Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 113
ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਘੜਿ ਭੰਨਿ ਸਵਾਰਹਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਸੁਹਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੫॥੬॥
You Yourself create, destroy and refashion Your creation. O’ Nanak, You adorn and embellish mortals with Your Name.
ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
Raag Maajh, by the Third Guru:
ਸਭ ਘਟ ਆਪੇ ਭੋਗਣਹਾਰਾ ॥
It is God who enjoys everything in the world, as He pervades in all hearts.
ਅਲਖੁ ਵਰਤੈ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥
The infinite and incomprehensible God is invisibly present in all.
ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਮੇਰਾ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ਸਹਜੇ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥
Through the Guru’s word, we should meditate on the beloved God so that we may intuitively merge in Him.
ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੁ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਵਣਿਆ ॥
I dedicate myself to the person who enshrines the Guru’s word in his mind.
ਸਬਦੁ ਸੂਝੈ ਤਾ ਮਨ ਸਿਉ ਲੂਝੈ ਮਨਸਾ ਮਾਰਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
If one understands the Guru’s word, then one wrestles with the mind, and by controlling vicious desires, becomes worthy of uniting with God.
ਪੰਚ ਦੂਤ ਮੁਹਹਿ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥
The five vices (lust, anger, greed, attachment, and ego) are deceiving the world.
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਅੰਧੇ ਸੁਧਿ ਨ ਸਾਰਾ ॥
Self willed, blinded by Maya, does not have any knowledge or understanding about the vices.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੁ ਅਪਣਾ ਘਰੁ ਰਾਖੈ ਪੰਚ ਦੂਤ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਚਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥
The person who follows Guru’s teachings protects his home (mind and body) from these five demons, and through the Guru’s word, destroys them.
ਇਕਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਦਾ ਸਚੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ॥
The Guru’s followers are always imbued with the love of the eternal God.
ਸਹਜੇ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਮਾਤੇ ॥
Always immersed in the love of God, they intuitively remember Him.
ਮਿਲਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਸਚੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥
Meeting with their Beloved God, they sing His Glorious Praises and they receive honor in His Court.
ਏਕਮ ਏਕੈ ਆਪੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥
First, God (who was alone and intangible) revealed Himself; He revealed Himself in the form of His creation and became tangible and then He created the three-pronged Maya (vice, virtue and power)
ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਦੂਜਾ ਤ੍ਰਿਬਿਧਿ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
The Guru’s follower spiritually rises to the fourth state in which he remains unaffected by the three impulses of Maya.
ਚਉਥੀ ਪਉੜੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਊਚੀ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥
The Guru’s follower spiritually rises to the fourth state in which he remains unaffected by the three impulses of Maya. He always meditates on God’s Name.
ਸਭੁ ਹੈ ਸਚਾ ਜੇ ਸਚੇ ਭਾਵੈ ॥
All is true (and right), if it pleases God.
ਜਿਨਿ ਸਚੁ ਜਾਤਾ ਸੋ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥
The one who realized God, he remains in intuitive peace and poise.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਰਣੀ ਸਚੇ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਸਾਚੇ ਜਾਇ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥
It is the duty of the Guru’s follower to always remember God, and ultimately merge with Him.
ਸਚੇ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਕੋ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਆ ॥
O’ my friends, except the eternal God, there is no one else.
ਦੂਜੈ ਲਾਗਿ ਜਗੁ ਖਪਿ ਖਪਿ ਮੂਆ ॥
Attached to duality, humanity suffers and deteriorate spiritually.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੁ ਏਕੋ ਜਾਣੈ ਏਕੋ ਸੇਵਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥
The Guru’s follower only loves God and by always remembering Him lives in peace and enjoys bliss.
ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਸਭਿ ਸਰਣਿ ਤੁਮਾਰੀ ॥
All beings and creatures are under Your Protection.
ਆਪੇ ਧਰਿ ਦੇਖਹਿ ਕਚੀ ਪਕੀ ਸਾਰੀ ॥
The world is like a chessboard wherein You have placed beings both imperfect and perfect (spiritually elevated), but You look after all.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਆਪੇ ਕਾਰ ਕਰਾਏ ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥
You always make them do deeds (according Your will), and You Yourself then unite them with You.
ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਹਿ ਵੇਖਹਿ ਹਦੂਰਿ ॥
O’ God, You stay close at hand and look after all mortals and unite them with Yourself.
ਸਭ ਮਹਿ ਆਪਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਭਰਪੂਰਿ ॥
You Yourself are totally pervading amongst all.
ਨਾਨਕ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਵਰਤੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੋਝੀ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੬॥੭॥
O’ Nanak, God Himself is pervading everywhere; only the Guru’s followers understand this.
ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
Raag Maajh, by the Third Guru:
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਮੀਠੀ ॥
The Guru’s words are like the Ambrosial Nectar that brings love and peace in life.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਰਲੈ ਕਿਨੈ ਚਖਿ ਡੀਠੀ ॥
But only a rare Guru’s followers has relished it and seen the change it brings.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਪਰਗਾਸੁ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਪੀਵੈ ਦਰਿ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦੁ ਵਜਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥
supreme elixir, one’s inner self is illuminated, and one feels as if the divine word is being played in God’s court.
ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਗੁਰ ਚਰਣੀ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥
I dedicate myself to the one who keeps the mind attuned to the Guru’s word.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਹੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸਰੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਮਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਮੈਲੁ ਚੁਕਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
The true Guru is like a pool of nectar. Whoever bathes in this pool (follows the Guru’s teachings) with true devotion, washes off all the dirt of vices.
ਤੇਰਾ ਸਚੇ ਕਿਨੈ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
O’ eternal God, no one has ever found the limits of Your virtues.
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਕਿਨੈ ਵਿਰਲੈ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਆ ॥
Through Guru’s grace, only a rare person has fixed his mind on You.
ਤੁਧੁ ਸਾਲਾਹਿ ਨ ਰਜਾ ਕਬਹੂੰ ਸਚੇ ਨਾਵੈ ਕੀ ਭੁਖ ਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥
O’ God, bless me with so much yearning for Your Name, that I may never feel satiated of praising You.
ਏਕੋ ਵੇਖਾ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਬੀਆ ॥
Now, except God, I see no one else, because by Guru’s Grace, I have partaken of the Ambrosial Nectar of Naam.
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਆ ॥
Through the Guru’s word, I have satiated all my desires for the Maya, and now I remain intuitively merged in a state of peace.
ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਤਿਖਾ ਨਿਵਾਰੀ ਸਹਜੇ ਸੂਖਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥
Through the Guru’s word, I have satiated all my desires for the Maya, and now I remain intuitively merged in a state of peace.
ਰਤਨੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਪਲਰਿ ਤਿਆਗੈ ॥
A self-conceited blind fool, attached to duality, gives up the priceless Naam for worthless straw (Maya).
ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਅੰਧਾ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਲਾਗੈ ॥
Only that person on whom God shows His mercy obtains priceless Naam.
ਜੋ ਬੀਜੈ ਸੋਈ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਏ ਸੁਪਨੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਨ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥
Whatever (evil) one sows, (the same evil fruit) one reaps, and doesn’t find peace, even in dream.
ਅਪਨੀ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਸੋਈ ਜਨੁ ਪਾਏ ॥
Only that person on whom God shows His mercy obtains priceless Naam.
ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਏ ॥
Because such a person enshrines the Guru’s word in the mind.