ਮਲਾਰ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
malār mahalā 5 .
Malaar, Fifth Mehl:
ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ਹਿਰਾਨੋ ॥
bah bidh māiā mōh hirānō .
In so many ways, attachment to Maya leads to ruin.
ਕੋਟਿ ਮਧੇ ਕੋਊ ਬਿਰਲਾ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਪੂਰਨ ਭਗਤੁ ਚਿਰਾਨੋ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
kōt madhē kōū biralā sēvak pūran bhagat chirānō .1. rahāu .
Among millions, it is very rare to find a selfless servant who remains a perfect devotee for very long. ||1||Pause||
ਇਤ ਉਤ ਡੋਲਿ ਡੋਲਿ ਸ੍ਰਮੁ ਪਾਇਓ ਤਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਹੋਤ ਬਿਰਾਨੋ ॥
it ut dōl dōl sram pāiō tan dhan hōt birānō .
Roaming and wandering here and there, the mortal finds only trouble; his body and wealth become strangers to himself.
ਲੋਗ ਦੁਰਾਇ ਕਰਤ ਠਗਿਆਈ ਹੋਤੌ ਸੰਗਿ ਨ ਜਾਨੋ ॥੧॥
lōg durāi karat thagiāī hōtau sang n jānō .1.
Hiding from people, he practices deception; he does not know the One who is always with him. ||1||
ਮ੍ਰਿਗ ਪੰਖੀ ਮੀਨ ਦੀਨ ਨੀਚ ਇਹ ਸੰਕਟ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਨੋ ॥
mrig pankhī mīn dīn nīch ih sankat phir ānō .
He wanders through troubled incarnations of low and wretched species as a deer, a bird and a fish.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਪਾਹਨ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤਾਰਹੁ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਸੁਖ ਮਾਨੋ ॥੨॥੧੧॥੧੫॥
kah nānak pāhan prabh tārah sādhasangat sukh mānō .2.11.15.
Says Nanak, O God, I am a stone - please carry me across, that I may enjoy peace in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||2||11||15||