Ang 1243 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਲਿਖਿਆ ਹੋਵੈ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਰੇ ਸੁ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥

likhiaa hovai naanakaa karataa kare su hoe |1|

Whatever is predestined, happens, O Nanak; whatever the Creator does, comes to pass. ||1||

Tukk 1

ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

Tukk 2

ਰੰਨਾ ਹੋਈਆ ਬੋਧੀਆ ਪੁਰਸ ਹੋਏ ਸਈਆਦ ॥

ranaa hoeea bodheea puras hoe seeaad |

Women have become advisors, and men have become hunters.

Tukk 3

ਸੀਲੁ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਸੁਚ ਭੰਨੀ ਖਾਣਾ ਖਾਜੁ ਅਹਾਜੁ ॥

seel sanjam such bhanee khaanaa khaaj ahaaj |

Humility, self-control and purity have run away; people eat the uneatable, forbidden food.

Tukk 4

ਸਰਮੁ ਗਇਆ ਘਰਿ ਆਪਣੈ ਪਤਿ ਉਠਿ ਚਲੀ ਨਾਲਿ ॥

saram geaa ghar aapanai pat utth chalee naal |

Modesty has left her home, and honor has gone away with her.

Tukk 5

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚਾ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਅਉਰੁ ਨ ਸਚਾ ਭਾਲਿ ॥੨॥

naanak sachaa ek hai aaur na sachaa bhaal |2|

O Nanak, there is only One True Lord; do not bother to search for any other as true. ||2||

Tukk 6

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

Tukk 7

ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭਸਮ ਲੇਪਨ ਕਰੇ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਗੁਬਾਰੀ ॥

baahar bhasam lepan kare antar gubaaree |

You smear your outer body with ashes, but within, you are filled with darkness.

Tukk 8

ਖਿੰਥਾ ਝੋਲੀ ਬਹੁ ਭੇਖ ਕਰੇ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੀ ॥

khinthaa jholee bahu bhekh kare duramat ahankaaree |

You wear the patched coat and all the right clothes and robes, but you are still egotistical and proud.

Tukk 9

ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਊਚਰੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ਪਸਾਰੀ ॥

saahib sabad na aoocharai maaeaa moh pasaaree |

You do not chant the Shabad, the Word of Your Lord and Master; you are attached to the expanse of Maya.

Tukk 10

ਅੰਤਰਿ ਲਾਲਚੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਹੈ ਭਰਮੈ ਗਾਵਾਰੀ ॥

antar laalach bharam hai bharamai gaavaaree |

Within, you are filled with greed and doubt; you wander around like a fool.

Tukk 11

ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੇਤਈ ਜੂਐ ਬਾਜੀ ਹਾਰੀ ॥੧੪॥

naanak naam na chetee jooai baajee haaree |14|

Says Nanak, you never even think of the Naam; you have lost the game of life in the gamble. ||14||

Tukk 12

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੧ ॥

salok mahalaa 1 |

Salok, First Mehl:

Tukk 13

ਲਖ ਸਿਉ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਲਖ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਕਿਆ ਖੁਸੀਆ ਕਿਆ ਚਾਉ ॥

lakh siau preet hovai lakh jeevan kiaa khuseea kiaa chaau |

You may be in love with tens of thousands, and live for thousands of years; but what good are these pleasures and occupations?

Tukk 14

ਵਿਛੁੜਿਆ ਵਿਸੁ ਹੋਇ ਵਿਛੋੜਾ ਏਕ ਘੜੀ ਮਹਿ ਜਾਇ ॥

vichhurriaa vis hoe vichhorraa ek gharree meh jaae |

And when you must separate from them, that separation is like poison, but they will be gone in an instant.

Tukk 15

ਜੇ ਸਉ ਵਰ੍ਹਿਆ ਮਿਠਾ ਖਾਜੈ ਭੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਕਉੜਾ ਖਾਇ ॥

je sau varhiaa mitthaa khaajai bhee fir kaurraa khaae |

You may eat sweets for a hundred years, but eventually, you will have to eat the bitter as well.

Tukk 16

ਮਿਠਾ ਖਾਧਾ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਕਉੜਤਣੁ ਧਾਇ ਜਾਇ ॥

mitthaa khaadhaa chit na aavai kaurratan dhaae jaae |

Then, you will not remember eating the sweets; bitterness will permeate you.

