Japji Sahib Pauri 1
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| sochai soch naa hov-a-ee jay sochee lakh vaar |
| By thinking and thinking again a hundred thousand times, one cannot find a solution |
| chupai chup naa hov-a-ee jay laa-i rahaa liv taar |
| By being quiet, peace cannot be found even if poised deep in meditation forever |
| bhukhi-aa bhukh naa utree jay bannaa puree-aa bhaar |
| The hunger of the hungry cannot be quenched if food is carried as baggage |
| sehas si-aanpaa lakh hoh taa ik naa chalai naal |
| One may possess a hundred thousand clever ideas, but even one will not accompany him/her* |
| kiv sachi-aaraa ho-ee-ai kiv koorhai tutai paal |
| How then can one be purified? How can one throw away the falsehood? |
| hukam rajaa-ee chalnaa naanak likhi-aa naal |
| Says Nanak, By Abiding by the Command of God, which is written along with everyone! |
Definition of Terms
- Soch – (present first person singular) transitive verb. ‘think, ponder’
- Naa – negative adverb. ‘not, no’ : na…na ‘neither, nor’
- Lakh – numeral. ‘100,000’
- Vaar – ‘time, turn; delay’
- Chup – ‘silence’
- Laa-i – ‘apply, fix (esp. of mind); attach, fix, plant (esp. of love, devotion); set, employ, engage; assemble; levy (tax)’
- Liv – ‘absorption, deep meditation; devotion, adoration; love, desire; constant repition (of God’s name)
- Taar – ‘fixity’ usually as in liva tara ‘unbroken adoration’ or locana tara ‘the eyes (maintain their) fixed look’
- Bhukh – ‘hunger’
- Utree – ‘take off, be appeased’
- Bannaa – ‘boundary (as of field, marked by ridge of earth)’
- Puree-aa – ‘all the (sacred) cities, the entire world’
- Bhaar – ‘load, burden, weight; load of goods; burden of sins; a weight’
- Sehas – numeral. ‘1000’
- Si-aanp – ‘cleverness’
- Koorhai – ‘lie, falseness, untruth, wickedness, evil’
- Thut – ‘be broken, break’
- Paal – ‘boundary, barrier; dam, dyke; wall round tank; bridge’
- Hukum – from Arabic, and is found in the Koran to mean God’s cosmic order
- Rajaa-ee – from the Arabic Raza, the divine pleasure.
- Likhi-aa Naal – the original likhiya naal does not mean ‘as is set forth herewith’ but 'as ingrained within' see Guru Arjan Dev Ji, Raag Gauri: "Dwell thou on Govind who is ingrained in thy body and mind."
