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Ang 356Raag AasaaGuru Guru Nanak

ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਪੰਚਪਦੇ₂ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 panchapade₂ |

Aasaa, First Mehl, Panch-Padhay:

ਮੋਹੁ ਕੁਟੰਬੁ ਮੋਹੁ ਸਭ ਕਾਰ ॥

mohu kuttanb mohu sabh kaar |

Your attachment to your family, your attachment to all your affairs

ਮੋਹੁ ਤੁਮ ਤਜਹੁ ਸਗਲ ਵੇਕਾਰ ॥੧॥

mohu tum tajahu sagal vekaar |1|

- renounce all your attachments, for they are all corrupt. ||1||

ਮੋਹੁ ਅਰੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਤਜਹੁ ਤੁਮੑ ਬੀਰ ॥

mohu ar bharam tajahu tuma beer |

Renounce your attachments and doubts, O brother,

ਸਾਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੇ ਰਵੈ ਸਰੀਰ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

saach naam ride ravai sareer |1| rahaau |

and dwell upon the True Name within your heart and body. ||1||Pause||

ਸਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਾ ਨਵ ਨਿਧਿ ਪਾਈ ॥

sach naam jaa nav nidh paaee |

When one receives the nine treasures of the True Name,

ਰੋਵੈ ਪੂਤੁ ਨ ਕਲਪੈ ਮਾਈ ॥੨॥

rovai poot na kalapai maaee |2|

his children do not weep, and his mother does not grieve. ||2||

ਏਤੁ ਮੋਹਿ ਡੂਬਾ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥

et mohi ddoobaa sansaar |

In this attachment, the world is drowning.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੋਈ ਉਤਰੈ ਪਾਰਿ ॥੩॥

guramukh koee utarai paar |3|

Few are the Gurmukhs who swim across. ||3||

ਏਤੁ ਮੋਹਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੂਨੀ ਪਾਹਿ ॥

et mohi fir joonee paeh |

In this attachment, people are reincarnated over and over again.

ਮੋਹੇ ਲਾਗਾ ਜਮ ਪੁਰਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥੪॥

mohe laagaa jam pur jaeh |4|

Attached to emotional attachment, they go to the city of Death. ||4||

ਗੁਰ ਦੀਖਿਆ ਲੇ ਜਪੁ ਤਪੁ ਕਮਾਹਿ ॥

gur deekhiaa le jap tap kamaeh |

You have received the Guru's Teachings - now practice meditation and penance.

ਨਾ ਮੋਹੁ ਤੂਟੈ ਨਾ ਥਾਇ ਪਾਹਿ ॥੫॥

naa mohu toottai naa thaae paeh |5|

If attachment is not broken, no one is approved. ||5||

ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਾ ਏਹੁ ਮੋਹੁ ਜਾਇ ॥

nadar kare taa ehu mohu jaae |

But if He bestows His Glance of Grace, then this attachment departs.

ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੬॥੨੩॥

naanak har siau rahai samaae |6|23|

O Nanak, then one remains merged in the Lord. ||6||23||