ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਦੋਵੈ ਤਰਫਾ ਉਪਾਈਓਨੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਸਕਤਿ ਸਿਵ ਵਾਸਾ ॥
dovai tarfaa opaa-ee-on vich sakat siv vaasaa.
He created both sides; Shiva dwells within Shakti (the soul dwells within the material universe).
ਸਕਤੀ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਫਿਰਿ ਜਨਮਿ ਬਿਨਾਸਾ ॥
saktee kinai na paa-i-o fir janam binaasaa.
Through the material universe of Shakti, no one has ever found the Lord; they continue to be born and die in reincarnation.
ਗੁਰਿ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਸਾਤਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਜਪਿ ਸਾਸ ਗਿਰਾਸਾ ॥
gur sayvi-ai saat paa-ee-ai jap saas giraasaa.
Serving the Guru, peace is found, meditating on the Lord with every breath and morsel of food.
ਸਿਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਸਾਸਤ ਸੋਧਿ ਦੇਖੁ ਊਤਮ ਹਰਿ ਦਾਸਾ ॥
simrit saasat soDh daykh ootam har daasaa.
Searching and looking through the Simritees and the Shaastras, I have found that the most sublime person is the slave of the Lord.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਕੋ ਥਿਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਨਾਮੇ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਸਾ ॥੧੦॥
naanak naam binaa ko thir nahee naamay bal jaasaa. ||10||
O Nanak, without the Naam, nothing is permanent and stable; I am a sacrifice to the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||10||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One made both sides of things, the seen world and the life within it, woven together.
Chasing only the outer surface, people miss the depths, and keep circling.
But serving the Guru brings peace, remembering the One with every breath and every bite.
Nanak says: without the Naam nothing stays; I would give myself for the Naam.
Only the Name lasts; everything else is passing through.
The tenth Pauree (||10||). The Shiva-Shakti image, spirit dwelling within matter, appears here with respect. Seeking only the material surface leaves one circling; steady remembrance with 'every breath and morsel' is the path, since only the Name is permanent (thir).
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