Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 419
ਜੋਗੀ ਭੋਗੀ ਕਾਪੜੀ ਕਿਆ ਭਵਹਿ ਦਿਸੰਤਰ ॥
Why do the Yogis, the revellers and the beggars wander in foreign lands?
ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਚੀਨੑਹੀ ਤਤੁ ਸਾਰੁ ਨਿਰੰਤਰ ॥੩॥
They do not reflect on the Guru’s word, in which lies the essence of truth.
ਪੰਡਿਤ ਪਾਧੇ ਜੋਇਸੀ ਨਿਤ ਪੜ੍ਹਹਿ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ॥
Pundits, teachers, and astrologers daily read Puranas (Hindu scriptures).
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਵਸਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੑੀ ਘਟਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਲੁਕਾਣਾ ॥੪॥
But they do not recognize the valuable commodity of Naam and do not realize that the all pervading God is hiding within them.
ਇਕਿ ਤਪਸੀ ਬਨ ਮਹਿ ਤਪੁ ਕਰਹਿ ਨਿਤ ਤੀਰਥ ਵਾਸਾ ॥
Some penitents perform penance in the forests and always reside at holy places.
ਆਪੁ ਨ ਚੀਨਹਿ ਤਾਮਸੀ ਕਾਹੇ ਭਏ ਉਦਾਸਾ ॥੫॥
These men filled with anger do not understand even themselves; why have they become renunciates?
ਇਕਿ ਬਿੰਦੁ ਜਤਨ ਕਰਿ ਰਾਖਦੇ ਸੇ ਜਤੀ ਕਹਾਵਹਿ ॥
Many make great efforts to control their lust and call themselves celibates.
ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦ ਨ ਛੂਟਹੀ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਆਵਹਿ ਜਾਵਹਿ ॥੬॥
But without following the Guru’s word, they are not able to escape from lust and lost in the illusion of celibacy remain in the cycles of birth and death.
ਇਕਿ ਗਿਰਹੀ ਸੇਵਕ ਸਾਧਿਕਾ ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਲਾਗੇ ॥
There are many householders who strive to serve others and follow the Guru’s teachings .
ਨਾਮੁ ਦਾਨੁ ਇਸਨਾਨੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜੁ ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਸੁ ਜਾਗੇ ॥੭॥
They meditate on Naam, give charity and do the ablution of living an honest life. By resolutely worshipping God, they remain alert to worldly allurements.
ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਦਰੁ ਘਰੁ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਸੋ ਜਾਇ ਸਿਞਾਣੈ ॥
Understanding about the self and God is attained from the Guru; he who follows the Guru’s teachings, recognizes himself and God both here and hereafter.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਵੀਸਰੈ ਸਾਚੇ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨੈ ॥੮॥੧੪॥
O’ Nanak, such a person does not forsake God’s Name because that person’s mind now truly believes in the eternal God. ||8
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
Raag Aasaa, First Guru:
ਮਨਸਾ ਮਨਹਿ ਸਮਾਇਲੇ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਸਚਿ ਤਰਣਾ ॥
Raag Aasaa, First Guru:
ਆਦਿ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਤੂ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਤੇਰੀ ਸਰਣਾ ॥੧॥
It is only by subduing the worldly desire in the mind and by meditating on the eternal God that one can swim across the dreadful worldly ocean of vices.
ਤੂ ਦਾਤੌ ਹਮ ਜਾਚਿਕਾ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਦੀਜੈ ॥
O’ the merciful God, You have existed since the beginning of the ages and even before that; I have come to Your refuge.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ਮਨ ਮੰਦਰੁ ਭੀਜੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
O’ God, You are the Giver and we are Your beggars, please grant us your vision.
ਕੂੜਾ ਲਾਲਚੁ ਛੋਡੀਐ ਤਉ ਸਾਚੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ॥
When we follow the Guru’s teachings and meditate on Naam, our heart gets imbued with God’s love. ||1|| Pause||
ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਮਾਈਐ ਪਰਮਾਰਥੁ ਜਾਣੈ ॥੨॥
We realize the eternal God only when we abandon false greed.
ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਜਾ ਲੋਭੀਆ ਲੁਭਤਉ ਲੋਭਾਈ ॥
We understand the true spiritual path only when we merge in Naam by following the Guru’s teaching.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਲੋਭੁ ਨਿਵਾਰੀਐ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਬਣਿ ਆਈ ॥੩॥
This greedy mind acts as if it were the king of the entire human body and always remains engrossed in greed for Maya.
