ਵਡਹੰਸੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

vaddahans mahalaa 3 |

Wadahans, Third Mehl:

ਇਹੁ ਸਰੀਰੁ ਜਜਰੀ ਹੈ ਇਸ ਨੋ ਜਰੁ ਪਹੁਚੈ ਆਏ ॥

eihu sareer jajaree hai is no jar pahuchai aae |

This body is frail; old age is overtaking it.

ਗੁਰਿ ਰਾਖੇ ਸੇ ਉਬਰੇ ਹੋਰੁ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮੈ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਏ ॥

gur raakhe se ubare hor mar jamai aavai jaae |

Those who are protected by the Guru are saved, while others die, to be reincarnated; they continue coming and going.

ਹੋਰਿ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮਹਿ ਆਵਹਿ ਜਾਵਹਿ ਅੰਤਿ ਗਏ ਪਛੁਤਾਵਹਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥

hor mar jameh aaveh jaaveh ant ge pachhutaaveh bin naavai sukh na hoee |

Others die, to be reincarnated; they continue coming and going, and in the end, they depart regretfully. Without the Name, there is no peace.

ਐਥੈ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਸੋ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਵੈ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਹੈ ਪਤਿ ਖੋਈ ॥

aithai kamaavai so fal paavai manamukh hai pat khoee |

As one acts here, so does he obtain his rewards; the self-willed manmukh loses his honor.

ਜਮ ਪੁਰਿ ਘੋਰ ਅੰਧਾਰੁ ਮਹਾ ਗੁਬਾਰੁ ਨਾ ਤਿਥੈ ਭੈਣ ਨ ਭਾਈ ॥

jam pur ghor andhaar mahaa gubaar naa tithai bhain na bhaaee |

In the City of Death, there is pitch darkness, and huge clouds of dust; neither sister nor brother is there.

ਇਹੁ ਸਰੀਰੁ ਜਜਰੀ ਹੈ ਇਸ ਨੋ ਜਰੁ ਪਹੁਚੈ ਆਈ ॥੧॥

eihu sareer jajaree hai is no jar pahuchai aaee |1|

This body is frail; old age is overtaking it. ||1||

ਕਾਇਆ ਕੰਚਨੁ ਤਾਂ ਥੀਐ ਜਾਂ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਲਏ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥

kaaeaa kanchan taan theeai jaan satigur le milaae |

The body becomes like gold, when the True Guru unites one with Himself.

ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਕਟੀਐ ਸਚੜੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਏ ॥

bhram maaeaa vichahu katteeai sacharrai naam samaae |

Doubt and Maya have been removed from within me, and I am merged in the Naam, the True Name of the Lord.

ਸਚੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਏ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਏ ਮਿਲਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ॥

sachai naam samaae har gun gaae mil preetam sukh paae |

Merged in the True Name of the Lord, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord; meeting my Beloved, I have found peace.

ਸਦਾ ਅਨੰਦਿ ਰਹੈ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਹੰਉਮੈ ਜਾਏ ॥

sadaa anand rahai din raatee vichahu hnaumai jaae |

I am in constant bliss, day and night; egotism has been dispelled from within me.

ਜਿਨੀ ਪੁਰਖੀ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਆ ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਹੰਉ ਲਾਗਉ ਪਾਏ ॥

jinee purakhee har naam chit laaeaa tin kai hnau laagau paae |

I fall at the feet of those who enshrine the Naam within their consciousness.

ਕਾਂਇਆ ਕੰਚਨੁ ਤਾਂ ਥੀਐ ਜਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਲਏ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥੨॥

kaaneaa kanchan taan theeai jaa satigur le milaae |2|

The body becomes like gold, when the True Guru unites one with Himself. ||2||

ਸੋ ਸਚਾ ਸਚੁ ਸਲਾਹੀਐ ਜੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਦੇਇ ਬੁਝਾਏ ॥

so sachaa sach salaaheeai je satigur dee bujhaae |

We truly praise the True Lord, when the True Guru imparts understanding.

ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਣੀਆ ਕਿਆ ਮੁਹੁ ਦੇਸਨਿ ਆਗੈ ਜਾਏ ॥

bin satigur bharam bhulaaneea kiaa muhu desan aagai jaae |

Without the True Guru, they are deluded by doubt; going to the world hereafter, what face will they display?

ਕਿਆ ਦੇਨਿ ਮੁਹੁ ਜਾਏ ਅਵਗੁਣਿ ਪਛੁਤਾਏ ਦੁਖੋ ਦੁਖੁ ਕਮਾਏ ॥

kiaa den muhu jaae avagun pachhutaae dukho dukh kamaae |

What face will they show, when they go there? They will regret and repent for their sins; their actions will bring them only pain and suffering.

ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੀਆ ਸੇ ਰੰਗਿ ਚਲੂਲਾ ਪਿਰ ਕੈ ਅੰਕਿ ਸਮਾਏ ॥

naam rateea se rang chaloolaa pir kai ank samaae |

Those who are imbued with the Naam are dyed in the deep crimson color of the Lord's Love; they merge into the Being of their Husband Lord.

ਤਿਸੁ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਸੂਝਈ ਕਿਸੁ ਆਗੈ ਕਹੀਐ ਜਾਏ ॥

tis jevadd avar na soojhee kis aagai kaheeai jaae |

I can conceive of no other as great as the Lord; unto whom should I go and speak?

ਸੋ ਸਚਾ ਸਚੁ ਸਲਾਹੀਐ ਜੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਦੇਇ ਬੁਝਾਏ ॥੩॥

so sachaa sach salaaheeai je satigur dee bujhaae |3|

We truly praise the True Lord, when the True Guru imparts understanding. ||3||

ਜਿਨੀ ਸਚੜਾ ਸਚੁ ਸਲਾਹਿਆ ਹੰਉ ਤਿਨ ਲਾਗਉ ਪਾਏ ॥

jinee sacharraa sach salaahiaa hnau tin laagau paae |

I fall at the feet of those who praise the Truest of the True.

ਸੇ ਜਨ ਸਚੇ ਨਿਰਮਲੇ ਤਿਨ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਮਲੁ ਸਭ ਜਾਏ ॥

se jan sache niramale tin miliaa mal sabh jaae |

Those humble beings are true, and immaculately pure; meeting them, all filth is washed off.

ਤਿਨ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਮਲੁ ਸਭ ਜਾਏ ਸਚੈ ਸਰਿ ਨਾਏ ਸਚੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਏ ॥

tin miliaa mal sabh jaae sachai sar naae sachai sehaj subhaae |

Meeting them, all filth is washed off; bathing in the Pool of Truth, one becomes truthful, with intuitive ease.

ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਅਗਮੁ ਅਗੋਚਰੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਦੀਆ ਬੁਝਾਏ ॥

naam niranjan agam agochar satigur deea bujhaae |

The True Guru has given me the realization of the Naam, the Immaculate Name of the Lord, the unfathomable, the imperceptible.

ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਏ ॥

anadin bhagat kareh rang raate naanak sach samaae |

Those who perform devotional worship to the Lord night and day, are imbued with His Love; O Nanak, they are absorbed in the True Lord.

ਜਿਨੀ ਸਚੜਾ ਸਚੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਹੰਉ ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਲਾਗਉ ਪਾਏ ॥੪॥੪॥

jinee sacharraa sach dhiaaeaa hnau tin kai laagau paae |4|4|

I fall at the feet of those who meditate on the Truest of the True. ||4||4||