ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mahalaa 3 |

Third Mehl:

ਅੰਤਰਿ ਕਪਟੁ ਭਗਉਤੀ ਕਹਾਏ ॥

antar kapatt bhgautee kahaae |

He is full of deceit, and yet he calls himself a devotee of Bhagaautee.

ਪਾਖੰਡਿ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਪਾਏ ॥

paakhandd paarabraham kade na paae |

Through hypocrisy, he shall never attain the Supreme Lord God.

ਪਰ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਰੇ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਮਲੁ ਲਾਏ ॥

par nindaa kare antar mal laae |

He slanders others, and pollutes himself with his own filth.

ਬਾਹਰਿ ਮਲੁ ਧੋਵੈ ਮਨ ਕੀ ਜੂਠਿ ਨ ਜਾਏ ॥

baahar mal dhovai man kee jootth na jaae |

Outwardly, he washes off the filth, but the impurity of his mind does not go away.

ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਸਿਉ ਬਾਦੁ ਰਚਾਏ ॥

satasangat siau baad rachaae |

He argues with the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation.

ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਦੁਖੀਆ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਰਚਾਏ ॥

anadin dukheea doojai bhaae rachaae |

Night and day, he suffers, engrossed in the love of duality.

ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੇਤੈ ਬਹੁ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਏ ॥

har naam na chetai bahu karam kamaae |

He does not remember the Name of the Lord, but still, he performs all sorts of empty rituals.

ਪੂਰਬ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਸੁ ਮੇਟਣਾ ਨ ਜਾਏ ॥

poorab likhiaa su mettanaa na jaae |

That which is pre-ordained cannot be erased.

ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੇ ਮੋਖੁ ਨ ਪਾਏ ॥੩॥

naanak bin satigur seve mokh na paae |3|

O Nanak, without serving the True Guru, liberation is not obtained. ||3||