Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 422
ਜਉ ਲਗੁ ਜੀਉ ਪਰਾਣ ਸਚੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ॥
As long as there is the breath of life, one should meditate on the eternal God.
ਲਾਹਾ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਈਐ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
One who sings the praises of God is blessed with celestial peace. ||1|| Pause||
ਸਚੀ ਤੇਰੀ ਕਾਰ ਦੇਹਿ ਦਇਆਲ ਤੂੰ ॥
O’ merciful God, bless me with Your devotional worship, which is truly perfect.
ਹਉ ਜੀਵਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਸਾਲਾਹਿ ਮੈ ਟੇਕ ਅਧਾਰੁ ਤੂੰ ॥੨॥
I remain spiritually alive by singing Your praises; You are my only support and mainstay.
ਦਰਿ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਦਰਵਾਨੁ ਦਰਦੁ ਤੂੰ ਜਾਣਹੀ ॥
O’ God, You know about the pain and suffering of the one who comes to Your refuge like a true servant.
ਭਗਤਿ ਤੇਰੀ ਹੈਰਾਨੁ ਦਰਦੁ ਗਵਾਵਹੀ ॥੩॥
How wonderful is Your devotional worship! It removes all pains.
ਦਰਗਹ ਨਾਮੁ ਹਦੂਰਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਣਸੀ ॥
Only a Guru’s follower knows that meditation on Naam in His presence is approved by God.
ਵੇਲਾ ਸਚੁ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਪਛਾਣਸੀ ॥੪॥
Fruitful and acceptable is the life of a person who realizes God by following the Guru’s word.
ਸਤੁ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਕਰਿ ਭਾਉ ਤੋਸਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੇਇ ॥
Those who practice truth, contentment and love in life and meditate on God’s Name, they banish the evil impulses of the mind and the eternal God blesses them with His eternal Name.
ਮਨਹੁ ਛੋਡਿ ਵਿਕਾਰ ਸਚਾ ਸਚੁ ਦੇਇ ॥੫॥
The eternal God imbues someone with His love on His own.
ਸਚੇ ਸਚਾ ਨੇਹੁ ਸਚੈ ਲਾਇਆ ॥
The eternal God imbues someone with His love on His own.
ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਨਿਆਉ ਜੋ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਇਆ ॥੬॥
He Himself administers justice, as it pleases Him.
ਸਚੇ ਸਚੀ ਦਾਤਿ ਦੇਹਿ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਹੈ ॥
O’ God, You are always merciful on beings, please bless me with the gift of Your eternal Name,
ਤਿਸੁ ਸੇਵੀ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਮੋਲੁ ਹੈ ॥੭॥
Day and night, I meditate on that God whose Name is priceless.
ਤੂੰ ਉਤਮੁ ਹਉ ਨੀਚੁ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਕਾਂਢੀਆ ॥
You are sublime and I am a lowly person, even then I am called Your servant.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇਹੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਚੁ ਵਾਂਢੀਆ ॥੮॥੨੧॥
O’ God, please cast Your glance of grace on Nanak, so that he, the separated one, may receive Your eternal Name and become reunited with You. ||8
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
Aasaa, First Mehla:
ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣਾ ਕਿਉ ਰਹੈ ਕਿਉ ਮੇਲਾ ਹੋਈ ॥
Raag Aasaa, First Gurul: How can human being’s cycle of birth and death end ? How may one realize God?
ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਕਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਘਣੋ ਨਿਤ ਸਹਸਾ ਦੋਈ ॥੧॥
Immense is the pain of births and deaths and one keeps agonizing because of duality and love for Maya.
ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕਿਆ ਜੀਵਨਾ ਫਿਟੁ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ॥
Life without meditation on Naam is not worth living; despicable and accursed is the worldly cleverness, if one does not serve and follow the true Saint-Guru’s teachings and if God’s devotional worship does not become pleasing to him.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਾਧੁ ਨ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਭਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
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ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਵਣੁ ਤਉ ਰਹੈ ਪਾਈਐ ਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ॥
The cycles of births and deaths end only when one meets the perfect Guru and follow his teachings.
ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਨੁ ਰਾਸਿ ਦੇਇ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਕੂਰਾ ॥੨॥
The Guru blesses that one with the wealth of God’s Name because of which his false doubt of worldly wealth vanishes.
