ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੨ ॥ सलोक मः २ ॥ Salok mėhlā 2. Shalok, Second Mehl: ਕਥਾ ਕਹਾਣੀ ਬੇਦੀ ਆਣੀ ਪਾਪੁ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ कथा कहाणी बेदीं आणी पापु पुंनु बीचारु ॥ Kathā kahāṇī beḏīʼn āṇī pāp punn bīcẖār. The Vedas bring forth stories and legends, and thoughts of vice and virtue. ਦੇ ਦੇ ਲੈਣਾ ਲੈ ਲੈ ਦੇਣਾ ਨਰਕਿ ਸੁਰਗਿ ਅਵਤਾਰ ॥ दे दे लैणा लै लै देणा नरकि सुरगि अवतार ॥ Ḏe ḏe laiṇā lai lai ḏeṇā narak surag avṯār. What is given, they receive, and what is received, they give. They are reincarnated in heaven and hell. ਉਤਮ ਮਧਿਮ ਜਾਤੀਂ ਜਿਨਸੀ ਭਰਮਿ ਭਵੈ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥ उतम मधिम जातीं जिनसी भरमि भवै संसारु ॥ Uṯam maḏẖim jāṯīʼn jinsī bẖaram bẖavai sansār. High and low, social class and status - the world wanders lost in superstition. ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਤਤੁ ਵਖਾਣੀ ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਵਿਚਿ ਆਈ ॥ अम्रित बाणी ततु वखाणी गिआन धिआन विचि आई ॥ Amriṯ baṇī ṯaṯ vakẖāṇī gi▫ān ḏẖi▫ān vicẖ ā▫ī. The Ambrosial Word of Gurbani proclaims the essence of reality. Spiritual wisdom and meditation are contained within it. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਖੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਤੀ ਸੁਰਤੀ ਕਰਮਿ ਧਿਆਈ ॥ गुरमुखि आखी गुरमुखि जाती सुरतीं करमि धिआई ॥ Gurmukẖ ākẖī gurmukẖ jāṯī surṯīʼn karam ḏẖi▫ā▫ī. The Gurmukhs chant it, and the Gurmukhs realize it. Intuitively aware, they meditate on it. ਹੁਕਮੁ ਸਾਜਿ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਰਖੈ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ॥ हुकमु साजि हुकमै विचि रखै हुकमै अंदरि वेखै ॥ Hukam sāj hukmai vicẖ rakẖai hukmai anḏar vekẖai. By the Hukam of His Command, He formed the Universe, and in His Hukam, He keeps it. By His Hukam, He keeps it under His Gaze.