ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
gaurī mahalā 1 .
Gauree, First Mehl:
ਉਲਟਿਓ ਕਮਲੁ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥
ulatiō kamal braham bīchār .
The inverted heart-lotus has been turned upright, through reflective meditation on God.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਧਾਰ ਗਗਨਿ ਦਸ ਦੁਆਰਿ ॥
anmrit dhār gagan das duār .
From the Sky of the Tenth Gate, the Ambrosial Nectar trickles down.
ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣੁ ਬੇਧਿਆ ਆਪਿ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥੧॥
tribhavan bēdhiā āp murār .1.
The Lord Himself is pervading the three worlds. ||1||
ਰੇ ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਭਰਮੁ ਨ ਕੀਜੈ ॥
rē man mērē bharam n kījai .
O my mind, do not give in to doubt.
ਮਨਿ ਮਾਨਿਐ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਰਸੁ ਪੀਜੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
man māniai anmrit ras pījai .1. rahāu .
When the mind surrenders to the Name, it drinks in the essence of Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||
ਜਨਮੁ ਜੀਤਿ ਮਰਣਿ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥
janam jīt maran man māniā .
So win the game of life; let your mind surrender and accept death.
ਆਪਿ ਮੂਆ ਮਨੁ ਮਨ ਤੇ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥
āp mūā man man tē jāniā .
When the self dies, the individual mind comes to know the Supreme Mind.
ਨਜਰਿ ਭਈ ਘਰੁ ਘਰ ਤੇ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥੨॥
najar bhaī ghar ghar tē jāniā .2.
As the inner vision is awakened, one comes to know one's own home, deep within the self. ||2||
ਜਤੁ ਸਤੁ ਤੀਰਥੁ ਮਜਨੁ ਨਾਮਿ ॥
jat sat tīrath majan nām .
The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is austerity, chastity and cleansing baths at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.
ਅਧਿਕ ਬਿਥਾਰੁ ਕਰਉ ਕਿਸੁ ਕਾਮਿ ॥
adhik bithār karau kis kām .
What good are ostentatious displays?
ਨਰ ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਅੰਤਰਜਾਮਿ ॥੩॥
nar nārāin antarajām .3.
The All-pervading Lord is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||3||
ਆਨ ਮਨਉ ਤਉ ਪਰ ਘਰ ਜਾਉ ॥
ān manau tau par ghar jāu .
If I had faith in someone else, then I would go to that one's house.
ਕਿਸੁ ਜਾਚਉ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋ ਥਾਉ ॥
kis jāchau nāhī kō thāu .
But where should I go, to beg? There is no other place for me.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਉ ॥੪॥੮॥
nānak guramat sahaj samāu .4.8.
O Nanak, through the Guru's Teachings, I am intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||4||8||