Ang 1409 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਵਤ ਦੇਵ ਸਬੈ ਮੁਨਿ ਇੰਦ੍ਰ ਮਹਾ ਸਿਵ ਜੋਗ ਕਰੀ ॥

ant na paavat dev sabai mun indr mahaa siv jog karee |

All the gods, silent sages, Indra, Shiva and Yogis have not found the Lord's limits

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ਫੁਨਿ ਬੇਦ ਬਿਰੰਚਿ ਬਿਚਾਰਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਹਰਿ ਜਾਪੁ ਨ ਛਾਡੵਿਉ ਏਕ ਘਰੀ ॥

fun bed biranch bichaar rahio har jaap na chhaaddayiau ek gharee |

not even Brahma who contemplates the Vedas. I shall not give up meditating on the Lord, even for an instant.

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ਮਥੁਰਾ ਜਨ ਕੋ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਦੀਨ ਦਯਾਲੁ ਹੈ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਸ੍ਰਿਸ੍ਟਿ ਨਿਹਾਲੁ ਕਰੀ ॥

mathuraa jan ko prabh deen dayaal hai sangat srisatt nihaal karee |

The God of Mat'huraa is Merciful to the meek; He blesses and uplifts the Sangats throughout the Universe.

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ਰਾਮਦਾਸਿ ਗੁਰੂ ਜਗ ਤਾਰਨ ਕਉ ਗੁਰ ਜੋਤਿ ਅਰਜੁਨ ਮਾਹਿ ਧਰੀ ॥੪॥

raamadaas guroo jag taaran kau gur jot arajun maeh dharee |4|

Guru Raam Daas, to save the world, enshrined the Guru's Light into Guru Arjun. ||4||

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ਜਗ ਅਉਰੁ ਨ ਯਾਹਿ ਮਹਾ ਤਮ ਮੈ ਅਵਤਾਰੁ ਉਜਾਗਰੁ ਆਨਿ ਕੀਅਉ ॥

jag aaur na yaeh mahaa tam mai avataar ujaagar aan keeo |

In the great darkness of this world, the Lord revealed Himself, incarnated as Guru Arjun.

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ਤਿਨ ਕੇ ਦੁਖ ਕੋਟਿਕ ਦੂਰਿ ਗਏ ਮਥੁਰਾ ਜਿਨੑ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਪੀਅਉ ॥

tin ke dukh kottik door ge mathuraa jina amrit naam peeo |

Millions of pains are taken away, from those who drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, says Mat'huraa.

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ਇਹ ਪਧਤਿ ਤੇ ਮਤ ਚੂਕਹਿ ਰੇ ਮਨ ਭੇਦੁ ਬਿਭੇਦੁ ਨ ਜਾਨ ਬੀਅਉ ॥

eih padhat te mat chookeh re man bhed bibhed na jaan beeo |

O mortal being, do not leave this path; do not think that there is any difference between God and Guru.

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ਪਰਤਛਿ ਰਿਦੈ ਗੁਰ ਅਰਜੁਨ ਕੈ ਹਰਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ਲੀਅਉ ॥੫॥

paratachh ridai gur arajun kai har pooran braham nivaas leeo |5|

The Perfect Lord God has manifested Himself; He dwells in the heart of Guru Arjun. ||5||

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ਜਬ ਲਉ ਨਹੀ ਭਾਗ ਲਿਲਾਰ ਉਦੈ ਤਬ ਲਉ ਭ੍ਰਮਤੇ ਫਿਰਤੇ ਬਹੁ ਧਾਯਉ ॥

jab lau nahee bhaag lilaar udai tab lau bhramate firate bahu dhaayau |

As long as the destiny written upon my forehead was not activated, I wandered around lost, running in all directions.

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ਕਲਿ ਘੋਰ ਸਮੁਦ੍ਰ ਮੈ ਬੂਡਤ ਥੇ ਕਬਹੂ ਮਿਟਿ ਹੈ ਨਹੀ ਰੇ ਪਛੁਤਾਯਉ ॥

kal ghor samudr mai booddat the kabahoo mitt hai nahee re pachhutaayau |

I was drowning in the horrible world-ocean of this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, and my remorse would never have ended.

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ਤਤੁ ਬਿਚਾਰੁ ਯਹੈ ਮਥੁਰਾ ਜਗ ਤਾਰਨ ਕਉ ਅਵਤਾਰੁ ਬਨਾਯਉ ॥

tat bichaar yahai mathuraa jag taaran kau avataar banaayau |

O Mat'huraa, consider this essential truth: to save the world, the Lord incarnated Himself.

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ਜਪੵਉ ਜਿਨੑ ਅਰਜੁਨ ਦੇਵ ਗੁਰੂ ਫਿਰਿ ਸੰਕਟ ਜੋਨਿ ਗਰਭ ਨ ਆਯਉ ॥੬॥

japyau jina arajun dev guroo fir sankatt jon garabh na aayau |6|

Whoever meditates on Guru Arjun Dayv, shall not have to pass through the painful womb of reincarnation ever again. ||6||

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ਕਲਿ ਸਮੁਦ੍ਰ ਭਏ ਰੂਪ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮ ਉਧਾਰਨੁ ॥

kal samudr bhe roop pragatt har naam udhaaran |

In the ocean of this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Lord's Name has been revealed in the Form of Guru Arjun, to save the world.

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ਬਸਹਿ ਸੰਤ ਜਿਸੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਦੁਖ ਦਾਰਿਦ੍ਰ ਨਿਵਾਰਨੁ ॥

baseh sant jis ridai dukh daaridr nivaaran |

Pain and poverty are taken away from that person, within whose heart the Saint abides.

