ਆਪ ਡੁਬੇ ਚਹੁ ਬੇਦ ਮਹਿ ਚੇਲੇ ਦੀਏ ਬਹਾਇ ॥੧੦੪॥ aap dubay chahu bayd meh chaylay dee-ay bahaa-ay. ||104|| He himself is drowning in the four Vedas; he drowns his disciples as well. ||104|| (Such false saints not only) drown themselves in the (false rituals of) four Vedas but also get their followers washed away (and
ਕਬੀਰ ਮਨੁ ਪੰਖੀ ਭਇਓ ਉਡਿ ਉਡਿ ਦਹ ਦਿਸ ਜਾਇ ॥ kabeer man pankhee bha-i-o ud ud dah dis jaa-ay. Kabeer, the mind has become a bird; it soars and flies in the ten directions. O’ Kabir, this mind of ours is like a bird, it flies in all the ten directions, (ਹੇ ਕਬੀਰ! ਇਹ ਜਾਣਦਿਆਂ
ਜਬ ਦੇਖਿਓ ਬੇੜਾ ਜਰਜਰਾ ਤਬ ਉਤਰਿ ਪਰਿਓ ਹਉ ਫਰਕਿ ॥੬੭॥ jab daykhi-o bayrhaa jarjaraa tab utar pari-o ha-o farak. ||67|| When I saw that my boat was rotten, then I immediately got out. ||67|| but when he saw that the boat (of his body in which he was riding) was very weak he (detached himself
ਕਬੀਰ ਥੋਰੈ ਜਲਿ ਮਾਛੁਲੀ ਝੀਵਰਿ ਮੇਲਿਓ ਜਾਲੁ ॥ kabeer thorai jal maachhulee jheevar mayli-o jaal. Kabeer, the fish is in the shallow water; the fisherman has cast his net. O’ Kabir, the fish (which is living in the) shallow water (of a pond) is easily caught in the net of the fisherman. ਹੇ ਕਬੀਰ! ਥੋੜ੍ਹੇ
ਐਸੇ ਮਰਨੇ ਜੋ ਮਰੈ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਮਰਨਾ ਹੋਇ ॥੨੯॥ aisay marnay jo marai bahur na marnaa ho-ay. ||29|| Let those who die, die such a death, that they shall never have to die again. ||29|| The one who dies in the way (described above, in association with saints, or meditating on God), doesn’t go through
ਲੈ ਫਾਹੇ ਉਠਿ ਧਾਵਤੇ ਸਿ ਜਾਨਿ ਮਾਰੇ ਭਗਵੰਤ ॥੧੦॥ lai faahay uthDhaavtay se jaan maaray bhagvant. ||10|| They take the noose and run around; but rest assured that God shall destroy them. ||10|| and holding nooses in their hands, they run about (in search of victims). You should assume that (such evil persons) are accursed
ਸਾਗਰ ਮੇਰ ਉਦਿਆਨ ਬਨ ਨਵ ਖੰਡ ਬਸੁਧਾ ਭਰਮ ॥ ਮੂਸਨ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਪਿਰੰਮ ਕੈ ਗਨਉ ਏਕ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਮ ॥੩॥ saagar mayr udi-aan ban nav khand basuDhaa bharam. moosan paraym piramm kai gan-o ayk kar karam. ||3|| I would cross the oceans, mountains, wilderness, forests and the nine regions of the earth in a single step, O
ਹੈ ਕੋਊ ਐਸਾ ਮੀਤੁ ਜਿ ਤੋਰੈ ਬਿਖਮ ਗਾਂਠਿ ॥ hai ko-oo aisaa meet je torai bikham gaaNth. Is there any such friend, who can untie this difficult knot? Rare is such a saintly friend who can break (open) one’s difficult knot (of worldly involvements). ਕੋਈ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਹੀ ਇਹੋ ਜਿਹਾ (ਸੰਤ-) ਮਿੱਤਰ ਮਿਲਦਾ ਹੈ ਜੋ (ਇਸ
ਆਸਾ ਇਤੀ ਆਸ ਕਿ ਆਸ ਪੁਰਾਈਐ ॥ aasaa itee aas ke aas puraa-ee-ai. My hope is so intense, that this hope alone should fulfill my hopes. (O’ my friend, before the union with my Groom I used to have) so much desire to meet Him (that many times I used to wonder), will my desire
ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਅਚੁਤ ॥ pareetam bhagvaan achut. The Beloved Eternal Lord God, and meditation on the imperishable God ਅਵਿਨਾਸ਼ੀ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਪਰਮਾਤਮਾ (ਦਾ ਸਿਮਰਨ)- پ٘ریِتمبھگۄاناچُت॥ اچت ۔ لافناہ ۔ ایسے ہی لافناہ خدا کی عبادت وریاض سے ਨਾਨਕ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਸਾਗਰ ਤਾਰਣਹ ॥੧੪॥ naanak sansaar saagar taarnah. ||14|| O Nanak, carries us across the world-ocean. ||14|| O