Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 467

ਓਨੑੀ ਮੰਦੈ ਪੈਰੁ ਨ ਰਖਿਓ ਕਰਿ ਸੁਕ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥
They do not go near the evils, but do good deeds and live righteously.
ਓਨੑੀ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਤੋੜੇ ਬੰਧਨਾ ਅੰਨੁ ਪਾਣੀ ਥੋੜਾ ਖਾਇਆ ॥
They have broken away from the worldly bonds, and consume food and water in moderation (enough for survival).
ਤੂੰ ਬਖਸੀਸੀ ਅਗਲਾ ਨਿਤ ਦੇਵਹਿ ਚੜਹਿ ਸਵਾਇਆ ॥
O’ God, You are the greatest benefactor, You give continually, more and more.
ਵਡਿਆਈ ਵਡਾ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੭॥
By glorifying Him, they realize the Great God.
ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
Salok, First Guru : It is God alone who knows the count and condition of all the human beings, trees, sacred shrines of pilgrimage, banks of sacred rivers, clouds and fields.
ਪੁਰਖਾਂ ਬਿਰਖਾਂ ਤੀਰਥਾਂ ਤਟਾਂ ਮੇਘਾਂ ਖੇਤਾਂਹ ॥
It is God alone who knows the count and condition of all the human beings, trees, sacred shrines of pilgrimage, banks of sacred rivers, clouds and fields.
ਦੀਪਾਂ ਲੋਆਂ ਮੰਡਲਾਂ ਖੰਡਾਂ ਵਰਭੰਡਾਂਹ ॥
Only He knows how many islands, continents, worlds and solar systems are there in the universes.
ਅੰਡਜ ਜੇਰਜ ਉਤਭੁਜਾਂ ਖਾਣੀ ਸੇਤਜਾਂਹ ॥
Only He knows about the creatures born through the four sources of creation such as eggs, the womb, the earth and sweat.
ਸੋ ਮਿਤਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਸਰਾਂ ਮੇਰਾਂ ਜੰਤਾਹ ॥
O’ Nanak, only God knows about the count of all the seas, mountains and condition of the creatures living in them.
ਨਾਨਕ ਜੰਤ ਉਪਾਇ ਕੈ ਸੰਮਾਲੇ ਸਭਨਾਹ ॥
O’ Nanak, having created these beings, He cherishes them all.
ਜਿਨਿ ਕਰਤੈ ਕਰਣਾ ਕੀਆ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਭਿ ਕਰਣੀ ਤਾਹ ॥
The Creator who has created the creation, takes care of it as well.
ਸੋ ਕਰਤਾ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਕਰੇ ਜਿਨਿ ਉਪਾਇਆ ਜਗੁ ॥
Yes, that Creator who has created the world, cares for it as well.
ਤਿਸੁ ਜੋਹਾਰੀ ਸੁਅਸਤਿ ਤਿਸੁ ਤਿਸੁ ਦੀਬਾਣੁ ਅਭਗੁ ॥
Unto Him I bow and offer my reverence, whose support system is eternal.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੇ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਿਆ ਟਿਕਾ ਕਿਆ ਤਗੁ ॥੧॥
O’ Nanak, without meditating on His Name, all other outer religious symbols such as Janeu (sacred thread) and Tikka (dot on the forehead) means nothing
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
Salok, First Guru: One may perform millions of good and virtuous deeds and myriad acts of charities which are acceptable to the society.
ਲਖ ਨੇਕੀਆ ਚੰਗਿਆਈਆ ਲਖ ਪੁੰਨਾ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
One may perform millions of good and virtuous deeds and myriad acts of charities which are acceptable to the society.
ਲਖ ਤਪ ਉਪਰਿ ਤੀਰਥਾਂ ਸਹਜ ਜੋਗ ਬੇਬਾਣ ॥
One may perform millions of penances at sacred shrines, and goes in the wilderness to practice yoga in a state of poise.
ਲਖ ਸੂਰਤਣ ਸੰਗਰਾਮ ਰਣ ਮਹਿ ਛੁਟਹਿ ਪਰਾਣ ॥
One may go to the battlefield and exhibit millions of acts of bravery, and even lose his life there.
ਲਖ ਸੁਰਤੀ ਲਖ ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਪੜੀਅਹਿ ਪਾਠ ਪੁਰਾਣ ॥
One may acquire lots of divine understanding and divine wisdom by performing meditations and readings of the Vedas and the Puranas,
ਜਿਨਿ ਕਰਤੈ ਕਰਣਾ ਕੀਆ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣੁ ॥
The Creator, Who has created this creation and has preordained the time of one’s birth and death.
ਨਾਨਕ ਮਤੀ ਮਿਥਿਆ ਕਰਮੁ ਸਚਾ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥੨॥
O’ Nanak, all these clever tricks are false and useless. Only His Grace is the true stamp or mark for acceptance in His court.
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree: O’ God, You are the only True Master, who has dispensed Truth (righteousness) everywhere.
ਸਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਏਕੁ ਤੂੰ ਜਿਨਿ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਵਰਤਾਇਆ ॥
O’ God, You are the only True Master, who has dispensed Truth (righteousness) everywhere.
