ਰਾਜੰ ਤ ਮਾਨੰ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੰ ਤ ਹੀਨੰ ॥
raaja(n) ta maana(n) abhimaana(n) ta heena(n) ||
If there is power, then there is pride. If there is egotistical pride, then there will be a fall.
ਪ੍ਰਵਿਰਤਿ ਮਾਰਗੰ ਵਰਤੰਤਿ ਬਿਨਾਸਨੰ ॥
pravirat maaraga(n) varata(n)t binaasana(n) ||
Engrossed in worldly ways, one is ruined.
ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਭਜਨ ਸਾਧ ਸੰਗੇਣ ਅਸਥਿਰੰ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਵੰਤ ਭਜਨਾਸਨੰ ॥੧੨॥
gobi(n)dh bhajan saadh sa(n)gen asathira(n) naanak bhagava(n)t bhajanaasana(n) ||12||
Meditating and vibrating on the Lord of the Universe in the Company of the Holy, you shall become steady and stable. Nanak vibrates and meditates on the Lord God. ||12||
ਕਿਰਪੰਤ ਹਰੀਅੰ ਮਤਿ ਤਤੁ ਗਿਆਨੰ ॥
kirapa(n)t hareea(n) mat tat giaana(n) ||
By the Grace of God, genuine understanding comes to the mind.
ਬਿਗਸੀਧੵਿ ਬੁਧਾ ਕੁਸਲ ਥਾਨੰ ॥
bigaseedhiye budhaa kusal thaana(n) ||
The intellect blossoms forth, and one finds a place in the realm of celestial bliss.
ਬਸੵਿੰਤ ਰਿਖਿਅੰ ਤਿਆਗਿ ਮਾਨੰ ॥
basiye(n)t rikhia(n) tiaag maana(n) ||
The senses are brought under control, and pride is abandoned.
ਸੀਤਲੰਤ ਰਿਦਯੰ ਦ੍ਰਿੜੁ ਸੰਤ ਗਿਆਨੰ ॥
seetala(n)t ridhaya(n) dhiraR sa(n)t giaana(n) ||
The heart is cooled and soothed, and the wisdom of the Saints is implanted within.
ਰਹੰਤ ਜਨਮੰ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਸ ਲੀਣਾ ॥
raha(n)t janama(n) har dharas leenaa ||
Reincarnation is ended, and the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan is obtained.
ਬਾਜੰਤ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਬਦ ਬੀਣਾਂ ॥੧੩॥
baaja(n)t naanak sabadh beenaa(n) ||13||
O Nanak, the musical instrument of the Word of the Shabad vibrates and resounds within. ||13||
ਕਹੰਤ ਬੇਦਾ ਗੁਣੰਤ ਗੁਨੀਆ ਸੁਣੰਤ ਬਾਲਾ ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰਾ ॥
kaha(n)t bedhaa guna(n)t guneeaa suna(n)t baalaa bahu bidh prakaaraa ||
The Vedas preach and recount God's Glories; people hear them by various ways and means.
ਦ੍ਰਿੜੰਤ ਸੁਬਿਦਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲਾ ॥
dhiraRa(n)t subidhiaa har har kirapaalaa ||
The Merciful Lord, Har, Har, implants spiritual wisdom within.
ਨਾਮ ਦਾਨੁ ਜਾਚੰਤ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੈਨਹਾਰ ਗੁਰ ਗੋਪਾਲਾ ॥੧੪॥
naam dhaan jaacha(n)t naanak dhainahaar gur gopaalaa ||14||
Nanak begs for the Gift of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. The Guru is the Great Giver, the Lord of the World. ||14||
ਨਹ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤ ਭ੍ਰਾਤਹ ਨਹ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਕਛੁ ਲੋਕ ਕਹ ॥
neh chi(n)taa maat pit bhraateh neh chi(n)taa kachh lok keh ||
Do not worry so much about your mother, father and siblings. Do not worry so much about other people.
ਨਹ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਬਨਿਤਾ ਸੁਤ ਮੀਤਹ ਪ੍ਰਵਿਰਤਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਸਨਬੰਧਨਹ ॥
neh chi(n)taa banitaa sut meeteh pravirat maiaa sanaba(n)dhaneh ||
Do not worry about your spouse, children and friends. You are obsessed with your involvements in Maya.
