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Shabad #15593 · Raag Asa

ਗਊ ਬਿਰਾਹਮਣ ਕਉ ਕਰੁ ਲਾਵਹੁ ਗੋਬਰਿ ਤਰਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥

Goo Biraahumun Ko Kur Laavuhu Gobar Thurun Na Jaa-ee · Guru Nanak Dev

  1. ਸਲੋਕ ਮ: ੧ ॥

    salōk ma: 1 ॥

    सलोक म: १ ॥

    Shalok, First Mehl:

  2. ਗਊ ਬਿਰਾਹਮਣ ਕਉ ਕਰੁ ਲਾਵਹੁ ਗੋਬਰਿ ਤਰਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥

    gaū birāhmaṇ kau karu lāvhu gōbri tarṇu na jāī ॥

    गऊ बिराहमण कउ करु लावहु गोबरि तरणु न जाई ॥

    They tax the cows and the Brahmins, but the cow-dung they apply to their kitchen will not save them.

  3. ਧੋਤੀ ਟਿਕਾ ਤੈ ਜਪਮਾਲੀ ਧਾਨੁ ਮਲੇਛਾਂ ਖਾਈ ॥

    dhōtī ṭikā tai japmālī dhānu malēchhāṃ khāī ॥

    धोती टिका तै जपमाली धानु मलेछां खाई ॥

    They wear their loin cloths, apply ritual frontal marks to their foreheads, and carry their rosaries, but they eat food with the Muslims.

  4. ਅੰਤਰਿ ਪੂਜਾ ਪੜਹਿ ਕਤੇਬਾ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਤੁਰਕਾ ਭਾਈ ॥

    antri pūjā paṛhi katēbā sañjmu turkā bhāī ॥

    अंतरि पूजा पड़हि कतेबा संजमु तुरका भाई ॥

    O Siblings of Destiny, you perform devotional worship indoors, but read the Islamic sacred texts, and adopt the Muslim way of life.

  5. ਛੋਡੀਲੇ ਪਾਖੰਡਾ ॥

    chhōḍīlē pākhaṇḍā ॥

    छोडीले पाखंडा ॥

    Renounce your hypocrisy!

  6. ਨਾਮਿ ਲਇਐ ਜਾਹਿ ਤਰੰਦਾ ॥੧॥

    nāmi laiai jāhi tarndā ॥1॥

    नामि लइऐ जाहि तरंदा ॥१॥

    Taking the Naam, the Name of the Lord, you shall swim across. ||1||