Ang 1355 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਰਾਜੰ ਤ ਮਾਨੰ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੰ ਤ ਹੀਨੰ ॥

raajan ta maanan abhimaanan ta heenan |

If there is power, then there is pride. If there is egotistical pride, then there will be a fall.

Tukk 1

ਪ੍ਰਵਿਰਤਿ ਮਾਰਗੰ ਵਰਤੰਤਿ ਬਿਨਾਸਨੰ ॥

pravirat maaragan varatant binaasanan |

Engrossed in worldly ways, one is ruined.

Tukk 2

ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਭਜਨ ਸਾਧ ਸੰਗੇਣ ਅਸਥਿਰੰ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਵੰਤ ਭਜਨਾਸਨੰ ॥੧੨॥

gobind bhajan saadh sangen asathiran naanak bhagavant bhajanaasanan |12|

Meditating and vibrating on the Lord of the Universe in the Company of the Holy, you shall become steady and stable. Nanak vibrates and meditates on the Lord God. ||12||

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ਕਿਰਪੰਤ ਹਰੀਅੰ ਮਤਿ ਤਤੁ ਗਿਆਨੰ ॥

kirapant hareean mat tat giaanan |

By the Grace of God, genuine understanding comes to the mind.

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ਬਿਗਸੀਧੵਿ ਬੁਧਾ ਕੁਸਲ ਥਾਨੰ ॥

bigaseedhay budhaa kusal thaanan |

The intellect blossoms forth, and one finds a place in the realm of celestial bliss.

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ਬਸੵਿੰਤ ਰਿਖਿਅੰ ਤਿਆਗਿ ਮਾਨੰ ॥

basayint rikhian tiaag maanan |

The senses are brought under control, and pride is abandoned.

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ਸੀਤਲੰਤ ਰਿਦਯੰ ਦ੍ਰਿੜੁ ਸੰਤ ਗਿਆਨੰ ॥

seetalant ridayan drirr sant giaanan |

The heart is cooled and soothed, and the wisdom of the Saints is implanted within.

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ਰਹੰਤ ਜਨਮੰ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਸ ਲੀਣਾ ॥

rahant janaman har daras leenaa |

Reincarnation is ended, and the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan is obtained.

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ਬਾਜੰਤ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਬਦ ਬੀਣਾਂ ॥੧੩॥

baajant naanak sabad beenaan |13|

O Nanak, the musical instrument of the Word of the Shabad vibrates and resounds within. ||13||

Tukk 9

ਕਹੰਤ ਬੇਦਾ ਗੁਣੰਤ ਗੁਨੀਆ ਸੁਣੰਤ ਬਾਲਾ ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰਾ ॥

kahant bedaa gunant guneea sunant baalaa bahu bidh prakaaraa |

The Vedas preach and recount God's Glories; people hear them by various ways and means.

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ਦ੍ਰਿੜੰਤ ਸੁਬਿਦਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲਾ ॥

drirrant subidiaa har har kripaalaa |

The Merciful Lord, Har, Har, implants spiritual wisdom within.

Tukk 11

ਨਾਮ ਦਾਨੁ ਜਾਚੰਤ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੈਨਹਾਰ ਗੁਰ ਗੋਪਾਲਾ ॥੧੪॥

naam daan jaachant naanak dainahaar gur gopaalaa |14|

Nanak begs for the Gift of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. The Guru is the Great Giver, the Lord of the World. ||14||

Tukk 12

ਨਹ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤ ਭ੍ਰਾਤਹ ਨਹ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਕਛੁ ਲੋਕ ਕਹ ॥

neh chintaa maat pit bhraatah neh chintaa kachh lok kah |

Do not worry so much about your mother, father and siblings. Do not worry so much about other people.

Tukk 13

ਨਹ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਬਨਿਤਾ ਸੁਤ ਮੀਤਹ ਪ੍ਰਵਿਰਤਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਸਨਬੰਧਨਹ ॥

neh chintaa banitaa sut meetah pravirat maaeaa sanabandhanah |

Do not worry about your spouse, children and friends. You are obsessed with your involvements in Maya.

