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Ang 1013 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
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Read the full shabad →ਅੰਤਰਿ ਅਗਨਿ ਨ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਬੂਝੈ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਪੂਅਰ ਤਾਪੈ ॥
antar agan na gur bin boojhai baahar pooar taapai |
Without the Guru, the fire within is not quenched; and outside, the fire still burns.
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ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਵੀ ਕਿਉ ਕਰਿ ਚੀਨਸਿ ਆਪੈ ॥
gur sevaa bin bhagat na hovee kiau kar cheenas aapai |
Without serving the Guru, there is no devotional worship. How can anyone, by himself, know the Lord?
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ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਨਰਕ ਨਿਵਾਸੀ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਆਤਮ ਜਾਪੈ ॥
nindaa kar kar narak nivaasee antar aatam jaapai |
Slandering others, one lives in hell; within him is hazy darkness.
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ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਭਰਮਿ ਵਿਗੂਚਹਿ ਕਿਉ ਮਲੁ ਧੋਪੈ ਪਾਪੈ ॥੩॥
atthasatth teerath bharam vigoocheh kiau mal dhopai paapai |3|
Wandering to the eixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, he is ruined. How can the filth of sin be washed away? ||3||
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ਛਾਣੀ ਖਾਕੁ ਬਿਭੂਤ ਚੜਾਈ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਾ ਮਗੁ ਜੋਹੈ ॥
chhaanee khaak bibhoot charraaee maaeaa kaa mag johai |
He sifts through the dust, and applies ashes to his body, but he is searching for the path of Maya's wealth.
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ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਏਕੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਸਾਚੁ ਕਹੇ ਤੇ ਛੋਹੈ ॥
antar baahar ek na jaanai saach kahe te chhohai |
Inwardly and outwardly, he does not know the One Lord; if someone tells him the Truth, he grows angry.
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ਪਾਠੁ ਪੜੈ ਮੁਖਿ ਝੂਠੋ ਬੋਲੈ ਨਿਗੁਰੇ ਕੀ ਮਤਿ ਓਹੈ ॥
paatth parrai mukh jhoottho bolai nigure kee mat ohai |
He reads the scriptures, but tells lies; such is the intellect of one who has no guru.
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ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਜਪਈ ਕਿਉ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕਿਉ ਸੋਹੈ ॥੪॥
naam na japee kiau sukh paavai bin naavai kiau sohai |4|
Without chanting the Naam, how can he find peace? Without the Name, how can he look good? ||4||
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ਮੂੰਡੁ ਮੁਡਾਇ ਜਟਾ ਸਿਖ ਬਾਧੀ ਮੋਨਿ ਰਹੈ ਅਭਿਮਾਨਾ ॥
moondd muddaae jattaa sikh baadhee mon rahai abhimaanaa |
Some shave their heads, some keep their hair in matted tangles; some keep it in braids, while some keep silent, filled with egotistical pride.
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ਮਨੂਆ ਡੋਲੈ ਦਹ ਦਿਸ ਧਾਵੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਰਤ ਆਤਮ ਗਿਆਨਾ ॥
manooaa ddolai deh dis dhaavai bin rat aatam giaanaa |
Their minds waver and wander in ten directions, without loving devotion and enlightenment of the soul.
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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਛੋਡਿ ਮਹਾ ਬਿਖੁ ਪੀਵੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਾ ਦੇਵਾਨਾ ॥
amrit chhodd mahaa bikh peevai maaeaa kaa devaanaa |
They abandon the Ambrosial Nectar, and drink the deadly poison, driven mad by Maya.
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ਕਿਰਤੁ ਨ ਮਿਟਈ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਬੂਝੈ ਪਸੂਆ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਨਾ ॥੫॥
kirat na mittee hukam na boojhai pasooaa maeh samaanaa |5|
Past actions cannot be erased; without understanding the Hukam of the Lord's Command, they become beasts. ||5||
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ਹਾਥ ਕਮੰਡਲੁ ਕਾਪੜੀਆ ਮਨਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਉਪਜੀ ਭਾਰੀ ॥
haath kamanddal kaaparreea man trisanaa upajee bhaaree |
With bowl in hand, wearing his patched coat, great desires well up in his mind.
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ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀ ਤਜਿ ਕਰਿ ਕਾਮਿ ਵਿਆਪਿਆ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਆ ਪਰ ਨਾਰੀ ॥
eisatree taj kar kaam viaapiaa chit laaeaa par naaree |
Abandoning his own wife, he is engrossed in sexual desire; his thoughts are on the wives of others.
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ਸਿਖ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਚੀਨੈ ਲੰਪਟੁ ਹੈ ਬਾਜਾਰੀ ॥
sikh kare kar sabad na cheenai lanpatt hai baajaaree |
He teaches and preaches, but does not contemplate the Shabad; he is bought and sold on the street.
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ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬਿਖੁ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਨਿਭਰਾਤੀ ਤਾ ਜਮੁ ਕਰੇ ਖੁਆਰੀ ॥੬॥
antar bikh baahar nibharaatee taa jam kare khuaaree |6|
With poison within, he pretends to be free of doubt; he is ruined and humiliated by the Messenger of Death. ||6||
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ਸੋ ਸੰਨਿਆਸੀ ਜੋ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੈ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਏ ॥
so saniaasee jo satigur sevai vichahu aap gavaae |
He alone is a Sannyaasi, who serves the True Guru, and removes his self-conceit from within.
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ਛਾਦਨ ਭੋਜਨ ਕੀ ਆਸ ਨ ਕਰਈ ਅਚਿੰਤੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੋ ਪਾਏ ॥
chhaadan bhojan kee aas na karee achint milai so paae |
He does not ask for clothes or food; without asking, he accepts whatever he receives.
