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Ang 1Vaar 5Bhai Gurdas

ਜਤੀ ਸਤੀ ਚਿਰੁ ਜੀਵਣੇ ਸਾਧਿਕ ਸਿਧ ਨਾਥ ਗੁਰ ਚੇਲੇ ।

jatee satee chir jeevane saadhik sidh naath gur chele |

Many are the celebates, the abiders of truth, the immortal ones, the siddhs, nathas, and the teachers and the taughts.

ਦੇਵੀ ਦੇਵ ਰਿਖੀਸੁਰਾ ਭੈਰਉ ਖੇਤ੍ਰਪਾਲ ਬਹੁ ਮੇਲੇ ।

devee dev rikheesuraa bhairau khetrapaal bahu mele |

Many are the goodesses, gods, rsis, bhairavs and the protectors of the regions.

ਗਣ ਗੰਧਰਬ ਅਪਛਰਾ ਕਿੰਨਰ ਜਛ ਚਲਿਤ ਬਹੁ ਖੇਲੇ ।

gan gandharab apachharaa kinar jachh chalit bahu khele |

Many are the gans (ghosts), gandharvs (celestial singers), nymphs, and kinnars who perform differently.

ਰਾਖਸ ਦਾਨੋਂ ਦੈਤ ਲਖ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਉ ਦੁਹੇਲੇ ।

raakhas daanon dait lakh andar doojaa bhaau duhele |

Imbued with duality, many are the raksasas, the demons and the giants.

ਹਉਮੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਸਭ ਕੋ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਰਸ ਕੇਲੇ ।

haumai andar sabh ko guramukh saadhasangat ras kele |

All are controlled by the ego and the Gurmukhs take pleasure in the holy congregation.

ਇਕ ਮਨ ਇਕੁ ਅਰਾਧਣਾ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇ ਸੁਹੇਲੇ ।

eik man ik araadhanaa guramat aap gavaae suhele |

There they, accepting the Guru's wisdom, shed away their selfhood.

ਚਲਣੁ ਜਾਣਿ ਪਏ ਸਿਰਿ ਤੇਲੇ ।੬।

chalan jaan pe sir tele |6|

(In India while going to get married the girl applies oil to her hair and understands well that now she is going to leave her parental home) Similarly Gurmukhs always having oil applied to their heads are ever ready to depart from this world.