Shabad · Ang 1409
Bhatt Mathura · Svaiyay Fifth Mehl
ਜਬ ਲਉ ਨਹੀ ਭਾਗ ਲਿਲਾਰ ਉਦੈ ਤਬ ਲਉ ਭ੍ਰਮਤੇ ਫਿਰਤੇ ਬਹੁ ਧਾਯਉ ॥
jab lau nahee bhaag lilaar udai tab lau bhramate firate bahu dhaayau |
As long as the destiny written upon my forehead was not activated, I wandered around lost, running in all directions.
ਕਲਿ ਘੋਰ ਸਮੁਦ੍ਰ ਮੈ ਬੂਡਤ ਥੇ ਕਬਹੂ ਮਿਟਿ ਹੈ ਨਹੀ ਰੇ ਪਛੁਤਾਯਉ ॥
kal ghor samudr mai booddat the kabahoo mitt hai nahee re pachhutaayau |
I was drowning in the horrible world-ocean of this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, and my remorse would never have ended.
ਤਤੁ ਬਿਚਾਰੁ ਯਹੈ ਮਥੁਰਾ ਜਗ ਤਾਰਨ ਕਉ ਅਵਤਾਰੁ ਬਨਾਯਉ ॥
tat bichaar yahai mathuraa jag taaran kau avataar banaayau |
O Mat'huraa, consider this essential truth: to save the world, the Lord incarnated Himself.
ਜਪੵਉ ਜਿਨੑ ਅਰਜੁਨ ਦੇਵ ਗੁਰੂ ਫਿਰਿ ਸੰਕਟ ਜੋਨਿ ਗਰਭ ਨ ਆਯਉ ॥੬॥
japyau jina arajun dev guroo fir sankatt jon garabh na aayau |6|
Whoever meditates on Guru Arjun Dayv, shall not have to pass through the painful womb of reincarnation ever again. ||6||