ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਲਖ ਨੇਕੀਆ ਚੰਗਿਆਈਆ ਲਖ ਪੁੰਨਾ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥

lakh nekeea changiaaeea lakh punaa paravaan |

Hundreds of thousands of virtues and good actions, and hundreds of thousands of blessed charities,

ਲਖ ਤਪ ਉਪਰਿ ਤੀਰਥਾਂ ਸਹਜ ਜੋਗ ਬੇਬਾਣ ॥

lakh tap upar teerathaan sehaj jog bebaan |

hundreds of thousands of penances at sacred shrines, and the practice of Sehj Yoga in the wilderness,

ਲਖ ਸੂਰਤਣ ਸੰਗਰਾਮ ਰਣ ਮਹਿ ਛੁਟਹਿ ਪਰਾਣ ॥

lakh sooratan sangaraam ran meh chhutteh paraan |

hundreds of thousands of courageous actions and giving up the breath of life on the field of battle,

ਲਖ ਸੁਰਤੀ ਲਖ ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਪੜੀਅਹਿ ਪਾਠ ਪੁਰਾਣ ॥

lakh suratee lakh giaan dhiaan parreeeh paatth puraan |

hundreds of thousands of divine understandings, hundreds of thousands of divine wisdoms and meditations and readings of the Vedas and the Puraanas

ਜਿਨਿ ਕਰਤੈ ਕਰਣਾ ਕੀਆ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣੁ ॥

jin karatai karanaa keea likhiaa aavan jaan |

- before the Creator who created the creation, and who ordained coming and going,

ਨਾਨਕ ਮਤੀ ਮਿਥਿਆ ਕਰਮੁ ਸਚਾ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥੨॥

naanak matee mithiaa karam sachaa neesaan |2|

O Nanak, all these things are false. True is the Insignia of His Grace. ||2||