Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 59

  1. ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਅਤੁਲੁ ਨ ਤੋਲੀਐ ਕਥਨਿ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥੫॥

    (One who remains focused on God), understands that God is unassessable, His worth cannot be assessed and He cannot be realized by mere talks.

  2. ਵਾਪਾਰੀ ਵਣਜਾਰਿਆ ਆਏ ਵਜਹੁ ਲਿਖਾਇ ॥

    Just as a peddler comes to a city with a pre authorized capital, similarly all Human beings come in this world with fixed number of breaths.

  3. ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ਸਚ ਕੀ ਲਾਹਾ ਮਿਲੈ ਰਜਾਇ ॥

    Those who do the deeds of truth (remember God’s Name with adoration), earn the wealth of Naam as per God’s will

  4. ਪੂੰਜੀ ਸਾਚੀ ਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਤਮਾਇ ॥੬॥

    But only those people receive the true wealth of Naam who meet that Guru who does not have even an iota of personal desire or greed.

  5. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਤੋਲਿ ਤੋੁਲਾਇਸੀ ਸਚੁ ਤਰਾਜੀ ਤੋਲੁ ॥

    A Guru’s follower always keeps assessing his conduct on the touchstone of truth and Guru’s teachings.

  6. ਆਸਾ ਮਨਸਾ ਮੋਹਣੀ ਗੁਰਿ ਠਾਕੀ ਸਚੁ ਬੋਲੁ ॥

    Hope and desire which allure our minds are restrained by the Guru’s true word of God’s praises.

  7. ਆਪਿ ਤੁਲਾਏ ਤੋਲਸੀ ਪੂਰੇ ਪੂਰਾ ਤੋਲੁ ॥੭॥

    God Himself would examine that person’s conduct, and He would find that person completely worthy of union with Him.

  8. ਕਥਨੈ ਕਹਣਿ ਨ ਛੁਟੀਐ ਨਾ ਪੜਿ ਪੁਸਤਕ ਭਾਰ ॥

    No one is saved by mere talk and speech, nor by reading loads of books.

  9. ਕਾਇਆ ਸੋਚ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਪਿਆਰ ॥

    Without true devotion and love for God, He cannot be realized by mere ablution of the body.

  10. ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਵੀਸਰੈ ਮੇਲੇ ਗੁਰੁ ਕਰਤਾਰ ॥੮॥੯॥

    O’ Nanak, one who does not forget Naam, Guru will unite him with God. ||8

  11. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru:

  12. ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਜੇ ਮਿਲੈ ਪਾਈਐ ਰਤਨੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru: If we meet the perfect true Guru, then we receive his precious teachings about reflecting on God’s virtues.

  13. ਮਨੁ ਦੀਜੈ ਗੁਰ ਆਪਣੇ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਰਬ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥

    We should completely surrender our mind to our Guru, by doing so we realize God who loves all.

  14. ਮੁਕਤਿ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਅਵਗਣ ਮੇਟਣਹਾਰੁ ॥੧॥

    Through the Guru’s grace, we obtain the commodity of God’s Name, which brings us salvation and destroys our vices.

  15. ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥

    O’ brother, knowledge about spiritual life is not attained without the Guru,

  16. ਪੂਛਹੁ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੇ ਨਾਰਦੈ ਬੇਦ ਬਿਆਸੈ ਕੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    anyone may ask god Brahma, Naarad and Vyas, the writer of Vedas.॥1॥pause॥

  17. ਗਿਆਨੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਧੁਨਿ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਅਕਥੁ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਸੋਇ ॥

    We understand about divine knowledge and remembrance of God through the Guru’s word; the Guru makes us recite God’s indescribable virtues.

  18. ਸਫਲਿਓ ਬਿਰਖੁ ਹਰੀਆਵਲਾ ਛਾਵ ਘਣੇਰੀ ਹੋਇ ॥

    The Guru is like a fruit-bearing tree, luxuriantly green with abundant shade (the Guru is the provider of inner peace and comfort).

  19. ਲਾਲ ਜਵੇਹਰ ਮਾਣਕੀ ਗੁਰ ਭੰਡਾਰੈ ਸੋਇ ॥੨॥

    God’s precious Name is present in the Guru’s treasury.

  20. ਗੁਰ ਭੰਡਾਰੈ ਪਾਈਐ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਨਾਮ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥

    ove for God’s immaculate Name is received only from the Guru’s treasury.

  21. ਸਾਚੋ ਵਖਰੁ ਸੰਚੀਐ ਪੂਰੈ ਕਰਮਿ ਅਪਾਰੁ ॥

    The true merchandise of the infinite God’s Name can be amassed by the perfect Guru’s grace.

