ਖੁੰਢਾ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਰਖਿ ਕੈ ਦੇਨਿ ਸੁ ਮਲ ਸਜਾਇ ॥
khundhā andar rakh kai dēn s mal sajāi .
and then, it is placed between the wooden rollers and crushed.
ਰਸੁ ਕਸੁ ਟਟਰਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਤਪੈ ਤੈ ਵਿਲਲਾਇ ॥
ras kas tatar pāīai tapai tai vilalāi .
What punishment is inflicted upon it! Its juice is extracted and placed in the cauldron; as it is heated, it groans and cries out.
ਭੀ ਸੋ ਫੋਗੁ ਸਮਾਲੀਐ ਦਿਚੈ ਅਗਿ ਜਾਲਾਇ ॥
bhī sō phōg samālīai dichai ag jālāi .
And then, the crushed cane is collected and burnt in the fire below.
ਨਾਨਕ ਮਿਠੈ ਪਤਰੀਐ ਵੇਖਹੁ ਲੋਕਾ ਆਇ ॥੨॥
nānak mithai patarīai vēkhah lōkā āi .2.
Nanak: come, people, and see how the sweet sugar-cane is treated! ||2||
ਪਵੜੀ ॥
pavarī .
Pauree:
ਇਕਨਾ ਮਰਣੁ ਨ ਚਿਤਿ ਆਸ ਘਣੇਰਿਆ ॥
ikanā maran n chit ās ghanēriā .
Some do not think of death; they entertain great hopes.
ਮਰਿ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮਹਿ ਨਿਤ ਕਿਸੈ ਨ ਕੇਰਿਆ ॥
mar mar janmah nit kisai n kēriā .
They die, and are re-born, and die, over and over again. They are of no use at all!
ਆਪਨੜੈ ਮਨਿ ਚਿਤਿ ਕਹਨਿ ਚੰਗੇਰਿਆ ॥
āpanarai man chit kahan changēriā .
In their conscious minds, they call themselves good.
ਜਮਰਾਜੈ ਨਿਤ ਨਿਤ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਹੇਰਿਆ ॥
jamarājai nit nit manamukh hēriā .
The King of the Angels of Death hunts down those self-willed manmukhs, over and over again.
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਲੂਣ ਹਾਰਾਮ ਕਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਣਿਆ ॥
manamukh lūn hārām kiā n jāniā .
The manmukhs are false to their own selves; they feel no gratitude for what they have been given.
ਬਧੇ ਕਰਨਿ ਸਲਾਮ ਖਸਮ ਨ ਭਾਣਿਆ ॥
badhē karan salām khasam n bhāniā .
Those who merely perform rituals of worship are not pleasing to their Lord and Master.
ਸਚੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਭਾਵਸੀ ॥
sach milai mukh nām sāhib bhāvasī .
Those who attain the True Lord and chant His Name are pleasing to the Lord.
ਕਰਸਨਿ ਤਖਤਿ ਸਲਾਮੁ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਪਾਵਸੀ ॥੧੧॥
karasan takhat salām likhiā pāvasī .11.
They worship the Lord and bow at His Throne. They fulfill their pre-ordained destiny. ||11||
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
salōk mah 1 .
Shalok, First Mehl:
ਜਾ ਪਕਾ ਤਾ ਕਟਿਆ ਰਹੀ ਸੁ ਪਲਰਿ ਵਾੜਿ ॥
jā pakā tā katiā rahī s palar vār .
When the crop is ripe, then it is cut down; only the stalks are left standing.
ਸਣੁ ਕੀਸਾਰਾ ਚਿਥਿਆ ਕਣੁ ਲਇਆ ਤਨੁ ਝਾੜਿ ॥
san kīsārā chithiā kan laiā tan jhār .
The corn on the cob is put into the thresher, and the kernels are separated from the cobs.
ਦੁਇ ਪੁੜ ਚਕੀ ਜੋੜਿ ਕੈ ਪੀਸਣ ਆਇ ਬਹਿਠੁ ॥
dui pur chakī jōr kai pīsan āi bahith .
Placing the kernels between the two mill-stones, people sit and grind the corn.
ਜੋ ਦਰਿ ਰਹੇ ਸੁ ਉਬਰੇ ਨਾਨਕ ਅਜਬੁ ਡਿਠੁ ॥੧॥
jō dar rahē s ubarē nānak ajab dith .1.
Those kernels which stick to the central axle are spared-Nanak has seen this wonderful vision! ||1||
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mah 1 .
First Mehl:
ਵੇਖੁ ਜਿ ਮਿਠਾ ਕਟਿਆ ਕਟਿ ਕੁਟਿ ਬਧਾ ਪਾਇ ॥
vēkh j mithā katiā kat kut badhā pāi .
Look, and see how the sugar-cane is cut down. After cutting away its branches, its feet are bound together into bundles,