ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
rāmakalī mahalā 1 .
Raamkalee, First Mehl:
ਜਗੁ ਪਰਬੋਧਹਿ ਮੜੀ ਬਧਾਵਹਿ ॥
jag parabōdhah marī badhāvah .
You preach to the world, and set up your house.
ਆਸਣੁ ਤਿਆਗਿ ਕਾਹੇ ਸਚੁ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥
āsan tiāg kāhē sach pāvah .
Abandoning your Yogic postures, how will you find the True Lord?
ਮਮਤਾ ਮੋਹੁ ਕਾਮਣਿ ਹਿਤਕਾਰੀ ॥
mamatā mōh kāman hitakārī .
You are attached to possessiveness and the love of sexual pleasure.
ਨਾ ਅਉਧੂਤੀ ਨਾ ਸੰਸਾਰੀ ॥੧॥
nā audhūtī nā sansārī .1.
You are not a renunciate, nor a man of the world. ||1||
ਜੋਗੀ ਬੈਸਿ ਰਹਹੁ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਭਾਗੈ ॥
jōgī bais rahah dubidhā dukh bhāgai .
Yogi, remain seated, and the pain of duality will run away from you.
ਘਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਮਾਗਤ ਲਾਜ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
ghar ghar māgat lāj n lāgai .1. rahāu .
You beg from door to door, and you don't feel ashamed. ||1||Pause||
ਗਾਵਹਿ ਗੀਤ ਨ ਚੀਨਹਿ ਆਪੁ ॥
gāvah gīt n chīnah āp .
You sing the songs, but you do not understand your own self.
ਕਿਉ ਲਾਗੀ ਨਿਵਰੈ ਪਰਤਾਪੁ ॥
kiu lāgī nivarai paratāp .
How will the burning pain within be relieved?
ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਰਚੈ ਮਨ ਭਾਇ ॥
gur kai sabad rachai man bhāi .
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, let your mind be absorbed in the Lord's Love,
ਭਿਖਿਆ ਸਹਜ ਵੀਚਾਰੀ ਖਾਇ ॥੨॥
bhikhiā sahaj vīchārī khāi .2.
and you will intuitively experience the charity of contemplation. ||2||
ਭਸਮ ਚੜਾਇ ਕਰਹਿ ਪਾਖੰਡੁ ॥
bhasam charāi karah pākhand .
You apply ashes to your body, while acting in hypocrisy.
ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਸਹਹਿ ਜਮ ਡੰਡੁ ॥
māiā mōh sahah jam dand .
Attached to Maya, you will be beaten by Death's heavy club.
ਫੂਟੈ ਖਾਪਰੁ ਭੀਖ ਨ ਭਾਇ ॥
phūtai khāpar bhīkh n bhāi .
Your begging bowl is broken; it will not hold the charity of the Lord's Love.
ਬੰਧਨਿ ਬਾਧਿਆ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੩॥
bandhan bādhiā āvai jāi .3.
Bound in bondage, you come and go. ||3||
ਬਿੰਦੁ ਨ ਰਾਖਹਿ ਜਤੀ ਕਹਾਵਹਿ ॥
bind n rākhah jatī kahāvah .
You do not control your seed and semen, and yet you claim to practice abstinence.
ਮਾਈ ਮਾਗਤ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਲੋਭਾਵਹਿ ॥
māī māgat trai lōbhāvah .
You beg from Maya, lured by the three qualities.
ਨਿਰਦਇਆ ਨਹੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਉਜਾਲਾ ॥
niradaiā nahī jōt ujālā .
You have no compassion; the Lord's Light does not shine in you.
ਬੂਡਤ ਬੂਡੇ ਸਰਬ ਜੰਜਾਲਾ ॥੪॥
būdat būdē sarab janjālā .4.
You are drowned, drowned in worldly entanglements. ||4||
ਭੇਖ ਕਰਹਿ ਖਿੰਥਾ ਬਹੁ ਥਟੂਆ ॥
bhēkh karah khinthā bah thatūā .
You wear religious robes, and your patched coat assumes many disguises.
ਝੂਠੋ ਖੇਲੁ ਖੇਲੈ ਬਹੁ ਨਟੂਆ ॥
jhūthō khēl khēlai bah natūā .
You play all sorts of false tricks, like a juggler.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਅਗਨਿ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਬਹੁ ਜਾਰੇ ॥
antar agan chintā bah jārē .
The fire of anxiety burns brightly within you.
ਵਿਣੁ ਕਰਮਾ ਕੈਸੇ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰੇ ॥੫॥
vin karamā kaisē utaras pārē .5.
Without the karma of good actions, how can you cross over? ||5||
ਮੁੰਦ੍ਰਾ ਫਟਕ ਬਨਾਈ ਕਾਨਿ ॥
mundrā phatak banāī kān .
You make ear-rings of glass to wear in your ears.
ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਬਿਦਿਆ ਬਿਗਿਆਨਿ ॥
mukat nahī bidiā bigiān .
But liberation does not come from learning without understanding.
ਜਿਹਵਾ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ ਸਾਦਿ ਲੋੁਭਾਨਾ ॥
jihavā indrī sād lōbhānā .
You are lured by the tastes of the tongue and sex organs.
ਪਸੂ ਭਏ ਨਹੀ ਮਿਟੈ ਨੀਸਾਨਾ ॥੬॥
pasū bhaē nahī mitai nīsānā .6.
You have become a beast; this sign cannot be erased. ||6||
ਤ੍ਰਿਬਿਧਿ ਲੋਗਾ ਤ੍ਰਿਬਿਧਿ ਜੋਗਾ ॥
tribidh lōgā tribidh jōgā .
The people of the world are entangled in the three modes; the Yogis are entangled in the three modes.
ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੈ ਚੂਕਸਿ ਸੋਗਾ ॥
sabad vīchārai chūkas sōgā .
Contemplating the Word of the Shabad, sorrows are dispelled.
ਊਜਲੁ ਸਾਚੁ ਸੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਹੋਇ ॥
ūjal sāch s sabad hōi .
Through the Shabad, one becomes radiant, pure and truthful.
ਜੋਗੀ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੇ ਸੋਇ ॥੭॥
jōgī jugat vīchārē sōi .7.
One who contemplates the true lifestyle is a Yogi. ||7||
ਤੁਝ ਪਹਿ ਨਉ ਨਿਧਿ ਤੂ ਕਰਣੈ ਜੋਗੁ ॥
tujh pah nau nidh tū karanai jōg .
The nine treasures are with You, Lord; You are potent, the Cause of causes.
ਥਾਪਿ ਉਥਾਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਸੁ ਹੋਗੁ ॥
thāp uthāpē karē s hōg .
You establish and disestablish; whatever You do, happens.
ਜਤੁ ਸਤੁ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਸਚੁ ਸੁਚੀਤੁ ॥
jat sat sanjam sach suchīt .
One who practices celibacy, chastity, self-control, truth and pure consciousness
ਨਾਨਕ ਜੋਗੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਮੀਤੁ ॥੮॥੨॥
nānak jōgī tribhavan mīt .8.2.
- O Nanak, that Yogi is the friend of the three worlds. ||8||2||