ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

maaroo mahalaa 3 |

Maaroo, Third Mehl:

ਮਾਰੂ ਤੇ ਸੀਤਲੁ ਕਰੇ ਮਨੂਰਹੁ ਕੰਚਨੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

maaroo te seetal kare manoorahu kanchan hoe |

He transforms the burning desert into a cool oasis; he transmutes rusted iron into gold.

ਸੋ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਲਾਹੀਐ ਤਿਸੁ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੧॥

so saachaa saalaaheeai tis jevadd avar na koe |1|

So praise the True Lord; there is none other as great as He is. ||1||

ਮੇਰੇ ਮਨ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਧਿਆਇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਉ ॥

mere man anadin dhiaae har naau |

O my mind, night and day, meditate on the Lord's Name.

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਬਚਨਿ ਅਰਾਧਿ ਤੂ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

satigur kai bachan araadh too anadin gun gaau |1| rahaau |

Contemplate the Word of the Guru's Teachings, and sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, night and day. ||1||Pause||

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਏਕੋ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਜਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਦੇਇ ਬੁਝਾਇ ॥

guramukh eko jaaneeai jaa satigur dee bujhaae |

As Gurmukh, one comes to know the One Lord, when the True Guru instructs him.

ਸੋ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸਾਲਾਹੀਐ ਜਿਦੂ ਏਹ ਸੋਝੀ ਪਾਇ ॥੨॥

so satigur saalaaheeai jidoo eeh sojhee paae |2|

Praise the True Guru, who imparts this understanding. ||2||

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਛੋਡਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਲਗੇ ਕਿਆ ਕਰਨਿ ਅਗੈ ਜਾਇ ॥

satigur chhodd doojai lage kiaa karan agai jaae |

Those who forsake the True Guru, and attach themselves to duality - what will they do when they go to the world hereafter?

ਜਮ ਪੁਰਿ ਬਧੇ ਮਾਰੀਅਹਿ ਬਹੁਤੀ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਜਾਇ ॥੩॥

jam pur badhe maareeeh bahutee milai sajaae |3|

Bound and gagged in the City of Death, they will be beaten. They will be punished severely. ||3||

ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਵੇਪਰਵਾਹੁ ਹੈ ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਤਮਾਇ ॥

meraa prabh veparavaahu hai naa tis til na tamaae |

My God is independent and self-sufficient; he does not have even an iota of greed.

ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਰਣਾਈ ਭਜਿ ਪਉ ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੪॥੫॥

naanak tis saranaaee bhaj pau aape bakhas milaae |4|5|

O Nanak, run to His Sanctuary; granting His forgiveness, He merges us into Himself. ||4||5||