ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਕਾਰਣੁ ਕਰਤੈ ਜੋ ਕੀਆ ਸੋਈ ਹੈ ਕਰਣਾ ॥

kaaran karatai jo keea soee hai karanaa |

He does the dees which the Creator causes him to do.

ਜੇ ਸਉ ਧਾਵਹਿ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀਆ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਧੁਰਿ ਲਹਣਾ ॥

je sau dhaaveh praaneea paaveh dhur lahanaa |

Even if you run in hundreds of directions, O mortal, you shall still receive what you are pre-destined to receive.

ਬਿਨੁ ਕਰਮਾ ਕਿਛੂ ਨ ਲਭਈ ਜੇ ਫਿਰਹਿ ਸਭ ਧਰਣਾ ॥

bin karamaa kichhoo na labhee je fireh sabh dharanaa |

Without good karma, you shall obtain nothing, even if you wander across the whole world.

ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਭਉ ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ਕਾ ਭੈ ਡਰੁ ਦੂਰਿ ਕਰਣਾ ॥

gur mil bhau govind kaa bhai ddar door karanaa |

Meeting with the Guru, you shall know the Fear of God, and other fears shall be taken away.

ਭੈ ਤੇ ਬੈਰਾਗੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਹਰਿ ਖੋਜਤ ਫਿਰਣਾ ॥

bhai te bairaag aoopajai har khojat firanaa |

Through the Fear of God, the attitude of detachment wells up, and one sets out in search of the Lord.

ਖੋਜਤ ਖੋਜਤ ਸਹਜੁ ਉਪਜਿਆ ਫਿਰਿ ਜਨਮਿ ਨ ਮਰਣਾ ॥

khojat khojat sehaj upajiaa fir janam na maranaa |

Searching and searching, intuitive wisdom wells up, and then, one is not born to die again.

ਹਿਆਇ ਕਮਾਇ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਾਧ ਸਰਣਾ ॥

hiaae kamaae dhiaaeaa paaeaa saadh saranaa |

Practicing meditation within my heart, I have found the Sanctuary of the Holy.

ਬੋਹਿਥੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਉ ਗੁਰੁ ਜਿਸੁ ਹਰਿ ਚੜਾਏ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਤਰਣਾ ॥੨੨॥

bohith naanak deo gur jis har charraae tis bhaujal taranaa |22|

Whoever the Lord places on the boat of Guru Nanak, is carried across the terrifying world-ocean. ||22||