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Ang 1359Salok SehshkriteeGuru Guru Arjan

ਅਚੇਤ ਮੂੜਾ ਨ ਜਾਣੰਤ ਘਟੰਤ ਸਾਸਾ ਨਿਤ ਪ੍ਰਤੇ ॥

achet moorraa na jaanant ghattant saasaa nit prate |

The thoughtless fool does not know that each day, his breaths are being used up.

ਛਿਜੰਤ ਮਹਾ ਸੁੰਦਰੀ ਕਾਂਇਆ ਕਾਲ ਕੰਨਿਆ ਗ੍ਰਾਸਤੇ ॥

chhijant mahaa sundaree kaaneaa kaal kaniaa graasate |

His most beautiful body is wearing away; old age, the daughter of death, has seized it.

ਰਚੰਤਿ ਪੁਰਖਹ ਕੁਟੰਬ ਲੀਲਾ ਅਨਿਤ ਆਸਾ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਬਿਨੋਦ ॥

rachant purakhah kuttanb leelaa anit aasaa bikhiaa binod |

He is engrossed in family play; placing his hopes in transitory things, he indulges in corrupt pleasures.

ਭ੍ਰਮੰਤਿ ਭ੍ਰਮੰਤਿ ਬਹੁ ਜਨਮ ਹਾਰਿਓ ਸਰਣਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਰੁਣਾ ਮਯਹ ॥੬੧॥

bhramant bhramant bahu janam haario saran naanak karunaa mayah |61|

Wandering lost in countless incarnations, he is exhausted. Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Embodiment of Mercy. ||61||