Shabad · Ang 643
Guru Amardas Ji · Raag Sorath
ਮਃ ੩ ॥
mahalaa 3 |
Third Mehl:
ਸਫਲਿਓ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਧੰਨੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
safalio satigur seviaa dhan janam paravaan |
Service to the True Guru is fruitful and rewarding; blessed and acceptable is such a life.
ਜਿਨਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਜੀਵਦਿਆ ਮੁਇਆ ਨ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਸੇਈ ਪੁਰਖ ਸੁਜਾਣ ॥
jinaa satigur jeevadiaa mueaa na visarai seee purakh sujaan |
Those who do not forget the True Guru, in life and in death, are truly wise people.
ਕੁਲੁ ਉਧਾਰੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
kul udhaare aapanaa so jan hovai paravaan |
Their families are saved, and they are approved by the Lord.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮੁਏ ਜੀਵਦੇ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ਹਹਿ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਜਨਮਿ ਮਰਾਹਿ ॥
guramukh mue jeevade paravaan heh manamukh janam maraeh |
The Gurmukhs are approved in death as in life, while the self-willed manmukhs continue the cycle of birth and death.
ਨਾਨਕ ਮੁਏ ਨ ਆਖੀਅਹਿ ਜਿ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਮਾਹਿ ॥੨॥
naanak mue na aakheeeh ji gur kai sabad samaeh |2|
O Nanak, they are not described as dead, who are absorbed in the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||2||