Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰ ਦੇਵ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵ ਅਤਿ ਅਨਿਕ ਜਤਨ ਕਰਿ ਨਿਗ੍ਰਹ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ।
agam apaar dev alakh abhev at anik jatan kar nigrah na paaeeai |The Lord who is highly inaccessible, infinite, light effulgent and beyond comprehension, cannot be reached by controlling the senses with all available means.
ਪਾਈਐ ਨ ਜਗ ਭੋਗ ਪਾਈਐ ਨ ਰਾਜ ਜੋਗ ਨਾਦ ਬਾਦ ਬੇਦ ਕੈ ਅਗਹੁ ਨ ਗਹਾਈਐ ।
paaeeai na jag bhog paaeeai na raaj jog naad baad bed kai agahu na gahaaeeai |He cannot even be realised through holding/performing of Yag, hom (offerings to fire god), holding of feast for holy men, nor through Raj Yog. He cannot be reached through playing of musical instruments nor recitation of Vedas.
ਤੀਰਥ ਪੁਰਬ ਦੇਵ ਦੇਵ ਸੇਵਕੈ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਕਰਮ ਧਰਮ ਬ੍ਰਤ ਨੇਮ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਈਐ ।
teerath purab dev dev sevakai na paaeeai karam dharam brat nem liv laaeeai |Such God of gods can also not be reached by visiting places of pilgrimage, celebrating days considered auspicious or by the service of gods. Even fasts of myriad kind cannot even bring Him closer. Contemplations are futile as well.
ਨਿਹਫਲ ਅਨਿਕ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਕੈ ਅਚਾਰ ਸਬੈ ਸਾਵਧਾਨ ਸਾਧਸੰਗ ਹੁਇ ਸਬਦ ਗਾਈਐ ।੩੦੪।
nihafal anik prakaar kai achaar sabai saavadhaan saadhasang hue sabad gaaeeai |304|All the methods of God-realisation are of no use. He can only be realised by singing His paeans in the company of holy men and meditating on Him with concentrated and singular mind. (304)