Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 472
ਨੀਲ ਵਸਤ੍ਰ ਪਹਿਰਿ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
Wearing blue robes, they seek the approval of their Muslim rulers.
ਮਲੇਛ ਧਾਨੁ ਲੇ ਪੂਜਹਿ ਪੁਰਾਣੁ ॥
They receive their livelihood from the Muslims whom they call malech (the impure ones) and worship the Puranas.
ਅਭਾਖਿਆ ਕਾ ਕੁਠਾ ਬਕਰਾ ਖਾਣਾ ॥
They eat the meat of goats, killed after reading the the Muslim prayer (Kalma).
ਚਉਕੇ ਉਪਰਿ ਕਿਸੈ ਨ ਜਾਣਾ ॥
and yet they ask that no one else should enter their kitchen
ਦੇ ਕੈ ਚਉਕਾ ਕਢੀ ਕਾਰ ॥
After plastering the kitchen floor with cow-dung, they draw a boundary line around it.
ਉਪਰਿ ਆਇ ਬੈਠੇ ਕੂੜਿਆਰ ॥
then the hypocrite pundits come and sit on the kitchen floor.
ਮਤੁ ਭਿਟੈ ਵੇ ਮਤੁ ਭਿਟੈ ॥ ਇਹੁ ਅੰਨੁ ਅਸਾਡਾ ਫਿਟੈ ॥
They tell others, do not come near our kitchen, lest our food become impure (unfit for eating).
ਤਨਿ ਫਿਟੈ ਫੇੜ ਕਰੇਨਿ ॥
But in reality, these very people indulge in corrupt practices with their polluted bodies and commit evil deeds.
ਮਨਿ ਜੂਠੈ ਚੁਲੀ ਭਰੇਨਿ ॥
Their minds are filthy with vices, but outwardly they clean their mouth by rinsing to profess holiness.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ॥
Nanak says, for real purity, we should meditate on the eternal God (by doing which one becomes pure in mind and body),
ਸੁਚਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਤਾ ਸਚੁ ਪਾਈਐ ॥੨॥
God is realized only when our mind is pure (not by plastering the floor with cow dung and indulging in corrupt practices).
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:
ਚਿਤੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਵੇਖਿ ਨਦਰੀ ਹੇਠਿ ਚਲਾਇਦਾ ॥
Pauree: God keeps everyone in His mind and makes all to act as per His grace.
ਆਪੇ ਦੇ ਵਡਿਆਈਆ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਕਰਮ ਕਰਾਇਦਾ ॥
He Himself bestows honors, and He Himself makes them do various deeds.
ਵਡਹੁ ਵਡਾ ਵਡ ਮੇਦਨੀ ਸਿਰੇ ਸਿਰਿ ਧੰਧੈ ਲਾਇਦਾ ॥
He is the greatest of the great; great is His creation.
ਨਦਰਿ ਉਪਠੀ ਜੇ ਕਰੇ ਸੁਲਤਾਨਾ ਘਾਹੁ ਕਰਾਇਦਾ ॥
He enjoins all to their tasks.
ਦਰਿ ਮੰਗਨਿ ਭਿਖ ਨ ਪਾਇਦਾ ॥੧੬॥
If He withdraws His grace, then He can make even the kings penniless like the grass cutters. no one gives them alms even when they go begging from door to door.
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
Salok, First Guru:
ਜੇ ਮੋਹਾਕਾ ਘਰੁ ਮੁਹੈ ਘਰੁ ਮੁਹਿ ਪਿਤਰੀ ਦੇਇ ॥
Salok, First Guru: If a thief robs a house and donates the stolen goods believing that those goods will be delivered to his dead ancestors.
ਅਗੈ ਵਸਤੁ ਸਿਞਾਣੀਐ ਪਿਤਰੀ ਚੋਰ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
In the world hereafter, these stolen goods are recognized.
ਵਢੀਅਹਿ ਹਥ ਦਲਾਲ ਕੇ ਮੁਸਫੀ ਏਹ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
This way he is making his ancestors also thieves.
ਨਾਨਕ ਅਗੈ ਸੋ ਮਿਲੈ ਜਿ ਖਟੇ ਘਾਲੇ ਦੇਇ ॥੧॥
The hands of the go-between (Brahmin) are cut off; this is the justice of the righteous judge.
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
O Nanak, in the world hereafter, one receives only what one earns and shares with the needy.
ਜਿਉ ਜੋਰੂ ਸਿਰਨਾਵਣੀ ਆਵੈ ਵਾਰੋ ਵਾਰ ॥
O Nanak, in the world hereafter, one receives only what one earns and shares with the needy.
ਜੂਠੇ ਜੂਠਾ ਮੁਖਿ ਵਸੈ ਨਿਤ ਨਿਤ ਹੋਇ ਖੁਆਰੁ ॥
Salok, First Guru: When a woman goes through her periods month after month, (people wrongly consider her impure),
ਸੂਚੇ ਏਹਿ ਨ ਆਖੀਅਹਿ ਬਹਨਿ ਜਿ ਪਿੰਡਾ ਧੋਇ ॥
the real impure are those who always speak false and falsehood remains dominant in their mouth; they keep suffering in distress every day.
