ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਘਰੁ ੩ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ ॥

maaroo mahalaa 5 ghar 3 asattapadeea |

Maaroo, Fifth Mehl, Third House, Ashtpadheeyaa:

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਭ੍ਰਮਤੇ ਭ੍ਰਮਤੇ ਦੁਲਭ ਜਨਮੁ ਅਬ ਪਾਇਓ ॥੧॥

lakh chauraaseeh bhramate bhramate dulabh janam ab paaeo |1|

Wandering and roaming through 8.4 million incarnations, you have now been given this human life, so difficult to obtain. ||1||

ਰੇ ਮੂੜੇ ਤੂ ਹੋਛੈ ਰਸਿ ਲਪਟਾਇਓ ॥

re moorre too hochhai ras lapattaaeo |

You fool! You are attached and clinging to such trivial pleasures!

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਸੰਗਿ ਬਸਤੁ ਹੈ ਤੇਰੈ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਸਿਉ ਉਰਝਾਇਓ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

amrit sang basat hai terai bikhiaa siau urajhaaeo |1| rahaau |

The Ambrosial Nectar abides with you, but you are engrossed in sin and corruption. ||1||Pause||

ਰਤਨ ਜਵੇਹਰ ਬਨਜਨਿ ਆਇਓ ਕਾਲਰੁ ਲਾਦਿ ਚਲਾਇਓ ॥੨॥

ratan javehar banajan aaeo kaalar laad chalaaeo |2|

You have come to trade in gems and jewels, but you have loaded only barren soil. ||2||

ਜਿਹ ਘਰ ਮਹਿ ਤੁਧੁ ਰਹਨਾ ਬਸਨਾ ਸੋ ਘਰੁ ਚੀਤਿ ਨ ਆਇਓ ॥੩॥

jih ghar meh tudh rahanaa basanaa so ghar cheet na aaeo |3|

That home within which you live - you have not kept that home in your thoughts. ||3||

ਅਟਲ ਅਖੰਡ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਸੁਖਦਾਈ ਇਕ ਨਿਮਖ ਨਹੀ ਤੁਝੁ ਗਾਇਓ ॥੪॥

attal akhandd praan sukhadaaee ik nimakh nahee tujh gaaeo |4|

He is immovable, indestructible, the Giver of peace to the soul; and yet you do not sing His Praises, even for an instant. ||4||

ਜਹਾ ਜਾਣਾ ਸੋ ਥਾਨੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਓ ਇਕ ਨਿਮਖ ਨਹੀ ਮਨੁ ਲਾਇਓ ॥੫॥

jahaa jaanaa so thaan visaario ik nimakh nahee man laaeo |5|

You have forgotten that place where you must go; you have not attached your mind to the Lord, even for an instant. ||5||

ਪੁਤ੍ਰ ਕਲਤ੍ਰ ਗ੍ਰਿਹ ਦੇਖਿ ਸਮਗ੍ਰੀ ਇਸ ਹੀ ਮਹਿ ਉਰਝਾਇਓ ॥੬॥

putr kalatr grih dekh samagree is hee meh urajhaaeo |6|

Gazing upon your children, spouse, household and paraphernalia, you are entangled in them. ||6||

ਜਿਤੁ ਕੋ ਲਾਇਓ ਤਿਤ ਹੀ ਲਾਗਾ ਤੈਸੇ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਇਓ ॥੭॥

jit ko laaeo tith hee laagaa taise karam kamaaeo |7|

As God links the mortals, so are they linked, and so are the deeds they do. ||7||

ਜਉ ਭਇਓ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਤਾ ਸਾਧਸੰਗੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਓ ॥੮॥੧॥

jau bheo kripaal taa saadhasang paaeaa jan naanak braham dhiaaeo |8|1|

When He becomes Merciful, then the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is found; servant Nanak meditates on God. ||8||1||