Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 344

  1. ਜੁਗੁ ਜੁਗੁ ਜੀਵਹੁ ਅਮਰ ਫਲ ਖਾਹੁ ॥੧੦॥

    the reward of these efforts will be everlasting and you would live a long spiritually fulfilled life.

  2. ਦਸਮੀ ਦਹ ਦਿਸ ਹੋਇ ਅਨੰਦ ॥

    Dasmi: (the tenth lunar day), bliss prevails in all the ten directions.

  3. ਛੂਟੈ ਭਰਮੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ॥

    Doubt is dispelled and one realizes the Master-God of the universe.

  4. ਜੋਤਿ ਸਰੂਪੀ ਤਤ ਅਨੂਪ ॥

    He is is pure light, the essence of the universe and is of unparalleled beauty.

  5. ਅਮਲ ਨ ਮਲ ਨ ਛਾਹ ਨਹੀ ਧੂਪ ॥੧੧॥

    He is immaculate, unsoiled by evils; neither there is darkness of ignorance nor any fire of worldly desires in Him.

  6. ਏਕਾਦਸੀ ਏਕ ਦਿਸ ਧਾਵੈ ॥

    Ekadashi: (the eleventh lunar day), turning away from worldly desires when one’s mind runs towards God, then one doesn’t suffer in the cycles of birth and death anymore.

  7. ਤਉ ਜੋਨੀ ਸੰਕਟ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ॥

    you will not have to suffer the pains of reincarnation again.

  8. ਸੀਤਲ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਭਇਆ ਸਰੀਰਾ ॥

    He becomes calm and immaculate.

  9. ਦੂਰਿ ਬਤਾਵਤ ਪਾਇਆ ਨੀਰਾ ॥੧੨॥

    God who was said to be far away, he finds Him very near (within him).

  10. ਬਾਰਸਿ ਬਾਰਹ ਉਗਵੈ ਸੂਰ ॥

    Baaris: (the twelfth lunar day), one who attunes to God is illuminated with the light of divine knowledge as if twelve suns have arisen in his mind.

  11. ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਬਾਜੇ ਅਨਹਦ ਤੂਰ ॥

    He feels as if continuous divine music is always playing within him.

  12. ਦੇਖਿਆ ਤਿਹੂੰ ਲੋਕ ਕਾ ਪੀਉ ॥

    He is blessed with the sight of the Master-God of the three worlds,

  13. ਅਚਰਜੁ ਭਇਆ ਜੀਵ ਤੇ ਸੀਉ ॥੧੩॥

    such a wonder happens that an ordinary human being transforms into the embodiment God.

  14. ਤੇਰਸਿ ਤੇਰਹ ਅਗਮ ਬਖਾਣਿ ॥

    Tairis:(the thirteenth lunar day), all the thirteen (Hindu) holy books describeonly the one God,

  15. ਅਰਧ ਉਰਧ ਬਿਚਿ ਸਮ ਪਹਿਚਾਣਿ ॥

    They advise that you should recognize God alike in the entire universe.

  16. ਨੀਚ ਊਚ ਨਹੀ ਮਾਨ ਅਮਾਨ ॥

    For you, there should not be anyone of high or low status and no one honorable or dishonorable,

  17. ਬਿਆਪਿਕ ਰਾਮ ਸਗਲ ਸਾਮਾਨ ॥੧੪॥

    instead you should deem that God is pervading equally in all.

  18. ਚਉਦਸਿ ਚਉਦਹ ਲੋਕ ਮਝਾਰਿ ॥

    Chaudis (the fourteenth lunar day), God is pervading in every particle,

  19. ਰੋਮ ਰੋਮ ਮਹਿ ਬਸਹਿ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥

    and all the fourteen worlds (seven skies and seven earths according to Muslims belief)

  20. ਸਤ ਸੰਤੋਖ ਕਾ ਧਰਹੁ ਧਿਆਨ ॥

    Concentrate on truth and contentment.

  21. ਕਥਨੀ ਕਥੀਐ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਗਿਆਨ ॥੧੫॥

    Talk about the divine knowledge.

  22. ਪੂਨਿਉ ਪੂਰਾ ਚੰਦ ਅਕਾਸ ॥

    Puneo (the full moon night), the moon rises in the sky in its complete form.

  23. ਪਸਰਹਿ ਕਲਾ ਸਹਜ ਪਰਗਾਸ ॥

    All its powers (or rays) spread in every direction and emanates peace-giving light all around.

  24. ਆਦਿ ਅੰਤਿ ਮਧਿ ਹੋਇ ਰਹਿਆ ਥੀਰ ॥

    God is eternally present from the beginning to the end and in between.

  25. ਸੁਖ ਸਾਗਰ ਮਹਿ ਰਮਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ॥੧੬॥

    Kabir is immeressed in that God, the ocean of peace.

  26. ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

    One eternal God. Realized by the grace of the true Guru:

  27. ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਵਾਰ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀਉ ਕੇ ੭ ॥

    Raag Gauree, Kabeer Jee: the seven days of the week.

  28. ਬਾਰ ਬਾਰ ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਗੁਨ ਗਾਵਉ ॥

    Again and again, at every instant I sing praises of God .

  29. ਗੁਰ ਗਮਿ ਭੇਦੁ ਸੁ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਪਾਵਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    By seeking the guidance of the Guru, I have found this secret of realizing God ||1|| Pause||

  30. ਆਦਿਤ ਕਰੈ ਭਗਤਿ ਆਰੰਭ ॥

    Aadit (Sunday), when one commences meditation on God, one’s body becomes like a temple and one’s desire to find God becomes like a pillar of this temple.

