slok mÚ 3 ]

aucwrx slok mh`lw qIjw

salok ma 3 ||

Shalok, Third Mehl:

krm Drm siB bµDnw pwp puMn snbµDu ]

karam dhharam sabh bandhhanaa paap punn sanabandhh ||

Rituals and religions are all just entanglements; bad and good are bound up with them.

mmqw mohu su bµDnw puqR klqR su DMDu ]

aucwrx kl`qR

mamathaa mohu s bandhhanaa puthr kalathr s dhhandhh ||

Those things done for the sake of children and spouse, in ego and attachment, are just more bonds.

jh dyKw qh jyvrI mwieAw kw snbµDu ]

jeh dhaekhaa theh jaevaree maaeiaa kaa sanabandhh ||

Wherever I look, there I see the noose of attachment to Maya.

nwnk scy nwm ibnu vrqix vrqY AMDu ]1]

naanak sachae naam bin varathan varathai andhh ||1||

O Nanak, without the True Name, the world is engrossed in blind entanglements. ||1||