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Ang 1283Raag MalaarGuru Guru Amardas

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

Salok, Third Mehl:

ਬਾਬੀਹਾ ਏਹੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਹੈ ਮਤ ਕੋ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਇ ॥

baabeehaa ehu jagat hai mat ko bharam bhulaae |

This world is a rainbird; let no one be deluded by doubt.

ਇਹੁ ਬਾਬੀਂਹਾ ਪਸੂ ਹੈ ਇਸ ਨੋ ਬੂਝਣੁ ਨਾਹਿ ॥

eihu baabeenhaa pasoo hai is no boojhan naeh |

This rainbird is an animal; it has no understanding at all.

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਹੈ ਜਿਤੁ ਪੀਤੈ ਤਿਖ ਜਾਇ ॥

amrit har kaa naam hai jit peetai tikh jaae |

The Name of the Lord is Ambrosial Nectar; drinking it in, thirst is quenched.

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਿਨੑ ਪੀਆ ਤਿਨੑ ਬਹੁੜਿ ਨ ਲਾਗੀ ਆਇ ॥੧॥

naanak guramukh jina peea tina bahurr na laagee aae |1|

O Nanak, those Gurmukhs who drink it in shall never again be afflicted by thirst. ||1||