Shabad · Angs 147–148
Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Maajh
Ang 147
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mahalaa 1 |
First Mehl:
ਮਤਿ ਪੰਖੇਰੂ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਸਾਥਿ ਕਬ ਉਤਮ ਕਬ ਨੀਚ ॥
mat pankheroo kirat saath kab utam kab neech |
The intellect is a bird; on account of its actions, it is sometimes high, and sometimes low.
Ang 148
ਕਬ ਚੰਦਨਿ ਕਬ ਅਕਿ ਡਾਲਿ ਕਬ ਉਚੀ ਪਰੀਤਿ ॥
kab chandan kab ak ddaal kab uchee pareet |
Sometimes it is perched on the sandalwood tree, and sometimes it is on the branch of the poisonous swallow-wort. Sometimes, it soars through the heavens.
ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਚਲਾਈਐ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਲਗੀ ਰੀਤਿ ॥੨॥
naanak hukam chalaaeeai saahib lagee reet |2|
O Nanak, our Lord and Master leads us on, according to the Hukam of His Command; such is His Way. ||2||