Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 342

  1. ਬੰਦਕ ਹੋਇ ਬੰਧ ਸੁਧਿ ਲਹੈ ॥੨੯॥

    He becomes a bard at God’s gate, and becomes aware of the bonds of worldly attachments and doesn’t get caught in these bonds.

  2. ਭਭਾ ਭੇਦਹਿ ਭੇਦ ਮਿਲਾਵਾ ॥

    Bhabha: By removing his doubt, one realizes God,, and by shattering his worldly fears, he develops faith in God.

  3. ਅਬ ਭਉ ਭਾਨਿ ਭਰੋਸਉ ਆਵਾ ॥

    By removing his doubt, one realizes God,, and by shattering his worldly fears, he develops faith in God.

  4. ਜੋ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਸੋ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥

    God who pervades outside, he realize Him within himself,

  5. ਭਇਆ ਭੇਦੁ ਭੂਪਤਿ ਪਹਿਚਾਨਿਆ ॥੩੦॥

    when he understands this secret, he realizes God, the Master of the world.

  6. ਮਮਾ ਮੂਲ ਗਹਿਆ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨੈ ॥

    Mamma: If we enshrine God in our heart, then mind stops wandering in doubt.

  7. ਮਰਮੀ ਹੋਇ ਸੁ ਮਨ ਕਉ ਜਾਨੈ ॥

    One who understands this mystery understands the reason for the wandering of the mind.

  8. ਮਤ ਕੋਈ ਮਨ ਮਿਲਤਾ ਬਿਲਮਾਵੈ ॥

    Therefore, don’t delay when the mind starts getting attuned to God,

  9. ਮਗਨ ਭਇਆ ਤੇ ਸੋ ਸਚੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੩੧॥

    because the mind realizes the eternal God only when it gets absorbed in His remembrance.

  10. ਮਮਾ ਮਨ ਸਿਉ ਕਾਜੁ ਹੈ ਮਨ ਸਾਧੇ ਸਿਧਿ ਹੋਇ ॥

    MAMMA: The real business of every one is with one’s mind; one who disciplines his mind attains perfection and achieves the real purpose of life.

  11. ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮਨ ਸਿਉ ਕਹੈ ਕਬੀਰਾ ਮਨ ਸਾ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੩੨॥

    Kabir says, our main business is with the mind, and I have not found anyone like the mind to deal with.

  12. ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਸਕਤੀ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਸੀਉ ॥

    Indulged in Maya, this mind is Shakti, the power;

  13. ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਪੰਚ ਤਤ ਕੋ ਜੀਉ ॥

    absorbed in devotional worship, this mind is Shiva, the embodiment of bliss-giving God.

  14. ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਲੇ ਜਉ ਉਨਮਨਿ ਰਹੈ ॥

    This mind is also the life of the five elements (physical body).

  15. ਤਉ ਤੀਨਿ ਲੋਕ ਕੀ ਬਾਤੈ ਕਹੈ ॥੩੩॥

    Controlling this mind when a person remains in a state of divine bliss, then the mind reflects on the mysteries of all the three worlds.

  16. ਯਯਾ ਜਉ ਜਾਨਹਿ ਤਉ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਹਨਿ ਕਰਿ ਬਸਿ ਕਾਇਆ ਗਾਉ ॥

    Yaya: If you want to learn the right conduct of life, then destroy your evil intellect and control the sensory organs.

  17. ਰਣਿ ਰੂਤਉ ਭਾਜੈ ਨਹੀ ਸੂਰਉ ਥਾਰਉ ਨਾਉ ॥੩੪॥

    When you are engaged in the battle to control your body and if you don't run away; only then you will be called a brave warrior.

  18. ਰਾਰਾ ਰਸੁ ਨਿਰਸ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥

    Raara; One who has deemed the worldly pleasures as unpalatable,

  19. ਹੋਇ ਨਿਰਸ ਸੁ ਰਸੁ ਪਹਿਚਾਨਿਆ ॥

    remaining aloof from worldly pleasures, he has recognized the taste of bliss.

  20. ਇਹ ਰਸ ਛਾਡੇ ਉਹ ਰਸੁ ਆਵਾ ॥

    One who abandons the worldly pleasures enjoys the elixir of God’s Name,

  21. ਉਹ ਰਸੁ ਪੀਆ ਇਹ ਰਸੁ ਨਹੀ ਭਾਵਾ ॥੩੫॥

    when one drinks that elixir of Naam, then this taste of worldly pleasures doesn’t please him.

  22. ਲਲਾ ਐਸੇ ਲਿਵ ਮਨੁ ਲਾਵੈ ॥

    Lalla: If one so attunes one’s mind to meditation on God, such that it doesn’t wander anywhere, then one realizes God.

  23. ਅਨਤ ਨ ਜਾਇ ਪਰਮ ਸਚੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥

    then one realizes God.

  24. ਅਰੁ ਜਉ ਤਹਾ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਵੈ ॥

    If in that state of meditation one remains absorbed in loving devotion,

  25. ਤਉ ਅਲਹ ਲਹੈ ਲਹਿ ਚਰਨ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੩੬॥

    then he realizes that incomprehensible God and remains merged in His love. |36|

  26. ਵਵਾ ਬਾਰ ਬਾਰ ਬਿਸਨ ਸਮ੍ਹਾਰਿ ॥

    Vava: O’ my friend, always remember God,

  27. ਬਿਸਨ ਸੰਮ੍ਹਾਰਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਹਾਰਿ ॥

    by remembering God one does not lose the game of life.

