ਸਲੋਕ ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥
salōk mahalā 2 .
Shalok, Second Mehl:
ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਏ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਆਪੇ ਰਖੈ ਵੇਕ ॥
āp upāē nānakā āpē rakhai vēk .
He Himself creates, O Nanak; He establishes the various creatures.
ਮੰਦਾ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਆਖੀਐ ਜਾਂ ਸਭਨਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਏਕੁ ॥
mandā kis nō ākhīai jānh sabhanā sāhib ēk .
How can anyone be called bad? We have only One Lord and Master.
ਸਭਨਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਵੇਖੈ ਧੰਧੈ ਲਾਇ ॥
sabhanā sāhib ēk hai vēkhai dhandhai lāi .
There is One Lord and Master of all; He watches over all, and assigns all to their tasks.
ਕਿਸੈ ਥੋੜਾ ਕਿਸੈ ਅਗਲਾ ਖਾਲੀ ਕੋਈ ਨਾਹਿ ॥
kisai thōrā kisai agalā khālī kōī nāh .
Some have less, and some have more; no one is allowed to leave empty.
ਆਵਹਿ ਨੰਗੇ ਜਾਹਿ ਨੰਗੇ ਵਿਚੇ ਕਰਹਿ ਵਿਥਾਰ ॥
āvah nangē jāh nangē vichē karah vithār .
Naked we come, and naked we go; in between, we put on a show.
ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਅਗੈ ਕਾਈ ਕਾਰ ॥੧॥
nānak hukam n jānīai agai kāī kār .1.
O Nanak, one who does not understand the Hukam of God's Command - what will he have to do in the world hereafter? ||1||
ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
mahalā 1 .
First Mehl:
ਜਿਨਸਿ ਥਾਪਿ ਜੀਆਂ ਕਉ ਭੇਜੈ ਜਿਨਸਿ ਥਾਪਿ ਲੈ ਜਾਵੈ ॥
jinas thāp jīānh kau bhējai jinas thāp lai jāvai .
He sends out the various created beings, and he calls back the various created beings again.
ਆਪੇ ਥਾਪਿ ਉਥਾਪੈ ਆਪੇ ਏਤੇ ਵੇਸ ਕਰਾਵੈ ॥
āpē thāp uthāpai āpē ētē vēs karāvai .
He himself establishes, and He Himself disestablishes. He fashions them in various forms.
ਜੇਤੇ ਜੀਅ ਫਿਰਹਿ ਅਉਧੂਤੀ ਆਪੇ ਭਿਖਿਆ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
jētē jī phirah audhūtī āpē bhikhiā pāvai .
And all the human beings who wander around as beggars, He Himself gives in charity to them.
ਲੇਖੈ ਬੋਲਣੁ ਲੇਖੈ ਚਲਣੁ ਕਾਇਤੁ ਕੀਚਹਿ ਦਾਵੇ ॥
lēkhai bōlan lēkhai chalan kāit kīchah dāvē .
As it is recorded, the mortals speak, and as it is recorded, they walk. So why put on all this show?
ਮੂਲੁ ਮਤਿ ਪਰਵਾਣਾ ਏਹੋ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਆਖਿ ਸੁਣਾਏ ॥
mūl mat paravānā ēhō nānak ākh sunāē .
This is the basis of intelligence; this is certified and approved. Nanak speaks and proclaims it.
ਕਰਣੀ ਉਪਰਿ ਹੋਇ ਤਪਾਵਸੁ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਕਹੈ ਕਹਾਏ ॥੨॥
karanī upar hōi tapāvas jē kō kahai kahāē .2.
By past actions, each being is judged; what else can anyone say? ||2||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurī .
Pauree:
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਚਲਤੁ ਰਚਾਇਓਨੁ ਗੁਣ ਪਰਗਟੀ ਆਇਆ ॥
guramukh chalat rachāiōn gun paragatī āiā .
The Guru's Word makes the drama play itself out. Through virtue, this becomes evident.
ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਸਦ ਉਚਰੈ ਹਰਿ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਇਆ ॥
gurabānī sad ucharai har mann vasāiā .
Whoever utters the Word of the Guru's Bani - the Lord is enshrined in his mind.
ਸਕਤਿ ਗਈ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਕਟਿਆ ਸਿਵ ਜੋਤਿ ਜਗਾਇਆ ॥
sakat gaī bhram katiā siv jōt jagāiā .
Maya's power is gone, and doubt is eradicated; awaken to the Light of the Lord.
ਜਿਨ ਕੈ ਪੋਤੈ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰੁ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ॥
jin kai pōtai punn hai gur purakh milāiā .
Those who hold onto goodness as their treasure meet the Guru, the Primal Being.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਹਜੇ ਮਿਲਿ ਰਹੇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥੨॥
nānak sahajē mil rahē har nām samāiā .2.
O Nanak, they are intuitively absorbed and blended into the Name of the Lord. ||2||