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Ang 1017 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag Maaroo

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ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਘਰੁ ੩ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ ॥

maaroo mahalaa 5 ghar 3 asattapadeea |

Maaroo, Fifth Mehl, Third House, Ashtpadheeyaa:

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ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

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

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ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਭ੍ਰਮਤੇ ਭ੍ਰਮਤੇ ਦੁਲਭ ਜਨਮੁ ਅਬ ਪਾਇਓ ॥੧॥

lakh chauraaseeh bhramate bhramate dulabh janam ab paaeo |1|

Wandering and roaming through 8.4 million incarnations, you have now been given this human life, so difficult to obtain. ||1||

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ਰੇ ਮੂੜੇ ਤੂ ਹੋਛੈ ਰਸਿ ਲਪਟਾਇਓ ॥

re moorre too hochhai ras lapattaaeo |

You fool! You are attached and clinging to such trivial pleasures!

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਸੰਗਿ ਬਸਤੁ ਹੈ ਤੇਰੈ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਸਿਉ ਉਰਝਾਇਓ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

amrit sang basat hai terai bikhiaa siau urajhaaeo |1| rahaau |

The Ambrosial Nectar abides with you, but you are engrossed in sin and corruption. ||1||Pause||

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ਰਤਨ ਜਵੇਹਰ ਬਨਜਨਿ ਆਇਓ ਕਾਲਰੁ ਲਾਦਿ ਚਲਾਇਓ ॥੨॥

ratan javehar banajan aaeo kaalar laad chalaaeo |2|

You have come to trade in gems and jewels, but you have loaded only barren soil. ||2||

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ਜਿਹ ਘਰ ਮਹਿ ਤੁਧੁ ਰਹਨਾ ਬਸਨਾ ਸੋ ਘਰੁ ਚੀਤਿ ਨ ਆਇਓ ॥੩॥

jih ghar meh tudh rahanaa basanaa so ghar cheet na aaeo |3|

That home within which you live - you have not kept that home in your thoughts. ||3||

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ਅਟਲ ਅਖੰਡ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਸੁਖਦਾਈ ਇਕ ਨਿਮਖ ਨਹੀ ਤੁਝੁ ਗਾਇਓ ॥੪॥

attal akhandd praan sukhadaaee ik nimakh nahee tujh gaaeo |4|

He is immovable, indestructible, the Giver of peace to the soul; and yet you do not sing His Praises, even for an instant. ||4||

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ਜਹਾ ਜਾਣਾ ਸੋ ਥਾਨੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਓ ਇਕ ਨਿਮਖ ਨਹੀ ਮਨੁ ਲਾਇਓ ॥੫॥

jahaa jaanaa so thaan visaario ik nimakh nahee man laaeo |5|

You have forgotten that place where you must go; you have not attached your mind to the Lord, even for an instant. ||5||

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ਪੁਤ੍ਰ ਕਲਤ੍ਰ ਗ੍ਰਿਹ ਦੇਖਿ ਸਮਗ੍ਰੀ ਇਸ ਹੀ ਮਹਿ ਉਰਝਾਇਓ ॥੬॥

putr kalatr grih dekh samagree is hee meh urajhaaeo |6|

Gazing upon your children, spouse, household and paraphernalia, you are entangled in them. ||6||

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ਜਿਤੁ ਕੋ ਲਾਇਓ ਤਿਤ ਹੀ ਲਾਗਾ ਤੈਸੇ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਇਓ ॥੭॥

jit ko laaeo tith hee laagaa taise karam kamaaeo |7|

As God links the mortals, so are they linked, and so are the deeds they do. ||7||

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ਜਉ ਭਇਓ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਤਾ ਸਾਧਸੰਗੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਓ ॥੮॥੧॥

jau bheo kripaal taa saadhasang paaeaa jan naanak braham dhiaaeo |8|1|

When He becomes Merciful, then the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is found; servant Nanak meditates on God. ||8||1||

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Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag Maaroo

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ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

maaroo mahalaa 5 |

Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

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ਕਰਿ ਅਨੁਗ੍ਰਹੁ ਰਾਖਿ ਲੀਨੋ ਭਇਓ ਸਾਧੂ ਸੰਗੁ ॥

kar anugrahu raakh leeno bheo saadhoo sang |

Granting His Grace, He has protected me; I have found the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

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ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮ ਰਸੁ ਰਸਨਾ ਉਚਾਰੈ ਮਿਸਟ ਗੂੜਾ ਰੰਗੁ ॥੧॥

har naam ras rasanaa uchaarai misatt goorraa rang |1|

My tongue lovingly chants the Lord's Name; this love is so sweet and intense! ||1||

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ਮੇਰੇ ਮਾਨ ਕੋ ਅਸਥਾਨੁ ॥

mere maan ko asathaan |

He is the place of rest for my mind,

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ਮੀਤ ਸਾਜਨ ਸਖਾ ਬੰਧਪੁ ਅੰਤਰਜਾਮੀ ਜਾਨੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

meet saajan sakhaa bandhap antarajaamee jaan |1| rahaau |

my friend, companion, associate and relative; He is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||1||Pause||

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ਸੰਸਾਰ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਜਿਨਿ ਉਪਾਇਓ ਸਰਣਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੀ ਗਹੀ ॥

sansaar saagar jin upaaeo saran prabh kee gahee |

He created the world-ocean; I seek the Sanctuary of that God.

