Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 421
ਜੇਹੀ ਸੇਵ ਕਰਾਈਐ ਕਰਣੀ ਭੀ ਸਾਈ ॥
Whatever service God causes a person to do, that is just what he does.
ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇ ਕਿਸੁ ਆਖੀਐ ਵੇਖੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੭॥
God Himself creates the entire universe and looks after it, so to whom we may say anything; He Himself understands His glory.
ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਸੋ ਕਰੇ ਜਿਸੁ ਆਪਿ ਕਰਾਏ ॥
He alone follows the Guru’s teachings, whom God Himself inspires to do so.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਿਰੁ ਦੇ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਤਿ ਪਾਏ ॥੮॥੧੮॥
O’ Nanak, one who surrenders his misguided intellect and ego to the Guru, is liberated from the worldly bonds and honored in God’s presence. ||8
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
Raag Aasaa, First Guru:
ਰੂੜੋ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਮਾਹਰੋ ਰੂੜੀ ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ॥
O’ Master-God, You are extremely hand By great good fortune, one meets the true Guru and attains the supreme spiritual status which is free of worldly desires.
ਵਡੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਪਾਈਐ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੀ ॥੧॥
By great good fortune, one meets the true Guru and attains the supreme spiritual status which is free of worldly desires.
ਮੈ ਓਲੑਗੀਆ ਓਲੑਗੀ ਹਮ ਛੋਰੂ ਥਾਰੇ ॥
O’ God, I am the servant of your devotees; I am Your menial servant.
ਜਿਉ ਤੂੰ ਰਾਖਹਿ ਤਿਉ ਰਹਾ ਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਹਮਾਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
I wish to live as it pleases You and Naam be always on my lips. ||1|| Pause||
ਦਰਸਨ ਕੀ ਪਿਆਸਾ ਘਣੀ ਭਾਣੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਈਐ ॥
People have an intense desire to behold God’s blessed vision, but it is according to His will that Naam becomes pleasing to their mind and they realize Him.
ਮੇਰੇ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਹਾਥਿ ਵਡਿਆਈਆ ਭਾਣੈ ਪਤਿ ਪਾਈਐ ॥੨॥
All glories are in the hands of my Master-God and it is according to His will that one obtains honor.
ਸਾਚਉ ਦੂਰਿ ਨ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਹੈ ਸੋਈ ॥
We should not think that the eternal God is far away; He dwells within us.
ਜਹ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਹ ਰਵਿ ਰਹੇ ਕਿਨਿ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥੩॥
Wherever I look, I find Him pervading there but who can assess His worth?
ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇ ਆਪੇ ਹਰੇ ਵੇਖੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥
God Himself creates and He Himself destroys.; He Himself beholds His own glory.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਇ ਨਿਹਾਲੀਐ ਇਉ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੪॥
We can behold Him by following the Guru’s teachings and this is how His worth is understood that He is pervading everywhere.
ਜੀਵਦਿਆ ਲਾਹਾ ਮਿਲੈ ਗੁਰ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਵੈ ॥
One who follows the Guru’s teachings, obtains the wealth of Naam in this life.
ਪੂਰਬਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਤਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੫॥
If it is so preordained, only then one meets the true Guru.
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਤੋਟਾ ਨਿਤ ਹੈ ਭਰਮਹਿ ਭਰਮਾਏ ॥
The self-willed persons continually lose their virtues and deluded by Maya they continually wander around.
ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਅੰਧੁ ਨ ਚੇਤਈ ਕਿਉ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਪਾਏ ॥੬॥
Blind in the love for Maya, an egocentric person does not remember God; how can such a person have His blessed vision?
ਤਾ ਜਗਿ ਆਇਆ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਸਾਚੈ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਏ ॥
One's coming into the world is judged worthwhile only if one lovingly attunes oneself to the eternal God.
ਗੁਰ ਭੇਟੇ ਪਾਰਸੁ ਭਏ ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥੭॥
Those who meet and follow the Guru’s teachings become like the Guru, just like a mythical stone (paaras), and their soul merges in the Supreme Soul.
ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਰਹੈ ਨਿਰਾਲਮੋ ਕਾਰ ਧੁਰ ਕੀ ਕਰਣੀ ॥
One who always meditates on God with loving devotion remains detached from maya (the worldly entanglements).
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਸੰਤੋਖੀਆ ਰਾਤੇ ਹਰਿ ਚਰਣੀ ॥੮॥੧੯॥
O’ Nanak, attuned to Naam, people become satiated in life and remain imbued with God’s love. ||8
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
Raag Aasaa, First Guru:
ਕੇਤਾ ਆਖਣੁ ਆਖੀਐ ਤਾ ਕੇ ਅੰਤ ਨ ਜਾਣਾ ॥
However much I may describe God’s virtues, I still cannot know His limit.
