Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 53

  1. ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਸਾਚੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵ ॥

    O brother, true and most rewarding is the service (teachings) of the true Guru.

  2. ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਤੁਠੈ ਪਾਈਐ ਪੂਰਨ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    If the Guru is pleased, only then the all pervading, indescribable and unknowable God is realized. ||1|| pause||

  3. ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਵਿਟਹੁ ਵਾਰਿਆ ਜਿਨਿ ਦਿਤਾ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਉ ॥

    I dedicate myself to the true Guru, who has bestowed God’s eternal Name.

  4. ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਚੁ ਸਲਾਹਣਾ ਸਚੇ ਕੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਉ ॥

    I always praise the eternal God and keep singing His Praises.

  5. ਸਚੁ ਖਾਣਾ ਸਚੁ ਪੈਨਣਾ ਸਚੇ ਸਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥੨॥

    For me now the eternal God’s Name is like my spiritual food and clothings; I always keep remembering the eternal Name of the eternal God.

  6. ਸਾਸਿ ਗਿਰਾਸਿ ਨ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਸਫਲੁ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਆਪਿ ॥

    O’ brother, the Guru himself is powerful enough to grant us all kinds of blessings, and I do not forget him even while breathing or eating.

  7. ਗੁਰ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦਿਸਈ ਆਠ ਪਹਰ ਤਿਸੁ ਜਾਪਿ ॥

    No one is seen to be as great as the Guru, so always remember him with adoration.

  8. ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਾ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਗੁਣਤਾਸਿ ॥੩॥

    When the Guru bestows his gracious glance, only then we receive the Name of eternal God, the treasure of virtues.

  9. ਗੁਰੁ ਪਰਮੇਸਰੁ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਮਹਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

    O’ brother, the all pervading God and the Guru are one and the same.

  10. ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਸੇਈ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ॥

    Only those people, who are predestined, remember God’s Name with adoration.

  11. ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰ ਸਰਣਾਗਤੀ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੪॥੩੦॥੧੦੦॥

    O’ Nanak, one who seeks the Guru’s refuge and follows his teachings, does not spiritually decline and does not go in rounds of birth and death. ||4|| 30

  12. ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

    One eternal God, realized by the true Guru’s grace:

  13. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੧ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru, First Beat, Ashtapadees (eight stanzas):

  14. ਆਖਿ ਆਖਿ ਮਨੁ ਵਾਵਣਾ ਜਿਉ ਜਿਉ ਜਾਪੈ ਵਾਇ ॥

    As one understands talking about the virtues of God, he also comes to know that only describing divine virtues again and again is just taxing the mind.

  15. ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਵਾਇ ਸੁਣਾਈਐ ਸੋ ਕੇਵਡੁ ਕਿਤੁ ਥਾਇ ॥

    Because one talks about God’s virtues, but he doesn't even know how great is God and where He dwells.

  16. ਆਖਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਜੇਤੜੇ ਸਭਿ ਆਖਿ ਰਹੇ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥੧॥

    All those people who only talk about and pretend to focus their mind on God’s virtues ultimately get tired.

  17. ਬਾਬਾ ਅਲਹੁ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰੁ ॥

    O brother, one cannot get to know all the divine virtues, because God is inaccessible and infinite,

  18. ਪਾਕੀ ਨਾਈ ਪਾਕ ਥਾਇ ਸਚਾ ਪਰਵਦਿਗਾਰੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    His glory is immaculate, sacred is His abode and He is the true cherisher of all the living beings. ||1|| pause||

  19. ਤੇਰਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੀ ਕੇਤੜਾ ਲਿਖਿ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋਇ ॥

    O’ God, it is beyond one’s power to comprehend the extent of Your command, and no one can describe it.

  20. ਜੇ ਸਉ ਸਾਇਰ ਮੇਲੀਅਹਿ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਪੁਜਾਵਹਿ ਰੋਇ ॥

    Even if Your praises sung by hundreds of poets were to be added up, they would not describe even an iota of Your greatness.