ਦਇਆਲ ਏਕ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਪੁਰਖਹ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਰਬ ਜੀਅ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਪਾਲਕਹ ॥੧੫॥
dhiaal ek bhagavaan purakheh naanak sarab jeea pratipaalakeh ||15||
The One Lord God is Kind and Compassionate, O Nanak. He is the Cherisher and Nurturer of all living beings. ||15||
ਅਨਿਤੵ ਵਿਤੰ ਅਨਿਤੵ ਚਿਤੰ ਅਨਿਤੵ ਆਸਾ ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰੰ ॥
anitaye vita(n) anitaye chita(n) anitaye aasaa bahu bidh prakaara(n) ||
Wealth is temporary; conscious existence is temporary; hopes of all sorts are temporary.
ਅਨਿਤੵ ਹੇਤੰ ਅਹੰ ਬੰਧੰ ਭਰਮ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਲਨੰ ਬਿਕਾਰੰ ॥
anitaye heta(n) aha(n) ba(n)dha(n) bharam maiaa malana(n) bikaara(n) ||
The bonds of love, attachment, egotism, doubt, Maya and the pollution of corruption are temporary.
ਫਿਰੰਤ ਜੋਨਿ ਅਨੇਕ ਜਠਰਾਗਨਿ ਨਹ ਸਿਮਰੰਤ ਮਲੀਣ ਬੁਧੵੰ ॥
fira(n)t jon anek jaTharaagan neh simara(n)t maleen budhaye(n) ||
The mortal passes through the fire of the womb of reincarnation countless times. He does not remember the Lord in meditation; his understanding is polluted.
ਹੇ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਕਰਤ ਮਇਆ ਨਾਨਕ ਪਤਿਤ ਉਧਾਰਣ ਸਾਧ ਸੰਗਮਹ ॥੧੬॥
he gobi(n)dh karat miaa naanak patit udhaaran saadh sa(n)gameh ||16||
O Lord of the Universe, when You grant Your Grace, even sinners are saved. Nanak dwells in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||16||
ਗਿਰੰਤ ਗਿਰਿ ਪਤਿਤ ਪਾਤਾਲੰ ਜਲੰਤ ਦੇਦੀਪੵ ਬੈਸ੍ਵਾਂਤਰਹ ॥
gira(n)t gir patit paataala(n) jala(n)t dhedheepaye baisavaiaa(n)tareh ||
You may drop down from the mountains, and fall into the nether regions of the underworld, or be burnt in the blazing fire,
ਬਹੰਤਿ ਅਗਾਹ ਤੋਯੰ ਤਰੰਗੰ ਦੁਖੰਤ ਗ੍ਰਹ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਜਨਮੰ ਤ ਮਰਣਹ ॥
baha(n)t agaeh toya(n) tara(n)ga(n) dhukha(n)t greh chi(n)taa janama(n) ta maraneh ||
or swept away by the unfathomable waves of water; but the worst pain of all is household anxiety, which is the source of the cycle of death and rebirth.
ਅਨਿਕ ਸਾਧਨੰ ਨ ਸਿਧੵਤੇ ਨਾਨਕ ਅਸਥੰਭੰ ਅਸਥੰਭੰ ਅਸਥੰਭੰ ਸਬਦ ਸਾਧ ਸ੍ਵਜਨਹ ॥੧੭॥
anik saadhana(n) na sidhayete naanak asatha(n)bha(n) asatha(n)bha(n) asatha(n)bha(n) sabadh saadh savaijaneh ||17||
No matter what you do, you cannot break its bonds, O Nanak. Man's only Support, Anchor and Mainstay is the Word of the Shabad, and the Holy, Friendly Saints. ||17||
ਘੋਰ ਦੁਖੵੰ ਅਨਿਕ ਹਤੵੰ ਜਨਮ ਦਾਰਿਦ੍ਰੰ ਮਹਾ ਬਿਖੵਾਦੰ ॥
ghor dhukhaye(n) anik hataye(n) janam dhaaridhra(n) mahaa bikhayeaadha(n) ||
Excruciating pain, countless killings, reincarnation, poverty and terrible misery
ਮਿਟੰਤ ਸਗਲ ਸਿਮਰੰਤ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਨਕ ਜੈਸੇ ਪਾਵਕ ਕਾਸਟ ਭਸਮੰ ਕਰੋਤਿ ॥੧੮॥
miTa(n)t sagal simara(n)t har naam naanak jaise paavak kaasaT bhasama(n) karot ||18||
are all destroyed by meditating in remembrance on the Lord's Name, O Nanak, just as fire reduces piles of wood to ashes. ||18||
ਅੰਧਕਾਰ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸੰ ਗੁਣ ਰਮੰਤ ਅਘ ਖੰਡਨਹ ॥
a(n)dhakaar simarat prakaasa(n) gun rama(n)t agh kha(n)ddaneh ||
Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, the darkness is illuminated. Dwelling on His Glorious Praises, the ugly sins are destroyed.