ਮੈ ਨਿਧਰਿਆ ਧਰ ਏਕ ਤੂੰ ਮੈ ਤਾਣੁ ਸਤਾਣਾ ॥੧॥
O’ God, You are the only support of a supportless person like me and You are my almighty power.
ਨਾਨਕ ਕੀ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ਹੈ ਸਚ ਨਾਮਿ ਸੁਹੇਲਾ ॥
The prayer of Nanak is that by attuning to God’s Name, I may remain in peace.
ਆਪੁ ਗਇਆ ਸੋਝੀ ਪਈ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਮੇਲਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
The understanding to pray like this comes to the one who eradicates his ego and then by following the Guru’s teachings he realizes God. ||1|| Pause||
ਹਉਮੈ ਗਰਬੁ ਗਵਾਈਐ ਪਾਈਐ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
We obtain contemplative ability by abandoning egotism and false pride.
ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸਿਉ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ਦੇ ਸਾਚੁ ਅਧਾਰੁ ॥੨॥
When one is pleased with God, then He blesses him the support of Naam.
ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸੰਤੋਖੀਆ ਸੇਵਾ ਸਚੁ ਸਾਈ ॥
Service of the one who remains content by always meditating on Naam with loving devotion, is approved in God’s presence.
ਤਾ ਕਉ ਬਿਘਨੁ ਨ ਲਾਗਈ ਚਾਲੈ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਰਜਾਈ ॥੩॥
One who lives according to God’s will faces no obstruction in life.
ਹੁਕਮਿ ਰਜਾਈ ਜੋ ਚਲੈ ਸੋ ਪਵੈ ਖਜਾਨੈ ॥
One who lives by God’s will is accepted in God’s treasure like a genuine coin.
ਖੋਟੇ ਠਵਰ ਨ ਪਾਇਨੀ ਰਲੇ ਜੂਠਾਨੈ ॥੪॥
But the false ones, who do not live according to God’s will find no place in His treasure; they remain mixed with other false ones.
ਨਿਤ ਨਿਤ ਖਰਾ ਸਮਾਲੀਐ ਸਚੁ ਸਉਦਾ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
Always enshrine Naam in your heart like the genuine coins, because it is the only true wealth that is forever.
ਖੋਟੇ ਨਦਰਿ ਨ ਆਵਨੀ ਲੇ ਅਗਨਿ ਜਲਾਈਐ ॥੫॥
The false ones are not approved by God; they are seized and cast into the fire cycles of birth and death.
ਜਿਨੀ ਆਤਮੁ ਚੀਨਿਆ ਪਰਮਾਤਮੁ ਸੋਈ ॥
They alone realize God, who reflect on their self.
ਏਕੋ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਿਰਖੁ ਹੈ ਫਲੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਹੋਈ ॥੬॥
They realize that God is like an ambrosial tree that yields ambrosial fruit.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਫਲੁ ਜਿਨੀ ਚਾਖਿਆ ਸਚਿ ਰਹੇ ਅਘਾਈ ॥
Those who have tasted the ambrosial fruit of Naam remain satiated with Truth.
ਤਿੰਨਾ ਭਰਮੁ ਨ ਭੇਦੁ ਹੈ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਨ ਰਸਾਈ ॥੭॥
They have no doubt and no sense of identity separate from God; their tongue always remains imbued with the elixir of God’s Name.
ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸੰਜੋਗੀ ਆਇਆ ਚਲੁ ਸਦਾ ਰਜਾਈ ॥
O’ mortal, you came into the world by His command; therefore, always live according to His will.
ਅਉਗਣਿਆਰੇ ਕਉ ਗੁਣੁ ਨਾਨਕੈ ਸਚੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਾਈ ॥੮॥੨੦॥
O’ God, Please bless me, the unvirtuous Nanak, with such virtues that I may obtain the glory of meditating on Your Name. ||8
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
Raag Aasaa, First Guru:
ਮਨੁ ਰਾਤਉ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇ ਸਚੁ ਵਖਾਣਿਆ ॥
One whose mind is imbued with the love of God’s Name, he always sings praises of the eternal God, and while doing so, if that person becomes pleasing to You, then what harm does it do to other people?
ਲੋਕਾ ਦਾ ਕਿਆ ਜਾਇ ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਣਿਆ ॥੧॥
and while doing so, if that person becomes pleasing to You, then what harm does it do to other people?