ਜਿਸੁ ਤੂੰ ਦੇਹਿ ਤਿਸੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਚੁ ਤਾ ਤਿਨੑੀ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥
He alone receives the Truth, unto whom You give it; then, he practices Truth.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਸਚੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਿਨੑ ਕੈ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਸਚੁ ਵਸਾਇਆ ॥
It is only upon meeting and following the teachings of the True Guru that people have realized the Truth. The Guru enshrines the Truth in their heart.
ਮੂਰਖ ਸਚੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੑੀ ਮਨਮੁਖੀ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥
The foolish self-willed people do not know what is Truth and they waste away their lives in vain.
ਵਿਚਿ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਕਾਹੇ ਆਇਆ ॥੮॥
Why have they even come into the world?
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
Salok, First Guru: Even if we read and study cartloads of books and after studying make heaps upon heaps of books.
ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਗਡੀ ਲਦੀਅਹਿ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਭਰੀਅਹਿ ਸਾਥ ॥
Even if we read and study cartloads of books and after studying make heaps upon heaps of books.
ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਬੇੜੀ ਪਾਈਐ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਗਡੀਅਹਿ ਖਾਤ ॥
If we read so many books that a boat or many pits can be filled with them.
ਪੜੀਅਹਿ ਜੇਤੇ ਬਰਸ ਬਰਸ ਪੜੀਅਹਿ ਜੇਤੇ ਮਾਸ ॥
We may read them year after year; we may read them as many months that there are in a year.
ਪੜੀਐ ਜੇਤੀ ਆਰਜਾ ਪੜੀਅਹਿ ਜੇਤੇ ਸਾਸ ॥
We may read them all our life; we may read them with every breath.
ਨਾਨਕ ਲੇਖੈ ਇਕ ਗਲ ਹੋਰੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਝਖਣਾ ਝਾਖ ॥੧॥
O’ Nanak, the only one thing which counts in His court is singing His praises and meditating on His Name. All else is like wandering in one’s ego.
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
Salok, First Guru: The more one writes and reads, the more he becomes egoistic and arrogant.
ਲਿਖਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਪੜਿਆ ॥
The more one writes and reads, the more he becomes egoistic and arrogant.
ਤੇਤਾ ਕੜਿਆ ॥
The more one writes and reads, the more he becomes egoistic and arrogant.
ਬਹੁ ਤੀਰਥ ਭਵਿਆ ॥
More one wanders on sacred shrines of pilgrimage, the more one talks uselessly (like a crow)
ਤੇਤੋ ਲਵਿਆ ॥
More one wanders on sacred shrines of pilgrimage, the more one talks uselessly (like a crow)
ਬਹੁ ਭੇਖ ਕੀਆ ਦੇਹੀ ਦੁਖੁ ਦੀਆ ॥
The more one wears a religious robe, the more stress he causes to himself.
ਸਹੁ ਵੇ ਜੀਆ ਅਪਣਾ ਕੀਆ ॥
O my friend, you must endure the consequences of your own actions.
ਅੰਨੁ ਨ ਖਾਇਆ ਸਾਦੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥
By not eating food, a person has not gained any spiritual merits, he has simply lost the opportunity of enjoying its relish.
ਬਹੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਇਆ ॥
Because of his love of duality (practices other than loving and remembering God), he has suffered much Pain.
ਬਸਤ੍ਰ ਨ ਪਹਿਰੈ ॥
One who does not wear any clothes, suffers night and day by subjecting his body to extremes of weather.
ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਕਹਰੈ ॥
One who does not wear any clothes, suffers night and day by subjecting his body to extremes of weather.
ਮੋਨਿ ਵਿਗੂਤਾ ॥
Absorbed in silence, one is gone astray (from the righteous path).
ਕਿਉ ਜਾਗੈ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਸੂਤਾ ॥
How can he be awakened from the slumber of ignorance without the Guru’s teachings?
ਪਗ ਉਪੇਤਾਣਾ ॥
One who goes barefoot, suffers from his own actions by hurting his feet.
ਅਪਣਾ ਕੀਆ ਕਮਾਣਾ ॥
One who goes barefoot, suffers from his own actions by hurting his feet.
ਅਲੁ ਮਲੁ ਖਾਈ ਸਿਰਿ ਛਾਈ ਪਾਈ ॥
One who eats filthy leftovers and throws ashes on his head, the blind foolish (ignorant) person has lost his honor.
ਮੂਰਖਿ ਅੰਧੈ ਪਤਿ ਗਵਾਈ ॥
One who eats filthy leftovers and throws ashes on his head, the blind foolish (ignorant) person has lost his honor.
ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕਿਛੁ ਥਾਇ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥
Without meditation on God’s Name, nothing is approved in His court.
ਰਹੈ ਬੇਬਾਣੀ ਮੜੀ ਮਸਾਣੀ ॥
One may live in the wilderness, in the cemeteries or in the cremation grounds, such a spiritually blind person does not know the right way to realize God, he regrets and repents in the end.
ਅੰਧੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਪਛੁਤਾਣੀ ॥
One may live in the wilderness, in the cemeteries or in the cremation grounds, such a spiritually blind person does not know the right way to realize God, he regrets and repents in the end.