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ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

gaurree guaareree mahalaa 5 |

Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਜਾਣੈ ਇਹੁ ਤਨੁ ਮੇਰਾ ॥

praanee jaanai ihu tan meraa |

The mortal claims this body as his own.

ਬਹੁਰਿ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਉਆਹੂ ਲਪਟੇਰਾ ॥

bahur bahur uaahoo lapatteraa |

Again and again, he clings to it.

ਪੁਤ੍ਰ ਕਲਤ੍ਰ ਗਿਰਸਤ ਕਾ ਫਾਸਾ ॥

putr kalatr girasat kaa faasaa |

He is entangled with his children, his wife and household affairs.

ਹੋਨੁ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਰਾਮ ਕੇ ਦਾਸਾ ॥੧॥

hon na paaeeai raam ke daasaa |1|

He cannot be the slave of the Lord. ||1||

ਕਵਨ ਸੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਜਿਤੁ ਰਾਮ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ॥

kavan su bidh jit raam gun gaae |

What is that way, by which the Lord's Praises might be sung?

ਕਵਨ ਸੁ ਮਤਿ ਜਿਤੁ ਤਰੈ ਇਹ ਮਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

kavan su mat jit tarai ih maae |1| rahaau |

What is that intellect, by which this person might swim across, O mother? ||1||Pause||

ਜੋ ਭਲਾਈ ਸੋ ਬੁਰਾ ਜਾਨੈ ॥

jo bhalaaee so buraa jaanai |

That which is for his own good, he thinks is evil.

ਸਾਚੁ ਕਹੈ ਸੋ ਬਿਖੈ ਸਮਾਨੈ ॥

saach kahai so bikhai samaanai |

If someone tells him the truth, he looks upon that as poison.

ਜਾਣੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਜੀਤ ਅਰੁ ਹਾਰ ॥

jaanai naahee jeet ar haar |

He cannot tell victory from defeat.

ਇਹੁ ਵਲੇਵਾ ਸਾਕਤ ਸੰਸਾਰ ॥੨॥

eihu valevaa saakat sansaar |2|

This is the way of life in the world of the faithless cynic. ||2||

ਜੋ ਹਲਾਹਲ ਸੋ ਪੀਵੈ ਬਉਰਾ ॥

jo halaahal so peevai bauraa |

The demented fool drinks in the deadly poison,

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਾਨੈ ਕਰਿ ਕਉਰਾ ॥

amrit naam jaanai kar kauraa |

while he believes the Ambrosial Naam to be bitter.

ਸਾਧਸੰਗ ਕੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਨੇਰਿ ॥

saadhasang kai naahee ner |

He does not even approach the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy;

ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਭ੍ਰਮਤਾ ਫੇਰਿ ॥੩॥

lakh chauraaseeh bhramataa fer |3|

he wanders lost through 8.4 million incarnations. ||3||

ਏਕੈ ਜਾਲਿ ਫਹਾਏ ਪੰਖੀ ॥

ekai jaal fahaae pankhee |

The birds are caught in the net of Maya;

ਰਸਿ ਰਸਿ ਭੋਗ ਕਰਹਿ ਬਹੁ ਰੰਗੀ ॥

ras ras bhog kareh bahu rangee |

immersed in the pleasures of love, they frolic in so many ways.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਸੁ ਭਏ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲ ॥

kahu naanak jis bhe kripaal |

Says Nanak, the Perfect Guru has cut away the noose from those,

ਗੁਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਤਾ ਕੇ ਕਾਟੇ ਜਾਲ ॥੪॥੧੩॥੮੨॥

gur poorai taa ke kaatte jaal |4|13|82|

Unto whom the Lord has shown His Mercy. ||4||13||82||