Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 20

  1. ਪੰਚ ਭੂਤ ਸਚਿ ਭੈ ਰਤੇ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਚੀ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥

    His body made of five elements (ether, fire, air, water and earth) remains imbued with revered fear of God and the Divine light fills his mind.

  2. ਨਾਨਕ ਅਉਗਣ ਵੀਸਰੇ ਗੁਰਿ ਰਾਖੇ ਪਤਿ ਤਾਹਿ ॥੪॥੧੫॥

    O’ Nanak, he forsakes all his vices, and the Guru saves his honor.

  3. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru:

  4. ਨਾਨਕ ਬੇੜੀ ਸਚ ਕੀ ਤਰੀਐ ਗੁਰ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru: O’ Nanak, we can swim across this worldly-ocean of vices by using the boat of truth i.e. reflecting on the Guru’s teachings and living righteously.

  5. ਇਕਿ ਆਵਹਿ ਇਕਿ ਜਾਵਹੀ ਪੂਰਿ ਭਰੇ ਅਹੰਕਾਰਿ ॥

    But a multitude of egotistical people remain in the cycle of birth and death.

  6. ਮਨਹਠਿ ਮਤੀ ਬੂਡੀਐ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਚੁ ਸੁ ਤਾਰਿ ॥੧॥

    We drown in the world-ocean of vices by following our mind’s obstinacy, but one who follows the Guru’s teachings, God helps him swims across it.

  7. ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਿਉ ਤਰੀਐ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

    Without following the Guru’s teachings, how can anyone swim across the world- ocean of vices and find inner peace in life?

  8. ਜਿਉ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਉ ਰਾਖੁ ਤੂ ਮੈ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ਕੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    O’ God, as it pleases You, keep me in the Guru’s refuge because I do not think of any other’s support to cross the world ocean of vices. ||1|| pause||

  9. ਆਗੈ ਦੇਖਉ ਡਉ ਜਲੈ ਪਾਛੈ ਹਰਿਓ ਅੰਗੂਰੁ ॥

    This world is like a forest in which people are dying like burning old trees and new children are being born like new greens sprouting.

  10. ਜਿਸ ਤੇ ਉਪਜੈ ਤਿਸ ਤੇ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਸਚੁ ਭਰਪੂਰਿ ॥

    God from whom this world originates, ultimately merges into Him; the eternal God pervades each and every heart.

  11. ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਹੀ ਸਾਚੈ ਮਹਲਿ ਹਦੂਰਿ ॥੨॥

    O’ God, You unite human beings with yourself and You keep them in Your presence at Your eternal abode.

  12. ਸਾਹਿ ਸਾਹਿ ਤੁਝੁ ਸੰਮਲਾ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਵਿਸਾਰੇਉ ॥

    O’ God, bless me that I may lovingly remember You with every breath and may never forget You.

  13. ਜਿਉ ਜਿਉ ਸਾਹਬੁ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੇਉ ॥

    More the Master-God dwells within my mind, the more ambrosial nectar of Naam I relish through the Guru’s teaching.

  14. ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਤੂ ਧਣੀ ਗਰਬੁ ਨਿਵਾਰਿ ਸਮੇਉ ॥੩॥

    O’ God, my mind and body are blessed by You and You are my Master, bestow mercy that I may rid of my ego and remain absorbed in remembering You.

  15. ਜਿਨਿ ਏਹੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣੁ ਕਰਿ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥

    God who has created this universe in the form of three worlds, the earth, the sky and the nether region, that Divine light can only be realized only by following the Guru’s teachings, but the self-willed fools remain in the darkness of ignorance.

  16. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਮੁਗਧੁ ਗੁਬਾਰੁ ॥

    Divine light pervades each and every heart, and one can understand this essence of reality only through the Guru’s teachings.

  17. ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਤਰੀ ਬੂਝੈ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਾਰੁ ॥੪॥

    Those Guru’s followers who have realized God are commended.

  18. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਿਨੀ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਤਿਨ ਕੀਚੈ ਸਾਬਾਸਿ ॥

    They meet and merge with the eternal God and His virtues manifest in them.

  19. ਸਚੇ ਸੇਤੀ ਰਲਿ ਮਿਲੇ ਸਚੇ ਗੁਣ ਪਰਗਾਸਿ ॥

    O’ Nanak, they remain content with the Naam, and they surrender their mind and body to God. ||5

  20. ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਸੰਤੋਖੀਆ ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਪਾਸਿ ॥੫॥੧੬॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru:

  21. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    Listen O’ mind, my dear friend, the only time to realize God is this human life.

  22. ਸੁਣਿ ਮਨ ਮਿਤ੍ਰ ਪਿਆਰਿਆ ਮਿਲੁ ਵੇਲਾ ਹੈ ਏਹ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru: Listen O’ mind, my dear friend, the only time to realize God is this human life.

