ਪਾਵਤੁ ਰਲੀਆ ਜੋਬਨਿ ਬਲੀਆ ॥ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਮਾਟੀ ਸੰਗਿ ਰਲੀਆ ॥੧॥
Please explain me these lines to me from SGGS Ji?
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ਪਾਵਤੁ ਰਲੀਆ ਜੋਬਨਿ ਬਲੀਆ ॥ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਮਾਟੀ ਸੰਗਿ ਰਲੀਆ ॥੧॥
ਪਾਵਤੁ ਰਲੀਆ ਜੋਬਨਿ ਬਲੀਆ ॥ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਮਾਟੀ ਸੰਗਿ ਰਲੀਆ ॥੧॥
The Shabad in Aasa Raag is by Guru Arjan. There are 4 stanzas in the Shabad plus a Rahao verse. The verses you quoted is the first stanza. Generally, to understand the meaning of a verse it is important to understand the whole shabad. Looking just at a verse may lead to wrong understanding.
The Shabad in essence talks about the indulgence in Maya (materialism). The Rahao verse states the problem i.e. ‘pride of material ownership’. One in pride, joy and vigour of youth, wears fine jewellery, clothes; has good means of transport; very good living, enjoys women and beauty. BUT all these lead to sin and corruption. In doing so one forgets NAAM, devotional worship and God and ends up in ‘waste’. To avoid this, seek the sanctuary of God, perform NAAM Simran in devotion.
The verses you quoted mean as follows
One revels (ਪਾਵਤੁ) in happiness and joy (ਰਲੀਆ) in the vigour (ਬਲੀਆ) of youth (ਜੋਬਨਿ). But without (ਬਿਨਾ) NAAM (ਨਾਮ), is like mingling (ਰਲੀਆ) in (ਸੰਗਿ) dirt (ਮਾਟੀ). This verse tells us that without NAAM, our revelling in happiness and joy will lead to a wasted life.