ਕਾਨੜਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
kānarā mahalā 5 .
Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:
ਰੰਗਾ ਰੰਗ ਰੰਗਨ ਕੇ ਰੰਗਾ ॥
rangā rang rangan kē rangā .
The Playful Lord imbues all with the Color of His Love.
ਕੀਟ ਹਸਤ ਪੂਰਨ ਸਭ ਸੰਗਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
kīt hasat pūran sabh sangā .1. rahāu .
From the ant to the elephant, He is permeating and pervading all. ||1||Pause||
ਬਰਤ ਨੇਮ ਤੀਰਥ ਸਹਿਤ ਗੰਗਾ ॥
barat nēm tīrath sahit gangā .
Some go on fasts, make vows, and take pilgrimages to sacred shrines on the Ganges.
ਜਲੁ ਹੇਵਤ ਭੂਖ ਅਰੁ ਨੰਗਾ ॥
jal hēvat bhūkh ar nangā .
They stand naked in the water, enduring hunger and poverty.
ਪੂਜਾਚਾਰ ਕਰਤ ਮੇਲੰਗਾ ॥
pūjāchār karat mēlangā .
They sit cross-legged, perform worship services and do good deeds.
ਚਕ੍ਰ ਕਰਮ ਤਿਲਕ ਖਾਟੰਗਾ ॥
chakr karam tilak khātangā .
They apply religious symbols to their bodies, and ceremonial marks to their limbs.
ਦਰਸਨੁ ਭੇਟੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਸੰਗਾ ॥੧॥
darasan bhētē bin satasangā .1.
They read through the Shaastras, but they do not join the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. ||1||
ਹਠਿ ਨਿਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਅਤਿ ਰਹਤ ਬਿਟੰਗਾ ॥
hath nigrah at rahat bitangā .
They stubbornly practice ritualistic postures, standing on their heads.
ਹਉ ਰੋਗੁ ਬਿਆਪੈ ਚੁਕੈ ਨ ਭੰਗਾ ॥
hau rōg biāpai chukai n bhangā .
They are afflicted with the disease of egotism, and their faults are not covered up.
ਕਾਮ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਅਤਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨ ਜਰੰਗਾ ॥
kām krōdh at trisan jarangā .
They burn in the fire of sexual frustration, unresolved anger and compulsive desire.
ਸੋ ਮੁਕਤੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਸੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਚੰਗਾ ॥੨॥੩॥੩੬॥
sō mukat nānak jis satigur changā .2.3.36.
He alone is liberated, O Nanak, whose True Guru is Good. ||2||3||36||