Ang 935 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਨ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਹੈ ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ॥

naa tis giaan na dhiaan hai naa tis dharam dhiaan |

He has neither spiritual wisdom or meditation; neither Dharmic faith mor meditation.

Tukk 1

ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਕਹਾ ਕਿਆ ਜਾਣਾ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ॥

vin naavai nirbhau kahaa kiaa jaanaa abhimaan |

Without the Name, how can one be fearless? How can he understand egotistical pride?

Tukk 2

ਥਾਕਿ ਰਹੀ ਕਿਵ ਅਪੜਾ ਹਾਥ ਨਹੀ ਨਾ ਪਾਰੁ ॥

thaak rahee kiv aparraa haath nahee naa paar |

I am so tired - how can I get there? This ocean has no bottom or end.

Tukk 3

ਨਾ ਸਾਜਨ ਸੇ ਰੰਗੁਲੇ ਕਿਸੁ ਪਹਿ ਕਰੀ ਪੁਕਾਰ ॥

naa saajan se rangule kis peh karee pukaar |

I have no loving companions, whom I can ask for help.

Tukk 4

ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਿਉ ਪ੍ਰਿਉ ਜੇ ਕਰੀ ਮੇਲੇ ਮੇਲਣਹਾਰੁ ॥

naanak priau priau je karee mele melanahaar |

O Nanak, crying out, "Beloved, Beloved", we are united with the Uniter.

Tukk 5

ਜਿਨਿ ਵਿਛੋੜੀ ਸੋ ਮੇਲਸੀ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਹੇਤਿ ਅਪਾਰਿ ॥੩੭॥

jin vichhorree so melasee gur kai het apaar |37|

He who separated me, unites me again; my love for the Guru is infinite. ||37||

Tukk 6

ਪਾਪੁ ਬੁਰਾ ਪਾਪੀ ਕਉ ਪਿਆਰਾ ॥

paap buraa paapee kau piaaraa |

Sin is bad, but it is dear to the sinner.

Tukk 7

ਪਾਪਿ ਲਦੇ ਪਾਪੇ ਪਾਸਾਰਾ ॥

paap lade paape paasaaraa |

He loads himself with sin, and expands his world through sin.

Tukk 8

ਪਰਹਰਿ ਪਾਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਆਪੁ ॥

parahar paap pachhaanai aap |

Sin is far away from one who understands himself.

Tukk 9

ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਸੋਗੁ ਵਿਜੋਗੁ ਸੰਤਾਪੁ ॥

naa tis sog vijog santaap |

He is not afflicted by sorrow or separation.

Tukk 10

ਨਰਕਿ ਪੜੰਤਉ ਕਿਉ ਰਹੈ ਕਿਉ ਬੰਚੈ ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ॥

narak parrantau kiau rahai kiau banchai jamakaal |

How can one avoid falling into hell? How can he cheat the Messenger of Death?

Tukk 11

ਕਿਉ ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣਾ ਵੀਸਰੈ ਝੂਠੁ ਬੁਰਾ ਖੈ ਕਾਲੁ ॥

kiau aavan jaanaa veesarai jhootth buraa khai kaal |

How can coming and going be forgotten? Falsehood is bad, and death is cruel.

Tukk 12

ਮਨੁ ਜੰਜਾਲੀ ਵੇੜਿਆ ਭੀ ਜੰਜਾਲਾ ਮਾਹਿ ॥

man janjaalee verriaa bhee janjaalaa maeh |

The mind is enveloped by entanglements, and into entanglements it falls.

Tukk 13

ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕਿਉ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਪਾਪੇ ਪਚਹਿ ਪਚਾਹਿ ॥੩੮॥

vin naavai kiau chhootteeai paape pacheh pachaeh |38|

Without the Name, how can anyone be saved? They rot away in sin. ||38||

Tukk 14

ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਾਹੀ ਫਾਸੈ ਕਊਆ ॥

fir fir faahee faasai kaooaa |

Again and again, the crow falls into the trap.

