ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mahalaa 3 |

Third Mehl:

ਸਫਲਿਓ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਧੰਨੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥

safalio satigur seviaa dhan janam paravaan |

Service to the True Guru is fruitful and rewarding; blessed and acceptable is such a life.

ਜਿਨਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਜੀਵਦਿਆ ਮੁਇਆ ਨ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਸੇਈ ਪੁਰਖ ਸੁਜਾਣ ॥

jinaa satigur jeevadiaa mueaa na visarai seee purakh sujaan |

Those who do not forget the True Guru, in life and in death, are truly wise people.

ਕੁਲੁ ਉਧਾਰੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥

kul udhaare aapanaa so jan hovai paravaan |

Their families are saved, and they are approved by the Lord.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮੁਏ ਜੀਵਦੇ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ਹਹਿ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਜਨਮਿ ਮਰਾਹਿ ॥

guramukh mue jeevade paravaan heh manamukh janam maraeh |

The Gurmukhs are approved in death as in life, while the self-willed manmukhs continue the cycle of birth and death.

ਨਾਨਕ ਮੁਏ ਨ ਆਖੀਅਹਿ ਜਿ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਮਾਹਿ ॥੨॥

naanak mue na aakheeeh ji gur kai sabad samaeh |2|

O Nanak, they are not described as dead, who are absorbed in the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||2||