Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 145
ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵਹਿ ਤਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਬਿਭੂਤਾ ਸਿੰਙੀ ਨਾਦੁ ਵਜਾਵਹਿ ॥
When it pleases You, some people smear their bodies with ashes, and blow the horn and the conch shell.
ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਾ ਪੜਹਿ ਕਤੇਬਾ ਮੁਲਾ ਸੇਖ ਕਹਾਵਹਿ ॥
When You so desire, some people read the Islamic Scriptures, and proclaim themselves as Mullahs and Sheikhs.
ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਾ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਰਾਜੇ ਰਸ ਕਸ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ॥
When it pleases You, some become kings, and indulge in all sorts of tastes and pleasures.
ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੇਗ ਵਗਾਵਹਿ ਸਿਰ ਮੁੰਡੀ ਕਟਿ ਜਾਵਹਿ ॥
When it pleases You, some become warriors and wield the sword, and many heads are chopped off.
ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਜਾਹਿ ਦਿਸੰਤਰਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਗਲਾ ਘਰਿ ਆਵਹਿ ॥
When it pleases You, some go to foreign lands and return home after hearing and learning different things of those lands.
ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਨਾਇ ਰਚਾਵਹਿ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਣੇ ਤੂੰ ਭਾਵਹਿ ॥
O’ God, when You so desire, some get attuned to Your Name. Those who live according to Your Will become pleasing to You.
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਏਕ ਕਹੈ ਬੇਨੰਤੀ ਹੋਰਿ ਸਗਲੇ ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ॥੧॥
Nanak utters this one prayer (that except living by His command), everything else is the practice of falsehood (which is of no avail in God’s court).
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
Shalok, by the First Guru:
ਜਾ ਤੂੰ ਵਡਾ ਸਭਿ ਵਡਿਆਂਈਆ ਚੰਗੈ ਚੰਗਾ ਹੋਈ ॥
You are so Great, all Greatness flows from You.
ਜਾ ਤੂੰ ਸਚਾ ਤਾ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਸਚਾ ਕੂੜਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥
You are so Good, Goodness radiates from You.
ਆਖਣੁ ਵੇਖਣੁ ਬੋਲਣੁ ਚਲਣੁ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਮਰਣਾ ਧਾਤੁ ॥
When (this becomes our firm belief that) You are true, then everyone created by You also appears true because You dwell in all; therefore no one could be false.
ਹੁਕਮੁ ਸਾਜਿ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਰਖੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚਾ ਆਪਿ ॥੨॥
Talking, seeing, speaking, walking, living and dying-all these are illusory. O’ Nanak, God Himself creates and keeps all the creatures under His command.
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਨਿਸੰਗੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਈਐ ॥
By following the Guru’s teachings without any hesitation, all doubts are removed.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਆਖੈ ਕਾਰ ਸੁ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਈਐ ॥
Whatever the true Guru asks us to do we should do that.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਹੋਇ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ॥
When the True Guru becomes merciful, only then we meditate on God’s Name.
ਲਾਹਾ ਭਗਤਿ ਸੁ ਸਾਰੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
Through the Guru’s teachings, we reap the excellent reward of devotion to God.
ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਕੂੜੁ ਗੁਬਾਰੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਈਐ ॥
The self-willed person is trapped in the darkness of falsehood; he earns nothing but falsehood.
ਸਚੇ ਦੈ ਦਰਿ ਜਾਇ ਸਚੁ ਚਵਾਂਈਐ ॥
If we humbly meditate on God’s Name, only then, we are accepted in God’s court.
ਸਚੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਮਹਲਿ ਸਚਿ ਬੁਲਾਈਐ ॥
O’ Nanak, the truthful person, is forever true and remains absorbed in God.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਸਦਾ ਸਚਿਆਰੁ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਈਐ ॥੧੫॥
Shalok, by the First Guru:
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
This Dark Age of Kalyug is like knife, and the kings are butchers; righteousness has flown away like a bird.
ਕਲਿ ਕਾਤੀ ਰਾਜੇ ਕਾਸਾਈ ਧਰਮੁ ਪੰਖ ਕਰਿ ਉਡਰਿਆ ॥
This Dark Age of Kalyug is like knife, and the kings are butchers; righteousness has flown away like a bird.
ਕੂੜੁ ਅਮਾਵਸ ਸਚੁ ਚੰਦ੍ਰਮਾ ਦੀਸੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਹ ਚੜਿਆ ॥
In this dark night of falsehood, the moon of Truth is not visible anywhere.
