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Ang 30Siree RaagGuru Guru Amardas

ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

sireeraag mahalaa 3 |

Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

ਸਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸੇਵੀਐ ਸਚੁ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਦੇਇ ॥

sachaa saahib seveeai sach vaddiaaee dee |

Serve your True Lord and Master, and you shall be blessed with true greatness.

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਦੂਰਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥

gur parasaadee man vasai haumai door karee |

By Guru's Grace, He abides in the mind, and egotism is driven out.

ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਧਾਵਤੁ ਤਾ ਰਹੈ ਜਾ ਆਪੇ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥੧॥

eihu man dhaavat taa rahai jaa aape nadar karee |1|

This wandering mind comes to rest, when the Lord casts His Glance of Grace. ||1||

ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ॥

bhaaee re guramukh har naam dhiaae |

O Siblings of Destiny, become Gurmukh, and meditate on the Name of the Lord.

ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਸਦ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਹਲੀ ਪਾਵੈ ਥਾਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

naam nidhaan sad man vasai mahalee paavai thaau |1| rahaau |

The Treasure of the Naam abides forever within the mind, and one's place of rest is found in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||1||Pause||

ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਅੰਧੁ ਹੈ ਤਿਸ ਨਉ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਠਾਉ ॥

manamukh man tan andh hai tis nau tthaur na tthaau |

The minds and bodies of the self-willed manmukhs are filled with darkness; they find no shelter, no place of rest.

ਬਹੁ ਜੋਨੀ ਭਉਦਾ ਫਿਰੈ ਜਿਉ ਸੁੰਞੈਂ ਘਰਿ ਕਾਉ ॥

bahu jonee bhaudaa firai jiau sunyain ghar kaau |

Through countless incarnations they wander lost, like crows in a deserted house.

ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਘਟਿ ਚਾਨਣਾ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਉ ॥੨॥

guramatee ghatt chaananaa sabad milai har naau |2|

Through the Guru's Teachings, the heart is illuminated. Through the Shabad, the Name of the Lord is received. ||2||

ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਅੰਧੁ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ਗੁਬਾਰ ॥

trai gun bikhiaa andh hai maaeaa moh gubaar |

In the corruption of the three qualities, there is blindness; in attachment to Maya, there is darkness.

ਲੋਭੀ ਅਨ ਕਉ ਸੇਵਦੇ ਪੜਿ ਵੇਦਾ ਕਰੈ ਪੂਕਾਰ ॥

lobhee an kau sevade parr vedaa karai pookaar |

The greedy people serve others, instead of the Lord, although they loudly announce their reading of scriptures.

ਬਿਖਿਆ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਪਚਿ ਮੁਏ ਨਾ ਉਰਵਾਰੁ ਨ ਪਾਰੁ ॥੩॥

bikhiaa andar pach mue naa uravaar na paar |3|

They are burnt to death by their own corruption; they are not at home, on either this shore or the one beyond. ||3||

ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਜਗਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਪਾਲਿ ॥

maaeaa mohi visaariaa jagat pitaa pratipaal |

In attachment to Maya, they have forgotten the Father, the Cherisher of the World.

ਬਾਝਹੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਅਚੇਤੁ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਬਧੀ ਜਮਕਾਲਿ ॥

baajhahu guroo achet hai sabh badhee jamakaal |

Without the Guru, all are unconscious; they are held in bondage by the Messenger of Death.

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਉਬਰੇ ਸਚਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਮਾਲਿ ॥੪॥੧੦॥੪੩॥

naanak guramat ubare sachaa naam samaal |4|10|43|

O Nanak, through the Guru's Teachings, you shall be saved, contemplating the True Name. ||4||10||43||