ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 1 |

Gauree, First Mehl:

ਉਲਟਿਓ ਕਮਲੁ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥

aulattio kamal braham beechaar |

The inverted heart-lotus has been turned upright, through reflective meditation on God.

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਧਾਰ ਗਗਨਿ ਦਸ ਦੁਆਰਿ ॥

amrit dhaar gagan das duaar |

From the Sky of the Tenth Gate, the Ambrosial Nectar trickles down.

ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣੁ ਬੇਧਿਆ ਆਪਿ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥੧॥

tribhavan bedhiaa aap muraar |1|

The Lord Himself is pervading the three worlds. ||1||

ਰੇ ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਭਰਮੁ ਨ ਕੀਜੈ ॥

re man mere bharam na keejai |

O my mind, do not give in to doubt.

ਮਨਿ ਮਾਨਿਐ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਰਸੁ ਪੀਜੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

man maaniai amrit ras peejai |1| rahaau |

When the mind surrenders to the Name, it drinks in the essence of Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||

ਜਨਮੁ ਜੀਤਿ ਮਰਣਿ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥

janam jeet maran man maaniaa |

So win the game of life; let your mind surrender and accept death.

ਆਪਿ ਮੂਆ ਮਨੁ ਮਨ ਤੇ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥

aap mooaa man man te jaaniaa |

When the self dies, the individual mind comes to know the Supreme Mind.

ਨਜਰਿ ਭਈ ਘਰੁ ਘਰ ਤੇ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥੨॥

najar bhee ghar ghar te jaaniaa |2|

As the inner vision is awakened, one comes to know one's own home, deep within the self. ||2||

ਜਤੁ ਸਤੁ ਤੀਰਥੁ ਮਜਨੁ ਨਾਮਿ ॥

jat sat teerath majan naam |

The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is austerity, chastity and cleansing baths at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

ਅਧਿਕ ਬਿਥਾਰੁ ਕਰਉ ਕਿਸੁ ਕਾਮਿ ॥

adhik bithaar krau kis kaam |

What good are ostentatious displays?

ਨਰ ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਅੰਤਰਜਾਮਿ ॥੩॥

nar naaraaein antarajaam |3|

The All-pervading Lord is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||3||

ਆਨ ਮਨਉ ਤਉ ਪਰ ਘਰ ਜਾਉ ॥

aan mnau tau par ghar jaau |

If I had faith in someone else, then I would go to that one's house.

ਕਿਸੁ ਜਾਚਉ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋ ਥਾਉ ॥

kis jaachau naahee ko thaau |

But where should I go, to beg? There is no other place for me.

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਉ ॥੪॥੮॥

naanak guramat sehaj samaau |4|8|

O Nanak, through the Guru's Teachings, I am intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||4||8||