Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 57

  1. ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣਿ ਸੋ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਸਾਚੋ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੫॥

    If we remain focused on the eternal God, then we understand that He is pervading in all the three worlds.

  2. ਸਾ ਧਨ ਖਰੀ ਸੁਹਾਵਣੀ ਜਿਨਿ ਪਿਰੁ ਜਾਤਾ ਸੰਗਿ ॥

    Extremely righteous is the life of that person who has understood that the Master-God is always with him.

  3. ਮਹਲੀ ਮਹਲਿ ਬੁਲਾਈਐ ਸੋ ਪਿਰੁ ਰਾਵੇ ਰੰਗਿ ॥

    Such a person is invited to merge with God, and enjoys the Master God’s love.

  4. ਸਚਿ ਸੁਹਾਗਣਿ ਸਾ ਭਲੀ ਪਿਰਿ ਮੋਹੀ ਗੁਣ ਸੰਗਿ ॥੬॥

    , That person is so enticed by the Master-God’s virtues that being imbued in God’s love, becomes truly fortunate and noble. ||6|

  5. ਭੂਲੀ ਭੂਲੀ ਥਲਿ ਚੜਾ ਥਲਿ ਚੜਿ ਡੂਗਰਿ ਜਾਉ ॥

    If I forsake the righteous path and wander again and again on earth and climb the mountains If I wander around lost in the forests, I will never be able to understand the righteous way of life without the Guru’s teachings.

  6. ਬਨ ਮਹਿ ਭੂਲੀ ਜੇ ਫਿਰਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਬੂਝ ਨ ਪਾਉ ॥

    If I wander around lost in the forests, I will never be able to understand the righteous way of life without the Guru’s teachings.

  7. ਨਾਵਹੁ ਭੂਲੀ ਜੇ ਫਿਰਾ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵਉ ਜਾਉ ॥੭॥

    If I wander around forsaking God's Name, then I shall continue in the cycle of birth and death.

  8. ਪੁਛਹੁ ਜਾਇ ਪਧਾਊਆ ਚਲੇ ਚਾਕਰ ਹੋਇ ॥

    (O my friend, If you want to find the righteous path), then go and ask those travelers who are treading the righteous path in life as the devotees of God.

  9. ਰਾਜਨੁ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਆਪਣਾ ਦਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਠਾਕ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥

    They consider God, the sovereign king as their own, and face no hurdle in their way to His presence.

  10. ਨਾਨਕ ਏਕੋ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਦੂਜਾ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੮॥੬॥

    O’ Nanak, they visualize God pervading everywhere, and there is none other like Him at all. ||8|| 6|| Siree Raag, First Guru:

  11. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru:

  12. ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਦੇਹ ਸਰੀਰੁ ॥

    The immaculate God is realized through the Guru, and one’s body and mind become pure (from the filth of vices).

  13. ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਸਾਚੋ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਸੋ ਜਾਣੈ ਅਭ ਪੀਰ ॥

    The immaculate God who knows the pangs of separation, manifests in our heart.

  14. ਸਹਜੈ ਤੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਅਗਲੋ ਨਾ ਲਾਗੈ ਜਮ ਤੀਰੁ ॥੧॥

    Immense inner peace wells up from this state of equipoise and then even the arrow (fear) of death doesn’t hurt us.

  15. ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਮੈਲੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਜਲਿ ਨਾਇ ॥

    O’ brother, the filth of vices does not remain in the mind by bathing in the pure water of God’s Name.

  16. ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਏਕੁ ਤੂ ਹੋਰੁ ਮੈਲੁ ਭਰੀ ਸਭ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    O’ God, only you are eternal and perfectly immaculate, all other places are filled with filth of the love for Maya. ॥1॥pause॥

  17. ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਮੰਦਰੁ ਸੋਹਣਾ ਕੀਆ ਕਰਣੈਹਾਰਿ ॥

    (That person upon whom the Guru is pleased,) God, the creator, has made that person’s heart as a beautiful temple for Himself.

  18. ਰਵਿ ਸਸਿ ਦੀਪ ਅਨੂਪ ਜੋਤਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਅਪਾਰ ॥

    The Light of the infinite God, who is present everywhere, spiritually enlightens that person; the sun and the moon are like two lamps of incomparable light that also enlighten him to remove the darkness of ignorance.

  19. ਹਾਟ ਪਟਣ ਗੜ ਕੋਠੜੀ ਸਚੁ ਸਉਦਾ ਵਾਪਾਰ ॥੨॥

    The heart and mind etc in that human body are like shops, cities, forts and houses to conduct the true trade (of God’s Name).

  20. ਗਿਆਨ ਅੰਜਨੁ ਭੈ ਭੰਜਨਾ ਦੇਖੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਭਾਇ ॥

    O’ brother, by focusing on the love for the immaculate God, you can visualize Him by applying the ointment of divine wisdom, the destroyer of all fears.

