ਸਚ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਵਜਲੁ ਜਾਇ ਨ ਤਰਿਆ ॥
sach bin bhavajal jāi n tariā .
Without the Truth, the terrifying world-ocean cannot be crossed.
ਏਹੁ ਸਮੁੰਦੁ ਅਥਾਹੁ ਮਹਾ ਬਿਖੁ ਭਰਿਆ ॥
ēh samund athāh mahā bikh bhariā .
This ocean is vast and unfathomable; it is overflowing with the worst poison.
ਰਹੈ ਅਤੀਤੁ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਲੇ ਊਪਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਕੈ ਘਰਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੬॥
rahai atīt guramat lē ūpar har nirabhau kai ghar pāiā .6.
One who receives the Guru's Teachings, and remains aloof and detached, obtains a place in the home of the Fearless Lord. ||6||
ਝੂਠੀ ਜਗ ਹਿਤ ਕੀ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ॥
jhūthī jag hit kī chaturāī .
False is the cleverness of loving attachment to the world.
ਬਿਲਮ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਈ ॥
bilam n lāgai āvai jāī .
In no time at all, it comes and goes.
ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ਚਲਹਿ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੀ ਉਪਜੈ ਬਿਨਸਿ ਖਪਾਇਆ ॥੭॥
nām visār chalah abhimānī upajai binas khapāiā .7.
Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the proud egotistical people depart; in creation and destruction they are wasted away. ||7||
ਉਪਜਹਿ ਬਿਨਸਹਿ ਬੰਧਨ ਬੰਧੇ ॥
upajah binasah bandhan bandhē .
In creation and destruction, they are bound in bondage.
ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਕੇ ਗਲਿ ਫੰਧੇ ॥
haumai māiā kē gal phandhē .
The noose of egotism and Maya is around their necks.
ਜਿਸੁ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਮਤਿ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸੋ ਜਮ ਪੁਰਿ ਬੰਧਿ ਚਲਾਇਆ ॥੮॥
jis rām nām nāhī mat guramat sō jam pur bandh chalāiā .8.
Whoever does not accept the Guru's Teachings, and does not dwell upon the Lord's Name, is bound and bagged, and dragged into the City of Death. ||8||
ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਮੋਖ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਕਿਉ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
gur bin mōkh mukat kiu pāīai .
Without the Guru, how can anyone be emancipated or liberated?
ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਿਉ ਧਿਆਈਐ ॥
bin gur rām nām kiu dhiāīai .
Without the Guru, how can anyone meditate on the Lord's Name?
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਲੇਹੁ ਤਰਹੁ ਭਵ ਦੁਤਰੁ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਭਏ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੯॥
guramat lēh tarah bhav dutar mukat bhaē sukh pāiā .9.
Accepting the Guru's Teachings, cross over the arduous, terrifying world-ocean; you shall be emancipated, and find peace. ||9||
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਸਨਿ ਗੋਵਰਧਨ ਧਾਰੇ ॥
guramat krisan gōvaradhan dhārē .
Through the Guru's Teachings, Krishna lifted up the mountain of Govardhan.
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਾਇਰਿ ਪਾਹਣ ਤਾਰੇ ॥
guramat sāir pāhan tārē .
Through the Guru's Teachings, Rama floated stones across the ocean.
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਲੇਹੁ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਿ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਇਆ ॥੧੦॥
guramat lēh param pad pāīai nānak gur bharam chukāiā .10.
Accepting the Guru's Teachings, the supreme status is obtained; O Nanak, the Guru eradicates doubt. ||10||
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਲੇਹੁ ਤਰਹੁ ਸਚੁ ਤਾਰੀ ॥
guramat lēh tarah sach tārī .
Accepting the Guru's Teachings, cross over to the other side through Truth.
ਆਤਮ ਚੀਨਹੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਮੁਰਾਰੀ ॥
ātam chīnah ridai murārī .
O soul, remember the Lord within your heart.
ਜਮ ਕੇ ਫਾਹੇ ਕਾਟਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਅਕੁਲ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੧੧॥
jam kē phāhē kātah har jap akul niranjan pāiā .11.
The noose of death is cut away, meditating on the Lord; you shall obtain the Immaculate Lord, who has no ancestry. ||11||
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਪੰਚ ਸਖੇ ਗੁਰ ਭਾਈ ॥
guramat panch sakhē gur bhāī .
Through the Guru's Teachings, the Holy become one's friends and Siblings of Destiny.
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਅਗਨਿ ਨਿਵਾਰਿ ਸਮਾਈ ॥
guramat agan nivār samāī .
Through the Guru's Teachings, the inner fire is subdued and extinguished.
ਮਨਿ ਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਹੁ ਜਗਜੀਵਨ ਰਿਦ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਅਲਖੁ ਲਖਾਇਆ ॥੧੨॥
man mukh nām japah jagajīvan rid antar alakh lakhāiā .12.
Chant the Naam with your mind and mouth; know the unknowable Lord, the Life of the World, deep within the nucleus of your heart. ||12||
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਤੀਜੈ ॥
guramukh būjhai sabad patījai .
The Gurmukh understands, and is pleased with the Word of the Shabad.
