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ਅੰਗ 1416
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਰਤੇ ਸੇ ਧਨਵੰਤ ਹੈਨਿ ਨਿਰਧਨੁ ਹੋਰੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥੨੬॥
naanak naam rate se dhanavant hain niradhan hor sansaar |26|

O Nanak, they alone are wealthy, who are imbued with the Naam; the rest of the world is poor. ||26||

ਜਨ ਕੀ ਟੇਕ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਹਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਠਵਰ ਨ ਠਾਉ ॥
jan kee ttek har naam har bin naavai tthavar na tthaau |

The Lord's Name is the Support of the Lord's humble servants. Without the Lord's Name, the there is no other place, no place of rest.

ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਨਾਉ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਸਹਜੇ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਉ ॥
guramatee naau man vasai sahaje sehaj samaau |

Following the Guru's Teachings, the Name abides in the mind, and one is intuitively, automatically absorbed in the Lord.

ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਲਾਗਾ ਭਾਉ ॥
vaddabhaagee naam dhiaaeaa ahinis laagaa bhaau |

Those with great good fortune meditate on the Naam; night and day, they embrace love for the Name.

ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਮੰਗੈ ਧੂੜਿ ਤਿਨ ਹਉ ਸਦ ਕੁਰਬਾਣੈ ਜਾਉ ॥੨੭॥
jan naanak mangai dhoorr tin hau sad kurabaanai jaau |27|

Servant Nanak begs for the dust of their feet; I am forever a sacrifice to them. ||27||

ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਮੇਦਨੀ ਤਿਸਨਾ ਜਲਤੀ ਕਰੇ ਪੁਕਾਰ ॥
lakh chauraaseeh medanee tisanaa jalatee kare pukaar |

The 8.4 million species of beings burn in desire and cry in pain.

ਇਹੁ ਮੋਹੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਸਭੁ ਪਸਰਿਆ ਨਾਲਿ ਚਲੈ ਨ ਅੰਤੀ ਵਾਰ ॥
eihu mohu maaeaa sabh pasariaa naal chalai na antee vaar |

All this show of emotional attachment to Maya shall not go with you at that very last instant.

ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਸਾਂਤਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਕਿਸੁ ਆਗੈ ਕਰੀ ਪੁਕਾਰ ॥
bin har saant na aavee kis aagai karee pukaar |

Without the Lord, peace and tranquility do not come; unto whom should we go and complain?

ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਬੂਝਿਆ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬਿਚਾਰੁ ॥
vaddabhaagee satigur paaeaa boojhiaa braham bichaar |

By great good fortune, one meets the True Guru, and comes to understand the contemplation of God.

ਤਿਸਨਾ ਅਗਨਿ ਸਭ ਬੁਝਿ ਗਈ ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਉਰਿ ਧਾਰਿ ॥੨੮॥
tisanaa agan sabh bujh gee jan naanak har ur dhaar |28|

The fire of desire is totally extinguished, O servant Nanak, enshrining the Lord within the heart. ||28||

ਅਸੀ ਖਤੇ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਕਮਾਵਦੇ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰੁ ॥
asee khate bahut kamaavade ant na paaraavaar |

I make so many mistakes, there is no end or limit to them.

ਹਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਿ ਕੈ ਬਖਸਿ ਲੈਹੁ ਹਉ ਪਾਪੀ ਵਡ ਗੁਨਹਗਾਰੁ ॥
har kirapaa kar kai bakhas laihu hau paapee vadd gunahagaar |

O Lord, please be merciful and forgive me; I am a sinner, a great offender.

ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਲੇਖੈ ਵਾਰ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਤੂੰ ਬਖਸਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਹਾਰੁ ॥
har jeeo lekhai vaar na aavee toon bakhas milaavanahaar |

O Dear Lord, if You made an account of my mistakes, my turn to be forgiven would not even come. Please forgive me, and unite me with Yourself.

ਗੁਰ ਤੁਠੈ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮੇਲਿਆ ਸਭ ਕਿਲਵਿਖ ਕਟਿ ਵਿਕਾਰ ॥
gur tutthai har prabh meliaa sabh kilavikh katt vikaar |

The Guru, in His Pleasure, has united me with the Lord God; He has cut away all my sinful mistakes.

ਜਿਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਨੑ ਜੈਕਾਰੁ ॥੨੯॥
jinaa har har naam dhiaaeaa jan naanak tina jaikaar |29|

Servant Nanak celebrates the victory of those who meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||29||

ਵਿਛੁੜਿ ਵਿਛੁੜਿ ਜੋ ਮਿਲੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੇ ਭੈ ਭਾਇ ॥
vichhurr vichhurr jo mile satigur ke bhai bhaae |

Those who have been separated and alienated from the Lord are united with Him again, through the Fear and the Love of the True Guru.

ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਭਏ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ॥
janam maran nihachal bhe guramukh naam dhiaae |

They escape the cycle of birth and death, and, as Gurmukh, they meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

ਗੁਰ ਸਾਧੂ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਹੀਰੇ ਰਤਨ ਲਭੰਨਿੑ ॥
gur saadhoo sangat milai heere ratan labhana |

Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Guru's Congregation, the diamonds and jewels are obtained.

