Naam Simran

ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

"Salok, Third Mehl:"

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਸਫਲੁ ਹੈ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਕਰੇ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥

satigur kee sevaa safal hai je ko kare chit laae |

"Service to the True Guru is fruitful and rewarding, if one performs it with his mind focused on it."

ਮਨਿ ਚਿੰਦਿਆ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਵਣਾ ਹਉਮੈ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਜਾਇ ॥

man chindiaa fal paavanaa haumai vichahu jaae |

"The fruits of the mind's desires are obtained, and egotism departs from within."

ਬੰਧਨ ਤੋੜੈ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਹੋਇ ਸਚੇ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

bandhan torrai mukat hoe sache rahai samaae |

"His bonds are broken, and he is liberated; he remains absorbed in the True Lord."

ਇਸੁ ਜਗ ਮਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਲਭੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

eis jag meh naam alabh hai guramukh vasai man aae |

"It is so difficult to obtain the Naam in this world; it comes to dwell in the mind of the Gurmukh."

ਨਾਨਕ ਜੋ ਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਆਪਣਾ ਹਉ ਤਿਨ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੈ ਜਾਉ ॥੧॥

naanak jo gur seveh aapanaa hau tin balihaarai jaau |1|

"O Nanak, I am a sacrifice to one who serves his True Guru. ||1||"

ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mahalaa 3 |

"Third Mehl:"

ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮੰਨੁ ਅਜਿਤੁ ਹੈ ਦੂਜੈ ਲਗੈ ਜਾਇ ॥

manamukh man ajit hai doojai lagai jaae |

"The mind of the self-willed manmukh is so very stubborn; it is stuck in the love of duality."

ਤਿਸ ਨੋ ਸੁਖੁ ਸੁਪਨੈ ਨਹੀ ਦੁਖੇ ਦੁਖਿ ਵਿਹਾਇ ॥

tis no sukh supanai nahee dukhe dukh vihaae |

"He does not find peace, even in dreams; he passes his life in misery and suffering."

ਘਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਥਕੇ ਸਿਧ ਸਮਾਧਿ ਲਗਾਇ ॥

ghar ghar parr parr panddit thake sidh samaadh lagaae |

"The Pandits have grown weary of going door to door, reading and reciting their scriptures; the Siddhas have gone into their trances of Samaadhi."

ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਵਸਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਥਕੇ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

eihu man vas na aavee thake karam kamaae |

"This mind cannot be controlled; they are tired of performing religious rituals."

ਭੇਖਧਾਰੀ ਭੇਖ ਕਰਿ ਥਕੇ ਅਠਿਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਨਾਇ ॥

bhekhadhaaree bhekh kar thake atthisatth teerath naae |

"The impersonators have grown weary of wearing false costumes, and bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines."

ਮਨ ਕੀ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਇ ॥

man kee saar na jaananee haumai bharam bhulaae |

"They do not know the state of their own minds; they are deluded by doubt and egotism."

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਭਉ ਪਇਆ ਵਡਭਾਗਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

gur parasaadee bhau peaa vaddabhaag vasiaa man aae |

"By Guru's Grace, the Fear of God is obtained; by great good fortune, the Lord comes to abide in the mind."

ਭੈ ਪਇਐ ਮਨੁ ਵਸਿ ਹੋਆ ਹਉਮੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਇ ॥

bhai peiai man vas hoaa haumai sabad jalaae |

"When the Fear of God comes, the mind is restrained, and through the Word of the Shabad, the ego is burnt away."

ਸਚਿ ਰਤੇ ਸੇ ਨਿਰਮਲੇ ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥

sach rate se niramale jotee jot milaae |

"Those who are imbued with Truth are immaculate; their light merges in the Light."

ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਨਾਉ ਪਾਇਆ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਖਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੨॥

satigur miliai naau paaeaa naanak sukh samaae |2|

"Meeting the True Guru, one obtains the Name; O Nanak, he is absorbed in peace. ||2||"

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

"Pauree:"

ਏਹ ਭੂਪਤਿ ਰਾਣੇ ਰੰਗ ਦਿਨ ਚਾਰਿ ਸੁਹਾਵਣਾ ॥

eeh bhoopat raane rang din chaar suhaavanaa |

"The pleasures of kings and emperors are pleasing, but they last for only a few days."

ਏਹੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਰੰਗੁ ਕਸੁੰਭ ਖਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਲਹਿ ਜਾਵਣਾ ॥

ehu maaeaa rang kasunbh khin meh leh jaavanaa |

"These pleasures of Maya are like the color of the safflower, which wears off in a moment."

ਚਲਦਿਆ ਨਾਲਿ ਨ ਚਲੈ ਸਿਰਿ ਪਾਪ ਲੈ ਜਾਵਣਾ ॥

chaladiaa naal na chalai sir paap lai jaavanaa |

"They do not go with him when he departs; instead, he carries the load of sins upon his head."

ਜਾਂ ਪਕੜਿ ਚਲਾਇਆ ਕਾਲਿ ਤਾਂ ਖਰਾ ਡਰਾਵਣਾ ॥

jaan pakarr chalaaeaa kaal taan kharaa ddaraavanaa |

"When death seizes him, and marches him away, then he looks absolutely hideous."

ਓਹ ਵੇਲਾ ਹਥਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਪਛੁਤਾਵਣਾ ॥੬॥

oeh velaa hath na aavai fir pachhutaavanaa |6|

"That lost opportunity will not come into his hands again, and in the end, he regrets and repents. ||6||"