Ang 1277 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਮਨਿ ਵੇਖਹੁ ਕੋ ਪਤੀਆਇ ॥

bin satigur kinai na paaeo man vekhahu ko pateeae |

Without the True Guru, no one finds the Lord; anyone can try and see.

Tukk 1

ਹਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਭੇਟੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥

har kirapaa te satigur paaeeai bhettai sehaj subhaae |

By the Lord's Grace, the True Guru is found, and then the Lord is met with intuitive ease.

Tukk 2

ਮਨਮੁਖ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਾਗਾ ਹਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥੫॥

manamukh bharam bhulaaeaa bin bhaagaa har dhan na paae |5|

The self-willed manmukh is deluded by doubt; without good destiny, the Lord's wealth is not obtained. ||5||

Tukk 3

ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਸਭਾ ਧਾਤੁ ਹੈ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

trai gun sabhaa dhaat hai parr parr kareh veechaar |

The three dispositions are completely distracting; people read and study and contemplate them.

Tukk 4

ਮੁਕਤਿ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਨਹੁ ਪਾਇਨਿੑ ਮੋਖ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥

mukat kade na hovee nahu paaeina mokh duaar |

Those people are never liberated; they do not find the Door of Salvation.

Tukk 5

ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਬੰਧਨ ਨ ਤੁਟਹੀ ਨਾਮਿ ਨ ਲਗੈ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥੬॥

bin satigur bandhan na tuttahee naam na lagai piaar |6|

Without the True Guru, they are never released from bondage; they do not embrace love for the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||6||

Tukk 6

ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਮੋਨੀ ਥਕੇ ਬੇਦਾਂ ਕਾ ਅਭਿਆਸੁ ॥

parr parr panddit monee thake bedaan kaa abhiaas |

The Pandits, the religious scholars, and the silent sages, reading and studying the Vedas, have grown weary.

Tukk 7

ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਨਹ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਵਾਸੁ ॥

har naam chit na aavee neh nij ghar hovai vaas |

They do not even think of the Lord's Name; they do not dwell in the home of their own inner being.

Tukk 8

ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਸਿਰਹੁ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਕਪਟ ਵਿਣਾਸੁ ॥੭॥

jamakaal sirahu na utarai antar kapatt vinaas |7|

The Messenger of Death hovers over their heads; they are ruined by the deceit within themselves. ||7||

Tukk 9

ਹਰਿ ਨਾਵੈ ਨੋ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਪਰਤਾਪਦਾ ਵਿਣੁ ਭਾਗਾਂ ਪਾਇਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

har naavai no sabh ko parataapadaa vin bhaagaan paaeaa na jaae |

Everyone longs for the Name of the Lord; without good destiny, it is not obtained.

Tukk 10

ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟੀਐ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

nadar kare gur bhetteeai har naam vasai man aae |

When the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace, the mortal meets the True Guru, and the Lord's Name comes to dwell within the mind.

Tukk 11

ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੇ ਹੀ ਪਤਿ ਊਪਜੈ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਰਹਾਂ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੮॥੨॥

naanak naame hee pat aoopajai har siau rahaan samaae |8|2|

O Nanak, through the Name, honor wells up, and the mortal remains immersed in the Lord. ||8||2||

Tukk 12

ਮਲਾਰ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਅਸਟਪਦੀ ਘਰੁ ੨ ॥

malaar mahalaa 3 asattapadee ghar 2 |

Malaar, Third Mehl, Ashtpadheeyaa, Second House:

Tukk 13

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

Tukk 14

ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਕਾਰੈ ਲਾਏ ॥

har har kripaa kare gur kee kaarai laae |

When the Lord shows His Mercy, He enjoins the mortal to work for the Guru.

Tukk 15

ਦੁਖੁ ਪਲੑਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸਾਏ ॥

dukh palar har naam vasaae |

His pains are taken away, and the Lord's Name comes to dwell within.

Tukk 16

ਸਾਚੀ ਗਤਿ ਸਾਚੈ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਏ ॥

saachee gat saachai chit laae |

True deliverance comes by focusing one's consciousness on the True Lord.

Tukk 17

ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਣਾਏ ॥੧॥

gur kee baanee sabad sunaae |1|

Listen to the Shabad, and the Word of the Guru's Bani. ||1||

Tukk 18

ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਿ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ॥

man mere har har sev nidhaan |

O my mind, serve the Lord, Har, Har, the true treasure.

