Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 17

  1. ਹੁਕਮੁ ਸੋਈ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵਸੀ ਹੋਰੁ ਆਖਣੁ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਅਪਾਰੁ ॥

    For me, the only command that matters is what pleases You; to say any thing else is far beyond anyone’s reach

  2. ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚਾ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹੁ ਪੂਛਿ ਨ ਕਰੇ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥੪॥

    O Nanak, eternal God, the sovereign king, does not ask around or deliberate to make decisions.

  3. ਬਾਬਾ ਹੋਰੁ ਸਉਣਾ ਖੁਸੀ ਖੁਆਰੁ ॥

    O’ brother, the intense desire of sleeping on comfortable beds ruins happiness,

  4. ਜਿਤੁ ਸੁਤੈ ਤਨੁ ਪੀੜੀਐ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਚਲਹਿ ਵਿਕਾਰ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥੪॥੭॥

    by sleeping on which the body is tormented and evil thoughts run through the mind. ||1|| pause ||4

  5. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru:

  6. ਕੁੰਗੂ ਕੀ ਕਾਂਇਆ ਰਤਨਾ ਕੀ ਲਲਿਤਾ ਅਗਰਿ ਵਾਸੁ ਤਨਿ ਸਾਸੁ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru: One whose body is pure like saffron (devoid of vices) and the tongue sings only the precious praises of God and whose every breath is fragrant like eaglewood in the memory of God, and whose face bears the mark of piousness (as if bathed in sixty eight holy places of pilgrimage), his mind gets illuminated with divine wisdom, -with that wisdom, he chants the Praises of God, the treasure of virtues.

  7. ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਕਾ ਮੁਖਿ ਟਿਕਾ ਤਿਤੁ ਘਟਿ ਮਤਿ ਵਿਗਾਸੁ ॥

    and whose face bears the mark of piousness (as if bathed in sixty eight holy places of pilgrimage),

  8. ਓਤੁ ਮਤੀ ਸਾਲਾਹਣਾ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਗੁਣਤਾਸੁ ॥੧॥

    his mind gets illuminated with divine wisdom, -with that wisdom, he chants the Praises of God, the treasure of virtues.

  9. ਬਾਬਾ ਹੋਰ ਮਤਿ ਹੋਰ ਹੋਰ ॥

    O’ brother, other worldly wisdom that takes us away from God is useless and irrelevant.

  10. ਜੇ ਸਉ ਵੇਰ ਕਮਾਈਐ ਕੂੜੈ ਕੂੜਾ ਜੋਰੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    If falsehood is practiced hundred times, it is still false in its effects. ||1|| pause||

  11. ਪੂਜ ਲਗੈ ਪੀਰੁ ਆਖੀਐ ਸਭੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥

    One may be worshipped and adored as a Pir (a spiritual teacher); he may be welcomed by all the world, and he adopts a lofty name and be known to have supernatural powers,

  12. ਨਾਉ ਸਦਾਏ ਆਪਣਾ ਹੋਵੈ ਸਿਧੁ ਸੁਮਾਰੁ ॥

    -in spite of all this, if he is not accepted in God’s presence, then all this adoration is useless.

  13. ਜਾ ਪਤਿ ਲੇਖੈ ਨਾ ਪਵੈ ਸਭਾ ਪੂਜ ਖੁਆਰੁ ॥੨॥

    -in spite of all this, if he is not accepted in God’s presence, then all this adoration is useless.

  14. ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਥਾਪਿਆ ਤਿਨ ਮੇਟਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਕੋਇ ॥

    No one can overthrow those who have been established by the true Guru.

  15. ਓਨਾ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹੈ ਨਾਮੋ ਪਰਗਟੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

    The treasure of Naam is within them, and through the Naam, they are honorable and famous.

  16. ਨਾਉ ਪੂਜੀਐ ਨਾਉ ਮੰਨੀਐ ਅਖੰਡੁ ਸਦਾ ਸਚੁ ਸੋਇ ॥੩॥

    They always worship God’s Name with loving devotion, and have full faith in Him who is perfect and everlasting.

  17. ਖੇਹੂ ਖੇਹ ਰਲਾਈਐ ਤਾ ਜੀਉ ਕੇਹਾ ਹੋਇ ॥

    When the body mingles with dust, what happens to the soul?

  18. ਜਲੀਆ ਸਭਿ ਸਿਆਣਪਾ ਉਠੀ ਚਲਿਆ ਰੋਇ ॥

    All his cleverness is burnt away and he departs crying.

  19. ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਐ ਦਰਿ ਗਇਆ ਕਿਆ ਹੋਇ ॥੪॥੮॥

    O Nanak, those who forsake Naam, what will happen when they go in the presence of God? ||4

  20. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru:

  21. ਗੁਣਵੰਤੀ ਗੁਣ ਵੀਥਰੈ ਅਉਗੁਣਵੰਤੀ ਝੂਰਿ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru: The virtuous person always contemplates on the virtues of God and the one engrossed with vices, suffers in misery.

  22. ਜੇ ਲੋੜਹਿ ਵਰੁ ਕਾਮਣੀ ਨਹ ਮਿਲੀਐ ਪਿਰ ਕੂਰਿ ॥

    O’ mortal, if you long for your Master God, you must know that He is not realized by falsehood.

