ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਨਾਵਣ ਚਲੇ ਤੀਰਥੀ ਮਨਿ ਖੋਟੈ ਤਨਿ ਚੋਰ ॥

naavan chale teerathee man khottai tan chor |

They go and bathe at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, but their minds are still evil, and their bodies are thieves.

ਇਕੁ ਭਾਉ ਲਥੀ ਨਾਤਿਆ ਦੁਇ ਭਾ ਚੜੀਅਸੁ ਹੋਰ ॥

eik bhaau lathee naatiaa due bhaa charreeas hor |

Some of their filth is washed off by these baths, but they only accumulate twice as much.

ਬਾਹਰਿ ਧੋਤੀ ਤੂਮੜੀ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਵਿਸੁ ਨਿਕੋਰ ॥

baahar dhotee toomarree andar vis nikor |

Like a gourd, they may be washed off on the outside, but on the inside, they are still filled with poison.

ਸਾਧ ਭਲੇ ਅਣਨਾਤਿਆ ਚੋਰ ਸਿ ਚੋਰਾ ਚੋਰ ॥੨॥

saadh bhale ananaatiaa chor si choraa chor |2|

The holy man is blessed, even without such bathing, while a thief is a thief, no matter how much he bathes. ||2||