  22. ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਦੁਖ ਮੇਟਣੋ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਅਸੁਰ ਸੰਘਾਰੁ ॥੩॥

    The true Guru is the benefactor of inner peace, the eliminator of sorrows, and the slayer of demons like lust, anger, and greed.

  23. ਭਵਜਲੁ ਬਿਖਮੁ ਡਰਾਵਣੋ ਨਾ ਕੰਧੀ ਨਾ ਪਾਰੁ ॥

    This world is like a vast, difficult and dreadful ocean of vices, which has neither this, nor the yonder shore,

  24. ਨਾ ਬੇੜੀ ਨਾ ਤੁਲਹੜਾ ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਵੰਝੁ ਮਲਾਰੁ ॥

    and there is no boat, no raft, no pole and no boatman (to help cross it)

  25. ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਭੈ ਕਾ ਬੋਹਿਥਾ ਨਦਰੀ ਪਾਰਿ ਉਤਾਰੁ ॥੪॥

    Only the true Guru is like a ship whose gracious glance takes people across this dreadful world-ocean of vices.

  26. ਇਕੁ ਤਿਲੁ ਪਿਆਰਾ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਜਾਇ ॥

    When one forgets beloved God even for a moment, then suffering overtakes and inner peace departs.

  27. ਜਿਹਵਾ ਜਲਉ ਜਲਾਵਣੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਜਪੈ ਰਸਾਇ ॥

    nMay this accursed tongue burn down which does not enjoy the delight of uttering God’s Name.

  28. ਘਟੁ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਅਗਲੋ ਜਮੁ ਪਕੜੈ ਪਛੁਤਾਇ ॥੫॥

    When the body of a person perishes, that person suffers immense pain and regrets when caught by the demon of death.

  29. ਮੇਰੀ ਮੇਰੀ ਕਰਿ ਗਏ ਤਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਕਲਤੁ ਨ ਸਾਥਿ ॥

    Many have departed from the world crying ‘this is mine, that is mine,’ yet neither their body, nor wealth, nor their spouse accompanied them.

  30. ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਧਨੁ ਬਾਦਿ ਹੈ ਭੂਲੋ ਮਾਰਗਿ ਆਥਿ ॥

    Without God’s Name, worldly wealth is useless and those who run after it, stray from the righteous path in life.

  31. ਸਾਚਉ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸੇਵੀਐ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਕਥੋ ਕਾਥਿ ॥੬॥

    Therefore, we should always remember the eternal God with adoration, His indescribable virtues can only be described through the Guru’s teachings.

  32. ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ਭਵਾਈਐ ਪਇਐ ਕਿਰਤਿ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

    One comes to and goes from this world and is rotated through incarnations due to past deeds and continues to do the same wrong deeds in every birth.

  33. ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਕਿਉ ਮੇਟੀਐ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਲੇਖੁ ਰਜਾਇ ॥

    How can this destiny based on one’s past deeds be erased when it is written by God’s will?

  34. ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮ ਨ ਛੁਟੀਐ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੭॥

    Without God’s Name one can’t be saved from the cycle of birth and death; when one follows the Guru’s teachings, only then God unites that one with Him.

  35. ਤਿਸੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਕੋ ਨਹੀ ਜਿਸ ਕਾ ਜੀਉ ਪਰਾਨੁ ॥

    This body and life has been blessed by God and except Him, I don’t have any other support.

  36. ਹਉਮੈ ਮਮਤਾ ਜਲਿ ਬਲਉ ਲੋਭੁ ਜਲਉ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ॥

    Let this ego, attachment, greed, and pride be burnt to ashes (which have separated me from my God)

  37. ਨਾਨਕ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੀਐ ਪਾਈਐ ਗੁਣੀ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ॥੮॥੧੦॥

    O’ Nanak, we should reflect on the Guru’s word; God, the treasure of virtues, is realized only by following the Guru’s teachings. ||8

  38. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru:

  39. ਰੇ ਮਨ ਐਸੀ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਕਰਿ ਜੈਸੀ ਜਲ ਕਮਲੇਹਿ ॥

    Siree Raag, First Guru: O’ my mind, have that kind of love for God which the lotus flower has for water.

  40. ਲਹਰੀ ਨਾਲਿ ਪਛਾੜੀਐ ਭੀ ਵਿਗਸੈ ਅਸਨੇਹਿ ॥

    Just as lotus flower is tossed about by water waves, but it still blossoms with love for water, similarly we will blossom by lovingly remembering God in spite of the struggles in life.

  41. ਜਲ ਮਹਿ ਜੀਅ ਉਪਾਇ ਕੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਜਲ ਮਰਣੁ ਤਿਨੇਹਿ ॥੧॥

    God has created some creatures in water and has so arranged that without water they die.