Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 25

  1. ਜੇਹੀ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਤੇਹਾ ਤਿਨ ਰਾਹੁ ॥

    As is their level of consciousness, so is their way of life.

  2. ਲੇਖਾ ਇਕੋ ਆਵਹੁ ਜਾਹੁ ॥੧॥

    Only God takes into account the deeds of people, according which people come into and go out of the world.

  3. ਕਾਹੇ ਜੀਅ ਕਰਹਿ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ॥

    O’ mortal, why do you practise cleverness (in showing off your intellect)?

  4. ਲੇਵੈ ਦੇਵੈ ਢਿਲ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    God does not delay in giving or taking away discerning intellect. ||1|| pause||

  5. ਤੇਰੇ ਜੀਅ ਜੀਆ ਕਾ ਤੋਹਿ ॥

    O’ God, all the beings are created by You and You are their Master,

  6. ਕਿਤ ਕਉ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਆਵਹਿ ਰੋਹਿ ॥

    -then how can You get angry with them?

  7. ਜੇ ਤੂ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਆਵਹਿ ਰੋਹਿ ॥

    O’ the Master-God, even if You get angry,

  8. ਤੂ ਓਨਾ ਕਾ ਤੇਰੇ ਓਹਿ ॥੨॥

    then with whom will You get angry? Because You are their Master and they all have been created by You.

  9. ਅਸੀ ਬੋਲਵਿਗਾੜ ਵਿਗਾੜਹ ਬੋਲ ॥

    O’ God, we are foul tongued and due to ego, many times we say harsh words.

  10. ਤੂ ਨਦਰੀ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਤੋਲਹਿ ਤੋਲ ॥

    But You still judge our harsh words with Your gracious glance.

  11. ਜਹ ਕਰਣੀ ਤਹ ਪੂਰੀ ਮਤਿ ॥

    One whose conduct becomes righteous by following the Guru’s teachings, his intellect also becomes perfect and he does not use harsh words anymore.

  12. ਕਰਣੀ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਘਟੇ ਘਟਿ ॥੩॥

    But without good conduct, one’s level of intellect remains very low.

  13. ਪ੍ਰਣਵਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਕੈਸਾ ਹੋਇ ॥

    Nanak prays, what kind of a person is spiritually wise?

  14. ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਬੂਝੈ ਸੋਇ ॥

    The spiritually wise person is the one who recognizes his inner-self and understands that only God is the bestower of discerning intellect.

  15. ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਕਰੇ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

    By the Guru’s grace, one who reflects on the virtues of God, the bestower of discerning intellect,

  16. ਸੋ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥੪॥੩੦॥

    such a spiritually wise person is accepted in God’s presence. ||4

  17. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੪ ॥

    Sri Raag, first Guru, Fourth Beat.

  18. ਤੂ ਦਰੀਆਉ ਦਾਨਾ ਬੀਨਾ ਮੈ ਮਛੁਲੀ ਕੈਸੇ ਅੰਤੁ ਲਹਾ ॥

    O’ God, You are like a vast river, all-knowing and all-seeing; I am like a small fish in the vast river, how can I understand Your limits?

  19. ਜਹ ਜਹ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਹ ਤਹ ਤੂ ਹੈ ਤੁਝ ਤੇ ਨਿਕਸੀ ਫੂਟਿ ਮਰਾ ॥੧॥

    Just as fish sees water all around and painfully dies when taken out of water, similarly wherever I look, I only see You and become spiritually dead when separated from You.

  20. ਨ ਜਾਣਾ ਮੇਉ ਨ ਜਾਣਾ ਜਾਲੀ ॥

    O’ God, just as the fish neither knows the fisherman nor the net,

  21. ਜਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਤਾ ਤੁਝੈ ਸਮਾਲੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    similarly I know neither Maya, the cause of spiritual death, nor its trap. But I remember You when I am afflicted with misery. ||1|| pause||

  22. ਤੂ ਭਰਪੂਰਿ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਮੈ ਦੂਰਿ ॥

    O’my God, You are all-pervading, yet I have deemed You far away.

  23. ਜੋ ਕਛੁ ਕਰੀ ਸੁ ਤੇਰੈ ਹਦੂਰਿ ॥

    But in reality, whatever I do is done in Your presence.

  24. ਤੂ ਦੇਖਹਿ ਹਉ ਮੁਕਰਿ ਪਾਉ ॥

    (Though) You observe all my actions and still I deny it.

  25. ਤੇਰੈ ਕੰਮਿ ਨ ਤੇਰੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੨॥

    I neither do deeds acceptable to You, nor I remembered Your Name.

  26. ਜੇਤਾ ਦੇਹਿ ਤੇਤਾ ਹਉ ਖਾਉ ॥

    O’ God, I live by what You give me.

  27. ਬਿਆ ਦਰੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੈ ਦਰਿ ਜਾਉ ॥

    There is no other place where I can go and ask for anything.

  28. ਨਾਨਕੁ ਏਕ ਕਹੈ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ॥

    Nanak offers this one prayer,

  29. ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਸਭੁ ਤੇਰੈ ਪਾਸਿ ॥੩॥

    that this life, body and everything is dedicated to You.

