ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਰਾਗੀ ਨਾਦੀ ਬੇਦਿ ॥

n bheejai raagee naadee bed |

He is not won over by music, songs or the Vedas.

ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਸੁਰਤੀ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਜੋਗਿ ॥

n bheejai suratee giaanee jog |

He is not won over by intuitive wisdom, meditation or Yoga.

ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਸੋਗੀ ਕੀਤੈ ਰੋਜਿ ॥

n bheejai sogee keetai roj |

He is not won over by feeling sad and depressed forever.

ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਰੂਪਂ‍ੀ ਮਾਲਂ‍ੀ ਰੰਗਿ ॥

n bheejai roopanee maalanee rang |

He is not won over by beauty, wealth and pleasures.

ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਤੀਰਥਿ ਭਵਿਐ ਨੰਗਿ ॥

n bheejai teerath bhaviai nang |

He is not won over by wandering naked at sacred shrines.

ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਦਾਤਂ‍ੀ ਕੀਤੈ ਪੁੰਨਿ ॥

n bheejai daatanee keetai pun |

He is not won over by giving donations in charity.

ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਬੈਠਿਆ ਸੁੰਨਿ ॥

n bheejai baahar baitthiaa sun |

He is not won over by living alone in the wilderness.

ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਭੇੜਿ ਮਰਹਿ ਭਿੜਿ ਸੂਰ ॥

n bheejai bherr mareh bhirr soor |

He is not won over by fighting and dying as a warrior in battle.

ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਕੇਤੇ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਧੂੜ ॥

n bheejai kete hoveh dhoorr |

He is not won over by becoming the dust of the masses.

ਲੇਖਾ ਲਿਖੀਐ ਮਨ ਕੈ ਭਾਇ ॥

lekhaa likheeai man kai bhaae |

The account is written of the loves of the mind.

ਨਾਨਕ ਭੀਜੈ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੨॥

naanak bheejai saachai naae |2|

O Nanak, the Lord is won over only by His Name. ||2||