ਹਉਮੈ ਬੰਧਨ ਬੰਧਿ ਭਵਾਵੈ ॥
haumai bandhan bandh bhavāvai .
Egotism binds people in bondage, and causes them to wander around lost.
ਨਾਨਕ ਰਾਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੮॥੧੩॥
nānak rām bhagat sukh pāvai .8.13.
O Nanak, peace is obtained through devotional worship of the Lord. ||8||13||
ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
gaurī mahalā 1 .
Gauree, First Mehl:
ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰਤ ਭੇਖੀ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥
haumai karat bhēkhī nahī jāniā .
Acting in egotism, the Lord is not known, even by wearing religious robes.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਵਿਰਲੇ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥੧॥
guramukh bhagat viralē man māniā .1.
How rare is that Gurmukh, who surrenders his mind in devotional worship. ||1||
ਹਉ ਹਉ ਕਰਤ ਨਹੀ ਸਚੁ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
hau hau karat nahī sach pāīai .
By actions done in egotism, selfishness and conceit, the True Lord is not obtained.
ਹਉਮੈ ਜਾਇ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਈਐ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
haumai jāi param pad pāīai .1. rahāu .
But when egotism departs, then the state of supreme dignity is obtained. ||1||Pause||
ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰਿ ਰਾਜੇ ਬਹੁ ਧਾਵਹਿ ॥
haumai kar rājē bah dhāvah .
The kings act in egotism, and undertake all sorts of expeditions.
ਹਉਮੈ ਖਪਹਿ ਜਨਮਿ ਮਰਿ ਆਵਹਿ ॥੨॥
haumai khapah janam mar āvah .2.
But through their egotism, they are ruined; they die, only to be reborn over and over again. ||2||
ਹਉਮੈ ਨਿਵਰੈ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੈ ॥
haumai nivarai gur sabad vīchārai .
Egotism is overcome only by contemplating the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
ਚੰਚਲ ਮਤਿ ਤਿਆਗੈ ਪੰਚ ਸੰਘਾਰੈ ॥੩॥
chanchal mat tiāgai panch sanghārai .3.
One who restrains his fickle mind subdues the five passions. ||3||
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਸਹਜ ਘਰਿ ਆਵਹਿ ॥
antar sāch sahaj ghar āvah .
With the True Lord deep within the self, the Celestial Mansion is intuitively found.
ਰਾਜਨੁ ਜਾਣਿ ਪਰਮ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥੪॥
rājan jān param gat pāvah .4.
Understanding the Sovereign Lord, the state of supreme dignity is obtained. ||4||
ਸਚੁ ਕਰਣੀ ਗੁਰੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਵੈ ॥
sach karanī gur bharam chukāvai .
The Guru dispels the doubts of those whose actions are true.
ਨਿਰਭਉ ਕੈ ਘਰਿ ਤਾੜੀ ਲਾਵੈ ॥੫॥
nirabhau kai ghar tārī lāvai .5.
They focus their attention on the Home of the Fearless Lord. ||5||
ਹਉ ਹਉ ਕਰਿ ਮਰਣਾ ਕਿਆ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
hau hau kar maranā kiā pāvai .
Those who act in egotism, selfishness and conceit die; what do they gain?
ਪੂਰਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟੇ ਸੋ ਝਗਰੁ ਚੁਕਾਵੈ ॥੬॥
pūrā gur bhētē sō jhagar chukāvai .6.
Those who meet the Perfect Guru are rid of all conflicts. ||6||
ਜੇਤੀ ਹੈ ਤੇਤੀ ਕਿਹੁ ਨਾਹੀ ॥
jētī hai tētī kih nāhī .
Whatever exists, is in reality nothing.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗਿਆਨ ਭੇਟਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਹੀ ॥੭॥
guramukh giān bhēt gun gāhī .7.
Obtaining spiritual wisdom from the Guru, I sing the Glories of God. ||7||