Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 420

  1. ਹੁਕਮੀ ਪੈਧਾ ਜਾਇ ਦਰਗਹ ਭਾਣੀਐ ॥

    According to God’s will, one goes to His presence and receives honor.

  2. ਹੁਕਮੇ ਹੀ ਸਿਰਿ ਮਾਰ ਬੰਦਿ ਰਬਾਣੀਐ ॥੫॥

    It is also according to God’s will that soul receives punishment for the sins in the form of going through different births.

  3. ਲਾਹਾ ਸਚੁ ਨਿਆਉ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਾਈਐ ॥

    The wealth of Naam is earned by enshrining truth and justice in the mind.

  4. ਲਿਖਿਆ ਪਲੈ ਪਾਇ ਗਰਬੁ ਵਞਾਈਐ ॥੬॥

    We should destroy our ego because one receives what is written in his lot.

  5. ਮਨਮੁਖੀਆ ਸਿਰਿ ਮਾਰ ਵਾਦਿ ਖਪਾਈਐ ॥

    The self-willed soul-bride is consumed by conflicts of Maya and is punished through the cycles of birth and deaths.

  6. ਠਗਿ ਮੁਠੀ ਕੂੜਿਆਰ ਬੰਨਿੑ ਚਲਾਈਐ ॥੭॥

    Such a false soul-bride is deceived and is driven away bound in chains of worldly attachments.

  7. ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਵਸਾਇ ਨ ਪਛੋਤਾਵਹੀ ॥

    Enshrine God in your heart and you shall not have to repent in the end.

  8. ਗੁਨਹਾਂ ਬਖਸਣਹਾਰੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਮਾਵਹੀ ॥੮॥

    Follow the Guru’s word and sing the praises of that God, who forgives sins.

  9. ਨਾਨਕੁ ਮੰਗੈ ਸਚੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਘਾਲੀਐ ॥

    O’ God, Nanak begs for the gift of Your eternal Name so that I may make this effort of moulding myself according to the Guru’s teachings.

  10. ਮੈ ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ਨਦਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਲੀਐ ॥੯॥੧੬॥

    Except You, I have no one else to look to; please bless me with Your glance of grace. ||9|| 16|| Raag Aasaa, First Guru:

  11. ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    Raag Aasaa, First Guru:

  12. ਕਿਆ ਜੰਗਲੁ ਢੂਢੀ ਜਾਇ ਮੈ ਘਰਿ ਬਨੁ ਹਰੀਆਵਲਾ ॥

    Why should I go searching God in the forests, when God is dwelling in my heart making it evergreen.

  13. ਸਚਿ ਟਿਕੈ ਘਰਿ ਆਇ ਸਬਦਿ ਉਤਾਵਲਾ ॥੧॥

    One who follows the Guru’s word and attunes to God; he instantaneously realizes God’s presence in his heart.

  14. ਜਹ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਹ ਸੋਇ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੀਐ ॥

    Wherever I look, there He is; I know no one else.

  15. ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਇ ਮਹਲੁ ਪਛਾਣੀਐ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    By following the Guru’s teachings, one realizes God's presence everywhere. ||1|| Pause||

  16. ਆਪਿ ਮਿਲਾਵੈ ਸਚੁ ਤਾ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵਈ ॥

    When God imbues a person with His Love, then He becomes pleasing to that person’s heart.

  17. ਚਲੈ ਸਦਾ ਰਜਾਇ ਅੰਕਿ ਸਮਾਵਈ ॥੨॥

    That person then lives by His Will and merges into His Being.

  18. ਸਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਵਸਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਸੋਈ ॥

    One who realizes the Master-God in the heart, then he beholds that God permeating everywhere.

  19. ਆਪੇ ਦੇ ਵਡਿਆਈਆ ਦੇ ਤੋਟਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੩॥

    God Himself grants greatness and His Gifts never run short.

  20. ਅਬੇ ਤਬੇ ਕੀ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਕਿਉ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਾਵੈ ॥

    How can one realize God’s presence by worshiping ordinary people?

  21. ਪਥਰ ਕੀ ਬੇੜੀ ਜੇ ਚੜੈ ਭਰ ਨਾਲਿ ਬੁਡਾਵੈ ॥੪॥

    One who embarks on a boat of stone (one who lives a sinful life), drowns in the world ocean of vices.