Tukk 19

ਗੁਰ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਹਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਧਿਆਨੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

gur kirapaa te har dhan paaeeai anadin laagai sehaj dhiaan |1| rahaau |

By Guru's Grace, the wealth of the Lord is obtained. Night and day, focus your meditation on the Lord. ||1||Pause||

Tukk 20

ਬਿਨੁ ਪਿਰ ਕਾਮਣਿ ਕਰੇ ਸਂੀਗਾਰੁ ॥

bin pir kaaman kare saneegaar |

The soul-bride who adorns herself without her Husband Lord,

Tukk 21

ਦੁਹਚਾਰਣੀ ਕਹੀਐ ਨਿਤ ਹੋਇ ਖੁਆਰੁ ॥

duhachaaranee kaheeai nit hoe khuaar |

is ill-mannered and vile, wasted away into ruin.

Tukk 22

ਮਨਮੁਖ ਕਾ ਇਹੁ ਬਾਦਿ ਆਚਾਰੁ ॥

manamukh kaa ihu baad aachaar |

This is the useless way of life of the self-willed manmukh.

Tukk 23

ਬਹੁ ਕਰਮ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਵਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ॥੨॥

bahu karam drirraaveh naam visaar |2|

Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he performs all sorts of empty rituals. ||2||

Tukk 24

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਾਮਣਿ ਬਣਿਆ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥

guramukh kaaman baniaa seegaar |

The bride who is Gurmukh is beautifully embellished.

Tukk 25

ਸਬਦੇ ਪਿਰੁ ਰਾਖਿਆ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਿ ॥

sabade pir raakhiaa ur dhaar |

Through the Word of the Shabad, she enshrines her Husband Lord within her heart.

Tukk 26

ਏਕੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ॥

ek pachhaanai haumai maar |

She realizes the One Lord, and subdues her ego.

Tukk 27

ਸੋਭਾਵੰਤੀ ਕਹੀਐ ਨਾਰਿ ॥੩॥

sobhaavantee kaheeai naar |3|

That soul-bride is virtuous and noble. ||3||

Tukk 28

ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਦਾਤੇ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

bin gur daate kinai na paaeaa |

Without the Guru, the Giver, no one finds the Lord.

Tukk 29

ਮਨਮੁਖ ਲੋਭਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਲੋਭਾਇਆ ॥

manamukh lobh doojai lobhaaeaa |

The greedy self-willed manmukh is attracted and engrossed in duality.

Tukk 30

ਐਸੇ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਬੂਝਹੁ ਕੋਇ ॥

aise giaanee boojhahu koe |

Only a few spiritual teachers realize this,

Tukk 31

ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਭੇਟੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੪॥

bin gur bhette mukat na hoe |4|

that without meeting the Guru, liberation is not obtained. ||4||

Tukk 32

ਕਹਿ ਕਹਿ ਕਹਣੁ ਕਹੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥

keh keh kehan kahai sabh koe |

Everyone tells the stories told by others.

Tukk 33

ਬਿਨੁ ਮਨ ਮੂਏ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥

bin man mooe bhagat na hoe |

Without subduing the mind, devotional worship does not come.

Tukk 34

ਗਿਆਨ ਮਤੀ ਕਮਲ ਪਰਗਾਸੁ ॥

giaan matee kamal paragaas |

When the intellect achieves spiritual wisdom, the heart-lotus blossoms forth.

Tukk 35

ਤਿਤੁ ਘਟਿ ਨਾਮੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੫॥

tit ghatt naamai naam nivaas |5|

The Naam, the Name of the Lord, comes to abide in that heart. ||5||

Tukk 36

ਹਉਮੈ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥

haumai bhagat kare sabh koe |

In egotism, everyone can pretend to worship God with devotion.

Tukk 37

ਨਾ ਮਨੁ ਭੀਜੈ ਨਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

naa man bheejai naa sukh hoe |

But this does not soften the mind, and it does not bring peace.

Tukk 38

ਕਹਿ ਕਹਿ ਕਹਣੁ ਆਪੁ ਜਾਣਾਏ ॥

keh keh kehan aap jaanaae |

By speaking and preaching, the mortal only shows off his self-conceit.

Tukk 39

ਬਿਰਥੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਸਭੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਏ ॥੬॥

birathee bhagat sabh janam gavaae |6|

His devotional worship is useless, and his life is a total waste. ||6||

Tukk 40

ਸੇ ਭਗਤ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਏ ॥

se bhagat satigur man bhaae |

They alone are devotees, who are pleasing to the Mind of the True Guru.

Tukk 41

ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਹੇ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਏ ॥

anadin naam rahe liv laae |

Night and day, they remain lovingly attuned to the Name.

Tukk 42

ਸਦ ਹੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਵੇਖਹਿ ਹਜੂਰਿ ॥

sad hee naam vekheh hajoor |

They behold the Naam, the Name of the Lord, ever-present, near at hand.

Tukk 43