  21. ਗੁਪਤੁ ਪ੍ਰਗਟੁ ਸਭ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਜੇ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਖੈ ਠਾਇ ॥

    If one keeps his mind focused, then he can experience God pervading everywhere in the invisible and the visible world.

  22. ਐਸਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਜੇ ਮਿਲੈ ਤਾ ਸਹਜੇ ਲਏ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੩॥

    If one meets with such a true Guru, the benefactor of divine wisdom, then intuitively he unites that person with God.

  23. ਕਸਿ ਕਸਵਟੀ ਲਾਈਐ ਪਰਖੇ ਹਿਤੁ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥

    Just as gold is tested for its purity by rubbing it on the touchstone, similarly God examines the spiritual life of the human beings with love and full attention.

  24. ਖੋਟੇ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਪਾਇਨੀ ਖਰੇ ਖਜਾਨੈ ਪਾਇ ॥

    The impure (sinful) human beings don’t find any place in God’s presence and God unites the virtuous persons with Him.

  25. ਆਸ ਅੰਦੇਸਾ ਦੂਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਇਉ ਮਲੁ ਜਾਇ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੪॥

    O’ brother, discard the worldly hopes and fears, by doing this, the dirt of vices from your mind will be washed away and you will merge in God.

  26. ਸੁਖ ਕਉ ਮਾਗੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਦੁਖੁ ਨ ਮਾਗੈ ਕੋਇ ॥

    Everyone begs for worldly happiness; no one asks for suffering.

  27. ਸੁਖੈ ਕਉ ਦੁਖੁ ਅਗਲਾ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥

    The self-willed person does not understand that worldly happiness now may bring immense suffering later.

  28. ਸੁਖ ਦੁਖ ਸਮ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਣੀਅਹਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਭੇਦਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥੫॥

    We should deem pleasure and sorrow alike, and mold our mind according to the Guru’s word to attain inner peace.

  29. ਬੇਦੁ ਪੁਕਾਰੇ ਵਾਚੀਐ ਬਾਣੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਬਿਆਸੁ ॥

    The Vedas of lord Brahma and the writings of sage Vyasa proclaims that, -the true sages, devotees and adepts are those who remain imbued with the Name of God, the treasure of virtues.

  30. ਮੁਨਿ ਜਨ ਸੇਵਕ ਸਾਧਿਕਾ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਗੁਣਤਾਸੁ ॥

    that the silent sages, the servants of the Lord, and those who practice a life of spiritual discipline are attuned to the Naam, the Treasure of Excellence.

  31. ਸਚਿ ਰਤੇ ਸੇ ਜਿਣਿ ਗਏ ਹਉ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੈ ਜਾਸੁ ॥੬॥

    Those who get imbued with the love of God’s Name, they win the game of life, and I dedicate myself to them forever.

  32. ਚਹੁ ਜੁਗਿ ਮੈਲੇ ਮਲੁ ਭਰੇ ਜਿਨ ਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥

    Those who do not recite God’s Name, their mind always remain full with the filth of vices.

  33. ਭਗਤੀ ਭਾਇ ਵਿਹੂਣਿਆ ਮੁਹੁ ਕਾਲਾ ਪਤਿ ਖੋਇ ॥

    Those who are without loving devotion for God, they depart after losing their honor and are disgraced in God’s presence.

  34. ਜਿਨੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਅਵਗਣ ਮੁਠੀ ਰੋਇ ॥੭॥

    Those who have forgotten God’s Name, are plundered by evils and they weep and wail in dismay.

  35. ਖੋਜਤ ਖੋਜਤ ਪਾਇਆ ਡਰੁ ਕਰਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥

    By seeking and searching, I have found this fact that by having revered fear for God, we meet Him through the Guru.

  36. ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਘਰਿ ਵਸੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਜਾਇ ॥

    The one who realizes one’s own self, his mind stops wandering and abides within, and all his ego and his yearning for worldly things goes away.

  37. ਨਾਨਕ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਊਜਲੇ ਜੋ ਰਾਤੇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇ ॥੮॥੭॥

    O’ Nanak, those who are imbued with love for God’s Name, their life becomes immaculate and bright. ||8|| 7|| Siree Raag, First Guru:

  38. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru:

  39. ਸੁਣਿ ਮਨ ਭੂਲੇ ਬਾਵਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਚਰਣੀ ਲਾਗੁ ॥

    Listen, O’ foolish and misguided mind, humbly surrender to the Guru.

  40. ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ਤੂ ਜਮੁ ਡਰਪੈ ਦੁਖ ਭਾਗੁ ॥

    Recite and lovingly remember God’s Name, the demon of death will be afraid of you and your sorrow shall depart.

  41. ਦੂਖੁ ਘਣੋ ਦੋਹਾਗਣੀ ਕਿਉ ਥਿਰੁ ਰਹੈ ਸੁਹਾਗੁ ॥੧॥

    An unfortunate person who does not remember God, suffers immense pain; how can that person remain under the protection of the Master-God?