Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 297
ਲਾਭੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤੋਟਾ ਹਿਰੈ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਤਿਵੰਤ ॥
In this way the spiritual life becomes profitable and all the loss from past evils is recovered and honor is obtained in God’s court.
ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਧਨੁ ਸੰਚਵੈ ਸਾਚ ਸਾਹ ਭਗਵੰਤ ॥
Those who gather in the wealth of God’s Name are forever rich, and fortunate.
ਊਠਤ ਬੈਠਤ ਹਰਿ ਭਜਹੁ ਸਾਧੂ ਸੰਗਿ ਪਰੀਤਿ ॥
Therefore, always meditate on God and cherish the company of the true Saints.
ਨਾਨਕ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਛੁਟਿ ਗਈ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਬਸੇ ਚੀਤਿ ॥੨॥
O Nanak, when one realizes the presence of supreme God in the heart, all his evil-mindedness is eradicated.
ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥
Shalok:
ਤੀਨਿ ਬਿਆਪਹਿ ਜਗਤ ਕਉ ਤੁਰੀਆ ਪਾਵੈ ਕੋਇ ॥
Shalok: The humanity is in the grip of the three modes of Maya (power, vice and virtue); only a rare one attains the fourth state called Turiya ( state of union with God)
ਨਾਨਕ ਸੰਤ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਭਏ ਜਿਨ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਸੋਇ ॥੩॥
O’ Nanak, the lives of those true saints become immaculate, in whose mind dwells God. ll 3 ll
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:
ਤ੍ਰਿਤੀਆ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਬਿਖੈ ਫਲ ਕਬ ਉਤਮ ਕਬ ਨੀਚੁ ॥
Pauree: The third lunar day: bound by the poisonous results of the three impulses of Maya, mortals are sometimes in high spirits, and sometimes in low spirits.
ਨਰਕ ਸੁਰਗ ਭ੍ਰਮਤਉ ਘਣੋ ਸਦਾ ਸੰਘਾਰੈ ਮੀਚੁ ॥
They wander endlessly in heaven and hell (peace and sorrow), and the fear of death always destroys their spiritual life.
ਹਰਖ ਸੋਗ ਸਹਸਾ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਹਉ ਹਉ ਕਰਤ ਬਿਹਾਇ ॥
Gripped in pleasure, sorrow and cynicism, the mortals pass their lives in ego.
ਜਿਨਿ ਕੀਏ ਤਿਸਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਚਿਤਵਹਿ ਅਨਿਕ ਉਪਾਇ ॥
They do not realize the Creator and keep thinking about other rituals.
ਆਧਿ ਬਿਆਧਿ ਉਪਾਧਿ ਰਸ ਕਬਹੁ ਨ ਤੂਟੈ ਤਾਪ ॥
Due to the worldly enticements and pleasures, they are never free from the afflictions of mind, body and worldly conflicts, and their worry never departs.
ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਪੂਰਨ ਧਨੀ ਨਹ ਬੂਝੈ ਪਰਤਾਪ ॥
They do not realize the glory of the supreme God, the perfect Master.
ਮੋਹ ਭਰਮ ਬੂਡਤ ਘਣੋ ਮਹਾ ਨਰਕ ਮਹਿ ਵਾਸ ॥
So many are being drowned in emotional attachment and doubt, and they keep living a miserable life as if they are dwelling in the most horrible hell.
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਰਾਖਿ ਲੇਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਤੇਰੀ ਆਸ ॥੩॥
O’ Nanak, pray to God and ask, Please bestow mercy and save me! I place all my hopes in You.
ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥
Shalok:
ਚਤੁਰ ਸਿਆਣਾ ਸੁਘੜੁ ਸੋਇ ਜਿਨਿ ਤਜਿਆ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ॥
Shalok: The one who has shed all ego is wise, farsighted, and accomplished.
ਚਾਰਿ ਪਦਾਰਥ ਅਸਟ ਸਿਧਿ ਭਜੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ॥੪॥
O’ Nanak, meditate on God’s Name, you would obtain four cardinal blessings (righteousness, riches, procreation and salvation) and all miraculous powers.
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:
ਚਤੁਰਥਿ ਚਾਰੇ ਬੇਦ ਸੁਣਿ ਸੋਧਿਓ ਤਤੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
Pauree: The fourth lunar day: Listening to the four Vedas and contemplating the essence of reality, I have ascertained,
ਸਰਬ ਖੇਮ ਕਲਿਆਣ ਨਿਧਿ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਿ ਸਾਰੁ ॥
that the treasure of all joy and peace is in sublime meditation on God’s Name.