  28. ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਜੇ ਬਿਸਨਤਨਾ ਜਸੁ ਗਾਵੈ ॥

    I am dedicated to that devotee who sings the praises of God.

  29. ਵਿਸਨ ਮਿਲੇ ਸਭ ਹੀ ਸਚੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੩੭॥

    Upon meeting God, such a devotee beholds Him everywhere.

  30. ਵਾਵਾ ਵਾਹੀ ਜਾਨੀਐ ਵਾ ਜਾਨੇ ਇਹੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

    Vaava: O’ brother, know only that God,

  31. ਇਹੁ ਅਰੁ ਓਹੁ ਜਬ ਮਿਲੈ ਤਬ ਮਿਲਤ ਨ ਜਾਨੈ ਕੋਇ ॥੩੮॥

    because when one knows him, one becomes the embodiment of that God.

  32. ਸਸਾ ਸੋ ਨੀਕਾ ਕਰਿ ਸੋਧਹੁ ॥

    When this soul and God unite then no one can understand their union or can separate them.

  33. ਘਟ ਪਰਚਾ ਕੀ ਬਾਤ ਨਿਰੋਧਹੁ ॥

    Sassa: Discipline your mind perfectly well.

  34. ਘਟ ਪਰਚੈ ਜਉ ਉਪਜੈ ਭਾਉ ॥

    Refrain from that talk which allures the mind.

  35. ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਤਹ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਰਾਉ ॥੩੯॥

    When the mind is attracted towards God, love wells up within

  36. ਖਖਾ ਖੋਜਿ ਪਰੈ ਜਉ ਕੋਈ ॥ ਜੋ ਖੋਜੈ ਸੋ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥

    and the sovereign God of three worlds is seen pervading everywhere.

  37. ਖੋਜ ਬੂਝਿ ਜਉ ਕਰੈ ਬੀਚਾਰਾ ॥

    Khakha: If anyone engages in search for God

  38. ਤਉ ਭਵਜਲ ਤਰਤ ਨ ਲਾਵੈ ਬਾਰਾ ॥੪੦॥

    and if someone does realize Him then his cycle of birth and death ends.

  39. ਸਸਾ ਸੋ ਸਹ ਸੇਜ ਸਵਾਰੈ ॥

    When someone seeks God, understands His virtues and meditates on Him,

  40. ਸੋਈ ਸਹੀ ਸੰਦੇਹ ਨਿਵਾਰੈ ॥

    then he crosses over the terrifying world-ocean of vices in an instant.

  41. ਅਲਪ ਸੁਖ ਛਾਡਿ ਪਰਮ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਵਾ ॥

    Sassa: The bride-soul who adornes her heart with the love of God,

  42. ਤਬ ਇਹ ਤ੍ਰੀਅ ਓੁਹੁ ਕੰਤੁ ਕਹਾਵਾ ॥੪੧॥

    only that friendly-soul dispels her skepticism.

  43. ਹਾਹਾ ਹੋਤ ਹੋਇ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਨਾ ॥

    Renouncing the shallow pleasures of the world, she attains the supreme bliss.

  44. ਜਬ ਹੀ ਹੋਇ ਤਬਹਿ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਾ ॥

    Only then she is called the soul-bride of her Husband-God.

  45. ਹੈ ਤਉ ਸਹੀ ਲਖੈ ਜਉ ਕੋਈ ॥

    Haaha: God exists, but one does not know His existence.

  46. ਤਬ ਓਹੀ ਉਹੁ ਏਹੁ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੪੨॥

    When one realizes His existence, only then one’s mind is appeased.

  47. ਲਿੰਉ ਲਿੰਉ ਕਰਤ ਫਿਰੈ ਸਭੁ ਲੋਗੁ ॥

    Of course God exists but only if one could understand Him.

  48. ਤਾ ਕਾਰਣਿ ਬਿਆਪੈ ਬਹੁ ਸੋਗੁ ॥

    Then, He alone exists and not this mortal being.

  49. ਲਖਿਮੀ ਬਰ ਸਿਉ ਜਉ ਲਿਉ ਲਾਵੈ ॥

    The entire world is running after worldly wealth, and appears to be saying, I want this and I want that.

  50. ਸੋਗੁ ਮਿਟੈ ਸਭ ਹੀ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੪੩॥

    It is for this reason that the entire world is afflicted with so much suffering.

  51. ਖਖਾ ਖਿਰਤ ਖਪਤ ਗਏ ਕੇਤੇ ॥

    When one imbues oneself with the love of God, the husband of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth,

  52. ਖਿਰਤ ਖਪਤ ਅਜਹੂੰ ਨਹ ਚੇਤੇ ॥

    his sorrow departs, and he obtains total peace.

  53. ਅਬ ਜਗੁ ਜਾਨਿ ਜਉ ਮਨਾ ਰਹੈ ॥

    Khakha: Many have wasted their lives and then perished.

  54. ਜਹ ਕਾ ਬਿਛੁਰਾ ਤਹ ਥਿਰੁ ਲਹੈ ॥੪੪॥

    In spite of this ruin and wastage, they still do not remember God.

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