Ang 733 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਜੇ ਸਉ ਲੋਚੈ ਰੰਗੁ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ਕੋਇ ॥੩॥

je sau lochai rang na hovai koe |3|

Even if he wishes it a hundred times, he does not obtain the Lord's Love. ||3||

Tukk 1

ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥

nadar kare taa satigur paavai |

But if the Lord blesses him with His Glance of Grace, then he meets the True Guru.

Tukk 2

ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੪॥੨॥੬॥

naanak har ras har rang samaavai |4|2|6|

Nanak is absorbed into the subtle essence of the Lord's Love. ||4||2||6||

Tukk 3

ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥

soohee mahalaa 4 |

Soohee, Fourth Mehl:

Tukk 4

ਜਿਹਵਾ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਰਹੀ ਅਘਾਇ ॥

jihavaa har ras rahee aghaae |

My tongue remains satisfied with the subtle essence of the Lord.

Tukk 5

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪੀਵੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥

guramukh peevai sehaj samaae |1|

The Gurmukh drinks it in, and merges in celestial peace. ||1||

Tukk 6

ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਜਨ ਚਾਖਹੁ ਜੇ ਭਾਈ ॥

har ras jan chaakhahu je bhaaee |

If you taste the subtle essence of the Lord, O humble Siblings of Destiny,

Tukk 7

ਤਉ ਕਤ ਅਨਤ ਸਾਦਿ ਲੋਭਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

tau kat anat saad lobhaaee |1| rahaau |

then how can you be enticed by other flavors? ||1||Pause||

Tukk 8

ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਰਸੁ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਿ ॥

guramat ras raakhahu ur dhaar |

Under Guru's Instructions, keep this subtle essence enshrined in your heart.

Tukk 9

ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਰੰਗਿ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥੨॥

har ras raate rang muraar |2|

Those who are imbued with the subtle essence of the Lord, are immersed in celestial bliss. ||2||

Tukk 10

ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਚਾਖਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

manamukh har ras chaakhiaa na jaae |

The self-willed manmukh cannot even taste the subtle essence of the Lord.

Tukk 11

ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰੈ ਬਹੁਤੀ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਜਾਇ ॥੩॥

haumai karai bahutee milai sajaae |3|

He acts out in ego, and suffers terrible punishment. ||3||

Tukk 12

ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥

nadar kare taa har ras paavai |

But if he is blessed with the Lord's Kind Mercy, then he obtains the subtle essence of the Lord.

Tukk 13

ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ॥੪॥੩॥੭॥

naanak har ras har gun gaavai |4|3|7|

O Nanak, absorbed in this subtle essence of the Lord, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||4||3||7||

Tukk 14

ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ਘਰੁ ੬ ॥

soohee mahalaa 4 ghar 6 |

Soohee, Fourth Mehl, Sixth House:

Tukk 15

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

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

Tukk 16

ਨੀਚ ਜਾਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਪਤਿਆ ਉਤਮ ਪਦਵੀ ਪਾਇ ॥

neech jaat har japatiaa utam padavee paae |

When someone of low social class chants the Lord's Name, he obtains the state of highest dignity.

Tukk 17

ਪੂਛਹੁ ਬਿਦਰ ਦਾਸੀ ਸੁਤੈ ਕਿਸਨੁ ਉਤਰਿਆ ਘਰਿ ਜਿਸੁ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥

poochhahu bidar daasee sutai kisan utariaa ghar jis jaae |1|

Go and ask Bidar, the son of a maid; Krishna himself stayed in his house. ||1||

Tukk 18

ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਜਨ ਭਾਈ ਜਿਤੁ ਸਹਸਾ ਦੂਖ ਭੂਖ ਸਭ ਲਹਿ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

har kee akath kathaa sunahu jan bhaaee jit sahasaa dookh bhookh sabh leh jaae |1| rahaau |

Listen, O humble Siblings of Destiny, to the Unspoken Speech of the Lord; it removes all anxiety, pain and hunger. ||1||Pause||

Tukk 19

ਰਵਿਦਾਸੁ ਚਮਾਰੁ ਉਸਤਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਨਿਮਖ ਇਕ ਗਾਇ ॥

ravidaas chamaar usatat kare har keerat nimakh ik gaae |

Ravi Daas, the leather-worker, praised the Lord, and sang the Kirtan of His Praises each and every instant.

Tukk 20

ਪਤਿਤ ਜਾਤਿ ਉਤਮੁ ਭਇਆ ਚਾਰਿ ਵਰਨ ਪਏ ਪਗਿ ਆਇ ॥੨॥

patit jaat utam bheaa chaar varan pe pag aae |2|

Although he was of low social status, he was exalted and elevated, and people of all four castes came and bowed at his feet. ||2||

Tukk 21

ਨਾਮਦੇਅ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਲਗੀ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਲੋਕੁ ਛੀਪਾ ਕਹੈ ਬੁਲਾਇ ॥

naamadea preet lagee har setee lok chheepaa kahai bulaae |

Naam Dayv loved the Lord; the people called him a fabric dyer.

