← Back to Gurbani Library
Ang 1Vaar 38Bhai Gurdas

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

One Oankar, the primal energy, realized through the grace of divine preceptor

ਪਉੜੀ ੧

paurree 1

ਕਾਮ ਲਖ ਕਰਿ ਕਾਮਨਾ ਬਹੁ ਰੂਪੀ ਸੋਹੈ ।

kaam lakh kar kaamanaa bahu roopee sohai |

Passionate urges in the form of lacs of desires may appear in many forms.

ਲਖ ਕਰੋਪ ਕਰੋਧ ਕਰਿ ਦੁਸਮਨ ਹੋਇ ਜੋਹੈ ।

lakh karop karodh kar dusaman hoe johai |

Lacs of enemies may stare in anger; temptations in lacs and lacs of mammons may inveigle and deceive;

ਲਖ ਲੋਭ ਲਖ ਲਖਮੀ ਹੋਇ ਧੋਹਣ ਧੋਹੈ ।

lakh lobh lakh lakhamee hoe dhohan dhohai |

Maya and infatuation pretending to be virtuous may in crores of ways adorne(the world);

ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਕਰੋੜ ਮਿਲਿ ਹੁਇ ਬਹੁ ਗੁਣੁ ਸੋਹੈ ।

maaeaa mohi karorr mil hue bahu gun sohai |

And ego, full of pride for having killed lacs of demons, may touch a gursikh;

ਅਸੁਰ ਸੰਘਾਰਿ ਹੰਕਾਰ ਲਖ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰਿ ਛੋਹੈ ।

asur sanghaar hankaar lakh haumai kar chhohai |

But to the Sikh of the Guru, who listens to the teachings of the Guru in the holy congregation,

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਸਿਖ ਸੁਣਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਸਿਖ ਨ ਪੋਹੈ ।੧।

saadhasangat gur sikh sun gur sikh na pohai |1|

They all cannot affect the least.