ਰਿਦ ਬਸੰਤਿ ਭੈ ਭੀਤ ਦੂਤਹ ਕਰਮ ਕਰਤ ਮਹਾ ਨਿਰਮਲਹ ॥
ridh basa(n)t bhai bheet dhooteh karam karat mahaa niramaleh ||
Enshrining the Lord deep within the heart, and with the immaculate karma of doing good deeds, one strikes fear into the demons.
ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਰਹੰਤ ਸ੍ਰੋਤਾ ਸੁਖ ਸਮੂਹ ਅਮੋਘ ਦਰਸਨਹ ॥
janam maran raha(n)t srotaa sukh samooh amogh dharasaneh ||
The cycle of coming and going in reincarnation is ended, absolute peace is obtained, and the Fruitful Vision of the Lord's Darshan.
ਸਰਣਿ ਜੋਗੰ ਸੰਤ ਪ੍ਰਿਅ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਖੇਮੰ ਕਰੋਤਿ ॥੧੯॥
saran joga(n) sa(n)t pria naanak so bhagavaan khema(n) karot ||19||
He is Potent to give Protection, He is the Lover of His Saints. O Nanak, the Lord God blesses all with bliss. ||19||
ਪਾਛੰ ਕਰੋਤਿ ਅਗ੍ਰਣੀਵਹ ਨਿਰਾਸੰ ਆਸ ਪੂਰਨਹ ॥
paachha(n) karot agraneeveh niraasa(n) aas pooraneh ||
Those who were left behind - the Lord brings them to the front. He fulfills the hopes of the hopeless.
ਨਿਰਧਨ ਭਯੰ ਧਨਵੰਤਹ ਰੋਗੀਅੰ ਰੋਗ ਖੰਡਨਹ ॥
niradhan bhaya(n) dhanava(n)teh rogeea(n) rog kha(n)ddaneh ||
He makes the poor rich, and cures the illnesses of the ill.
ਭਗਤੵੰ ਭਗਤਿ ਦਾਨੰ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਗੁਣ ਕੀਰਤਨਹ ॥
bhagataye(n) bhagat dhaana(n) raam naam gun keerataneh ||
He blesses His devotees with devotion. They sing the Kirtan of the Praises of the Lord's Name.
ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਪੁਰਖ ਦਾਤਾਰਹ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਿੰ ਨ ਲਭੵਤੇ ॥੨੦॥
paarabraham purakh dhaataareh naanak gur sevaa ki(n) na labhayete ||20||
O Nanak, those who serve the Guru find the Supreme Lord God, the Great Giver||20||
ਅਧਰੰ ਧਰੰ ਧਾਰਣਹ ਨਿਰਧਨੰ ਧਨ ਨਾਮ ਨਰਹਰਹ ॥
adhara(n) dhara(n) dhaaraneh niradhana(n) dhan naam narahareh ||
He gives Support to the unsupported. The Name of the Lord is the Wealth of the poor.
ਅਨਾਥ ਨਾਥ ਗੋਬਿੰਦਹ ਬਲਹੀਣ ਬਲ ਕੇਸਵਹ ॥
anaath naath gobi(n)dheh balaheen bal kesaveh ||
The Lord of the Universe is the Master of the masterless; the Beautiful-haired Lord is the Power of the weak.
ਸਰਬ ਭੂਤ ਦਯਾਲ ਅਚੁਤ ਦੀਨ ਬਾਂਧਵ ਦਾਮੋਦਰਹ ॥
sarab bhoot dhayaal achut dheen baa(n)dhav dhaamodhareh ||
The Lord is Merciful to all beings, Eternal and Unchanging, the Family of the meek and humble.
ਸਰਬਗੵ ਪੂਰਨ ਪੁਰਖ ਭਗਵਾਨਹ ਭਗਤਿ ਵਛਲ ਕਰੁਣਾ ਮਯਹ ॥
sarabagaye pooran purakh bhagavaaneh bhagat vachhal karunaa mayeh ||
The All-knowing, Perfect, Primal Lord God is the Lover of His devotees, the Embodiment of Mercy.