Ang 87 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਜਮੁ ਜੋਹਿ ਨ ਸਾਕੈ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥

guramatee jam johi na saakai saachai naam samaaeaa |

Following the Guru's Teachings, I cannot be touched by the Messenger of Death. I am absorbed in the True Name.

Tukk 1

ਸਭੁ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਵਰਤੈ ਕਰਤਾ ਜੋ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋ ਨਾਇ ਲਾਇਆ ॥

sabh aape aap varatai karataa jo bhaavai so naae laaeaa |

The Creator Himself is All-pervading everywhere; He links those with whom He is pleased to His Name.

Tukk 2

ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਲਏ ਤਾ ਜੀਵੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਖਿਨੁ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਇਆ ॥੨॥

jan naanak naam le taa jeevai bin naavai khin mar jaaeaa |2|

Servant Nanak chants the Naam, and so he lives. Without the Name, he would die in an instant. ||2||

Tukk 3

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

Tukk 4

ਜੋ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਦੀਬਾਣ ਸਿਉ ਸੋ ਸਭਨੀ ਦੀਬਾਣੀ ਮਿਲਿਆ ॥

jo miliaa har deebaan siau so sabhanee deebaanee miliaa |

One who is accepted at the Court of the Lord shall be accepted in courts everywhere.

Tukk 5

ਜਿਥੈ ਓਹੁ ਜਾਇ ਤਿਥੈ ਓਹੁ ਸੁਰਖਰੂ ਉਸ ਕੈ ਮੁਹਿ ਡਿਠੈ ਸਭ ਪਾਪੀ ਤਰਿਆ ॥

jithai ohu jaae tithai ohu surakharoo us kai muhi dditthai sabh paapee tariaa |

Wherever he goes, he is recognized as honorable. Seeing his face, all sinners are saved.

Tukk 6

ਓਸੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹੈ ਨਾਮੋ ਪਰਵਰਿਆ ॥

os antar naam nidhaan hai naamo paravariaa |

Within him is the Treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Through the Naam, he is exalted.

Tukk 7

ਨਾਉ ਪੂਜੀਐ ਨਾਉ ਮੰਨੀਐ ਨਾਇ ਕਿਲਵਿਖ ਸਭ ਹਿਰਿਆ ॥

naau poojeeai naau maneeai naae kilavikh sabh hiriaa |

He worships the Name, and believes in the Name; the Name erases all his sinful mistakes.

Tukk 8

ਜਿਨੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਇਕ ਮਨਿ ਇਕ ਚਿਤਿ ਸੇ ਅਸਥਿਰੁ ਜਗਿ ਰਹਿਆ ॥੧੧॥

jinee naam dhiaaeaa ik man ik chit se asathir jag rahiaa |11|

Those who meditate on the Name, with one-pointed mind and focused consciousness, remain forever stable in the world. ||11||

Tukk 9

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

Salok, Third Mehl:

Tukk 10

ਆਤਮਾ ਦੇਉ ਪੂਜੀਐ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥

aatamaa deo poojeeai gur kai sehaj subhaae |

Worship the Divine, Supreme Soul, with the intuitive peace and poise of the Guru.

Tukk 11

ਆਤਮੇ ਨੋ ਆਤਮੇ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਤਿ ਹੋਇ ਤਾ ਘਰ ਹੀ ਪਰਚਾ ਪਾਇ ॥

aatame no aatame dee prateet hoe taa ghar hee parachaa paae |

If the individual soul has faith in the Supreme Soul, then it shall obtain realization within its own home.

Tukk 12

ਆਤਮਾ ਅਡੋਲੁ ਨ ਡੋਲਈ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਭਾਇ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥

aatamaa addol na ddolee gur kai bhaae subhaae |

The soul becomes steady, and does not waver, by the natural inclination of the Guru's Loving Will.

Tukk 13

ਗੁਰ ਵਿਣੁ ਸਹਜੁ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਲੋਭੁ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਜਾਇ ॥

gur vin sehaj na aavee lobh mail na vichahu jaae |

Without the Guru, intuitive wisdom does not come, and the filth of greed does not depart from within.

Tukk 14

ਖਿਨੁ ਪਲੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਸਭ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਨਾਇ ॥

khin pal har naam man vasai sabh atthasatth teerath naae |

If the Lord's Name abides within the mind, for a moment, even for an instant, it is like bathing at all the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

Tukk 15

ਸਚੇ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਲਗਈ ਮਲੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ॥

sache mail na lagee mal laagai doojai bhaae |

Filth does not stick to those who are true, but filth attaches itself to those who love duality.

Tukk 16

ਧੋਤੀ ਮੂਲਿ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਜੇ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਨਾਇ ॥

dhotee mool na utarai je atthasatth teerath naae |

This filth cannot be washed off, even by bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

Tukk 17

ਮਨਮੁਖ ਕਰਮ ਕਰੇ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੀ ਸਭੁ ਦੁਖੋ ਦੁਖੁ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

manamukh karam kare ahankaaree sabh dukho dukh kamaae |

The self-willed manmukh does deeds in egotism; he earns only pain and more pain.

