By wearing her red dress, no one has found her Husband Lord; the self-willed manmukh is burnt to death.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਸੂਹਾ ਵੇਸੁ ਗਇਆ ਹਉਮੈ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਮਾਰਿ ॥
Meeting the True Guru, she discards her red dress, and eradicates egotism from within.
ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਰਤਾ ਲਾਲੁ ਹੋਆ ਰਸਨਾ ਰਤੀ ਗੁਣ ਸਾਰਿ ॥
Her mind and body are imbued with the deep red color of His Love, and her tongue is imbued, singing His Praises and excellences.
ਸਦਾ ਸੋਹਾਗਣਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਮਨਿ ਭੈ ਭਾਇ ਕਰੇ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥
She becomes His soul-bride forever, with the Word of the Shabad in her mind; she makes the Fear of God and the Love of God her ornaments and decorations.
ਨਾਨਕ ਕਰਮੀ ਮਹਲੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਪਿਰੁ ਰਾਖਿਆ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਿ ॥੧॥
O Nanak, by His Merciful Grace, she obtains the Mansion of the Lord's Presence, and keeps Him enshrined in her heart. ||1||
ਮਃ ੩ ॥
Third Mehl:
ਮੁੰਧੇ ਸੂਹਾ ਪਰਹਰਹੁ ਲਾਲੁ ਕਰਹੁ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥
O bride, forsake your red dress, and decorate yourself with the crimson color of His Love.
ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣਾ ਵੀਸਰੈ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
Your comings and goings shall be forgotten, contemplating the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
ਮੁੰਧ ਸੁਹਾਵੀ ਸੋਹਣੀ ਜਿਸੁ ਘਰਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਭਤਾਰੁ ॥
The soul-bride is adorned and beautiful; the Celestial Lord, her Husband, abides in her home.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾ ਧਨ ਰਾਵੀਐ ਰਾਵੇ ਰਾਵਣਹਾਰੁ ॥੨॥
O Nanak, the bride ravishes and enjoys Him; and He, the Ravisher, ravishes and enjoys her. ||2||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:
ਮੋਹੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਕੁਟੰਬੁ ਹੈ ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਮੁਗਧੁ ਰਤਾ ॥
The foolish, self-willed manmukh is engrossed in false attachment to family.
ਹਉਮੈ ਮੇਰਾ ਕਰਿ ਮੁਏ ਕਿਛੁ ਸਾਥਿ ਨ ਲਿਤਾ ॥
Practicing egotism and self-conceit, he dies and departs, taking nothing along with him.
ਸਿਰ ਉਪਰਿ ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਸੁਝਈ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਰਮਿਤਾ ॥
He does not understand that the Messenger of Death is hovering over his head; he is deluded by duality.
ਫਿਰਿ ਵੇਲਾ ਹਥਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਜਮਕਾਲਿ ਵਸਿ ਕਿਤਾ ॥
This opportunity will not come into his hands again; the Messenger of Death will seize him.
ਜੇਹਾ ਧੁਰਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਪਾਇਓਨੁ ਸੇ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਿਤਾ ॥੫॥
He acts according to his pre-ordained destiny. ||5||
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥
Salok, Third Mehl:
ਸਤੀਆ ਏਹਿ ਨ ਆਖੀਅਨਿ ਜੋ ਮੜਿਆ ਲਗਿ ਜਲੰਨੑਿ ॥
Do not call them 'satee', who burn themselves along with their husbands' corpses.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਤੀਆ ਜਾਣੀਅਨੑਿ ਜਿ ਬਿਰਹੇ ਚੋਟ ਮਰੰਨੑਿ ॥੧॥
O Nanak, they alone are known as 'satee', who die from the shock of separation. ||1||
ਮਃ ੩ ॥
Third Mehl:
ਭੀ ਸੋ ਸਤੀਆ ਜਾਣੀਅਨਿ ਸੀਲ ਸੰਤੋਖਿ ਰਹੰਨੑਿ ॥
They are also known as 'satee', who abide in modesty and contentment.
ਸੇਵਨਿ ਸਾਈ ਆਪਣਾ ਨਿਤ ਉਠਿ ਸੰਮੑਾਲੰਨੑਿ ॥੨॥
They serve their Lord, and rise in the early hours to contemplate Him. ||2||
ਮਃ ੩ ॥
Third Mehl:
ਕੰਤਾ ਨਾਲਿ ਮਹੇਲੀਆ ਸੇਤੀ ਅਗਿ ਜਲਾਹਿ ॥
The widows burn themselves in the fire, along with their husbands' corpses.