  23. ਨਾ ਬੇੜੀ ਨਾ ਤੁਲਹੜਾ ਨਾ ਪਾਈਐ ਪਿਰੁ ਦੂਰਿ ॥੧॥

    Your beloved God is far off (across the worldly ocean), also realize that you have neither a boat nor a raft (the wealth of God’s Name) to reach your Him.

  24. ਮੇਰੇ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਪੂਰੈ ਤਖਤਿ ਅਡੋਲੁ ॥

    My perfect God is serenely seated on the eternal throne.

  25. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪੂਰਾ ਜੇ ਕਰੇ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਾਚੁ ਅਤੋਲੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    If one becomes perfectly virtuous by following the Guru’s teachings, then he realizes God whose worth cannot be estimated. ||1|| pause ||

  26. ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਹਰਿਮੰਦਰੁ ਸੋਹਣਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਮਹਿ ਮਾਣਕ ਲਾਲ ॥ ਮੋਤੀ ਹੀਰਾ ਨਿਰਮਲਾ ਕੰਚਨ ਕੋਟ ਰੀਸਾਲ ॥

    God is like a beautiful temple studded with rubies and jewels, filled with all kinds of precious jewels. It is filled with shining pearls and diamonds, and is surrounded by beautiful pleasing forts made of gold

  27. ਬਿਨੁ ਪਉੜੀ ਗੜਿ ਕਿਉ ਚੜਉ ਗੁਰ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਨ ਨਿਹਾਲ ॥੨॥

    How can this fort be climbed without a ladder? By lovingly remembering God through the Guru’s word, one can have the bliss of beholding God.

  28. ਗੁਰੁ ਪਉੜੀ ਬੇੜੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗੁਰੁ ਤੁਲਹਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਉ ॥

    Yes, the Guru is like the ladder to climb that fort of vices; the Guru is like the boat and raft of God’s Name to cross the world-ocean of vices.

  29. ਗੁਰੁ ਸਰੁ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਬੋਹਿਥੋ ਗੁਰੁ ਤੀਰਥੁ ਦਰੀਆਉ ॥

    The Guru is like the boat to carry us across the world-ocean of vices; the Guru is like the sacred shrine of pilgrimage and the holy river.

  30. ਜੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਊਜਲੀ ਸਤ ਸਰਿ ਨਾਵਣ ਜਾਉ ॥੩॥

    If it pleases God, the intellect of a person becomes pure because then that person starts bathing in the spiritual pool of the holy congregation.

  31. ਪੂਰੋ ਪੂਰੋ ਆਖੀਐ ਪੂਰੈ ਤਖਤਿ ਨਿਵਾਸ ॥

    Everyone says that God is the Perfect of the Perfect and He sits on the Perfect throne.

  32. ਪੂਰੈ ਥਾਨਿ ਸੁਹਾਵਣੈ ਪੂਰੈ ਆਸ ਨਿਰਾਸ ॥

    The perfect God is sitting in a perfectly beautiful place and is fulfilling the hopes of the hopeless.

  33. ਨਾਨਕ ਪੂਰਾ ਜੇ ਮਿਲੈ ਕਿਉ ਘਾਟੈ ਗੁਣ ਤਾਸ ॥੪॥੯॥

    O’ Nanak, if one realizes Perfect God, then how can his virtues decrease? ||4

  34. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru:

  35. ਆਵਹੁ ਭੈਣੇ ਗਲਿ ਮਿਲਹ ਅੰਕਿ ਸਹੇਲੜੀਆਹ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru: O’ my sisters and spiritual companions; let us meet and embrace one another

  36. ਮਿਲਿ ਕੈ ਕਰਹ ਕਹਾਣੀਆ ਸੰਮ੍ਰਥ ਕੰਤ ਕੀਆਹ ॥

    Let us join together and tell stories of our all-powerful Master-God.

  37. ਸਾਚੇ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸਭਿ ਗੁਣ ਅਉਗਣ ਸਭਿ ਅਸਾਹ ॥੧॥

    The eternal Master-God has all the virtues and within us are the evils.

  38. ਕਰਤਾ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਤੇਰੈ ਜੋਰਿ ॥

    O’ the Creator-God, everyone is under Your command.

  39. ਏਕੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੀਐ ਜਾ ਤੂ ਤਾ ਕਿਆ ਹੋਰਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    When one reflects on the divine word of Your virtues then one understands that if You are our protector then who else can harm us? ||1|| pause ||

  40. ਜਾਇ ਪੁਛਹੁ ਸੋਹਾਗਣੀ ਤੁਸੀ ਰਾਵਿਆ ਕਿਨੀ ਗੁਣਂੀ ॥

    O’ my friends, go ask the fortunates ones, with what virtues did you enjoy the union with the Master-God?

  41. ਸਹਜਿ ਸੰਤੋਖਿ ਸੀਗਾਰੀਆ ਮਿਠਾ ਬੋਲਣੀ ॥

    They will tell you that they have embellished themselves with the merits of spiritual poise, contentment and kind words (humility).

  42. ਪਿਰੁ ਰੀਸਾਲੂ ਤਾ ਮਿਲੈ ਜਾ ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਸੁਣੀ ॥੨॥

    The beloved Master-God, the source of true joy, is realized only when one listens and follows the Guru’s word.