ਆਪਿ ਕਰਾਏ ਕਰੇ ਆਪਿ ਆਪੇ ਹਰਿ ਰਖਾ ॥੩॥
āp karāē karē āp āpē har rakhā .3.
He Himself is the Doer, and He Himself is the Cause; the Lord Himself is our Saving Grace. ||3||
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥
salōk mah 3 .
Shalok, Third Mehl:
ਜਿਨਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਭੇਟਿਆ ਭੈ ਕੀ ਨਾਹੀ ਬਿੰਦ ॥
jinā gur nahī bhētiā bhai kī nāhī bind .
Those who do not meet with the Guru, who have no Fear of God at all,
ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਵਣੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਘਣਾ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਚੂਕੈ ਚਿੰਦ ॥
āvan jāvan dukh ghanā kadē n chūkai chind .
continue coming and going in reincarnation, and suffer terrible pain; their anxiety is never relieved.
ਕਾਪੜ ਜਿਵੈ ਪਛੋੜੀਐ ਘੜੀ ਮੁਹਤ ਘੜੀਆਲੁ ॥
kāpar jivai pashōrīai gharī muhat gharīāl .
They are beaten like clothes being washed on the rocks, and struck every hour like chimes.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੇ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਿਰਹੁ ਨ ਚੁਕੈ ਜੰਜਾਲੁ ॥੧॥
nānak sachē nām bin sirah n chukai janjāl .1.
O Nanak, without the True Name, these entanglements are not removed from hanging over one's head. ||1||
ਮਃ ੩ ॥
mah 3 .
Third Mehl:
ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਢੂਢੀ ਸਜਣਾ ਹਉਮੈ ਬੁਰੀ ਜਗਤਿ ॥
tribhavan dhūdhī sajanā haumai burī jagat .
I have searched throughout the three worlds, O my friend; egotism is bad for the world.
ਨਾ ਝੁਰੁ ਹੀਅੜੇ ਸਚੁ ਚਉ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ॥੨॥
nā jhur hīarē sach chau nānak sachō sach .2.
Don't worry, O my soul; speak the Truth, O Nanak, the Truth, and only the Truth. ||2||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurī .
Pauree:
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿਓਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਣੇ ॥
guramukh āpē bakhasiōn har nām samānē .
The Lord Himself forgives the Gurmukhs; they are absorbed and immersed in the Lord's Name.
ਆਪੇ ਭਗਤੀ ਲਾਇਓਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਨੀਸਾਣੇ ॥
āpē bhagatī lāiōn gur sabad nīsānē .
He Himself links them to devotional worship; they bear the Insignia of the Guru's Shabad.
ਸਨਮੁਖ ਸਦਾ ਸੋਹਣੇ ਸਚੈ ਦਰਿ ਜਾਣੇ ॥
sanamukh sadā sōhanē sachai dar jānē .
Those who turn towards the Guru, as sunmukh, are beautiful. They are famous in the Court of the True Lord.
ਐਥੈ ਓਥੈ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਹੈ ਜਿਨ ਰਾਮ ਪਛਾਣੇ ॥
aithai ōthai mukat hai jin rām pashānē .
In this world, and in the world hereafter, they are liberated; they realize the Lord.
ਧੰਨੁ ਧੰਨੁ ਸੇ ਜਨ ਜਿਨ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਤਿਨ ਹਉ ਕੁਰਬਾਣੇ ॥੪॥
dhann dhann sē jan jin har sēviā tin hau kurabānē .4.
Blessed, blessed are those humble beings who serve the Lord. I am a sacrifice to them. ||4||
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
salōk mah 1 .
Shalok, First Mehl:
ਮਹਲ ਕੁਚਜੀ ਮੜਵੜੀ ਕਾਲੀ ਮਨਹੁ ਕਸੁਧ ॥
mahal kuchajī maravarī kālī manah kasudh .
The rude, ill-mannered bride is encased in the body-tomb; she is blackened, and her mind is impure.
ਜੇ ਗੁਣ ਹੋਵਨਿ ਤਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਰਵੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਅਵਗੁਣ ਮੁੰਧ ॥੧॥
jē gun hōvan tā pir ravai nānak avagun mundh .1.
She can enjoy her Husband Lord, only if she is virtuous. O Nanak, the soul-bride is unworthy, and without virtue. ||1||
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mah 1 .
First Mehl:
ਸਾਚੁ ਸੀਲ ਸਚੁ ਸੰਜਮੀ ਸਾ ਪੂਰੀ ਪਰਵਾਰਿ ॥
sāch sīl sach sanjamī sā pūrī paravār .
She has good conduct, true self-discipline, and a perfect family.
ਨਾਨਕ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਸਦਾ ਭਲੀ ਪਿਰ ਕੈ ਹੇਤਿ ਪਿਆਰਿ ॥੨॥
nānak ahinis sadā bhalī pir kai hēt piār .2.
O Nanak, day and night, she is always good; she loves her Beloved Husband Lord. ||2||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurī .
Pauree:
ਆਪਣਾ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣਿਆ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
āpanā āp pashāniā nām nidhān pāiā .
One who realizes his own self, is blessed with the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਿ ਕੈ ਆਪਣੀ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ॥
kirapā kar kai āpanī gur sabad milāiā .
Granting His Mercy, the Guru merges him in the Word of His Shabad.
ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਨਿਰਮਲੀ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਪੀਆਇਆ ॥
gur kī bānī niramalī har ras pīāiā .
