Shabad · Ang 1359
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Salok Sehshkritee
ਅਚੇਤ ਮੂੜਾ ਨ ਜਾਣੰਤ ਘਟੰਤ ਸਾਸਾ ਨਿਤ ਪ੍ਰਤੇ ॥
achet moorraa na jaanant ghattant saasaa nit prate |
The thoughtless fool does not know that each day, his breaths are being used up.
ਛਿਜੰਤ ਮਹਾ ਸੁੰਦਰੀ ਕਾਂਇਆ ਕਾਲ ਕੰਨਿਆ ਗ੍ਰਾਸਤੇ ॥
chhijant mahaa sundaree kaaneaa kaal kaniaa graasate |
His most beautiful body is wearing away; old age, the daughter of death, has seized it.
ਰਚੰਤਿ ਪੁਰਖਹ ਕੁਟੰਬ ਲੀਲਾ ਅਨਿਤ ਆਸਾ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਬਿਨੋਦ ॥
rachant purakhah kuttanb leelaa anit aasaa bikhiaa binod |
He is engrossed in family play; placing his hopes in transitory things, he indulges in corrupt pleasures.
ਭ੍ਰਮੰਤਿ ਭ੍ਰਮੰਤਿ ਬਹੁ ਜਨਮ ਹਾਰਿਓ ਸਰਣਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਰੁਣਾ ਮਯਹ ॥੬੧॥
bhramant bhramant bahu janam haario saran naanak karunaa mayah |61|
Wandering lost in countless incarnations, he is exhausted. Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Embodiment of Mercy. ||61||