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Ang 857Raag BilaavalBhagat Kabir

ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ ॥

bilaaval |

Bilaaval:

ਸਰੀਰ ਸਰੋਵਰ ਭੀਤਰੇ ਆਛੈ ਕਮਲ ਅਨੂਪ ॥

sareer sarovar bheetare aachhai kamal anoop |

Within the pool of the body, there is an incomparably beautiful lotus flower.

ਪਰਮ ਜੋਤਿ ਪੁਰਖੋਤਮੋ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਰੇਖ ਨ ਰੂਪ ॥੧॥

param jot purakhotamo jaa kai rekh na roop |1|

Within it, is the Supreme Light, the Supreme Soul, who has no feature or form. ||1||

ਰੇ ਮਨ ਹਰਿ ਭਜੁ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਤਜਹੁ ਜਗਜੀਵਨ ਰਾਮ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

re man har bhaj bhram tajahu jagajeevan raam |1| rahaau |

O my mind, vibrate, meditate on the Lord, and forsake your doubt. The Lord is the Life of the World. ||1||Pause||

ਆਵਤ ਕਛੂ ਨ ਦੀਸਈ ਨਹ ਦੀਸੈ ਜਾਤ ॥

aavat kachhoo na deesee neh deesai jaat |

Nothing is seen coming into the world, and nothing is seen leaving it.

ਜਹ ਉਪਜੈ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਤਹੀ ਜੈਸੇ ਪੁਰਿਵਨ ਪਾਤ ॥੨॥

jeh upajai binasai tahee jaise purivan paat |2|

Where the body is born, there it dies, like the leaves of the water-lily. ||2||

ਮਿਥਿਆ ਕਰਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਤਜੀ ਸੁਖ ਸਹਜ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥

mithiaa kar maaeaa tajee sukh sehaj beechaar |

Maya is false and transitory; forsaking it, one obtains peaceful, celestial contemplation.

ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਹੁ ਮਨ ਮੰਝਿ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥੩॥੧੦॥

keh kabeer sevaa karahu man manjh muraar |3|10|

Says Kabeer, serve Him within your mind; He is the Enemy of ego, the Destroyer of demons. ||3||10||