Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 153
ਨਾਮ ਸੰਜੋਗੀ ਗੋਇਲਿ ਥਾਟੁ ॥
Those who are attuned to the Naam, see the world as a temporary pasture.
ਕਾਮ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਫੂਟੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਮਾਟੁ ॥
Their lust and anger is dispelled, as if the pitcher of these poisons is broken.
ਬਿਨੁ ਵਖਰ ਸੂਨੋ ਘਰੁ ਹਾਟੁ ॥
Without the wealth of the Name, they are like an empty house or shop.
ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਖੋਲੇ ਬਜਰ ਕਪਾਟ ॥੪॥
Meeting the Guru, the heavy doors of their strayed mind are opened.
ਸਾਧੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਪੂਰਬ ਸੰਜੋਗ ॥
Those who meet the Guru through pre-ordained destiny.
ਸਚਿ ਰਹਸੇ ਪੂਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਲੋਗ ॥
These accomplished devotees of God always rejoice the bliss of God’s Name.
ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਦੇ ਲੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥
Surrendering to the Guru, they realize God with intuitive ease.
ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਲਾਗਉ ਪਾਇ ॥੫॥੬॥
O’ Nanak, I respectfully bow to their feet. ||5
ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
||5|| 6|| Raag Gauree, First Guru:
ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਹਿ ਚੀਤੁ ॥
My conscious mind is engrossed in lust, anger and Maya.
ਝੂਠ ਵਿਕਾਰਿ ਜਾਗੈ ਹਿਤ ਚੀਤੁ ॥
I am always awake (ready) and love to enter into the evil of falsehood.
ਪੂੰਜੀ ਪਾਪ ਲੋਭ ਕੀ ਕੀਤੁ ॥
I have gathered the capital of sin and greed.
ਤਰੁ ਤਾਰੀ ਮਨਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੁਚੀਤੁ ॥੧॥
If Your Name, which can eradicate all my sins, comes to dwell in my mind, then It will be like a raft or boat for me (to swim across world-ocean of vices).
ਵਾਹੁ ਵਾਹੁ ਸਾਚੇ ਮੈ ਤੇਰੀ ਟੇਕ ॥
O’ my wondrous God, I have but only Your support against the vices.
ਹਉ ਪਾਪੀ ਤੂੰ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਏਕ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
I am a sinner, You alone are immaculate one. ||1|| Pause||
ਅਗਨਿ ਪਾਣੀ ਬੋਲੈ ਭੜਵਾਉ ॥
A mortal behaves differently under the effect of fire of anger and the tranquility of water.
ਜਿਹਵਾ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ ਏਕੁ ਸੁਆਉ ॥
The tongue and sensual organs crave their individual satisfactions.
ਦਿਸਟਿ ਵਿਕਾਰੀ ਨਾਹੀ ਭਉ ਭਾਉ ॥
Our whole outlook is evil-oriented without any love or fear of God.
ਆਪੁ ਮਾਰੇ ਤਾ ਪਾਏ ਨਾਉ ॥੨॥
It is only by eradicating self-conceit, one can realize God’s Name.
ਸਬਦਿ ਮਰੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਮਰਣੁ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥
When one kills his self-conceit through the Guru’s word, then he does not die spiritual death.
ਬਿਨੁ ਮੂਏ ਕਿਉ ਪੂਰਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
Without eradicating self-conceit, how can one attain perfection?
ਪਰਪੰਚਿ ਵਿਆਪਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਮਨੁ ਦੋਇ ॥
instead the mind remains entangled in worldly affairs and duality.
ਥਿਰੁ ਨਾਰਾਇਣੁ ਕਰੇ ਸੁ ਹੋਇ ॥੩॥
Whatever the Immortal God does, comes to pass.
ਬੋਹਿਥਿ ਚੜਉ ਜਾ ਆਵੈ ਵਾਰੁ ॥
I can board the ship of God’s Name only when by His grace, my turn comes.
ਠਾਕੇ ਬੋਹਿਥ ਦਰਗਹ ਮਾਰ ॥
Those who are not able to board the ship of Naam, suffer in God’s court.
ਸਚੁ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ਧੰਨੁ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰੁ ॥
Blessed is that house of the Guru (holy congregation) where I can sing the praise of God O Nanak, only in the holy congregation I can realize the presence of God in my heart.
ਨਾਨਕ ਦਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਏਕੰਕਾਰੁ ॥੪॥੭॥
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ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
By reflecting on God’s virtues, my mind has turned away from Maya.
