ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
maajh mahalaa 3 |
Maajh, Third Mehl:
ਐਥੈ ਸਾਚੇ ਸੁ ਆਗੈ ਸਾਚੇ ॥
aithai saache su aagai saache |
Those who are True here, are True hereafter as well.
ਮਨੁ ਸਚਾ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਰਾਚੇ ॥
man sachaa sachai sabad raache |
That mind is true, which is attuned to the True Shabad.
ਸਚਾ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥
sachaa seveh sach kamaaveh sacho sach kamaavaniaa |1|
They serve the True One, and practice Truth; they earn Truth, and only Truth. ||1||
ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਸਚਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਵਣਿਆ ॥
hau vaaree jeeo vaaree sachaa naam man vasaavaniaa |
I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those whose minds are filled with the True Name.
ਸਚੇ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਹਿ ਸਚੇ ਕੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
sache seveh sach samaaveh sache ke gun gaavaniaa |1| rahaau |
They serve the True One, and are absorbed into the True One, singing the Glorious Praises of the True One. ||1||Pause||
ਪੰਡਿਤ ਪੜਹਿ ਸਾਦੁ ਨ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥
panddit parreh saad na paaveh |
The Pandits, the religious scholars read, but they do not taste the essence.
ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਨੁ ਭਰਮਾਵਹਿ ॥
doojai bhaae maaeaa man bharamaaveh |
In love with duality and Maya, their minds wander, unfocused.
ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਸਭ ਸੁਧਿ ਗਵਾਈ ਕਰਿ ਅਵਗਣ ਪਛੋਤਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥
maaeaa mohi sabh sudh gavaaee kar avagan pachhotaavaniaa |2|
The love of Maya has displaced all their understanding; making mistakes, they live in regret. ||2||
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤਾ ਤਤੁ ਪਾਏ ॥
satigur milai taa tat paae |
But if they should meet the True Guru, then they obtain the essence of reality;
ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਏ ॥
har kaa naam man vasaae |
the Name of the Lord comes to dwell in their minds.
ਸਬਦਿ ਮਰੈ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰੈ ਅਪੁਨਾ ਮੁਕਤੀ ਕਾ ਦਰੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥
sabad marai man maarai apunaa mukatee kaa dar paavaniaa |3|
Those who die in the Shabad and subdue their own minds, obtain the door of liberation. ||3||
ਕਿਲਵਿਖ ਕਾਟੈ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਨਿਵਾਰੇ ॥
kilavikh kaattai krodh nivaare |
They erase their sins, and eliminate their anger;
ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਰਖੈ ਉਰ ਧਾਰੇ ॥
gur kaa sabad rakhai ur dhaare |
they keep the Guru's Shabad clasped tightly to their hearts.
ਸਚਿ ਰਤੇ ਸਦਾ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥
sach rate sadaa bairaagee haumai maar milaavaniaa |4|
Those who are attuned to Truth, remain balanced and detached forever. Subduing their egotism, they are united with the Lord. ||4||
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਰਤਨੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ॥
antar ratan milai milaaeaa |
Deep within the nucleus of the self is the jewel; we receive it only if the Lord inspires us to receive it.
ਤ੍ਰਿਬਿਧਿ ਮਨਸਾ ਤ੍ਰਿਬਿਧਿ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
tribidh manasaa tribidh maaeaa |
The mind is bound by the three dispositions-the three modes of Maya.
ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਮੋਨੀ ਥਕੇ ਚਉਥੇ ਪਦ ਕੀ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥
parr parr panddit monee thake chauthe pad kee saar na paavaniaa |5|
Reading and reciting, the Pandits, the religious scholars, and the silent sages have grown weary, but they have not found the supreme essence of the fourth state. ||5||
ਆਪੇ ਰੰਗੇ ਰੰਗੁ ਚੜਾਏ ॥
aape range rang charraae |
The Lord Himself dyes us in the color of His Love.
ਸੇ ਜਨ ਰਾਤੇ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਰੰਗਾਏ ॥
se jan raate gur sabad rangaae |
Only those who are steeped in the Word of the Guru's Shabad are so imbued with His Love.
ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗੁ ਚੜਿਆ ਅਤਿ ਅਪਾਰਾ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਰਸਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥
har rang charriaa at apaaraa har ras ras gun gaavaniaa |6|
Imbued with the most beautiful color of the Lord's Love, they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, with great pleasure and joy. ||6||
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਿਧਿ ਸਿਧਿ ਸਚੁ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਸੋਈ ॥
guramukh ridh sidh sach sanjam soee |
To the Gurmukh, the True Lord is wealth, miraculous spiritual powers and strict self-discipline.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਨਾਮਿ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥
guramukh giaan naam mukat hoee |
Through the spiritual wisdom of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the Gurmukh is liberated.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਾਰ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ਸਚੇ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥
guramukh kaar sach kamaaveh sache sach samaavaniaa |7|
The Gurmukh practices Truth, and is absorbed in the Truest of the True. ||7||
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਥਾਪੇ ਥਾਪਿ ਉਥਾਪੇ ॥
guramukh thaape thaap uthaape |
The Gurmukh realizes that the Lord alone creates, and having created, He destroys.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਤਿ ਪਤਿ ਸਭੁ ਆਪੇ ॥
guramukh jaat pat sabh aape |
To the Gurmukh, the Lord Himself is social class, status and all honor.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਏ ਨਾਮੇ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੧੨॥੧੩॥
naanak guramukh naam dhiaae naame naam samaavaniaa |8|12|13|
O Nanak, the Gurmukhs meditate on the Naam; through the Naam, they merge in the Naam. ||8||12||13||