Tukk 17

ਮਿਠਾ ਕਉੜਾ ਦੋਵੈ ਰੋਗ ॥

mitthaa kaurraa dovai rog |

The sweet and the bitter are both diseases.

Tukk 18

ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਤਿ ਵਿਗੁਤੇ ਭੋਗ ॥

naanak ant vigute bhog |

O Nanak, eating them, you will come to ruin in the end.

Tukk 19

ਝਖਿ ਝਖਿ ਝਖਣਾ ਝਗੜਾ ਝਾਖ ॥

jhakh jhakh jhakhanaa jhagarraa jhaakh |

It is useless to worry and struggle to death.

Tukk 20

ਝਖਿ ਝਖਿ ਜਾਹਿ ਝਖਹਿ ਤਿਨੑ ਪਾਸਿ ॥੧॥

jhakh jhakh jaeh jhakheh tina paas |1|

Entangled in worries and struggles, people exhaust themselves. ||1||

Tukk 21

ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

Tukk 22

ਕਾਪੜੁ ਕਾਠੁ ਰੰਗਾਇਆ ਰਾਂਗਿ ॥

kaaparr kaatth rangaaeaa raang |

They have fine clothes and furniture of various colors.

Tukk 23

ਘਰ ਗਚ ਕੀਤੇ ਬਾਗੇ ਬਾਗ ॥

ghar gach keete baage baag |

Their houses are painted beautifully white.

Tukk 24

ਸਾਦ ਸਹਜ ਕਰਿ ਮਨੁ ਖੇਲਾਇਆ ॥

saad sehaj kar man khelaaeaa |

In pleasure and poise, they play their mind games.

Tukk 25

ਤੈ ਸਹ ਪਾਸਹੁ ਕਹਣੁ ਕਹਾਇਆ ॥

tai seh paasahu kehan kahaaeaa |

When they approach You, O Lord, they shall be spoken to.

Tukk 26

ਮਿਠਾ ਕਰਿ ਕੈ ਕਉੜਾ ਖਾਇਆ ॥

mitthaa kar kai kaurraa khaaeaa |

They think it is sweet, so they eat the bitter.

Tukk 27

ਤਿਨਿ ਕਉੜੈ ਤਨਿ ਰੋਗੁ ਜਮਾਇਆ ॥

tin kaurrai tan rog jamaaeaa |

The bitter disease grows in the body.

Tukk 28

ਜੇ ਫਿਰਿ ਮਿਠਾ ਪੇੜੈ ਪਾਇ ॥

je fir mitthaa perrai paae |

If, later on, they receive the sweet,

Tukk 29

ਤਉ ਕਉੜਤਣੁ ਚੂਕਸਿ ਮਾਇ ॥

tau kaurratan chookas maae |

then their bitterness shall be gone, O mother.

Tukk 30

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਵੈ ਸੋਇ ॥

naanak guramukh paavai soe |

O Nanak, the Gurmukh is blessed to receive

Tukk 31

ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥

jis no praapat likhiaa hoe |2|

what he is predestined to receive. ||2||

Tukk 32

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

Tukk 33

ਜਿਨ ਕੈ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਮੈਲੁ ਕਪਟੁ ਹੈ ਬਾਹਰੁ ਧੋਵਾਇਆ ॥

jin kai hiradai mail kapatt hai baahar dhovaaeaa |

Those whose hearts are filled with the filth of deception, may wash themselves on the outside.

Tukk 34

ਕੂੜੁ ਕਪਟੁ ਕਮਾਵਦੇ ਕੂੜੁ ਪਰਗਟੀ ਆਇਆ ॥

koorr kapatt kamaavade koorr paragattee aaeaa |

They practice falsehood and deception, and their falsehood is revealed.

Tukk 35

ਅੰਦਰਿ ਹੋਇ ਸੁ ਨਿਕਲੈ ਨਹ ਛਪੈ ਛਪਾਇਆ ॥

andar hoe su nikalai neh chhapai chhapaaeaa |

That which is within them, comes out; it cannot be concealed by concealment.

