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slok m: 5 ]
salok mehlaa 5||
Shalok, Fifth Mehl:

koit ibGn iqsu lwgqy ijs no ivsrY nwau ]
kot bighan tis laagtay jis no visrai naa-o.
Millions of obstacles stand in the way of one who forgets the Name.

nwnk Anidnu iblpqy ijau suM\Y Gir kwau ]1]
naanak an-din bilpatay ji-o sunjai ghar kaa-o. ||1||
O Nanak, night and day, he croaks like a raven in a deserted house. ||1||

m: 5 ]
mehlaa 5.
Fifth Mehl:

iprI imlwvw jw QIAY sweI suhwvI ruiq
piree milaavaa jaa thee-ai saa-ee suhaavee rut.
Beauteous is that season, when I am united with my Beloved.

GVI muhqu nh vIsrY nwnk rvIAY inq ]2]
gharhee muhat nah veesrai naanak ravee-ai nit. ||2||
I do not forget Him for a moment or an instant; O Nanak, I contemplate Him constantly. ||2||

pauVI ]
pa-orhee.
Pauree:

sUrbIr vrIAwm iknY n hoVIAY ] Pauj sqwxI hwT pMcw joVIAY ]
soorbeer varee-aam kinai na horhee-ai. fa-uj sataanee haath panchaa jorhee-ai.
Even brave and mighty men cannot withstand the powerful and overwhelming army which the five passions have gathered.

ds nwrI AauDUq dyin cmoVIAY ]
das naaree a-uDhoot dayn chamorhee-ai.
The ten organs of sensation attach even detached renunciates to sensory pleasures.

ijix ijix lYin@ rlwie eyho eynw loVIAY ]
jin jin lainiH ralaa-ay ayho aynaa lorhee-ai.
They seek to conquer and overpower them, and so increase their following.

qRY gux ien kY vis iknY n moVIAY ]
tarai gun in kai vas kinai na morhee-ai.
The world of the three dispositions is under their influence; no one can stand against them.

Brmu kotu mwieAw KweI khu ikqu ibiD qoVIAY ]
bharam kot maa-i-aa khaa-ee kaho kit biDh torhee-ai.
So tell me - how can the fort of doubt and the moat of Maya be overcome?

guru pUrw AwrwiD ibKm dlu PoVIAY ]
gur pooraa aaraaDh bikham dal forhee-ai.
Worshipping the Perfect Guru, this awesome force is subdued.

hau iqsu AgY idnu rwiq rhw kr joVIAY ]15]
ha-o tis agai din raat rahaa kar jorhee-ai. ||15||
I stand before Him, day and night, with my palms pressed together. ||15||

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa! Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!

The Hukam today is from Guru Arjan Dev ji and in this hukam he talks about the two states of being of remembering your identity as one with God and of forgetting that identity and being trapped in ego.

He says that when you forget your identity, then everything becomes an issue, everything becomes a problem; you feel blocked, you feel frustrated and you are constantly talking about your problems. You are constantly complaining to anyone who will listen.

Then he says that time when I remember who I am, when I feel I am one with God and don’t forget my true identity - that is the most beautiful time and I experience a constant flow of awareness of that identity.

Then he says that even men who are considered to be strong and brave cannot resist the five passions and that all organs of sensation of the body, which include not only the five senses, but the internal sensations of the body, the positions of the limbs, the skin, all these senses, that they cause sensory pleasure and distract the mind. He says that the people who are renunciates, who deny their passions, they try constantly to fight with them and to resist them and the more they do that the more they increase.

So he says that you don’t master the five passions by fighting them. He says that the three gunas which comprise the world, the three states of being, chatamas, rajas, sakas, that those gunas are under the influence of the five passions.

Then he asks how can you overcome doubt, how can you overcome maya, which separates you from your understanding of your identity with God. He says there is only one way to do that, you can’t fight against it, you can’t deny it, but by bowing before the perfect Guru, the battle is won, in that moment by surrender.

Then he ends by saying that he stands in a state of supplication, he stands in a state of prayer, devotion and sacrifice before his Guru night and day.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa! Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!