Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Ang 73

  1. ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਆਪੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥

    O God, You revealed Yourself in the form of this Universe,

  2. ਦੂਜਾ ਖੇਲੁ ਕਰਿ ਦਿਖਲਾਇਆ ॥

    and You Yourself staged this play of Maya as Your manifestation which seems separate from You.

  3. ਸਭੁ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਜਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਸੈ ਬੁਝਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥੨੦॥

    The eternal God pervades everywhere, but this is understood only by those whom He Himself makes to understand.

  4. ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

    The one who through the Guru’s grace, has understood the mystery of the omnipresence of God,

  5. ਤਿਥੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਚੁਕਾਇਆ ॥

    God has eradicated the love for Maya from his heart.

  6. ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਿ ਕੈ ਆਪਣੀ ਆਪੇ ਲਏ ਸਮਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥੨੧॥

    And bestowing mercy, God merges that person in Himself.

  7. ਗੋਪੀ ਨੈ ਗੋਆਲੀਆ ॥

    O’ God, (You are all pervading), You Yourself are lord Krishna’s milk maids,

  8. ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਗੋਇ ਉਠਾਲੀਆ ॥

    You Yourself are the river yamuna, You Yourself are lord krishna, the herdsman.

  9. ਹੁਕਮੀ ਭਾਂਡੇ ਸਾਜਿਆ ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਭੰਨਿ ਸਵਾਰਿ ਜੀਉ ॥੨੨॥

    You Yourself support the world. Human beings are created by Your command, You Yourself embellish them, and then again destroy them.

  10. ਜਿਨ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਆ ॥

    Those who have focused their consciousness on the true Guru’s teachings,

  11. ਤਿਨੀ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਉ ਚੁਕਾਇਆ ॥

    they have rid themselves of the love of Maya (worldly riches and power)

  12. ਨਿਰਮਲ ਜੋਤਿ ਤਿਨ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀਆ ਓਇ ਚਲੇ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਵਾਰਿ ਜੀਉ ॥੨੩॥

    Immaculate divine light enlightened their heart, and they depart (from this world) after fulfilling the mission of their lives.

  13. ਤੇਰੀਆ ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਚੰਗਿਆਈਆ ॥ ਮੈ ਰਾਤਿ ਦਿਹੈ ਵਡਿਆਈਆਂ ॥

    O’ God, day and night, I praise Your eternal excellences.

  14. ਅਣਮੰਗਿਆ ਦਾਨੁ ਦੇਵਣਾ ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਸਮਾਲਿ ਜੀਉ ॥੨੪॥੧॥

    O’ Nanak, say, God bestows even the unasked-for gifts: O’ brother, always keep the eternal God enshrined in your heart. ||24|| 1|| Siree Raag, Fifth Guru:

  15. ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

    Siree Raag, Fifth Guru:

  16. ਪੈ ਪਾਇ ਮਨਾਈ ਸੋਇ ਜੀਉ ॥

    O’ brother, I am trying to please God by humbly following the Guru’s teachings.

  17. ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪੁਰਖਿ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ਤਿਸੁ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ਜੀਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

    The Guru has united me with God; none other is as great as God. ||1|| pause||

  18. ਗੋਸਾਈ ਮਿਹੰਡਾ ਇਠੜਾ ॥

    My God, the master of the universe, is very dear to me.

  19. ਅੰਮ ਅਬੇ ਥਾਵਹੁ ਮਿਠੜਾ ॥

    He is dearer to me than my mother and father.

  20. ਭੈਣ ਭਾਈ ਸਭਿ ਸਜਣਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਜੇਹਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋਇ ਜੀਉ ॥੧॥

    O’ God! I have dealt with sisters, brothers and all the friends, but there is none other like You.

  21. ਤੇਰੈ ਹੁਕਮੇ ਸਾਵਣੁ ਆਇਆ ॥

    O’ God! I met the Guru by Your command, it felt as if saavan, the rainy season, has come for me.

  22. ਮੈ ਸਤ ਕਾ ਹਲੁ ਜੋਆਇਆ ॥

    Therefore, to embellish my conduct, I have ploughed my farm-like body with the plough of righteousness.

  23. ਨਾਉ ਬੀਜਣ ਲਗਾ ਆਸ ਕਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਬੋਹਲ ਬਖਸ ਜਮਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥੨॥

    I started sowing the seed of Naam, with the great expectation that in your mercy You may bless me with a plentiful crop of Naam.

  24. ਹਉ ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਇਕੁ ਪਛਾਣਦਾ ॥

    After meeting the Guru and following his teachings, now I recognize one and only one God.

  25. ਦੁਯਾ ਕਾਗਲੁ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਜਾਣਦਾ ॥

    Except God’s Name, I do not know how to write any other account.