Tukk 15

ਫਿਰਿ ਪਛੁਤਾਨਾ ਅਬ ਕਿਆ ਹੂਆ ॥

fir pachhutaanaa ab kiaa hooaa |

Then he regrets it, but what can he do now?

Tukk 16

ਫਾਥਾ ਚੋਗ ਚੁਗੈ ਨਹੀ ਬੂਝੈ ॥

faathaa chog chugai nahee boojhai |

Even though he is trapped, he pecks at the food; he does not understand.

Tukk 17

ਸਤਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤ ਆਖੀ ਸੂਝੈ ॥

satagur milai ta aakhee soojhai |

If he meets the True Guru, then he sees with his eyes.

Tukk 18

ਜਿਉ ਮਛੁਲੀ ਫਾਥੀ ਜਮ ਜਾਲਿ ॥

jiau machhulee faathee jam jaal |

Like a fish, he is caught in the noose of death.

Tukk 19

ਵਿਣੁ ਗੁਰ ਦਾਤੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਭਾਲਿ ॥

vin gur daate mukat na bhaal |

Do not seek liberation from anyone else, except the Guru, the Great Giver.

Tukk 20

ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜਾਇ ॥

fir fir aavai fir fir jaae |

Over and over again, he comes; over and over again, he goes.

Tukk 21

ਇਕ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਚੈ ਰਹੈ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥

eik rang rachai rahai liv laae |

Be absorbed in love for the One Lord, and remain lovingly focused on Him.

Tukk 22

ਇਵ ਛੂਟੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਾਸ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥੩੯॥

eiv chhoottai fir faas na paae |39|

In this way you shall be saved, and you shall not fall into the trap again. ||39||

Tukk 23

ਬੀਰਾ ਬੀਰਾ ਕਰਿ ਰਹੀ ਬੀਰ ਭਏ ਬੈਰਾਇ ॥

beeraa beeraa kar rahee beer bhe bairaae |

She calls out, "Brother, O brother - stay, O brother!" But he becomes a stranger.

Tukk 24

ਬੀਰ ਚਲੇ ਘਰਿ ਆਪਣੈ ਬਹਿਣ ਬਿਰਹਿ ਜਲਿ ਜਾਇ ॥

beer chale ghar aapanai bahin bireh jal jaae |

Her brother departs for his own home, and his sister burns with the pain of separation.

Tukk 25

ਬਾਬੁਲ ਕੈ ਘਰਿ ਬੇਟੜੀ ਬਾਲੀ ਬਾਲੈ ਨੇਹਿ ॥

baabul kai ghar bettarree baalee baalai nehi |

In this world, her father's home, the daughter, the innocent soul bride, loves her Young Husband Lord.

Tukk 26

ਜੇ ਲੋੜਹਿ ਵਰੁ ਕਾਮਣੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਤੇਹਿ ॥

je lorreh var kaamanee satigur seveh tehi |

If you long for your Husband Lord, O soul bride, then serve the True Guru with love.

Tukk 27

ਬਿਰਲੋ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਬੂਝਣਉ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸਾਚਿ ਮਿਲੇਇ ॥

biralo giaanee boojhnau satigur saach milee |

How rare are the spiritually wise, who meet the True Guru, and truly understand.

Tukk 28

ਠਾਕੁਰ ਹਾਥਿ ਵਡਾਈਆ ਜੈ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੈ ਦੇਇ ॥

tthaakur haath vaddaaeea jai bhaavai tai dee |

All glorious greatness rests in the Lord and Master's Hands. He grants them, when He is pleased.

Tukk 29

ਬਾਣੀ ਬਿਰਲਉ ਬੀਚਾਰਸੀ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਇ ॥

baanee birlau beechaarasee je ko guramukh hoe |

How rare are those who contemplate the Word of the Guru's Bani; they become Gurmukh.