Tukk 18

ਨਾਨਕ ਮੈਲਾ ਊਜਲੁ ਤਾ ਥੀਐ ਜਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥

naanak mailaa aoojal taa theeai jaa satigur maeh samaae |1|

O Nanak, the filthy ones become clean only when they meet and surrender to the True Guru. ||1||

Tukk 19

ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mahalaa 3 |

Third Mehl:

Tukk 20

ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਲੋਕੁ ਸਮਝਾਈਐ ਕਦਹੁ ਸਮਝਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥

manamukh lok samajhaaeeai kadahu samajhaaeaa jaae |

The self-willed manmukhs may be taught, but how can they really be taught?

Tukk 21

ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਰਲਾਇਆ ਨਾ ਰਲੈ ਪਇਐ ਕਿਰਤਿ ਫਿਰਾਇ ॥

manamukh ralaaeaa naa ralai peiai kirat firaae |

The manmukhs do not fit in at all. Because of their past actions, they are condemned to the cycle of reincarnation.

Tukk 22

ਲਿਵ ਧਾਤੁ ਦੁਇ ਰਾਹ ਹੈ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

liv dhaat due raah hai hukamee kaar kamaae |

Loving attention to the Lord and attachment to Maya are the two separate ways; all act according to the Hukam of the Lord's Command.

Tukk 23

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਪਣਾ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰਿਆ ਸਬਦਿ ਕਸਵਟੀ ਲਾਇ ॥

guramukh aapanaa man maariaa sabad kasavattee laae |

The Gurmukh has conquered his own mind, by applying the Touchstone of the Shabad.

Tukk 24

ਮਨ ਹੀ ਨਾਲਿ ਝਗੜਾ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਨਾਲਿ ਸਥ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮੰਝਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

man hee naal jhagarraa man hee naal sath man hee manjh samaae |

He fights with his mind, he settles with his mind, and he is at peace with his mind.

Tukk 25

ਮਨੁ ਜੋ ਇਛੇ ਸੋ ਲਹੈ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥

man jo ichhe so lahai sachai sabad subhaae |

All obtain the desires of their minds, through the Love of the True Word of the Shabad.

Tukk 26

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਦ ਭੁੰਚੀਐ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

amrit naam sad bhuncheeai guramukh kaar kamaae |

They drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam forever; this is how the Gurmukhs act.

Tukk 27

ਵਿਣੁ ਮਨੈ ਜਿ ਹੋਰੀ ਨਾਲਿ ਲੁਝਣਾ ਜਾਸੀ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇ ॥

vin manai ji horee naal lujhanaa jaasee janam gavaae |

Those who struggle with something other than their own mind, shall depart having wasted their lives.

Tukk 28

ਮਨਮੁਖੀ ਮਨਹਠਿ ਹਾਰਿਆ ਕੂੜੁ ਕੁਸਤੁ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

manamukhee manahatth haariaa koorr kusat kamaae |

The self-willed manmukhs, through stubborn-mindedness and the practice of falsehood, lose the game of life.

Tukk 29

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਮਨੁ ਜਿਣੈ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥

gur parasaadee man jinai har setee liv laae |

Those who conquer their own mind, by Guru's Grace, lovingly focus their attention on the Lord.

Tukk 30

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੨॥

naanak guramukh sach kamaavai manamukh aavai jaae |2|

O Nanak, the Gurmukhs practice Truth, while the self-willed manmukhs continue coming and going in reincarnation. ||2||

Tukk 31

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

Tukk 32

ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਸੰਤ ਸੁਣਹੁ ਜਨ ਭਾਈ ਹਰਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਇਕ ਸਾਖੀ ॥

har ke sant sunahu jan bhaaee har satigur kee ik saakhee |

O Saints of the Lord, O Siblings of Destiny, listen, and hear the Lord's Teachings, through the True Guru.

Tukk 33

ਜਿਸੁ ਧੁਰਿ ਭਾਗੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਮੁਖਿ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਤਿਨਿ ਜਨਿ ਲੈ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਰਾਖੀ ॥

jis dhur bhaag hovai mukh masatak tin jan lai hiradai raakhee |

Those who have good destiny pre-ordained and inscribed on their foreheads, grasp it and keep it enshrined in the heart.

Tukk 34

ਹਰਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਕਥਾ ਸਰੇਸਟ ਊਤਮ ਗੁਰ ਬਚਨੀ ਸਹਜੇ ਚਾਖੀ ॥

har amrit kathaa saresatt aootam gur bachanee sahaje chaakhee |

Through the Guru's Teachings, they intuitively taste the sublime, exquisite and ambrosial sermon of the Lord.

Tukk 35

ਤਹ ਭਇਆ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸੁ ਮਿਟਿਆ ਅੰਧਿਆਰਾ ਜਿਉ ਸੂਰਜ ਰੈਣਿ ਕਿਰਾਖੀ ॥

teh bheaa pragaas mittiaa andhiaaraa jiau sooraj rain kiraakhee |

The Divine Light shines in their hearts, and like the sun which removes the darkness of night, it dispels the darkness of ignorance.

Tukk 36

ਅਦਿਸਟੁ ਅਗੋਚਰੁ ਅਲਖੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਸੋ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਖੀ ॥੧੨॥

adisatt agochar alakh niranjan so dekhiaa guramukh aakhee |12|

As Gurmukh, they behold with their eyes the Unseen, Imperceptible, Unknowable, Immaculate Lord. ||12||

Tukk 37

ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

Salok, Third Mehl:

Tukk 38