Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 352
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਪਾਏ ਨਿਜ ਥਾਉ ॥੧॥
By following the teachings of the true Guru, he understands his own state of spiritual enlightenment.
ਮਨ ਚੂਰੇ ਖਟੁ ਦਰਸਨ ਜਾਣੁ ॥
One who controls his mind becomes so wise as if he has acquired the knowledge of all the six Shastras.
ਸਰਬ ਜੋਤਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਭਗਵਾਨੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
He beholds God’s light perfectly pervading in all the creatures.
ਅਧਿਕ ਤਿਆਸ ਭੇਖ ਬਹੁ ਕਰੈ ॥
Even if a person with intense desire for Maya wears all sorts of religious robes to impress other people, still the pain arising from the love of Maya destroys that person’s peace.
ਦੁਖੁ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਸੁਖੁ ਤਨਿ ਪਰਹਰੈ ॥
The lust and anger steal away his wealth of Naam.
ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਹਿਰੈ ॥
He is emancipated only by forsaking the love of duality and by meditating on Naam.
ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਛੋਡਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਨਿਸਤਰੈ ॥੨॥
He is emancipated only by forsaking the love of duality and by meditating on Naam.
ਸਿਫਤਿ ਸਲਾਹਣੁ ਸਹਜ ਅਨੰਦ ॥
One who sings the praise of God, enjoys the intuitive peace, poise and bliss.
ਸਖਾ ਸੈਨੁ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੁ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ॥
The love of God is like his family and friends.
ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿੰਦੁ ॥
He believes that it is God who creates all beings and He Himself blesses them with everything.
ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਪਹਿ ਆਗੈ ਜਿੰਦੁ ॥੩॥
He surrenders his body, mind and soul to God.
ਝੂਠ ਵਿਕਾਰ ਮਹਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਦੇਹ ॥
He sees falsehood and vices as the root cause of terrible suffering for the body.
ਭੇਖ ਵਰਨ ਦੀਸਹਿ ਸਭਿ ਖੇਹ ॥
To him all the false garbs of piety and the pride in one’s caste or race, seem worthless like ashes.
ਜੋ ਉਪਜੈ ਸੋ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥
He realizes that whatever is born is perishable.
ਨਾਨਕ ਅਸਥਿਰੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਜਾਇ ॥੪॥੧੧॥
O’ Nanak, only God’s Name and His command is eternal.
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
Raag Aasaa, First Guru:
ਏਕੋ ਸਰਵਰੁ ਕਮਲ ਅਨੂਪ ॥
In the holy congregation the saints look beautiful like the lotuses in a pool.
ਸਦਾ ਬਿਗਾਸੈ ਪਰਮਲ ਰੂਪ ॥
As the lotuses in the pool blossom continually and remain pure and fragrant, similarly, in the holy congregation the saints remain delighted and immaculate.
ਊਜਲ ਮੋਤੀ ਚੂਗਹਿ ਹੰਸ ॥
Like swans pecking at pearls in a lake, the saintly persons enjoy the nectar of Naam in a holy congregation.
ਸਰਬ ਕਲਾ ਜਗਦੀਸੈ ਅੰਸ ॥੧॥
They become a part of the all-powerful God of the Universe.
ਜੋ ਦੀਸੈ ਸੋ ਉਪਜੈ ਬਿਨਸੈ ॥
Whoever is seen, is subject to birth and death.
ਬਿਨੁ ਜਲ ਸਰਵਰਿ ਕਮਲੁ ਨ ਦੀਸੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
As the lotus is not seen in a pool without water, similarly saints do not go in a gathering devoid of God’s Name.
ਬਿਰਲਾ ਬੂਝੈ ਪਾਵੈ ਭੇਦੁ ॥
Only a rare person understands this secret of the holy congregation.
ਸਾਖਾ ਤੀਨਿ ਕਹੈ ਨਿਤ ਬੇਦੁ ॥
Even Vedas only talk of the three basic traits of Maya or desires for vice, virtue and power.
ਨਾਦ ਬਿੰਦ ਕੀ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥
The one who merges in God’s love through the knowledge of divine word, attains the supreme status by following the teachings of the true Guru.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇ ॥੨॥
serves the True Guru and obtains the supreme status. ||2||
ਮੁਕਤੋ ਰਾਤਉ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਵਾਂਤਉ ॥
One who is liberated from the three traits of Maya is imbued with the love of God and he always meditates on Naam with loving devotion.
