read sacred texts to fill their bellies.

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੇ ਸੋ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ਜਿਨ ਹਉਮੈ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਮਾਰੀ ॥

satigur seve so sukh paae jin haumai vichahu maaree |

One who serves the True Guru finds peace; he eradicates egotism from within.

ਨਾਨਕ ਪੜਣਾ ਗੁਨਣਾ ਇਕੁ ਨਾਉ ਹੈ ਬੂਝੈ ਕੋ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥੧॥

naanak parranaa gunanaa ik naau hai boojhai ko beechaaree |1|

O Nanak, there is One Name to chant and dwell on; how rare are those who reflect on this and understand. ||1||