Tukk 36

ਕੂੜੈ ਲਾਲਚਿ ਲਗਿਆ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੂਨੀ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

koorrai laalach lagiaa fir joonee paaeaa |

Attached to falsehood and greed, the mortal is consigned to reincarnation over and over again.

Tukk 37

ਨਾਨਕ ਜੋ ਬੀਜੈ ਸੋ ਖਾਵਣਾ ਕਰਤੈ ਲਿਖਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੧੫॥

naanak jo beejai so khaavanaa karatai likh paaeaa |15|

O Nanak, whatever the mortal plants, he must eat. The Creator Lord has written our destiny. ||15||

Tukk 38

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੨ ॥

salok mahalaa 2 |

Salok, Second Mehl:

Tukk 39

ਕਥਾ ਕਹਾਣੀ ਬੇਦਂੀ ਆਣੀ ਪਾਪੁ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

kathaa kahaanee bedanee aanee paap pun beechaar |

The Vedas bring forth stories and legends, and thoughts of vice and virtue.

Tukk 40

ਦੇ ਦੇ ਲੈਣਾ ਲੈ ਲੈ ਦੇਣਾ ਨਰਕਿ ਸੁਰਗਿ ਅਵਤਾਰ ॥

de de lainaa lai lai denaa narak surag avataar |

What is given, they receive, and what is received, they give. They are reincarnated in heaven and hell.

Tukk 41

ਉਤਮ ਮਧਿਮ ਜਾਤੀਂ ਜਿਨਸੀ ਭਰਮਿ ਭਵੈ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥

autam madhim jaateen jinasee bharam bhavai sansaar |

High and low, social class and status - the world wanders lost in superstition.

Tukk 42

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਤਤੁ ਵਖਾਣੀ ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਵਿਚਿ ਆਈ ॥

amrit baanee tat vakhaanee giaan dhiaan vich aaee |

The Ambrosial Word of Gurbani proclaims the essence of reality. Spiritual wisdom and meditation are contained within it.

Tukk 43

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਖੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਤੀ ਸੁਰਤਂੀ ਕਰਮਿ ਧਿਆਈ ॥

guramukh aakhee guramukh jaatee suratanee karam dhiaaee |

The Gurmukhs chant it, and the Gurmukhs realize it. Intuitively aware, they meditate on it.

Tukk 44

ਹੁਕਮੁ ਸਾਜਿ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਰਖੈ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ॥

hukam saaj hukamai vich rakhai hukamai andar vekhai |

By the Hukam of His Command, He formed the Universe, and in His Hukam, He keeps it. By His Hukam, He keeps it under His Gaze.

Tukk 45

ਨਾਨਕ ਅਗਹੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਤੁਟੈ ਤਾਂ ਕੋ ਲਿਖੀਐ ਲੇਖੈ ॥੧॥

naanak agahu haumai tuttai taan ko likheeai lekhai |1|

O Nanak, if the mortal shatters his ego before he departs, as it is pre-ordained, then he is approved. ||1||

Tukk 46

ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

Tukk 47

ਬੇਦੁ ਪੁਕਾਰੇ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਪਾਪੁ ਸੁਰਗ ਨਰਕ ਕਾ ਬੀਉ ॥

bed pukaare pun paap surag narak kaa beeo |

The Vedas proclaim that vice and virtue are the seeds of heaven and hell.

Tukk 48

ਜੋ ਬੀਜੈ ਸੋ ਉਗਵੈ ਖਾਂਦਾ ਜਾਣੈ ਜੀਉ ॥

jo beejai so ugavai khaandaa jaanai jeeo |

Whatever is planted, shall grow. The soul eats the fruits of its actions, and understands.

Tukk 49

ਗਿਆਨੁ ਸਲਾਹੇ ਵਡਾ ਕਰਿ ਸਚੋ ਸਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥

giaan salaahe vaddaa kar sacho sachaa naau |

Whoever praises spiritual wisdom as great, becomes truthful in the True Name.

Tukk 50

ਸਚੁ ਬੀਜੈ ਸਚੁ ਉਗਵੈ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਾਈਐ ਥਾਉ ॥

sach beejai sach ugavai daragah paaeeai thaau |

When Truth is planted, Truth grows. In the Court of the Lord, you shall find your place of honor.

Tukk 51