ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਅਕਲ ਕਲਾ ਨਹ ਪਾਈਐ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਅਲਖ ਅਲੇਖੰ ॥

akal kalaa neh paaeeai prabh alakh alekhan |

God is not found by intellectual devices; He is unknowable and unseen.

ਖਟੁ ਦਰਸਨ ਭ੍ਰਮਤੇ ਫਿਰਹਿ ਨਹ ਮਿਲੀਐ ਭੇਖੰ ॥

khatt darasan bhramate fireh neh mileeai bhekhan |

The followers of the six orders wander and roam around wearing religious robes, but they do not meet God.

ਵਰਤ ਕਰਹਿ ਚੰਦ੍ਰਾਇਣਾ ਸੇ ਕਿਤੈ ਨ ਲੇਖੰ ॥

varat kareh chandraaeinaa se kitai na lekhan |

They keep the lunar fasts, but they are of no account.

ਬੇਦ ਪੜਹਿ ਸੰਪੂਰਨਾ ਤਤੁ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਪੇਖੰ ॥

bed parreh sanpooranaa tat saar na pekhan |

Those who read the Vedas in their entirety, still do not see the sublime essence of reality.

ਤਿਲਕੁ ਕਢਹਿ ਇਸਨਾਨੁ ਕਰਿ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਕਾਲੇਖੰ ॥

tilak kadteh isanaan kar antar kaalekhan |

They apply ceremonial marks to their foreheads, and take cleansing baths, but they are blackened within.

ਭੇਖੀ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਨ ਲਭਈ ਵਿਣੁ ਸਚੀ ਸਿਖੰ ॥

bhekhee prabhoo na labhee vin sachee sikhan |

They wear religious robes, but without the True Teachings, God is not found.

ਭੂਲਾ ਮਾਰਗਿ ਸੋ ਪਵੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਧੁਰਿ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਲੇਖੰ ॥

bhoolaa maarag so pavai jis dhur masatak lekhan |

One who had strayed, finds the Path again, if such pre-ordained destiny is written on his forehead.

ਤਿਨਿ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਵਾਰਿਆ ਆਪਣਾ ਜਿਨਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਅਖੀ ਦੇਖੰ ॥੧੩॥

tin janam savaariaa aapanaa jin gur akhee dekhan |13|

One who sees the Guru with his eyes, embellishes and exalts his human life. ||13||