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ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 3 |

Gauree, Third Mehl:

ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਮੂਲੁ ਵੇਦ ਅਭਿਆਸਾ ॥

brahamaa mool ved abhiaasaa |

Brahma is the founder of the study of the Vedas.

ਤਿਸ ਤੇ ਉਪਜੇ ਦੇਵ ਮੋਹ ਪਿਆਸਾ ॥

tis te upaje dev moh piaasaa |

From him emanated the gods, enticed by desire.

ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਭਰਮੇ ਨਾਹੀ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ॥੧॥

trai gun bharame naahee nij ghar vaasaa |1|

They wander in the three qualities, and they do not dwell within their own home. ||1||

ਹਮ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਖੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ॥

ham har raakhe satiguroo milaaeaa |

The Lord has saved me; I have met the True Guru.

ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

anadin bhagat har naam drirraaeaa |1| rahaau |

He has implanted devotional worship of the Lord's Name, night and day. ||1||Pause||

ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਬਾਣੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਜੰਜਾਲਾ ॥

trai gun baanee braham janjaalaa |

The songs of Brahma entangle people in the three qualities.

ਪੜਿ ਵਾਦੁ ਵਖਾਣਹਿ ਸਿਰਿ ਮਾਰੇ ਜਮਕਾਲਾ ॥

parr vaad vakhaaneh sir maare jamakaalaa |

Reading about the debates and disputes, they are hit over the head by the Messenger of Death.

ਤਤੁ ਨ ਚੀਨਹਿ ਬੰਨਹਿ ਪੰਡ ਪਰਾਲਾ ॥੨॥

tat na cheeneh baneh pandd paraalaa |2|

They do not understand the essence of reality, and they gather their worthless bundles of straw. ||2||

ਮਨਮੁਖ ਅਗਿਆਨਿ ਕੁਮਾਰਗਿ ਪਾਏ ॥

manamukh agiaan kumaarag paae |

The self-willed manmukhs, in ignorance, take the path of evil.

ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਬਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਬਹੁ ਕਰਮ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਏ ॥

har naam bisaariaa bahu karam drirraae |

They forget the Lord's Name, and in its place, they establish all sorts of rituals.

ਭਵਜਲਿ ਡੂਬੇ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਏ ॥੩॥

bhavajal ddoobe doojai bhaae |3|

They drown in the terrifying world-ocean, in the love of duality. ||3||

ਮਾਇਆ ਕਾ ਮੁਹਤਾਜੁ ਪੰਡਿਤੁ ਕਹਾਵੈ ॥

maaeaa kaa muhataaj panddit kahaavai |

Driven crazy, infatuated by Maya, they call themselves Pandits - religious scholars;

ਬਿਖਿਆ ਰਾਤਾ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥

bikhiaa raataa bahut dukh paavai |

stained with corruption, they suffer terrible pain.

ਜਮ ਕਾ ਗਲਿ ਜੇਵੜਾ ਨਿਤ ਕਾਲੁ ਸੰਤਾਵੈ ॥੪॥

jam kaa gal jevarraa nit kaal santaavai |4|

The noose of the Messenger of Death is around their necks; they are constantly tormented by death. ||4||

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਨੇੜਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ॥

guramukh jamakaal nerr na aavai |

The Messenger of Death does not even approach the Gurmukhs.

ਹਉਮੈ ਦੂਜਾ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਵੈ ॥

haumai doojaa sabad jalaavai |

Through the Word of the Shabad, they burn away their ego and duality.

ਨਾਮੇ ਰਾਤੇ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ॥੫॥

naame raate har gun gaavai |5|

Attuned to the Name, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||5||

ਮਾਇਆ ਦਾਸੀ ਭਗਤਾ ਕੀ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਵੈ ॥

maaeaa daasee bhagataa kee kaar kamaavai |

Maya is the slave of the Lord's devotees; it works for them.

ਚਰਣੀ ਲਾਗੈ ਤਾ ਮਹਲੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥

charanee laagai taa mehal paavai |

One who falls at their feet attains the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

ਸਦ ਹੀ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੬॥

sad hee niramal sehaj samaavai |6|

He is forever immaculate; he is absorbed in intuitive peace. ||6||

ਹਰਿ ਕਥਾ ਸੁਣਹਿ ਸੇ ਧਨਵੰਤ ਦਿਸਹਿ ਜੁਗ ਮਾਹੀ ॥

har kathaa suneh se dhanavant diseh jug maahee |

Those who listen to the Lord's Sermon are seen to be the wealthy people in this world.

ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਸਭਿ ਨਿਵਹਿ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਪੂਜ ਕਰਾਹੀ ॥

tin kau sabh niveh anadin pooj karaahee |

Everyone bows down to them, and adores them, night and day.

ਸਹਜੇ ਗੁਣ ਰਵਹਿ ਸਾਚੇ ਮਨ ਮਾਹੀ ॥੭॥

sahaje gun raveh saache man maahee |7|

They intuitively savor the Glories of the True Lord within their minds. ||7||

ਪੂਰੈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਸੁਣਾਇਆ ॥

poorai satigur sabad sunaaeaa |

The Perfect True Guru has revealed the Shabad;

ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਮੇਟੇ ਚਉਥੈ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਆ ॥

trai gun mette chauthai chit laaeaa |

it eradicates the three qualities, and attunes the consciousness to the fourth state.

ਨਾਨਕ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ॥੮॥੪॥

naanak haumai maar braham milaaeaa |8|4|

O Nanak, subduing egotism, one is absorbed into God. ||8||4||