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Ang 1289Raag MalaarGuru Guru Nanak

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਪੜੑੀਐ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਾਲਾਹ ਹੋਰਿ ਬੁਧਂ‍ੀ ਮਿਥਿਆ ॥

parraeeai naam saalaah hor budhanee mithiaa |

Read the Praise of the Lord's Name; other intellectual pursuits are false.

ਬਿਨੁ ਸਚੇ ਵਾਪਾਰ ਜਨਮੁ ਬਿਰਥਿਆ ॥

bin sache vaapaar janam birathiaa |

Without dealing in Truth, life is worthless.

ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰੁ ਨ ਕਿਨ ਹੀ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

ant na paaraavaar na kin hee paaeaa |

No one has ever found the Lord's end or limitation.

ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਗਰਬਿ ਗੁਬਾਰੁ ਤਿਨ ਸਚੁ ਨ ਭਾਇਆ ॥

sabh jag garab gubaar tin sach na bhaaeaa |

All the world is enveloped by the darkness of egotistical pride. It does not like the Truth.

ਚਲੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ਤਾਵਣਿ ਤਤਿਆ ॥

chale naam visaar taavan tatiaa |

Those who depart from this world, forgetting the Naam, shall be roasted in the frying pan.

ਬਲਦੀ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਤੇਲੁ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਘਤਿਆ ॥

baladee andar tel dubidhaa ghatiaa |

They pour the oil of duality within, and burn.

ਆਇਆ ਉਠੀ ਖੇਲੁ ਫਿਰੈ ਉਵਤਿਆ ॥

aaeaa utthee khel firai uvatiaa |

They come into the world and wander around aimlessly; they depart when the play is finished.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੈ ਮੇਲੁ ਸਚੈ ਰਤਿਆ ॥੨੪॥

naanak sachai mel sachai ratiaa |24|

O Nanak, imbued with Truth, the mortals merge in Truth. ||24||