Bavan Akhri

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ਐਸੀ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਨਾਨਕ ਦਾਸ ਦਸਾਇ ॥੧॥

aaisee kirapaa karahu prabh naanak daas dasaae |1|

Show such Mercy, O God, that Nanak may become the slave of Your slaves. ||1||

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਛਛਾ ਛੋਹਰੇ ਦਾਸ ਤੁਮਾਰੇ ॥

chhachhaa chhohare daas tumaare |

CHHACHHA: I am Your child-slave.

ਦਾਸ ਦਾਸਨ ਕੇ ਪਾਨੀਹਾਰੇ ॥

daas daasan ke paaneehaare |

I am the water-carrier of the slave of Your slaves.

ਛਛਾ ਛਾਰੁ ਹੋਤ ਤੇਰੇ ਸੰਤਾ ॥

chhachhaa chhaar hot tere santaa |

Chhachha: I long to become the dust under the feet of Your Saints.

ਅਪਨੀ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰਹੁ ਭਗਵੰਤਾ ॥

apanee kripaa karahu bhagavantaa |

Please shower me with Your Mercy, O Lord God!

ਛਾਡਿ ਸਿਆਨਪ ਬਹੁ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ॥

chhaadd siaanap bahu chaturaaee |

I have given up my excessive cleverness and scheming,

ਸੰਤਨ ਕੀ ਮਨ ਟੇਕ ਟਿਕਾਈ ॥

santan kee man ttek ttikaaee |

and I have taken the support of the Saints as my mind's support.

ਛਾਰੁ ਕੀ ਪੁਤਰੀ ਪਰਮ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥

chhaar kee putaree param gat paaee |

Even a puppet of ashes attains the supreme status,

ਨਾਨਕ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਸੰਤ ਸਹਾਈ ॥੨੩॥

naanak jaa kau sant sahaaee |23|

O Nanak, if it has the help and support of the Saints. ||23||

ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥

salok |

Salok:

ਜੋਰ ਜੁਲਮ ਫੂਲਹਿ ਘਨੋ ਕਾਚੀ ਦੇਹ ਬਿਕਾਰ ॥

jor julam fooleh ghano kaachee deh bikaar |

Practicing oppression and tyranny, he puffs himself up; he acts in corruption with his frail, perishable body.

ਅਹੰਬੁਧਿ ਬੰਧਨ ਪਰੇ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਛੁਟਾਰ ॥੧॥

ahanbudh bandhan pare naanak naam chhuttaar |1|

He is bound by his egotistical intellect; O Nanak, salvation comes only through the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਜਜਾ ਜਾਨੈ ਹਉ ਕਛੁ ਹੂਆ ॥

jajaa jaanai hau kachh hooaa |

JAJJA: When someone, in his ego, believes that he has become something,

ਬਾਧਿਓ ਜਿਉ ਨਲਿਨੀ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਸੂਆ ॥

baadhio jiau nalinee bhram sooaa |

he is caught in his error, like a parrot in a trap.

ਜਉ ਜਾਨੈ ਹਉ ਭਗਤੁ ਗਿਆਨੀ ॥

jau jaanai hau bhagat giaanee |

When he believes, in his ego, that he is a devotee and a spiritual teacher,

ਆਗੈ ਠਾਕੁਰਿ ਤਿਲੁ ਨਹੀ ਮਾਨੀ ॥

aagai tthaakur til nahee maanee |

then, in the world hereafter, the Lord of the Universe shall have no regard for him at all.

ਜਉ ਜਾਨੈ ਮੈ ਕਥਨੀ ਕਰਤਾ ॥

jau jaanai mai kathanee karataa |

When he believes himself to be a preacher,

ਬਿਆਪਾਰੀ ਬਸੁਧਾ ਜਿਉ ਫਿਰਤਾ ॥

biaapaaree basudhaa jiau firataa |

he is merely a peddler wandering over the earth.