Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 18

  1. ਕੇਤੀਆ ਤੇਰੀਆ ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਕੇਵਡ ਤੇਰੀ ਦਾਤਿ ॥

    O’ God, countless are your powers and innumerable are your blessings.

  2. ਕੇਤੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤਿ ॥

    Countless human beings are always singing Your praises.

  3. ਕੇਤੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਰੂਪ ਰੰਗ ਕੇਤੇ ਜਾਤਿ ਅਜਾਤਿ ॥੩॥

    You have so many forms and colors, You have created so many beings and many of them are in high and many are in low caste (social status).

  4. ਸਚੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਚੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਸਚ ਮਹਿ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

    When one realizes God, firm faith in Him wells up and one becomes absorbed in the eternal God.

  5. ਸੁਰਤਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਪਤਿ ਊਗਵੈ ਗੁਰਬਚਨੀ ਭਉ ਖਾਇ ॥

    When one realizes God, firm faith in Him wells up and one becomes absorbed in the eternal God.

  6. ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚਾ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹੁ ਆਪੇ ਲਏ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੪॥੧੦॥

    When through the Guru’s word one conquers the worldly fear, he remains focused on God and receives honor in God’s presence.

  7. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru:

  8. ਭਲੀ ਸਰੀ ਜਿ ਉਬਰੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਮੁਈ ਘਰਾਹੁ ॥

    It all worked out well, I was saved from the vices, and the egotism from my heart was subdued.

  9. ਦੂਤ ਲਗੇ ਫਿਰਿ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਵੇਸਾਹੁ ॥

    The devils (vices) have been made to serve me, since I placed my faith in the true Guru.

  10. ਕਲਪ ਤਿਆਗੀ ਬਾਦਿ ਹੈ ਸਚਾ ਵੇਪਰਵਾਹੁ ॥੧॥

    I have realized the carefree eternal God, and have renounced my useless anxiety of the love for Maya.

  11. ਮਨ ਰੇ ਸਚੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਭਉ ਜਾਇ ॥

    O’ my mind, when one realizes the eternal God, his worldly fear departs.

  12. ਭੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਕਿਉ ਥੀਐ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    How can one escape from the worldly fears unless one has the revered fear of God? It happens only by immersing in the divine word through the Guru.

  13. ਕੇਤਾ ਆਖਣੁ ਆਖੀਐ ਆਖਣਿ ਤੋਟਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥

    One keeps asking for more worldly things, this demand never ends.

  14. ਮੰਗਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਕੇਤੜੇ ਦਾਤਾ ਏਕੋ ਸੋਇ ॥

    One keeps asking for more worldly things, this demand never ends.

  15. ਜਿਸ ਕੇ ਜੀਅ ਪਰਾਣ ਹੈ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਿਐ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥

    There are so many beggars, but He is the only benefactor. One enjoys inner peace only when that Master-God, to whom the life and soul belongs, manifests in the mind.

  16. ਜਗੁ ਸੁਪਨਾ ਬਾਜੀ ਬਨੀ ਖਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਖੇਲੁ ਖੇਲਾਇ ॥

    The world is like a dream in which the game of life is played and it is over in an instant.

  17. ਸੰਜੋਗੀ ਮਿਲਿ ਏਕਸੇ ਵਿਜੋਗੀ ਉਠਿ ਜਾਇ ॥

    People get together by meeting as per the law of union and one departs from here as per the law of separation.

  18. ਜੋ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਣਾ ਸੋ ਥੀਐ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕਰਣਾ ਜਾਇ ॥੩॥

    Whatever pleases God, comes to pass; nothing else can be done.

  19. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਸਤੁ ਵੇਸਾਹੀਐ ਸਚੁ ਵਖਰੁ ਸਚੁ ਰਾਸਿ ॥

    God’s Name is the real merchandise and the real wealth and one should trade it through the Guru’s teachings.

  20. ਜਿਨੀ ਸਚੁ ਵਣੰਜਿਆ ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੇ ਸਾਬਾਸਿ ॥

    The perfect true Guru honors those who traded the true commodity of Naam.