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ਨਿਰਮਲ ਭੇਖ ਅਪਾਰ ਤਾਸੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥

niramal bhekh apaar taas bin avar na koee |

He is the Pure, Immaculate Form of the Infinite Lord; except for Him, there is no other at all.

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ਮਨ ਬਚ ਜਿਨਿ ਜਾਣਿਅਉ ਭਯਉ ਤਿਹ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਸੋਈ ॥

man bach jin jaaniaau bhyau tih samasar soee |

Whoever knows Him in thought, word and deed, becomes just like Him.

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ਧਰਨਿ ਗਗਨ ਨਵ ਖੰਡ ਮਹਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਸ੍ਵਰੂਪੀ ਰਹਿਓ ਭਰਿ ॥

dharan gagan nav khandd meh jot svaroopee rahio bhar |

He is totally pervading the earth, the sky and the nine regions of the planet. He is the Embodiment of the Light of God.

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ਭਨਿ ਮਥੁਰਾ ਕਛੁ ਭੇਦੁ ਨਹੀ ਗੁਰੁ ਅਰਜੁਨੁ ਪਰਤਖੵ ਹਰਿ ॥੭॥੧੯॥

bhan mathuraa kachh bhed nahee gur arajun paratakhay har |7|19|

So speaks Mat'huraa: there is no difference between God and Guru; Guru Arjun is the Personification of the Lord Himself. ||7||19||

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ਅਜੈ ਗੰਗ ਜਲੁ ਅਟਲੁ ਸਿਖ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਸਭ ਨਾਵੈ ॥

ajai gang jal attal sikh sangat sabh naavai |

The stream of the Lord's Name flows like the Ganges, invincible and unstoppable. The Sikhs of the Sangat all bathe in it.

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ਨਿਤ ਪੁਰਾਣ ਬਾਚੀਅਹਿ ਬੇਦ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਮੁਖਿ ਗਾਵੈ ॥

nit puraan baacheeeh bed brahamaa mukh gaavai |

It appears as if the holy texts like the Puraanaas are being recited there and Brahma himself sings the Vedas.

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ਅਜੈ ਚਵਰੁ ਸਿਰਿ ਢੁਲੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਲੀਅਉ ॥

ajai chavar sir dtulai naam amrit mukh leeo |

The invincible chauri, the fly-brush, waves over His head; with His mouth, He drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam.

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ਗੁਰ ਅਰਜੁਨ ਸਿਰਿ ਛਤ੍ਰੁ ਆਪਿ ਪਰਮੇਸਰਿ ਦੀਅਉ ॥

gur arajun sir chhatru aap paramesar deeo |

The Transcendent Lord Himself has placed the royal canopy over the head of Guru Arjun.

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ਮਿਲਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਗਦ ਅਮਰ ਗੁਰ ਗੁਰੁ ਰਾਮਦਾਸੁ ਹਰਿ ਪਹਿ ਗਯਉ ॥

mil naanak angad amar gur gur raamadaas har peh gyau |

Guru Nanak, Guru Angad, Guru Amar Daas and Guru Raam Daas met together before the Lord.

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ਹਰਿਬੰਸ ਜਗਤਿ ਜਸੁ ਸੰਚਰੵਉ ਸੁ ਕਵਣੁ ਕਹੈ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੁ ਮੁਯਉ ॥੧॥

haribans jagat jas sancharyau su kavan kahai sree gur muyau |1|

So speaks HARBANS: Their Praises echo and resound all over the world; who can possibly say that the Great Gurus are dead? ||1||

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ਦੇਵ ਪੁਰੀ ਮਹਿ ਗਯਉ ਆਪਿ ਪਰਮੇਸ੍ਵਰ ਭਾਯਉ ॥

dev puree meh gyau aap paramesvar bhaayau |

When it was the Will of the Transcendent Lord Himself, Guru Raam Daas went to the City of God.

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ਹਰਿ ਸਿੰਘਾਸਣੁ ਦੀਅਉ ਸਿਰੀ ਗੁਰੁ ਤਹ ਬੈਠਾਯਉ ॥

har singhaasan deeo siree gur teh baitthaayau |

The Lord offered Him His Royal Throne, and seated the Guru upon it.

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ਰਹਸੁ ਕੀਅਉ ਸੁਰ ਦੇਵ ਤੋਹਿ ਜਸੁ ਜਯ ਜਯ ਜੰਪਹਿ ॥

rehas keeo sur dev tohi jas jay jay janpeh |

The angels and gods were delighted; they proclaimed and celebrated Your victory, O Guru.

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ਅਸੁਰ ਗਏ ਤੇ ਭਾਗਿ ਪਾਪ ਤਿਨੑ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਕੰਪਹਿ ॥

asur ge te bhaag paap tina bheetar kanpeh |

The demons ran away; their sins made them shake and tremble inside.

Tukk 28

ਕਾਟੇ ਸੁ ਪਾਪ ਤਿਨੑ ਨਰਹੁ ਕੇ ਗੁਰੁ ਰਾਮਦਾਸੁ ਜਿਨੑ ਪਾਇਯਉ ॥

kaatte su paap tina narahu ke gur raamadaas jina paaeiyau |

Those people who found Guru Raam Daas were rid of their sins.

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ਛਤ੍ਰੁ ਸਿੰਘਾਸਨੁ ਪਿਰਥਮੀ ਗੁਰ ਅਰਜੁਨ ਕਉ ਦੇ ਆਇਅਉ ॥੨॥੨੧॥੯॥੧੧॥੧੦॥੧੦॥੨੨॥੬੦॥੧੪੩॥

chhatru singhaasan pirathamee gur arajun kau de aaeaau |2|21|9|11|10|10|22|60|143|

He gave the Royal Canopy and Throne to Guru Arjun, and came home. ||2||21||9||11||10||10||22||60||143||

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