ਨਰਕ ਨਿਵਾਰੈ ਦੁਖ ਹਰੈ ਤੂਟਹਿ ਅਨਿਕ ਕਲੇਸ ॥
Meditation on God’s Name saves one from hell (miserable life), dispels all the sorrows, and countless miseries.
ਮੀਚੁ ਹੁਟੈ ਜਮ ਤੇ ਛੁਟੈ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਰਤਨ ਪਰਵੇਸ ॥
The one in whose mind is enshrined the praises of God, he escape the spiritual death and his fear of death is overcome
ਭਉ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਰਸੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਤੇ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ॥
When one is imbued with the love of the formless God, all his fear is destroyed, and nectar of Naam permeates in his heart.
ਦੁਖ ਦਾਰਿਦ ਅਪਵਿਤ੍ਰਤਾ ਨਾਸਹਿ ਨਾਮ ਅਧਾਰ ॥
With the support of God’s Name, sorrow, misery and impurity of vices flee away.
ਸੁਰਿ ਨਰ ਮੁਨਿ ਜਨ ਖੋਜਤੇ ਸੁਖ ਸਾਗਰ ਗੋਪਾਲ ॥
Whom the angels and the silent sages search, that ocean of peace and sustainer of the universe, is realized,
ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਮੁਖੁ ਊਜਲਾ ਹੋਇ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਧ ਰਵਾਲ ॥੪॥
O’ Nanak, by humbly following the Guru’s teachings and by doing so the mind becomes pure and honor is obtained here and hereafter.
ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥
Shalok:
ਪੰਚ ਬਿਕਾਰ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਬਸੇ ਰਾਚੇ ਮਾਇਆ ਸੰਗਿ ॥
Shalok: The five evil passions (lust, anger, greed, emotional attachments and ego) dwell in the mind of those who are engrossed in the love of Maya (worldly riches).
ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਹੋਇ ਨਿਰਮਲਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੈ ਰੰਗਿ ॥੫॥
O’ Nanak, the one who in the holy congregation, remains imbued with the love of God, pure becomes his way of life.
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:
ਪੰਚਮਿ ਪੰਚ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਤੇ ਜਿਹ ਜਾਨਿਓ ਪਰਪੰਚੁ ॥
Pauree: The fifth lunar day; those are the chosen and most distinguished, who have understood, that all this expanse of the world is false and transitory like the fading colors and scents of the flowers .
ਕੁਸਮ ਬਾਸ ਬਹੁ ਰੰਗੁ ਘਣੋ ਸਭ ਮਿਥਿਆ ਬਲਬੰਚੁ ॥
The mortal does not think or understand and reflect upon the righteous living.
ਨਹ ਜਾਪੈ ਨਹ ਬੂਝੀਐ ਨਹ ਕਛੁ ਕਰਤ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
The mortal does not think or understand and reflect upon the righteous living.
ਸੁਆਦ ਮੋਹ ਰਸ ਬੇਧਿਓ ਅਗਿਆਨਿ ਰਚਿਓ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥
Almost the entire world engrossed in ignorance, is addicted to the relishes of worldly pleasures and attachments.
ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਬਹੁ ਜੋਨਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਣ ਕੀਨੇ ਕਰਮ ਅਨੇਕ ॥
Even after performing innumerable rituals, the mortal shall remain in the cycles of birth and death in many incarnations,
ਰਚਨਹਾਰੁ ਨਹ ਸਿਮਰਿਓ ਮਨਿ ਨ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ਬਿਬੇਕ ॥
if he has not meditated on the Creator and has not deliberated on vice or virtue.
ਭਾਉ ਭਗਤਿ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਸੰਗਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਲਿਪਤ ਨ ਰੰਚ ॥
Those who remain imbued with the loving devotion of God, worldly attachment doesn’t afflict them at all.
ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਰਲੇ ਪਾਈਅਹਿ ਜੋ ਨ ਰਚਹਿ ਪਰਪੰਚ ॥੫॥
O’ Nanak, very rare are those, who do not get entangled in the false expanse of the world.
ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥
Shalok:
ਖਟ ਸਾਸਤ੍ਰ ਊਚੌ ਕਹਹਿ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰ ॥
Shalok: The six Shastras loudly proclaim that there is no end or limit to the virtues and the expanse of God.
ਭਗਤ ਸੋਹਹਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਤੇ ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੈ ਦੁਆਰ ॥੬॥
O’ Nanak, God’s devotees look beauteous singing praises at His door.
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:
ਖਸਟਮਿ ਖਟ ਸਾਸਤ੍ਰ ਕਹਹਿ ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਕਥਹਿ ਅਨੇਕ ॥
Pauree: The sixth lunar day: The six Shastras, and countless Smritis say,