Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 411

  1. ਸਭ ਕਉ ਤਜਿ ਗਏ ਹਾਂ ॥

    have all departed from this world leaving behind that Maya.

  2. ਸੁਪਨਾ ਜਿਉ ਭਏ ਹਾਂ ॥

    Like a dream they have disappeared from the world stage.

  3. ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਿਨਿੑ ਲਏ ॥੧॥

    Then why don't you abandon the love for Maya and remember God’s Name.

  4. ਹਰਿ ਤਜਿ ਅਨ ਲਗੇ ਹਾਂ ॥

    Those who forsake God and cling to Maya, remain wandering in the cycles of birth and death.

  5. ਜਨਮਹਿ ਮਰਿ ਭਗੇ ਹਾਂ ॥

    But those who have realized God, continue to live spiritually.

  6. ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਨਿ ਲਹੇ ਹਾਂ ॥

    But those who have realized God, continue to live spiritually.

  7. ਜੀਵਤ ਸੇ ਰਹੇ ਹਾਂ ॥

    O’ Nanak, one who is blessed with God’s mercy becomes His devotee.

  8. ਜਿਸਹਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਹੋਇ ਹਾਂ ॥

    O’ Nanak, one who is blessed with God’s mercy becomes His devotee.

  9. ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤੁ ਸੋਇ ॥੨॥੭॥੧੬੩॥੨੩੨॥

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  10. ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

    One eternal God, realized by the grace of the true Guru:

  11. ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੯ ॥

    Raag Aasaa, Ninth Guru:

  12. ਬਿਰਥਾ ਕਹਉ ਕਉਨ ਸਿਉ ਮਨ ਕੀ ॥

    To whom may I describe the sad state of human mind?

  13. ਲੋਭਿ ਗ੍ਰਸਿਓ ਦਸ ਹੂ ਦਿਸ ਧਾਵਤ ਆਸਾ ਲਾਗਿਓ ਧਨ ਕੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    Engrossed in greed and obsessed with the hope of amassing worldly wealth, this mind is running around in all directions. ||1|| Pause||

  14. ਸੁਖ ਕੈ ਹੇਤਿ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਤ ਸੇਵ ਕਰਤ ਜਨ ਜਨ ਕੀ ॥

    For the sake of worldly comforts, he suffers immense pain and lives in service to one person after the other.

  15. ਦੁਆਰਹਿ ਦੁਆਰਿ ਸੁਆਨ ਜਿਉ ਡੋਲਤ ਨਹ ਸੁਧ ਰਾਮ ਭਜਨ ਕੀ ॥੧॥

    He wanders from door to door like a dog and is not conscious about remembering God.

  16. ਮਾਨਸ ਜਨਮ ਅਕਾਰਥ ਖੋਵਤ ਲਾਜ ਨ ਲੋਕ ਹਸਨ ਕੀ ॥

    He loses this human life in vain and is not even ashamed of other’s sarcasm.

  17. ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਕਿਉ ਨਹੀ ਗਾਵਤ ਕੁਮਤਿ ਬਿਨਾਸੈ ਤਨ ਕੀ ॥੨॥੧॥੨੩੩॥

    O’ Nanak, why don’t you sing praises of God, so that you may get rid of the evil disposition? ||2|| 1

  18. ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ ਘਰੁ ੨

    Raag Aasaa, Second Beat, Ashtapadees, First Guru:

  19. ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

    One eternal God, realized by the grace of the true Guru:

  20. ਉਤਰਿ ਅਵਘਟਿ ਸਰਵਰਿ ਨੑਾਵੈ ॥

    One who descends from the difficult peak of ego and bathes in the pool of saintly congregation.

  21. ਬਕੈ ਨ ਬੋਲੈ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ॥

    Without any prattles, he sings the Praises of God.

  22. ਜਲੁ ਆਕਾਸੀ ਸੁੰਨਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥

    Like water vapor in the sky, he rises and remains in the supreme spiritual state.

  23. ਰਸੁ ਸਤੁ ਝੋਲਿ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੧॥

    contemplating on the truth, he attains the supreme nectar of Naam.

  24. ਐਸਾ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਅਭ ਮੋਰੇ ॥

    O’ my mind, listen to the divine wisdom to realize God that God pervades and supports the entire universe.

  25. ਭਰਿਪੁਰਿ ਧਾਰਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਭ ਠਉਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

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  26. ਸਚੁ ਬ੍ਰਤੁ ਨੇਮੁ ਨ ਕਾਲੁ ਸੰਤਾਵੈ ॥

    Death does not agonize that person who makes truthfulness his fast and religious vow, and who burns his wrath through the true Guru’s word.

  27. ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਕਰੋਧੁ ਜਲਾਵੈ ॥

    Through the higher spiritual thinking, he remains attuned to God.

  28. ਗਗਨਿ ਨਿਵਾਸਿ ਸਮਾਧਿ ਲਗਾਵੈ ॥

    Through the higher spiritual thinking, he remains attuned to God.

  29. ਪਾਰਸੁ ਪਰਸਿ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੨॥

    By following the Guru’s teachings he obtains the supreme spiritual status.

