ਮਲਾਰ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
malaar mahalaa 3 |
Malaar, Third Mehl:
ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਜੋਨਿ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਭਰਮਾਈ ॥
bhram bhram jon manamukh bharamaaee |
The self-willed manmukhs wander lost in reincarnation, confused and deluded by doubt.
ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਮਾਰੇ ਨਿਤ ਪਤਿ ਗਵਾਈ ॥
jamakaal maare nit pat gavaaee |
The Messenger of Death constantly beats them and disgraces them.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਜਮ ਕੀ ਕਾਣਿ ਚੁਕਾਈ ॥
satigur sevaa jam kee kaan chukaaee |
Serving the True Guru, the mortal's subservience to Death is ended.
ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਮਹਲੁ ਘਰੁ ਪਾਈ ॥੧॥
har prabh miliaa mehal ghar paaee |1|
He meets the Lord God, and enters the Mansion of His Presence. ||1||
ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ॥
praanee guramukh naam dhiaae |
O mortal, as Gurmukh, meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
ਜਨਮੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਖੋਇਆ ਕਉਡੀ ਬਦਲੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
janam padaarath dubidhaa khoeaa kauddee badalai jaae |1| rahaau |
In duality, you are ruining and wasting this priceless human life. You trade it away in exchange for a shell. ||1||Pause||
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਲਗੈ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥
kar kirapaa guramukh lagai piaar |
The Gurmukh falls in love with the Lord, by His Grace.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਉਰਿ ਧਾਰੁ ॥
antar bhagat har har ur dhaar |
He enshrines loving devotion to the Lord, Har, Har, deep within his heart.
ਭਵਜਲੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਲੰਘਾਵਣਹਾਰੁ ॥
bhavajal sabad langhaavanahaar |
The Word of the Shabad carries him across the terrifying world-ocean.
ਦਰਿ ਸਾਚੈ ਦਿਸੈ ਸਚਿਆਰੁ ॥੨॥
dar saachai disai sachiaar |2|
He appears true in the True Court of the Lord. ||2||
ਬਹੁ ਕਰਮ ਕਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
bahu karam kare satigur nahee paaeaa |
Performing all sorts of rituals, they do not find the True Guru.
ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੂਲੇ ਬਹੁ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
bin gur bharam bhoole bahu maaeaa |
Without the Guru, so many wander lost and confused in Maya.
ਹਉਮੈ ਮਮਤਾ ਬਹੁ ਮੋਹੁ ਵਧਾਇਆ ॥
haumai mamataa bahu mohu vadhaaeaa |
Egotism, possessiveness and attachment rise up and increase within them.
ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੩॥
doojai bhaae manamukh dukh paaeaa |3|
In the love of dualty, the self-willed manmukhs suffer in pain. ||3||
ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਅਗਮ ਅਥਾਹਾ ॥
aape karataa agam athaahaa |
The Creator Himself is Inaccessible and Infinite.
ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਜਪੀਐ ਸਚੁ ਲਾਹਾ ॥
gurasabadee japeeai sach laahaa |
Chant the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and earn the true profit.
ਹਾਜਰੁ ਹਜੂਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਵੇਪਰਵਾਹਾ ॥
haajar hajoor har veparavaahaa |
The Lord is Independent, Ever-present, here and now.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਹਾ ॥੪॥੨॥੧੧॥
naanak guramukh naam samaahaa |4|2|11|
O Nanak, the Gurmukh merges in the Naam. ||4||2||11||