Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ang 87
ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਜਮੁ ਜੋਹਿ ਨ ਸਾਕੈ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥
Even the demon (fear) of death cannot touch them because they are absorbed in the eternal God’s Name through the Guru’s teachings.
ਸਭੁ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਵਰਤੈ ਕਰਤਾ ਜੋ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋ ਨਾਇ ਲਾਇਆ ॥
The creator-God Himself is pervading everywhere, He attaches that person to Naam with whom He is pleased.
ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਲਏ ਤਾ ਜੀਵੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਖਿਨੁ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਇਆ ॥੨॥
Nanak feels spiritually alive when he remembers God’s Name, bereft of Naam even for a moment, he feels utterly sad as if he is dying. ll2ll
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:
ਜੋ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਦੀਬਾਣ ਸਿਉ ਸੋ ਸਭਨੀ ਦੀਬਾਣੀ ਮਿਲਿਆ ॥
One who joins the holy congregation and is honored there, he is accepted and honored in all the gatherings.
ਜਿਥੈ ਓਹੁ ਜਾਇ ਤਿਥੈ ਓਹੁ ਸੁਰਖਰੂ ਉਸ ਕੈ ਮੁਹਿ ਡਿਠੈ ਸਭ ਪਾਪੀ ਤਰਿਆ ॥
Wherever he goes, he is recognized as honorable; all the sinners save themself by associating with him.
ਓਸੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹੈ ਨਾਮੋ ਪਰਵਰਿਆ ॥
Within him is the treasure of Naam, and he is exalted through Naam.
ਨਾਉ ਪੂਜੀਐ ਨਾਉ ਮੰਨੀਐ ਨਾਇ ਕਿਲਵਿਖ ਸਭ ਹਿਰਿਆ ॥
Therefore, we should lovingly remember God’s Name and should believe in God because all sins are washed off through Naam.
ਜਿਨੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਇਕ ਮਨਿ ਇਕ ਚਿਤਿ ਸੇ ਅਸਥਿਰੁ ਜਗਿ ਰਹਿਆ ॥੧੧॥
Those who have remembered God’s Name with fully focused mind and heart, they have become spiritually stable and exalted in the world.
ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥
Shalok, Third Guru:
ਆਤਮਾ ਦੇਉ ਪੂਜੀਐ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥
We should lovingly remember God by remaining in the state of spiritual poise blessed by the Guru.
ਆਤਮੇ ਨੋ ਆਤਮੇ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਤਿ ਹੋਇ ਤਾ ਘਰ ਹੀ ਪਰਚਾ ਪਾਇ ॥
When one develops faith in God, the supreme soul, then love and intimacy for God wells up in his heart.
ਆਤਮਾ ਅਡੋਲੁ ਨ ਡੋਲਈ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਭਾਇ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥
One who acquires the love and poise of the Guru, becomes spiritually stable and does not waver under the pressure of Maya (worldly riches and power).
ਗੁਰ ਵਿਣੁ ਸਹਜੁ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਲੋਭੁ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਜਾਇ ॥
Without following the Guru’s teachings, a state of spiritual poise does not develop, and the filth of greed does not depart from within.
ਖਿਨੁ ਪਲੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਸਭ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਨਾਇ ॥
If God’s Name manifests in one’s mind even for a moment, then assume as if he has bathed at all the holy places of the world.
ਸਚੇ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਲਗਈ ਮਲੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ॥
The filth of vices does not cling to the person who is imbued with God’s love, it clings only to the one engrossed in the love for duality (Maya).
ਧੋਤੀ ਮੂਲਿ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਜੇ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਨਾਇ ॥
This filth of vices cannot be washed off, even by bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਕਰਮ ਕਰੇ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੀ ਸਭੁ ਦੁਖੋ ਦੁਖੁ ਕਮਾਇ ॥
self-willed person does even the religious deeds in egotism and earns more and more misery.
