Bavan Akhri

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ਙਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਤੀਰਥ ਇਸਨਾਨੀ ॥

ngiaan dhiaan teerath isanaanee |

He may practice spiritual wisdom, meditation, pilgrimages to sacred shrines and ritual cleansing baths.

ਸੋਮਪਾਕ ਅਪਰਸ ਉਦਿਆਨੀ ॥

somapaak aparas udiaanee |

He may cook his own food, and never touch anyone else's; he may live in the wilderness like a hermit.

ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਸੰਗਿ ਮਨਿ ਨਹੀ ਹੇਤਾ ॥

raam naam sang man nahee hetaa |

But if he does not enshrine love for the Lord's Name within his heart,

ਜੋ ਕਛੁ ਕੀਨੋ ਸੋਊ ਅਨੇਤਾ ॥

jo kachh keeno soaoo anetaa |

then everything he does is transitory.

ਉਆ ਤੇ ਊਤਮੁ ਗਨਉ ਚੰਡਾਲਾ ॥

auaa te aootam gnau chanddaalaa |

Even an untouchable pariah is superior to him,

ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਹ ਮਨਿ ਬਸਹਿ ਗੁਪਾਲਾ ॥੧੬॥

naanak jih man baseh gupaalaa |16|

O Nanak, if the Lord of the World abides in his mind. ||16||

ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥

salok |

Salok:

ਕੁੰਟ ਚਾਰਿ ਦਹ ਦਿਸਿ ਭ੍ਰਮੇ ਕਰਮ ਕਿਰਤਿ ਕੀ ਰੇਖ ॥

kuntt chaar dah dis bhrame karam kirat kee rekh |

He wanders around in the four quarters and in the ten directions, according to the dictates of his karma.

ਸੂਖ ਦੂਖ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਜੋਨਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਲਿਖਿਓ ਲੇਖ ॥੧॥

sookh dookh mukat jon naanak likhio lekh |1|

Pleasure and pain, liberation and reincarnation, O Nanak, come according to one's pre-ordained destiny. ||1||

ਪਵੜੀ ॥

pavarree |

Pauree:

ਕਕਾ ਕਾਰਨ ਕਰਤਾ ਸੋਊ ॥

kakaa kaaran karataa soaoo |

KAKKA: He is the Creator, the Cause of causes.

ਲਿਖਿਓ ਲੇਖੁ ਨ ਮੇਟਤ ਕੋਊ ॥

likhio lekh na mettat koaoo |

No one can erase His pre-ordained plan.

ਨਹੀ ਹੋਤ ਕਛੁ ਦੋਊ ਬਾਰਾ ॥

nahee hot kachh doaoo baaraa |

Nothing can be done a second time.

ਕਰਨੈਹਾਰੁ ਨ ਭੂਲਨਹਾਰਾ ॥

karanaihaar na bhoolanahaaraa |

The Creator Lord does not make mistakes.

ਕਾਹੂ ਪੰਥੁ ਦਿਖਾਰੈ ਆਪੈ ॥

kaahoo panth dikhaarai aapai |

To some, He Himself shows the Way.

ਕਾਹੂ ਉਦਿਆਨ ਭ੍ਰਮਤ ਪਛੁਤਾਪੈ ॥

kaahoo udiaan bhramat pachhutaapai |

While He causes others to wander miserably in the wilderness.

ਆਪਨ ਖੇਲੁ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਕੀਨੋ ॥

aapan khel aap hee keeno |

He Himself has set His own play in motion.

ਜੋ ਜੋ ਦੀਨੋ ਸੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਲੀਨੋ ॥੧੭॥

jo jo deeno su naanak leeno |17|

Whatever He gives, O Nanak, that is what we receive. ||17||

ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥

salok |

Salok:

ਖਾਤ ਖਰਚਤ ਬਿਲਛਤ ਰਹੇ ਟੂਟਿ ਨ ਜਾਹਿ ਭੰਡਾਰ ॥

khaat kharachat bilachhat rahe ttoott na jaeh bhanddaar |

People continue to eat and consume and enjoy, but the Lord's warehouses are never exhausted.