Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 66
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
Siree Raag, Third Guru:
ਪੰਖੀ ਬਿਰਖਿ ਸੁਹਾਵੜਾ ਸਚੁ ਚੁਗੈ ਗੁਰ ਭਾਇ ॥
Just as birds sitting on trees and pecking on fruits look beautiful, similarly the life of a devotee becomes beauteous by focusing on God through love for the Guru.
ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਪੀਵੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਰਹੈ ਉਡੈ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥
He drinks the nectar of God’s Name, remains in a state of spiritual poise, does not wander around for Maya and is thus saved from the cycle of birth and death.
ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ਪਾਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥
This way he has found an abode within his heart (where God resides) and always remains absorbed in remembering God’s Name with adoration.
ਮਨ ਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਇ ॥
O’ my mind, live by the Guru’s teachings.
ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਭਾਣੈ ਜੇ ਚਲਹਿ ਤਾ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਚਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
If you act according to the Guru's will, then you shall always remain immersed in God's Name. ||1|| pause||
ਪੰਖੀ ਬਿਰਖ ਸੁਹਾਵੜੇ ਊਡਹਿ ਚਹੁ ਦਿਸਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥
Though people who look beautiful (comfortable) in life, they are running around all over to acquire more and more worldly wealth.
ਜੇਤਾ ਊਡਹਿ ਦੁਖ ਘਣੇ ਨਿਤ ਦਾਝਹਿ ਤੈ ਬਿਲਲਾਹਿ ॥
The more they wander around, the more they suffer as if they are burning and bewailing in the yearning for worldly things.
ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਮਹਲੁ ਨ ਜਾਪਈ ਨਾ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਫਲ ਪਾਹਿ ॥੨॥
Without the Guru’s teachings, they do not find God's presence in their heart, and they do not receive the ambrosial fruit of God’s Name.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਹਰੀਆਵਲਾ ਸਾਚੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥
The Guru’s follower is like God's evergreen tree, and he always remains absorbed in love and devotion for God in a state of spiritual poise.
ਸਾਖਾ ਤੀਨਿ ਨਿਵਾਰੀਆ ਏਕ ਸਬਦਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥
Such a person has conquered the three modes of Maya (vice, virtue and power) by remaining immersed in the divine word of God’s praises.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਫਲੁ ਹਰਿ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਆਪੇ ਦੇਇ ਖਵਾਇ ॥੩॥
He bears the ambrosial fruit of God’s Name, God Himself lets such a Guru’s follower enjoy this ambrosial fruit.
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਊਭੇ ਸੁਕਿ ਗਏ ਨਾ ਫਲੁ ਤਿੰਨਾ ਛਾਉ ॥
The self-willed people are of no help to anybody, they are like those trees which have withered away, they neither bear fruit nor yield shade.
ਤਿੰਨਾ ਪਾਸਿ ਨ ਬੈਸੀਐ ਓਨਾ ਘਰੁ ਨ ਗਿਰਾਉ ॥
We should not even sit near them because they are like those who have no home or place of their own. (they have no spiritual knowledge).
ਕਟੀਅਹਿ ਤੈ ਨਿਤ ਜਾਲੀਅਹਿ ਓਨਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਨਾਉ ॥੪॥
They always remain unhappy and miserable, because they have neither the Guru’s word, nor God's Name.
ਹੁਕਮੇ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵਣੇ ਪਇਐ ਕਿਰਤਿ ਫਿਰਾਉ ॥
O’ God, people act as per God’s command and wander in the cycles of birth and death in accordance with their preordained destiny based on their past deeds.
ਹੁਕਮੇ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਦੇਖਣਾ ਜਹ ਭੇਜਹਿ ਤਹ ਜਾਉ ॥
People experience Your blessed vision as per Your command, and they do what You wish them to do.
ਹੁਕਮੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਹੁਕਮੇ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਉ ॥੫॥
God’s Name dwells within their minds by Your Command and by Your command they remain merged in Your Name.
ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਬਪੁੜੇ ਭੂਲੇ ਫਿਰਹਿ ਗਵਾਰ ॥
There are many wretched people who do not understand God's will; these ignorant people wander around lost in doubts.
ਮਨਹਠਿ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵਦੇ ਨਿਤ ਨਿਤ ਹੋਹਿ ਖੁਆਰੁ ॥
They go about their business stubborn-mindedly; each and every day they suffer disgrace and distress.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਾਂਤਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਨਾ ਸਚਿ ਲਗੈ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥੬॥
They neither attain peace of mind, nor embrace love for God.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀਆ ਮੁਹ ਸੋਹਣੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਹੇਤਿ ਪਿਆਰਿ ॥
The faces of the Guru’s followers look shining with the love of Naam, because they bear love and affection for the Guru.
ਸਚੀ ਭਗਤੀ ਸਚਿ ਰਤੇ ਦਰਿ ਸਚੈ ਸਚਿਆਰ ॥
Their devotional worship is real, they are imbued with truth and are judged truthful in God’s presence.
ਆਏ ਸੇ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਕੁਲ ਕਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਉਧਾਰੁ ॥੭॥
Blessed is their coming into the world, because they not only save themselves but also save their entire lineage (their spiritual companions).
ਸਭ ਨਦਰੀ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵਦੇ ਨਦਰੀ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
All people perform deeds under God's glance; no one is outside His glance.
ਜੈਸੀ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਦੇਖੈ ਸਚਾ ਤੈਸਾ ਹੀ ਕੋ ਹੋਇ ॥
Whatever grace (based on their past deeds) God bestows on one, he becomes like that.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਵਡਾਈਆ ਕਰਮਿ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥੮॥੩॥੨੦॥
O’ Nanak, all honors come through devotion to God’s Name, which is obtained only by His grace. ||8|| 3
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
Siree Raag, Third Guru:
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥
The self-willed people do not understand that God’s Name can be lovingly remembered only through the Guru’s teachings.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਦਾ ਮੁਖ ਊਜਲੇ ਹਰਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥
Those who follow the Guru’s teachings, God manifests in their mind and they are always honored both here and hereafter.
ਸਹਜੇ ਹੀ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਹਜੇ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥
Inner peace is attained in a state of spiritual poise and one remains absorbed in God in that state of spiritual poise.
ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਦਾਸਨਿ ਦਾਸਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
O’ brother, serve the God’s devotees with humility.
ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਗੁਰ ਭਗਤਿ ਹੈ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਪਾਏ ਕੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
The Guru’s service is the devotional worship of God through the Guru’s teaching; but only a rare person receives the gift of this service. ||1|| pause||
ਸਦਾ ਸੁਹਾਗੁ ਸੁਹਾਗਣੀ ਜੇ ਚਲਹਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭਾਇ ॥
If one lives by the Guru’s will, then that fortunate person will always enjoy the bliss of union with God.
ਸਦਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਨਾ ਓਹੁ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
By following the Guru’s teachings, one realizes the eternal Master-God, who never dies or goes away.
ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲੀ ਨਾ ਵੀਛੁੜੈ ਪਿਰ ਕੈ ਅੰਕਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੨॥
One who is united with the Master-God through the Guru’s word, shall not be separated from Him again and always remains merged with Him.
ਹਰਿ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਅਤਿ ਊਜਲਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਪਾਇਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
God is extremely immaculate, and He can’t be realized without the Guru’s word.
ਪਾਠੁ ਪੜੈ ਨਾ ਬੂਝਈ ਭੇਖੀ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਇ ॥
God cannot be understood by reading scriptures; the pretenders (who put on holy garbs) remain deluded in doubt.
ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਹਰਿ ਸਦਾ ਪਾਇਆ ਰਸਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੩॥
God is always realized only through the Guru's teachings, and the tongue remains permeated with the sublime essence of God’s Name.
ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਚੁਕਾਇਆ ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥
One who follows the Guru’s teachings, eradicates his love for Maya, and imbued with God’s love he remains in a state of spiritual poise.