Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 195
ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
Raag Gauree, by the Fifth Guru:
ਜਿਸ ਕਾ ਦੀਆ ਪੈਨੈ ਖਾਇ ॥
God, upon whom one depends for all one’s needs like food and clothing, how can one justify laziness in remembering Him, O’ mother?
ਤਿਸੁ ਸਿਉ ਆਲਸੁ ਕਿਉ ਬਨੈ ਮਾਇ ॥੧॥
Forsaking the Master, they who are engaged in other worldly affairs, are giving up the jewel like God’s Name in exchange for pennies (Worldly wealth) (O’ mortal)
ਖਸਮੁ ਬਿਸਾਰਿ ਆਨ ਕੰਮਿ ਲਾਗਹਿ ॥
Forsaking the Master, they who are engaged in other worldly affairs, are giving up the jewel like God’s Name in exchange for pennies (Worldly wealth)
ਕਉਡੀ ਬਦਲੇ ਰਤਨੁ ਤਿਆਗਹਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
(O’ mortal)
ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਤਿਆਗਿ ਲਾਗਤ ਅਨ ਲੋਭਾ ॥
Renouncing God, you are attached to greed for worldly wealth, how can you obtain honor by saluting the servant (worldly wealth, instead of God, the Master?
ਦਾਸਿ ਸਲਾਮੁ ਕਰਤ ਕਤ ਸੋਭਾ ॥੨॥
O’ God, the knower of minds, please forgive us.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਰਸੁ ਖਾਵਹਿ ਖਾਨ ਪਾਨ ॥
The mortals consume many nectar-like delicious foods and drinks, but these greedy and ungrateful people (like dogs) do not even recognize God, the provider of all the delicacies.
ਜਿਨਿ ਦੀਏ ਤਿਸਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਨਹਿ ਸੁਆਨ ॥੩॥
(O’ my friend), contemplate upon God’s lotus feet (lwith love) in your mind.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਮ ਲੂਣ ਹਰਾਮੀ ॥
Nanak says, O’ God, we are ungrateful persons.
ਬਖਸਿ ਲੇਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਅੰਤਰਜਾਮੀ ॥੪॥੭੬॥੧੪੫॥
O’ God, the knower of minds, please forgive us.
ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
Raag Gauree, by the Fifth Guru:
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੇ ਚਰਨ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ਧਿਆਨੁ ॥
(O’ my friend), contemplate upon God’s lotus feet (lwith love) in your mind.
ਸਗਲ ਤੀਰਥ ਮਜਨ ਇਸਨਾਨੁ ॥੧॥
This is like cleansing bath at all the sacred shrines of pilgrimage.
ਹਰਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਮਰਨੁ ਮੇਰੇ ਭਾਈ ॥
O’ my brother, always remember God with love and devotion.
ਕੋਟਿ ਜਨਮ ਕੀ ਮਲੁ ਲਹਿ ਜਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
By doing so, the dirt of sins committed in millions of births will be washed off.
ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਕਥਾ ਰਿਦ ਮਾਹਿ ਬਸਾਈ ॥
The one who enshrines God’s praises in his heart.
ਮਨ ਬਾਂਛਤ ਸਗਲੇ ਫਲ ਪਾਈ ॥੨॥
All the desires of his mind are fulfilled.
ਜੀਵਨ ਮਰਣੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਪਰਵਾਨੁ ॥
The entire life (from birth to death) of a person is approved in God’s court, within whose hearts God resides.
ਜਾ ਕੈ ਰਿਦੈ ਵਸੈ ਭਗਵਾਨੁ ॥੩॥
You do not remember Him, who has given you this body and soul, you will keep on wandering for millions of births through many species.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੇਈ ਜਨ ਪੂਰੇ ॥
Nanak says, those humble beings are perfect, who are blessed with the dust of the feet (the humble service and teachings) of the Guru.
ਜਿਨਾ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਸਾਧੂ ਧੂਰੇ ॥੪॥੭੭॥੧੪੬॥
Those ungrateful persons have forsaken that God, who has provided sustenance to their soul, mind and body.
ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
Raag Gauree by the Fifth Guru:
ਖਾਦਾ ਪੈਨਦਾ ਮੂਕਰਿ ਪਾਇ ॥
The one who keeps consuming the bounties bestowed by God without acknowledging.
ਤਿਸ ਨੋ ਜੋਹਹਿ ਦੂਤ ਧਰਮਰਾਇ ॥੧॥
The messengers of Righteous judge keep an eye on that ungrateful person.
ਤਿਸੁ ਸਿਉ ਬੇਮੁਖੁ ਜਿਨਿ ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਦੀਨਾ ॥
You do not remember Him, who has given you this body and soul, you will keep on wandering for millions of births through many species.
