ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
salōk mah 1 .
Shalok, First Mehl:
ਪਹਿਰਾ ਅਗਨਿ ਹਿਵੈ ਘਰੁ ਬਾਧਾ ਭੋਜਨੁ ਸਾਰੁ ਕਰਾਈ ॥
pahirā agan hivai ghar bādhā bhōjan sār karāī .
If I dressed myself in fire, and built my house of snow, and made iron my food;
ਸਗਲੇ ਦੂਖ ਪਾਣੀ ਕਰਿ ਪੀਵਾ ਧਰਤੀ ਹਾਕ ਚਲਾਈ ॥
sagalē dūkh pānī kar pīvā dharatī hāk chalāī .
and if I were to drink in all pain like water, and drive the entire earth before me;
ਧਰਿ ਤਾਰਾਜੀ ਅੰਬਰੁ ਤੋਲੀ ਪਿਛੈ ਟੰਕੁ ਚੜਾਈ ॥
dhar tārājī anbar tōlī pishai tank charāī .
and if I were to place the earth upon a scale and balance it with a single copper coin;
ਏਵਡੁ ਵਧਾ ਮਾਵਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਸਭਸੈ ਨਥਿ ਚਲਾਈ ॥
ēvad vadhā māvā nāhī sabhasai nath chalāī .
and if I were to become so great that I could not be contained, and if I were to control and lead all;
ਏਤਾ ਤਾਣੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਮਨ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਕਰੀ ਭਿ ਆਖਿ ਕਰਾਈ ॥
ētā tān hōvai man andar karī bh ākh karāī .
and if I were to possess so much power within my mind that I could cause others to do my bidding-so what?
ਜੇਵਡੁ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਤੇਵਡ ਦਾਤੀ ਦੇ ਦੇ ਕਰੇ ਰਜਾਈ ॥
jēvad sāhib tēvad dātī dē dē karē rajāī .
As Great as our Lord and Master is, so great are His gifts. He bestows them according to His Will.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਜਿਸੁ ਉਪਰਿ ਸਚਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੧॥
nānak nadar karē jis upar sach nām vadiāī .1.
O Nanak, those upon whom the Lord casts His Glance of Grace, obtain the glorious greatness of the True Name. ||1||
ਮਃ ੨ ॥
mah 2 .
Second Mehl:
ਆਖਣੁ ਆਖਿ ਨ ਰਜਿਆ ਸੁਨਣਿ ਨ ਰਜੇ ਕੰਨ ॥
ākhan ākh n rajiā sunan n rajē kann .
The mouth is not satisfied by speaking, and the ears are not satisfied by hearing.
ਅਖੀ ਦੇਖਿ ਨ ਰਜੀਆ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਹਕ ਇਕ ਵੰਨ ॥
akhī dēkh n rajīā gun gāhak ik vann .
The eyes are not satisfied by seeing-each organ seeks out one sensory quality.
ਭੁਖਿਆ ਭੁਖ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਗਲੀ ਭੁਖ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
bhukhiā bhukh n utarai galī bhukh n jāi .
The hunger of the hungry is not appeased; by mere words, hunger is not relieved.
ਨਾਨਕ ਭੁਖਾ ਤਾ ਰਜੈ ਜਾ ਗੁਣ ਕਹਿ ਗੁਣੀ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੨॥
nānak bhukhā tā rajai jā gun kah gunī samāi .2.
O Nanak, hunger is relieved only when one utters the Glorious Praises of the Praiseworthy Lord. ||2||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurī .
Pauree:
ਵਿਣੁ ਸਚੇ ਸਭੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਈਐ ॥
vin sachē sabh kūr kūr kamāīai .
Without the True One, all are false, and all practice falsehood.
ਵਿਣੁ ਸਚੇ ਕੂੜਿਆਰੁ ਬੰਨਿ ਚਲਾਈਐ ॥
vin sachē kūriār bann chalāīai .
Without the True One, the false ones are bound and gagged and driven off.
ਵਿਣੁ ਸਚੇ ਤਨੁ ਛਾਰੁ ਛਾਰੁ ਰਲਾਈਐ ॥
vin sachē tan shār shār ralāīai .
Without the True One, the body is just ashes, and it mingles again with ashes.
ਵਿਣੁ ਸਚੇ ਸਭ ਭੁਖ ਜਿ ਪੈਝੈ ਖਾਈਐ ॥
vin sachē sabh bhukh j paijhai khāīai .
Without the True Ome, all food and clothes are unsatisfying.
ਵਿਣੁ ਸਚੇ ਦਰਬਾਰੁ ਕੂੜਿ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
vin sachē darabār kūr n pāīai .
Without the True One, the false ones do not attain the Lord's Court.
ਕੂੜੈ ਲਾਲਚਿ ਲਗਿ ਮਹਲੁ ਖੁਆਈਐ ॥
kūrai lālach lag mahal khuāīai .
Attached to false attachments, the Mansion of the Lord's Presence is lost.
ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਠਗਿਓ ਠਗਿ ਆਈਐ ਜਾਈਐ ॥
sabh jag thagiō thag āīai jāīai .
The whole world is deceived by deception, coming and going in reincarnation.
ਤਨ ਮਹਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਅਗਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਬੁਝਾਈਐ ॥੧੯॥
tan mah trisanā ag sabad bujhāīai .19.
Within the body is the fire of desire; through the Word of the Shabad, it is quenched. ||19||