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Ang 1056 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngGuru Amardas Ji · Raag Maaroo
Read the full shabad →ਬਿਖਿਆ ਕਾਰਣਿ ਲਬੁ ਲੋਭੁ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਕਾ ਦੋਰਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੯॥
bikhiaa kaaran lab lobh kamaaveh duramat kaa doraahaa he |9|
For the sake of poison, they act in greed and possessiveness, and evil-minded duality. ||9||
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ਪੂਰਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਏ ॥
pooraa satigur bhagat drirraae |
The Perfect True Guru implants devotional worship within.
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ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਏ ॥
gur kai sabad har naam chit laae |
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he lovingly centers his consciousness on the Lord's Name.
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ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਵਿਆ ਘਟ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਭੀਨੈ ਭਗਤਿ ਸਲਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੧੦॥
man tan har raviaa ghatt antar man bheenai bhagat salaahaa he |10|
The Lord pervades his mind, body and heart; deep within, his mind is drenched with devotional worship and praise of the Lord. ||10||
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ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਅਸੁਰ ਸੰਘਾਰਣੁ ॥
meraa prabh saachaa asur sanghaaran |
My True Lord God is the Destroyer of demons.
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ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਣੁ ॥
gur kai sabad bhagat nisataaran |
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, His devotees are saved.
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ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਦ ਹੀ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਿਰਿ ਸਾਹਾ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੧੧॥
meraa prabh saachaa sad hee saachaa sir saahaa paatisaahaa he |11|
My True Lord God is forever True. He is the Emperor over the heads of kings. ||11||
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ਸੇ ਭਗਤ ਸਚੇ ਤੇਰੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਏ ॥
se bhagat sache terai man bhaae |
True are those devotees, who are pleasing to Your Mind.
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ਦਰਿ ਕੀਰਤਨੁ ਕਰਹਿ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਹਾਏ ॥
dar keeratan kareh gur sabad suhaae |
They sing the Kirtan of His Praises at His Door; they are embellished and exalted by the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
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ਸਾਚੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਨਿਰਧਨ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਵੇਸਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੧੨॥
saachee baanee anadin gaaveh niradhan kaa naam vesaahaa he |12|
Night and day, they sing the True Word of His Bani. The Naam is the wealth of the poor. ||12||
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ਜਿਨ ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਵਿਛੋੜਹਿ ਨਾਹੀ ॥
jin aape mel vichhorreh naahee |
Those whom You unite, Lord, are never separated again.
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ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਦਾ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ॥
gur kai sabad sadaa saalaahee |
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they praise You forever.
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ਸਭਨਾ ਸਿਰਿ ਤੂ ਏਕੋ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਬਦੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਲਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੧੩॥
sabhanaa sir too eko saahib sabade naam salaahaa he |13|
You are the One Lord and Master over all. Through the Shabad, the Naam is praised. ||13||
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ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਤੁਧੁਨੋ ਕੋਈ ਨ ਜਾਣੀ ॥
bin sabadai tudhuno koee na jaanee |
Without the Shabad, no one knows You.
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ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਕਥੀ ਅਕਥ ਕਹਾਣੀ ॥
tudh aape kathee akath kahaanee |
You Yourself speak the Unspoken Speech.
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ਆਪੇ ਸਬਦੁ ਸਦਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਿ ਸੰਬਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੧੪॥
aape sabad sadaa gur daataa har naam jap sanbaahaa he |14|
You Yourself are the Shabad forever, the Guru, the Great Giver; chanting the Lord's Name, You bestow Your treasure. ||14||
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ਤੂ ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰਾ ॥
too aape karataa sirajanahaaraa |
You Yourself are the Creator of the Universe.
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ਤੇਰਾ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਮੇਟਣਹਾਰਾ ॥
teraa likhiaa koe na mettanahaaraa |
No one can erase what You have written.
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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦੇਵਹਿ ਤੂ ਆਪੇ ਸਹਸਾ ਗਣਤ ਨ ਤਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੧੫॥
guramukh naam deveh too aape sahasaa ganat na taahaa he |15|
You Yourself bless the Gurmukh with the Naam, who is no longer skeptical, and is not held to account. ||15||
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ਭਗਤ ਸਚੇ ਤੇਰੈ ਦਰਵਾਰੇ ॥
bhagat sache terai daravaare |
Your true devotees stand at the Door of Your Court.
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ਸਬਦੇ ਸੇਵਨਿ ਭਾਇ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥
sabade sevan bhaae piaare |
They serve the Shabad with love and affection.
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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ਨਾਮੇ ਕਾਰਜੁ ਸੋਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੧੬॥੩॥੧੨॥
naanak naam rate bairaagee naame kaaraj sohaa he |16|3|12|
O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam remain detached; through the Naam, their affairs are resolved. ||16||3||12||
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Guru Amardas Ji · Raag Maaroo
Read the full shabad →ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
maaroo mahalaa 3 |
Maaroo, Third Mehl:
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ਮੇਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਸਾਚੈ ਇਕੁ ਖੇਲੁ ਰਚਾਇਆ ॥
merai prabh saachai ik khel rachaaeaa |
My True Lord God has staged a play.
