Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 322
ਜੀਵਨ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੁ ਇਕੋ ਸਿਮਰੀਐ ॥
If we lovingly meditate on the immaculate God, we receive the supreme spiritual state.
ਦੂਜੀ ਨਾਹੀ ਜਾਇ ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਧੀਰੀਐ ॥
Except for meditation on Naam, there is no other way to achieve stability of mind.
ਡਿਠਾ ਸਭੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਨ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨੁ ॥
I have searched the entire world and have concluded that there is no peace without the meditation on Naam.
ਤਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਹੋਸੀ ਛਾਰੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋਇ ਜਨੁ ॥
Only a rare person realizes that one day this body and all the worldly wealth shall be reduced to ashes.
ਰੰਗ ਰੂਪ ਰਸ ਬਾਦਿ ਕਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਪਰਾਣੀਆ ॥
O’ mortal, what are you doing? all this pleasure, beauty and relishes are useless;
ਜਿਸੁ ਭੁਲਾਏ ਆਪਿ ਤਿਸੁ ਕਲ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਣੀਆ ॥
The one who forgets God, does not understand His awesome power.
ਰੰਗਿ ਰਤੇ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੁ ਸਚਾ ਗਾਵਹੀ ॥
Those who are imbued with the Love of the immaculate God, sing His Praises.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਰਣਿ ਦੁਆਰਿ ਜੇ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵਹੀ ॥੨॥
O’ Nanak, only those seek Your refuge who are pleasing to You.
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:
ਜੰਮਣੁ ਮਰਣੁ ਨ ਤਿਨੑ ਕਉ ਜੋ ਹਰਿ ਲੜਿ ਲਾਗੇ ॥
Pauree: Those who are attuned to God, don't go through the cycles of birth and death.
ਜੀਵਤ ਸੇ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ਹੋਏ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਰਤਨਿ ਜਾਗੇ ॥
Singing God’s praises, they remain alert and unaffected by vices and thus they are approved in God’s Court even while alive.
ਸਾਧਸੰਗੁ ਜਿਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਸੇਈ ਵਡਭਾਗੇ ॥
Very fortunate are those who attain the the Company of such saints.
ਨਾਇ ਵਿਸਰਿਐ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਜੀਵਣਾ ਤੂਟੇ ਕਚ ਧਾਗੇ ॥
If God’s Name is forsaken, life is accursed and breaks down like a flimsy thread.
ਨਾਨਕ ਧੂੜਿ ਪੁਨੀਤ ਸਾਧ ਲਖ ਕੋਟਿ ਪਿਰਾਗੇ ॥੧੬॥
O’ Nanak, living with utmost humility is holier than bathing ritually at millions of holy places like Paraag.
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੫ ॥
Salok , Fifth Guru:
ਧਰਣਿ ਸੁਵੰਨੀ ਖੜ ਰਤਨ ਜੜਾਵੀ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਮਨਿ ਵੁਠਾ ॥
Salok , Fifth Guru: The heart in which the love of God dwells is like the beautiful earth studded with the gem- like dew drops on the grass.
ਸਭੇ ਕਾਜ ਸੁਹੇਲੜੇ ਥੀਏ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਤੁਠਾ ॥੧॥
O’ Nanak, every task of the one blessed by God, is easily accomplished.
ਮਃ ੫ ॥
Salok, Fifth Guru:
ਫਿਰਦੀ ਫਿਰਦੀ ਦਹ ਦਿਸਾ ਜਲ ਪਰਬਤ ਬਨਰਾਇ ॥
Salok, Fifth Guru: After roaming in all the ten directions, flying over waters, mountains, and forests, a vulture comes and sits where it sees a dead body.
ਜਿਥੈ ਡਿਠਾ ਮਿਰਤਕੋ ਇਲ ਬਹਿਠੀ ਆਇ ॥੨॥
Similarly, the mind separated from God keeps wandering and lands on the vices.
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:
ਜਿਸੁ ਸਰਬ ਸੁਖਾ ਫਲ ਲੋੜੀਅਹਿ ਸੋ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਵਉ ॥
Pauree: I wish, I were able to meditate on the almighty God from whom everybody wants all comforts and rewards.
ਨੇੜੈ ਦੇਖਉ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਇਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵਉ ॥
I wish to see the all-pervading God near me and meditate on His Name.
ਹੋਇ ਸਗਲ ਕੀ ਰੇਣੁਕਾ ਹਰਿ ਸੰਗਿ ਸਮਾਵਉ ॥
I pray that I become completely egoless and very humbly, I merge with the Almighty God.
ਦੂਖੁ ਨ ਦੇਈ ਕਿਸੈ ਜੀਅ ਪਤਿ ਸਿਉ ਘਰਿ ਜਾਵਉ ॥
I wish to have enough empathy for all so I don’thurt anybody, and I go to God’s court with honor.
ਪਤਿਤ ਪੁਨੀਤ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਣਾਵਉ ॥੧੭॥
O’ Nanak, I may tell others that the Creator is the purifier of the sinner.
