Please bless Nanak with the gift of the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord; he continually sings the songs of Your Glories. ||8||2||8||12||20||
ਮਾਰੂ ਸੋਲਹੇ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
Maaroo, Solahas, First Mehl:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਸਾਚਾ ਸਚੁ ਸੋਈ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥
The True Lord is True; there is no other at all.
ਜਿਨਿ ਸਿਰਜੀ ਤਿਨ ਹੀ ਫੁਨਿ ਗੋਈ ॥
He who created, shall in the end destroy.
ਜਿਉ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਉ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਰਹਣਾ ਤੁਮ ਸਿਉ ਕਿਆ ਮੁਕਰਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੧॥
As it pleases You, so You keep me, and so I remain; what excuse could I offer to You? ||1||
ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਏ ਆਪਿ ਖਪਾਏ ॥
You Yourself create, and You Yourself destroy.
ਆਪੇ ਸਿਰਿ ਸਿਰਿ ਧੰਧੈ ਲਾਏ ॥
You yourself link each and every person to their tasks.
ਆਪੇ ਵੀਚਾਰੀ ਗੁਣਕਾਰੀ ਆਪੇ ਮਾਰਗਿ ਲਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੨॥
You contemplate Yourself, You Yourself make us worthy; You Yourself place us on the Path. ||2||
ਆਪੇ ਦਾਨਾ ਆਪੇ ਬੀਨਾ ॥
You Yourself are all-wise, You Yourself are all-knowing.
ਆਪੇ ਆਪੁ ਉਪਾਇ ਪਤੀਨਾ ॥
You Yourself created the Universe, and You are pleased.
ਆਪੇ ਪਉਣੁ ਪਾਣੀ ਬੈਸੰਤਰੁ ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੩॥
You Yourself are the air, water and fire; You Yourself unite in Union. ||3||
ਆਪੇ ਸਸਿ ਸੂਰਾ ਪੂਰੋ ਪੂਰਾ ॥
You Yourself are the moon, the sun, the most perfect of the perfect.
ਆਪੇ ਗਿਆਨਿ ਧਿਆਨਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਸੂਰਾ ॥
You Yourself are spiritual wisdom, meditation, and the Guru, the Warrior Hero.
ਕਾਲੁ ਜਾਲੁ ਜਮੁ ਜੋਹਿ ਨ ਸਾਕੈ ਸਾਚੇ ਸਿਉ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੪॥
The Messenger of Death, and his noose of death, cannot touch one, who is lovingly focused on You, O True Lord. ||4||
ਆਪੇ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਨਾਰੀ ॥
You Yourself are the male, and You Yourself are the female.
ਆਪੇ ਪਾਸਾ ਆਪੇ ਸਾਰੀ ॥
You Yourself are the chess-board, and You Yourself are the chessman.
ਆਪੇ ਪਿੜ ਬਾਧੀ ਜਗੁ ਖੇਲੈ ਆਪੇ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੫॥
You Yourself staged the drama in the arena of the world, and You Yourself evaluate the players. ||5||
ਆਪੇ ਭਵਰੁ ਫੁਲੁ ਫਲੁ ਤਰਵਰੁ ॥
You Yourself are the bumble bee, the flower, the fruit and the tree.
ਆਪੇ ਜਲੁ ਥਲੁ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਸਰਵਰੁ ॥
You Yourself are the water, the desert, the ocean and the pool.
ਆਪੇ ਮਛੁ ਕਛੁ ਕਰਣੀਕਰੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਰੂਪੁ ਨ ਲਖਣਾ ਜਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੬॥
You Yourself are the great fish, the tortoise, the Cause of causes; Your form cannot be known. ||6||
ਆਪੇ ਦਿਨਸੁ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਰੈਣੀ ॥
You Yourself are the day, and You Yourself are the night.
ਆਪਿ ਪਤੀਜੈ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਬੈਣੀ ॥
You Yourself are pleased by the Word of the Guru's Bani.
ਆਦਿ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਅਨਾਹਦਿ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਰਜਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੭॥
From the very beginning, and throughout the ages, the unstruck sound current resounds, night and day; in each and every heart, the Word of the Shabad, echoes Your Will. ||7||
ਆਪੇ ਰਤਨੁ ਅਨੂਪੁ ਅਮੋਲੋ ॥
You Yourself are the jewel, incomparably beautiful and priceless.
ਆਪੇ ਪਰਖੇ ਪੂਰਾ ਤੋਲੋ ॥
You Yourself are the Assessor, the Perfect Weigher.
