Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 40
ਸਹਸ ਸਿਆਣਪ ਕਰਿ ਰਹੇ ਮਨਿ ਕੋਰੈ ਰੰਗੁ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥
By trying thousands of other clever techniques, the raw and undisciplined mind does not get imbued with God’s love.
ਕੂੜਿ ਕਪਟਿ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਜੋ ਬੀਜੈ ਖਾਵੈ ਸੋਇ ॥੩॥
No one has ever realized God through falsehood and deceit; the divine law is that one eats what one sows (one is responsible for his deeds).
ਸਭਨਾ ਤੇਰੀ ਆਸ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਭ ਜੀਅ ਤੇਰੇ ਤੂੰ ਰਾਸਿ ॥
O’ God! You are the only hope of all to escape the world-ocean of vices, all beings are Yours and You are the only spiritual capital of them.
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੁਧਹੁ ਖਾਲੀ ਕੋ ਨਹੀ ਦਰਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਾ ਨੋ ਸਾਬਾਸਿ ॥
O’ God, nobody returns empty-handed from Your door, and the Guru’s followers are honored and acclaimed in Your presence.
ਬਿਖੁ ਭਉਜਲ ਡੁਬਦੇ ਕਢਿ ਲੈ ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਕੀ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ॥੪॥੧॥੬੫॥
O’ God! Nanak’s prayer before You is to save all who are drowning in the poisonous world-ocean of vices. ||4|| 1
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
Siree Raag, Fourth Guru:
ਨਾਮੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਮਨੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤੀਐ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੈ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਜੀਵਾਸੁ ॥
One who receives God’s Name, his mind gets satiated from worldly desires, but life bereft of God’s Name is accursed.
ਕੋਈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਜਣੁ ਜੇ ਮਿਲੈ ਮੈ ਦਸੇ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਗੁਣਤਾਸੁ ॥
If I happen to meet a Guru-following noble person who shows me the path to realize God, the treasure of virtues, and enlightens me with God’s Name, I will dedicate myself to him.
ਹਉ ਤਿਸੁ ਵਿਟਹੁ ਚਉ ਖੰਨੀਐ ਮੈ ਨਾਮ ਕਰੇ ਪਰਗਾਸੁ ॥੧॥
If I happen to meet a Guru-following noble person who shows me the path to realize God, the treasure of virtues, and enlightens me with God’s Name, I will dedicate myself to him.
ਮੇਰੇ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮਾ ਹਉ ਜੀਵਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ॥
O’ my beloved God, I can live spiritually only by remembering Your Name.
ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਨਾ ਥੀਐ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
O’ my true Guru, please firmly implant God’s Name in my heart because there can be no spiritual life without God’s Name. ||1|| pause ||
ਨਾਮੁ ਅਮੋਲਕੁ ਰਤਨੁ ਹੈ ਪੂਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪਾਸਿ ॥
God’s Name is like an invaluable jewel, and it is in the possession of the perfect Guru.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੈ ਲਗਿਆ ਕਢਿ ਰਤਨੁ ਦੇਵੈ ਪਰਗਾਸਿ ॥
If we follow the true Guru’s teachings, then he enlightens us with divine knowledge and blesses us with God’s precious Name.
ਧੰਨੁ ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਵਡ ਭਾਗੀਆ ਜੋ ਆਇ ਮਿਲੇ ਗੁਰ ਪਾਸਿ ॥੨॥
Praiseworthy and extremely fortunate are those who come to the Guru’s refuge and follow his teachings.
ਜਿਨਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨ ਭੇਟਿਓ ਸੇ ਭਾਗਹੀਣ ਵਸਿ ਕਾਲ ॥
Those who have not met the true Guru, the embodiment of God, are unfortunate and remain in the grip of fear of death.
ਓਇ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੋਨਿ ਭਵਾਈਅਹਿ ਵਿਚਿ ਵਿਸਟਾ ਕਰਿ ਵਿਕਰਾਲ ॥
They live terrible lives because they always remain in the filth of vices and are made to wander in the cycle of birth and death over and over again.
ਓਨਾ ਪਾਸਿ ਦੁਆਸਿ ਨ ਭਿਟੀਐ ਜਿਨ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਚੰਡਾਲ ॥੩॥
We should not go anywhere near those people within whom is the horrible anger.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸਰੁ ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਨਾਵਹਿ ਆਇ ॥
True Guru, the embodiment of God, is like a pool of ambrosial nectar, and fortunate are those who come to bathe in it (follow the Guru’s teachings).
