ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੨ ॥

salok mahalaa 2 |

Salok, Second Mehl:

ਕਥਾ ਕਹਾਣੀ ਬੇਦਂ‍ੀ ਆਣੀ ਪਾਪੁ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

kathaa kahaanee bedanee aanee paap pun beechaar |

The Vedas bring forth stories and legends, and thoughts of vice and virtue.

ਦੇ ਦੇ ਲੈਣਾ ਲੈ ਲੈ ਦੇਣਾ ਨਰਕਿ ਸੁਰਗਿ ਅਵਤਾਰ ॥

de de lainaa lai lai denaa narak surag avataar |

What is given, they receive, and what is received, they give. They are reincarnated in heaven and hell.

ਉਤਮ ਮਧਿਮ ਜਾਤੀਂ ਜਿਨਸੀ ਭਰਮਿ ਭਵੈ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥

autam madhim jaateen jinasee bharam bhavai sansaar |

High and low, social class and status - the world wanders lost in superstition.

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਤਤੁ ਵਖਾਣੀ ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਵਿਚਿ ਆਈ ॥

amrit baanee tat vakhaanee giaan dhiaan vich aaee |

The Ambrosial Word of Gurbani proclaims the essence of reality. Spiritual wisdom and meditation are contained within it.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਖੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਤੀ ਸੁਰਤਂ‍ੀ ਕਰਮਿ ਧਿਆਈ ॥

guramukh aakhee guramukh jaatee suratanee karam dhiaaee |

The Gurmukhs chant it, and the Gurmukhs realize it. Intuitively aware, they meditate on it.

ਹੁਕਮੁ ਸਾਜਿ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਰਖੈ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ॥

hukam saaj hukamai vich rakhai hukamai andar vekhai |

By the Hukam of His Command, He formed the Universe, and in His Hukam, He keeps it. By His Hukam, He keeps it under His Gaze.

ਨਾਨਕ ਅਗਹੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਤੁਟੈ ਤਾਂ ਕੋ ਲਿਖੀਐ ਲੇਖੈ ॥੧॥

naanak agahu haumai tuttai taan ko likheeai lekhai |1|

O Nanak, if the mortal shatters his ego before he departs, as it is pre-ordained, then he is approved. ||1||