Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 332
ਆਂਧੀ ਪਾਛੇ ਜੋ ਜਲੁ ਬਰਖੈ ਤਿਹਿ ਤੇਰਾ ਜਨੁ ਭੀਨਾਂ ॥
O’ God, Your devotee then got drenched with the nectar of Naam which fell like rain after the storm of divine knowledge.
ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਮਨਿ ਭਇਆ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸਾ ਉਦੈ ਭਾਨੁ ਜਬ ਚੀਨਾ ॥੨॥੪੩॥
Kabeer says, my mind became enlightened with divine knowledge, just like the environment gets illuminated with sunrise after the storm and rain. ||2|| 43||.
ਗਉੜੀ ਚੇਤੀ
Raag Gauree Chaytee:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
Raag Gauree Chaytee: One eternal God. realized by the grace of the true Guru:
ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਸੁਨਹਿ ਨ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਨ ਗਾਵਹਿ ॥
There are some people who do not sing or listen to God’s praises, but just by mere talk they claim to perform miracles as if they can bring down the sky with their talks.
ਬਾਤਨ ਹੀ ਅਸਮਾਨੁ ਗਿਰਾਵਹਿ ॥੧॥
There is no use trying to instill some sense into such people,
ਐਸੇ ਲੋਗਨ ਸਿਉ ਕਿਆ ਕਹੀਐ ॥
There is no use trying to instill some sense into such people,
ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੀਏ ਭਗਤਿ ਤੇ ਬਾਹਜ ਤਿਨ ਤੇ ਸਦਾ ਡਰਾਨੇ ਰਹੀਐ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
We should always avoid those people whom God has excluded from His devotional worship. ||1|| Pause||
ਆਪਿ ਨ ਦੇਹਿ ਚੁਰੂ ਭਰਿ ਪਾਨੀ ॥
They themselves do no charity; they will not offer even a cup of water to anyone,
ਤਿਹ ਨਿੰਦਹਿ ਜਿਹ ਗੰਗਾ ਆਨੀ ॥੨॥
but they would slander those who perform great acts of charity like diverting rivers for the benefit of others.
ਬੈਠਤ ਉਠਤ ਕੁਟਿਲਤਾ ਚਾਲਹਿ ॥
All the time they keep playing treacherous games.
ਆਪੁ ਗਏ ਅਉਰਨ ਹੂ ਘਾਲਹਿ ॥੩॥
Not only they have become worthless but they ruin others as well.
ਛਾਡਿ ਕੁਚਰਚਾ ਆਨ ਨ ਜਾਨਹਿ ॥
They know nothing except evil talk.
ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਹੂ ਕੋ ਕਹਿਓ ਨ ਮਾਨਹਿ ॥੪॥
They do not heed to advice from the wise people loke Barahma.
ਆਪੁ ਗਏ ਅਉਰਨ ਹੂ ਖੋਵਹਿ ॥
They themselves are lost and they mislead others as well.
ਆਗਿ ਲਗਾਇ ਮੰਦਰ ਮੈ ਸੋਵਹਿ ॥੫॥
They commit sins without thinking about the consequences: It is like sleeping in the house after setting it on fire.
ਅਵਰਨ ਹਸਤ ਆਪ ਹਹਿ ਕਾਂਨੇ ॥
They point out even the slightest weakness of others while they themselves are full of faults.
ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਦੇਖਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਲਜਾਨੇ ॥੬॥੧॥੪੪॥
O’ Kabeer, it is embarrassing to see such people. ||6|| 1
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਬੈਰਾਗਣਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ
Raag Gauree Bairagan, Kabir Ji:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
Raag Gauree Bairagan, Kabir Ji: One eternal God, realized by the grace of the true Guru:
ਜੀਵਤ ਪਿਤਰ ਨ ਮਾਨੈ ਕੋਊ ਮੂਏਂ ਸਿਰਾਧ ਕਰਾਹੀ ॥
People hold feasts to honor and benefit their ancestors but never cared for them when they were alive.
ਪਿਤਰ ਭੀ ਬਪੁਰੇ ਕਹੁ ਕਿਉ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਕਊਆ ਕੂਕਰ ਖਾਹੀ ॥੧॥
Tell me, how can the poor ancestors receive what the crows and the dogs have eaten up?
