ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
maalee gaurraa mahalaa 5 |

Maalee Gauraa, Fifth Mehl:

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

ਰੇ ਮਨ ਟਹਲ ਹਰਿ ਸੁਖ ਸਾਰ ॥
re man ttahal har sukh saar |

O mind, true peace comes from serving the Lord.

ਅਵਰ ਟਹਲਾ ਝੂਠੀਆ ਨਿਤ ਕਰੈ ਜਮੁ ਸਿਰਿ ਮਾਰ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
avar ttahalaa jhoottheea nit karai jam sir maar |1| rahaau |

Other services are false, and as punishment for them, the Messenger of Death bashes in one's head. ||1||Pause||

ਜਿਨਾ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਲੀਖਿਆ ਤੇ ਮਿਲੇ ਸੰਗਾਰ ॥
jinaa masatak leekhiaa te mile sangaar |

They alone join the Sangat, the Congregation, upon whose forehead such destiny is inscribed.

ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਤਾਰਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਸੰਤ ਪੁਰਖ ਅਪਾਰ ॥੧॥
sansaar bhaujal taariaa har sant purakh apaar |1|

They are carried across the terrifying world-ocean by the Saints of the Infinite, Primal Lord God. ||1||

ਨਿਤ ਚਰਨ ਸੇਵਹੁ ਸਾਧ ਕੇ ਤਜਿ ਲੋਭ ਮੋਹ ਬਿਕਾਰ ॥
nit charan sevahu saadh ke taj lobh moh bikaar |

Serve forever at the feet of the Holy; renounce greed, emotional attachment and corruption.

ਸਭ ਤਜਹੁ ਦੂਜੀ ਆਸੜੀ ਰਖੁ ਆਸ ਇਕ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ॥੨॥
sabh tajahu doojee aasarree rakh aas ik nirankaar |2|

Abandon all other hopes, and rest your hopes in the One Formless Lord. ||2||

ਇਕਿ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੂਲੇ ਸਾਕਤਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਅੰਧ ਅੰਧਾਰ ॥
eik bharam bhoole saakataa bin gur andh andhaar |

Some are faithless cynics, deluded by doubt; without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness.

ਧੁਰਿ ਹੋਵਨਾ ਸੁ ਹੋਇਆ ਕੋ ਨ ਮੇਟਣਹਾਰ ॥੩॥
dhur hovanaa su hoeaa ko na mettanahaar |3|

Whatever is pre-ordained, comes to pass; no one can erase it. ||3||

ਅਗਮ ਰੂਪੁ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਕਾ ਅਨਿਕ ਨਾਮ ਅਪਾਰ ॥
agam roop gobind kaa anik naam apaar |

The beauty of the Lord of the Universe is profound and unfathomable; the Names of the Infinite Lord are immunerable.

ਧਨੁ ਧੰਨੁ ਤੇ ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਜਿਨ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਾ ਉਰਿ ਧਾਰ ॥੪॥੧॥
dhan dhan te jan naanakaa jin har naamaa ur dhaar |4|1|

Blessed, blessed are those humble beings, O Nanak, who enshrine the Lord's Name in their hearts. ||4||1||

Sri Guru Granth Sahib
Shabad Information

Title: Raag Maalee Gauraa
Writer: Guru Arjan Dev Ji
Page: 986
Line No.: 7 - 12

Raag Maalee Gauraa

Mali Gaura conveys the confidence of an expert, whose knowledge is self-evident in both their outlook and actions. This knowledge is learned through experience and therefore creates an air of ‘coolness’. However, this sense of ‘coolness’ is an aspect of true happiness because you have learned how to manage things with expertise and skill.