The Word of the Guru's Bani is immaculate and pure; through it, one drinks in the sublime essence of the Lord.
ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਜਿਨੀ ਚਾਖਿਆ ਅਨ ਰਸ ਠਾਕਿ ਰਹਾਇਆ ॥
har ras jinī chākhiā an ras thāk rahāiā .
Those who taste the sublime essence of the Lord, forsake other flavors.
ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਪੀ ਸਦਾ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਿ ਭਏ ਫਿਰਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਭੁਖ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥੫॥
har ras pī sadā tripat bhaē phir trisanā bhukh gavāiā .5.
Drinking in the sublime essence of the Lord, they remain satisfied forever; their hunger and thirst are quenched. ||5||
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥
salōk mah 3 .
Shalok, Third Mehl:
ਪਿਰ ਖੁਸੀਏ ਧਨ ਰਾਵੀਏ ਧਨ ਉਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥
pir khusīē dhan rāvīē dhan ur nām sīgār .
Her Husband Lord is pleased, and He enjoys His bride; the soul-bride adorns her heart with the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
ਨਾਨਕ ਧਨ ਆਗੈ ਖੜੀ ਸੋਭਾਵੰਤੀ ਨਾਰਿ ॥੧॥
nānak dhan āgai kharī sōbhāvantī nār .1.
O Nanak, that bride who stands before Him, is the most noble and respected woman. ||1||
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mah 1 .
First Mehl:
ਸਸੁਰੈ ਪੇਈਐ ਕੰਤ ਕੀ ਕੰਤੁ ਅਗੰਮੁ ਅਥਾਹੁ ॥
sasurai pēīai kant kī kant aganm athāh .
In her father-in-law's home hereafter, and in her parents' home in this world, she belongs to her Husband Lord. Her Husband is inaccessible and unfathomable.
ਨਾਨਕ ਧੰਨੁ ਸੋੁਹਾਗਣੀ ਜੋ ਭਾਵਹਿ ਵੇਪਰਵਾਹ ॥੨॥
nānak dhann sōhāganī jō bhāvah vēparavāh .2.
O Nanak, she is the happy soul-bride, who is pleasing to her carefree, independent Lord. ||2||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurī .
Pauree:
ਤਖਤਿ ਰਾਜਾ ਸੋ ਬਹੈ ਜਿ ਤਖਤੈ ਲਾਇਕ ਹੋਈ ॥
takhat rājā sō bahai j takhatai lāik hōī .
That king sits upon the throne, who is worthy of that throne.
ਜਿਨੀ ਸਚੁ ਪਛਾਣਿਆ ਸਚੁ ਰਾਜੇ ਸੇਈ ॥
jinī sach pashāniā sach rājē sēī .
Those who realize the True Lord, they alone are the true kings.
ਏਹਿ ਭੂਪਤਿ ਰਾਜੇ ਨ ਆਖੀਅਹਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਦੁਖੁ ਹੋਈ ॥
ēh bhūpat rājē n ākhīah dūjai bhāi dukh hōī .
These mere earthly rulers are not called kings; in the love of duality, they suffer.
ਕੀਤਾ ਕਿਆ ਸਾਲਾਹੀਐ ਜਿਸੁ ਜਾਦੇ ਬਿਲਮ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥
kītā kiā sālāhīai jis jādē bilam n hōī .
Why should someone praise someone else who is also created? They depart in no time at all.
ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਸਚਾ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝੈ ਸੁ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਹੋਈ ॥੬॥
nihachal sachā ēk hai guramukh būjhai s nihachal hōī .6.
The One True Lord is eternal and imperishable. One who, as Gurmukh, understands becomes eternal as well. ||6||
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥
salōk mah 3 .
Shalok, Third Mehl:
ਸਭਨਾ ਕਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਪਿਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਖਾਲੀ ਨਾਹਿ ॥
sabhanā kā pir ēk hai pir bin khālī nāh .
The One Lord is the Husband of all. No one is without the Husband Lord.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸੇ ਸੋਹਾਗਣੀ ਜਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਹਿ ॥੧॥
nānak sē sōhāganī j satigur māh samāh .1.
O Nanak, they are the pure soul-brides, who merge in the True Guru. ||1||
ਮਃ ੩ ॥
mah 3 .
Third Mehl:
ਮਨ ਕੇ ਅਧਿਕ ਤਰੰਗ ਕਿਉ ਦਰਿ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਛੁਟੀਐ ॥
man kē adhik tarang kiu dar sāhib shutīai .
The mind is churning with so many waves of desire. How can one be emancipated in the Court of the Lord?
ਜੇ ਰਾਚੈ ਸਚ ਰੰਗਿ ਗੂੜੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਅਪਾਰ ਕੈ ॥
jē rāchai sach rang gūrai rang apār kai .
Be absorbed in the Lord's True Love, and imbued with the deep color of the Lord's Infinite Love.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਛੁਟੀਐ ਜੇ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਗੈ ਸਚਿ ॥੨॥
nānak gur parasādī shutīai jē chit lagai sach .2.
O Nanak, by Guru's Grace, one is emancipated, if the consciousness is attached to the True Lord. ||2||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurī .
Pauree:
ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਮੋਲੁ ਹੈ ਕਿਉ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਕੀਜੈ ॥
har kā nām amōl hai kiu kīmat kījai .
The Name of the Lord is priceless. How can its value be estimated?