ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਗਡੀ ਲਦੀਅਹਿ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਭਰੀਅਹਿ ਸਾਥ ॥ पड़ि पड़ि गडी लदीअहि पड़ि पड़ि भरीअहि साथ ॥ Paṛ paṛ gadee laḋee▫ah paṛ paṛ bʰaree▫ah saaṫʰ. You may read and read loads of books; you may read and study vast multitudes of books. ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥ सलोकु मः १ ॥ Salok mėhlaa 1. Shalok, First Mehl: ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਬੇੜੀ ਪਾਈਐ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਗਡੀਅਹਿ ਖਾਤ ॥ पड़ि पड़ि बेड़ी पाईऐ पड़ि पड़ि गडीअहि खात ॥ Paṛ paṛ béṛee paa▫ee▫æ paṛ paṛ gadee▫ah kʰaaṫ. You may read and read boat-loads of books; you may read and read and fill pits with them. ਪੜੀਅਹਿ ਜੇਤੇ ਬਰਸ ਬਰਸ ਪੜੀਅਹਿ ਜੇਤੇ ਮਾਸ ॥ पड़ीअहि जेते बरस बरस पड़ीअहि जेते मास ॥ Paṛee▫ah jéṫé baras baras paṛee▫ah jéṫé maas. You may read them year after year; you may read them in as many months as there are. ਪੜੀਐ ਜੇਤੀ ਆਰਜਾ ਪੜੀਅਹਿ ਜੇਤੇ ਸਾਸ ॥ पड़ीऐ जेती आरजा पड़ीअहि जेते सास ॥ Paṛee▫æ jéṫee aarjaa paṛee▫ah jéṫé saas. You may read them all your life; you may read them with every breath. ਨਾਨਕ ਲੇਖੈ ਇਕ ਗਲ ਹੋਰੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਝਖਣਾ ਝਾਖ ॥੧॥ नानक लेखै इक गल होरु हउमै झखणा झाख ॥१॥ Naanak lékʰæ ik gal hor ha▫umæ jʰakʰ▫ṇaa jʰaakʰ. ||1|| O Nanak! Only one thing is of any account: everything else is useless babbling and idle talk in ego. ||1|| |