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||