Mahapadh Keri Vat [Sakhi]

māhāpadh kerī vāt [sakhi]

Pir Sadardin · 13 verses

Verse 1

Sakhīmāhāpad kerīvāt, ke koik jāṇere, Jene satgur maliyāsār, ke sohīpichhāṇere

English meaning: O friend! The facts about the exulted status are known to hardly anyone. Whoever found the true guide, verily, he alone recognizes. 2 . O f r i e n d ! F r o m w i t h i n t h e n a v e l r i s e s t h e N a m e ( o f worship). There the soul remembers the Name in such a way that the link is not broken.

Verse 2

Sakhīnābh kamaḷghaṭmāṅhe, ke sohang uṭhere, Tyāṅjāp jape chhe hans, ke tār na truṭere

Verse 3

Sakhi inglāpinglāsār, ke sukhmanānāḍīre, Tyāṅchandra sūraj maḷībe, ke manchhāmārīre

English meaning: O friend! Where the Inglā and Pinglā meet the Sukhma۬ā, there the moon and sun both jointly kill the desires of the heart.

Verse 4

Sakhītraveṇīghaṭmāṅhe, ke akhanḍjotīre, Tyāṅjagmag jagmag thāe, ke varse chhe motīre

English meaning: O friend! At the place of Trive۬ithere is infinite light. There it is shiny and bright as if pearls are pouring.

Verse 5

Sakhīvanknāḍmuqām, ke sācho kahīere, Tyāṅnira t surat milībe, ke parcho laiere

English meaning: O friend! Consider the place of Vank Nāḍas true, there devotion and concentration both combine and observe miracles.

Verse 6

Sakhīpāṅch kosh par dhām, ke nishān dhārīre, Tyāṅdhari suratnūdhyān, ke svāso mārīre

English meaning: O friend! The place is at a distance of 5 kosh, make it your target. Focus your concentration there and obtain control over your breathing. (This method of ibadat by controlling the breathing is no more practised in our tariqah).

Verse 7

Sakhīeṭlāsarve nishān, ke melyānīchāre, Bhāītethīuṅchore desh, ke chaḍvāuṅchāre

English meaning: O friend! All these stations were left behind. O brother! There is a more elevated status than this where one has to climb higher.

Verse 8

Sakhi saghḷā rome rom, ke lāgājapvāre, Tāre saghḷāte ghaṭnāchor, ke lāgāchhupvāre

English meaning: O friend! All the tiny hairs of the body started to repeat the Name; at this time all the thieves within went into hiding.

Verse 9

Sakhīpinḍtaṇīkhabar, ke saghḷīvisrīre, Jyāre surti chaḍībharmanḍ, ke phuṭīnisrīre

English meaning: O friend! At that time the sense of the body is completely lost. When concentration deepened the soul came out of the body.

Verse 10

Sakhīaras kurasnākoṭ, ke joyānirkhīre, Evāsapt dīp navkhanḍ, ke joyāparkhīre

English meaning: O friend! (He) observed the fort of the Arsh (throne of God) and Kursi (chair of God). In this way recognized the seven islands and nine continents.

Verse 11

Sakhīved kitābmāṅhe, ke e gam nāhīṅre, Tyāṅnahīṅdivas nahīṅrāt, ke dhūp na chhāīṅre

English meaning: O friend! There is no understanding of this in religious books and scriptures; there is neither day nor night there, nor sunlight nor shade.

Verse 12

Sakhīkevāsarīkho nathī, ke māro sāmīre, E to joyāsarīkho chhe, ke alakh anāmīre

English meaning: O friend! My Lord cannot be described, in fact He is worth seeing. He is Incomprehensible and beyond name.

Verse 13

Sakhīalakh anāmīsāheb, ke lāgāmiṭhāre, BhaṇePīr Sadardīn sār, me najare diṭhāre

English meaning: O friend! That Lord (who is) beyond description and name is very sweet. Pir Sadardin (r.a.) says truly that I have seen this with my own eyes.