ਗੂਜਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

goojaree mahalaa 5 |

Goojaree, Fifth Mehl:

ਮਤਾ ਕਰੈ ਪਛਮ ਕੈ ਤਾਈ ਪੂਰਬ ਹੀ ਲੈ ਜਾਤ ॥

mataa karai pachham kai taaee poorab hee lai jaat |

He decides to go to the west, but the Lord leads him away to the east.

ਖਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਥਾਪਿ ਉਥਾਪਨਹਾਰਾ ਆਪਨ ਹਾਥਿ ਮਤਾਤ ॥੧॥

khin meh thaap uthaapanahaaraa aapan haath mataat |1|

In an instant, He establishes and disestablishes; He holds all matters in His hands. ||1||

ਸਿਆਨਪ ਕਾਹੂ ਕਾਮਿ ਨ ਆਤ ॥

siaanap kaahoo kaam na aat |

Cleverness is of no use at all.

ਜੋ ਅਨਰੂਪਿਓ ਠਾਕੁਰਿ ਮੇਰੈ ਹੋਇ ਰਹੀ ਉਹ ਬਾਤ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jo anaroopio tthaakur merai hoe rahee uh baat |1| rahaau |

Whatever my Lord and Master deems to be right - that alone comes to pass. ||1||Pause||

ਦੇਸੁ ਕਮਾਵਨ ਧਨ ਜੋਰਨ ਕੀ ਮਨਸਾ ਬੀਚੇ ਨਿਕਸੇ ਸਾਸ ॥

des kamaavan dhan joran kee manasaa beeche nikase saas |

In his desire to acquire land and accumulate wealth, one's breath escapes him.

ਲਸਕਰ ਨੇਬ ਖਵਾਸ ਸਭ ਤਿਆਗੇ ਜਮ ਪੁਰਿ ਊਠਿ ਸਿਧਾਸ ॥੨॥

lasakar neb khavaas sabh tiaage jam pur aootth sidhaas |2|

He must leave all his armies, assistants and servants; rising up, he departs to the City of Death. ||2||

ਹੋਇ ਅਨੰਨਿ ਮਨਹਠ ਕੀ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਤਾ ਆਪਸ ਕਉ ਜਾਨਾਤ ॥

hoe anan manahatth kee drirrataa aapas kau jaanaat |

Believing himself to be unique, he clings to his stubborn mind, and shows himself off.

ਜੋ ਅਨਿੰਦੁ ਨਿੰਦੁ ਕਰਿ ਛੋਡਿਓ ਸੋਈ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਖਾਤ ॥੩॥

jo anind nind kar chhoddio soee fir fir khaat |3|

That food, which the blameless people have condemned and discarded, he eats again and again. ||3||

ਸਹਜ ਸੁਭਾਇ ਭਏ ਕਿਰਪਾਲਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਜਨ ਕੀ ਕਾਟੀ ਫਾਸ ॥

sehaj subhaae bhe kirapaalaa tis jan kee kaattee faas |

One, unto whom the Lord shows His natural mercy, has the noose of Death cut away from him.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਭੇਟਿਆ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ਗਿਰਸਤ ਉਦਾਸ ॥੪॥੪॥੫॥

kahu naanak gur pooraa bhettiaa paravaan girasat udaas |4|4|5|

Says Nanak, one who meets the Perfect Guru, is celebrated as a householder as well as a renunciate. ||4||4||5||