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Ang 1261Raag MalaarGuru Guru Amardas

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||