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ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

Salok, Third Mehl:

ਹਉਮੈ ਮਮਤਾ ਮੋਹਣੀ ਮਨਮੁਖਾ ਨੋ ਗਈ ਖਾਇ ॥

haumai mamataa mohanee manamukhaa no gee khaae |

By egotism and pride, the self-willed manmukhs are enticed, and consumed.

ਜੋ ਮੋਹਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਦੇ ਤਿਨਾ ਵਿਆਪਿ ਰਹੀ ਲਪਟਾਇ ॥

jo mohi doojai chit laaeide tinaa viaap rahee lapattaae |

Those who center their consciousness on duality are caught in it, and remain stuck.

ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਰਜਾਲੀਐ ਤਾ ਏਹ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਜਾਇ ॥

gur kai sabad parajaaleeai taa eeh vichahu jaae |

But when it is burnt away by the Word of the Guru's Shabad, only then does it depart from within.

ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਉਜਲਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

tan man hovai ujalaa naam vasai man aae |

The body and mind become radiant and bright, and the Naam, the Name of the Lord, comes to dwell within the mind.

ਨਾਨਕ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਾ ਮਾਰਣੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥

naanak maaeaa kaa maaran har naam hai guramukh paaeaa jaae |1|

O Nanak, the Lord's Name is the antidote to Maya; the Gurmukh obtains it. ||1||