Tukk 22

ਖਤ੍ਰੀ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ ਪਿਠਿ ਦੇ ਛੋਡੇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਦੇਉ ਲੀਆ ਮੁਖਿ ਲਾਇ ॥੩॥

khatree braahaman pitth de chhodde har naamadeo leea mukh laae |3|

The Lord turned His back on the high-class Kh'shaatriyas and Brahmins, and showed His face to Naam Dayv. ||3||

Tukk 23

ਜਿਤਨੇ ਭਗਤ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਕਾ ਮੁਖਿ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਤਿਨ ਤਿਲਕੁ ਕਢਾਇ ॥

jitane bhagat har sevakaa mukh atthasatth teerath tin tilak kadtaae |

All of the devotees and servants of the Lord have the tilak, the ceremonial mark, applied to their foreheads at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

Tukk 24

ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਪਰਸੇ ਜੇ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਇ ॥੪॥੧॥੮॥

jan naanak tin kau anadin parase je kripaa kare har raae |4|1|8|

Servant Nanak shall touch their feet night and day, if the Lord, the King, grants His Grace. ||4||1||8||

Tukk 25

ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥

soohee mahalaa 4 |

Soohee, Fourth Mehl:

Tukk 26

ਤਿਨੑੀ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਆਰਾਧਿਆ ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਧੁਰਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਲਿਖਤੁ ਲਿਲਾਰਾ ॥

tinaee antar har aaraadhiaa jin kau dhur likhiaa likhat lilaaraa |

They alone worship and adore the Lord deep within, who are blessed with such pre-ordained destiny from the very beginning of time.

Tukk 27

ਤਿਨ ਕੀ ਬਖੀਲੀ ਕੋਈ ਕਿਆ ਕਰੇ ਜਿਨ ਕਾ ਅੰਗੁ ਕਰੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਹਰਿ ਕਰਤਾਰਾ ॥੧॥

tin kee bakheelee koee kiaa kare jin kaa ang kare meraa har karataaraa |1|

What can anyone do to undermine them? My Creator Lord is on their side. ||1||

Tukk 28

ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਇ ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਮਨ ਧਿਆਇ ਹਰਿ ਜਨਮ ਜਨਮ ਕੇ ਸਭਿ ਦੂਖ ਨਿਵਾਰਣਹਾਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

har har dhiaae man mere man dhiaae har janam janam ke sabh dookh nivaaranahaaraa |1| rahaau |

So meditate on the Lord, Har, Har, O my mind. Meditate on the Lord, O mind; He is the Eliminator of all the pains of reincarnation. ||1||Pause||

Tukk 29

ਧੁਰਿ ਭਗਤ ਜਨਾ ਕਉ ਬਖਸਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਭਗਤਿ ਭੰਡਾਰਾ ॥

dhur bhagat janaa kau bakhasiaa har amrit bhagat bhanddaaraa |

In the very beginning, the Lord blessed His devotees with the Ambrosial Nectar, the treasure of devotion.

Tukk 30

ਮੂਰਖੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੁ ਉਨ ਕੀ ਰੀਸ ਕਰੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਹਲਤਿ ਪਲਤਿ ਮੁਹੁ ਕਾਰਾ ॥੨॥

moorakh hovai su un kee rees kare tis halat palat muhu kaaraa |2|

Anyone who tries to compete with them is a fool; his face shall be blackened here and hereafter. ||2||

Tukk 31

ਸੇ ਭਗਤ ਸੇ ਸੇਵਕਾ ਜਿਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਿਆਰਾ ॥

se bhagat se sevakaa jinaa har naam piaaraa |

They alone are devotees, and they alone are selfless servants, who love the Lord's Name.

Tukk 32

ਤਿਨ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਤੇ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਿਰਿ ਨਿੰਦਕ ਕੈ ਪਵੈ ਛਾਰਾ ॥੩॥

tin kee sevaa te har paaeeai sir nindak kai pavai chhaaraa |3|

By their selfless service, they find the Lord, while ashes fall on the heads of the slanderers. ||3||

Tukk 33

ਜਿਸੁ ਘਰਿ ਵਿਰਤੀ ਸੋਈ ਜਾਣੈ ਜਗਤ ਗੁਰ ਨਾਨਕ ਪੂਛਿ ਕਰਹੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਾ ॥

jis ghar viratee soee jaanai jagat gur naanak poochh karahu beechaaraa |

He alone knows this, who experiences it within the home of his own self. Ask Guru Nanak, the Guru of the world, and reflect upon it.

Tukk 34

ਚਹੁ ਪੀੜੀ ਆਦਿ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਬਖੀਲੀ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਕ ਭਾਇ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਾ ॥੪॥੨॥੯॥

chahu peerree aad jugaad bakheelee kinai na paaeo har sevak bhaae nisataaraa |4|2|9|

Throughout the four generations of the Gurus, from the beginning of time and throughout the ages, no one has ever found the Lord by back-biting and undermining. Only by serving the Lord with love, is one emancipated. ||4||2||9||

Tukk 35

ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥

soohee mahalaa 4 |

Soohee, Fourth Mehl:

Tukk 36

ਜਿਥੈ ਹਰਿ ਆਰਾਧੀਐ ਤਿਥੈ ਹਰਿ ਮਿਤੁ ਸਹਾਈ ॥

jithai har aaraadheeai tithai har mit sahaaee |

Wherever the Lord is worshipped in adoration, there the Lord becomes one's friend and helper.

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