ਸੰਤ ਜਨਾ ਕਉ ਮਿਲਿ ਰਹੈ ਧਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਜਸੁ ਗਾਏ ॥
One who Joins the company humble Saints, always thanks God and sings His praises, that Guru’s follower realizes God, the Infinite and Primal Being.
ਆਦਿ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਅਪਰੰਪਰਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਏ ॥੩॥
This world, like the show of a buffoon, is a short lived play.
ਨਟੂਐ ਸਾਂਗੁ ਬਣਾਇਆ ਬਾਜੀ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥
For a moment or so, the show is seen but it disappears in no time at all.
ਖਿਨੁ ਪਲੁ ਬਾਜੀ ਦੇਖੀਐ ਉਝਰਤ ਨਹੀ ਬਾਰਾ ॥੪॥
Engrossed in ego people are playing the game of life, as if they are playing a board game with the pieces of falsehood and ego, the entire world is losing in this game of life; only that person wins who reflects on the Guru’s word and acts accordingly.
ਹਉਮੈ ਚਉਪੜਿ ਖੇਲਣਾ ਝੂਠੇ ਅਹੰਕਾਰਾ ॥
Engrossed in ego people are playing the game of life, as if they are playing a board game with the pieces of falsehood and ego,
ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਹਾਰੈ ਸੋ ਜਿਣੈ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰਾ ॥੫॥
the entire world is losing in this game of life; only that person wins who reflects on the Guru’s word and acts accordingly.
ਜਿਉ ਅੰਧੁਲੈ ਹਥਿ ਟੋਹਣੀ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਹਮਾਰੈ ॥
As is the staff in the hand of a blind person, so is God’s Name for me.
ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਹਰਿ ਟੇਕ ਹੈ ਨਿਸਿ ਦਉਤ ਸਵਾਰੈ ॥੬॥
God’s Name is light for the darkness of my spiritual ignorance; God’s name is such a support which helps me day and Night.
ਜਿਉ ਤੂੰ ਰਾਖਹਿ ਤਿਉ ਰਹਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮ ਅਧਾਰਾ ॥
O’ God, with the support of Your Name, I can live as You keep me.
ਅੰਤਿ ਸਖਾਈ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਨ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਦੁਆਰਾ ॥੭॥
Your humble servant has realized Naam, which helps in the end and liberates him from vices and the cycles of birth and death.
ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਦੁਖ ਮੇਟਿਆ ਜਪਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੁਰਾਰੇ ॥
The pain from the cycles of birth and death can be erased by meditating on God’s Name.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਵੀਸਰੈ ਪੂਰਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਤਾਰੇ ॥੮॥੨੨॥
O Nanak, those who do not forget Naam, the perfect Guru ferries them across the word-ocean of vices. ||8
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ ਘਰੁ ੨
Aasaa, Third Mehla, Ashtpadheeyaa, Second House:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
Raag Aasaa, Ashtapadees, Second beat, Third Guru: One eternal God, realized by the grace of the true Guru:
ਸਾਸਤੁ ਬੇਦੁ ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਸਰੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਸੁਰਸਰੀ ਚਰਣ ਸਮਾਣੀ ॥
O’ God, meditating on Your Name is like acquiring the wisdom of all the Shastras, Vedas and Simrities and attuning to Your Name is like taking a bath in Ganges.
ਸਾਖਾ ਤੀਨਿ ਮੂਲੁ ਮਤਿ ਰਾਵੈ ਤੂੰ ਤਾਂ ਸਰਬ ਵਿਡਾਣੀ ॥੧॥
O’ God, You are the master of this astounding world and the creator of the three pronged Maya; my intellect remains enjoying the bliss of remembering You.
ਤਾ ਕੇ ਚਰਣ ਜਪੈ ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਬੋਲੇ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Servant Nanak utters the ambrosial word of God’s praises and meditates on His Name. ||1|| Pause||
ਤੇਤੀਸ ਕਰੋੜੀ ਦਾਸ ਤੁਮੑਾਰੇ ਰਿਧਿ ਸਿਧਿ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਅਧਾਰੀ ॥
O’ God, all the so called millions of gods are Your servants; You are the bestower of all the miracles, supernatural powers and life breaths.