Tukk 14

ਦਇਆਲ ਏਕ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਪੁਰਖਹ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਰਬ ਜੀਅ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਪਾਲਕਹ ॥੧੫॥

deaal ek bhagavaan purakhah naanak sarab jeea pratipaalakah |15|

The One Lord God is Kind and Compassionate, O Nanak. He is the Cherisher and Nurturer of all living beings. ||15||

Tukk 15

ਅਨਿਤੵ ਵਿਤੰ ਅਨਿਤੵ ਚਿਤੰ ਅਨਿਤੵ ਆਸਾ ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰੰ ॥

anitay vitan anitay chitan anitay aasaa bahu bidh prakaaran |

Wealth is temporary; conscious existence is temporary; hopes of all sorts are temporary.

Tukk 16

ਅਨਿਤੵ ਹੇਤੰ ਅਹੰ ਬੰਧੰ ਭਰਮ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਲਨੰ ਬਿਕਾਰੰ ॥

anitay hetan ahan bandhan bharam maaeaa malanan bikaaran |

The bonds of love, attachment, egotism, doubt, Maya and the pollution of corruption are temporary.

Tukk 17

ਫਿਰੰਤ ਜੋਨਿ ਅਨੇਕ ਜਠਰਾਗਨਿ ਨਹ ਸਿਮਰੰਤ ਮਲੀਣ ਬੁਧੵੰ ॥

firant jon anek jattharaagan neh simarant maleen budhayan |

The mortal passes through the fire of the womb of reincarnation countless times. He does not remember the Lord in meditation; his understanding is polluted.

Tukk 18

ਹੇ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਕਰਤ ਮਇਆ ਨਾਨਕ ਪਤਿਤ ਉਧਾਰਣ ਸਾਧ ਸੰਗਮਹ ॥੧੬॥

he gobind karat meaa naanak patit udhaaran saadh sangamah |16|

O Lord of the Universe, when You grant Your Grace, even sinners are saved. Nanak dwells in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||16||

Tukk 19

ਗਿਰੰਤ ਗਿਰਿ ਪਤਿਤ ਪਾਤਾਲੰ ਜਲੰਤ ਦੇਦੀਪੵ ਬੈਸ੍ਵਾਂਤਰਹ ॥

girant gir patit paataalan jalant dedeepay baisvaantarah |

You may drop down from the mountains, and fall into the nether regions of the underworld, or be burnt in the blazing fire,

Tukk 20

ਬਹੰਤਿ ਅਗਾਹ ਤੋਯੰ ਤਰੰਗੰ ਦੁਖੰਤ ਗ੍ਰਹ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਜਨਮੰ ਤ ਮਰਣਹ ॥

bahant agaah toyan tarangan dukhant grah chintaa janaman ta maranah |

or swept away by the unfathomable waves of water; but the worst pain of all is household anxiety, which is the source of the cycle of death and rebirth.

Tukk 21

ਅਨਿਕ ਸਾਧਨੰ ਨ ਸਿਧੵਤੇ ਨਾਨਕ ਅਸਥੰਭੰ ਅਸਥੰਭੰ ਅਸਥੰਭੰ ਸਬਦ ਸਾਧ ਸ੍ਵਜਨਹ ॥੧੭॥

anik saadhanan na sidhayate naanak asathanbhan asathanbhan asathanbhan sabad saadh svajanah |17|

No matter what you do, you cannot break its bonds, O Nanak. Man's only Support, Anchor and Mainstay is the Word of the Shabad, and the Holy, Friendly Saints. ||17||

Tukk 22

ਘੋਰ ਦੁਖੵੰ ਅਨਿਕ ਹਤੵੰ ਜਨਮ ਦਾਰਿਦ੍ਰੰ ਮਹਾ ਬਿਖੵਾਦੰ ॥

ghor dukhayan anik hatayan janam daaridran mahaa bikhayaadan |

Excruciating pain, countless killings, reincarnation, poverty and terrible misery

Tukk 23

ਮਿਟੰਤ ਸਗਲ ਸਿਮਰੰਤ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਨਕ ਜੈਸੇ ਪਾਵਕ ਕਾਸਟ ਭਸਮੰ ਕਰੋਤਿ ॥੧੮॥

mittant sagal simarant har naam naanak jaise paavak kaasatt bhasaman karot |18|

are all destroyed by meditating in remembrance on the Lord's Name, O Nanak, just as fire reduces piles of wood to ashes. ||18||

Tukk 24

ਅੰਧਕਾਰ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸੰ ਗੁਣ ਰਮੰਤ ਅਘ ਖੰਡਨਹ ॥

andhakaar simarat prakaasan gun ramant agh khanddanah |

Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, the darkness is illuminated. Dwelling on His Glorious Praises, the ugly sins are destroyed.

