ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੧ ॥

salok mahalaa 1 |

Salok, First Mehl:

ਜੀਉ ਪਾਇ ਤਨੁ ਸਾਜਿਆ ਰਖਿਆ ਬਣਤ ਬਣਾਇ ॥

jeeo paae tan saajiaa rakhiaa banat banaae |

He placed the soul in the body which He had fashioned. He protects the Creation which He has created.

ਅਖੀ ਦੇਖੈ ਜਿਹਵਾ ਬੋਲੈ ਕੰਨੀ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

akhee dekhai jihavaa bolai kanee surat samaae |

With their eyes, they see, and with their tongues, they speak; with their ears, they bring the mind to awareness.

ਪੈਰੀ ਚਲੈ ਹਥੀ ਕਰਣਾ ਦਿਤਾ ਪੈਨੈ ਖਾਇ ॥

pairee chalai hathee karanaa ditaa painai khaae |

With their feet, they walk, and with their hands, they work; they wear and eat whatever is given.

ਜਿਨਿ ਰਚਿ ਰਚਿਆ ਤਿਸਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਅੰਧਾ ਅੰਧੁ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

jin rach rachiaa tiseh na jaanai andhaa andh kamaae |

They do not know the One who created the Creation. The blind fools do their dark deeds.

ਜਾ ਭਜੈ ਤਾ ਠੀਕਰੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਘਾੜਤ ਘੜੀ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

jaa bhajai taa ttheekar hovai ghaarrat gharree na jaae |

When the pitcher of the body breaks and shatters into pieces, it cannot be re-created again.

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਹਿ ਪਤਿ ਪਤਿ ਵਿਣੁ ਪਾਰਿ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥੧॥

naanak gur bin naeh pat pat vin paar na paae |1|

O Nanak, without the Guru, there is no honor; without honor, no one is carried across. ||1||