  22. ਆਪਨੜਾ ਮਨੁ ਵੇਚੀਐ ਸਿਰੁ ਦੀਜੈ ਨਾਲੇ ॥

    If we surrender our intellect (mind) and ego to the Guru,

  23. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਸਤੁ ਪਛਾਣੀਐ ਅਪਨਾ ਘਰੁ ਭਾਲੇ ॥੫॥

    then by searching our heart through the Guru’s teachings we recognize the wealth of Naam within.

  24. ਜੰਮਣ ਮਰਣਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਤਿਨਿ ਕਰਤੈ ਕੀਆ ॥

    People talk about the birth and death which the Creator has created Himself.

  25. ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਮਰਿ ਰਹੇ ਫਿਰਿ ਮਰਣੁ ਨ ਥੀਆ ॥੬॥

    Those who eradicate their ego and remain detached from Maya (worldly desires), do not fall in the cycle of birth and death.

  26. ਸਾਈ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਵਣੀ ਧੁਰ ਕੀ ਫੁਰਮਾਈ ॥

    One does those deeds which are preordained for him.

  27. ਜੇ ਮਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਦੇ ਮਿਲੈ ਕਿਨਿ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੭॥

    If one surrenders his mind to the true Guru and remains attuned to the love of God, then no one can estimate his worth.

  28. ਰਤਨਾ ਪਾਰਖੁ ਸੋ ਧਣੀ ਤਿਨਿ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥

    God Himself evaluates the jewel-like virtues of that mind and He himself decides their worth.

  29. ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਸਚੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੮॥੧੭॥

    O’ Nanak, true is the Glory of the one, who has realized God’s presence in his heart. ||8|| 17|| Raag Aasaa, First Guru:

  30. ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    Raag Aasaa, First Guru:

  31. ਜਿਨੑੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਈ ॥

    Those who are lost in false illusions and have forsaken God’s Name, their condition is like those who forsake the strong trunk of a tree (God) and cling to a mere branch (Maya); they would obtain nothing but dust.

  32. ਮੂਲੁ ਛੋਡਿ ਡਾਲੀ ਲਗੇ ਕਿਆ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਛਾਈ ॥੧॥

    If someone understands that no one can be saved from the affects of Maya without meditating on Naam,

  33. ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕਿਉ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਜੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋਈ ॥

    If someone understands that no one can be saved from the affects of Maya without meditating on Naam,

  34. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਇ ਤ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਪਤਿ ਖੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    then by following the Guru’s teachings that person escapes from the love for Maya; the self-willed persons lose their honor. ||1|| Pause||

  35. ਜਿਨੑੀ ਏਕੋ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਪੂਰੀ ਮਤਿ ਭਾਈ ॥

    O’ brother, perfect is the intellect of those who meditate on God.

  36. ਆਦਿ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਨਿਰੰਜਨਾ ਜਨ ਹਰਿ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥੨॥

    Such devotees remain in God’s refuge who has been there since even before the beginning of the ages and who is not affected by Maya.

  37. ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਅਵਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਭਾਈ ॥

    O’ brother, my Master is the one and only God, except Him there is none other.

  38. ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਾਚੇ ਪਰਥਾਈ ॥੩॥

    I have enjoyed celestial peace by the grace and support of the eternal God.

  39. ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਕੇਤੀ ਕਹੈ ਕਹਾਏ ॥

    No matter what people say or quote, but no one has ever realized God without the Guru’s teachings.

  40. ਆਪਿ ਦਿਖਾਵੈ ਵਾਟੜੀਂ ਸਚੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਏ ॥੪॥

    On His own, God shows the right way to realize Him and implants His true devotional worship within the person.

  41. ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਜੇ ਸਮਝਾਈਐ ਭੀ ਉਝੜਿ ਜਾਏ ॥

    A self-willed person goes astray, even if a right path is shown to him.

  42. ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮ ਨ ਛੂਟਸੀ ਮਰਿ ਨਰਕ ਸਮਾਏ ॥੫॥

    Without meditating on God’s Name, that person will not be saved from following the wrong path and will suffer immense pain as if he is in hell.

  43. ਜਨਮਿ ਮਰੈ ਭਰਮਾਈਐ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਲੇਵੈ ॥

    One who does not meditate on God’s Name, keeps on wandering in the cycles of birth and death.

  44. ਤਾ ਕੀ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਨਾ ਪਵੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵੈ ॥੬॥

    Without following the Guru’s teachings, the worth of God’s Name cannot be realized.

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