Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 468
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟੇ ਸੋ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ॥
Only he, who meets the True Guru, enjoys peace.
ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਏ ॥
Because he enshrines God’s Name in his mind.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਸੋ ਪਾਏ ॥
O’ Nanak, only he on Whom God bestows His grace, meets the Guru.
ਆਸ ਅੰਦੇਸੇ ਤੇ ਨਿਹਕੇਵਲੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਏ ॥੨॥
Then becoming unaffected by any kind of hopes and worries, and following the Guru’s word, he burns away his ego.
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:
ਭਗਤ ਤੇਰੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵਦੇ ਦਰਿ ਸੋਹਨਿ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਗਾਵਦੇ ॥
Pauree: O’ God, Your devotees are pleasing to Your mind.
ਨਾਨਕ ਕਰਮਾ ਬਾਹਰੇ ਦਰਿ ਢੋਅ ਨ ਲਹਨੑੀ ਧਾਵਦੇ ॥
They look beautiful at Your doorstep, singing Your Praises.
ਇਕਿ ਮੂਲੁ ਨ ਬੁਝਨਿੑ ਆਪਣਾ ਅਣਹੋਦਾ ਆਪੁ ਗਣਾਇਦੇ ॥
O’ Nanak, they who are deprived of God’s Grace, find no shelter in His Court and keep wandering aimlessly.
ਹਉ ਢਾਢੀ ਕਾ ਨੀਚ ਜਾਤਿ ਹੋਰਿ ਉਤਮ ਜਾਤਿ ਸਦਾਇਦੇ ॥
There are some who do not understand their roots, and without any spiritual merit, they call themselves great.
ਤਿਨੑ ਮੰਗਾ ਜਿ ਤੁਝੈ ਧਿਆਇਦੇ ॥੯॥
O’ God, while others claim themselves belonging to high social status, I am only a minstrel of low social status. I only seek the company of those who meditate upon You.
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
Salok, First Guru:
ਕੂੜੁ ਰਾਜਾ ਕੂੜੁ ਪਰਜਾ ਕੂੜੁ ਸਭੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥
Salok, First Guru: This entire world is an illusion like the act of a magician.
ਕੂੜੁ ਮੰਡਪ ਕੂੜੁ ਮਾੜੀ ਕੂੜੁ ਬੈਸਣਹਾਰੁ ॥
In this false world, false (short lived) is the king and false are his subjects.
ਕੂੜੁ ਸੁਇਨਾ ਕੂੜੁ ਰੁਪਾ ਕੂੜੁ ਪੈਨੑਣਹਾਰੁ ॥
False are the palaces and mansions and perishable are those who live in them.
ਕੂੜੁ ਕਾਇਆ ਕੂੜੁ ਕਪੜੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਰੂਪੁ ਅਪਾਰੁ ॥
False are the gold and silver ornaments, and false are those who wear them.
ਕੂੜੁ ਮੀਆ ਕੂੜੁ ਬੀਬੀ ਖਪਿ ਹੋਏ ਖਾਰੁ ॥
False is the body, false are the dresses and illusory is the extreme beauty.
ਕੂੜਿ ਕੂੜੈ ਨੇਹੁ ਲਗਾ ਵਿਸਰਿਆ ਕਰਤਾਰੁ ॥
The relationship between a husband and a wife is of very short duration and they are being wasted away in false conflicts.
ਕਿਸੁ ਨਾਲਿ ਕੀਚੈ ਦੋਸਤੀ ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਚਲਣਹਾਰੁ ॥
The false ones love falsehood, and forget their Creator.
ਕੂੜੁ ਮਿਠਾ ਕੂੜੁ ਮਾਖਿਉ ਕੂੜੁ ਡੋਬੇ ਪੂਰੁ ॥
With whom should we become friends, when the entire world is transitory?
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਵਖਾਣੈ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਤੁਧੁ ਬਾਝੁ ਕੂੜੋ ਕੂੜੁ ॥੧॥
To the mortals this illusory world seems sweet like honey and that is why this false illusion is destroying multitudes of people.
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
O’ God, Nanak makes this supplication, that without You, everything is totally false and illusory
ਸਚੁ ਤਾ ਪਰੁ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਜਾ ਰਿਦੈ ਸਚਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
Salok, First Guru:
ਕੂੜ ਕੀ ਮਲੁ ਉਤਰੈ ਤਨੁ ਕਰੇ ਹਛਾ ਧੋਇ ॥
Salok, First Guru: One knows the Truth only when God dwells in one’s heart.
ਸਚੁ ਤਾ ਪਰੁ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਜਾ ਸਚਿ ਧਰੇ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥
The filth of falsehood is removed and the mind and body is freed from the vices.
ਨਾਉ ਸੁਣਿ ਮਨੁ ਰਹਸੀਐ ਤਾ ਪਾਏ ਮੋਖ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥
One comes to know the truth about the world only when he bears love for God.
ਸਚੁ ਤਾ ਪਰੁ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਜਾ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਜੀਉ ॥
Hearing God’s Name, mind is pleased; then, one attains freedom from the worldly entanglements.
