ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਵਸਤ੍ਰ ਪਖਾਲਿ ਪਖਾਲੇ ਕਾਇਆ ਆਪੇ ਸੰਜਮਿ ਹੋਵੈ ॥

vasatr pakhaal pakhaale kaaeaa aape sanjam hovai |

They wash their clothes, and scrub their bodies, and try to practice self-discipline.

ਅੰਤਰਿ ਮੈਲੁ ਲਗੀ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਣੈ ਬਾਹਰਹੁ ਮਲਿ ਮਲਿ ਧੋਵੈ ॥

antar mail lagee nahee jaanai baaharahu mal mal dhovai |

But they are not aware of the filth staining their inner being, while they try and try to wash off the outer dirt.

ਅੰਧਾ ਭੂਲਿ ਪਇਆ ਜਮ ਜਾਲੇ ॥

andhaa bhool peaa jam jaale |

The blind go astray, caught by the noose of Death.

ਵਸਤੁ ਪਰਾਈ ਅਪੁਨੀ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਨੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਘਾਲੇ ॥

vasat paraaee apunee kar jaanai haumai vich dukh ghaale |

They see other people's property as their own, and in egotism, they suffer in pain.

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਤੁਟੈ ਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵੈ ॥

naanak guramukh haumai tuttai taa har har naam dhiaavai |

O Nanak, the egotism of the Gurmukhs is broken, and then, they meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪੇ ਨਾਮੋ ਆਰਾਧੇ ਨਾਮੇ ਸੁਖਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੨॥

naam jape naamo aaraadhe naame sukh samaavai |2|

They chant the Naam, meditate on the Naam, and through the Naam, they are absorbed in peace. ||2||