Ang 1386 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਆਪ ਹੀ ਧਾਰਨ ਧਾਰੇ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਹੈ ਦੇਖਾਰੇ ਬਰਨੁ ਚਿਹਨੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਮੁਖ ਨ ਮਸਾਰੇ ॥

aap hee dhaaran dhaare kudarat hai dekhaare baran chihan naahee mukh na masaare |

He Himself supports the Universe, revealing His All-powerful Creative Potency. He has no color, form, mouth or beard.

Tukk 1

ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਭਗਤੁ ਦਰਿ ਤੁਲਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਏਕ ਜੀਹ ਕਿਆ ਬਖਾਨੈ ॥

jan naanak bhagat dar tul braham samasar ek jeeh kiaa bakhaanai |

Your devotees are at Your Door, O God - they are just like You. How can servant Nanak describe them with only one tongue?

Tukk 2

ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰਿ ॥੩॥

haan ki bal bal bal bal sad balihaar |3|

I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice, forever a sacrifice to them. ||3||

Tukk 3

ਸਰਬ ਗੁਣ ਨਿਧਾਨੰ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਨ ਗੵਾਨੰ ਧੵਾਨੰ ਊਚੇ ਤੇ ਊਚੌ ਜਾਨੀਜੈ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੇਰੋ ਥਾਨੰ ॥

sarab gun nidhaanan keemat na gayaanan dhayaanan aooche te aoochau jaaneejai prabh tero thaanan |

You are the Treasure of all virtue; who can know the value of Your spiritual wisdom and meditation? O God, Your Place is known as the highest of the high.

Tukk 4

ਮਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਤੇਰੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੰ ਏਕੈ ਸੂਤਿ ਹੈ ਜਹਾਨੰ ਕਵਨ ਉਪਮਾ ਦੇਉ ਬਡੇ ਤੇ ਬਡਾਨੰ ॥

man dhan tero praanan ekai soot hai jahaanan kavan upamaa deo badde te baddaanan |

Mind, wealth and the breath of life belong to You alone, Lord. The world is strung upon Your Thread. What praises can I give to You? You are the Greatest of the great.

Tukk 5

ਜਾਨੈ ਕਉਨੁ ਤੇਰੋ ਭੇਉ ਅਲਖ ਅਪਾਰ ਦੇਉ ਅਕਲ ਕਲਾ ਹੈ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਰਬ ਕੋ ਧਾਨੰ ॥

jaanai kaun tero bheo alakh apaar deo akal kalaa hai prabh sarab ko dhaanan |

Who can know Your Mystery? O Unfathomable, Infinite, Divine Lord, Your Power is unstoppable. O God, You are the Support of all.

Tukk 6

ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਭਗਤੁ ਦਰਿ ਤੁਲਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਏਕ ਜੀਹ ਕਿਆ ਬਖਾਨੈ ॥

jan naanak bhagat dar tul braham samasar ek jeeh kiaa bakhaanai |

Your devotees are at Your Door, O God - they are just like You. How can servant Nanak describe them with only one tongue?

Tukk 7

ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰਿ ॥੪॥

haan ki bal bal bal bal sad balihaar |4|

I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice, forever a sacrifice to them. ||4||

Tukk 8

ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੁ ਆਕਾਰ ਅਛਲ ਪੂਰਨ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ॥

nirankaar aakaar achhal pooran abinaasee |

O Formless, Formed, Undeceivable, Perfect, Imperishable,

Tukk 9

ਹਰਖਵੰਤ ਆਨੰਤ ਰੂਪ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਬਿਗਾਸੀ ॥

harakhavant aanant roop niramal bigaasee |

Blissful, Unlimited, Beautiful, Immaculate, Blossoming Lord:

Tukk 10

ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਬੇਅੰਤ ਅੰਤੁ ਇਕੁ ਤਿਲੁ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਸੀ ॥

gun gaaveh beant ant ik til nahee paasee |

Countless are those who sing Your Glorious Praises, but they do not know even a tiny bit of Your extent.

