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Ang 1131Raag BhairaoGuru Guru Amardas

ਭੈਰਉ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

bhairau mahalaa 3 |

Bhairao, Third Mehl:

ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਜਿਨ ਕੈ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਸਾਚਾ ਸੋਈ ॥

sabad beechaare so jan saachaa jin kai hiradai saachaa soee |

That humble being who contemplates the Word of the Shabad is true; the True Lord is within his heart.

ਸਾਚੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਤਾਂ ਤਨਿ ਦੂਖੁ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੧॥

saachee bhagat kareh din raatee taan tan dookh na hoee |1|

If someone performs true devotional worship day and night, then his body will not feel pain. ||1||

ਭਗਤੁ ਭਗਤੁ ਕਹੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ॥

bhagat bhagat kahai sabh koee |

Everyone calls him, "Devotee, devotee."

ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੇ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

bin satigur seve bhagat na paaeeai poorai bhaag milai prabh soee |1| rahaau |

But without serving the True Guru, devotional worship is not obtained. Only through perfect destiny does one meet God. ||1||Pause||

ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮੂਲੁ ਗਵਾਵਹਿ ਲਾਭੁ ਮਾਗਹਿ ਲਾਹਾ ਲਾਭੁ ਕਿਦੂ ਹੋਈ ॥

manamukh mool gavaaveh laabh maageh laahaa laabh kidoo hoee |

The self-willed manmukhs lose their capital, and still, they demand profits. How can they earn any profit?

ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਸਦਾ ਹੈ ਸਿਰ ਊਪਰਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਪਤਿ ਖੋਈ ॥੨॥

jamakaal sadaa hai sir aoopar doojai bhaae pat khoee |2|

The Messenger of Death is always hovering above their heads. In the love of duality, they lose their honor. ||2||

ਬਹਲੇ ਭੇਖ ਭਵਹਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਰੋਗੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥

bahale bhekh bhaveh din raatee haumai rog na jaaee |

Trying on all sorts of religious robes, they wander around day and night, but the disease of their egotism is not cured.

ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਲੂਝਹਿ ਬਾਦੁ ਵਖਾਣਹਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਗਵਾਈ ॥੩॥

parr parr loojheh baad vakhaaneh mil maaeaa surat gavaaee |3|

Reading and studying, they argue and debate; attached to Maya, they lose their awareness. ||3||

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਪਰਮ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥

satigur seveh param gat paaveh naam milai vaddiaaee |

Those who serve the True Guru are blessed with the supreme status; through the Naam, they are blessed with glorious greatness.

ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਿਨਾ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਦਰਿ ਸਾਚੈ ਪਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੪॥੪॥੧੪॥

naanak naam jinaa man vasiaa dar saachai pat paaee |4|4|14|

O Nanak, those whose minds are filled with the Naam, are honored in the Court of the True Lord. ||4||4||14||