Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 24
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੩ ॥
Sri raag, first Guru:
ਅਮਲੁ ਕਰਿ ਧਰਤੀ ਬੀਜੁ ਸਬਦੋ ਕਰਿ ਸਚ ਕੀ ਆਬ ਨਿਤ ਦੇਹਿ ਪਾਣੀ ॥
O’ Quazi, make good deeds the soil, sow the seed of the Guru’s word in it, and daily irrigate it with the water of God’s remembrance.
ਹੋਇ ਕਿਰਸਾਣੁ ਈਮਾਨੁ ਜੰਮਾਇ ਲੈ ਭਿਸਤੁ ਦੋਜਕੁ ਮੂੜੇ ਏਵ ਜਾਣੀ ॥੧॥
O’ fool, be like a true farmer and grow (strengthen) your faith, then you will know the truth about heaven (blissful life) and hell (life full of miseries).
ਮਤੁ ਜਾਣ ਸਹਿ ਗਲੀ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
Don’t you ever think that God can be realized by mere words.
ਮਾਲ ਕੈ ਮਾਣੈ ਰੂਪ ਕੀ ਸੋਭਾ ਇਤੁ ਬਿਧੀ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
You have wasted this life in the egotistical pride of wealth and the splendor of beauty. ||1|| Pause||
ਐਬ ਤਨਿ ਚਿਕੜੋ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਮੀਡਕੋ ਕਮਲ ਕੀ ਸਾਰ ਨਹੀ ਮੂਲਿ ਪਾਈ ॥
This body is filled with a puddle of sins in which the mind lives like a frog who cannot appreciate the presence of the lotus flower in the same pool; similarly, our mind cannot appreciate God in our body because it is too engrossed in vices.
ਭਉਰੁ ਉਸਤਾਦੁ ਨਿਤ ਭਾਖਿਆ ਬੋਲੇ ਕਿਉ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਾ ਨਹ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥੨॥
Just as a frog is not influenced by the bumblebee visiting the lotus flower, similarly the mind doesn't understand the Guru’s teachings, unless God blesses it with this understanding.
ਆਖਣੁ ਸੁਨਣਾ ਪਉਣ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਰਤਾ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
As long as this mind is imbued with the love for Maya, all sermons are without any effect, as if these have been delivered and heard like the sound of wind.
ਖਸਮ ਕੀ ਨਦਰਿ ਦਿਲਹਿ ਪਸਿੰਦੇ ਜਿਨੀ ਕਰਿ ਏਕੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ॥੩॥
Only those people are under God’s grace and are pleasing to His heart who have always remembered Him lovingly with single-minded devotion.
ਤੀਹ ਕਰਿ ਰਖੇ ਪੰਜ ਕਰਿ ਸਾਥੀ ਨਾਉ ਸੈਤਾਨੁ ਮਤੁ ਕਟਿ ਜਾਈ ॥
Even though you fast for thirty days during Ramadan, and daily say five prayers, but beware lest the devil (vices) nullifies the merits of all your ritualistic deeds.
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਆਖੈ ਰਾਹਿ ਪੈ ਚਲਣਾ ਮਾਲੁ ਧਨੁ ਕਿਤ ਕੂ ਸੰਜਿਆਹੀ ॥੪॥੨੭॥
Nanak says! O’ quazi, one day you too have to depart and walk on the path of death, then why have you amassed all this wealth and property? ||4
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੪ ॥
Sri Raag, first Guru: fourth Beat
ਸੋਈ ਮਉਲਾ ਜਿਨਿ ਜਗੁ ਮਉਲਿਆ ਹਰਿਆ ਕੀਆ ਸੰਸਾਰੋ ॥
It is God Himself who is the real Moula (Master), who has created and nurtured the entire universe.
ਆਬ ਖਾਕੁ ਜਿਨਿ ਬੰਧਿ ਰਹਾਈ ਧੰਨੁ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰੋ ॥੧॥
Praiseworthy is the Creator-God who has bound the land and the water together and has kept them in harmony under His divine law.
ਮਰਣਾ ਮੁਲਾ ਮਰਣਾ ॥
O’ Mullah, remember that ultimately everyone has to die,
ਭੀ ਕਰਤਾਰਹੁ ਡਰਣਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Therefore, we should live under the revered fear of the Creator. ||1|| pause||
ਤਾ ਤੂ ਮੁਲਾ ਤਾ ਤੂ ਕਾਜੀ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਖੁਦਾਈ ॥
O’ dear friend, you are a Mullah and you are a Qazi only if you have realized God.
ਜੇ ਬਹੁਤੇਰਾ ਪੜਿਆ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਕੋ ਰਹੈ ਨ ਭਰੀਐ ਪਾਈ ॥੨॥
Even if one is very learned, still no one can live here when one’s allotted time to live here is over.