ਹਉ ਭਾਲਿ ਵਿਕੁੰਨੀ ਹੋਈ ॥ ਆਧੇਰੈ ਰਾਹੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥
I have grown frustrated in the search for the moon of truth, in this darkness, I cannot find the path.
ਵਿਚਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਰੋਈ ॥
In the darkness of ego, the entire world is crying out in pain.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਗਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥੧॥
O’ Nanak, how one could be saved from suffering in such circumstances?
ਮਃ ੩ ॥
In KalYug, singing God’s praises has appeared as Divine light in the world.
ਕਲਿ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਪਰਗਟੁ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਸੰਸਾਰਿ ॥
In KalYug, singing God’s praises has appeared as Divine light in the world.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੋਈ ਉਤਰੈ ਪਾਰਿ ॥
But only a rare Guru’s follower crosses over the worldly ocean of vices by making use of this Divine light (knowledge).
ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਦੇਵੈ ॥
Only the one on whom God showers His grace receives this divine light.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਤਨੁ ਸੋ ਲੇਵੈ ॥੨॥
O’ Nanak, only such a Guru’s follower receives the jewel like precious Naam.
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
There has never been a meeting of minds between the worldly wise people and the true devotees of God.
ਭਗਤਾ ਤੈ ਸੈਸਾਰੀਆ ਜੋੜੁ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਆਇਆ ॥
There has never been a meeting of minds between the worldly wise people and the true devotees of God.
ਕਰਤਾ ਆਪਿ ਅਭੁਲੁ ਹੈ ਨ ਭੁਲੈ ਕਿਸੈ ਦਾ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ॥
The Creator Himself is never in error, and nobody could mislead Him.
ਭਗਤ ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਿਅਨੁ ਜਿਨੀ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥
He unites those devotees with Himself; who practice Truth, and only Truth (devotional worship).
ਸੈਸਾਰੀ ਆਪਿ ਖੁਆਇਅਨੁ ਜਿਨੀ ਕੂੜੁ ਬੋਲਿ ਬੋਲਿ ਬਿਖੁ ਖਾਇਆ ॥
He Himself leads the worldly people astray; they tell lies, and their telling lies is like eating the poison which is the main cause of the spiritual death.
ਚਲਣ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਕਾਮੁ ਕਰੋਧੁ ਵਿਸੁ ਵਧਾਇਆ ॥
They do not recognize the ultimate reality, that we all have to leave this world; they keep on multiplying the poisons of lust and anger.
ਭਗਤ ਕਰਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਜਿਨੀ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ॥
The devotees perform true service of God by always meditating on His Name.
ਦਾਸਨਿ ਦਾਸ ਹੋਇ ਕੈ ਜਿਨੀ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥
They who eradicate self-conceit from within by becoming true servants of God, are embellished with the Divine Word, and they obtain honor in God’s court.
ਓਨਾ ਖਸਮੈ ਕੈ ਦਰਿ ਮੁਖ ਉਜਲੇ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਹਾਇਆ ॥੧੬॥
Those who sing praises of God in the early hours of the morning and meditate on Him single-mindedly, are the truly rich, because they fight with their mind at the right time (amrit vela) to resist laziness and vices.
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
In the second watch (late morning), the focus of the mind is scattered in all directions.
ਸਬਾਹੀ ਸਾਲਾਹ ਜਿਨੀ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਇਕ ਮਨਿ ॥
Those who sing praises of God in the early hours of the morning and meditate on Him single-mindedly, are the truly rich, because they fight with their mind at the right time (amrit vela) to resist laziness and vices.
ਸੇਈ ਪੂਰੇ ਸਾਹ ਵਖਤੈ ਉਪਰਿ ਲੜਿ ਮੁਏ ॥
are the perfect kings; at the right time, they die fighting.
ਦੂਜੈ ਬਹੁਤੇ ਰਾਹ ਮਨ ਕੀਆ ਮਤੀ ਖਿੰਡੀਆ ॥
In the second watch (late morning), the focus of the mind is scattered in all directions.
ਬਹੁਤੁ ਪਏ ਅਸਗਾਹ ਗੋਤੇ ਖਾਹਿ ਨ ਨਿਕਲਹਿ ॥
So many fall deep into the ocean of worldly affairs; they struggle, but they are unable to come out.