Dhanasari
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ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

dhanāsarī mahalā 5 .

Dhanaasaree, Fifth Mehl:

ਪੂਜਾ ਵਰਤ ਤਿਲਕ ਇਸਨਾਨਾ ਪੁੰਨ ਦਾਨ ਬਹੁ ਦੈਨ ॥

pūjā varat tilak isanānā punn dān bah dain .

Worship, fasting, ceremonial marks on one's forehead, cleansing baths, generous donations to charities and self-mortification

ਕਹੂੰ ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਸੰਜਮ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਬੋਲਹਿ ਮੀਠੇ ਬੈਨ ॥੧॥

kahūn n bhījai sanjam suāmī bōlah mīthē bain .1.

- the Lord Master is not pleased with any of these rituals, no matter how sweetly one may speak. ||1||

ਪ੍ਰਭ ਜੀ ਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਤ ਮਨ ਚੈਨ ॥

prabh jī kō nām japat man chain .

Chanting the Name of God, the mind is soothed and pacified.

ਬਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਖੋਜਹਿ ਸਭਿ ਤਾ ਕਉ ਬਿਖਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ਲੈਨ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

bah prakār khōjah sabh tā kau bikham n jāī lain .1. rahāu .

Everyone searches for Him in different ways, but the search is so difficult, and He cannot be found. ||1||Pause||

ਜਾਪ ਤਾਪ ਭ੍ਰਮਨ ਬਸੁਧਾ ਕਰਿ ਉਰਧ ਤਾਪ ਲੈ ਗੈਨ ॥

jāp tāp bhraman basudhā kar uradh tāp lai gain .

Chanting, deep meditation and penance, wandering over the face of the earth, the performance of austerities with the arms stretched up to the sky

ਇਹ ਬਿਧਿ ਨਹ ਪਤੀਆਨੋ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਜੋਗ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਕਰਿ ਜੈਨ ॥੨॥

ih bidh nah patīānō thākur jōg jugat kar jain .2.

- the Lord is not pleased by any of these means, though one may follow the path of Yogis and Jains. ||2||

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰਮੋਲਕੁ ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਤਿਨਿ ਪਾਇਓ ਜਿਸੁ ਕਿਰਪੈਨ ॥

anmrit nām niramōlak har jas tin pāiō jis kirapain .

The Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, and the Praises of the Lord are priceless; he alone obtains them, whom the Lord blesses with His Mercy.

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਭੇਟੇ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਖਿ ਜਨ ਰੈਨ ॥੩॥੧੩॥

sādhasang rang prabh bhētē nānak sukh jan rain .3.13.

Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, Nanak lives in the Love of God; his life-night passes in peace. ||3||13||

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