Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 162

  1. ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਨਿਹਕੇਵਲ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੀ ॥੪॥੧੩॥੩੩॥

    O’ Nanak, they who are imbued with God’s Name are truly detached, and emancipated from worldly bonds. ||4|| 13

  2. ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

    Raag Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Guru:

  3. ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਭਾਗਿ ਸੰਜੋਗ ॥

    Through great fortune and destiny, one meets with the true Guru,

  4. ਹਿਰਦੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਤ ਹਰਿ ਰਸ ਭੋਗ ॥੧॥

    Naam dwells within his heart and he daily enjoys the elixir of God’s, Name.

  5. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਇ ॥

    The one who lovingly meditates on God’s Name through the Guru’s teachings,

  6. ਜਨਮੁ ਜੀਤਿ ਲਾਹਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    He wins in the game of life, and earns the wealth of the Naam. ||1|| Pause||

  7. ਗਿਆਨੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੁ ਹੈ ਮੀਠਾ ॥

    Unto whom the Guru’s Word seems sweet, for him the Guru’s word is the meditation and divine wisdom.

  8. ਗੁਰ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਕਿਨੈ ਵਿਰਲੈ ਚਖਿ ਡੀਠਾ ॥੨॥

    But only a rare person, by Guru’s Grace, has tasted this sweetness.

  9. ਕਰਮ ਕਾਂਡ ਬਹੁ ਕਰਹਿ ਅਚਾਰ ॥

    Those who perform all sorts of religious rituals and good deeds,

  10. ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਅਹੰਕਾਰ ॥੩॥

    without Naam, these rituals and deeds produce ego and their life remains doomed. ||3|

  11. ਬੰਧਨਿ ਬਾਧਿਓ ਮਾਇਆ ਫਾਸ ॥

    The one without Naam remains bound to the noose of worldly attachments.

  12. ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਛੂਟੈ ਗੁਰ ਪਰਗਾਸ ॥੪॥੧੪॥੩੪॥

    O’ Nanak, he is released only when enlightened by the Guru’s word. |4|14|34|

  13. ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਗਉੜੀ ਬੈਰਾਗਣਿ ॥

    The clouds pour rain on the earth, isn’t there water within the earth as well?

  14. ਜੈਸੀ ਧਰਤੀ ਊਪਰਿਮੇਘੁਲਾ ਬਰਸਤੁ ਹੈ ਕਿਆ ਧਰਤੀ ਮਧੇ ਪਾਣੀ ਨਾਹੀ ॥

    The clouds pour rain on the earth, isn’t there water within the earth as well?Similarly, additional enlightenment is needed in spite of existing wisdom.

  15. ਜੈਸੇ ਧਰਤੀ ਮਧੇ ਪਾਣੀ ਪਰਗਾਸਿਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਪਗਾ ਵਰਸਤ ਫਿਰਾਹੀ ॥੧॥

    The water within the earth manifests in the form of rivers , yet the clouds keep raining at different places. Similarly, though the knowledge of the Vedas is available to some elite, still there is need for spreading additional divine knowledge in a language which can be understood by ordinary people.

  16. ਬਾਬਾ ਤੂੰ ਐਸੇ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਹੀ ॥

    O Baba, please get rid of this doubt,

  17. ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਕਰਤੁ ਹੈ ਸੋਈ ਕੋਈ ਹੈ ਰੇ ਤੈਸੇ ਜਾਇ ਸਮਾਹੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    Whatever and wherever any thing is happening, that same God does it. Everybody and everything ultimately merges back into Him. ||1|| Pause||

  18. ਇਸਤਰੀ ਪੁਰਖ ਹੋਇ ਕੈ ਕਿਆ ਓਇ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਹੀ ॥

    As a woman or a man, no one can do anything without You.

  19. ਨਾਨਾ ਰੂਪ ਸਦਾ ਹਹਿ ਤੇਰੇ ਤੁਝ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਹੀ ॥੨॥

    O God, all the different forms have always been Yours, and they all ultimately merge back into You.

  20. ਇਤਨੇ ਜਨਮ ਭੂਲਿ ਪਰੇ ਸੇ ਜਾ ਪਾਇਆ ਤਾ ਭੂਲੇ ਨਾਹੀ ॥

    Forgetting God, the mortals go through many births, but when they receive the divine wisdom then their wandering stops.