Tukk 25

ਰਿਦ ਬਸੰਤਿ ਭੈ ਭੀਤ ਦੂਤਹ ਕਰਮ ਕਰਤ ਮਹਾ ਨਿਰਮਲਹ ॥

rid basant bhai bheet dootah karam karat mahaa niramalah |

Enshrining the Lord deep within the heart, and with the immaculate karma of doing good deeds, one strikes fear into the demons.

Tukk 26

ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਰਹੰਤ ਸ੍ਰੋਤਾ ਸੁਖ ਸਮੂਹ ਅਮੋਘ ਦਰਸਨਹ ॥

janam maran rahant srotaa sukh samooh amogh darasanah |

The cycle of coming and going in reincarnation is ended, absolute peace is obtained, and the Fruitful Vision of the Lord's Darshan.

Tukk 27

ਸਰਣਿ ਜੋਗੰ ਸੰਤ ਪ੍ਰਿਅ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਖੇਮੰ ਕਰੋਤਿ ॥੧੯॥

saran jogan sant pria naanak so bhagavaan kheman karot |19|

He is Potent to give Protection, He is the Lover of His Saints. O Nanak, the Lord God blesses all with bliss. ||19||

Tukk 28

ਪਾਛੰ ਕਰੋਤਿ ਅਗ੍ਰਣੀਵਹ ਨਿਰਾਸੰ ਆਸ ਪੂਰਨਹ ॥

paachhan karot agraneevah niraasan aas pooranah |

Those who were left behind - the Lord brings them to the front. He fulfills the hopes of the hopeless.

Tukk 29

ਨਿਰਧਨ ਭਯੰ ਧਨਵੰਤਹ ਰੋਗੀਅੰ ਰੋਗ ਖੰਡਨਹ ॥

niradhan bhayan dhanavantah rogeean rog khanddanah |

He makes the poor rich, and cures the illnesses of the ill.

Tukk 30

ਭਗਤੵੰ ਭਗਤਿ ਦਾਨੰ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਗੁਣ ਕੀਰਤਨਹ ॥

bhagatayan bhagat daanan raam naam gun keeratanah |

He blesses His devotees with devotion. They sing the Kirtan of the Praises of the Lord's Name.

Tukk 31

ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਪੁਰਖ ਦਾਤਾਰਹ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਿੰ ਨ ਲਭੵਤੇ ॥੨੦॥

paarabraham purakh daataarah naanak gur sevaa kin na labhayate |20|

O Nanak, those who serve the Guru find the Supreme Lord God, the Great Giver||20||

Tukk 32

ਅਧਰੰ ਧਰੰ ਧਾਰਣਹ ਨਿਰਧਨੰ ਧਨ ਨਾਮ ਨਰਹਰਹ ॥

adharan dharan dhaaranah niradhanan dhan naam naraharah |

He gives Support to the unsupported. The Name of the Lord is the Wealth of the poor.

Tukk 33

ਅਨਾਥ ਨਾਥ ਗੋਬਿੰਦਹ ਬਲਹੀਣ ਬਲ ਕੇਸਵਹ ॥

anaath naath gobindah balaheen bal kesavah |

The Lord of the Universe is the Master of the masterless; the Beautiful-haired Lord is the Power of the weak.

Tukk 34

ਸਰਬ ਭੂਤ ਦਯਾਲ ਅਚੁਤ ਦੀਨ ਬਾਂਧਵ ਦਾਮੋਦਰਹ ॥

sarab bhoot dayaal achut deen baandhav daamodarah |

The Lord is Merciful to all beings, Eternal and Unchanging, the Family of the meek and humble.

Tukk 35

ਸਰਬਗੵ ਪੂਰਨ ਪੁਰਖ ਭਗਵਾਨਹ ਭਗਤਿ ਵਛਲ ਕਰੁਣਾ ਮਯਹ ॥

sarabagay pooran purakh bhagavaanah bhagat vachhal karunaa mayah |

The All-knowing, Perfect, Primal Lord God is the Lover of His devotees, the Embodiment of Mercy.

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