ਸੋਈ ਕਾਜੀ ਜਿਨਿ ਆਪੁ ਤਜਿਆ ਇਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਕੀਆ ਆਧਾਰੋ ॥
Only that person is a real Qazi, who has renounced ego, and has made God’s Name his only support in life,
ਹੈ ਭੀ ਹੋਸੀ ਜਾਇ ਨ ਜਾਸੀ ਸਚਾ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰੋ ॥੩॥
who is present now would always be there; He is neither born, nor He dies and He is eternal and is the Creator of all.
ਪੰਜ ਵਖਤ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਗੁਜਾਰਹਿ ਪੜਹਿ ਕਤੇਬ ਕੁਰਾਣਾ ॥
O’ Qazi, You say your Nimaaz (prayer) five times a day, read the Quran and other holy books, (but still you are not free from the fear of death).
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਆਖੈ ਗੋਰ ਸਦੇਈ ਰਹਿਓ ਪੀਣਾ ਖਾਣਾ ॥੪॥੨੮॥
Nanak says, your death is so imminent, as if your grave is calling you, and all your eating and drinking (worldly pleasures) will soon come to an end. ||4
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੪ ॥
Sri Raag, first Guru: fourth Beat.
ਏਕੁ ਸੁਆਨੁ ਦੁਇ ਸੁਆਨੀ ਨਾਲਿ ॥
O’ my friend, one male dog (greed) and two female dogs (hope and yearning for worldly things), always accompany me,
ਭਲਕੇ ਭਉਕਹਿ ਸਦਾ ਬਇਆਲਿ ॥
And every day they start to bark (start to influence me) from early in the morning.
ਕੂੜੁ ਛੁਰਾ ਮੁਠਾ ਮੁਰਦਾਰੁ ॥
In my hand is the knife of falsehood and defrauding others is like devouring corpse.
ਧਾਣਕ ਰੂਪਿ ਰਹਾ ਕਰਤਾਰ ॥੧॥
O my Creator! I am living like a low-caste hunter.
ਮੈ ਪਤਿ ਕੀ ਪੰਦਿ ਨ ਕਰਣੀ ਕੀ ਕਾਰ ॥
O’ God! I neither follow Your teaching for living honorably, nor I do deeds which are worth doing.
ਹਉ ਬਿਗੜੈ ਰੂਪਿ ਰਹਾ ਬਿਕਰਾਲ ॥
I look horrible as if I am deformed and disfigured.
ਤੇਰਾ ਏਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਤਾਰੇ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥
But O’ God! I firmly believe that only Your Name saves the entire world,
ਮੈ ਏਹਾ ਆਸ ਏਹੋ ਆਧਾਰੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
and this alone is my hope and my only support. ||1|| Pause||
ਮੁਖਿ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਆਖਾ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤਿ ॥
I always keep slandering others with my mouth,
ਪਰ ਘਰੁ ਜੋਹੀ ਨੀਚ ਸਨਾਤਿ ॥
I spy on the houses of others; I have become a wretched lowly person,
ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਤਨਿ ਵਸਹਿ ਚੰਡਾਲ ॥
I feel as if demons of lust and anger reside within my body.
ਧਾਣਕ ਰੂਪਿ ਰਹਾ ਕਰਤਾਰ ॥੨॥
O my Creator! I keep living like a low-caste hunter.
ਫਾਹੀ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਮਲੂਕੀ ਵੇਸੁ ॥
Although I appear innocent but I make plans to trap others.
ਹਉ ਠਗਵਾੜਾ ਠਗੀ ਦੇਸੁ ॥
I am a deceiver and cheat the world
ਖਰਾ ਸਿਆਣਾ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਭਾਰੁ ॥
I consider myself very clever but I am carrying a heavy load of sins.
ਧਾਣਕ ਰੂਪਿ ਰਹਾ ਕਰਤਾਰ ॥੩॥
O my Creator! I am living like a low-caste hunter.
ਮੈ ਕੀਤਾ ਨ ਜਾਤਾ ਹਰਾਮਖੋਰੁ ॥
O God, I am an ungrateful wretch, who has not appreciated what You have done for me;
ਹਉ ਕਿਆ ਮੁਹੁ ਦੇਸਾ ਦੁਸਟੁ ਚੋਰੁ ॥
I take what belongs to others. I am an evil person and a thief, how will I face You?
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਨੀਚੁ ਕਹੈ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
This is what lowly Nanak says after deep reflection.
ਧਾਣਕ ਰੂਪਿ ਰਹਾ ਕਰਤਾਰ ॥੪॥੨੯॥
O my Creator, I keep living like a low-caste hunter. ||4
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੪ ॥
Sri Raag, first Guru: Fourth Beat.
ਏਕਾ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਜੇਤੇ ਹੈ ਜੀਅ ॥
O’ my friend, all human beings have been endowed by God with the same consciousness (discerning intellect) .
ਸੁਰਤਿ ਵਿਹੂਣਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਕੀਅ ॥
None have been created without the discerning intellect.