ਉਨ ਜਨਮ ਜਨਮ ਕੀ ਮੈਲੁ ਉਤਰੈ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਨਾਮੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਇ ॥
They firmly enshrine the immaculate God’s Name within their heart and their filth of vices of myriad of births is cleansed.
ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਉਤਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥੪॥੨॥੬੬॥
O’ devotee Nanak, they attain the supreme spiritual state by focusing their mind on the teachings of the true Guru. ||4|| 2
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
Siree Raag, Fourth Guru:
ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਾ ਗੁਣ ਵਿਥਰਾ ਗੁਣ ਬੋਲੀ ਮੇਰੀ ਮਾਇ ॥
O’ my mother, my mind craves that I may sing the praises of God, describe the virtues of God and talk about the virtues of God.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਜਣੁ ਗੁਣਕਾਰੀਆ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਜਣ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ॥
Only a noble follower of the Guru can help to develop this virtue; one can sing God’s praises by meeting such a spiritual friend.
ਹੀਰੈ ਹੀਰੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਬੇਧਿਆ ਰੰਗਿ ਚਲੂਲੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੧॥
Just as a diamond pierces another diamond, similarly upon meeting the Guru one’s mind becomes imbued with deep love for God’s Name.
ਮੇਰੇ ਗੋਵਿੰਦਾ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਾ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਿ ਮਨਿ ਹੋਇ ॥
O’ my God, bless me that I may sing Your praises and my mind may be satiated and become free from the yearning for Maya, the materialism.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਪਿਆਸ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਗੁਰੁ ਤੁਸਿ ਮਿਲਾਵੈ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Within me is the yearning for God’s Name, and in his kindness the Guru unites with God’s Name. ||1|| pause||
ਮਨੁ ਰੰਗਹੁ ਵਡਭਾਗੀਹੋ ਗੁਰੁ ਤੁਠਾ ਕਰੇ ਪਸਾਉ ॥
O’ fortunate ones, imbue your mind with love for God, so that the Guru may be pleased and shower his blessing of God’s Name upon you.
ਗੁਰੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਏ ਰੰਗ ਸਿਉ ਹਉ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਉ ॥
I am dedicated to the true Guru, because he lovingly implants God’s Name within the heart (of the one who comes to his refuge).
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਲਭਈ ਲਖ ਕੋਟੀ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਉ ॥੨॥
God’s Name is not realized without following the true Guru’s teachings, even if one may perform millions of ritualistic deeds.
ਬਿਨੁ ਭਾਗਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਨਾ ਮਿਲੈ ਘਰਿ ਬੈਠਿਆ ਨਿਕਟਿ ਨਿਤ ਪਾਸਿ ॥
One does not meet the true Guru without good fortune; even though God is always near within our heart, still He is not realized without the Guru.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਅਗਿਆਨ ਦੁਖੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਹੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਪੜਦਾ ਦੂਰਿ ਪਈਆਸਿ ॥
The misery of spiritual ignorance and wandering after Maya within a person is like a separating screen between him and God.
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭੇਟੇ ਕੰਚਨੁ ਨਾ ਥੀਐ ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਲੋਹੁ ਬੂਡਾ ਬੇੜੀ ਪਾਸਿ ॥੩॥
A self-willed person loaded with sins is like a piece of iron drowning in the world-ocean of vices while a boat in the form of the Guru is close by; he cannot become pure like Gold without the true Guru’s teachings.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਬੋਹਿਥੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਵ ਹੈ ਕਿਤੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਚੜਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥
The true Guru is like a ship of God’s Name, but one has to know how one can board this ship?
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਭਾਣੈ ਜੋ ਚਲੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਬੋਹਿਥ ਬੈਠਾ ਆਇ ॥
One who leads one’s life according to the true Guru’s teachings, consider that he has boarded this ship.
ਧੰਨੁ ਧੰਨੁ ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਜਿਨਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਲਏ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੪॥੩॥੬੭॥
O’ Nanak, extremely blessed are those fortunate ones, whom the true Guru unites with God. ||4|| 3