ਕਬ ਚੰਦਨਿ ਕਬ ਅਕਿ ਡਾਲਿ ਕਬ ਉਚੀ ਪਰੀਤਿ ॥
kab chandan kab ak dāl kab uchī parīt .
Sometimes it is perched on the sandalwood tree, and sometimes it is on the branch of the poisonous swallow-wort. Sometimes, it soars through the heavens.
ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਚਲਾਈਐ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਲਗੀ ਰੀਤਿ ॥੨॥
nānak hukam chalāīai sāhib lagī rīt .2.
O Nanak, our Lord and Master leads us on, according to the Hukam of His Command; such is His Way. ||2||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurī .
Pauree:
ਕੇਤੇ ਕਹਹਿ ਵਖਾਣ ਕਹਿ ਕਹਿ ਜਾਵਣਾ ॥
kētē kahah vakhān kah kah jāvanā .
Some speak and expound, and while speaking and lecturing, they pass away.
ਵੇਦ ਕਹਹਿ ਵਖਿਆਣ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਵਣਾ ॥
vēd kahah vakhiān ant n pāvanā .
The Vedas speak and expound on the Lord, but they do not know His limits.
ਪੜਿਐ ਨਾਹੀ ਭੇਦੁ ਬੁਝਿਐ ਪਾਵਣਾ ॥
pariai nāhī bhēd bujhiai pāvanā .
Not by studying, but through understanding, is the Lord's Mystery revealed.
ਖਟੁ ਦਰਸਨ ਕੈ ਭੇਖਿ ਕਿਸੈ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਾ ॥
khat darasan kai bhēkh kisai sach samāvanā .
There are six pathways in the Shaastras, but how rare are those who merge in the True Lord through them.
ਸਚਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਅਲਖੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਹਾਵਣਾ ॥
sachā purakh alakh sabad suhāvanā .
The True Lord is Unknowable; through the Word of His Shabad, we are embellished.
ਮੰਨੇ ਨਾਉ ਬਿਸੰਖ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਾਵਣਾ ॥
mannē nāu bisankh daragah pāvanā .
One who believes in the Name of the Infinite Lord, attains the Court of the Lord.
ਖਾਲਕ ਕਉ ਆਦੇਸੁ ਢਾਢੀ ਗਾਵਣਾ ॥
khālak kau ādēs dhādhī gāvanā .
I humbly bow to the Creator Lord; I am a minstrel singing His Praises.
ਨਾਨਕ ਜੁਗੁ ਜੁਗੁ ਏਕੁ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਵਣਾ ॥੨੧॥
nānak jug jug ēk mann vasāvanā .21.
Nanak enshrines the Lord within his mind. He is the One, throughout the ages. ||21||
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
salōk mah 1 .
Shalok, First Mehl:
ਤੁਮੀ ਤੁਮਾ ਵਿਸੁ ਅਕੁ ਧਤੂਰਾ ਨਿਮੁ ਫਲੁ ॥
tumī tumā vis ak dhatūrā nim phal .
Bitter melon, swallow-wort, thorn-apple and nim fruit
ਮਨਿ ਮੁਖਿ ਵਸਹਿ ਤਿਸੁ ਜਿਸੁ ਤੂੰ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਆਵਹੀ ॥
man mukh vasah tis jis tūn chit n āvahī .
-these bitter poisons lodge in the minds and mouths of those who do not remember you.
ਨਾਨਕ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਿਸੁ ਹੰਢਨਿ ਕਰਮਾ ਬਾਹਰੇ ॥੧॥
nānak kahīai kis handhan karamā bāharē .1.
O Nanak, how shall I tell them this? Without the karma of good deeds, they are only destroying themselves. ||1||
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mah 1 .
First Mehl:
ਮਤਿ ਪੰਖੇਰੂ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਸਾਥਿ ਕਬ ਉਤਮ ਕਬ ਨੀਚ ॥
mat pankhērū kirat sāth kab utam kab nīch .
The intellect is a bird; on account of its actions, it is sometimes high, and sometimes low.