ਕਲਰਿ ਖੇਤੀ ਬੀਜੀਐ ਕਿਉ ਲਾਹਾ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
This greed can be eradicated only by following the Guru’s teachings; one who does that gets imbued with God’s love.
ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਸਚਿ ਨ ਭੀਜਈ ਕੂੜੁ ਕੂੜਿ ਗਡਾਵੈ ॥੪॥
Just as one cannot reap any profit by sowing crops in a barren land, Similarly a self-willed person cannot reap any benefit of devotional worship because he remains merged into falsehood.
ਲਾਲਚੁ ਛੋਡਹੁ ਅੰਧਿਹੋ ਲਾਲਚਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਭਾਰੀ ॥
O’ people, blinded by greed, abandon greed because greed brings immense pain.
ਸਾਚੌ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਮਾਰੀ ॥੫॥
One who eradicates his love for Maya (worldly riches and power) and ego, realizes the eternal God’s presence in his heart.
ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਛੋਡਿ ਕੁਵਾਟੜੀ ਮੂਸਹੁਗੇ ਭਾਈ ॥
O’ brothers, renounce the wrong path of duality, otherwise you would be robbed of your virtues.
ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਲਾਹੀਐ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥੬॥
By following the true Guru’s teachings, day and night we should sing the praises of God’s Name.
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਪਥਰੁ ਸੈਲੁ ਹੈ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਫੀਕਾ ॥
The heart of a self-willed is like a stone; accursed and unpleasant is his life.
ਜਲ ਮਹਿ ਕੇਤਾ ਰਾਖੀਐ ਅਭ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸੂਕਾ ॥੭॥
The core of a stone remains dry even when kept in water for a long time; similarly a self-conceited person remains unaffected by any amount of good advice.
ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹੈ ਪੂਰੈ ਗੁਰਿ ਦੀਆ ॥
God’s Name is a treasure of all virtues; to whom the perfect Guru has given it,
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਵੀਸਰੈ ਮਥਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਆ ॥੮॥੧੫॥
O’ Nanak, he never forsakes God’s Name because by always meditating on Naam he has partaken the ambrosial nectar of Naam. ||8
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
Raag Aasaa, First Guru:
ਚਲੇ ਚਲਣਹਾਰ ਵਾਟ ਵਟਾਇਆ ॥
Like travellers, people depart from the world after remaining astray from the righteous path of life,
ਧੰਧੁ ਪਿਟੇ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਸਚੁ ਨ ਭਾਇਆ ॥੧॥
Because they do not love the eternal God’s Name, they unnecessarily keep doing those deeds which keep them entangled in Maya.
ਕਿਆ ਭਵੀਐ ਕਿਆ ਢੂਢੀਐ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਦਿਖਾਇਆ ॥
Why should we wander and search Him in different places, when the Guru’s word has revealed God to us within our own heart?
ਮਮਤਾ ਮੋਹੁ ਵਿਸਰਜਿਆ ਅਪਨੈ ਘਰਿ ਆਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Leaving behind egotism and worldly attachment, my mind has come back to its own house, the abode of God in the body itself. ||1|| Pause||
ਸਚਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਚਿਆਰੁ ਕੂੜਿ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
God is realized only by following the path of truth and not through falsehood.
ਸਚੇ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ਬਹੁੜਿ ਨ ਆਈਐ ॥੨॥
By remaining attuned to God, one does not take birth again and again.
ਮੋਇਆ ਕਉ ਕਿਆ ਰੋਵਹੁ ਰੋਇ ਨ ਜਾਣਹੂ ॥
Why do you mourn for the deceased? You do not even know the real reason to grieve (separation from God).
ਰੋਵਹੁ ਸਚੁ ਸਲਾਹਿ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਪਛਾਣਹੂ ॥੩॥
Mourn over the reasons for your separation from God by lovingly singing His praises and recognize His command (that birth and death is by His will).
ਹੁਕਮੀ ਵਜਹੁ ਲਿਖਾਇ ਆਇਆ ਜਾਣੀਐ ॥
We should understand that everyone comes into this world with preordained sustenance.
ਲਾਹਾ ਪਲੈ ਪਾਇ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਸਿਞਾਣੀਐ ॥੪॥
If we realize the will of God, only then we earn the profit of human life.