Meditate, O mind, on the One Lord of the Universe - nothing else is of any account. Attach your mind to the Saints, and abandon the path of duality. ||1||Pause||
The Lord is absolute and unmanifest; He has assumed the most sublime manifestation. He has fashioned countless body chambers of many, varied, different, myriad forms.
ਵਿਚਿ ਮਨ ਕੋਟਵਰੀਆ ॥
Within them, the mind is the policeman;
ਨਿਜ ਮੰਦਰਿ ਪਿਰੀਆ ॥
my Beloved lives in the temple of my inner self.
ਤਹਾ ਆਨਦ ਕਰੀਆ ॥
He plays there in ecstasy.
ਨਹ ਮਰੀਆ ਨਹ ਜਰੀਆ ॥੧॥
He does not die, and he never grows old. ||1||
ਕਿਰਤਨਿ ਜੁਰੀਆ ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਫਿਰੀਆ ਪਰ ਕਉ ਹਿਰੀਆ ॥
He is engrossed in worldly activities, wandering around in various ways. He steals the property of others,
ਬਿਖਨਾ ਘਿਰੀਆ ॥
and is surrounded by corruption and sin.
ਅਬ ਸਾਧੂ ਸੰਗਿ ਪਰੀਆ ॥
But now, he joins the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy,
ਹਰਿ ਦੁਆਰੈ ਖਰੀਆ ॥
and stands before the Lord's Gate.
ਦਰਸਨੁ ਕਰੀਆ ॥
He obtains the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰ ਮਿਰੀਆ ॥
Nanak has met the Guru;
ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਫਿਰੀਆ ॥੨॥੧॥੪੪॥
he shall not be reincarnated again. ||2||1||44||
ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
Soohee, Fifth Mehl:
ਰਾਸਿ ਮੰਡਲੁ ਕੀਨੋ ਆਖਾਰਾ ॥
The Lord has made this world a stage;
ਸਗਲੋ ਸਾਜਿ ਰਖਿਓ ਪਾਸਾਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
He fashioned the expanse of the entire creation. ||1||Pause||
ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਰੂਪ ਰੰਗ ਆਪਾਰਾ ॥
He fashioned it in various ways, with limitless colors and forms.
ਪੇਖੈ ਖੁਸੀ ਭੋਗ ਨਹੀ ਹਾਰਾ ॥
He watches over it with joy, and He never tires of enjoying it.
ਸਭਿ ਰਸ ਲੈਤ ਬਸਤ ਨਿਰਾਰਾ ॥੧॥
He enjoys all the delights, and yet He remains unattached. ||1||
ਬਰਨੁ ਚਿਹਨੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਮੁਖੁ ਨ ਮਾਸਾਰਾ ॥
He has no color, no sign, no mouth and no beard.
ਕਹਨੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ਖੇਲੁ ਤੁਹਾਰਾ ॥
I cannot describe Your play.
ਨਾਨਕ ਰੇਣ ਸੰਤ ਚਰਨਾਰਾ ॥੨॥੨॥੪੫॥
Nanak is the dust of the feet of the Saints. ||2||2||45||
ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
Soohee, Fifth Mehl:
ਤਉ ਮੈ ਆਇਆ ਸਰਨੀ ਆਇਆ ॥
I have come to You. I have come to Your Sanctuary.
ਭਰੋਸੈ ਆਇਆ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਆਇਆ ॥
I have come to place my faith in You. I have come seeking Mercy.