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ਬਕੈ ਨ ਬੋਲੈ ਖਿਮਾ ਧਨੁ ਸੰਗ੍ਰਹੈ ਤਾਮਸੁ ਨਾਮਿ ਜਲਾਏ ॥
bakai na bolai khimaa dhan sangrahai taamas naam jalaae |
He does not speak empty words; he gathers in the wealth of tolerance, and burns away his anger with the Naam.
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ਧਨੁ ਗਿਰਹੀ ਸੰਨਿਆਸੀ ਜੋਗੀ ਜਿ ਹਰਿ ਚਰਣੀ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਏ ॥੭॥
dhan girahee saniaasee jogee ji har charanee chit laae |7|
Blessed is such a householder, Sannyaasi and Yogi, who focuses his consciousness on the Lord's feet. ||7||
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ਆਸ ਨਿਰਾਸ ਰਹੈ ਸੰਨਿਆਸੀ ਏਕਸੁ ਸਿਉ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਏ ॥
aas niraas rahai saniaasee ekas siau liv laae |
Amidst hope, the Sannyaasi remains unmoved by hope; he remains lovingly focused on the One Lord.
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ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਪੀਵੈ ਤਾ ਸਾਤਿ ਆਵੈ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਤਾੜੀ ਲਾਏ ॥
har ras peevai taa saat aavai nij ghar taarree laae |
He drinks in the sublime essence of the Lord, and so finds peace and tranquility; in the home of his own being, he remains absorbed in the deep trance of meditation.
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ਮਨੂਆ ਨ ਡੋਲੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝੈ ਧਾਵਤੁ ਵਰਜਿ ਰਹਾਏ ॥
manooaa na ddolai guramukh boojhai dhaavat varaj rahaae |
His mind does not waver; as Gurmukh, he understands. He restrains it from wandering out.
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ਗ੍ਰਿਹੁ ਸਰੀਰੁ ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਖੋਜੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਪਾਏ ॥੮॥
grihu sareer guramatee khoje naam padaarath paae |8|
Following the Guru's Teachings, he searches the home of his body, and obtains the wealth of the Naam. ||8||
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ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਬਿਸਨੁ ਮਹੇਸੁ ਸਰੇਸਟ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਵੀਚਾਰੀ ॥
brahamaa bisan mahes saresatt naam rate veechaaree |
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are exalted, imbued with contemplative meditation on the Naam.
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ਖਾਣੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਗਗਨ ਪਤਾਲੀ ਜੰਤਾ ਜੋਤਿ ਤੁਮਾਰੀ ॥
khaanee baanee gagan pataalee jantaa jot tumaaree |
The sources of creation, speech, the heavens and the underworld, all beings and creatures, are infused with Your Light.
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ਸਭਿ ਸੁਖ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨਾਮ ਧੁਨਿ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਉਰ ਧਾਰੀ ॥
sabh sukh mukat naam dhun baanee sach naam ur dhaaree |
All comforts and liberation are found in the Naam, and the vibrations of the Guru's Bani; I have enshrined the True Name within my heart.
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ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਨਹੀ ਛੂਟਸਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚੀ ਤਰੁ ਤੂ ਤਾਰੀ ॥੯॥੭॥
naam binaa nahee chhoottas naanak saachee tar too taaree |9|7|
Without the Naam, no one is saved; O Nanak, with the Truth, cross over to the other side. ||9||7||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Maaroo
Read the full shabad →ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
maaroo mahalaa 1 |
Maaroo, First Mehl:
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ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਸੰਜੋਗਿ ਉਪਾਏ ਰਕਤੁ ਬਿੰਦੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਕਰੇ ॥
maat pitaa sanjog upaae rakat bind mil pindd kare |
Through the union of mother and father, the fetus is formed. The egg and sperm join together to make the body.
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ਅੰਤਰਿ ਗਰਭ ਉਰਧਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਗੀ ਸੋ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਾਰੇ ਦਾਤਿ ਕਰੇ ॥੧॥
antar garabh uradh liv laagee so prabh saare daat kare |1|
Upside-down within the womb, it lovingly dwells on the Lord; God provides for it, and gives it nourishment there. ||1||
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ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਭਵਜਲੁ ਕਿਉ ਤਰੈ ॥
sansaar bhavajal kiau tarai |
How can he cross over the terrifying world-ocean?
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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਅਫਰਿਓ ਭਾਰੁ ਅਫਾਰੁ ਟਰੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
guramukh naam niranjan paaeeai afario bhaar afaar ttarai |1| rahaau |
The Gurmukh obtains the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord; the unbearable load of sins is removed. ||1||Pause||
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ਤੇ ਗੁਣ ਵਿਸਰਿ ਗਏ ਅਪਰਾਧੀ ਮੈ ਬਉਰਾ ਕਿਆ ਕਰਉ ਹਰੇ ॥
te gun visar ge aparaadhee mai bauraa kiaa krau hare |
I have forgotten Your Virtues, Lord; I am insane - what can I do now?
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ਤੂ ਦਾਤਾ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਸਭੈ ਸਿਰਿ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਦਾਤਿ ਸਮਾਰਿ ਕਰੇ ॥੨॥
too daataa deaal sabhai sir ahinis daat samaar kare |2|
You are the Merciful Giver, above the heads of all. Day and night, You give gifts, and take care of all. ||2||
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ਚਾਰਿ ਪਦਾਰਥ ਲੈ ਜਗਿ ਜਨਮਿਆ ਸਿਵ ਸਕਤੀ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸੁ ਧਰੇ ॥
chaar padaarath lai jag janamiaa siv sakatee ghar vaas dhare |
One is born to achieve the four great objectives of life. The spirit has taken up its home in the material world.
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Gurbani, transliteration and translation from GurbaniNow, under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.