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Ang 891Raag RaamkaleeGuru Guru Arjan

ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

raamakalee mahalaa 5 |

Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl:

ਗਹੁ ਕਰਿ ਪਕਰੀ ਨ ਆਈ ਹਾਥਿ ॥

gahu kar pakaree na aaee haath |

No matter how hard you try to grab it, it does not come into your hands.

ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਕਰੀ ਚਾਲੀ ਨਹੀ ਸਾਥਿ ॥

preet karee chaalee nahee saath |

No matter how much you may love it, it does not go along with you.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਉ ਤਿਆਗਿ ਦਈ ॥

kahu naanak jau tiaag dee |

Says Nanak, when you abandon it,

ਤਬ ਓਹ ਚਰਣੀ ਆਇ ਪਈ ॥੧॥

tab oeh charanee aae pee |1|

then it comes and falls at your feet. ||1||

ਸੁਣਿ ਸੰਤਹੁ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਬੀਚਾਰ ॥

sun santahu niramal beechaar |

Listen, O Saints: this is the pure philosophy.

ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨੁ ਗਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਕਾਈ ਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਭੇਟਤ ਉਧਾਰ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

raam naam bin gat nahee kaaee gur pooraa bhettat udhaar |1| rahaau |

Without the Lord's Name, there is no salvation. Meeting with the Perfect Guru, one is saved. ||1||Pause||

ਜਬ ਉਸ ਕਉ ਕੋਈ ਦੇਵੈ ਮਾਨੁ ॥

jab us kau koee devai maan |

When someone tries to appease her,

ਤਬ ਆਪਸ ਊਪਰਿ ਰਖੈ ਗੁਮਾਨੁ ॥

tab aapas aoopar rakhai gumaan |

then she takes pride in herself.

ਜਬ ਉਸ ਕਉ ਕੋਈ ਮਨਿ ਪਰਹਰੈ ॥

jab us kau koee man paraharai |

But when someone puts her out of his thoughts,

ਤਬ ਓਹ ਸੇਵਕਿ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰੈ ॥੨॥

tab oeh sevak sevaa karai |2|

then she serves him like a slave. ||2||

ਮੁਖਿ ਬੇਰਾਵੈ ਅੰਤਿ ਠਗਾਵੈ ॥

mukh beraavai ant tthagaavai |

She seems to please, but in the end, she deceives.

ਇਕਤੁ ਠਉਰ ਓਹ ਕਹੀ ਨ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥

eikat tthaur oeh kahee na samaavai |

She does not remain in any one place.

ਉਨਿ ਮੋਹੇ ਬਹੁਤੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੰਡ ॥

aun mohe bahute brahamandd |

She has bewitched a great many worlds.

ਰਾਮ ਜਨੀ ਕੀਨੀ ਖੰਡ ਖੰਡ ॥੩॥

raam janee keenee khandd khandd |3|

The Lord's humble servants cut her apart into pieces. ||3||

ਜੋ ਮਾਗੈ ਸੋ ਭੂਖਾ ਰਹੈ ॥

jo maagai so bhookhaa rahai |

Whoever begs from her remains hungry.

ਇਸੁ ਸੰਗਿ ਰਾਚੈ ਸੁ ਕਛੂ ਨ ਲਹੈ ॥

eis sang raachai su kachhoo na lahai |

Whoever is infatuated with her obtains nothing.

ਇਸਹਿ ਤਿਆਗਿ ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਕਰੈ ॥

eiseh tiaag satasangat karai |

But one who renounces her, and joins the Society of the Saints,

ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਓਹੁ ਤਰੈ ॥੪॥੧੮॥੨੯॥

vaddabhaagee naanak ohu tarai |4|18|29|

by great good fortune, O Nanak, is saved. ||4||18||29||