Shri Arhat kai darshan jo
aik bar pa jatai
Nikal sansar sagar sai
vhan ham moksh sukh patai
(1) Could we obtain the
(grace of the)
Arhantas
darshan
(Sight) but once,
Escaping from the Ocean of
Samsara (Repeated
births and deaths, i.e. transmigration),
speedily we should attain the beatitude of
Moksha (Salvation)!
Tamana apnee bar atee,
muradain dil kee pa jatai
Guru nirgranth kai
charanro main sir ko gar jhuka patai
(2) The purport of Life
would be fulfilled, the heart's desire realized;
Should we but have
the luck to bend the head at the feet of the
Nirgrantha
Guru
(Jaina saints are called Nirgrantha).
Fana ka dora dora hae,
kyam unka hae aalam main
Jwanee husno daulat
jindgee sab haen mitai jatai
(3) Death is the Empire,
stability is a dream! Youth, beauty, riches and life all are perishing
away!
Uthaeen marnai jeenai kee
anantai bar takleefain
Yoon nit-nit rojh marnai
sai to 'kash' aik bar mar jatai
(4) An infinity of times
have the pains been endured of (repeated) birth and death! Would that we
had once died for good, to be rid of this constant daily dying!
Shranr kaesi, maded kiskee,
naheen firiyadaras koi
Voh daikho, Yam kee darhon
main haen sab kai sab pisai jatai
(5) Who is the refuge?
Whose help to seek? there is none to listen to the wail (of the soul)!
Look! all are being
ground in the Jaws of Death!
Na sathi hae na sangee hae
koi jeevon ka alam main
Alailai paeda hotai haen,
akailai hee haen mar jatai
(6) There is no companion
of souls in the world, not a wayfaring associate!
Alone are they born,
alone also do they die!
Naheen jab jism ho apna,
to kaesa ghaer sai rishta
Han, na phehaimeen sai
putr va mitra apnai haen kahai jatai
(7) When even the body is
not one's own, how, then, can another be relation of the Self?
Through delusion,
verily, are termed one's won the friend and the son?
Dhaka hae cham sai dhancha,
bhara hae mal va mootr sai yaih
Yaih hee haen log jiskee
khubiyon pai nitye haen itratai
(8) With (leather)
parchment is the skeleton covered; it is filled with urine and filth!
Is this the thing,
whose excellence has turned men's heads?
Chatur gati roop aalam hae
nheen sukh sai yhan koee
Manushya tiryanch
narakdaiv haen dukh sai sab chilatai
9) Characterized by the
Gati (Residents
of heavens)
quartette is this world of life; happy therein is none!
Devas
(Residents of heavens) and men, lower kingdoms and hells-all are crying
with pain!
Abas kee bandgee batil
buton kee jhoothai daivon kee
Jo sanvar nirjra kartai to
dil ka mudua patai
(10) In vain, have we
worshipped false gods and guides that only lead one astray;
Had we but stopped
and destroyed the
karmas;
the wish of the heart we should have had!
Manushya kee joon durlabh
hae jo virthan haen isai khotai
Voh aasanee sai moka phir
nheen hae doosra patai
(11) Difficult of
attainment is the human form; those who now dissipate it away,
Will never easily
again obtain another such (golden) chance.
Ahinsa dharm hae sacha,
Ahimsa mool hae tap ka
Ahimsa palnai sai karm
bandhan sab haen jharh jatai
(12) True is the
Dharma
(Religion) that
teaches non-injuring; of saints non-injuring is the root!
By the observance of
the vow on non-injuring are destroyed the entirety of the chains of
karma!
Jo daikha gor sai to atma
hee daiv hae sacha
Saiko sanyam isee kai
johrai aslee nazar atai
(13) On proper reflection,
the soul itself is found to be the truest God!
Joy and self-control
would appear properly to appertain to the soul.
Khuda hae Daiv hae Triloki
ka sarsaz hae, jan hae
Tamami pujya gunr haen zat
main iskee nazar atai
(14)
Khuda
is He, He is Deva,
too; the crown of Glory of the world, and
Jina
(Conqueror)!
The infinity of the
worshipful attributes all may be seen in Him!
Hyatai la mamatai va
noorai khalis maot ka phataih
Jo aesa apnai janain
avashya vai sidh pad patai
(15) Life that is
Deathless, Effulgence Pure, the Conqueror of Death:
Those who know
themselves as such, obtain the status of the Perfect Ones!
Sukho darshan va gyano
veerya main nishchae sai hae pooran
Isi kai gunr haen hooro
jin malyak rat bin gatai
(16) In respect of
Happiness, Perception, Knowledge and Power He is truly full!
Houris,
jinn's, and angels chant His attributes (ceaselessly) night and day!
Karm bandhan sai chootai
atma prmatma hovai
Bajooz iskai neheen kuchh
pharak ham dono main
(17) Freed from the
bondage of
Karma,
the Soul becomes a God!
There is no other
difference that we can see between the two!
