ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਇਓਨੁ ਕਰਿ ਚੋਜ ਵਿਡਾਨੁ ॥

eihu jag aap upaaeon kar choj viddaan |

He Himself created this world, and staged this wondrous play.

ਪੰਚ ਧਾਤੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਪਾਈਅਨੁ ਮੋਹੁ ਝੂਠੁ ਗੁਮਾਨੁ ॥

panch dhaat vich paaeean mohu jhootth gumaan |

Into the body of the five elements, He infused attachment, falsehood and self-conceit.

ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ਭਵਾਈਐ ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਅਗਿਆਨੁ ॥

aavai jaae bhavaaeeai manamukh agiaan |

The ignorant, self-willed manmukh comes and goes, wandering in reincarnation.

ਇਕਨਾ ਆਪਿ ਬੁਝਾਇਓਨੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ॥

eikanaa aap bujhaaeon guramukh har giaan |

He Himself teaches some to become Gurmukh, through the spiritual wisdom of the Lord.

ਭਗਤਿ ਖਜਾਨਾ ਬਖਸਿਓਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ॥੪॥

bhagat khajaanaa bakhasion har naam nidhaan |4|

He blesses them with the treasure of devotional worship, and the wealth of the Lord's Name. ||4||