ਉਲਟਿਓ ਕਮਲੁ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥
By reflecting on God’s virtues, my mind has turned away from Maya.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਧਾਰ ਗਗਨਿ ਦਸ ਦੁਆਰਿ ॥
I am enjoying such a unique and continuous feeling of divine bliss, as if a stream of Ambrosial nectar is trickling down from the sky in my secret mind.
ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣੁ ਬੇਧਿਆ ਆਪਿ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥੧॥
God Himself is pervading every where.
ਰੇ ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਭਰਮੁ ਨ ਕੀਜੈ ॥
O my mind, do not give in to doubt.
ਮਨਿ ਮਾਨਿਐ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਰਸੁ ਪੀਜੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
When the mind reposes full faith in God, only then the Ambrosial nectar can be partaken. ||1|| Pause||
ਜਨਮੁ ਜੀਤਿ ਮਰਣਿ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥
O’ mortal, win the game of life and accept in your mind the truth of death.
ਆਪਿ ਮੂਆ ਮਨੁ ਮਨ ਤੇ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥
When one’s self-conceit dies, the mind itself comes to understand it.
ਨਜਰਿ ਭਈ ਘਰੁ ਘਰ ਤੇ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥੨॥
When I was blessed by God with His glance of Grace, I realized His presence within my mind itself.
ਜਤੁ ਸਤੁ ਤੀਰਥੁ ਮਜਨੁ ਨਾਮਿ ॥
Meditation on God’s Name is the true austerity, charity, and ablution.
ਅਧਿਕ ਬਿਥਾਰੁ ਕਰਉ ਕਿਸੁ ਕਾਮਿ ॥
What good are ostentatious displays?
ਨਰ ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਅੰਤਰਜਾਮਿ ॥੩॥
The All-pervading God knows all that is in our mind.
ਆਨ ਮਨਉ ਤਉ ਪਰ ਘਰ ਜਾਉ ॥
If I were to believe in any other besides God, only then I would knock at any other door.
ਕਿਸੁ ਜਾਚਉ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋ ਥਾਉ ॥
But where should I go to beg? There is no other place for me.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਉ ॥੪॥੮॥
O Nanak, through the Guru’s Teachings, I am intuitively united with God. ||4
ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
||4|| 8|| Raag Gauree, First Guru:
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੁ ਮਰਣੁ ਦਿਖਾਏ ॥
When a person meets the Guru, the Guru shows that person what the death of the self or ego really is.
ਮਰਣ ਰਹਣ ਰਸੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਭਾਏ ॥
Then the mystery of remaining dead (detached from the worldly desires) becomes pleasing to the mind.
ਗਰਬੁ ਨਿਵਾਰਿ ਗਗਨ ਪੁਰੁ ਪਾਏ ॥੧॥
By getting rid of ego, one obtains a high spiritual state, as if one has reached the realm of the sky.
ਮਰਣੁ ਲਿਖਾਇ ਆਏ ਨਹੀ ਰਹਣਾ ॥
Death is preordained, nobody can remain alive forever.
ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਜਾਪਿ ਰਹਣੁ ਹਰਿ ਸਰਣਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
But by meditating on God with love and devotion, one can (spiritually) remain forever in God’s refuge. ||1|| Pause||
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਭਾਗੈ ॥
Meeting the True Guru, duality is dispelled.
ਕਮਲੁ ਬਿਗਾਸਿ ਮਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਲਾਗੈ ॥
The heart blossoms like a lotus, and the mind is attached to God.
ਜੀਵਤੁ ਮਰੈ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਆਗੈ ॥੨॥
One who remains dead (detaches from Maya), while still alive obtains the supreme bliss.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਸਚ ਸੰਜਮਿ ਸੂਚਾ ॥
Meeting the True Guru, one becomes truthful, chaste and pure.
ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਪਉੜੀ ਊਚੋ ਊਚਾ ॥
Following the path shown by the Guru, one spiritually rises higher and higher.
ਕਰਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਜਮ ਕਾ ਭਉ ਮੂਚਾ ॥੩॥
When God grants His Mercy, the fear of death is dispelled
ਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਮਿਲਿ ਅੰਕਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥
On meeting the Guru and following his teachings, one remains imbued in God’s love by meditating on Naam.
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਘਰੁ ਮਹਲੁ ਦਿਖਾਇਆ ॥
Granting His mercy, the Guru reveals the God’s presence within the heart itself.
ਨਾਨਕ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੯॥
O Nanak, by eradicating ego, the Guru unites that person with God. ||4