ਸਲੋਕ ॥ ਰਚੰਤਿ ਜੀਅ ਰਚਨਾ ਮਾਤ ਗਰਭ ਅਸਥਾਪਨੰ ॥ ਸਾਸਿ ਸਾਸਿ ਸਿਮਰੰਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਹਾ ਅਗਨਿ ਨ ਬਿਨਾਸਨੰ ॥੧॥
Slok ( Rachant, jee rachna maat garbh asthapnang )
The Lord moulds this (human) being in the mother’s womb for some (period) time. O Nanak ! The heat of the mother’s womb does not harm the being in any way as he is busy reciting the True Name of the Lord.
ਮੁਖੁ ਤਲੈ ਪੈਰ ਉਪਰੇ ਵਸੰਦੋ ਕੁਹਥੜੈ ਥਾਇ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋ ਧਣੀ ਕਿਉ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਓ ਉਧਰਹਿ ਜਿਸ ਦੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੨॥ {ਪੰਨਾ 706}
In fact, in the mother’s womb this human being was lying upside down, with head downwards and the legs facing upwards and was kept in a difficult and (unclean) filthy surroundings. O Nanak ! Why has this human being forgotten the Lord, the invaluable Master, who had protected him even in the most arduous and difficult surroundings (through His Grace) ?
ਪਉੜੀ ॥ ਰਕਤੁ ਬਿੰਦੁ ਕਰਿ ਨਿੰਮਿਆ ਅਗਨਿ ਉਦਰ ਮਝਾਰਿ ॥ ਉਰਧ ਮੁਖੁ ਕੁਚੀਲ ਬਿਕਲੁ ਨਰਕਿ ਘੋਰਿ ਗੁਬਾਰਿ ॥ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਤੂ ਨਾ ਜਲਹਿ ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਿ ॥
Pour’i : O Man ! First of all the Lord created you out of the mother’s blood and the father’s sperm (semen) and then protected you in the fire of (heat of ) the mother’s womb. The place was very dingy, dark, and horrible (mother’s womb) and you were lying facing downwards, but you were saved from burning (due to heat) inside by reciting True Name.
ਬਿਖਮ ਥਾਨਹੁ ਜਿਨਿ ਰਖਿਆ ਤਿਸੁ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ॥ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਬਿਸਰਤ ਸੁਖੁ ਕਦੇ ਨਾਹਿ ਜਾਸਹਿ ਜਨਮੁ ਹਾਰਿ ॥੨॥ {ਪੰਨਾ 706}
So now you should remember (worship) the same Lord by inculcating His love in the heart, who had saved you there, and should never forsake Him even for a moment. The man can never enjoy bliss and peace of mind by forgetting the Lord. Thus the human being faces death finally by wasting this life, and losing the gamblb of life without achieving anything.
