ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਙੰਙਾ ਖਟੁ ਸਾਸਤ੍ਰ ਹੋਇ ਙਿਆਤਾ ॥

ngangaa khatt saasatr hoe ngiaataa |

NGANGA: He may be a scholar of the six Shaastras.

ਪੂਰਕੁ ਕੁੰਭਕ ਰੇਚਕ ਕਰਮਾਤਾ ॥

poorak kunbhak rechak karamaataa |

He may practice inhaling, exhaling and holding the breath.

ਙਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਤੀਰਥ ਇਸਨਾਨੀ ॥

ngiaan dhiaan teerath isanaanee |

He may practice spiritual wisdom, meditation, pilgrimages to sacred shrines and ritual cleansing baths.

ਸੋਮਪਾਕ ਅਪਰਸ ਉਦਿਆਨੀ ॥

somapaak aparas udiaanee |

He may cook his own food, and never touch anyone else's; he may live in the wilderness like a hermit.

ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਸੰਗਿ ਮਨਿ ਨਹੀ ਹੇਤਾ ॥

raam naam sang man nahee hetaa |

But if he does not enshrine love for the Lord's Name within his heart,

ਜੋ ਕਛੁ ਕੀਨੋ ਸੋਊ ਅਨੇਤਾ ॥

jo kachh keeno soaoo anetaa |

then everything he does is transitory.

ਉਆ ਤੇ ਊਤਮੁ ਗਨਉ ਚੰਡਾਲਾ ॥

auaa te aootam gnau chanddaalaa |

Even an untouchable pariah is superior to him,

ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਹ ਮਨਿ ਬਸਹਿ ਗੁਪਾਲਾ ॥੧੬॥

naanak jih man baseh gupaalaa |16|

O Nanak, if the Lord of the World abides in his mind. ||16||