ਸੂਚੇ ਸੇਈ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਜਿਨ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਸੋਇ ॥੨॥
Those who think they have become pure by merely washing their bodies are not called pure.
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
O’ Nanak, truly pure are those within whose minds God dwells.
ਤੁਰੇ ਪਲਾਣੇ ਪਉਣ ਵੇਗ ਹਰ ਰੰਗੀ ਹਰਮ ਸਵਾਰਿਆ ॥
Pauree: (Those who are extremely rich and) have saddled horses, running as fast as the wind, and have decorated their harems in many colors,
ਕੋਠੇ ਮੰਡਪ ਮਾੜੀਆ ਲਾਇ ਬੈਠੇ ਕਰਿ ਪਾਸਾਰਿਆ ॥
Those who live proudly in their lofty mansions and palaces making elaborate show of ego,
ਚੀਜ ਕਰਨਿ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵਦੇ ਹਰਿ ਬੁਝਨਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਹਾਰਿਆ ॥
Those who indulge in merry making to their heart’s content but do not think of God, losing the objective of their life.
ਕਰਿ ਫੁਰਮਾਇਸਿ ਖਾਇਆ ਵੇਖਿ ਮਹਲਤਿ ਮਰਣੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ॥
Those who eat delicious foods of their choice prepared by ordering the poor helpless people; they forget death looking at their lofty mansions.
ਜਰੁ ਆਈ ਜੋਬਨਿ ਹਾਰਿਆ ॥੧੭॥
(In spite of all those riches), when their old age comes, they lose the vitality of youth (and ultimately die leaving all the riches behind)
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
Salok, First Guru:
ਜੇ ਕਰਿ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਮੰਨੀਐ ਸਭ ਤੈ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਹੋਇ ॥
Salok, First Guru: If one accepts the concept of impurity, then there is impurity everywhere.
ਗੋਹੇ ਅਤੈ ਲਕੜੀ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਕੀੜਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
In cow-dung and wood there are worms.
ਜੇਤੇ ਦਾਣੇ ਅੰਨ ਕੇ ਜੀਆ ਬਾਝੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
As many are the grains of food, none is without life.
ਪਹਿਲਾ ਪਾਣੀ ਜੀਉ ਹੈ ਜਿਤੁ ਹਰਿਆ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥
First, there is life in the water, by which everything gets life and becomes green.
ਸੂਤਕੁ ਕਿਉ ਕਰਿ ਰਖੀਐ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਪਵੈ ਰਸੋਇ ॥
How can we protect ourselves from impurity, because this impurity is always right there in our kitchen?
ਨਾਨਕ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਏਵ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਉਤਾਰੇ ਧੋਇ ॥੧॥
O’ Nanak, impurity cannot be removed by these false beliefs; it is washed away only by spiritual wisdom.
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
Salok, First Guru:
ਮਨ ਕਾ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਲੋਭੁ ਹੈ ਜਿਹਵਾ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਕੂੜੁ ॥
Salok, First Guru: The impurity of the mind is greed, and the impurity of the tongue is falsehood.
ਅਖੀ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਵੇਖਣਾ ਪਰ ਤ੍ਰਿਅ ਪਰ ਧਨ ਰੂਪੁ ॥
The impurity of the eyes is to look upon the beauty of another man's wife, and his wealth with evil intent.
ਕੰਨੀ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਕੰਨਿ ਪੈ ਲਾਇਤਬਾਰੀ ਖਾਹਿ ॥
The impurity of the ears is to listen to the slander of others.
ਨਾਨਕ ਹੰਸਾ ਆਦਮੀ ਬਧੇ ਜਮ ਪੁਰਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥੨॥
O, Nanak, It is because of these beliefs of impurities that even swan like beautiful people are bound and taken to hell.
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
Salok, First Guru:
ਸਭੋ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਹੈ ਦੂਜੈ ਲਗੈ ਜਾਇ ॥
Salok, First Guru: All impurity comes from doubt and attachment to duality.
ਜੰਮਣੁ ਮਰਣਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਹੈ ਭਾਣੈ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥
Birth and death are subject to His Command; through God’s Will we come into this world and depart from here.
ਖਾਣਾ ਪੀਣਾ ਪਵਿਤ੍ਰੁ ਹੈ ਦਿਤੋਨੁ ਰਿਜਕੁ ਸੰਬਾਹਿ ॥
Eating and drinking are pure, since God gives sustenance to all.
ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਨੑੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੁਝਿਆ ਤਿਨੑਾ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਨਾਹਿ ॥੩॥
O’ Nanak, they who through the Guru’s teaching have understood this concept of false beliefs, for them there is no impurity.