  30. ਸਚੁ ਮਨ ਕਾਰਣਿ ਤਤੁ ਬਿਲੋਵੈ ॥

    To realize the truth, the person who again and again remembers God, is like the one who is churning milk to obtain butter and washes the dirt of vices from his mind in the brimful tank of ambrosial nectar of Naam.

  31. ਸੁਭਰ ਸਰਵਰਿ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਧੋਵੈ ॥

    To realize the truth, the person who again and again remembers God, is like the one who is churning milk to obtain butter and washes the dirt of vices from his mind in the brimful tank of ambrosial nectar of Naam.

  32. ਜੈ ਸਿਉ ਰਾਤਾ ਤੈਸੋ ਹੋਵੈ ॥

    He becomes like God, with whose love he is imbued, and believes that whatever the Creator Himself does, only that happens.

  33. ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਰੇ ਸੁ ਹੋਵੈ ॥੩॥

    He becomes like God, with whose love he is imbued, and believes that whatever the Creator Himself does, only that happens.

  34. ਗੁਰ ਹਿਵ ਸੀਤਲੁ ਅਗਨਿ ਬੁਝਾਵੈ ॥

    One who extinguishes his fiery desires by meeting and following the teachings of the Guru who is cool and calm like ice, he smears himself with the ashes of Guru’s teachings, with full dedication of the mind To live in a state of peace and poise becomes his philosophy of life.

  35. ਸੇਵਾ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਬਿਭੂਤ ਚੜਾਵੈ ॥

    Such a person sings the praises of God, as if he is playing the flute of the immaculate words of the Guru.

  36. ਦਰਸਨੁ ਆਪਿ ਸਹਜ ਘਰਿ ਆਵੈ ॥

    Such a person sings the praises of God, as if he is playing the flute of the immaculate words of the Guru.

  37. ਨਿਰਮਲ ਬਾਣੀ ਨਾਦੁ ਵਜਾਵੈ ॥੪॥

    Such a person sings the praises of God, as if he is playing the flute of the immaculate words of the Guru.

  38. ਅੰਤਰਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਸਾਰਾ ॥

    One who has enshrined divine knowledge within and who is always meditating on Naam, as if he is partaking the supreme elixir, for him, contemplation of the Guru’s word is like bathing at the holy places of pilgrimage, and has realized that his heart is God’s abode and place of worship, that person is able to unite his soul with the supreme soul of God.

  39. ਤੀਰਥ ਮਜਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਵੀਚਾਰਾ ॥

    One who has enshrined divine knowledge within and who is always meditating on Naam, as if he is partaking the supreme elixir, for him, contemplation of the Guru’s word is like bathing at the holy places of pilgrimage, and has realized that his heart is God’s abode and place of worship, that person is able to unite his soul with the supreme soul of God.

  40. ਅੰਤਰਿ ਪੂਜਾ ਥਾਨੁ ਮੁਰਾਰਾ ॥

    One who has enshrined divine knowledge within and who is always meditating on Naam, as if he is partaking the supreme elixir, for him, contemplation of the Guru’s word is like bathing at the holy places of pilgrimage, and has realized that his heart is God’s abode and place of worship, that person is able to unite his soul with the supreme soul of God.

  41. ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਹਾਰਾ ॥੫॥

    One who has enshrined divine knowledge within and who is always meditating on Naam, as if he is partaking the supreme elixir, for him, contemplation of the Guru’s word is like bathing at the holy places of pilgrimage, and has realized that his heart is God’s abode and place of worship, that person is able to unite his soul with the supreme soul of God.

  42. ਰਸਿ ਰਸਿਆ ਮਤਿ ਏਕੈ ਭਾਇ ॥

    (O’ yogi), one whose mind is permeated with the elixir of Naam and whose intellect is imbued with God’s love, he, the chosen one, merges with God, the occupier of the throne of his heart.

  43. ਤਖਤ ਨਿਵਾਸੀ ਪੰਚ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

    He does everything according to the will of the Master-God, who is intangible and cannot be described.

  44. ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਈ ਖਸਮ ਰਜਾਇ ॥

    He does everything according to the will of the Master-God, who is intangible and cannot be described.

  45. ਅਵਿਗਤ ਨਾਥੁ ਨ ਲਖਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥੬॥

    He does everything according to the will of the Master-God, who is intangible and cannot be described.

  46. ਜਲ ਮਹਿ ਉਪਜੈ ਜਲ ਤੇ ਦੂਰਿ ॥

    At sunrise, the sun appears to be coming out of water but in reality it is far away from the water.

  47. ਜਲ ਮਹਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਭਰਪੂਰਿ ॥

    Because of its light, the sun seems to be fully pervading the waters.

  48. ਕਿਸੁ ਨੇੜੈ ਕਿਸੁ ਆਖਾ ਦੂਰਿ ॥

    Similarly, God’s light is pervading in all and everywhere. I can’t say who He is close to and who He is far from.

  49. ਨਿਧਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਾ ਦੇਖਿ ਹਦੂਰਿ ॥੭॥

    Beholding Him right in front of me, I simply keep singing praises of that treasure of virtues.

  50. ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥

    Within the beings and outside in the universe, there is none other than God.

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