ਉਸਤਤਿ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਿਸ ਕੀ ਕੀਜੈ ॥
usatat nindā kis kī kījai .
Who does he praise or slander?
ਚੀਨਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਜਪਹੁ ਜਗਦੀਸਰੁ ਹਰਿ ਜਗੰਨਾਥੁ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਇਆ ॥੧੩॥
chīnah āp japah jagadīsar har jagannāth man bhāiā .13.
Know yourself, and meditate on the Lord of the Universe; let your mind be pleased with the Lord, the Master of the Universe. ||13||
ਜੋ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੰਡਿ ਖੰਡਿ ਸੋ ਜਾਣਹੁ ॥
jō brahamand khand sō jānah .
Know the One who pervades all the realms of the universe.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝਹੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਛਾਣਹੁ ॥
guramukh būjhah sabad pashānah .
As Gurmukh, understand and realize the Shabad.
ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਭੋਗੇ ਭੋਗਣਹਾਰਾ ਰਹੈ ਅਤੀਤੁ ਸਬਾਇਆ ॥੧੪॥
ghat ghat bhōgē bhōganahārā rahai atīt sabāiā .14.
The Enjoyer enjoys each and every heart, and yet He remains detached from all. ||14||
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਬੋਲਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਸੂਚਾ ॥
guramat bōlah har jas sūchā .
Through the Guru's Teachings, chant the Pure Praises of the Lord.
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਆਖੀ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਊਚਾ ॥
guramat ākhī dēkhah ūchā .
Through the Guru's Teachings, behold the lofty Lord with your eyes.
ਸ੍ਰਵਣੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੁਣੈ ਹਰਿ ਬਾਣੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਰੰਗਾਇਆ ॥੧੫॥੩॥੨੦॥
sravanī nām sunai har bānī nānak har rang rangāiā .15.3.20.
Whoever listens to the Lord's Name, and the Word of His Bani, O Nanak, is imbued with the color of the Lord's Love. ||15||3||20||
ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
mārū mahalā 1 .
Maaroo, First Mehl:
ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਪਰਹਰੁ ਪਰ ਨਿੰਦਾ ॥
kām krōdh parahar par nindā .
Leave behind sexual desire, anger and the slander of others.
ਲਬੁ ਲੋਭੁ ਤਜਿ ਹੋਹੁ ਨਿਚਿੰਦਾ ॥
lab lōbh taj hōh nichindā .
Renounce greed and possessiveness, and become carefree.
ਭ੍ਰਮ ਕਾ ਸੰਗਲੁ ਤੋੜਿ ਨਿਰਾਲਾ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੧॥
bhram kā sangal tōr nirālā har antar har ras pāiā .1.
Break the chains of doubt, and remain unattached; you shall find the Lord, and the Lords sublime essence, deep within yourself. ||1||
ਨਿਸਿ ਦਾਮਨਿ ਜਿਉ ਚਮਕਿ ਚੰਦਾਇਣੁ ਦੇਖੈ ॥
nis dāman jiu chamak chandāin dēkhai .
As one sees the flash of lightning in the night,
ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਤਰਿ ਪੇਖੈ ॥
ahinis jōt nirantar pēkhai .
see the Divine Light deep within your nucleus, day and night.
ਆਨੰਦ ਰੂਪੁ ਅਨੂਪੁ ਸਰੂਪਾ ਗੁਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਦੇਖਾਇਆ ॥੨॥
ānand rūp anūp sarūpā gur pūrai dēkhāiā .2.
The Lord, the embodiment of bliss, incomparably beautiful, reveals the Perfect Guru. ||2||
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਹੁ ਆਪੇ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਤਾਰੇ ॥
satigur milah āpē prabh tārē .
So meet with the True Guru, and God Himself will save you,
ਸਸਿ ਘਰਿ ਸੂਰੁ ਦੀਪਕੁ ਗੈਣਾਰੇ ॥
sas ghar sūr dīpak gainārē .
He placed the lamps of the sun and the moon in the home of the sky.
ਦੇਖਿ ਅਦਿਸਟੁ ਰਹਹੁ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਗੀ ਸਭੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਸਬਾਇਆ ॥੩॥
dēkh adisat rahah liv lāgī sabh tribhavan braham sabāiā .3.
See the invisible Lord, and remain absorbed in loving devotion. God is all throughout the three worlds. ||3||
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਰਸੁ ਪਾਏ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਭਉ ਜਾਏ ॥
anmrit ras pāē trisanā bhau jāē .
Obtaining the sublime ambrosial essence, desire and fear are dispelled.
ਅਨਭਉ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਵੈ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਏ ॥
anabhau pad pāvai āp gavāē .
The state of inspired illumination is obtained, and self-conceit is eradicated.
ਊਚੀ ਪਦਵੀ ਊਚੋ ਊਚਾ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥੪॥
ūchī padavī ūchō ūchā niramal sabad kamāiā .4.
The lofty and exalted state, the highest of the high is obtained, practicing the immaculate Word of the Shabad. ||4||
ਅਦ੍ਰਿਸਟ ਅਗੋਚਰੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥
adrisat agōchar nām apārā .
The Naam, the Name of the invisible and unfathomable Lord, is infinite.