  26. ਹਰਿ ਇਕਤੈ ਕਾਰੈ ਲਾਇਓਨੁ ਜਿਉ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਂਵੈ ਨਿਬਾਹਿ ਜੀਉ ॥੩॥

    God has assigned me one task of remembering Naam with adoration, now He will help me accomplish this task as it pleases Him.

  27. ਤੁਸੀ ਭੋਗਿਹੁ ਭੁੰਚਹੁ ਭਾਈਹੋ ॥

    O’ my brothers, you too (follow the Guru’s teachings and) enjoy the elixir of God’s Name.

  28. ਗੁਰਿ ਦੀਬਾਣਿ ਕਵਾਇ ਪੈਨਾਈਓ ॥

    The Guru has adorned me with the robe of honor in God’s presence.

  29. ਹਉ ਹੋਆ ਮਾਹਰੁ ਪਿੰਡ ਦਾ ਬੰਨਿ ਆਦੇ ਪੰਜਿ ਸਰੀਕ ਜੀਉ ॥੪॥

    I have become the master of my body, because now I have total control over my five rivals (lust, anger, greed, attachments, pride).

  30. ਹਉ ਆਇਆ ਸਾਮੑੈ ਤਿਹੰਡੀਆ ॥

    O’ God, (since the time), I have come to your refuge.

  31. ਪੰਜਿ ਕਿਰਸਾਣ ਮੁਜੇਰੇ ਮਿਹਡਿਆ ॥

    The five cultivators (the senses of touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing), now work under my control, as if they have become my tenants.

  32. ਕੰਨੁ ਕੋਈ ਕਢਿ ਨ ਹੰਘਈ ਨਾਨਕ ਵੁਠਾ ਘੁਘਿ ਗਿਰਾਉ ਜੀਉ ॥੫॥

    O’ Nanak, now these sensory organs can not go against my wishes, therefore I have acquired many virtues.

  33. ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਘੁੰਮਾ ਜਾਵਦਾ ॥

    O’ God! I dedicate myself to You,

  34. ਇਕ ਸਾਹਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਧਿਆਇਦਾ ॥

    and I continually remember You with adoration.

  35. ਉਜੜੁ ਥੇਹੁ ਵਸਾਇਓ ਹਉ ਤੁਧ ਵਿਟਹੁ ਕੁਰਬਾਣੁ ਜੀਉ ॥੬॥

    O’ God! I dedicate myself to You, because You have enriched my deserted heart with divine virtues.

  36. ਹਰਿ ਇਠੈ ਨਿਤ ਧਿਆਇਦਾ ॥

    O’ brother, now I continually remember God with adoration;

  37. ਮਨਿ ਚਿੰਦੀ ਸੋ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਇਦਾ ॥

    (by doing so) all the desires of my heart are being fulfilled.

  38. ਸਭੇ ਕਾਜ ਸਵਾਰਿਅਨੁ ਲਾਹੀਅਨੁ ਮਨ ਕੀ ਭੁਖ ਜੀਉ ॥੭॥

    God has accomplished all my tasks, and has satiated my mind’s hunger for materialism.

  39. ਮੈ ਛਡਿਆ ਸਭੋ ਧੰਧੜਾ ॥

    I have forsaken all my worldly entanglements;

  40. ਗੋਸਾਈ ਸੇਵੀ ਸਚੜਾ ॥

    I always lovingly remember God, the true master of the universe.

  41. ਨਉ ਨਿਧਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਮੈ ਪਲੈ ਬਧਾ ਛਿਕਿ ਜੀਉ ॥੮॥

    (Now for me), God’s Name is like all the nine treasures of wealth, which I have firmly enshrined in my heart.

  42. ਮੈ ਸੁਖੀ ਹੂੰ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

    I have found the sublime peace of all, the spiritual bliss of Naam.

  43. ਗੁਰਿ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਵਸਾਇਆ ॥

    The Guru has enshrined in my heart the divine word of God’s praises .

  44. ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਪੁਰਖਿ ਵਿਖਾਲਿਆ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਧਰਿ ਕੈ ਹਥੁ ਜੀਉ ॥੯॥

    Bestowing his kindness, the true Guru has helped me to visualize God.

  45. ਮੈ ਬਧੀ ਸਚੁ ਧਰਮ ਸਾਲ ਹੈ ॥

    I have established the temple of truth where the saintly people assemble and remember God with adoration.

  46. ਗੁਰਸਿਖਾ ਲਹਦਾ ਭਾਲਿ ਕੈ ॥

    I have searched the Guru's disciples and have brought them to this temple.

  47. ਪੈਰ ਧੋਵਾ ਪਖਾ ਫੇਰਦਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਨਿਵਿ ਨਿਵਿ ਲਗਾ ਪਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥੧੦॥

    I serve and provide all physical comforts to them and bow to them in utmost humility.