Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 112

  1. ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਜਲਦੀ ਫਿਰੈ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਬਿਨੁ ਪਿਰ ਬਹੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥

    Day and night the soul continues wandering, burning in the fire of worldly desires. Without the Husband-God, the soul suffers in great sorrows.

  2. ਦੇਹੀ ਜਾਤਿ ਨ ਆਗੈ ਜਾਏ ॥

    Her body and her social status shall not go with her to the world hereafter.

  3. ਜਿਥੈ ਲੇਖਾ ਮੰਗੀਐ ਤਿਥੈ ਛੁਟੈ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਏ ॥

    Where the account of deeds is asked for, the soul is liberated only if it has earned the merits of truthful deeds in this world.

  4. ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਨਿ ਸੇ ਧਨਵੰਤੇ ਐਥੈ ਓਥੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥

    Those who serve the true Guru by following his teaching, are rich with wealth of Naam. Both here and in the next world, they remain absorbed in God’s

  5. ਭੈ ਭਾਇ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ਬਣਾਏ ॥

    The one who always remain attuned to the revered fear of God and embellishes his life with His Name.

  6. ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਮਹਲੁ ਘਰੁ ਪਾਏ ॥

    By the Guru’s Grace, he realizes God in his heart.

  7. ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਦਾ ਰਵੈ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਮਜੀਠੈ ਰੰਗੁ ਬਣਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥

    Day and night, he lovingly remembers God’s Name. He becomes deeply imbued with never-fading love for God’s Name.

  8. ਸਭਨਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਵਸੈ ਸਦਾ ਨਾਲੇ ॥

    Our Master is always within us.

  9. ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਕੋ ਨਦਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਲੇ ॥

    It is only a rare person who, by Guru’s grace, is able to see Him with divine eyes.

  10. ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਅਤਿ ਊਚੋ ਊਚਾ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਆਪਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥

    My God is the highest of the high; showing His mercy He Himself unites us with Him.

  11. ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਸੁਤਾ ॥

    This world is asleep in emotional attachment to Maya.

  12. ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ਅੰਤਿ ਵਿਗੁਤਾ ॥

    Forgetting the Naam, it ultimately ruins himself itself.

  13. ਜਿਸ ਤੇ ਸੁਤਾ ਸੋ ਜਾਗਾਏ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸੋਝੀ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥

    Only the one who has put this world in the sleep of ignorance can awaken it. One obtains this realization only through the Guru’s teachings.

  14. ਅਪਿਉ ਪੀਐ ਸੋ ਭਰਮੁ ਗਵਾਏ ॥

    The one who partakes the Ambrosial nectar of Naam, sheds illusion.

  15. ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਏ ॥

    By Guru’s Grace, the state of liberation from Maya is attained.

  16. ਭਗਤੀ ਰਤਾ ਸਦਾ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ਆਪੁ ਮਾਰਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥

    One who is imbued with love and devotion for God becomes detached from worldly desires. Subduing ego, such a person unites with God.

  17. ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਏ ਧੰਧੈ ਲਾਏ ॥

    He Himself creates (the mortals) and assigns them to different tasks (entangling them in Maya).

  18. ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀ ਰਿਜਕੁ ਆਪਿ ਅਪੜਾਏ ॥

    He Himself gives sustenance to the millions species of beings.

  19. ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ਸਚਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਜੋ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੁ ਕਾਰ ਕਰਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੪॥੫॥

    O’ Nanak, those who meditate on the Naam are imbued in Truth. God makes them do only that deed which is pleasing to Him.

  20. ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

    Raag Maajh, by the Third Guru:

  21. ਅੰਦਰਿ ਹੀਰਾ ਲਾਲੁ ਬਣਾਇਆ ॥

    Within every body, God has placed His precious Light.

  22. ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਰਖਿ ਪਰਖਾਇਆ ॥

    But it is only a rare person who, through the Guru’s word, has realized its worth.

