ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
sirīrāg mahalā 3 .
Siree Raag, Third Mehl:
ਸਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸੇਵੀਐ ਸਚੁ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਦੇਇ ॥
sachā sāhib sēvīai sach vadiāī dēi .
Serve your True Lord and Master, and you shall be blessed with true greatness.
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਦੂਰਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
gur parasādī man vasai haumai dūr karēi .
By Guru's Grace, He abides in the mind, and egotism is driven out.
ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਧਾਵਤੁ ਤਾ ਰਹੈ ਜਾ ਆਪੇ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥੧॥
ih man dhāvat tā rahai jā āpē nadar karēi .1.
This wandering mind comes to rest, when the Lord casts His Glance of Grace. ||1||
ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ॥
bhāī rē guramukh har nām dhiāi .
O Siblings of Destiny, become Gurmukh, and meditate on the Name of the Lord.
ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਸਦ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਹਲੀ ਪਾਵੈ ਥਾਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
nām nidhān sad man vasai mahalī pāvai thāu .1. rahāu .
The Treasure of the Naam abides forever within the mind, and one's place of rest is found in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||1||Pause||
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਅੰਧੁ ਹੈ ਤਿਸ ਨਉ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਠਾਉ ॥
manamukh man tan andh hai tis nau thaur n thāu .
The minds and bodies of the self-willed manmukhs are filled with darkness; they find no shelter, no place of rest.
ਬਹੁ ਜੋਨੀ ਭਉਦਾ ਫਿਰੈ ਜਿਉ ਸੁੰਞੈਂ ਘਰਿ ਕਾਉ ॥
bah jōnī bhaudā phirai jiu sunñainh ghar kāu .
Through countless incarnations they wander lost, like crows in a deserted house.
ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਘਟਿ ਚਾਨਣਾ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਉ ॥੨॥
guramatī ghat chānanā sabad milai har nāu .2.
Through the Guru's Teachings, the heart is illuminated. Through the Shabad, the Name of the Lord is received. ||2||
ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਅੰਧੁ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ਗੁਬਾਰ ॥
trai gun bikhiā andh hai māiā mōh gubār .
In the corruption of the three qualities, there is blindness; in attachment to Maya, there is darkness.
ਲੋਭੀ ਅਨ ਕਉ ਸੇਵਦੇ ਪੜਿ ਵੇਦਾ ਕਰੈ ਪੂਕਾਰ ॥
lōbhī an kau sēvadē par vēdā karai pūkār .
The greedy people serve others, instead of the Lord, although they loudly announce their reading of scriptures.
ਬਿਖਿਆ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਪਚਿ ਮੁਏ ਨਾ ਉਰਵਾਰੁ ਨ ਪਾਰੁ ॥੩॥
bikhiā andar pach muē nā uravār n pār .3.
They are burnt to death by their own corruption; they are not at home, on either this shore or the one beyond. ||3||
ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਜਗਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਪਾਲਿ ॥
māiā mōh visāriā jagat pitā pratipāl .
In attachment to Maya, they have forgotten the Father, the Cherisher of the World.
ਬਾਝਹੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਅਚੇਤੁ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਬਧੀ ਜਮਕਾਲਿ ॥
bājhah gurū achēt hai sabh badhī jamakāl .
Without the Guru, all are unconscious; they are held in bondage by the Messenger of Death.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਉਬਰੇ ਸਚਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਮਾਲਿ ॥੪॥੧੦॥੪੩॥
nānak guramat ubarē sachā nām samāl .4.10.43.
O Nanak, through the Guru's Teachings, you shall be saved, contemplating the True Name. ||4||10||43||