Asa Ki Var

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ਓਹੁ ਮੁਆ ਓਹੁ ਝੜਿ ਪਇਆ ਵੇਤਗਾ ਗਇਆ ॥੧॥

ohu muaa ohu jharr peaa vetagaa geaa |1|

But he dies, and the sacred thread falls away, and the soul departs without it. ||1||

ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਲਖ ਚੋਰੀਆ ਲਖ ਜਾਰੀਆ ਲਖ ਕੂੜੀਆ ਲਖ ਗਾਲਿ ॥

lakh choreea lakh jaareea lakh koorreea lakh gaal |

He commits thousands of robberies, thousands of acts of adultery, thousands of falsehoods and thousands of abuses.

ਲਖ ਠਗੀਆ ਪਹਿਨਾਮੀਆ ਰਾਤਿ ਦਿਨਸੁ ਜੀਅ ਨਾਲਿ ॥

lakh tthageea pahinaameea raat dinas jeea naal |

He practices thousands of deceptions and secret deeds, night and day, against his fellow beings.

ਤਗੁ ਕਪਾਹਹੁ ਕਤੀਐ ਬਾਮੑਣੁ ਵਟੇ ਆਇ ॥

tag kapaahahu kateeai baaman vatte aae |

The thread is spun from cotton, and the Brahmin comes and twists it.

ਕੁਹਿ ਬਕਰਾ ਰਿੰਨਿੑ ਖਾਇਆ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਆਖੈ ਪਾਇ ॥

kuhi bakaraa rini khaaeaa sabh ko aakhai paae |

The goat is killed, cooked and eaten, and everyone then says, "Put on the sacred thread."

ਹੋਇ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ਸੁਟੀਐ ਭੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਹੋਰੁ ॥

hoe puraanaa sutteeai bhee fir paaeeai hor |

When it wears out, it is thrown away, and another one is put on.

ਨਾਨਕ ਤਗੁ ਨ ਤੁਟਈ ਜੇ ਤਗਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਜੋਰੁ ॥੨॥

naanak tag na tuttee je tag hovai jor |2|

O Nanak, the thread would not break, if it had any real strength. ||2||

ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਨਾਇ ਮੰਨਿਐ ਪਤਿ ਊਪਜੈ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ਸਚੁ ਸੂਤੁ ॥

naae maniaai pat aoopajai saalaahee sach soot |

Believing in the Name, honor is obtained. The Lord's Praise is the true sacred thread.

ਦਰਗਹ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਤਗੁ ਨ ਤੂਟਸਿ ਪੂਤ ॥੩॥

daragah andar paaeeai tag na toottas poot |3|

Such a sacred thread is worn in the Court of the Lord; it shall never break. ||3||

ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਤਗੁ ਨ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ ਤਗੁ ਨ ਨਾਰੀ ॥

tag na indree tag na naaree |

There is no sacred thread for the sexual organ, and no thread for woman.

ਭਲਕੇ ਥੁਕ ਪਵੈ ਨਿਤ ਦਾੜੀ ॥

bhalake thuk pavai nit daarree |

The man's beard is spat upon daily.

ਤਗੁ ਨ ਪੈਰੀ ਤਗੁ ਨ ਹਥੀ ॥

tag na pairee tag na hathee |

There is no sacred thread for the feet, and no thread for the hands;

ਤਗੁ ਨ ਜਿਹਵਾ ਤਗੁ ਨ ਅਖੀ ॥

tag na jihavaa tag na akhee |

no thread for the tongue, and no thread for the eyes.

ਵੇਤਗਾ ਆਪੇ ਵਤੈ ॥

vetagaa aape vatai |

The Brahmin himself goes to the world hereafter without a sacred thread.

ਵਟਿ ਧਾਗੇ ਅਵਰਾ ਘਤੈ ॥

vatt dhaage avaraa ghatai |

Twisting the threads, he puts them on others.

ਲੈ ਭਾੜਿ ਕਰੇ ਵੀਆਹੁ ॥

lai bhaarr kare veeaahu |

He takes payment for performing marriages;

ਕਢਿ ਕਾਗਲੁ ਦਸੇ ਰਾਹੁ ॥

kadt kaagal dase raahu |

reading their horoscopes, he shows them the way.