Tukk 11

ਜਾ ਕਉ ਹੋਂਹਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲ ਸੁ ਜਨੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੁਮਹਿ ਮਿਲਾਸੀ ॥

jaa kau honhi kripaal su jan prabh tumeh milaasee |

That humble being upon whom You shower Your Mercy meets with You, O God.

Tukk 12

ਧੰਨਿ ਧੰਨਿ ਤੇ ਧੰਨਿ ਜਨ ਜਿਹ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਭਯਉ ॥

dhan dhan te dhan jan jih kripaal har har bhyau |

Blessed, blessed, blessed are those humble beings, upon whom the Lord, Har, Har, showers His Mercy.

Tukk 13

ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਿਨ ਪਰਸਿਅਉ ਸਿ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਦੁਹ ਥੇ ਰਹਿਓ ॥੫॥

har gur naanak jin parasiaau si janam maran duh the rahio |5|

Whoever meets with the Lord through Guru Nanak is rid of both birth and death. ||5||

Tukk 14

ਸਤਿ ਸਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਸਤਿ ਸਤਿ ਸਤੇ ਸਤਿ ਭਣੀਐ ॥

sat sat har sat sat sate sat bhaneeai |

The Lord is said to be True, True, True, True, the Truest of the True.

Tukk 15

ਦੂਸਰ ਆਨ ਨ ਅਵਰੁ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਪਊਰਾਤਨੁ ਸੁਣੀਐ ॥

doosar aan na avar purakh paooraatan suneeai |

There is no other like Him. He is the Primal Being, the Primal Soul.

Tukk 16

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਹਰਿ ਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਲੈਤ ਮਨਿ ਸਭ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਏ ॥

amrit har ko naam lait man sabh sukh paae |

Chanting the Ambrosial Name of the Lord, the mortal is blessed with all comforts.

Tukk 17

ਜੇਹ ਰਸਨ ਚਾਖਿਓ ਤੇਹ ਜਨ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਿ ਅਘਾਏ ॥

jeh rasan chaakhio teh jan tripat aghaae |

Those who taste it with their tongues, those humble beings are satisfied and fulfilled.

Tukk 18

ਜਿਹ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਸੁਪ੍ਰਸੰਨੁ ਭਯੋੁ ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਤਿਹ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥

jih tthaakur suprasan bhayuo satasangat tih piaar |

That person who becomes pleasing to his Lord and Master, loves the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation.

Tukk 19

ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਿਨੑ ਪਰਸਿਓ ਤਿਨੑ ਸਭ ਕੁਲ ਕੀਓ ਉਧਾਰੁ ॥੬॥

har gur naanak jina parasio tina sabh kul keeo udhaar |6|

Whoever meets with the Lord through Guru Nanak, saves all his generations. ||6||

Tukk 20

ਸਚੁ ਸਭਾ ਦੀਬਾਣੁ ਸਚੁ ਸਚੇ ਪਹਿ ਧਰਿਓ ॥

sach sabhaa deebaan sach sache peh dhario |

True is His Congregation and His Court. The True Lord has established Truth.

Tukk 21

ਸਚੈ ਤਖਤਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ਸਚੁ ਤਪਾਵਸੁ ਕਰਿਓ ॥

sachai takhat nivaas sach tapaavas kario |

Sitting upon His Throne of Truth, He administers True Justice.

Tukk 22

ਸਚਿ ਸਿਰਜੵਿਉ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਆਪਿ ਆਭੁਲੁ ਨ ਭੁਲਉ ॥

sach sirajayiau sansaar aap aabhul na bhulau |

The True Lord Himself fashioned the Universe. He is Infallible, and does not make mistakes.

Tukk 23

ਰਤਨ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਪਾਰੁ ਕੀਮ ਨਹੁ ਪਵੈ ਅਮੁਲਉ ॥

ratan naam apaar keem nahu pavai amulau |

The Naam, the Name of the Infinite Lord, is the jewel. Its value cannot be appraised - it is priceless.

