Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ · Ang 957
ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੫ ॥
salok mahalaa panjavaa ||
Shalok, Fifth Mehla:
ਭੀੜਹੁ ਮੋਕਲਾਈ ਕੀਤੀਅਨੁ ਸਭ ਰਖੇ ਕੁਟੰਬੈ ਨਾਲਿ ॥
bheeRahu mokalaiee keeteean sabh rakhe kuTa(n)bai naal ||
He has widened the narrow path for me, and preserved my integrity, along with that of my family.
ਕਾਰਜ ਆਪਿ ਸਵਾਰਿਅਨੁ ਸੋ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਦਾ ਸਭਾਲਿ ॥
kaaraj aap savaarian so prabh sadhaa sabhaal ||
He Himself has arranged and resolved my affairs. I dwell upon that God forever.
ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਕੰਠਿ ਲਾਇਦਾ ਲਹੁੜੇ ਬਾਲਕ ਪਾਲਿ ॥
prabh maat pitaa ka(n)Th laidhaa lahuRe baalak paal ||
God is my mother and father; He hugs me close in His embrace, and cherishes me, like His tiny baby.
ਦਇਆਲ ਹੋਏ ਸਭ ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ੍ਰ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਲ ॥੧॥
dhiaal hoe sabh jeea ja(n)tr har naanak nadhar nihaal ||1||
All beings and creatures have become kind and compassionate to me. O Nanak, the Lord has blessed me with His Glance of Grace. ||1||
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ · Ang 958
ਮਃ ੫ ॥
mahalaa panjavaa ||
Fifth Mehla:
ਵਿਣੁ ਤੁਧੁ ਹੋਰੁ ਜਿ ਮੰਗਣਾ ਸਿਰਿ ਦੁਖਾ ਕੈ ਦੁਖ ॥
vin tudh hor j ma(n)ganaa sir dhukhaa kai dhukh ||
To ask for any other than You, Lord, is the most miserable of miseries.
ਦੇਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੰਤੋਖੀਆ ਉਤਰੈ ਮਨ ਕੀ ਭੁਖ ॥
dheh naam sa(n)tokheeaa utarai man kee bhukh ||
Please bless me with Your Name, and make me content; may the hunger of my mind be satisfied.
ਗੁਰਿ ਵਣੁ ਤਿਣੁ ਹਰਿਆ ਕੀਤਿਆ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਿਆ ਮਨੁਖ ॥੨॥
gur van tin hariaa keetiaa naanak kiaa manukh ||2||
The Guru has made the woods and meadows green again. O Nanak, is it any wonder that He blesses human beings as well? ||2||
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ · Ang 958
ਸੋ ਐਸਾ ਦਾਤਾਰੁ ਮਨਹੁ ਨ ਵੀਸਰੈ ॥
so aaisaa dhaataar manahu na veesarai ||
Such is that Great Giver; may I never forget Him from my mind.
ਘੜੀ ਨ ਮੁਹਤੁ ਚਸਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾ ਸਰੈ ॥
ghaRee na muhat chasaa tis bin naa sarai ||
I cannot survive without Him, for an instant, for a moment, for a second.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਸੰਗਿ ਕਿਆ ਕੋ ਲੁਕਿ ਕਰੈ ॥
a(n)tar baahar sa(n)g kiaa ko luk karai ||
Inwardly and outwardly, He is with us; how can we hide anything from Him?
ਜਿਸੁ ਪਤਿ ਰਖੈ ਆਪਿ ਸੋ ਭਵਜਲੁ ਤਰੈ ॥
jis pat rakhai aap so bhavajal tarai ||
One whose honor He Himself has preserved, crosses over the terrifying world-ocean.
ਭਗਤੁ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਤਪਾ ਜਿਸੁ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰੈ ॥
bhagat giaanee tapaa jis kirapaa karai ||
He alone is a devotee, a spiritual teacher, and a disciplined pratictioner of meditation, whom the Lord has so blessed.
ਸੋ ਪੂਰਾ ਪਰਧਾਨੁ ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਬਲੁ ਧਰੈ ॥
so pooraa paradhaan jis no bal dharai ||
He alone is perfect and renowned as supreme, whom the Lord has blessed with His power.
ਜਿਸਹਿ ਜਰਾਏ ਆਪਿ ਸੋਈ ਅਜਰੁ ਜਰੈ ॥
jiseh jaraae aap soiee ajar jarai ||
He alone endures the unendurable, whom the Lord inspires to endure it.
ਤਿਸ ਹੀ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਸਚੁ ਮੰਤ੍ਰੁ ਗੁਰ ਮਨਿ ਧਰੈ ॥੩॥
tis hee miliaa sach ma(n)tr gur man dharai ||3||
And he alone meets the True Lord, within whose mind the Guru's Mantra is implanted. ||3||