ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 3 |

Aasaa, Third Mehl:

ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮਰਹਿ ਮਰਿ ਮਰਣੁ ਵਿਗਾੜਹਿ ॥

manamukh mareh mar maran vigaarreh |

The self-willed manmukhs are dying; they are wasting away in death.

ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਆਤਮ ਸੰਘਾਰਹਿ ॥

doojai bhaae aatam sanghaareh |

In the love of duality, they murder their own souls.

ਮੇਰਾ ਮੇਰਾ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਵਿਗੂਤਾ ॥

meraa meraa kar kar vigootaa |

Crying out, Mine, mine!, they are ruined.

ਆਤਮੁ ਨ ਚੀਨੑੈ ਭਰਮੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਸੂਤਾ ॥੧॥

aatam na cheenai bharamai vich sootaa |1|

They do not remember their souls; they are asleep in superstition. ||1||

ਮਰੁ ਮੁਇਆ ਸਬਦੇ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਇ ॥

mar mueaa sabade mar jaae |

He alone dies a real death, who dies in the Word of the Shabad.

ਉਸਤਤਿ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਗੁਰਿ ਸਮ ਜਾਣਾਈ ਇਸੁ ਜੁਗ ਮਹਿ ਲਾਹਾ ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਲੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

ausatat nindaa gur sam jaanaaee is jug meh laahaa har jap lai jaae |1| rahaau |

The Guru has inspired me to realize, that praise and slander are one and the same; in this world, the profit is obtained by chanting the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

ਨਾਮ ਵਿਹੂਣ ਗਰਭ ਗਲਿ ਜਾਇ ॥

naam vihoon garabh gal jaae |

Those who lack the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are dissolved within the womb.

ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਦੂਜੈ ਲੋਭਾਇ ॥

birathaa janam doojai lobhaae |

Useless is the birth of those who are lured by duality.

ਨਾਮ ਬਿਹੂਣੀ ਦੁਖਿ ਜਲੈ ਸਬਾਈ ॥

naam bihoonee dukh jalai sabaaee |

Without the Naam, all are burning in pain.

ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਬੂਝ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥੨॥

satigur poorai boojh bujhaaee |2|

The Perfect True Guru has given me this understanding. ||2||

ਮਨੁ ਚੰਚਲੁ ਬਹੁ ਚੋਟਾ ਖਾਇ ॥

man chanchal bahu chottaa khaae |

The fickle mind is struck down so many times.

ਏਥਹੁ ਛੁੜਕਿਆ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥

ethahu chhurrakiaa tthaur na paae |

Having lost this opportunity, no place of rest shall be found.

ਗਰਭ ਜੋਨਿ ਵਿਸਟਾ ਕਾ ਵਾਸੁ ॥

garabh jon visattaa kaa vaas |

Cast into the womb of reincarnation, the mortal lives in manure;

ਤਿਤੁ ਘਰਿ ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਕਰੇ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੩॥

tit ghar manamukh kare nivaas |3|

in such a home, the self-willed manmukh takes up residence. ||3||

ਅਪੁਨੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕਉ ਸਦਾ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਈ ॥

apune satigur kau sadaa bal jaaee |

I am forever a sacrifice to my True Guru;

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਮਿਲਾਈ ॥

guramukh jotee jot milaaee |

the light of the Gurmukh blends with the Divine Light of the Lord.

ਨਿਰਮਲ ਬਾਣੀ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ॥

niramal baanee nij ghar vaasaa |

Through the Immaculate Bani of the Word, the mortal dwells within the home of his own inner self.

ਨਾਨਕ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰੇ ਸਦਾ ਉਦਾਸਾ ॥੪॥੬॥੪੫॥

naanak haumai maare sadaa udaasaa |4|6|45|

O Nanak, he conquers his ego, and remains forever detached. ||4||6||45||