ਸਲੋਕ ਦੋਹਾ ਮਃ ੫ ॥
Salok, Doha, Fifth Guru:
ਏਕੁ ਜਿ ਸਾਜਨੁ ਮੈ ਕੀਆ ਸਰਬ ਕਲਾ ਸਮਰਥੁ ॥
Salok, Doha, Fifth Guru: The one (God) whom I have made my friend is all powerful.
ਜੀਉ ਹਮਾਰਾ ਖੰਨੀਐ ਹਰਿ ਮਨ ਤਨ ਸੰਦੜੀ ਵਥੁ ॥੧॥
God is the true wealth for mind and body, and I dedicate my soul to Him.
ਮਃ ੫ ॥
Salok, Fifth Guru:
ਜੇ ਕਰੁ ਗਹਹਿ ਪਿਆਰੜੇ ਤੁਧੁ ਨ ਛੋਡਾ ਮੂਲਿ ॥
Salok, Fifth Guru: O’ my beloved God , if You hold me by the hand; I shall never forsake You.
ਹਰਿ ਛੋਡਨਿ ਸੇ ਦੁਰਜਨਾ ਪੜਹਿ ਦੋਜਕ ਕੈ ਸੂਲਿ ॥੨॥
Those who forsake God are the most evil people, and they suffer terrible pains as if they are in hell.
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:
ਸਭਿ ਨਿਧਾਨ ਘਰਿ ਜਿਸ ਦੈ ਹਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਸੁ ਹੋਵੈ ॥
Pauree: God, in whose power are all the treasures, whatever He does comes to pass.
ਜਪਿ ਜਪਿ ਜੀਵਹਿ ਸੰਤ ਜਨ ਪਾਪਾ ਮਲੁ ਧੋਵੈ ॥
His Saints live by meditating on God, and thus wash off the filth of their sins.
ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਵਸਹਿ ਸੰਕਟ ਸਭਿ ਖੋਵੈ ॥
God’s lotus feet (immaculate Name) dwells in their Heart, and God dispels all their afflictions.
ਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਜਿਸੁ ਭੇਟੀਐ ਮਰਿ ਜਨਮਿ ਨ ਰੋਵੈ ॥
One who meets and follows the teachings of the Perfect Guru, doesn’t suffer through the cycles of birth and death.
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਦਰਸ ਪਿਆਸ ਨਾਨਕ ਘਣੀ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਿ ਦੇਵੈ ॥੧੮॥
Nanak also has immense craving for God’s vision, which He gives only when He shows His kindness.
ਸਲੋਕ ਡਖਣਾ ਮਃ ੫ ॥
Salok, Dakhana (dialect of southern Punjab), Fifth Guru:
ਭੋਰੀ ਭਰਮੁ ਵਞਾਇ ਪਿਰੀ ਮੁਹਬਤਿ ਹਿਕੁ ਤੂ ॥
Salok, Dakhana (dialect of southern Punjab), Fifth Guru: If just for a moment you dispel your doubt and imbue yourself only with true love for your beloved God, then wherever you go, you shall find Him present there.
ਜਿਥਹੁ ਵੰਞੈ ਜਾਇ ਤਿਥਾਊ ਮਉਜੂਦੁ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥
Salok, Fifth Guru:
ਮਃ ੫ ॥
Can they mount horses and handle guns, if all they know is the game of polo?
ਚੜਿ ਕੈ ਘੋੜੜੈ ਕੁੰਦੇ ਪਕੜਹਿ ਖੂੰਡੀ ਦੀ ਖੇਡਾਰੀ ॥
Salok, Fifth Guru: Can they mount horses and handle guns, if all they know is the game of polo?
ਹੰਸਾ ਸੇਤੀ ਚਿਤੁ ਉਲਾਸਹਿ ਕੁਕੜ ਦੀ ਓਡਾਰੀ ॥੨॥
their condition is laughable like those birds who can only fly like roosters, but aspire to fly with swans. (Similar is the state of self-conceited persons, who try to imitate the Guru’s followers).
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
O’ my friend,one who utters God’s Name with the tongue and listens it with the ears swims across the world ocean of vices.
ਰਸਨਾ ਉਚਰੈ ਹਰਿ ਸ੍ਰਵਣੀ ਸੁਣੈ ਸੋ ਉਧਰੈ ਮਿਤਾ ॥
Pauree: O’ my friend,one who utters God’s Name with the tongue and listens it with the ears swims across the world ocean of vices.
ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਲਿਖਹਿ ਲਾਇ ਭਾਵਨੀ ਸੇ ਹਸਤ ਪਵਿਤਾ ॥
The hands of that person who writes with devotion the glory of God areimmaculate.
ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਮਜਨਾ ਸਭਿ ਪੁੰਨ ਤਿਨਿ ਕਿਤਾ ॥
That person is deemed to have done all sorts of virtuous deeds and have bathed at the sixty-eight holy places.
ਸੰਸਾਰ ਸਾਗਰ ਤੇ ਉਧਰੇ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਗੜੁ ਜਿਤਾ ॥
He crosses over the world-ocean of vices, and conquers the castle of Maya.