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Ang 1Vaar 1Bhai Gurdas

ਕਲਿਜੁਗ ਕੀ ਸੁਣ ਸਾਧਨਾ ਕਰਮ ਕਿਰਤਿ ਕੀ ਚਲੈ ਨ ਕਾਈ ।

kalijug kee sun saadhanaa karam kirat kee chalai na kaaee |

Now listen to the discipline of kaliyug wherein nobody cares for the rituals.

ਬਿਨਾ ਭਜਨ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਕੇ ਭਾਉ ਭਗਤਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਠਉੜਿ ਨ ਥਾਈ ।

binaa bhajan bhagavaan ke bhaau bhagat bin tthaurr na thaaee |

Without loving devotion none will get any place anywhere.

ਲਹੇ ਕਮਾਣਾ ਏਤ ਜੁਗਿ ਪਿਛਲੀ ਜੁਗੀਂ ਕਰੀ ਕਮਾਈ ।

lahe kamaanaa et jug pichhalee jugeen karee kamaaee |

Because of the disciplined life in the previous ages, the human form has been obtained in kaliyug.

ਪਾਇਆ ਮਾਨਸ ਦੇਹਿ ਕਉ ਐਥੌ ਚੁਕਿਆ ਠੌਰ ਨ ਠਾਈ ।

paaeaa maanas dehi kau aithau chukiaa tthauar na tthaaee |

Now if this opportunity slipped, no occasion and place would be made available.

ਕਲਿਜੁਗਿ ਕੇ ਉਪਕਾਰਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਜੈਸੇ ਬੇਦ ਅਥਰਵਣ ਗਾਈ ।

kalijug ke upakaar sun jaise bed atharavan gaaee |

As has been said in the Atharvaveda, listen to the redeeming features of kaliyug.

ਭਾਉ ਭਗਤਿ ਪਰਵਾਨੁ ਹੈ ਜਗ ਹੋਮ ਗੁਰਪੁਰਬਿ ਕਮਾਈ ।

bhaau bhagat paravaan hai jag hom gurapurab kamaaee |

Now feeingful devotion only is acceptable; yajna, burnt offering and worship of the human guru was the discipline of the earlier ages.

ਕਰਿ ਕੇ ਨੀਚ ਸਦਾਵਣਾ ਤਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਲੇਖੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਪਾਈ ।

kar ke neech sadaavanaa taan prabh lekhai andar paaee |

If somebody now, in spite of being a doer, erases from his self this sense and prefers to be called lowly, only then he can remain in the good books of the Lord.

ਕਲਿਜੁਗਿ ਨਾਵੈ ਕੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ।੧੬।

kalijug naavai kee vaddiaaee |16|

In Kaliyug, only repeating the name of Lord is considered grand.