ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਵਿਣੁ ਕਰਮਾ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਨੂਆ ਨ ਲਗੈ ॥
vin karmaa har jee-o na paa-ee-ai bin satgur manoo-aa na lagai.
Without good karma, the Dear Lord is not found; without the True Guru, the mind is not joined to Him.
ਧਰਮੁ ਧੀਰਾ ਕਲਿ ਅੰਦਰੇ ਇਹੁ ਪਾਪੀ ਮੂਲਿ ਨ ਤਗੈ ॥
Dharam Dheeraa kal andray ih paapee mool na tagai.
Only the Dharma remains stable in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga; these sinners will not last at all.
ਅਹਿ ਕਰੁ ਕਰੇ ਸੁ ਅਹਿ ਕਰੁ ਪਾਏ ਇਕ ਘੜੀ ਮੁਹਤੁ ਨ ਲਗੈ ॥
ah kar karay so ah kar paa-ay ik gharhee muhat na lagai.
Whatever one does with this hand, he obtains with the other hand, without a moment's delay.
ਚਾਰੇ ਜੁਗ ਮੈ ਸੋਧਿਆ ਵਿਣੁ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੁ ਨ ਭਗੈ ॥
chaaray jug mai soDhi-aa vin sangat ahaNkaar na bhagai.
I have examined the four ages, and without the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, egotism does not depart.
ਹਉਮੈ ਮੂਲਿ ਨ ਛੁਟਈ ਵਿਣੁ ਸਾਧੂ ਸਤਸੰਗੈ ॥
ha-umai mool na chhut-ee vin saaDhoo satsangai.
Egotism is never eradicated without the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.
ਤਿਚਰੁ ਥਾਹ ਨ ਪਾਵਈ ਜਿਚਰੁ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸਿਉ ਮਨ ਭੰਗੈ ॥
tichar thaah na paav-ee jichar saahib si-o man bhangai.
As long as one's mind is torn away from his Lord and Master, he finds no place of rest.
ਜਿਨਿ ਜਨਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਤਿਸੁ ਘਰਿ ਦੀਬਾਣੁ ਅਭਗੈ ॥
jin jan gurmukh sayvi-aa tis ghar deebaan abhgai.
That humble being, who, as Gurmukh, serves the Lord, has the Support of the Imperishable Lord in the home of his heart.
ਹਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਗੁਰ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਚਰਣੀ ਲਗੈ ॥੧੧॥
har kirpaa tay sukh paa-i-aa gur satgur charnee lagai. ||11||
By the Lord's Grace, peace is obtained, and one is attached to the feet of the Guru, the True Guru. ||11||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without a bit of grace the One is not found, and without the Guru the mind will not join to it.
Whatever you do with one hand, you receive with the other, right away — that is how honest the flow of things is.
I looked across all the ages, and the ego only ever softens in the Sangat; there the heart finds a place to rest at last.
Ego melts fastest in the Sangat, not by force.
Haumai, the illusion of separateness, is the single stubborn problem, and the Sangat (sangat) is its one gentle cure — there ego quietly dissolves. The 'one hand / other hand' line is a warm picture of karma: what you give circles back.
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