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SAHENTAR DEEP ME SHAAH ZAAHER BETTHAA
AARTEE NAANI (INVOCATION)
BY PEER SADARDEEN

eji sahetar deepme shaah, zaaher betthaa
sanj sibhu nit jampo moraa bhaai
aarti keeje naklank tanniji
satgur sohodev raah bataai
baargur peer sadardeen dish bataai....aartee keeje..........1

O momins! our Lord is manifestly seated(on the throne) in the Arabian Peninsula
(physically or can also mean the centre of the two eye brows - bhamar goofaa
or the third eye). Remember and worship Him in the evenings and mornings everday.
Perform your invocations(prayers and supplications) to the Pure and Perfect
(na-klank, the one without any blemish).
The True Guide, Peer Sadardeen(Sohdev) has shown the Way.
The Guide of twelve crore liberated ones(Bargur - Peer Sadardeen) has shown the
(right) direction.

eji ajampiyaa jaap munivare jaanniyaa
lakh choraasi jeev naa feraa taariyaa....aartee keeje.........2

O momins! a believer(munivar) who has known the unspoken(ajampiyaa) word(jaap),
will be free from the eighty four lakh cycles of rebirth.

eji amar bhed, munivare jaanniyaa
ekoter pooriyaa, jeevnaa odhaariyaa......aartee keeje.........3

O momins! a believer who knows the mystery of immortality(through the experience
of enlightenment), will have saved his seventy one generations.

eji athar ved maa(n)he je koi maaher
dash maa(n)he din dayaal mawlaa betthaa chhe zaaher
........aartee keeje.........4

O momins! if one engages in the study of the Holy Qur'aan(athar ved - the last
of the four vedas), he/she will know that the Mercy of religion is physically seated
as the tenth manifestation of the Lord.

[At a personal level, our body has nine 'gates' or openings viz a viz, two eyes, two
nostrils, two ears, one mouth and two outlets for bodily excreants(urine and stool).
The centre of the eye brows is the tenth 'gate', where one experiences the Noor
or light at the right time.]

eji anek vaajaa vajintra vaaje
akall sarup dekhi duniyaa laaje.........aartee keeje..........5

O momins! when a person is fortunate to have the experience of enlightenment,
he may have mystical experiences in the form of numerous musical sounds without
any instruments. This will be incomprehensible to the wordly people(and hence must
not be articulated to them).

eji mat koi laaj karo harijan
mowlaajini bhagtee karo aachhe man tan...aartee keeje.........6

O momins! O beloved of the Lord, do not be ashamed of worshipping the Lord.
This is indeed the essential purpose of this body and mind(heart).

eji khat darshan to sunya pujaaye
satpanth dharamko maram na paaye.........aartee keeje.........7

O momins! the six schools of Hindu philosophy(or the six methods of salvation) are
void of real worship since they have not attained the inner mysteries of the Right Path
(i.e. the recognition of the True Guide).

eji satpanth dharma aaraadho moraa bhaai
to anant karodd jeevne hui chhe vadhaayi..aartee keeje........8

O momins! if you follow the Right Path(properly), then there will be good news to
the innumerable liberated souls(as you will be joining them).

eji chetanhaaraa tame cheto moraa bhaai
kahe gur sohodev tame kariliyo kamaayi....aartee keeje........9

O momins! O circumspect and wary people, be warned or be vigilant.
Says Peer Sadardeen earn rewarding deeds(in this life).

eji bhanne peer sadardeen sunno momanbhaai
ghaafal duniyaa shaah ko maram na paaye...aartee keeje.......10

O momins! Peer Sadardeen teaches, listen my brothers. The ignorant world
will never attain the inner mysteries of life.