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ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਅਰਾਧੇ ਜਮਕੰਕਰੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਨ ਕਹੀ ॥੨॥

gur prasaadee prabh araadhe jamakankar kichh na kahee |2|

By Guru's Grace, I worship and adore God; the Messenger of Death can't say anything to me. ||2||

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ਮੋਖ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਦੁਆਰਿ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਸੰਤ ਰਿਦਾ ਭੰਡਾਰੁ ॥

mokh mukat duaar jaa kai sant ridaa bhanddaar |

Emancipation and liberation are at His Door; He is the treasure in the hearts of the Saints.

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ਜੀਅ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਸੁਜਾਣੁ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਸਦਾ ਰਾਖਣਹਾਰੁ ॥੩॥

jeea jugat sujaan suaamee sadaa raakhanahaar |3|

The all-knowing Lord and Master shows us the true way of life; He is our Savior and Protector forever. ||3||

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ਦੂਖ ਦਰਦ ਕਲੇਸ ਬਿਨਸਹਿ ਜਿਸੁ ਬਸੈ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥

dookh darad kales binaseh jis basai man maeh |

Pain, suffering and troubles are eradicated, when the Lord abides in the mind.

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ਮਿਰਤੁ ਨਰਕੁ ਅਸਥਾਨ ਬਿਖੜੇ ਬਿਖੁ ਨ ਪੋਹੈ ਤਾਹਿ ॥੪॥

mirat narak asathaan bikharre bikh na pohai taeh |4|

Death, hell and the most horrible dwelling of sin and corruption cannot even touch such a person. ||4||

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ਰਿਧਿ ਸਿਧਿ ਨਵ ਨਿਧਿ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਾ ਪਰਵਾਹ ॥

ridh sidh nav nidh jaa kai amritaa paravaah |

Wealth, miraculous spiritual powers and the nine treasures come from the Lord, as do the streams of Ambrosial Nectar.

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ਆਦਿ ਅੰਤੇ ਮਧਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਊਚ ਅਗਮ ਅਗਾਹ ॥੫॥

aad ante madh pooran aooch agam agaah |5|

In the beginning, in the middle, and in the end, He is perfect, lofty, unapproachable and unfathomable. ||5||

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ਸਿਧ ਸਾਧਿਕ ਦੇਵ ਮੁਨਿ ਜਨ ਬੇਦ ਕਰਹਿ ਉਚਾਰੁ ॥

sidh saadhik dev mun jan bed kareh uchaar |

The Siddhas, seekers, angelic beings, silent sages, and the Vedas speak of Him.

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ਸਿਮਰਿ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਸੁਖ ਸਹਜਿ ਭੁੰਚਹਿ ਨਹੀ ਅੰਤੁ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰੁ ॥੬॥

simar suaamee sukh sehaj bhuncheh nahee ant paaraavaar |6|

Meditating in remembrance on the Lord and Master, celestial peace is enjoyed; He has no end or limitation. ||6||

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ਅਨਿਕ ਪ੍ਰਾਛਤ ਮਿਟਹਿ ਖਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਰਿਦੈ ਜਪਿ ਭਗਵਾਨ ॥

anik praachhat mitteh khin meh ridai jap bhagavaan |

Countless sins are erased in an instant, meditating on the Benevolent Lord within the heart.

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ਪਾਵਨਾ ਤੇ ਮਹਾ ਪਾਵਨ ਕੋਟਿ ਦਾਨ ਇਸਨਾਨ ॥੭॥

paavanaa te mahaa paavan kott daan isanaan |7|

Such a person becomes the purest of the pure, and is blessed with the merits of millions of donations to charity and cleansing baths. ||7||

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ਬਲ ਬੁਧਿ ਸੁਧਿ ਪਰਾਣ ਸਰਬਸੁ ਸੰਤਨਾ ਕੀ ਰਾਸਿ ॥

bal budh sudh paraan sarabas santanaa kee raas |

God is power, intellect, understanding, the breath of life, wealth, and everything for the Saints.

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ਬਿਸਰੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਨਿਮਖ ਮਨ ਤੇ ਨਾਨਕ ਕੀ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ॥੮॥੨॥

bisar naahee nimakh man te naanak kee aradaas |8|2|

May I never forget Him from my mind, even for an instant - this is Nanak's prayer. ||8||2||

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Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag Maaroo

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ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

maaroo mahalaa 5 |

Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

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ਸਸਤ੍ਰਿ ਤੀਖਣਿ ਕਾਟਿ ਡਾਰਿਓ ਮਨਿ ਨ ਕੀਨੋ ਰੋਸੁ ॥

sasatr teekhan kaatt ddaario man na keeno ros |

The sharp tool cuts down the tree, but it does not feel anger in its mind.

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ਕਾਜੁ ਉਆ ਕੋ ਲੇ ਸਵਾਰਿਓ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਦੀਨੋ ਦੋਸੁ ॥੧॥

kaaj uaa ko le savaario til na deeno dos |1|

It serves the purpose of the cutter, and does not blame him at all. ||1||

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ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਰਾਮ ਰਉ ਨਿਤ ਨੀਤਿ ॥

man mere raam rau nit neet |

O my mind, continually, continuously, meditate on the Lord.

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ਦਇਆਲ ਦੇਵ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸੁਨਿ ਸੰਤਨਾ ਕੀ ਰੀਤਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

deaal dev kripaal gobind sun santanaa kee reet |1| rahaau |

The Lord of the Universe is merciful, divine and compassionate. Listen - this is the way of the Saints. ||1||Pause||

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