Ang 635
ਜਿਨ ਚਾਖਿਆ ਸੇਈ ਸਾਦੁ ਜਾਣਨਿ ਜਿਉ ਗੁੰਗੇ ਮਿਠਿਆਈ ॥
jin chaakhiaa seee saad jaanan jiu gu(n)ge mithiaaee ||
Only those who taste it know its sweet taste, like the mute, who eats the candy, and only smiles.
ਅਕਥੈ ਕਾ ਕਿਆ ਕਥੀਐ ਭਾਈ ਚਾਲਉ ਸਦਾ ਰਜਾਈ ॥
akathai kaa kiaa katheeai bhaaee chaalau sadaa rajaaee ||
How can I describe the indescribable, O Siblings of Destiny? I shall follow His Will forever.
ਗੁਰੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਮੇਲੇ ਤਾ ਮਤਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਨਿਗੁਰੇ ਮਤਿ ਨ ਕਾਈ ॥
gur daataa mele taa mat hovai nigure mat na kaaee ||
If one meets with the Guru, the Generous Giver, then he understands; those who have no Guru cannot understand this.
ਜਿਉ ਚਲਾਏ ਤਿਉ ਚਾਲਹ ਭਾਈ ਹੋਰ ਕਿਆ ਕੋ ਕਰੇ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ॥੬॥
jiu chalaae tiu chaalah bhaaee hor kiaa ko kare chaturaaee ||6||
As the Lord causes us to act, so do we act, O Siblings of Destiny. What other clever tricks can anyone try? ||6||
ਇਕਿ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਏ ਇਕਿ ਭਗਤੀ ਰਾਤੇ ਤੇਰਾ ਖੇਲੁ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥
ik bharam bhulaae ik bhagatee raate teraa khel apaaraa ||
Some are deluded by doubt, while others are imbued with devotional worship; Your play is infinite and endless.
ਜਿਤੁ ਤੁਧੁ ਲਾਏ ਤੇਹਾ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਤੂ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਚਲਾਵਣਹਾਰਾ ॥
jit tudh laae tehaa phal paaiaa too hukam chalaavanahaaraa ||
As You engage them, they receive the fruits of their rewards; You alone are the One who issues Your Commands.
ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰੀ ਜੇ ਕਿਛੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਅਪਣਾ ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਤੁਮਾਰਾ ॥
sevaa karee je kichh hovai apanaa jeeu pi(n)d tumaaraa ||
I would serve You, if anything were my own; my soul and body are Yours.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕੀਨੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਧਾਰਾ ॥੭॥
satigur miliai kirapaa keenee a(n)mrit naam adhaaraa ||7||
One who meets with the True Guru, by His Grace, takes the Support of the Ambrosial Naam. ||7||
ਗਗਨੰਤਰਿ ਵਾਸਿਆ ਗੁਣ ਪਰਗਾਸਿਆ ਗੁਣ ਮਹਿ ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨੰ ॥
gagana(n)tar vaasiaa gun paragaasiaa gun mahi giaan dhiaana(n) ||
He dwells in the heavenly realms, and his virtues radiantly shine forth; meditation and spiritual wisdom are found in virtue.
ਨਾਮੁ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵੈ ਕਹੈ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਤਤੋ ਤਤੁ ਵਖਾਨੰ ॥
naam man bhaavai kahai kahaavai tato tat vakhaana(n) ||
The Naam is pleasing to his mind; he speaks it, and causes others to speak it as well. He speaks the essential essence of wisdom.
ਸਬਦੁ ਗੁਰ ਪੀਰਾ ਗਹਿਰ ਗੰਭੀਰਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਜਗੁ ਬਉਰਾਨੰ ॥
sabad gur peeraa gahir ga(n)bheeraa bin sabadai jag bauraana(n) ||
The Word of the Shabad is his Guru and spiritual teacher, profound and unfathomable; without the Shabad, the world is insane.
ਪੂਰਾ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਗੀ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨੰ ॥੮॥੧॥
pooraa bairaagee sahaj subhaagee sach naanak man maana(n) ||8||1||
He is a perfect renunciate, naturally at ease, O Nanak, whose mind is pleased with the True Lord. ||8||1||
ਸੋਰਠਿ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਤਿਤੁਕੀ ॥
sorath mahalaa 1 titukee ||
Sorat'h, First Mehl, Thi-Thukay:
ਆਸਾ ਮਨਸਾ ਬੰਧਨੀ ਭਾਈ ਕਰਮ ਧਰਮ ਬੰਧਕਾਰੀ ॥
aasaa manasaa ba(n)dhanee bhaaee karam dharam ba(n)dhakaaree ||
Hope and desire are entrapments, O Siblings of Destiny. Religious rituals and ceremonies are traps.
ਪਾਪਿ ਪੁੰਨਿ ਜਗੁ ਜਾਇਆ ਭਾਈ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰੀ ॥
paap pu(n)n jag jaaiaa bhaaee binasai naam visaaree ||
Because of good and bad deeds, one is born into the world, O Siblings of Destiny; forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he is ruined.
ਇਹ ਮਾਇਆ ਜਗਿ ਮੋਹਣੀ ਭਾਈ ਕਰਮ ਸਭੇ ਵੇਕਾਰੀ ॥੧॥
ih maaiaa jag mohanee bhaaee karam sabhe vekaaree ||1||
This Maya is the enticer of the world, O Siblings of Destiny; all such actions are corrupt. ||1||
ਸੁਣਿ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਕਰਮਾ ਕਾਰੀ ॥
sun pa(n)dit karamaa kaaree ||
Listen, O ritualistic Pandit:
ਜਿਤੁ ਕਰਮਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਭਾਈ ਸੁ ਆਤਮ ਤਤੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jit karam sukh oopajai bhaaee s aatam tat beechaaree || rahaau ||
that religious ritual which produces happiness, O Siblings of Destiny, is contemplation of the essence of the soul. ||Pause||
ਸਾਸਤੁ ਬੇਦੁ ਬਕੈ ਖੜੋ ਭਾਈ ਕਰਮ ਕਰਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੀ ॥
saasat bed bakai khaRo bhaaee karam karahu sa(n)saaree ||
You may stand and recite the Shaastras and the Vedas, O Siblings of Destiny, but these are just worldly actions.
