Shabad · Ang 1402
Bhatt Gayand · Svaiyay Fourth Mehl
ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਅਗਮ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਤੁਲਹਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਯਾ ॥
sansaar agam saagar tulahaa har naam guroo mukh paayaa |
The Name of the Lord, from the Mouth of the Guru, is the Raft to cross over the unfathomable world-ocean.
ਜਗਿ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣੁ ਭਗਾ ਇਹ ਆਈ ਹੀਐ ਪਰਤੀਤਿ ॥
jag janam maran bhagaa ih aaee heeai parateet |
The cycle of birth and death in this world is ended for those who have this faith in their hearts.
ਪਰਤੀਤਿ ਹੀਐ ਆਈ ਜਿਨ ਜਨ ਕੈ ਤਿਨੑ ਕਉ ਪਦਵੀ ਉਚ ਭਈ ॥
parateet heeai aaee jin jan kai tina kau padavee uch bhee |
Those humble beings who have this faith in their hearts, are awarded the highest status.
ਤਜਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਲੋਭੁ ਅਰੁ ਲਾਲਚੁ ਕਾਮ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਕੀ ਬ੍ਰਿਥਾ ਗਈ ॥
taj maaeaa mohu lobh ar laalach kaam krodh kee brithaa gee |
They forsake Maya, emotional attachment and greed; they are rid of the frustrations of possessiveness, sexual desire and anger.
ਅਵਲੋਕੵਾ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਸਭੁ ਛੁਟਕੵਾ ਦਿਬੵ ਦ੍ਰਿਸ੍ਟਿ ਕਾਰਣ ਕਰਣੰ ॥
avalokayaa braham bharam sabh chhuttakayaa dibay drisatt kaaran karanan |
They are blessed with the Inner Vision to see God, the Cause of causes, and all their doubts are dispelled.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਅਲਖ ਗਤਿ ਜਾ ਕੀ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮਦਾਸੁ ਤਾਰਣ ਤਰਣੰ ॥੩॥
satigur gur sev alakh gat jaa kee sree raamadaas taaran taranan |3|
So serve the Guru, the True Guru; His ways and means are inscrutable. The Great Guru Raam Daas is the Boat to carry us across. ||3||