ਨਾਨਕ ਮੈਲਾ ਊਜਲੁ ਤਾ ਥੀਐ ਜਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥
O’ Nanak, one’s filthy mind becomes pure only when one sincerely follows the true Guru’s teachings (and eradicates his self-conceit).
ਮਃ ੩ ॥
Third Guru:
ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਲੋਕੁ ਸਮਝਾਈਐ ਕਦਹੁ ਸਮਝਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥
A self-willed person can never be convinced through counseling.
ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਰਲਾਇਆ ਨਾ ਰਲੈ ਪਇਐ ਕਿਰਤਿ ਫਿਰਾਇ ॥
Even if we try, a self-willed person does not mingle with the Guru’s followers, and he keeps on wandering aimlessly because of his pre-ordained destiny.
ਲਿਵ ਧਾਤੁ ਦੁਇ ਰਾਹ ਹੈ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਇ ॥
Loving devotion for God and love for materialism are the only two ways in life, and one follows one or the other according to the Divine command.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਪਣਾ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰਿਆ ਸਬਦਿ ਕਸਵਟੀ ਲਾਇ ॥
A Guru’s follower controls his mind by testing all his thoughts on the touchstone of Guru’s word.
ਮਨ ਹੀ ਨਾਲਿ ਝਗੜਾ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਨਾਲਿ ਸਥ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮੰਝਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥
He fights against evil thoughts of his mind, he counsels his mind and finally molds these evil thoughts into virtuous thoughts.
ਮਨੁ ਜੋ ਇਛੇ ਸੋ ਲਹੈ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥
The mind which has been embellished through the Guru’s word, receives whatever it wishes.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਦ ਭੁੰਚੀਐ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਇ ॥
Therefore, we should always live like the Guru’s followers and keep partaking in the nectar of Naam.
ਵਿਣੁ ਮਨੈ ਜਿ ਹੋਰੀ ਨਾਲਿ ਲੁਝਣਾ ਜਾਸੀ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇ ॥
Those who struggle with something other than their own mind, shall depart having wasted their lives.
ਮਨਮੁਖੀ ਮਨਹਠਿ ਹਾਰਿਆ ਕੂੜੁ ਕੁਸਤੁ ਕਮਾਇ ॥
The self-willed person loses the game of life through stubborn-mindedness and the practice of falsehood.
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਮਨੁ ਜਿਣੈ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥
One who conquers his own mind by the Guru's Grace, he develops love for God.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੨॥
O’ Nanak, Guru’s follower realizes the Truth (merges in the eternal God) and the self-willed continues in the cycles of birth and death.
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:
ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਸੰਤ ਸੁਣਹੁ ਜਨ ਭਾਈ ਹਰਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਇਕ ਸਾਖੀ ॥
O’ God’s saintly devotee brothers, listen to one advice of the divine-true Guru.
ਜਿਸੁ ਧੁਰਿ ਭਾਗੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਮੁਖਿ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਤਿਨਿ ਜਨਿ ਲੈ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਰਾਖੀ ॥
One who has such preordained destiny, only that devotee keeps this teaching enshrined in his mind.
ਹਰਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਕਥਾ ਸਰੇਸਟ ਊਤਮ ਗੁਰ ਬਚਨੀ ਸਹਜੇ ਚਾਖੀ ॥
(The advice is that) one can achieve a state of spiritual poise, and enjoy the life-giving sublime praises of God through the Guru’s divine word.
ਤਹ ਭਇਆ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸੁ ਮਿਟਿਆ ਅੰਧਿਆਰਾ ਜਿਉ ਸੂਰਜ ਰੈਣਿ ਕਿਰਾਖੀ ॥
(One who follows the Guru’s teachings,) he becomes spiritually enlightened, and the darkness of his ignorance ends just as the sun ends the darkness of night.
ਅਦਿਸਟੁ ਅਗੋਚਰੁ ਅਲਖੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਸੋ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਖੀ ॥੧੨॥
God who is invisible, incomprehensible, indescribable and immaculate is visualized with the spiritually enlightened eyes through the Guru.
ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥
Shalok, Third Mehla: