ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
mājh mahalā 3 .
Maajh, Third Mehl:
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਪੜਹਿ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਕਹਾਵਹਿ ॥
manamukh parah pandit kahāvah .
The self-willed manmukhs read and recite; they are called Pandits-spiritual scholars.
ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਮਹਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥
dūjai bhāi mahā dukh pāvah .
But they are in love with duality, and they suffer in terrible pain.
ਬਿਖਿਆ ਮਾਤੇ ਕਿਛੁ ਸੂਝੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੂਨੀ ਆਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥
bikhiā mātē kish sūjhai nāhī phir phir jūnī āvaniā .1.
Intoxicated with vice, they understand nothing at all. They are reincarnated, over and over again. ||1||
ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥
hau vārī jīu vārī haumai mār milāvaniā .
I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who subdue their ego, and unite with the Lord.
ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਤੇ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਪੀਆਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
gur sēvā tē har man vasiā har ras sahaj pīāvaniā .1. rahāu .
They serve the Guru, and the Lord dwells within their minds; they intuitively drink in the sublime essence of the Lord. ||1||Pause||
ਵੇਦੁ ਪੜਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਨਹੀ ਆਇਆ ॥
vēd parah har ras nahī āiā .
The Pandits read the Vedas, but they do not obtain the Lord's essence.
ਵਾਦੁ ਵਖਾਣਹਿ ਮੋਹੇ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
vād vakhānah mōhē māiā .
Intoxicated with Maya, they argue and debate.
ਅਗਿਆਨਮਤੀ ਸਦਾ ਅੰਧਿਆਰਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝਿ ਹਰਿ ਗਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥
agiānamatī sadā andhiārā guramukh būjh har gāvaniā .2.
The foolish intellectuals are forever in spiritual darkness. The Gurmukhs understand, and sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||2||
ਅਕਥੋ ਕਥੀਐ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਹਾਵੈ ॥
akathō kathīai sabad suhāvai .
The Indescribable is described only through the beauteous Word of the Shabad.
ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਮਨਿ ਸਚੋ ਭਾਵੈ ॥
guramatī man sachō bhāvai .
Through the Guru's Teachings, the Truth becomes pleasing to the mind.
ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਰਵਹਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਸਚਿ ਰੰਗਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥
sachō sach ravah din rātī ih man sach rangāvaniā .3.
Those who speak of the truest of the true, day and night-their minds are imbued with the Truth. ||3||
ਜੋ ਸਚਿ ਰਤੇ ਤਿਨ ਸਚੋ ਭਾਵੈ ॥
jō sach ratē tin sachō bhāvai .
Those who are attuned to Truth, love the Truth.
ਆਪੇ ਦੇਇ ਨ ਪਛੋਤਾਵੈ ॥
āpē dēi n pashōtāvai .
The Lord Himself bestows this gift; He shall not take it back.
ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਦਾ ਸਚੁ ਜਾਤਾ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਚੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥
gur kai sabad sadā sach jātā mil sachē sukh pāvaniā .4.
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the True Lord is known forever; meeting the True One, peace is found. ||4||
ਕੂੜੁ ਕੁਸਤੁ ਤਿਨਾ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ॥ ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਜਾਗੈ ॥
kūr kusat tinā mail n lāgai . gur parasādī anadin jāgai .
The filth of fraud and falsehood does not stick to those who, by Guru's Grace, remain awake and aware, night and day.
ਨਿਰਮਲ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸੈ ਘਟ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥
niramal nām vasai ghat bhītar jōtī jōt milāvaniā .5.
The Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides deep within their hearts; their light merges into the Light. ||5||
ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਪੜਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਤਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਹਿ ॥
trai gun parah har tat n jānah .
They read about the three qualities, but they do not know the essential reality of the Lord.
ਮੂਲਹੁ ਭੁਲੇ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਪਛਾਣਹਿ ॥
mūlah bhulē gur sabad n pashānah .
They forget the Primal Lord, the Source of all, and they do not recognize the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
ਮੋਹ ਬਿਆਪੇ ਕਿਛੁ ਸੂਝੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥
mōh biāpē kish sūjhai nāhī gur sabadī har pāvaniā .6.
They are engrossed in emotional attachment; they do not understand anything at all. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Lord is found. ||6||
ਵੇਦੁ ਪੁਕਾਰੈ ਤ੍ਰਿਬਿਧਿ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
vēd pukārai tribidh māiā .
The Vedas proclaim that Maya is of three qualities.
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਨ ਬੂਝਹਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇਆ ॥
manamukh n būjhah dūjai bhāiā .
The self-willed manmukhs, in love with duality, do not understand.
ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਪੜਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਏਕੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਬੂਝੇ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥
trai gun parah har ēk n jānah bin būjhē dukh pāvaniā .7.
They read of the three qualities, but they do not know the One Lord. Without understanding, they obtain only pain and suffering. ||7||
ਜਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਾ ਆਪਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥
jā tis bhāvai tā āp milāē .
When it pleases the Lord, He unites us with Himself.
ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਸਹਸਾ ਦੂਖੁ ਚੁਕਾਏ ॥
gur sabadī sahasā dūkh chukāē .
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, skepticism and suffering are dispelled.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਵੈ ਕੀ ਸਚੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਨਾਮੋ ਮੰਨਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੩੦॥੩੧॥
nānak nāvai kī sachī vadiāī nāmō mann sukh pāvaniā .8.30.31.
O Nanak, True is the Greatness of the Name. Believing in the Name, peace is obtained. ||8||30||31||
ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
mājh mahalā 3 .
Maajh, Third Mehl:
ਨਿਰਗੁਣੁ ਸਰਗੁਣੁ ਆਪੇ ਸੋਈ ॥
niragun saragun āpē sōī .
The Lord Himself is Unmanifest and Unrelated; He is Manifest and Related as well.
ਤਤੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਸੋ ਪੰਡਿਤੁ ਹੋਈ ॥
tat pashānai sō pandit hōī .
Those who recognize this essential reality are the true Pandits, the spiritual scholars.
ਆਪਿ ਤਰੈ ਸਗਲੇ ਕੁਲ ਤਾਰੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥
āp tarai sagalē kul tārai har nām mann vasāvaniā .1.
They save themselves, and save all their families and ancestors as well, when they enshrine the Lord's Name in the mind. ||1||
ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਚਖਿ ਸਾਦੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥
hau vārī jīu vārī har ras chakh sād pāvaniā .
I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who taste the essence of the Lord, and savor its taste.
ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਚਾਖਹਿ ਸੇ ਜਨ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
har ras chākhah sē jan niramal niramal nām dhiāvaniā .1. rahāu .
Those who taste this essence of the Lord are the pure, immaculate beings. They meditate on the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||
ਸੋ ਨਿਹਕਰਮੀ ਜੋ ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ॥
sō nihakaramī jō sabad bīchārē .
Those who reflect upon the Shabad are beyond karma.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਤਤੁ ਗਿਆਨਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰੇ ॥
antar tat giān haumai mārē .
They subdue their ego, and find the essence of wisdom, deep within their being.
ਨਾਮੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਨਉ ਨਿਧਿ ਪਾਏ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਮੇਟਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥
nām padārath nau nidh pāē trai gun mēt samāvaniā .2.
They obtain the nine treasures of the wealth of the Naam. Rising above the three qualities, they merge into the Lord. ||2||
ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰੈ ਨਿਹਕਰਮੀ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ॥
haumai karai nihakaramī n hōvai .
Those who act in ego do not go beyond karma.
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਖੋਵੈ ॥
gur parasādī haumai khōvai .
It is only by Guru's Grace that one is rid of ego.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬਿਬੇਕੁ ਸਦਾ ਆਪੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥
antar bibēk sadā āp vīchārē gur sabadī gun gāvaniā .3.
Those who have discriminating minds, continually examine their own selves. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they sing the Lord's Glorious Praises. ||3||
ਹਰਿ ਸਰੁ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਸੋਈ ॥ ਸੰਤ ਚੁਗਹਿ ਨਿਤ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਈ ॥
har sar sāgar niramal sōī . sant chugah nit guramukh hōī .
The Lord is the most pure and sublime Ocean. The Saintly Gurmukhs continually peck at the Naam, like swans pecking at pearls in the ocean.
ਇਸਨਾਨੁ ਕਰਹਿ ਸਦਾ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਮੈਲੁ ਚੁਕਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥
isanān karah sadā din rātī haumai mail chukāvaniā .4.
They bathe in it continually, day and night, and the filth of ego is washed away. ||4||
ਨਿਰਮਲ ਹੰਸਾ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਪਿਆਰਿ ॥ ਹਰਿ ਸਰਿ ਵਸੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ॥
niramal hansā prēm piār . har sar vasai haumai mār .
The pure swans, with love and affection, dwell in the Ocean of the Lord, and subdue their ego.