ਜੇ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਪਿਰੁ ਆਪਣਾ ਤਾ ਤਨਿ ਦੁਖ ਸਹਾਹਿ ॥
If they truly knew their husbands, then they suffer terrible bodily pain.
ਨਾਨਕ ਕੰਤ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਸੇ ਕਿਉ ਅਗਿ ਜਲਾਹਿ ॥
O Nanak, if they did not truly know their husbands, why should they burn themselves in the fire?
ਭਾਵੈ ਜੀਵਉ ਕੈ ਮਰਉ ਦੂਰਹੁ ਹੀ ਭਜਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥੩॥
Whether their husbands are alive or dead, those wives remain far away from them. ||3||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:
ਤੁਧੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਨਾਲਿ ਉਪਾਇਆ ਲੇਖੁ ਕਰਤੈ ਲਿਖਿਆ ॥
You created pain along with pleasure; O Creator, such is the writ You have written.
ਨਾਵੈ ਜੇਵਡ ਹੋਰ ਦਾਤਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਤਿਸੁ ਰੂਪੁ ਨ ਰਿਖਿਆ ॥
There is no other gift as great as the Name; it has no form or sign.
ਨਾਮੁ ਅਖੁਟੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਿਆ ॥
The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is an inexhaustible treasure; it abides in the mind of the Gurmukh.
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਦੇਵਸੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਲੇਖੁ ਨ ਲਿਖਿਆ ॥
In His Mercy, He blesses us with the Naam, and then, the writ of pain and pleasure is not written.
ਸੇਵਕ ਭਾਇ ਸੇ ਜਨ ਮਿਲੇ ਜਿਨ ਹਰਿ ਜਪੁ ਜਪਿਆ ॥੬॥
Those humble servants who serve with love, meet the Lord, chanting the Chant of the Lord. ||6||
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੨ ॥
Salok, Second Mehl:
ਜਿਨੀ ਚਲਣੁ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਸੇ ਕਿਉ ਕਰਹਿ ਵਿਥਾਰ ॥
They know that they will have to depart, so why do they make such ostentatious displays?
ਚਲਣ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਕਾਜ ਸਵਾਰਣਹਾਰ ॥੧॥
Those who do not know that they will have to depart, continue to arrange their affairs. ||1||
ਮਃ ੨ ॥
Second Mehl:
ਰਾਤਿ ਕਾਰਣਿ ਧਨੁ ਸੰਚੀਐ ਭਲਕੇ ਚਲਣੁ ਹੋਇ ॥
He accumulates wealth during the night of his life, but in the morning, he must depart.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਲਿ ਨ ਚਲਈ ਫਿਰਿ ਪਛੁਤਾਵਾ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥
O Nanak, it shall not go along with him, and so he regrets. ||2||
ਮਃ ੨ ॥
Second Mehl:
ਬਧਾ ਚਟੀ ਜੋ ਭਰੇ ਨਾ ਗੁਣੁ ਨਾ ਉਪਕਾਰੁ ॥
Paying a fine under pressure, does not bring either merit or goodness.
ਸੇਤੀ ਖੁਸੀ ਸਵਾਰੀਐ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਾਰਜੁ ਸਾਰੁ ॥੩॥
That alone is a good deed, O Nanak, which is done by one's own free will. ||3||
ਮਃ ੨ ॥
Second Mehl:
ਮਨਹਠਿ ਤਰਫ ਨ ਜਿਪਈ ਜੇ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਘਾਲੇ ॥
Stubborn-mindedness will not win the Lord to one's side, no matter how much it is tried.
ਤਰਫ ਜਿਣੈ ਸਤ ਭਾਉ ਦੇ ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੇ ॥੪॥
The Lord is won over to your side, by offering Him your true love, O servant Nanak, and contemplating the Word of the Shabad. ||4||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:
ਕਰਤੈ ਕਾਰਣੁ ਜਿਨਿ ਕੀਆ ਸੋ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋਈ ॥
The Creator created the world; He alone understands it.
ਆਪੇ ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਉਪਾਈਅਨੁ ਆਪੇ ਫੁਨਿ ਗੋਈ ॥
He Himself created the Universe, and He Himself shall destroy it afterwards.