Tukk 30

ਇਹ ਬਾਣੀ ਮਹਾ ਪੁਰਖ ਕੀ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ਹੋਇ ॥੪੦॥

eih baanee mahaa purakh kee nij ghar vaasaa hoe |40|

This is the Bani of the Supreme Being; through it, one dwells within the home of his inner being. ||40||

Tukk 31

ਭਨਿ ਭਨਿ ਘੜੀਐ ਘੜਿ ਘੜਿ ਭਜੈ ਢਾਹਿ ਉਸਾਰੈ ਉਸਰੇ ਢਾਹੈ ॥

bhan bhan gharreeai gharr gharr bhajai dtaeh usaarai usare dtaahai |

Shattering and breaking apart, He creates and re-creates; creating, He shatters again. He builds up what He has demolished, and demolishes what He has built.

Tukk 32

ਸਰ ਭਰਿ ਸੋਖੈ ਭੀ ਭਰਿ ਪੋਖੈ ਸਮਰਥ ਵੇਪਰਵਾਹੈ ॥

sar bhar sokhai bhee bhar pokhai samarath veparavaahai |

He dries up the pools which are full, and fills the dried tanks again. He is all-powerful and independent.

Tukk 33

ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਨੇ ਭਏ ਦਿਵਾਨੇ ਵਿਣੁ ਭਾਗਾ ਕਿਆ ਪਾਈਐ ॥

bharam bhulaane bhe divaane vin bhaagaa kiaa paaeeai |

Deluded by doubt, they have gone insane; without destiny, what do they obtain?

Tukk 34

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਡੋਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਪਕੜੀ ਜਿਨ ਖਿੰਚੈ ਤਿਨ ਜਾਈਐ ॥

guramukh giaan ddoree prabh pakarree jin khinchai tin jaaeeai |

The Gurmukhs know that God holds the string; wherever He pulls it, they must go.

Tukk 35

ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ਸਦਾ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਬਹੁੜਿ ਨ ਪਛੋਤਾਈਐ ॥

har gun gaae sadaa rang raate bahurr na pachhotaaeeai |

Those who sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, are forever imbued with His Love; they never again feel regret.

Tukk 36

ਭਭੈ ਭਾਲਹਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝਹਿ ਤਾ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ਪਾਈਐ ॥

bhabhai bhaaleh guramukh boojheh taa nij ghar vaasaa paaeeai |

Bhabha: If someone seeks, and then becomes Gurmukh, then he comes to dwell in the home of his own heart.

Tukk 37

ਭਭੈ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਮਾਰਗੁ ਵਿਖੜਾ ਆਸ ਨਿਰਾਸਾ ਤਰੀਐ ॥

bhabhai bhaujal maarag vikharraa aas niraasaa tareeai |

Bhabha: The way of the terrifying world-ocean is treacherous. Remain free of hope, in the midst of hope, and you shall cross over.

Tukk 38

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਆਪੋ ਚੀਨੑੈ ਜੀਵਤਿਆ ਇਵ ਮਰੀਐ ॥੪੧॥

gur parasaadee aapo cheenai jeevatiaa iv mareeai |41|

By Guru's Grace, one comes to understand himself; in this way, he remains dead while yet alive. ||41||

Tukk 39

ਮਾਇਆ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਰਿ ਮੁਏ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਿਸੈ ਨ ਸਾਥਿ ॥

maaeaa maaeaa kar mue maaeaa kisai na saath |

Crying out for the wealth and riches of Maya, they die; but Maya does not go along with them.

Tukk 40

ਹੰਸੁ ਚਲੈ ਉਠਿ ਡੁਮਣੋ ਮਾਇਆ ਭੂਲੀ ਆਥਿ ॥

hans chalai utth ddumano maaeaa bhoolee aath |

The soul-swan arises and departs, sad and depressed, leaving its wealth behind.

Tukk 41

ਮਨੁ ਝੂਠਾ ਜਮਿ ਜੋਹਿਆ ਅਵਗੁਣ ਚਲਹਿ ਨਾਲਿ ॥

man jhootthaa jam johiaa avagun chaleh naal |

The false mind is hunted by the Messenger of Death; it carries its faults along when it goes.

Tukk 42

ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਮਨੁ ਉਲਟੋ ਮਰੈ ਜੇ ਗੁਣ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਨਾਲਿ ॥

man meh man ulatto marai je gun hoveh naal |

The mind turns inward, and merges with mind, when it is with virtue.

Tukk 43