  21. ਕੀਮਤਿ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਈਆ ਸਭਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਆਖਹਿ ਸੋਇ ॥੨॥

    No one has found Your worth, all speak about You from hearsay.

  22. ਪੀਰ ਪੈਕਾਮਰ ਸਾਲਕ ਸਾਦਕ ਸੁਹਦੇ ਅਉਰੁ ਸਹੀਦ ॥

    O’God, many saints, prophets, spiritual guides, men of faith, martyrs, the shaikhs, the mystics, the qazis, the mullahs and the holy beggars who reach Your doorstep.

  23. ਸੇਖ ਮਸਾਇਕ ਕਾਜੀ ਮੁਲਾ ਦਰਿ ਦਰਵੇਸ ਰਸੀਦ ॥

    But only those receive true blessings who keep uttering Your praises.

  24. ਬਰਕਤਿ ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਅਗਲੀ ਪੜਦੇ ਰਹਨਿ ਦਰੂਦ ॥੩॥

    But only those receive true blessings who keep uttering Your praises.

  25. ਪੁਛਿ ਨ ਸਾਜੇ ਪੁਛਿ ਨ ਢਾਹੇ ਪੁਛਿ ਨ ਦੇਵੈ ਲੇਇ ॥

    God seeks no one’s counsel when He creates, nor when He destroys the world, He seeks no one’s permission while putting life in a body or while taking it back.

  26. ਆਪਣੀ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪੇ ਕਰਣੁ ਕਰੇਇ ॥

    God alone knows His Creation and He Himself creates the creation.

  27. ਸਭਨਾ ਵੇਖੈ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਜੈ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੈ ਦੇਇ ॥੪॥

    God Himself graciously looks after all the beings, but He blesses those with the knowledge about His virtues with whom He is pleased.

  28. ਥਾਵਾ ਨਾਵ ਨ ਜਾਣੀਅਹਿ ਨਾਵਾ ਕੇਵਡੁ ਨਾਉ ॥

    One can not know all the places and their names in His creation, and there can not be a name big enough to describe His greatness.

  29. ਜਿਥੈ ਵਸੈ ਮੇਰਾ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹੁ ਸੋ ਕੇਵਡੁ ਹੈ ਥਾਉ ॥

    How great is that place where my Sovereign God dwells?

  30. ਅੰਬੜਿ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਸਕਈ ਹਉ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਪੁਛਣਿ ਜਾਉ ॥੫॥

    No one can reach it; whom shall I go and ask?

  31. ਵਰਨਾ ਵਰਨ ਨ ਭਾਵਨੀ ਜੇ ਕਿਸੈ ਵਡਾ ਕਰੇਇ ॥

    Whenever God wants to spiritually elevate a person, He does not bother about whether that person belongs to a high or low social status.

  32. ਵਡੇ ਹਥਿ ਵਡਿਆਈਆ ਜੈ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੈ ਦੇਇ ॥

    All the honors are in God’s control, and He bestows these on whoever He pleases.

  33. ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸਵਾਰੇ ਆਪਣੈ ਚਸਾ ਨ ਢਿਲ ਕਰੇਇ ॥੬॥

    He embellishes one through His Command, and does not delay it even for a moment.

  34. ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਆਖੈ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਲੈਣੈ ਕੈ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥

    In order to receive, everybody calls out to Him for more and more gifts.

  35. ਕੇਵਡੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਦੇ ਕੈ ਰਹਿਆ ਸੁਮਾਰਿ ॥

    How great should we call the benefactor God? His Gifts are beyond estimation.

  36. ਨਾਨਕ ਤੋਟਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਤੇਰੇ ਜੁਗਹ ਜੁਗਹ ਭੰਡਾਰ ॥੭॥੧॥

    O’ Nanak, say! O’ God, Your treasures are always brimful and there cannot be any shortage age after age. ||7

  37. ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    First Guru:

  38. ਸਭੇ ਕੰਤ ਮਹੇਲੀਆ ਸਗਲੀਆ ਕਰਹਿ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥

    All humans are God’s brides and all of them adorn themselves with good deeds to please Him.