← Back to Gurbani Library
Ang 374Raag AasaaGuru Guru Arjan

ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਇਕਤੁਕੇ ੨ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 5 ikatuke 2 |

Aasaa, Fifth Mehl, Ek-Thukay 2 :

ਜੀਵਤ ਦੀਸੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਰਪਰ ਮਰਣਾ ॥

jeevat deesai tis sarapar maranaa |

One who is seen to be alive, shall surely die.

ਮੁਆ ਹੋਵੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਰਹਣਾ ॥੧॥

muaa hovai tis nihachal rahanaa |1|

But he who is dead shall remain ever-lasting. ||1||

ਜੀਵਤ ਮੁਏ ਮੁਏ ਸੇ ਜੀਵੇ ॥

jeevat mue mue se jeeve |

Those who die while yet alive, shall through this death, live on.

ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਵਖਧੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਰਸੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਵੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

har har naam avakhadh mukh paaeaa gurasabadee ras amrit peeve |1| rahaau |

They place the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, as medicine in their mouths, and through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they drink in the Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||

ਕਾਚੀ ਮਟੁਕੀ ਬਿਨਸਿ ਬਿਨਾਸਾ ॥

kaachee mattukee binas binaasaa |

The clay pot of the body shall be broken.

ਜਿਸੁ ਛੂਟੈ ਤ੍ਰਿਕੁਟੀ ਤਿਸੁ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ॥੨॥

jis chhoottai trikuttee tis nij ghar vaasaa |2|

One who has eliminated the three qualities dwells in the home of his inner self. ||2||

ਊਚਾ ਚੜੈ ਸੁ ਪਵੈ ਪਇਆਲਾ ॥

aoochaa charrai su pavai peaalaa |

One who climbs high, shall fall into the nether regions of the underworld.

ਧਰਨਿ ਪੜੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਲਗੈ ਨ ਕਾਲਾ ॥੩॥

dharan parrai tis lagai na kaalaa |3|

One who lies upon the ground, shall not be touched by death. ||3||

ਭ੍ਰਮਤ ਫਿਰੇ ਤਿਨ ਕਿਛੂ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

bhramat fire tin kichhoo na paaeaa |

Those who continue to wander around, achieve nothing.

ਸੇ ਅਸਥਿਰ ਜਿਨ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥੪॥

se asathir jin gurasabad kamaaeaa |4|

Those who practice the Guru's Teachings, become steady and stable. ||4||

ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਸਭੁ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਮਾਲੁ ॥

jeeo pindd sabh har kaa maal |

This body and soul all belong to the Lord.

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਭਏ ਨਿਹਾਲ ॥੫॥੧੩॥

naanak gur mil bhe nihaal |5|13|

O Nanak, meeting the Guru, I am enraptured. ||5||13||