ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ਘਰੁ ੬ ॥
soohee mahalaa 4 ghar 6 |
Soohee, Fourth Mehl, Sixth House:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik oankaar satigur prasaad |
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਨੀਚ ਜਾਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਪਤਿਆ ਉਤਮ ਪਦਵੀ ਪਾਇ ॥
neech jaat har japatiaa utam padavee paae |
When someone of low social class chants the Lord's Name, he obtains the state of highest dignity.
ਪੂਛਹੁ ਬਿਦਰ ਦਾਸੀ ਸੁਤੈ ਕਿਸਨੁ ਉਤਰਿਆ ਘਰਿ ਜਿਸੁ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥
poochhahu bidar daasee sutai kisan utariaa ghar jis jaae |1|
Go and ask Bidar, the son of a maid; Krishna himself stayed in his house. ||1||
ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਜਨ ਭਾਈ ਜਿਤੁ ਸਹਸਾ ਦੂਖ ਭੂਖ ਸਭ ਲਹਿ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
har kee akath kathaa sunahu jan bhaaee jit sahasaa dookh bhookh sabh leh jaae |1| rahaau |
Listen, O humble Siblings of Destiny, to the Unspoken Speech of the Lord; it removes all anxiety, pain and hunger. ||1||Pause||
ਰਵਿਦਾਸੁ ਚਮਾਰੁ ਉਸਤਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਨਿਮਖ ਇਕ ਗਾਇ ॥
ravidaas chamaar usatat kare har keerat nimakh ik gaae |
Ravi Daas, the leather-worker, praised the Lord, and sang the Kirtan of His Praises each and every instant.
ਪਤਿਤ ਜਾਤਿ ਉਤਮੁ ਭਇਆ ਚਾਰਿ ਵਰਨ ਪਏ ਪਗਿ ਆਇ ॥੨॥
patit jaat utam bheaa chaar varan pe pag aae |2|
Although he was of low social status, he was exalted and elevated, and people of all four castes came and bowed at his feet. ||2||
ਨਾਮਦੇਅ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਲਗੀ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਲੋਕੁ ਛੀਪਾ ਕਹੈ ਬੁਲਾਇ ॥
naamadea preet lagee har setee lok chheepaa kahai bulaae |
Naam Dayv loved the Lord; the people called him a fabric dyer.
ਖਤ੍ਰੀ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ ਪਿਠਿ ਦੇ ਛੋਡੇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਦੇਉ ਲੀਆ ਮੁਖਿ ਲਾਇ ॥੩॥
khatree braahaman pitth de chhodde har naamadeo leea mukh laae |3|
The Lord turned His back on the high-class Kh'shaatriyas and Brahmins, and showed His face to Naam Dayv. ||3||
ਜਿਤਨੇ ਭਗਤ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਕਾ ਮੁਖਿ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਤਿਨ ਤਿਲਕੁ ਕਢਾਇ ॥
jitane bhagat har sevakaa mukh atthasatth teerath tin tilak kadtaae |
All of the devotees and servants of the Lord have the tilak, the ceremonial mark, applied to their foreheads at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.
ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਪਰਸੇ ਜੇ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਇ ॥੪॥੧॥੮॥
jan naanak tin kau anadin parase je kripaa kare har raae |4|1|8|
Servant Nanak shall touch their feet night and day, if the Lord, the King, grants His Grace. ||4||1||8||