ਧਰਤਿ ਕਾਇਆ ਸਾਧਿ ਕੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਦੇਇ ਕਰਤਾ ਬੀਉ ॥
One knows the Truth only when he knows the true way of life.
ਸਚੁ ਤਾ ਪਰੁ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਜਾ ਸਿਖ ਸਚੀ ਲੇਇ ॥
Preparing the body like a farm, he plants the Seed of God’s Name.
ਦਇਆ ਜਾਣੈ ਜੀਅ ਕੀ ਕਿਛੁ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਦਾਨੁ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
One knows the Truth only when he receives true teachings from the Guru.
ਸਚੁ ਤਾਂ ਪਰੁ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਜਾ ਆਤਮ ਤੀਰਥਿ ਕਰੇ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥
Showing mercy to other beings, and doing some acts of charity and kindness.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਨੋ ਪੁਛਿ ਕੈ ਬਹਿ ਰਹੈ ਕਰੇ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥
One knows the Truth only when he dwells in the sacred shrine of the self.
ਸਚੁ ਸਭਨਾ ਹੋਇ ਦਾਰੂ ਪਾਪ ਕਢੈ ਧੋਇ ॥
Obtaining teachings from the True Guru, he keeps focusing on the inner self.
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਵਖਾਣੈ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਜਿਨ ਸਚੁ ਪਲੈ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥
God Himself becomes the remedy of all the ailments; and drives out all the sins.
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Nanak humbly seeks those who have Truth (God) dwelling in their heart.
ਦਾਨੁ ਮਹਿੰਡਾ ਤਲੀ ਖਾਕੁ ਜੇ ਮਿਲੈ ਤ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਲਾਈਐ ॥
Pauree:
ਕੂੜਾ ਲਾਲਚੁ ਛਡੀਐ ਹੋਇ ਇਕ ਮਨਿ ਅਲਖੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ॥
Pauree: The gift I seek is humility; if I were to obtain it, I would consider myself very fortunate.
ਫਲੁ ਤੇਵੇਹੋ ਪਾਈਐ ਜੇਵੇਹੀ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਈਐ ॥
Renounce false greed, and meditate single-mindedly on the incomprehensible God.
ਜੇ ਹੋਵੈ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਤਾ ਧੂੜਿ ਤਿਨੑਾ ਦੀ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
As are the actions we commit, so are the rewards we receive.
ਮਤਿ ਥੋੜੀ ਸੇਵ ਗਵਾਈਐ ॥੧੦॥
If it is so preordained, then one gets to humbly serve the Saints.
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
Because of our limited intellect, we forfeit the merits of selfless service.
ਸਚਿ ਕਾਲੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਕਲਿ ਕਾਲਖ ਬੇਤਾਲ ॥
Salok, First Guru:
ਬੀਉ ਬੀਜਿ ਪਤਿ ਲੈ ਗਏ ਅਬ ਕਿਉ ਉਗਵੈ ਦਾਲਿ ॥
Salok, First Guru: Righteous living has become rare, falsehood is permeating everywhere and people are behaving like demons because of the sins and evils of Kalyug.
ਜੇ ਇਕੁ ਹੋਇ ਤ ਉਗਵੈ ਰੁਤੀ ਹੂ ਰੁਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥
They who lived righteously (planted the seed of righteousness in their mind) have departed with honor.
ਨਾਨਕ ਪਾਹੈ ਬਾਹਰਾ ਕੋਰੈ ਰੰਗੁ ਨ ਸੋਇ ॥
Those whose mind is split in duality, how can the seed of righteousness sprout in their mind?
ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਖੁੰਬਿ ਚੜਾਈਐ ਸਰਮੁ ਪਾਹੁ ਤਨਿ ਹੋਇ ॥
The seed of love for God will sprout if the mind is not split in duality and there is a proper atmosphere such as the cool and calm atmosphere of early morning.
ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤੀ ਜੇ ਰਪੈ ਕੂੜੈ ਸੋਇ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੧॥
O’ Nanak, just as without a pre-treatment, a raw cloth doesn’t get beautifully dyed.
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
Similarly, to imbue the mind in the love of God, the pre-treatment (for the mind is) developing fear of God by hard work.
ਲਬੁ ਪਾਪੁ ਦੁਇ ਰਾਜਾ ਮਹਤਾ ਕੂੜੁ ਹੋਆ ਸਿਕਦਾਰੁ ॥
O’ Nanak, when in this way the mind is imbued with God’s love and devotion, then no thought of falsehood arises in it.
ਕਾਮੁ ਨੇਬੁ ਸਦਿ ਪੁਛੀਐ ਬਹਿ ਬਹਿ ਕਰੇ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
Salok, First Guru: (The conditions in the world are miserable, it seems as if) both greed and sin have become the king and his helper; and falsehood is the chief executive. Lust is like their chief advisor, they ask for his advice and then sitting together they deliberate over different ways to befool the public.