  21. ਨਾਨਕ ਵਸਤੁ ਪਛਾਣਸੀ ਸਚੁ ਸਉਦਾ ਜਿਸੁ ਪਾਸਿ ॥੪॥੧੧॥

    O’ Nanak, God will recognize that person who has this true wealth of Naam.

  22. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲੁ ੧ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru:

  23. ਧਾਤੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਫੁਨਿ ਧਾਤੁ ਕਉ ਸਿਫਤੀ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

    Just as any thing made of metal merges in the same metal when melted, similarly by singing the praises of the praiseworthy God, one merges in Him, and he becomes imbued with the deep love of God.

  24. ਲਾਲੁ ਗੁਲਾਲੁ ਗਹਬਰਾ ਸਚਾ ਰੰਗੁ ਚੜਾਉ ॥

    Like the poppies, they are dyed in the deep crimson color of Truthfulness.

  25. ਸਚੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੰਤੋਖੀਆ ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਏਕੈ ਭਾਇ ॥੧॥

    But only those contented people, who remember God with single-minded love, unite with God.

  26. ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਸੰਤ ਜਨਾ ਕੀ ਰੇਣੁ ॥

    O, my friends, humbly listen and follow the teachings of the saints as if you have become the dust of their feet.

  27. ਸੰਤ ਸਭਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਧੇਣੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    It is only in the holy congregation that we find the Guru, who like the Kamdhen (wish fulfilling cow), liberates us from vices by blessing us with Naam.

  28. ਊਚਉ ਥਾਨੁ ਸੁਹਾਵਣਾ ਊਪਰਿ ਮਹਲੁ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥

    There is a very beautiful high spot, on which stands the mansion of God.

  29. ਸਚੁ ਕਰਣੀ ਦੇ ਪਾਈਐ ਦਰੁ ਘਰੁ ਮਹਲੁ ਪਿਆਰਿ ॥

    There is a very beautiful high spot, on which stands the mansion of God.

  30. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਨੁ ਸਮਝਾਈਐ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥੨॥

    It is through true loving conduct that we find the door to His presence.

  31. ਤ੍ਰਿਬਿਧਿ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਈਅਹਿ ਆਸ ਅੰਦੇਸਾ ਹੋਇ ॥

    It is through the Guru’s teachings that we instruct our mind to contemplate on the virtues of the omnipresent God.

  32. ਕਿਉ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਕੁਟੀ ਛੁਟਸੀ ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

    Hope and anxiety are produced by the actions committed under the influence of the three traits of Maya (vice, virtue and power)

  33. ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਮਹਲੁ ਪਛਾਣੀਐ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਮਲੁ ਧੋਇ ॥੩॥

    How can one escape from this worry and anxiety without the Guru’s teachings?. It is only when we realize God that we live in peace.

  34. ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਕਿਉ ਘਰ ਵਾਸੁ ॥

    It is only through God’s grace that the dirt of vices from our mind is washed off, and through Guru’s teachings we realize God’s presence within ourselves.

  35. ਏਕੋ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੀਐ ਅਵਰ ਤਿਆਗੈ ਆਸ ॥

    Without the Guru’s teachings, this dirt of vices is not washed off; without God’s grace, how can we realize Him within ourselves?

  36. ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਖਿ ਦਿਖਾਈਐ ਹਉ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੈ ਜਾਸੁ ॥੪॥੧੨॥

    We should contemplate upon Divine word and abandon all other hopes.

  37. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru:

  38. ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਦੋਹਾਗਣੀ ਮੁਠੀ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ॥

    Accursed is the life of an unfortunate person, who is deluded by love of material objects instead of being in love with the Master-God.

  39. ਕਲਰ ਕੇਰੀ ਕੰਧ ਜਿਉ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਕਿਰਿ ਢਹਿ ਪਾਇ ॥

    The spiritual life of that person keeps deteriorating day and night like the wall made of sand.

  40. ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਨਾ ਥੀਐ ਪਿਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਖੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥

    There is no peace in life without following the Guru’s teachings and suffering does not end without realizing God.

  41. ਮੁੰਧੇ ਪਿਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਿਆ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥

    O’ mortal, there is no use of adorning yourself without lovingly remembering the Master-God.