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Ang 651Raag SorathGuru Guru Amardas

ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

Salok, Third Mehl:

ਜਨਮ ਜਨਮ ਕੀ ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਕਉ ਮਲੁ ਲਾਗੀ ਕਾਲਾ ਹੋਆ ਸਿਆਹੁ ॥

janam janam kee is man kau mal laagee kaalaa hoaa siaahu |

The filth of countless incarnations sticks to this mind; it has become pitch black.

ਖੰਨਲੀ ਧੋਤੀ ਉਜਲੀ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਜੇ ਸਉ ਧੋਵਣਿ ਪਾਹੁ ॥

khanalee dhotee ujalee na hovee je sau dhovan paahu |

The oily rag cannot be cleaned by merely washing it, even if it is washed a hundred times.

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਜੀਵਤੁ ਮਰੈ ਉਲਟੀ ਹੋਵੈ ਮਤਿ ਬਦਲਾਹੁ ॥

gur parasaadee jeevat marai ulattee hovai mat badalaahu |

By Guru's Grace, one remains dead while yet alive; his intellect is transformed, and he becomes detached from the world.

ਨਾਨਕ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਲਗਈ ਨਾ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੋਨੀ ਪਾਹੁ ॥੧॥

naanak mail na lagee naa fir jonee paahu |1|

O Nanak, no filth sticks to him, and he does not fall into the womb again. ||1||