ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

Salok, Third Mehl:

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਸਫਲੁ ਹੈ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਕਰੇ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥

satigur kee sevaa safal hai je ko kare chit laae |

Service to the True Guru is fruitful and rewarding, if one performs it with his mind focused on it.

ਮਨਿ ਚਿੰਦਿਆ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਵਣਾ ਹਉਮੈ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਜਾਇ ॥

man chindiaa fal paavanaa haumai vichahu jaae |

The fruits of the mind's desires are obtained, and egotism departs from within.

ਬੰਧਨ ਤੋੜੈ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਹੋਇ ਸਚੇ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

bandhan torrai mukat hoe sache rahai samaae |

His bonds are broken, and he is liberated; he remains absorbed in the True Lord.

ਇਸੁ ਜਗ ਮਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਲਭੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

eis jag meh naam alabh hai guramukh vasai man aae |

It is so difficult to obtain the Naam in this world; it comes to dwell in the mind of the Gurmukh.

ਨਾਨਕ ਜੋ ਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਆਪਣਾ ਹਉ ਤਿਨ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੈ ਜਾਉ ॥੧॥

naanak jo gur seveh aapanaa hau tin balihaarai jaau |1|

O Nanak, I am a sacrifice to one who serves his True Guru. ||1||