Nigunia No Aape Bakhsh Laye

ਸੋਰਠਿ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਦੁਤੁਕੀ ॥
ਨਿਗੁਣਿਆ ਨੋ ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿ ਲਏ ਭਾਈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਲਾਇ ॥ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਊਤਮ ਹੈ ਭਾਈ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥੧॥
Sorath Mahala – 3 Dutuki ( Nirgunia No Aape Bakhsh Laye Bhai Satgur Ki Seva Laaye )

O Brother ! The Lord bestows His pardon to the persons, who are virtueless and without any good qualities, by helping them to serve the True Guru. O Brother ! The service of the Guru is of the highest order as through this service one could develop love and devotion for the Lord. (1)

ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥ ਗੁਣਹੀਣ ਹਮ ਅਪਰਾਧੀ ਭਾਈ ਪੂਰੈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਲਏ ਰਲਾਇ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
O Brother ! The Lord bestows True Name on us and enables us to unite with Him, whereas we are sinners of the worst type having no virtues at all ; but the Guru has enabled ; us to unite with Him. (Pause).

ਕਉਣ ਕਉਣ ਅਪਰਾਧੀ ਬਖਸਿਅਨੁ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਸਾਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਪਾਰਿ ਉਤਾਰਿਅਨੁ ਭਾਈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਬੇੜੈ ਚਾੜਿ ॥੨॥
O dear friend ! We cannot even comprehend (count) the number of sinners who have been pardoned by the Lord, by
following the Guru’s true teachings. O Brother ! Most of the devotees have been enabled to cross this ocean of life successfully through the raft of True Name. (2)

ਮਨੂਰੈ ਤੇ ਕੰਚਨ ਭਏ ਭਾਈ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਰਸੁ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥ ਆਪੁ ਛੋਡਿ ਨਾਉ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਭਾਈ ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੩॥
O Brother ! Some of these sinners have been transformed completely like converting iron in to gold because they have been brought into the company of the Guru, who functions like the Paras stone (gold-stone).

O Brother ! They have got over their egoism and inculcated True Name in their hearts so that the Lord has merged their souls with His Prime-soul. (3)

ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਹਉ ਵਾਰਣੈ ਭਾਈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕਉ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੈ ਜਾਉ ॥ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਜਿਨਿ ਦਿਤਾ ਭਾਈ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਉ ॥੪॥ {ਪੰਨਾ 638}
O Brother ! I offer myself as a sacrifice to the Guru, the True Guru, who has bestowed the treasure of True Name on me. So I have been united with the Lord in a state of equipoise through the Guru’s guidance. (4)