Tukk 24

ਜਿਹ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਹੋਯਉ ਗੋੁਬਿੰਦੁ ਸਰਬ ਸੁਖ ਤਿਨਹੂ ਪਾਏ ॥

jih kripaal hoyau guobind sarab sukh tinahoo paae |

That person, upon whom the Lord of the Universe showers His Mercy obtains all comforts.

Tukk 25

ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਿਨੑ ਪਰਸਿਓ ਤੇ ਬਹੁੜਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੋਨਿ ਨ ਆਏ ॥੭॥

har gur naanak jina parasio te bahurr fir jon na aae |7|

Those who touch the Feet of the Lord through Guru Nanak, do not have to enter the cycle of reincarnation ever again. ||7||

Tukk 26

ਕਵਨੁ ਜੋਗੁ ਕਉਨੁ ਗੵਾਨੁ ਧੵਾਨੁ ਕਵਨ ਬਿਧਿ ਉਸ੍ਤਤਿ ਕਰੀਐ ॥

kavan jog kaun gayaan dhayaan kavan bidh ustat kareeai |

What is the Yoga, what is the spiritual wisdom and meditation, and what is the way, to praise the Lord?

Tukk 27

ਸਿਧ ਸਾਧਿਕ ਤੇਤੀਸ ਕੋਰਿ ਤਿਰੁ ਕੀਮ ਨ ਪਰੀਐ ॥

sidh saadhik tetees kor tir keem na pareeai |

The Siddhas and seekers and the three hundred thirty million gods cannot find even a tiny bit of the Lord's Value.

Tukk 28

ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾਦਿਕ ਸਨਕਾਦਿ ਸੇਖ ਗੁਣ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਏ ॥

brahamaadik sanakaad sekh gun ant na paae |

Neither Brahma, nor Sanak, nor the thousand-headed serpent king can find the limits of His Glorious Virtues.

Tukk 29

ਅਗਹੁ ਗਹਿਓ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਇ ਪੂਰਿ ਸ੍ਰਬ ਰਹਿਓ ਸਮਾਏ ॥

agahu gahio nahee jaae poor srab rahio samaae |

The Inapprehensible Lord cannot be apprehended. He is pervading and permeating amongst all.

Tukk 30

ਜਿਹ ਕਾਟੀ ਸਿਲਕ ਦਯਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਸੇਇ ਜਨ ਲਗੇ ਭਗਤੇ ॥

jih kaattee silak dayaal prabh see jan lage bhagate |

Those whom God has mercifully freed from their nooses - those humble beings are attached to His devotional worship.

Tukk 31

ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਿਨੑ ਪਰਸਿਓ ਤੇ ਇਤ ਉਤ ਸਦਾ ਮੁਕਤੇ ॥੮॥

har gur naanak jina parasio te it ut sadaa mukate |8|

Those who meet with the Lord through Guru Nanak are liberated forever, here and hereafter. ||8||

Tukk 32

ਪ੍ਰਭ ਦਾਤਉ ਦਾਤਾਰ ਪਰੵਿਉ ਜਾਚਕੁ ਇਕੁ ਸਰਨਾ ॥

prabh daatau daataar parayiau jaachak ik saranaa |

I am a beggar; I seek the Sanctuary of God, the Giver of givers.

Tukk 33

ਮਿਲੈ ਦਾਨੁ ਸੰਤ ਰੇਨ ਜੇਹ ਲਗਿ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਤਰਨਾ ॥

milai daan sant ren jeh lag bhaujal taranaa |

Please bless me with the gift of the dust of the feet of the Saints; grasping them, I cross over the terrifying world-ocean.

Tukk 34

ਬਿਨਤਿ ਕਰਉ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਜੇ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਭਾਵੈ ॥

binat krau aradaas sunahu je tthaakur bhaavai |

Please listen to my prayer, if it pleases You, O my Lord and Master.

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