  31. ਕਾਇਆ ਮੰਦਰ ਮਨਸਾ ਥੰਭ ॥

    and restrain the desires within the temple of the body.

  32. ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਅਖੰਡ ਸੁਰਹੀ ਜਾਇ ॥

    When day and night one’s conscious embellished with devotional worship remains uninterruptedly attuned to God,

  33. ਤਉ ਅਨਹਦ ਬੇਣੁ ਸਹਜ ਮਹਿ ਬਾਇ ॥੧॥

    then non stop divine music starts intuitively playing in the mind.

  34. ਸੋਮਵਾਰਿ ਸਸਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਝਰੈ ॥

    Somvar, (Monday), by singing God’s praises, such a state of tranquillity begins to prevail in the mind as if ambrosial nectar is trickling within.

  35. ਚਾਖਤ ਬੇਗਿ ਸਗਲ ਬਿਖ ਹਰੈ ॥

    By tasting this nectar, all evils are eradicated in an instant.

  36. ਬਾਣੀ ਰੋਕਿਆ ਰਹੈ ਦੁਆਰ ॥

    Yes, when through the Guru’s word the mind is kept restrained from evils, it remains focused on God.

  37. ਤਉ ਮਨੁ ਮਤਵਾਰੋ ਪੀਵਨਹਾਰ ॥੨॥

    Engrossed in God’s love, mind keeps drinking that ambrosial nectar.

  38. ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰੇ ਲੇ ਮਾਹੀਤਿ ॥

    Mangal vaar: (Tuesday), by singing God’s praises one protects his mind as if he makes a fort around it,

  39. ਪੰਚ ਚੋਰ ਕੀ ਜਾਣੈ ਰੀਤਿ ॥

    and understands how the five evil impulses sway one’s mind towards undesirable deeds.

  40. ਘਰ ਛੋਡੇਂ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਜਿਨਿ ਜਾਇ ॥

    O’ brother, forsaking such a house (body fort), you shouldn’t go outside and do not let the mind wander,

  41. ਨਾਤਰੁ ਖਰਾ ਰਿਸੈ ਹੈ ਰਾਇ ॥੩॥

    otherwise falling into evil ways, the mind would be miserable.

  42. ਬੁਧਵਾਰਿ ਬੁਧਿ ਕਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸ ॥

    Budhvaar: (Wednesday), the person who illumines his mind with Naam, realizes the presences of God in his heart.

  43. ਹਿਰਦੈ ਕਮਲ ਮਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਬਾਸ ॥

    The Lord comes to dwell in the lotus of the heart.

  44. ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਦੋਊ ਏਕ ਸਮ ਧਰੈ ॥

    By following the Guru’s teaching, he turns his heart away from Maya, towards meditation on God and thus brings about the union between the soul and God.

  45. ਉਰਧ ਪੰਕ ਲੈ ਸੂਧਾ ਕਰੈ ॥੪॥

    and the inverted lotus is turned upright. ||4||

  46. ਬ੍ਰਿਹਸਪਤਿ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਦੇਇ ਬਹਾਇ ॥

    Brehspat: (Thursday), one washes off the attachment to Maya by singing the praises of God.

  47. ਤੀਨਿ ਦੇਵ ਏਕ ਸੰਗਿ ਲਾਇ ॥

    Forsaking the three phases of Maya, he remains absorbed in God’s remembrance.

  48. ਤੀਨਿ ਨਦੀ ਤਹ ਤ੍ਰਿਕੁਟੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥

    Three wrinkles of inner worry show up on the forehead of those who remain sinking in the three rivers of vice, virtue and power.

  49. ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਕਸਮਲ ਧੋਵਹਿ ਨਾਹਿ ॥੫॥

    They always commit sinful deeds and don’t wash off their sins.

  50. ਸੁਕ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਸਹਾਰੈ ਸੁ ਇਹ ਬ੍ਰਤਿ ਚੜੈ ॥

    Sukrit: (Friday), one who endures the difficulties of doing virtuous deeds without becoming egotistical is climbing a steep hill.

  51. ਅਨਦਿਨ ਆਪਿ ਆਪ ਸਿਉ ਲੜੈ ॥

    Such a person always fights with his mind to prevent from doing undesirable deeds.

  52. ਸੁਰਖੀ ਪਾਂਚਉ ਰਾਖੈ ਸਬੈ ॥

    Such a person controls all the five sensory organs,

  53. ਤਉ ਦੂਜੀ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਨ ਪੈਸੈ ਕਬੈ ॥੬॥

    and never succumbs to bigotry or discrimination.

  54. ਥਾਵਰ ਥਿਰੁ ਕਰਿ ਰਾਖੈ ਸੋਇ ॥ ਜੋਤਿ ਦੀ ਵਟੀ ਘਟ ਮਹਿ ਜੋਇ ॥

    Thaavar: (Saturday), by meditating on Naam, one keeps enshrined, the beautiful divine light which is shining in each heart.

  55. ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਭਇਆ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸੁ ॥

    Such a person beholds the illumination of this divine light both within and in the entire universe.

  56. ਤਬ ਹੂਆ ਸਗਲ ਕਰਮ ਕਾ ਨਾਸੁ ॥੭॥

    Then all his past deeds are destroyed.

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