Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 58

  1. ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਅਵਰੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਮੈ ਥਾਉ ॥

    O’ brother, except the Guru, there is no other place for me.

  2. ਮੈ ਧਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਿ ਦੀਆ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    God’s Name is the true wealth and the treasure for me, which has been blessed by the Guru, and I am dedicated to him. ॥1॥pause॥

  3. ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਪਤਿ ਸਾਬਾਸਿ ਤਿਸੁ ਤਿਸ ਕੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਮਿਲਾਉ ॥

    Praiseworthy is that Guru whose teachings bring honor; I wish to remain in his company.

  4. ਤਿਸੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਘੜੀ ਨ ਜੀਵਊ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਉ ॥

    I cannot survive without the Guru even for a moment, because I become spiritually dead without Naam.

  5. ਮੈ ਅੰਧੁਲੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਵੀਸਰੈ ਟੇਕ ਟਿਕੀ ਘਰਿ ਜਾਉ ॥੨॥

    I am spiritually blind in the love for Maya, if God bestows mercy, then I may never forget Naam and with the Guru’s support, I may unite with God and reach my true home.

  6. ਗੁਰੂ ਜਿਨਾ ਕਾ ਅੰਧੁਲਾ ਚੇਲੇ ਨਾਹੀ ਠਾਉ ॥

    Those disciples whose spiritual teacher is blinded by the love for Maya, cannot find a place for spiritual bliss, their true home.

  7. ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਨਾਉ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕਿਆ ਸੁਆਉ ॥

    God’s Name is not received without the true Guru’s teachings, and without Naam there can be no real purpose of human life.

  8. ਆਇ ਗਇਆ ਪਛੁਤਾਵਣਾ ਜਿਉ ਸੁੰਞੈ ਘਰਿ ਕਾਉ ॥੩॥

    (Without God’s Name), coming and departing from this world makes one repent like a crow visiting a deserted house. ||3|| Without Naam, the body endures agony, and crumbles like a wall of sand.

  9. ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਦੇਹੁਰੀ ਜਿਉ ਕਲਰ ਕੀ ਭੀਤਿ ॥

    (Without God’s Name), coming and departing from this world makes one repent like a crow visiting a deserted house. ||3|| Without Naam, the body endures agony, and crumbles like a wall of sand.

  10. ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਮਹਲੁ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਸਾਚੁ ਨ ਚੀਤਿ ॥

    One cannot experience God’s presence until he enshrines God in the heart.

  11. ਸਬਦਿ ਰਪੈ ਘਰੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੀ ਪਦੁ ਨੀਤਿ ॥੪॥

    If the mind is imbued with the Guru’s word, then one receives the support of God’s presence and attains supreme spiritual state (freedom from vices).

  12. ਹਉ ਗੁਰ ਪੂਛਉ ਆਪਣੇ ਗੁਰ ਪੁਛਿ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਉ ॥

    (To attain such a state) I would ask my Guru, and after asking Him, I would act according to his teachings.

  13. ਸਬਦਿ ਸਲਾਹੀ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਜਲਿ ਜਾਉ ॥

    I would praise God through the Guru’s word, so that God may manifest in my mind and the agony caused by ego may burn down.

  14. ਸਹਜੇ ਹੋਇ ਮਿਲਾਵੜਾ ਸਾਚੇ ਸਾਚਿ ਮਿਲਾਉ ॥੫॥

    Intuitively the blissful union with God may take place, and I may get united with the eternal God Himself.

  15. ਸਬਦਿ ਰਤੇ ਸੇ ਨਿਰਮਲੇ ਤਜਿ ਕਾਮ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੁ ॥

    Those who are imbued with the love for the Guru’s word, they live righteously by renouncing lust, anger and egotism.

  16. ਨਾਮੁ ਸਲਾਹਨਿ ਸਦ ਸਦਾ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਖਹਿ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਿ ॥

    They always praise God’s Name, and always keep God enshrined in their heart.

  17. ਸੋ ਕਿਉ ਮਨਹੁ ਵਿਸਾਰੀਐ ਸਭ ਜੀਆ ਕਾ ਆਧਾਰੁ ॥੬॥

    Why should we forget God from our minds who is the support of all beings?

  18. ਸਬਦਿ ਮਰੈ ਸੋ ਮਰਿ ਰਹੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਦੂਜੀ ਵਾਰ ॥

    One who becomes unaffected by vices through the Guru’s word, he remains unaffected and never again experiences spiritual death.

  19. ਸਬਦੈ ਹੀ ਤੇ ਪਾਈਐ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੇ ਲਗੈ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥

    This righteous lifestyle is attained through the Guru’s word and love for God’s Name wells up.

  20. ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਜਗੁ ਭੂਲਾ ਫਿਰੈ ਮਰਿ ਜਨਮੈ ਵਾਰੋ ਵਾਰ ॥੭॥

    Without following the Guru’s teaching, the world goes astray from this righteous life and keeps going in the rounds of birth and death.

