Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 69

  1. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

    Siree Raag, Third Guru:

  2. ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਫੇਰੁ ਨ ਪਵੈ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਦੁਖੁ ਜਾਇ ॥

    Meeting with the true Guru and by following his teachings, one does not have to wander through millions of births, and the agony of birth and death vanishes.

  3. ਪੂਰੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਭ ਸੋਝੀ ਹੋਈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੈ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥

    By following the perfect Guru’s divine word, one attains understanding about righteous living, and remains absorbed in God’s Name

  4. ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥

    O’ my mind, focus on the true Guru’s word.

  5. ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਦ ਨਵਤਨੋ ਆਪਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    By doing so, God’s immaculate Name appears ever fresh, and He Himself manifests within the mind. ||1|| pause||

  6. ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਅਪੁਨੀ ਸਰਣਾਈ ਜਿਉ ਰਾਖਹਿ ਤਿਉ ਰਹਣਾ ॥

    O’ dear God, keep us in Your refuge, because people live in whatever spiritual state of mind You keep them.

  7. ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਜੀਵਤੁ ਮਰੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਭਵਜਲੁ ਤਰਣਾ ॥੨॥

    Through the Guru’s Word, one remains free of vices while still alive; we swim across the world ocean of vices by following the Guru’s teachings.

  8. ਵਡੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਨਾਉ ਪਾਈਐ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਹਾਈ ॥

    God’s Name is realized through good fortune, and life becomes exalted by following the Guru's wisdom through his divine word.

  9. ਆਪੇ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਸਹਜੇ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਈ ॥੩॥

    The Creator-God Himself becomes manifests in the mind, and one remains in a state of spiritual poise.

  10. ਇਕਨਾ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਭਾਵੈ ਬੰਧਨਿ ਬੰਧਿ ਭਵਾਇਆ ॥

    The Guru’s word is not pleasing to many self-willed people, and bound in chains of Maya, they are made to wander in the cycles of birth and death.

  11. ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵੈ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥੪॥

    They go through millions of births, and waste their lives in vain.

  12. ਭਗਤਾ ਮਨਿ ਆਨੰਦੁ ਹੈ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ॥

    The devotees of God always feel spiritual bliss in their heart, they always remain imbued with God’s love and the divine word of His praises.

  13. ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਸਦ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਸਹਜੇ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਤੇ ॥੫॥

    They always sing praises of the immaculate God; they remain immersed in God’s Name in a state of spiritual poise.

  14. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਬੋਲਹਿ ਸਭ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮੁ ਪਛਾਣੀ ॥

    By recognizing God pervading the entire universe, the Guru's followers keep uttering the ambrosial words of God’s praises.

  15. ਏਕੋ ਸੇਵਨਿ ਏਕੁ ਅਰਾਧਹਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਕਥ ਕਹਾਣੀ ॥੬॥

    By following the Guru’s teachings, they adore and remember God; they always deliberate about God’s virtues which are beyond description.

  16. ਸਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸੇਵੀਐ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

    We should lovingly remember the eternal God through the Guru’s word; God manifests in the mind of those who remember Him with adoration.

  17. ਸਦਾ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਸਚ ਸਿਉ ਅਪੁਨੀ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੭॥

    They always remain imbued with the love of the eternal God who bestows His mercy and unites them with Himself.

  18. ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ਆਪੇ ਇਕਨਾ ਸੁਤਿਆ ਦੇਇ ਜਗਾਇ ॥

    God Himself does and gets everything done, and He wakes many people from the slumber of Maya.

  19. ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਇਦਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੮॥੭॥੨੪॥

    O’ Nanak! God Himself unites them with Him by uniting them with the Guru’s divine word. ||8|| 7

  20. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

    Siree Raag, Third Guru:

  21. ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲਾ ਭਏ ਪਵਿਤੁ ਸਰੀਰ ॥

    If we follow the Guru’s teachings, our mind becomes immaculate and body becomes pure (sensory organs remain away from vices).

  22. ਮਨਿ ਆਨੰਦੁ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਭੇਟਿਆ ਗਹਿਰ ਗੰਭੀਰੁ ॥

    By meeting the unfathomable God, the mind attains bliss and eternal peace.

  23. ਸਚੀ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਬੈਸਣਾ ਸਚਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਮਨੁ ਧੀਰ ॥੧॥

    By joining the the holy congregation, the mind remains focused on the eternal God and acquires peace and stability.

  24. ਮਨ ਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਨਿਸੰਗੁ ॥

    O’ my mind, serve and follow the true Guru’s teachings without any hesitation.

  25. ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਲਗੈ ਨ ਮੈਲੁ ਪਤੰਗੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    By following the Guru’s teachings, God manifests in the mind and it is not polluted by any kind of filth of vices. ||1|| pause ||

  26. ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਤਿ ਊਪਜੈ ਸਚੇ ਸਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥

    Those for whom God’s Name is the spiritual food and honor, they always remain absorbed in the eternal God.

  27. ਜਿਨੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ਪਛਾਣਿਆ ਹਉ ਤਿਨ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੈ ਜਾਉ ॥

    I am a sacrifice unto those who still their ego and recognise the Lord.

  28. ਮਨਮੁਖ ਸਚੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਤਿਨ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਕਤਹੂ ਥਾਉ ॥੨॥

    The perverse know not the True Master. They find no shelter or place any where.

  29. ਸਚੁ ਖਾਣਾ ਸਚੁ ਪੈਨਣਾ ਸਚੇ ਹੀ ਵਿਚਿ ਵਾਸੁ ॥

    They always praise the eternal God, and their mind always dwells (remains absorbed) in the divine word.

  30. ਸਦਾ ਸਚਾ ਸਾਲਾਹਣਾ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥

    They ever praise the True Lord and in the True Name is their residence.

  31. ਸਭੁ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮੁ ਪਛਾਣਿਆ ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸੁ ॥੩॥

    They have recognized God pervading everywhere; by following the Guru’s teachings, their mind remains focused within their own inner self.

  32. ਸਚੁ ਵੇਖਣੁ ਸਚੁ ਬੋਲਣਾ ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਸਚਾ ਹੋਇ ॥

    hears Him speaking through all, his body and mind become true (resistant to the attacks of Maya and vices).

  33. ਸਚੀ ਸਾਖੀ ਉਪਦੇਸੁ ਸਚੁ ਸਚੇ ਸਚੀ ਸੋਇ ॥

    He follows the teachings and guidance about remembrance of the eternal God; eternal becomes the glory of a person who has become like the eternal God.

  34. ਜਿੰਨੀ ਸਚੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਸੇ ਦੁਖੀਏ ਚਲੇ ਰੋਇ ॥੪॥

    But those who have forgotten the eternal God, they remain miserable in this life and depart from the world wailing.

  35. ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਜਿਨੀ ਨ ਸੇਵਿਓ ਸੇ ਕਿਤੁ ਆਏ ਸੰਸਾਰਿ ॥

    Those who have not followed the teachings of the true Guru, why did they even come into the world?

  36. ਜਮ ਦਰਿ ਬਧੇ ਮਾਰੀਅਹਿ ਕੂਕ ਨ ਸੁਣੈ ਪੂਕਾਰ ॥

    The fear of death tortures them and nobody listens to their shrieks and cries, as if they are tied at the door of the demon of death and are beaten.

  37. ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮਹਿ ਵਾਰੋ ਵਾਰ ॥੫॥

    They have wasted their human life in vain and they keep going through rounds of birth and death.