  23. ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਜੋਬਨਿ ਸਾਸੁ ਹੈ ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਇਹੁ ਤਨੁ ਦੇਹ ॥

    As long as we are in youth and are breathing, our body is of some use.

  24. ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਣ ਕਾਮਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਢਹਿ ਢੇਰੀ ਤਨੁ ਖੇਹ ॥੧॥

    It remains useless without acquiring divine virtues, ultimately it shall crumble into a pile of dust.

  25. ਮੇਰੇ ਮਨ ਲੈ ਲਾਹਾ ਘਰਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥

    O’ my mind, earn the profit of Naam before you return to your eternal home.

  26. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਲਾਹੀਐ ਹਉਮੈ ਨਿਵਰੀ ਭਾਹਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    We should sing the praises of God’s Name by following the Guru’s teachings, by doing that the fire of egotism is extinguished. ||1|| pause||

  27. ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਗੰਢਣੁ ਗੰਢੀਐ ਲਿਖਿ ਪੜਿ ਬੁਝਹਿ ਭਾਰੁ ॥

    People repeatedly listen to mythical stories, read, write and interpret loads of books and make useless efforts to impress others.

  28. ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਅਗਲੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਰੋਗੁ ਵਿਕਾਰੁ ॥

    Still their worldly desires keep intensifying day and night, and they remain inflicted with the disease of ego and evil passions.

  29. ਓਹੁ ਵੇਪਰਵਾਹੁ ਅਤੋਲਵਾ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਸਾਰੁ ॥੨॥

    The carefree God is beyond any appraisal and it is only through the Guru’s teachings that we can understand His real worth.

  30. ਲਖ ਸਿਆਣਪ ਜੇ ਕਰੀ ਲਖ ਸਿਉ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਮਿਲਾਪੁ ॥

    Even if someone has millions of clever thoughts, and the love and company of millions of people, -still the spiritual thirst is not quenched without the holy congregation and one keeps enduring miseries and anxiety without lovingly remembering God.

  31. ਬਿਨੁ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਸਾਧ ਨ ਧ੍ਰਾਪੀਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਦੂਖ ਸੰਤਾਪੁ ॥

    One who has surrendered his body and mind to the Guru, yes one who has surrendered his mind and ego to the Guru, by searching through the Guru, he has visualized God within himself, whom he had been searching throughout the entire world.

  32. ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਜੀਅਰੇ ਛੁਟੀਐ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਚੀਨੈ ਆਪੁ ॥੩॥

    O’ my mind, we can be saved from worldly desires by lovingly remembering God, because one who follows the Guru’s teachings, he recognizes his inner self.

  33. ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਪਹਿ ਵੇਚਿਆ ਮਨੁ ਦੀਆ ਸਿਰੁ ਨਾਲਿ ॥

    One who has surrendered his body and mind to the Guru, yes one who has surrendered his mind and ego to the Guru,

  34. ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣੁ ਖੋਜਿ ਢੰਢੋਲਿਆ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਖੋਜਿ ਨਿਹਾਲਿ ॥

    by searching through the Guru, he has visualized God within himself, whom he had been searching throughout the entire world.

  35. ਸਤਗੁਰਿ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਨਾਲਿ ॥੪॥੧੭॥

    O’ Nanak, by uniting with his teachings, the true Guru has united his follower with God and now that God is always with him. ||4

  36. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    O’ mortal, while remembering God, the mind is appeased with Him.

  37. ਮਰਣੈ ਕੀ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਨਹੀ ਜੀਵਣ ਕੀ ਨਹੀ ਆਸ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru: O’ God! I am not worried about death, Nor do I crave for a long life, -because You are the cherisher of all beings and all their breaths and morsels are in Your account (under Your control).

  38. ਤੂ ਸਰਬ ਜੀਆ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਪਾਲਹੀ ਲੇਖੈ ਸਾਸ ਗਿਰਾਸ ॥

    You are the Cherisher of all beings; You keep the account of our breaths and morsels of food.

  39. ਅੰਤਰਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਤੂ ਵਸਹਿ ਜਿਉ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਉ ਨਿਰਜਾਸਿ ॥੧॥

    O’ God! You are manifest within the heart of the Guru’s follower, and You care all beings, as it pleases You.

  40. ਜੀਅਰੇ ਰਾਮ ਜਪਤ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨੁ ॥

    O’ mortal, while remembering God, the mind is appeased with Him.

  41. ਅੰਤਰਿ ਲਾਗੀ ਜਲਿ ਬੁਝੀ ਪਾਇਆ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    By following the Guru's teachings, I have obtained such a divine knowledge that the fire of worldly desire burning within me has been extinguished. ||1|| pause||