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Shabad #16570 · Raag Maaroo

ਮਿਲਿ ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥

Mil Maath Pithaa Pind Kumaaei-aa · Guru Nanak Dev

  1. ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    mārū mahlā 1 ॥

    मारू महला १ ॥

    Maaroo, First Mehl:

  2. ਮਿਲਿ ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥

    mili māt pitā piṇḍu kamāiā ॥

    मिलि मात पिता पिंडु कमाइआ ॥

    The union of the mother and father brings the body into being.

  3. ਤਿਨਿ ਕਰਤੈ ਲੇਖੁ ਲਿਖਾਇਆ ॥

    tini kartai lēkhu likhāiā ॥

    तिनि करतै लेखु लिखाइआ ॥

    The Creator inscribes upon it the inscription of its destiny.

  4. ਲਿਖੁ ਦਾਤਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥

    likhu dāti jōti vaḍiāī ॥

    लिखु दाति जोति वडिआई ॥

    According to this inscription, gifts, light and glorious greatness are received.

  5. ਮਿਲਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਗਵਾਈ ॥੧॥

    mili māiā surti gavāī ॥1॥

    मिलि माइआ सुरति गवाई ॥१॥

    Joining with Maya, the spiritual consciousness is lost. ||1||

  6. ਮੂਰਖ ਮਨ ਕਾਹੇ ਕਰਸਹਿ ਮਾਣਾ ॥

    mūrakh man kāhē karsahi māṇā ॥

    मूरख मन काहे करसहि माणा ॥

    O foolish mind, why are you so proud?

  7. ਉਠਿ ਚਲਣਾ ਖਸਮੈ ਭਾਣਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    uṭhi chalṇā khasmai bhāṇā ॥1॥ rahāu ॥

    उठि चलणा खसमै भाणा ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥

    You shall have to arise and depart when it pleases your Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||

  8. ਤਜਿ ਸਾਦ ਸਹਜ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਈ ॥

    taji sād sahaj sukhu hōī ॥

    तजि साद सहज सुखु होई ॥

    Abandon the tastes of the world, and find intuitive peace.

  9. ਘਰ ਛਡਣੇ ਰਹੈ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥

    ghar chhaḍṇē rahai na kōī ॥

    घर छडणे रहै न कोई ॥

    All must abandon their worldly homes; no one remains here forever.

  10. ਕਿਛੁ ਖਾਜੈ ਕਿਛੁ ਧਰਿ ਜਾਈਐ ॥

    kichhu khājai kichhu dhari jāīai ॥

    किछु खाजै किछु धरि जाईऐ ॥

    Eat some, and save the rest,

  11. ਜੇ ਬਾਹੁੜਿ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਆਈਐ ॥੨॥

    jē bāhuṛi dunīā āīai ॥2॥

    जे बाहुड़ि दुनीआ आईऐ ॥२॥

    If you are destined to return to the world again. ||2||

  12. ਸਜੁ ਕਾਇਆ ਪਟੁ ਹਢਾਏ ॥

    saju kāiā paṭu haḍhāē ॥

    सजु काइआ पटु हढाए ॥

    He adorns his body and ress in silk robes.

  13. ਫੁਰਮਾਇਸਿ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਚਲਾਏ ॥

    phurmāisi bahutu chalāē ॥

    फुरमाइसि बहुतु चलाए ॥

    He issues all sorts of commands.

  14. ਕਰਿ ਸੇਜ ਸੁਖਾਲੀ ਸੋਵੈ ॥

    kari sēj sukhālī sōvai ॥

    करि सेज सुखाली सोवै ॥

    Preparing his comfortable bed, he sleeps.

  15. ਹਥੀ ਪਉਦੀ ਕਾਹੇ ਰੋਵੈ ॥੩॥

    hathī paudī kāhē rōvai ॥3॥

    हथी पउदी काहे रोवै ॥३॥

    When he falls into the hands of the Messenger of Death, what good does it do to cry out? ||3||

  16. ਘਰ ਘੁੰਮਣਵਾਣੀ ਭਾਈ ॥

    ghar ghummaṇvāṇī bhāī ॥

    घर घुंमणवाणी भाई ॥

    Household affairs are whirlpools of entanglements, O Siblings of Destiny.

  17. ਪਾਪ ਪਥਰ ਤਰਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥

    pāp pathar tarṇu na jāī ॥

    पाप पथर तरणु न जाई ॥

    Sin is a stone which does not float.

  18. ਭਉ ਬੇੜਾ ਜੀਉ ਚੜਾਊ ॥

    bhau bēṛā jīu chaṛāū ॥

    भउ बेड़ा जीउ चड़ाऊ ॥

    So let the Fear of God be the boat to carry your soul across.

  19. ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵੈ ਕਾਹੂ ॥੪॥੨॥

    kahu nānak dēvai kāhū ॥4॥2॥

    कहु नानक देवै काहू ॥४॥२॥

    Says Nanak, rare are those who are blessed with this Boat. ||4||2||