ਪਾਖੰਡਿ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਚੂਕਈ ਭਾਈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਮੈਲੁ ਵਿਕਾਰੀ ॥
paakha(n)d mail na chookaee bhaaee a(n)tar mail vikaaree ||
Filth cannot be washed away by hypocrisy, O Siblings of Destiny; the filth of corruption and sin is within you.
ਇਨ ਬਿਧਿ ਡੂਬੀ ਮਾਕੁਰੀ ਭਾਈ ਊਂਡੀ ਸਿਰ ਕੈ ਭਾਰੀ ॥੨॥
in bidh doobee maakuree bhaaee oo(n)dee sir kai bhaaree ||2||
This is how the spider is destroyed, O Siblings of Destiny, by falling head-long in its own web. ||2||
ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਘਣੀ ਵਿਗੂਤੀ ਭਾਈ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਖੁਆਈ ॥
duramat ghanee vigootee bhaaee doojai bhaai khuaaee ||
So many are destroyed by their own evil-mindedness, O Siblings of Destiny; in the love of duality, they are ruined.
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਭਾਈ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੈ ਭਰਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥
bin satigur naam na paaeeai bhaaee bin naamai bharam na jaaee ||
Without the True Guru, the Name is not obtained, O Siblings of Destiny; without the Name, doubt does not depart.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੇ ਤਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ਭਾਈ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣੁ ਰਹਾਈ ॥੩॥
satigur seve taa sukh paae bhaaee aavan jaan rahaaee ||3||
If one serves the True Guru, then he obtains peace, O Siblings of Destiny; his comings and goings are ended. ||3||
ਸਾਚੁ ਸਹਜੁ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਊਪਜੈ ਭਾਈ ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਮਾਈ ॥
saach sahaj gur te oopajai bhaaee man niramal saach samaaee ||
True celestial peace comes from the Guru, O Siblings of Destiny; the immaculate mind is absorbed into the True Lord.
ਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੇ ਸੋ ਬੂਝੈ ਭਾਈ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਮਗੁ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥
gur seve so boojhai bhaaee gur bin mag na paaee ||
One who serves the Guru, understands, O Siblings of Destiny; without the Guru, the way is not found.
ਜਿਸੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਲੋਭੁ ਕਿ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਭਾਈ ਕੂੜੁ ਬੋਲਿ ਬਿਖੁ ਖਾਈ ॥੪॥
jis a(n)tar lobh k karam kamaavai bhaaee kooR bol bikh khaaee ||4||
What can anyone do, with greed within? O Siblings of Destiny, by telling lies, they eat poison. ||4||
ਪੰਡਿਤ ਦਹੀ ਵਿਲੋਈਐ ਭਾਈ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਨਿਕਲੈ ਤਥੁ ॥
pa(n)dit dahee viloeeai bhaaee vichahu nikalai tath ||
O Pandit, by churning cream, butter is produced.
ਜਲੁ ਮਥੀਐ ਜਲੁ ਦੇਖੀਐ ਭਾਈ ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਏਹਾ ਵਥੁ ॥
jal matheeai jal dekheeai bhaaee ihu jag ehaa vath ||
By churning water, you shall only see water, O Siblings of Destiny; this world is like that.
ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਰਮਿ ਵਿਗੂਚੀਐ ਭਾਈ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਦੇਉ ਅਲਖੁ ॥੫॥
gur bin bharam vigoocheeai bhaaee ghat ghat deu alakh ||5||
Without the Guru, he is ruined by doubt, O Siblings of Destiny; the unseen Divine Lord is in each and every heart. ||5||
ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਤਾਗੋ ਸੂਤ ਕੋ ਭਾਈ ਦਹ ਦਿਸ ਬਾਧੋ ਮਾਇ ॥
ihu jag taago soot ko bhaaee dah dis baadho maai ||
This world is like a thread of cotton, O Siblings of Destiny, which Maya has tied on all ten sides.
ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਗਾਠਿ ਨ ਛੂਟਈ ਭਾਈ ਥਾਕੇ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਇ ॥
bin gur gaath na chhootaee bhaaee thaake karam kamaai ||
Without the Guru, the knots cannot be untied, O Siblings of Destiny; I am so tired of religious rituals.
ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ਭਾਈ ਕਹਣਾ ਕਿਛੂ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥੬॥
ihu jag bharam bhulaaiaa bhaaee kahanaa kichhoo na jaai ||6||
This world is deluded by doubt, O Siblings of Destiny; no one can say anything about it. ||6||
ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਭਉ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਭਾਈ ਭੈ ਮਰਣਾ ਸਚੁ ਲੇਖੁ ॥
gur miliai bhau man vasai bhaaee bhai maranaa sach lekh ||
Meeting with the Guru, the Fear of God comes to abide in the mind; to die in the Fear of God is one's true destiny.
ਮਜਨੁ ਦਾਨੁ ਚੰਗਿਆਈਆ ਭਾਈ ਦਰਗਹ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸੇਖੁ ॥
majan daan cha(n)giaaeeaa bhaaee daragah naam visekh ||
In the Court of the Lord, the Naam is far superior to ritualistic cleansing baths, charity and good deeds, O Siblings of Destiny.