ਮਨਹਿ ਮਾਰਿ ਕਵਨ ਸਿਧਿ ਥਾਪੀ ॥੧॥
manah mār kavan sidh thāpī .1.
Who has established himself as a Siddha, a being of miraculous spiritual powers, by killing his mind? ||1||
ਕਵਨੁ ਸੁ ਮੁਨਿ ਜੋ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰੈ ॥
kavan s mun jō man mārai .
Who is that silent sage, who has killed his mind?
ਮਨ ਕਉ ਮਾਰਿ ਕਹਹੁ ਕਿਸੁ ਤਾਰੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
man kau mār kahah kis tārai .1. rahāu .
By killing the mind, tell me, who is saved? ||1||Pause||
ਮਨ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬੋਲੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ॥
man antar bōlai sabh kōī .
Everyone speaks through the mind.
ਮਨ ਮਾਰੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੨॥
man mārē bin bhagat n hōī .2.
Without killing the mind, devotional worship is not performed. ||2||
ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੋ ਜਾਨੈ ਭੇਉ ॥
kah kabīr jō jānai bhēu .
Says Kabeer, one who knows the secret of this mystery,
ਮਨੁ ਮਧੁਸੂਦਨੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਦੇਉ ॥੩॥੨੮॥
man madhusūdan tribhavan dēu .3.28.
beholds within his own mind the Lord of the three worlds. ||3||28||
ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥
gaurī kabīr jī .
Gauree, Kabeer Jee:
ਮਨ ਕਾ ਸੁਭਾਉ ਮਨਹਿ ਬਿਆਪੀ ॥
man kā subhāu manah biāpī .
The natural tendency of the mind is to chase the mind.