ਕੋਟਿ ਜਨਮ ਭਰਮਹਿ ਬਹੁ ਜੂਨਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Raag Gauree, by the Fifth Guru:
ਸਾਕਤ ਕੀ ਐਸੀ ਹੈ ਰੀਤਿ ॥
Such is the lifestyle of the faithless cynic (worshipper of worldly wealth), that whatever he does is all other than righteous way.
ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਕਰੈ ਸਗਲ ਬਿਪਰੀਤਿ ॥੨॥
(O’ people), make friendship with such a Master, from whose door no one goes empty handed.
ਜੀਉ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਜਿਨਿ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਧਾਰਿਆ ॥ ਸੋਈ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਮਨਹੁ ਬਿਸਾਰਿਆ ॥੩॥
Those ungrateful persons have forsaken that God, who has provided sustenance to their soul, mind and body.
ਬਧੇ ਬਿਕਾਰ ਲਿਖੇ ਬਹੁ ਕਾਗਰ ॥
His sins have multiplied so much that these are recorded in many papers.
ਨਾਨਕ ਉਧਰੁ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਸੁਖ ਸਾਗਰ ॥੪॥
O’ God, the Ocean of peace, please show mercy and save us from the vices, prays Nanak.
ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਤੇਰੀ ਸਰਣਾਇ ॥
O’ all pervading God, they who have sought Your refuge, their worldly bonds have been cut off.
ਬੰਧਨ ਕਾਟਿ ਤਰੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੭੮॥੧੪੭॥
By meditating on God’s Name, they have crossed over the worldly-ocean of vices.
ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
Raag Gauree, by the Fifth Guru:
ਅਪਨੇ ਲੋਭ ਕਉ ਕੀਨੋ ਮੀਤੁ ॥
Even if one has made God one’s friend for fulfilling one’s selfish purpose, still God fulfills all his desires, and blesses him with the state of liberation from the vices.
ਸਗਲ ਮਨੋਰਥ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਪਦੁ ਦੀਤੁ ॥੧॥
The treasures of all happiness, celestial peace and poise, are obtained by the person in whose heart resides the reverend God.
ਐਸਾ ਮੀਤੁ ਕਰਹੁ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥
(O’ people), make friendship with such a Master, from whose door no one goes empty handed.
ਜਾ ਤੇ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
No one goes away empty-handed from Him. ||1||Pause||
ਅਪੁਨੈ ਸੁਆਇ ਰਿਦੈ ਲੈ ਧਾਰਿਆ ॥
Any person who, even for purely selfish reason, has enshrined God in the heart.
ਦੂਖ ਦਰਦ ਰੋਗ ਸਗਲ ਬਿਦਾਰਿਆ ॥੨॥
God has destroyed all that person’s sorrow, pain and malady.
ਰਸਨਾ ਗੀਧੀ ਬੋਲਤ ਰਾਮ ॥
The person whose tongue has becomes habituated in uttering God’s Name, all that person’s tasks have been accomplished.
ਪੂਰਨ ਹੋਏ ਸਗਲੇ ਕਾਮ ॥੩॥
and all their works are brought to perfection. ||3||
ਅਨਿਕ ਬਾਰ ਨਾਨਕ ਬਲਿਹਾਰਾ ॥
Many a times, Nanak is a sacrifice to that God Whose very sight is so fruitful.
ਸਫਲ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਗੋਬਿੰਦੁ ਹਮਾਰਾ ॥੪॥੭੯॥੧੪੮॥
fruitful is the Blessed Vision, the Darshan, of my Lord of the Universe. ||4||79||148||
ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
Raag Gauree, by the Fifth Guru:
ਕੋਟਿ ਬਿਘਨ ਹਿਰੇ ਖਿਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
Millions of obstacles are removed in an instant from the lives of those, who listen to the praises of God in the holy congregation.
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕਥਾ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਸੁਨਾਹਿ ॥੧॥
for those who listen to the Sermon of the Lord, Har, Har, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||
ਪੀਵਤ ਰਾਮ ਰਸੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਗੁਣ ਜਾਸੁ ॥
While relishing the elixir of God’s Name, describing his immaculate virtues and glories, and meditating upon God’s lotus feet (His immaculate Name), all their hunger and thirst for worldly riches is quenched.
ਜਪਿ ਹਰਿ ਚਰਣ ਮਿਟੀ ਖੁਧਿ ਤਾਸੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Meditating on the Lord's Feet, hunger is taken away. ||1||Pause||
ਸਰਬ ਕਲਿਆਣ ਸੁਖ ਸਹਜ ਨਿਧਾਨ ॥
The treasures of all happiness, celestial peace and poise, are obtained by the person in whose heart resides the reverend God.
ਜਾ ਕੈ ਰਿਦੈ ਵਸਹਿ ਭਗਵਾਨ ॥੨॥
are obtained by those, whose hearts are filled with the Lord God. ||2||