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Ang 1Vaar 18Bhai Gurdas

ਪਉੜੀ ੧੧

paurree 11

ਓਅੰਕਾਰਿ ਆਕਾਰੁ ਕਰਿ ਮਖੀ ਇਕ ਉਪਾਈ ਮਾਇਆ ।

oankaar aakaar kar makhee ik upaaee maaeaa |

The Oankar creating the forms created a fly named maya.

ਤਿਨਿ ਲੋਅ ਚਉਦਹ ਭਵਣੁ ਜਲ ਥਲੁ ਮਹੀਅਲੁ ਛਲੁ ਕਰਿ ਛਾਇਆ ।

tin loa chaudah bhavan jal thal maheeal chhal kar chhaaeaa |

It cheated profusely all the three worlds, fourteen abodes, water, surface and the nether world.

ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਬਿਸਨ ਮਹੇਸੁ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਦਸ ਅਵਤਾਰ ਬਜਾਰਿ ਨਚਾਇਆ ।

brahamaa bisan mahes trai das avataar bajaar nachaaeaa |

All the ten incarnations, besides Brahma, Visnu, Mahesa, it made to dance in the bazar in the form of world.

ਜਤੀ ਸਤੀ ਸੰਤੋਖੀਆ ਸਿਧ ਨਾਥ ਬਹੁ ਪੰਥ ਭਵਾਇਆ ।

jatee satee santokheea sidh naath bahu panth bhavaaeaa |

The celibates, the chaste ones, the contented people, siddhas and naths all were made to move astray on the paths of various sects.

ਕਾਮ ਕਰੋਧ ਵਿਰੋਧ ਵਿਚਿ ਲੋਭ ਮੋਹੁ ਕਰਿ ਧ੍ਰੋਹੁ ਲੜਾਇਆ ।

kaam karodh virodh vich lobh mohu kar dhrohu larraaeaa |

Maya infused lust, anger, opposition, greed, infatuation, and deceit in all and made them to have infightings.

ਹਉਮੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਸੇਰਹੁ ਘਟਿ ਨ ਕਿਨੈ ਅਖਾਇਆ ।

haumai andar sabh ko serahu ghatt na kinai akhaaeaa |

Full of ego they are hollow from inside but none accepts himself imperfect (all feel they are the full measure and nothing less than it).

ਕਾਰਣੁ ਕਰਤੇ ਆਪੁ ਲੁਕਾਇਆ ।੧੧।

kaaran karate aap lukaaeaa |11|

The Creator Lord Himself has concealed the reason for all this.