  21. ਜਾ ਕਾ ਕਾਰਜੁ ਸੋਈ ਪਰੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਜੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਮਾਹੀ ॥੩॥

    Those who remain attuned to the Guru’s word understand that He whose creation is this world, knows all about it.

  22. ਤੇਰਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਤੂੰਹੈ ਹਹਿ ਆਪੇ ਭਰਮੁ ਕਹਾਹੀ ॥

    O’ God, it is Your word and You are all by Yourself pervading everywhere all by Yourself. Why should there be any doubt?

  23. ਨਾਨਕ ਤਤੁ ਤਤ ਸਿਉ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਪੁਨਰਪਿ ਜਨਮਿ ਨ ਆਹੀ ॥੪॥੧॥੧੫॥੩੫॥

    O’ Nanak, he whose soul unites with the supreme light, there are no more cycles of birth and death for him. |4 ||1|| 15

  24. ਗਉੜੀ ਬੈਰਾਗਣਿ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

    O’ God, it is Your word and You are all by Yourself pervading everywhere all by Yourself.

  25. ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਕਾਲੈ ਵਸਿ ਹੈ ਬਾਧਾ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ॥

    Bound by the love of duality, almost the entire world is spiritually dead.

  26. ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵਦੇ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਜਾਇ ॥੧॥

    Swayed by duality, these self-conceited persons commit deeds motivated by ego and are awarded punishment in God’s court.

  27. ਮੇਰੇ ਮਨ ਗੁਰ ਚਰਣੀ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥

    O’ my mind, focus your consciousness on the Guru’s teachings.

  28. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਲੈ ਦਰਗਹ ਲਏ ਛਡਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    Through the Guru’s teachings, receive the treasure of Naam, which will save you in the divine court. ||1|| Pause||

  29. ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਭਰਮਦੇ ਮਨਹਠਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥

    Because of the obstinacy of their mind, they wander through millions of incarnations and remain in the cycles of birth and death.

  30. ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਚੀਨਿਓ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੋਨੀ ਪਾਇ ॥੨॥

    These people have not reflected upon the Guru’s word, and therefore they are cast into the womb again and again.

  31. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

    The Guru’s follower who understands own self, God’s Name comes to dwell within his mind.

  32. ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਭਗਤੀ ਰਤਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੇ ਸੁਖਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੩॥

    Being always imbued with devotional worship, he remains merged in God’s Name and thus enjoys bliss.

  33. ਮਨੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਰੈ ਪਰਤੀਤਿ ਹੋਇ ਹਉਮੈ ਤਜੇ ਵਿਕਾਰ ॥

    The one who destroys his ego through the Guru’s word and develops faith in it, and renounces all other vices.

  34. ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਰਮੀ ਪਾਈਅਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਾ ਭਗਤਿ ਭੰਡਾਰ ॥੪॥੨॥੧੬॥੩੬॥

    O’ Nanak, it is only through God’s grace that one receives the treasures of God’s Name and devotion. ||4|| 2 ||16

  35. ਗਉੜੀ ਬੈਰਾਗਣਿ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

    Being always imbued with devotional worship, he remains merged in God’s Name and thus enjoys bliss.

  36. ਪੇਈਅੜੈ ਦਿਨ ਚਾਰਿ ਹੈ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

    God has so preordained that the bride-soul will stay at her parents’ home (this world) only for a few days.

  37. ਸੋਭਾਵੰਤੀ ਨਾਰਿ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇਆ ॥

    Honorable is that soul-bride who, following the Guru’s teachings, sings the praises of God.

  38. ਪੇਵਕੜੈ ਗੁਣ ਸੰਮਲੈ ਸਾਹੁਰੈ ਵਾਸੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

    The soul-bride who acquires virtues in the this world receives honor in God’s court.

  39. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਣੀਆ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਇਆ ॥੧॥

    The soul-bride to whom God seems pleasing, by the Guru’s Grace merge intuitively in Him.

  40. ਸਸੁਰੈ ਪੇਈਐ ਪਿਰੁ ਵਸੈ ਕਹੁ ਕਿਤੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਪਾਈਐ ॥

    O’ my friend, tell me who that Husband-God can be realized? Who dwells both in this world, and in the world beyond.

  41. ਆਪਿ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਅਲਖੁ ਹੈ ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਾਈਐ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    The Immaculate Lord Himself is unseen. He unites us with Himself. ||1|| Pause||