ਕਾਨੜਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

kaanarraa mahalaa 5 |

Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

ਰੰਗਾ ਰੰਗ ਰੰਗਨ ਕੇ ਰੰਗਾ ॥

rangaa rang rangan ke rangaa |

The Playful Lord imbues all with the Color of His Love.

ਕੀਟ ਹਸਤ ਪੂਰਨ ਸਭ ਸੰਗਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

keett hasat pooran sabh sangaa |1| rahaau |

From the ant to the elephant, He is permeating and pervading all. ||1||Pause||

ਬਰਤ ਨੇਮ ਤੀਰਥ ਸਹਿਤ ਗੰਗਾ ॥

barat nem teerath sahit gangaa |

Some go on fasts, make vows, and take pilgrimages to sacred shrines on the Ganges.

ਜਲੁ ਹੇਵਤ ਭੂਖ ਅਰੁ ਨੰਗਾ ॥

jal hevat bhookh ar nangaa |

They stand naked in the water, enduring hunger and poverty.

ਪੂਜਾਚਾਰ ਕਰਤ ਮੇਲੰਗਾ ॥

poojaachaar karat melangaa |

They sit cross-legged, perform worship services and do good deeds.

ਚਕ੍ਰ ਕਰਮ ਤਿਲਕ ਖਾਟੰਗਾ ॥

chakr karam tilak khaattangaa |

They apply religious symbols to their bodies, and ceremonial marks to their limbs.

ਦਰਸਨੁ ਭੇਟੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਸੰਗਾ ॥੧॥

darasan bhette bin satasangaa |1|

They read through the Shaastras, but they do not join the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. ||1||

ਹਠਿ ਨਿਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਅਤਿ ਰਹਤ ਬਿਟੰਗਾ ॥

hatth nigreh at rehat bittangaa |

They stubbornly practice ritualistic postures, standing on their heads.

ਹਉ ਰੋਗੁ ਬਿਆਪੈ ਚੁਕੈ ਨ ਭੰਗਾ ॥

hau rog biaapai chukai na bhangaa |

They are afflicted with the disease of egotism, and their faults are not covered up.

ਕਾਮ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਅਤਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨ ਜਰੰਗਾ ॥

kaam krodh at trisan jarangaa |

They burn in the fire of sexual frustration, unresolved anger and compulsive desire.

ਸੋ ਮੁਕਤੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਸੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਚੰਗਾ ॥੨॥੩॥੩੬॥

so mukat naanak jis satigur changaa |2|3|36|

He alone is liberated, O Nanak, whose True Guru is Good. ||2||3||36||