ਮੋ ਕਉ ਕੁਸਲੁ ਬਤਾਵਹੁ ਕੋਈ ॥
If only someone would tell me what real happiness or ecstasy is!
ਕੁਸਲੁ ਕੁਸਲੁ ਕਰਤੇ ਜਗੁ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਕੁਸਲੁ ਭੀ ਕੈਸੇ ਹੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Speaking of happiness and bliss, the entire world is perishing and no one knows how to attain this bliss? ||1|| Pause||
ਮਾਟੀ ਕੇ ਕਰਿ ਦੇਵੀ ਦੇਵਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਆਗੈ ਜੀਉ ਦੇਹੀ ॥
People sacrifice animals such as goats etc to the clay idols of the angels for the benefit of their ancestors.
ਐਸੇ ਪਿਤਰ ਤੁਮਾਰੇ ਕਹੀਅਹਿ ਆਪਨ ਕਹਿਆ ਨ ਲੇਹੀ ॥੨॥
Such are your ancestors who cannot even ask for what they want.
ਸਰਜੀਉ ਕਾਟਹਿ ਨਿਰਜੀਉ ਪੂਜਹਿ ਅੰਤ ਕਾਲ ਕਉ ਭਾਰੀ ॥
People who kill living creatures to appease clay idols of the angels are making their own end miserable.
ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਗਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਨੀ ਭੈ ਡੂਬੇ ਸੰਸਾਰੀ ॥੩॥
People do not realize the merit of meditating on God’s Name and are drowning in the dreadful worldly ocean.
ਦੇਵੀ ਦੇਵਾ ਪੂਜਹਿ ਡੋਲਹਿ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਨਾ ॥
Instead of realizing the supreme God, people worship gods and goddesses and remain wavering in their faith
ਕਹਤ ਕਬੀਰ ਅਕੁਲੁ ਨਹੀ ਚੇਤਿਆ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਸਿਉ ਲਪਟਾਨਾ ॥੪॥੧॥੪੫॥
Kabeer says, instead of remembering God who is free of any social or family status, they remain entangled in the bonds of of Maya. ||4|| 1
ਗਉੜੀ ॥
Raag Gauree:
ਜੀਵਤ ਮਰੈ ਮਰੈ ਫੁਨਿ ਜੀਵੈ ਐਸੇ ਸੁੰਨਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥
One who so detaches oneself from worldly entanglements that for all practical purposes he is dead to the world, he then lives a life free of worldly distractions.
ਅੰਜਨ ਮਾਹਿ ਨਿਰੰਜਨਿ ਰਹੀਐ ਬਹੁੜਿ ਨ ਭਵਜਲਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੧॥
While still living among the temptations of Maya, he remains detached from these and doesn’t fall into the dreadful ocean of worldly existence again. |1|
ਮੇਰੇ ਰਾਮ ਐਸਾ ਖੀਰੁ ਬਿਲੋਈਐ ॥
O’ my God, only then we can continuously recite Naam like churning the yogurt,
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਮਨੂਆ ਅਸਥਿਰੁ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਇਨ ਬਿਧਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਓਈਐ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
when through the Guru's teachings we hold our mind steady against Maya; only this way we can partake the ambrosial nectar of Naam. ||1|| Pause||
ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਬਾਣਿ ਬਜਰ ਕਲ ਛੇਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਿਆ ਪਦੁ ਪਰਗਾਸਾ ॥
One who penetrates the hard core of his evil intellect using the Guru’s word as an arrow, his mind gets enlightened with divine knowledge,
ਸਕਤਿ ਅਧੇਰ ਜੇਵੜੀ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਚੂਕਾ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਸਿਵ ਘਰਿ ਬਾਸਾ ॥੨॥
just as a mistake of considering rope for a snake in darkness is corrected when the place is lighted, similarly the illusion of Maya vanishes with the light of Naam and one gets absorbed in the blissful God.
ਤਿਨਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਬਾਣੈ ਧਨਖੁ ਚਢਾਈਐ ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਬੇਧਿਆ ਭਾਈ ॥
O’ brother, one who remained unaffected by Maya by the support of the Guru’s word. It is like conquering the world without mounting the shaft on the bow.