Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 65

  1. ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਗੁਣ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਤਿਸ ਕੀ ਕੀਮ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥

    One who has realized God, the treasure of virtues, by following the Guru’s teachings, the worth of his glory cannot be described.

  2. ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਖਾ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਮੇਰਾ ਅੰਤੇ ਹੋਇ ਸਖਾਈ ॥੩॥

    God is my best Friend, He shall be my companion and support in the end.

  3. ਪੇਈਅੜੈ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਪਤਿ ਗਵਾਈ ॥

    In the parental home (this world), the self-willed person has lost his honor by forsaking God, the benefactor and the life of the world.

  4. ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੋ ਮਗੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਅੰਧੇ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਕਾਈ ॥

    No one can understand the righteous way of life without the Guru’s teachings; blinded by the love for Maya, one does not find any spiritual support.

  5. ਹਰਿ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਮਨਿ ਨਹੀ ਵਸਿਆ ਅੰਤਿ ਗਇਆ ਪਛੁਤਾਈ ॥੪॥

    The one in whose mind God, the giver of inner peace has not manifested, in the end he regrets while departing from here.

  6. ਪੇਈਅੜੈ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਇਆ ॥

    By following the Guru’s teachings, those who have enshrined God, the benefactor and life of the world, in their mind while living in this world:

  7. ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਮੋਹੁ ਚੁਕਾਇਆ ॥

    They always perform God’s devotional worship and eradicate their ego and emotional attachment from within.

  8. ਜਿਸੁ ਸਿਉ ਰਾਤਾ ਤੈਸੋ ਹੋਵੈ ਸਚੇ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥੫॥

    A person becomes like the one in whose love he is imbued with; therefore one who is imbued with the eternal God’s love, remains absorbed in Him.

  9. ਆਪੇ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਭਾਉ ਲਾਏ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥

    The one upon whom God bestows gracious glance and imbues with His love, then that person reflects upon His virtues through the Guru’s word.

  10. ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਸਹਜੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਮਾਰਿ ॥

    Spiritual poise wells up by following the true Guru’s teachings and eradicating the ego and yearning for materialism.

  11. ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣਦਾਤਾ ਸਦ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਸਚੁ ਰਖਿਆ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਿ ॥੬॥

    One who follows the Guru’s teachings, God, the benefactor of virtues manifests in his heart and then that person keeps Him enshrined in his heart.

  12. ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਸਦਾ ਨਿਰਮਲਾ ਮਨਿ ਨਿਰਮਲਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥

    My God is forever immaculate; He can be realized only with a pure mind.

  13. ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਸਭੁ ਜਾਇ ॥

    If God, the treasure of Naam, manifests in the mind, then all the misery of egotism goes away.

  14. ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਸੁਣਾਇਆ ਹਉ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੈ ਜਾਉ ॥੭॥

    I forever dedicate myself to that person whom the true Guru has recited the divine word of God’s praises.

  15. ਆਪਣੈ ਮਨਿ ਚਿਤਿ ਕਹੈ ਕਹਾਏ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਆਪੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥

    One may say in one’s own mind that he has eradicated his self-conceit and makes others also say so, but it does not depart without the Guru’s teachings.

  16. ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਭਗਤਿ ਵਛਲੁ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਈ ॥

    God is the lover of devotional worship and benefactor of inner peace; upon whom God bestows mercy, only that person enshrines Him in his mind.

  17. ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋਭਾ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਦੇਇ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਆਪੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਦੇ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੮॥੧॥੧੮॥

    O’ Nanak, through the Guru’s teachings, God Himself blesses a person with the intellect of singing God’s praises and bestows honor both here and hereafter. ||8|| 1

  18. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

    Siree Raag, Third Guru:

  19. ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵਦੇ ਜਮਡੰਡੁ ਲਗੈ ਤਿਨ ਆਇ ॥

    Those who go around doing even the religious deeds egotistically, they end up enduring the fear of the demon of death,

  20. ਜਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਨਿ ਸੇ ਉਬਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥੧॥

    but those who follow the Guru’s teachings, they are saved from this fear of the of demon of death.

  21. ਮਨ ਰੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ॥

    O’ my mind, follow the Guru’s teachings and lovingly remember God’s Name.

  22. ਧੁਰਿ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਕਰਤੈ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਤਿਨਾ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    Based on the previous deeds, those who are predestined by the Creator-God, they merge in His Name by following the Guru's teachings. ||1|| pause||

  23. ਵਿਣੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪਰਤੀਤਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਨਾਮਿ ਨ ਲਾਗੋ ਭਾਉ ॥

    Faith and love for God’s Name does not arise in one’s mind without following the true Guru’s teachings.

  24. ਸੁਪਨੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਨ ਪਾਵਈ ਦੁਖ ਮਹਿ ਸਵੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੨॥

    He does not find peace even in dreams, and remains entangled in sorrows.

  25. ਜੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਚੈ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਲੋਚੀਐ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਨ ਮੇਟਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥

    Even if he longs to recite God’s Naam, still he does not succeed, because his past deeds cannot be erased without following the Guru’s teachings.

  26. ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਭਾਣਾ ਭਗਤੀ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਸੇ ਭਗਤ ਪਏ ਦਰਿ ਥਾਇ ॥੩॥

    The devotees of God completely surrender to God’s will and they are the ones who are accepted in God’s presence.

  27. ਗੁਰੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਦਿੜਾਵੈ ਰੰਗ ਸਿਉ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਲਇਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

    With great love, the Guru enshrines the divine word in the heart of those who seek his refuge, but the Guru is not met without God’s grace.

  28. ਜੇ ਸਉ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਨੀਰੀਐ ਭੀ ਬਿਖੁ ਫਲੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਧਾਇ ॥੪॥

    Without the Guru’s teachings, a person is like a (poisonous) tree which bears poisonous fruit, even if irrigated with nectar a hundred times.

  29. ਸੇ ਜਨ ਸਚੇ ਨਿਰਮਲੇ ਜਿਨ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਨਾਲਿ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥

    Only those people, who are in love with the true Guru, are always truthful and have an immaculate life.

  30. ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਭਾਣਾ ਕਮਾਵਦੇ ਬਿਖੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਤਜਿ ਵਿਕਾਰੁ ॥੫॥

    They live as per the Guru’s will by eradicating the poison of ego and vices.

  31. ਮਨਹਠਿ ਕਿਤੈ ਉਪਾਇ ਨ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਸਿਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਸਾਸਤ੍ਰ ਸੋਧਹੁ ਜਾਇ ॥

    O’ brother, you may carefully read the religious scriptures and confirm that we cannot escape from the poison of ego by deeds done with stubbornness.

  32. ਮਿਲਿ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਸਾਧੂ ਉਬਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਮਾਇ ॥੬॥

    People escape from the vices only by joining the holy congregation and living according to the Guru’s word.

  33. ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰੁ ॥

    God’s Name is the treasure of virtues, which has no end or limitation.

  34. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੇਈ ਸੋਹਦੇ ਜਿਨ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਤਾਰੁ ॥੭॥

    Only those upon whom God bestows mercy, they follow the Guru’s teachings and realize this treasure of virtues and are embellished.

  35. ਨਾਨਕ ਦਾਤਾ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਦੂਜਾ ਅਉਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥

    O’ Nanak, God is the only benefactor; there is no other at all.

  36. ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਪਾਈਐ ਕਰਮਿ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥੮॥੨॥੧੯॥

    God is realized by the Guru’s grace and the Guru is met through God’s grace