kal mah prēt jinhī rām n pashātā satajug param hans bīchārī .
In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, those who do not realize the Lord are goblins. In the Golden Age of Sat Yuga, the supreme soul-swans contemplated the Lord.
BhairaoGuru Amar DasBhairao
ਮਨਸਾ ਮਨਹਿ ਸਮਾਇ ਲੈ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਵੀਚਾਰ ॥
manasā manah samāi lai gur sabadī vīchār .
The desires of the mind are absorbed in the mind, contemplating the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
BhairaoGuru Amar DasBhairao
ਬਾਝੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਜਗਤੁ ਬਉਰਾਨਾ ਭੂਲਾ ਚੋਟਾ ਖਾਈ ॥
bājh gurū jagat baurānā bhūlā chōtā khāī .
Without the Guru, the world is insane; confused and deluded, it is beaten, and it suffers.
BhairaoGuru Amar DasBhairao
ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਖੁਆਇਆ ਦੁਖੁ ਖਟੇ ਦੁਖ ਖਾਇ ॥
haumai māiā mōh khuāiā dukh khatē dukh khāi .
Lost in egotism, Maya and attachment, the mortal earns pain, and eats pain.
BhairaoGuru Amar DasBhairao
ਮੇਰੀ ਪਟੀਆ ਲਿਖਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ਗੋਪਾਲਾ ॥
mērī patīā likhah har gōvind gōpālā .
Upon my writing tablet, I write the Name of the Lord, the Lord of the Universe, the Lord of the World.
BhairaoGuru Amar DasBhairao
ਆਪੇ ਦੈਤ ਲਾਇ ਦਿਤੇ ਸੰਤ ਜਨਾ ਕਉ ਆਪੇ ਰਾਖਾ ਸੋਈ ॥
āpē dait lāi ditē sant janā kau āpē rākhā sōī .
The Lord Himself makes demons pursue the Saints, and He Himself saves them.
BhairaoGuru Ram DasBhairao
ਹਰਿ ਜਨ ਸੰਤ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਪਗਿ ਲਾਇਣੁ ॥
har jan sant kar kirapā pag lāin .
The Lord, in His Mercy, attaches mortals to the feet of the Saints.
BhairaoGuru Ram DasBhairao
ਬੋਲਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਫਲ ਸਾ ਘਰੀ ॥
bōl har nām saphal sā gharī .
Fruitful is that moment when the Lord's Name is spoken.