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paurree 22

ਲਖ ਧਿਆਨ ਸਮਾਧਿ ਲਾਇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰੂਪਿ ਨ ਅਪੜਿ ਸਕੈ ।

lakh dhiaan samaadh laae guramukh roop na aparr sakai |

Millions of meditational postures and concentrations cannot equal the form of the gurmukh.

ਲਖ ਗਿਆਨ ਵਖਾਣਿ ਕਰ ਸਬਦ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਉਡਾਰੀ ਥਕੈ ।

lakh giaan vakhaan kar sabad surat uddaaree thakai |

Millions got tired with learning and elaborations and with flights of consciousness to reach the divine Word.

ਬੁਧਿ ਬਲ ਬਚਨ ਬਿਬੇਕ ਲਖ ਢਹਿ ਢਹਿ ਪਵਨਿ ਪਿਰਮ ਦਰਿ ਧਕੈ ।

budh bal bachan bibek lakh dteh dteh pavan piram dar dhakai |

Millions of people using their intellect and powers talk of discerning wisdom but they fall and stagger, and, at the door of the Lord they get jolts and blows.

ਜੋਗ ਭੋਗ ਬੈਰਾਗ ਲਖ ਸਹਿ ਨ ਸਕਹਿ ਗੁਣ ਵਾਸੁ ਮਹਕੈ ।

jog bhog bairaag lakh seh na sakeh gun vaas mahakai |

Millions of yogis, pleasure seekers and recluses cannot bear the passions and fragrance of the three qualities of nature (sattv, rajas and tamas).

ਲਖ ਅਚਰਜ ਅਚਰਜ ਹੋਇ ਅਬਿਗਤਿ ਗਤਿ ਅਬਿਗਤਿ ਵਿਚਿ ਅਕੈ ।

lakh acharaj acharaj hoe abigat gat abigat vich akai |

Millions of wonderstruck people have got tired of the unmanifest nature of the unmanifest Lord.

ਵਿਸਮਾਦੀ ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਲਖ ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਸਹਮਿ ਸਹਕੈ ।

visamaadee visamaad lakh akath kathaa vich seham sahakai |

Millions are awe-struck, with the ineffable story of that wondrous Lord.

ਗੁਰਸਿਖੀ ਦੈ ਅਖਿ ਫਰਕੈ ।੨੨।੨੮। ਅਠਾਈ ।

gurasikhee dai akh farakai |22|28| atthaaee |

They all are equal to the delight of one moment of the life of a Sikh of the Guru.