ਨਾਨਕ ਲਾਲੁ ਅਮੋਲਕਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਖੋਜਿ ਲਹੰਨਿੑ ॥੩੦॥
naanak laal amolakaa guramukh khoj lahana |30|

O Nanak, the jewel is priceless; the Gurmukhs seek and find it. ||30||

ਮਨਮੁਖ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੇਤਿਓ ਧਿਗੁ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਧਿਗੁ ਵਾਸੁ ॥
manamukh naam na chetio dhig jeevan dhig vaas |

The self-willed manmukhs do not even think of the Naam. Cursed are their lives, and cursed are their homes.

ਜਿਸ ਦਾ ਦਿਤਾ ਖਾਣਾ ਪੈਨਣਾ ਸੋ ਮਨਿ ਨ ਵਸਿਓ ਗੁਣਤਾਸੁ ॥
jis daa ditaa khaanaa painanaa so man na vasio gunataas |

That Lord who gives them so much to eat and wear - they do not enshrine that Lord, the Treasure of Virtue, in their minds.

ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਨ ਭੇਦਿਓ ਕਿਉ ਹੋਵੈ ਘਰ ਵਾਸੁ ॥
eihu man sabad na bhedio kiau hovai ghar vaas |

This mind is not pierced by the Word of the Shabad; how can it come to dwell in its true home?

ਮਨਮੁਖੀਆ ਦੋਹਾਗਣੀ ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣਿ ਮੁਈਆਸੁ ॥
manamukheea dohaaganee aavan jaan mueeaas |

The self-willed manmukhs are like discarded brides, ruined by coming and going in the cycle of reincarnation.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੁਹਾਗੁ ਹੈ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਮਣੀ ਲਿਖਿਆਸੁ ॥
guramukh naam suhaag hai masatak manee likhiaas |

The Gurmukhs are embellished and exalted by the Naam, the Name of the Lord; the jewel of destiny is engraved upon their foreheads.

ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਉਰਿ ਧਾਰਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਕਮਲ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸੁ ॥
har har naam ur dhaariaa har hiradai kamal pragaas |

They enshrine the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, within their hearts; the Lord illumines their heart-lotus.

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਨਿ ਆਪਣਾ ਹਉ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਤਾਸੁ ॥
satigur sevan aapanaa hau sad balihaaree taas |

I am forever a sacrifice to those who serve their True Guru.

ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਨ ਮੁਖ ਉਜਲੇ ਜਿਨ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸੁ ॥੩੧॥
naanak tin mukh ujale jin antar naam pragaas |31|

O Nanak, radiant and bright are the faces of those whose inner beings are illuminated with the Light of the Naam. ||31||

ਸਬਦਿ ਮਰੈ ਸੋਈ ਜਨੁ ਸਿਝੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥
sabad marai soee jan sijhai bin sabadai mukat na hoee |

Those who die in the Word of the Shabad are saved. Without the Shabad, no one is liberated.

ਭੇਖ ਕਰਹਿ ਬਹੁ ਕਰਮ ਵਿਗੁਤੇ ਭਾਇ ਦੂਜੈ ਪਰਜ ਵਿਗੋਈ ॥
bhekh kareh bahu karam vigute bhaae doojai paraj vigoee |

They wear religious robes and perform all sorts of rituals, but they are ruined; in the love of duality, their world is ruined.

ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਨਾਉ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਜੇ ਸਉ ਲੋਚੈ ਕੋਈ ॥੩੨॥
naanak bin satigur naau na paaeeai je sau lochai koee |32|

O Nanak, without the True Guru, the Name is not obtained, even though one may long for it hundreds of times. ||32||

ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਉ ਅਤਿ ਵਡ ਊਚਾ ਊਚੀ ਹੂ ਊਚਾ ਹੋਈ ॥
har kaa naau at vadd aoochaa aoochee hoo aoochaa hoee |

The Name of the Lord is utterly great, lofty and high, the highest of the high.

ਅਪੜਿ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਸਕਈ ਜੇ ਸਉ ਲੋਚੈ ਕੋਈ ॥
aparr koe na sakee je sau lochai koee |

No one can climb up to it, even though one may long for it, hundreds of times.

ਮੁਖਿ ਸੰਜਮ ਹਛਾ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਕਰਿ ਭੇਖ ਭਵੈ ਸਭ ਕੋਈ ॥
mukh sanjam hachhaa na hovee kar bhekh bhavai sabh koee |

Speaking about self-discipline, no one become pure; everyone walks around wearing religious robes.

ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਪਉੜੀ ਜਾਇ ਚੜੈ ਕਰਮਿ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥
gur kee paurree jaae charrai karam paraapat hoee |

Those blessed by the karma of good deeds go and climb the ladder of the Guru.

ਅੰਤਰਿ ਆਇ ਵਸੈ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੈ ਕੋਇ ॥
antar aae vasai gurasabad veechaarai koe |

The Lord comes and dwells within that one who contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

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