  23. ਜਿਨ ਸਚੁ ਪਲੈ ਸਚੁ ਵਖਾਣਹਿ ਸਚੁ ਕਸਵਟੀ ਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥

    Only those who are imbued with this jewel of God’s Name, utter truth and know how to test himself on the touchstone of truth.

  24. ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਵਣਿਆ ॥

    I dedicate myself to those who enshrine the Guru’s word within their minds.

  25. ਅੰਜਨ ਮਾਹਿ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    While still living in this world full of the darkness of Maya, they have realized the immaculate God, and they are able to merge their soul in the Prime Soul.

  26. ਇਸੁ ਕਾਇਆ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਪਸਾਰਾ ॥

    On one hand), within this body lies a great expanse of Maya (worldly things).

  27. ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਅਤਿ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥

    On the other hand), God is immaculate, incomprehensible and limitless..

  28. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੋਈ ਪਾਏ ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥

    Only the one, who follows the Guru’s teachings is able to realize the immaculate God’s Name. On His own, showing His mercy, God unites that one with Himself.

  29. ਮੇਰਾ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਸਚੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਏ ॥

    The person in whose mind, my Master instills the Eternal Truth,

  30. ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਸਚਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਏ ॥

    By the Guru’s Grace, that person attunes his mind to the eternal God.

  31. ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਵਰਤੈ ਸਭਨੀ ਥਾਈ ਸਚੇ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥

    The God is eternal and omnipresent. That person always remains attuned to the True One.

  32. ਵੇਪਰਵਾਹੁ ਸਚੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਪਿਆਰਾ ॥

    My beloved God is Eternal. He has no worries.

  33. ਕਿਲਵਿਖ ਅਵਗਣ ਕਾਟਣਹਾਰਾ ॥

    He is the dispeller of demerits and sins.

  34. ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਸਦਾ ਧਿਆਈਐ ਭੈ ਭਾਇ ਭਗਤਿ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥

    We should meditate on God with love and devotion. He affirms His revered fear and devotional worship within us.

  35. ਤੇਰੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਸਚੀ ਜੇ ਸਚੇ ਭਾਵੈ ॥

    O’ God, when it is Your Will only then one receives the gift of devotional worship

  36. ਆਪੇ ਦੇਇ ਨ ਪਛੋਤਾਵੈ ॥

    He, Himself blesses mortals with the gifts, and don’t ever regret giving it.

  37. ਸਭਨਾ ਜੀਆ ਕਾ ਏਕੋ ਦਾਤਾ ਸਬਦੇ ਮਾਰਿ ਜੀਵਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥

    God alone is the Provider to all the beings. He is the reviver of spiritual life of the mortals by erasing their ego, through the Guru’s word,

  38. ਹਰਿ ਤੁਧੁ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਮੈ ਕੋਈ ਨਾਹੀ ॥

    O’ God, besides You, for me there is no one else.

  39. ਹਰਿ ਤੁਧੈ ਸੇਵੀ ਤੈ ਤੁਧੁ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ॥

    O’ God, I meditate only on You and praise only You.

  40. ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਲੈਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਾਚੇ ਪੂਰੈ ਕਰਮਿ ਤੂੰ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥

    O’ the eternal God,unite me with Yourself. It is only by Your full grace that You can be realized.

  41. ਮੈ ਹੋਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ਤੁਧੈ ਜੇਹਾ ॥

    O’ God, for me, there is no one else like You.

  42. ਤੇਰੀ ਨਦਰੀ ਸੀਝਸਿ ਦੇਹਾ ॥

    By Your Glance of Grace, my body can be fruitful.

  43. ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਾਰਿ ਸਮਾਲਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਖਹਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥

    O’ God, You always take care of the mortals, and those who follow Guru’s advice imperceptibly merge in You.

  44. ਤੁਧੁ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਮੈ ਹੋਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥

    O’ God, for me there is no one else as Great as You.

  45. ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਸਿਰਜੀ ਆਪੇ ਗੋਈ ॥

    You have Yourself created this universe, and You Yourself would destroy it.