ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਕੋਈ ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਸੁਣੈ ਕੋਈ ਕਰੈ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

koee gaavai ko sunai koee karai beechaar |

Some sing, some listen, and some contemplate;

ਕੋ ਉਪਦੇਸੈ ਕੋ ਦ੍ਰਿੜੈ ਤਿਸ ਕਾ ਹੋਇ ਉਧਾਰੁ ॥

ko upadesai ko drirrai tis kaa hoe udhaar |

some preach, and some implant the Name within; this is how they are saved.

ਕਿਲਬਿਖ ਕਾਟੈ ਹੋਇ ਨਿਰਮਲਾ ਜਨਮ ਜਨਮ ਮਲੁ ਜਾਇ ॥

kilabikh kaattai hoe niramalaa janam janam mal jaae |

Their sinful mistakes are erased, and they become pure; the filth of countless incarnations is washed away.

ਹਲਤਿ ਪਲਤਿ ਮੁਖੁ ਊਜਲਾ ਨਹ ਪੋਹੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਮਾਇ ॥

halat palat mukh aoojalaa neh pohai tis maae |

In this world and the next, their faces shall be radiant; they shall not be touched by Maya.

ਸੋ ਸੁਰਤਾ ਸੋ ਬੈਸਨੋ ਸੋ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਧਨਵੰਤੁ ॥

so surataa so baisano so giaanee dhanavant |

They are intuitively wise, and they are Vaishnaavs, worshippers of Vishnu; they are spiritually wise, wealthy and prosperous.

ਸੋ ਸੂਰਾ ਕੁਲਵੰਤੁ ਸੋਇ ਜਿਨਿ ਭਜਿਆ ਭਗਵੰਤੁ ॥

so sooraa kulavant soe jin bhajiaa bhagavant |

They are spiritual heros, of noble birth, who vibrate upon the Lord God.

ਖਤ੍ਰੀ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣੁ ਸੂਦੁ ਬੈਸੁ ਉਧਰੈ ਸਿਮਰਿ ਚੰਡਾਲ ॥

khatree braahaman sood bais udharai simar chanddaal |

The Kh'shatriyas, the Brahmins, the low-caste Soodras, the Vaisha workers and the outcast pariahs are all saved,

ਜਿਨਿ ਜਾਨਿਓ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਆਪਨਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਸਹਿ ਰਵਾਲ ॥੧੭॥

jin jaanio prabh aapanaa naanak tiseh ravaal |17|

meditating on the Lord. Nanak is the dust of the feet of those who know his God. ||17||