ਰਾਜਨ ਰਾਜਿ ਸਦਾ ਬਿਗਸਾਂਤਉ ॥
Being attuned to God, the King of kings, one always remains in a state of bliss
ਜਿਸੁ ਤੂੰ ਰਾਖਹਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਧਾਰਿ ॥
O’ God, whom You save from the effects of Maya by showing Your mercy, You ferry him across, like You ferry even the stone hearted people across the world ocean of vices.
ਬੂਡਤ ਪਾਹਨ ਤਾਰਹਿ ਤਾਰਿ ॥੩॥
even the sinking stone - You float that one across. ||3||
ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਮਹਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਮਹਿ ਜਾਣਿਆ ॥
The person who keeps united with a holy congregation realizes the light of God pervading in all the three worlds.
ਉਲਟ ਭਈ ਘਰੁ ਘਰ ਮਹਿ ਆਣਿਆ ॥
That person’s mind turns away from Maya and he realizes God within his heart.
ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਲਾਗੈ ਪਾਇ ॥੪॥੧੨॥
Day and night he keeps meditating with the mind attuned to God. Nanak humbly bows to such holy persons.
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
Aasaa, First Mehla:
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਾਚੀ ਹੁਜਤਿ ਦੂਰਿ ॥
One who sincerely accepts the Guru’s teachings, all his cynicism departs.
ਬਹੁਤੁ ਸਿਆਣਪ ਲਾਗੈ ਧੂਰਿ ॥
Through excessive cleverness, mind is plastered with the dirt of vices.
ਲਾਗੀ ਮੈਲੁ ਮਿਟੈ ਸਚ ਨਾਇ ॥
The filth attached to the mind is removed only by meditating on God’s Name,
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਰਹੈ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥੧॥
and only by the Guru's grace, one remains lovingly attuned to God.
ਹੈ ਹਜੂਰਿ ਹਾਜਰੁ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ॥
God is always with us; pray before Him with single minded devotion.
ਦੁਖੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਸਾਚੁ ਕਰਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਪਾਸਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Believe it that the Creator knows about the pain and pleasure of all.
ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਵੈ ॥
One who practices falsehood suffers in the cycles of birth and death.
ਕਹਣਿ ਕਥਨਿ ਵਾਰਾ ਨਹੀ ਆਵੈ ॥
Through mere utterances and discourses, one never reaches any conclusion.
ਕਿਆ ਦੇਖਾ ਸੂਝ ਬੂਝ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
Such a person has not seen the real truth, therefore gains no true knowledge about God,
ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਮਨਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ॥੨॥
and without God’s Name his mind is not satisfied.
ਜੋ ਜਨਮੇ ਸੇ ਰੋਗਿ ਵਿਆਪੇ ॥
Those who are born suffer spiritual ailments because of their cynicisim of God,
ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਦੂਖਿ ਸੰਤਾਪੇ ॥
and are tortured by the pain of egotism and Maya.
ਸੇ ਜਨ ਬਾਚੇ ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਰਾਖੇ ॥
They alone are spared from this torture who are protected by God
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਰਸੁ ਚਾਖੇ ॥੩॥
and have tasted the ambrosial nectar of Naam by following the Guru’s teachings.
ਚਲਤਉ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਖੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਚਾਖੈ ॥
One who partakes the ambrosial nectar of Naam and controls his mercurial mind,
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸਬਦੁ ਭਾਖੈ ॥
utters the nectar like word of God’s praises by following the Guru’s teachings.
ਸਾਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਏ ॥
O’ Nanak, one who loses one’s ego, by following the Guru’s world he attains freedom from the vices and attains supreme spiritual state.
ਨਾਨਕ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਏ ॥੪॥੧੩॥
O Nanak, self-conceit is eradicated from within. ||4||13||
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
Aasaa, First Mehla:
ਜੋ ਤਿਨਿ ਕੀਆ ਸੋ ਸਚੁ ਥੀਆ ॥
Whom God has made His own has become the embodiment of Truth.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਦੀਆ ॥
The True Guru gives the ambrosial Name of God to him.
ਹਿਰਦੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਮਨਿ ਭੰਗੁ ॥
God’s Name always dwells in his heart and there is never a feeling of separation from God in his mind.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਲਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਸੰਗੁ ॥੧॥
and he always enjoys the company of the beloved God.
ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਅਪਨੀ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥
O’ God, please keep me always in Your protection.