ਗਉੜੀ₂ ॥

gaurree₂ |

Gauree :

ਜੋਗੀ ਕਹਹਿ ਜੋਗੁ ਭਲ ਮੀਠਾ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਈ ॥

jogee kaheh jog bhal meetthaa avar na doojaa bhaaee |

The Yogi says that Yoga is good and sweet, and nothing else is, O Siblings of Destiny.

ਰੁੰਡਿਤ ਮੁੰਡਿਤ ਏਕੈ ਸਬਦੀ ਏਇ ਕਹਹਿ ਸਿਧਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੧॥

runddit munddit ekai sabadee ee kaheh sidh paaee |1|

Those who shave their heads, and those who amputate their limbs, and those who utter only a single word, all say that they have attained the spiritual perfection of the Siddhas. ||1||

ਹਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਨੇ ਅੰਧਾ ॥

har bin bharam bhulaane andhaa |

Without the Lord, the blind ones are deluded by doubt.

ਜਾ ਪਹਿ ਜਾਉ ਆਪੁ ਛੁਟਕਾਵਨਿ ਤੇ ਬਾਧੇ ਬਹੁ ਫੰਧਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jaa peh jaau aap chhuttakaavan te baadhe bahu fandhaa |1| rahaau |

And those, to whom I go to find release - they themselves are bound by all sorts of chains. ||1||Pause||

ਜਹ ਤੇ ਉਪਜੀ ਤਹੀ ਸਮਾਨੀ ਇਹ ਬਿਧਿ ਬਿਸਰੀ ਤਬ ਹੀ ॥

jeh te upajee tahee samaanee ih bidh bisaree tab hee |

The soul is re-absorbed into that from which it originated, when one leaves this path of errors.

ਪੰਡਿਤ ਗੁਣੀ ਸੂਰ ਹਮ ਦਾਤੇ ਏਹਿ ਕਹਹਿ ਬਡ ਹਮ ਹੀ ॥੨॥

panddit gunee soor ham daate ehi kaheh badd ham hee |2|

The scholarly Pandits, the virtuous, the brave and the generous, all assert that they alone are great. ||2||

ਜਿਸਹਿ ਬੁਝਾਏ ਸੋਈ ਬੂਝੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਬੂਝੇ ਕਿਉ ਰਹੀਐ ॥

jiseh bujhaae soee boojhai bin boojhe kiau raheeai |

He alone understands, whom the Lord inspires to understand. Without understanding, what can anyone do?

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਅੰਧੇਰਾ ਚੂਕੈ ਇਨ ਬਿਧਿ ਮਾਣਕੁ ਲਹੀਐ ॥੩॥

satigur milai andheraa chookai in bidh maanak laheeai |3|

Meeting the True Guru, the darkness is dispelled, and in this way, the jewel is obtained. ||3||

ਤਜਿ ਬਾਵੇ ਦਾਹਨੇ ਬਿਕਾਰਾ ਹਰਿ ਪਦੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜੁ ਕਰਿ ਰਹੀਐ ॥

taj baave daahane bikaaraa har pad drirr kar raheeai |

Give up the evil actions of your left and right hands, and grasp hold of the Feet of the Lord.

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਗੂੰਗੈ ਗੁੜੁ ਖਾਇਆ ਪੂਛੇ ਤੇ ਕਿਆ ਕਹੀਐ ॥੪॥੭॥੫੧॥

kahu kabeer goongai gurr khaaeaa poochhe te kiaa kaheeai |4|7|51|

Says Kabeer, the mute has tasted the molasses, but what can he say about it if he is asked? ||4||7||51||