Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 447
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਿਆ ਆਰਾਧਿਆ ਮੁਖਿ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਭਾਗੁ ਸਭਾਗਾ ॥
Then he started meditating and contemplating on God’s Name and realized his preordained good fortune.
ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਧਾਰੀ ਮਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਮੀਠਾ ਲਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥
Devotee Nanak says, the person on whom God bestowed mercy, His Name seems sweet to the mind of that person.
ਹਰਿ ਦਇਆ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਧਾਰਹੁ ਪਾਖਣ ਹਮ ਤਾਰਹੁ ਕਢਿ ਲੇਵਹੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥੪॥੫॥੧੨॥
O’ God, show mercy and carry the stone hearted sinners like us across the worldly ocean of vices and intuitively pull us out of the swamp of emotional attachments. ||4|| 5
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
Raag Aasaa, Fourth Guru:
ਮਨਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਾਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤ ਜਨਾ ਮਨਿ ਚਾਉ ਜੀਉ ॥
Raag Aasaa, Fourth Guru: God’s devotees always meditate on Naam in their minds, God’s Name seems sweet to their minds and in their minds there always remains a craving to meditate on God’s Name.
ਜੋ ਜਨ ਮਰਿ ਜੀਵੇ ਤਿਨੑ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਵੇ ਮਨਿ ਲਾਗਾ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਭਾਉ ਜੀਉ ॥
Those devotees who remain imbued with God’s love, by following the Guru’s teachings; they partake the ambrosial nectar of Naam, eradicate self-conceit and remain spiritually alive.
ਮਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਭਾਉ ਗੁਰੁ ਕਰੇ ਪਸਾਉ ਜੀਵਨ ਮੁਕਤੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਈ ॥
Love for God develops in the mind of those upon whom the Guru is gracious, and even while performing their worldly duties, they remain liberated from worldly bonds and live in peace.
ਜੀਵਣਿ ਮਰਣਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸੁਹੇਲੇ ਮਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਸੋਈ ॥
They always (from birth to death) live in celestial peace by meditating on that God’s Name who is enshrined in their hearts.
ਮਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਸ ਗਟਾਕ ਪੀਆਉ ਜੀਉ ॥
God is enshrined in their hearts; through the Guru’s teachings they enjoy the elixir of God’s Name, as if they drink the elixir of God’s Name in big gulps.
ਮਨਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਾਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤ ਜਨਾ ਮਨਿ ਚਾਉ ਜੀਉ ॥੧॥
God’s devotees always meditate on Naam in their minds, God’s Name seems sweet to their minds and in their minds there always remains a craving to meditate on God’s Name.
ਜਗਿ ਮਰਣੁ ਨ ਭਾਇਆ ਨਿਤ ਆਪੁ ਲੁਕਾਇਆ ਮਤ ਜਮੁ ਪਕਰੈ ਲੈ ਜਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥
The people of the world do not like death; they try to hide from it. They are afraid that the demon of death may catch them and take them away.
ਹਰਿ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਏਕੋ ਇਹੁ ਜੀਅੜਾ ਰਖਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥
But the same one God is within the body and outside; this soul cannot be concealed from Him.
ਕਿਉ ਜੀਉ ਰਖੀਜੈ ਹਰਿ ਵਸਤੁ ਲੋੜੀਜੈ ਜਿਸ ਕੀ ਵਸਤੁ ਸੋ ਲੈ ਜਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥
How can one save one’s soul? God, to whom it belongs, takes it back when He desires.
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਕਰਣ ਪਲਾਵ ਕਰਿ ਭਰਮੇ ਸਭਿ ਅਉਖਧ ਦਾਰੂ ਲਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥
The self-willed persons wander around in pathetic lamentation, trying all medicines and remedies.
ਜਿਸ ਕੀ ਵਸਤੁ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਲਏ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਜਨ ਉਬਰੇ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਮਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥
God, to whom this soul belongs, takes it back; however, the devotees are saved from the fear of death by following the Guru’s teachings.
ਜਗਿ ਮਰਣੁ ਨ ਭਾਇਆ ਨਿਤ ਆਪੁ ਲੁਕਾਇਆ ਮਤ ਜਮੁ ਪਕਰੈ ਲੈ ਜਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥੨॥
The people of the world do not like death; they try to hide from it. They are afraid that the demon of death may catch them and take them away.
ਧੁਰਿ ਮਰਣੁ ਲਿਖਾਇਆ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੋਹਾਇਆ ਜਨ ਉਬਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਨਿ ਜੀਉ ॥
The predestined death seems beautiful to the Guru’s followers, these devotees escape the fear of death by remaining attuned to meditation on God.
ਹਰਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਪਾਈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਗਹ ਪੈਧੇ ਜਾਨਿ ਜੀਉ ॥
By meditating on God’s Name, they obtain honor and glory in this world and go to God’s presence with honor.
ਹਰਿ ਦਰਗਹ ਪੈਧੇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੈ ਸੀਧੇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੈ ਤੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
By meditating on God’s Name they enjoy celestial peace, attain the goal of human life and receive honor in God’s presence.
ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਦੋਵੈ ਦੁਖ ਮੇਟੇ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਮੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥
They merge in God’s Name; their pain (cycle) of birth and death ends.
ਹਰਿ ਜਨ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਰਲਿ ਏਕੋ ਹੋਏ ਹਰਿ ਜਨ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਏਕ ਸਮਾਨਿ ਜੀਉ ॥
God's devotees and God merge into oneness; God's devotee and God are one and the same.
ਧੁਰਿ ਮਰਣੁ ਲਿਖਾਇਆ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੋਹਾਇਆ ਜਨ ਉਬਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਨਿ ਜੀਉ ॥੩॥
The predestined death seems beautiful to the Guru’s followers, these devotees escape the fear of death by remaining attuned to meditation on God.
ਜਗੁ ਉਪਜੈ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਬਿਨਸਿ ਬਿਨਾਸੈ ਲਗਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਸਥਿਰੁ ਹੋਇ ਜੀਉ ॥
The people in the world continue being born and die again and again.They can achieve immortal status by meditating on God through the Guru’s teachings.
ਗੁਰੁ ਮੰਤ੍ਰੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਏ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਕਿ ਰਸਾਏ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਹਰਿ ਮੁਖਿ ਚੋਇ ਜੀਉ ॥
The person in whom the Guru implants the mantra of Naam and trickles in his mouth the ambrosial nectar of God’s Name, such a person permeates this divine relish within him.
ਹਰਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਰਸੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਮੁਆ ਜੀਵਾਇਆ ਫਿਰਿ ਬਾਹੁੜਿ ਮਰਣੁ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥
The one in whose heart the Guru has put the ambrosial nectar of God’s Name is like that the Guru has given new life to a spiritually dead person, and such a person does not again have to die spiritually.
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਮਰ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ਸੋਈ ॥
Because through God’s Name, that person obtains immortal status and always remains absorbed in God’s Name.
ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਧਾਰੁ ਟੇਕ ਹੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ਜੀਉ ॥
O’ devotee Nanak, for such a person God’s Name is the only support and prop, and except God’s Name, that person does not depend on anything else.
ਜਗੁ ਉਪਜੈ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਬਿਨਸਿ ਬਿਨਾਸੈ ਲਗਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਸਥਿਰੁ ਹੋਇ ਜੀਉ ॥੪॥੬॥੧੩॥
The people in the world continue being born and die again and again. They can achieve freedom from the bonds of Maya by meditating on God through the Guru’s teachings. ||4|| 6