  30. ਆਪੇ ਨੇੜੈ ਦੂਰਿ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਆਪੇ ਮੰਝਿ ਮਿਆਨੋੁ ॥

    God Himself is near the mortals and far away, and He Himself is in-between.

  31. ਆਪੇ ਵੇਖੈ ਸੁਣੇ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਜਹਾਨੋੁ ॥

    God Himself creates the world by His power, He Himself takes care of all and listens to their prayers.

  32. ਜੋ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਸੋਈ ਪਰਵਾਨੋੁ ॥੪॥੩੧॥

    O’ Nanak, whatever pleases God, that command should be acceptable to al. l ||4

  33. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੪ ॥

    Sri Raag, first Guru, Fourth beat:

  34. ਕੀਤਾ ਕਹਾ ਕਰੇ ਮਨਿ ਮਾਨੁ ॥

    Why should the one created by God be egotistically proud in his mind?

  35. ਦੇਵਣਹਾਰੇ ਕੈ ਹਥਿ ਦਾਨੁ ॥

    The gift (charity) is in the control of God, the benefactor.

  36. ਭਾਵੈ ਦੇਇ ਨ ਦੇਈ ਸੋਇ ॥

    It is his pleasure whether He gives the worldly wealth or not.

  37. ਕੀਤੇ ਕੈ ਕਹਿਐ ਕਿਆ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥

    What can be done by the order of the created human being?

  38. ਆਪੇ ਸਚੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਚੁ ॥

    God Himself is eternal and only the absolute truth pleases Him.

  39. ਅੰਧਾ ਕਚਾ ਕਚੁ ਨਿਕਚੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    But a spiritually ignorant person is shallow, he remains totally shallow and cannot be pleasing to God. ||1|| pause||

  40. ਜਾ ਕੇ ਰੁਖ ਬਿਰਖ ਆਰਾਉ ॥

    Just as the one who owns the trees of the forest and the plants of the garden, and he is the one embellishes them,

  41. ਜੇਹੀ ਧਾਤੁ ਤੇਹਾ ਤਿਨ ਨਾਉ ॥

    and names them according to the seed of their origin.

  42. ਫੁਲੁ ਭਾਉ ਫਲੁ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਪਾਇ ॥

    Similarly a person receives the rewards according to his conduct based on the preordained destiny.

  43. ਆਪਿ ਬੀਜਿ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਖਾਇ ॥੨॥

    One eats what he sows (one’s life is fashioned as per his deeds).

  44. ਕਚੀ ਕੰਧ ਕਚਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਰਾਜੁ ॥

    Just as walls of a house built by untrained mason are weak,

  45. ਮਤਿ ਅਲੂਣੀ ਫਿਕਾ ਸਾਦੁ ॥

    similarly spiritually weak is the life of a person whose mind is not fashioned by the Guru’s word;

  46. ਨਾਨਕ ਆਣੇ ਆਵੈ ਰਾਸਿ ॥

    The intellect of such a person is without any virtues (like a dish without salt) and his life remains insipid without any spiritual bliss.

  47. ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਸਾਬਾਸਿ ॥੩॥੩੨॥

    O’ Nanak, one’s life becomes spiritually embellished only if God Himself does it. Honor in God’s presence is not received without the wealth of Naam. ||3

  48. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੫ ॥

    Sri Raag, First Guru, Fifth Beat:

  49. ਅਛਲ ਛਲਾਈ ਨਹ ਛਲੈ ਨਹ ਘਾਉ ਕਟਾਰਾ ਕਰਿ ਸਕੈ ॥

    Neither the undeceivable Maya can be deceived even if one tries to deceive it, nor any dagger can injure it or neutralize its evil effect.

  50. ਜਿਉ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਰਾਖੈ ਤਿਉ ਰਹੈ ਇਸੁ ਲੋਭੀ ਕਾ ਜੀਉ ਟਲ ਪਲੈ ॥੧॥

    Maya acts as the Master-God wishes, the mind of a greedy person starts wavering under its effect.

  51. ਬਿਨੁ ਤੇਲ ਦੀਵਾ ਕਿਉ ਜਲੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    How can the lamp of divine wisdom be lighted without the oil of remembrance of God’s Name? ||1|| pause||

  52. ਪੋਥੀ ਪੁਰਾਣ ਕਮਾਈਐ ॥ ਭਉ ਵਟੀ ਇਤੁ ਤਨਿ ਪਾਈਐ ॥

    We should live according to the teachings of the religious books. (this kind of life should be the oil for the lamp of our life), we should insert the wick of God’s revered fear in the lamp of this body.

  53. ਸਚੁ ਬੂਝਣੁ ਆਣਿ ਜਲਾਈਐ ॥੨॥

    and we should light this lamp with the Divine understanding.

  54. ਇਹੁ ਤੇਲੁ ਦੀਵਾ ਇਉ ਜਲੈ ॥

    This is how this lamp of divine wisdom is lighted.

  55. ਕਰਿ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਤਉ ਮਿਲੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    O’ my friend, enlighten your mind with divine wisdom, only then the Master-God is realized. ||1|| pause||

  56. ਇਤੁ ਤਨਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਬਾਣੀਆ ॥

    The one upon whose mind the Guru’s word shows its effect,

  57. ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੇਵ ਕਮਾਣੀਆ ॥

    -he receives inner peace by remembering God with adoration,