  21. ਸਭ ਸਾਲਾਹੈ ਆਪ ਕਉ ਵਡਹੁ ਵਡੇਰੀ ਹੋਇ ॥

    All people praise themselves, and call themselves the greatest of the great.

  22. ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਆਪੁ ਨ ਚੀਨੀਐ ਕਹੇ ਸੁਣੇ ਕਿਆ ਹੋਇ ॥

    What can be accomplished by merely speaking or listening to others? One's own self cannot be known without following the Guru’s teachings.

  23. ਨਾਨਕ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਛਾਣੀਐ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰੈ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੮॥੮॥

    O Nanak, one who realizes his own self through the Guru’s word, he does not act in egotism. Siree Raag, First Guru:

  24. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru:

  25. ਬਿਨੁ ਪਿਰ ਧਨ ਸੀਗਾਰੀਐ ਜੋਬਨੁ ਬਾਦਿ ਖੁਆਰੁ ॥

    Just like a woman who decorates herself but can't find her husband, she is simply wasting her youth and subjecting herself to distress; she can not enjoy the pleasures of union with her husband, her embellishments go to waste without him, that unfortunate woman suffers immensely because her husband doesn’t come home, similarly all noble deeds of humans go to waste without realizing God.

  26. ਨਾ ਮਾਣੇ ਸੁਖਿ ਸੇਜੜੀ ਬਿਨੁ ਪਿਰ ਬਾਦਿ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥

    she can not enjoy the pleasures of union with her husband, her embellishments go to waste without him,

  27. ਦੂਖੁ ਘਣੋ ਦੋਹਾਗਣੀ ਨਾ ਘਰਿ ਸੇਜ ਭਤਾਰੁ ॥੧॥

    that unfortunate woman suffers immensely because her husband doesn’t come home, similarly all noble deeds of humans go to waste without realizing God.

  28. ਮਨ ਰੇ ਰਾਮ ਜਪਹੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

    O’ my mind, remember God’s Name with adoration, you will enjoy inner peace.

  29. ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੁ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਰੰਗੁ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    God’s love is not received without following the Guru’s teachings; love for God wells up only through the Guru’s word. ॥1॥pause॥

  30. ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਹਰਿ ਵਰੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥

    Spiritual bliss is received only by following the Guru’s teachings; the Master-God is realized by decorating ourselves with divine virtues in a state of spiritual poise.

  31. ਸਚਿ ਮਾਣੇ ਪਿਰ ਸੇਜੜੀ ਗੂੜਾ ਹੇਤੁ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥

    Only that person who has deep love and affection for the Master-God, enjoys His blissful company.

  32. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਣਿ ਸਿਞਾਣੀਐ ਗੁਰਿ ਮੇਲੀ ਗੁਣ ਚਾਰੁ ॥੨॥

    One can realize and recognize God as our own by following the Guru’s teachings; only the Guru has united one with God, the master of sublime virtues.

  33. ਸਚਿ ਮਿਲਹੁ ਵਰ ਕਾਮਣੀ ਪਿਰਿ ਮੋਹੀ ਰੰਗੁ ਲਾਇ ॥

    O’ mortal, always remain focused on God’s Name, the devotee whom the Master- God has enticed by imbuing with His love, -his mind and body has blossomed by remaining focused on the eternal God; the life of that devotee becomes so noble that its worth cannot be described.

  34. ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਸਾਚਿ ਵਿਗਸਿਆ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਕਹਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

    -his mind and body has blossomed by remaining focused on the eternal God; the life of that devotee becomes so noble that its worth cannot be described.

  35. ਹਰਿ ਵਰੁ ਘਰਿ ਸੋਹਾਗਣੀ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੩॥

    That fortunate devotee becomes pious by remaining united with the eternal God’s Name and he finds Him within her heart.

  36. ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਮਨੂਆ ਜੇ ਮਰੈ ਤਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਰਾਵੈ ਨਾਰਿ ॥

    If one suppresses his yearnings and ego within the mind, then the Master-God loves that person.

  37. ਇਕਤੁ ਤਾਗੈ ਰਲਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਗਲਿ ਮੋਤੀਅਨ ਕਾ ਹਾਰੁ ॥

    Just as the thread and pearls, in a necklace which we put around the neck, are woven together, similarly the devotee and the Master-God are united into one.

  38. ਸੰਤ ਸਭਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮ ਅਧਾਰੁ ॥੪॥

    Spiritual bliss wells up in the company of the true saints and mind finds the support of God’s Name by following the Guru’s teachings.

  39. ਖਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਉਪਜੈ ਖਿਨਿ ਖਪੈ ਖਿਨੁ ਆਵੈ ਖਿਨੁ ਜਾਇ ॥

    If one is bereft of Naam, then in a moment his mind goes in high spirits and in a moment goes low, and always keeps wandering here and there.

  40. ਸਬਦੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਰਵਿ ਰਹੈ ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਕਾਲੁ ਸੰਤਾਇ ॥

    But if one realizes the true essence of the Guru’s word and remains focused on God’s Name, then even the fear of death does not bother him.