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ਕੋਇ ਨ ਕਿਸ ਹੀ ਜੇਹਾ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥
koe na kis hee jehaa upaaeaa |
He has created no one like anyone else.
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ਆਪੇ ਫਰਕੁ ਕਰੇ ਵੇਖਿ ਵਿਗਸੈ ਸਭਿ ਰਸ ਦੇਹੀ ਮਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੧॥
aape farak kare vekh vigasai sabh ras dehee maahaa he |1|
He made them different, and he gazes upon them with pleasure; he placed all the flavors in the body. ||1||
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ਵਾਜੈ ਪਉਣੁ ਤੈ ਆਪਿ ਵਜਾਏ ॥
vaajai paun tai aap vajaae |
You Yourself vibrate the beat of the breath.
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ਸਿਵ ਸਕਤੀ ਦੇਹੀ ਮਹਿ ਪਾਏ ॥
siv sakatee dehee meh paae |
Shiva and Shakti, energy and matter - You have placed them into the body.
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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਉਲਟੀ ਹੋਵੈ ਗਿਆਨ ਰਤਨੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਤਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੨॥
gur parasaadee ulattee hovai giaan ratan sabad taahaa he |2|
By Guru's Grace, one turns away from the world, and attains the jewel of spiritual wisdom, and the Word of the Shabad. ||2||
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ਅੰਧੇਰਾ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਆਪੇ ਕੀਆ ॥
andheraa chaanan aape keea |
He Himself created darkness and light.
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ਏਕੋ ਵਰਤੈ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਬੀਆ ॥
eko varatai avar na beea |
He alone is pervasive; there is no other at all.
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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਕਮਲੁ ਬਿਗਸੈ ਬੁਧਿ ਤਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੩॥
gur parasaadee aap pachhaanai kamal bigasai budh taahaa he |3|
One who realizes his own self - by Guru's Grace, the lotus of his mind blossoms forth. ||3||
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ਅਪਣੀ ਗਹਣ ਗਤਿ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ॥
apanee gehan gat aape jaanai |
Only He Himself knows His depth and extent.
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ਹੋਰੁ ਲੋਕੁ ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਆਖਿ ਵਖਾਣੈ ॥
hor lok sun sun aakh vakhaanai |
Other people can only listen and hear what is spoken and said.
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ਗਿਆਨੀ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝੈ ਸਾਚੀ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਸਲਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੪॥
giaanee hovai su guramukh boojhai saachee sifat salaahaa he |4|
One who is spiritually wise, understands himself as Gurmukh; he praises the True Lord. ||4||
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ਦੇਹੀ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਵਸਤੁ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥
dehee andar vasat apaaraa |
Deep within the body is the priceless object.
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ਆਪੇ ਕਪਟ ਖੁਲਾਵਣਹਾਰਾ ॥
aape kapatt khulaavanahaaraa |
He Himself opens the doors.
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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਹਜੇ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਵੈ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਅਗਨਿ ਬੁਝਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੫॥
guramukh sahaje amrit peevai trisanaa agan bujhaahaa he |5|
The Gurmukh intuitively drings in the Ambrosial Nectar, and the fire of desire is quenched. ||5||
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ਸਭਿ ਰਸ ਦੇਹੀ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਪਾਏ ॥
sabh ras dehee andar paae |
He placed all the flavors within the body.
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ਵਿਰਲੇ ਕਉ ਗੁਰੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਬੁਝਾਏ ॥
virale kau gur sabad bujhaae |
How rare are those who understand, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
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ਅੰਦਰੁ ਖੋਜੇ ਸਬਦੁ ਸਾਲਾਹੇ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਕਾਹੇ ਜਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੬॥
andar khoje sabad saalaahe baahar kaahe jaahaa he |6|
So search within yourself, and praise the Shabad. Why run around outside your self? ||6||
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ਵਿਣੁ ਚਾਖੇ ਸਾਦੁ ਕਿਸੈ ਨ ਆਇਆ ॥
vin chaakhe saad kisai na aaeaa |
Without tasting, no one enjoys the flavor.
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ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਆਇਆ ॥
gur kai sabad amrit peeaeaa |
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, one drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar.
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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀ ਅਮਰਾ ਪਦੁ ਹੋਏ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਰਸੁ ਤਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੭॥
amrit pee amaraa pad hoe gur kai sabad ras taahaa he |7|
The Ambrosial Nectar is drunk, and the immoral status is obtained, when one obtains the sublime essence of the Guru's Shabad. ||7||
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ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਸੋ ਸਭਿ ਗੁਣ ਜਾਣੈ ॥
aap pachhaanai so sabh gun jaanai |
One who realizes himself, knows all virtues.
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