Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 119
ਖੋਟੇ ਖਰੇ ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਏ ॥
O’God, you yourself have created both the evil and the virtuous people.
ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਪਰਖੇ ਲੋਕ ਸਬਾਏ ॥
You Yourself assess the deeds of all people.
ਖਰੇ ਪਰਖਿ ਖਜਾਨੈ ਪਾਇਹਿ ਖੋਟੇ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥
Those found virtuous are accepted and united with You, the false ones remain lost in delusion.
ਕਿਉ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਖਾ ਕਿਉ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ॥
O’ God, how can I behold You?
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਲਾਹੀ ॥
How can I praise You? By Guru’s Grace, I praise You through the Word of the Shabad.
ਤੇਰੇ ਭਾਣੇ ਵਿਚਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਵਸੈ ਤੂੰ ਭਾਣੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਆਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥
O’God, it is only according to Your Will that the nectar of Your Naam comes to reside in one’s heart, and it is in Your will that You administer Your nectar to anyone.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸਬਦੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਹਰਿ ਬਾਣੀ ॥
The holy word of the Guru is the immortalizing nectar and so is the Naam of God.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਰਿਦੈ ਸਮਾਣੀ ॥
Serving the True Guru, it permeates the heart.
ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਪੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਸਭ ਭੁਖ ਲਹਿ ਜਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੧੫॥੧੬॥
O’Nanak,the nectar of naam gives eternal peace. By drinking it, one’s hunger (of worldly desires) is satisfied. ||8|| 15 ||16|| Composed by the third Guru, in Maajh Raag ||
ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
Composed by the third Guru, in Maajh Raag ||
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਵਰਸੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਏ ॥
The nectar of Naam comes into one’s heart intuitively.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਕੋਈ ਜਨੁ ਪਾਏ ॥
However, rare are those Guru’s followers who receive and enjoys this nectar.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀ ਸਦਾ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਾਸੇ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਬੁਝਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥
Those who drink it are satisfied forever (from worldly things). Showering His mercy, God quenches their thirst of worldly desires. I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those Guru’s followers who by Guru’s grace, drink this nectar of Naam. Tasting this nectar, their tongue remains imbued with divine love and intuitively keep singing God’s praise. ||1|| Pause||
ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਆਵਣਿਆ ॥
I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those Guru’s followers who by Guru’s grace, drink this nectar of Naam.
ਰਸਨਾ ਰਸੁ ਚਾਖਿ ਸਦਾ ਰਹੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੀ ਸਹਜੇ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Tasting this nectar, their tongue remains imbued with divine love and intuitively keep singing God’s praise. ||1|| Pause||
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਸਹਜੁ ਕੋ ਪਾਏ ॥
It is only a rare person who by Guru’s Grace attains a state of spiritual poise and balance of mind This person subdued all senses of duality, fixes the mind only on one God.
ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਮਾਰੇ ਇਕਸੁ ਸਿਉ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਏ ॥
This person subdued all senses of duality, fixes the mind only on one God.
ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ਨਦਰੀ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥
But this happens only when He bestows His glance of grace ,then that person sings God’s praises ;and by His grace ,merge in Truth.
ਸਭਨਾ ਉਪਰਿ ਨਦਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੇਰੀ ॥
O God,Your glance of grace is over all.
ਕਿਸੈ ਥੋੜੀ ਕਿਸੈ ਹੈ ਘਣੇਰੀ ॥
On some it may be less, on others, more (just as rain falls equally on all places,but the level fields retain more while slopes retain very less).
ਤੁਝ ਤੇ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਕਿਛੁ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੋਝੀ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥
It is only the Gurmukhs (Guru’s followers) who understand that nothing happens at all without Your will.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਤਤੁ ਹੈ ਬੀਚਾਰਾ ॥
The Gurmukhs contemplate the essence of reality; That your divine treasures are overflowing with nectar of Naam.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਭਰੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਭੰਡਾਰਾ ॥
That your divine treasures are overflowing with nectar of Naam.
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੇ ਕੋਈ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ਗੁਰ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥
Howeve, without serving and following the true Guru, no one receives this nectar. Whosoever receives it, gets it only by Guru’s grace,
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੈ ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਸੋਹੈ ॥
The person who serve and follow the true Guru becomes beauteous and virtuous.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮਿ ਅੰਤਰੁ ਮਨੁ ਮੋਹੈ ॥
Such a person’s inner mind is fascinated with the Nectar of Naam.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਬਾਣੀ ਰਤਾ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਣਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥
The person’s body and mind attuned to the Ambrosial Naam and the person intuitively keep hearing the sweet words o Guru’s Naam.
ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਭੂਲਾ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਖੁਆਏ ॥
A self-willed person goes astray and is ruined due to the love of duality ( the worldly riches instead of God )
ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਲੇਵੈ ਮਰੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਖਾਏ ॥
This person does not meditate on God’s Naam and dies while going after false worldly desires.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਦਾ ਵਿਸਟਾ ਮਹਿ ਵਾਸਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਸੇਵਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥
Such a person lives in filth of sinful worldly pleasures day and night and without remembering God, wastes the human birth.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਵੈ ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਆਪਿ ਪੀਆਏ ॥
Only that person drinks the nectar of Naam, whom He Himself inspires to do so.
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਸਹਜਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਏ ॥
By Guru’s Grace, such a person imperceptibly becomes attuned to God.
ਪੂਰਨ ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਭ ਆਪੇ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਨਦਰੀ ਆਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥
Then, through the Guru’s teachings, is able to see that the perfect God Himself is pervading everywhere.
ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਸੋਈ ॥
. The immaculate God is all by Himself.
ਜਿਨਿ ਸਿਰਜੀ ਤਿਨਿ ਆਪੇ ਗੋਈ ॥
He who has created (this universe) shall Himself destroy it.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਮਾਲਿ ਸਦਾ ਤੂੰ ਸਹਜੇ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੧੬॥੧੭॥
O Nanak, always meditate on God’s Naam, and you will merge into the eternal God with intuitive ease. ||8|| 16 ||17|| Maajh, Third Mehl:
ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
Maajh, Third Mehl:
ਸੇ ਸਚਿ ਲਾਗੇ ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਏ ॥
Only those people are attuned to the Truth, who are pleasing to you.
ਸਦਾ ਸਚੁ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਸਹਜ ਸੁਭਾਏ ॥
They always imperceptibly keep serving the True One ( by meditating on Your eternal Naam).
ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਚਾ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ਸਚੈ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥
Through the True Word of the Guru,They praise the eternal God, and thus they themselves are united and unite others with the eternal God.
ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਸਚੁ ਸਾਲਾਹਣਿਆ ॥
I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who praise the True One.
ਸਚੁ ਧਿਆਇਨਿ ਸੇ ਸਚਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਸਚੇ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Those who meditate on the eternal God are imbued with the love of the eternal God, and they merge in that true and eternal God.||||Pause||
ਜਹ ਦੇਖਾ ਸਚੁ ਸਭਨੀ ਥਾਈ ॥
Wherever I look, I see that eternal God pervading everywhere.
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਈ ॥
By Guru’s Grace, I enshrine Him in my mind.
ਤਨੁ ਸਚਾ ਰਸਨਾ ਸਚਿ ਰਾਤੀ ਸਚੁ ਸੁਣਿ ਆਖਿ ਵਖਾਨਣਿਆ ॥੨॥
Now my body is filled with Truth, my tongue is imbued with Truth, and I hear and talk only about the eternal God.