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Ang 1104 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Maaroo

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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੋ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਨੇ ਸੁੰਨ ਰਹਿਆ ਲਿਵ ਸੋਈ ॥੪॥੪॥

kahu kabeer jo naam samaane sun rahiaa liv soee |4|4|

Says Kabeer, whoever is absorbed in the Naam remains lovingly absorbed in the Primal, Absolute Lord. ||4||4||

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Maaroo

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ਜਉ ਤੁਮੑ ਮੋ ਕਉ ਦੂਰਿ ਕਰਤ ਹਉ ਤਉ ਤੁਮ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਬਤਾਵਹੁ ॥

jau tuma mo kau door karat hau tau tum mukat bataavahu |

If You keep me far away from You, then tell me, what is liberation?

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ਏਕ ਅਨੇਕ ਹੋਇ ਰਹਿਓ ਸਗਲ ਮਹਿ ਅਬ ਕੈਸੇ ਭਰਮਾਵਹੁ ॥੧॥

ek anek hoe rahio sagal meh ab kaise bharamaavahu |1|

The One has many forms, and is contained within all; how can I be fooled now? ||1||

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ਰਾਮ ਮੋ ਕਉ ਤਾਰਿ ਕਹਾਂ ਲੈ ਜਈ ਹੈ ॥

raam mo kau taar kahaan lai jee hai |

O Lord, where will You take me, to save me?

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ਸੋਧਉ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਕਹਾ ਦੇਉ ਕੈਸੀ ਕਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦੁ ਮੋਹਿ ਪਾਈ ਹੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

sodhau mukat kahaa deo kaisee kar prasaad mohi paaee hai |1| rahaau |

Tell me where, and what sort of liberation shall You give me? By Your Grace, I have already obtained it. ||1||Pause||

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ਤਾਰਨ ਤਰਨੁ ਤਬੈ ਲਗੁ ਕਹੀਐ ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਤਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥

taaran taran tabai lag kaheeai jab lag tat na jaaniaa |

People talk of salvation and being saved, as long as they do not understand the essence of reality.

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ਅਬ ਤਉ ਬਿਮਲ ਭਏ ਘਟ ਹੀ ਮਹਿ ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥੨॥੫॥

ab tau bimal bhe ghatt hee meh keh kabeer man maaniaa |2|5|

I have now become pure within my heart, says Kabeer, and my mind is pleased and appeased. ||2||5||

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Maaroo

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ਜਿਨਿ ਗੜ ਕੋਟ ਕੀਏ ਕੰਚਨ ਕੇ ਛੋਡਿ ਗਇਆ ਸੋ ਰਾਵਨੁ ॥੧॥

jin garr kott kee kanchan ke chhodd geaa so raavan |1|

Raawan made castles and fortresses of gold, but he had to abandon them when he left. ||1||

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ਕਾਹੇ ਕੀਜਤੁ ਹੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵਨੁ ॥

kaahe keejat hai man bhaavan |

Why do you act only to please your mind?

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ਜਬ ਜਮੁ ਆਇ ਕੇਸ ਤੇ ਪਕਰੈ ਤਹ ਹਰਿ ਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਛਡਾਵਨ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jab jam aae kes te pakarai teh har ko naam chhaddaavan |1| rahaau |

When Death comes and grabs you by the hair, then only the Name of the Lord will save you. ||1||Pause||

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ਕਾਲੁ ਅਕਾਲੁ ਖਸਮ ਕਾ ਕੀਨੑਾ ਇਹੁ ਪਰਪੰਚੁ ਬਧਾਵਨੁ ॥

kaal akaal khasam kaa keenaa ihu parapanch badhaavan |

Death, and deathlessness are the creations of our Lord and Master; this show, this expanse, is only an entanglement.

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ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਤੇ ਅੰਤੇ ਮੁਕਤੇ ਜਿਨੑ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਰਾਮ ਰਸਾਇਨੁ ॥੨॥੬॥

keh kabeer te ante mukate jina hiradai raam rasaaein |2|6|

Says Kabeer, those who have the sublime essence of the Lord in their hearts - in the end, they are liberated. ||2||6||

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ਦੇਹੀ ਗਾਵਾ ਜੀਉ ਧਰ ਮਹਤਉ ਬਸਹਿ ਪੰਚ ਕਿਰਸਾਨਾ ॥

dehee gaavaa jeeo dhar mahtau baseh panch kirasaanaa |

The body is a village, and the soul is the owner and farmer; the five farm-hands live there.

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ਨੈਨੂ ਨਕਟੂ ਸ੍ਰਵਨੂ ਰਸਪਤਿ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ ਕਹਿਆ ਨ ਮਾਨਾ ॥੧॥

nainoo nakattoo sravanoo rasapat indree kahiaa na maanaa |1|

The eyes, nose, ears, tongue and sensory organs of touch do not obey any order. ||1||

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ਬਾਬਾ ਅਬ ਨ ਬਸਉ ਇਹ ਗਾਉ ॥

baabaa ab na bsau ih gaau |

O father, now I shall not live in this village.

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ਘਰੀ ਘਰੀ ਕਾ ਲੇਖਾ ਮਾਗੈ ਕਾਇਥੁ ਚੇਤੂ ਨਾਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

gharee gharee kaa lekhaa maagai kaaeith chetoo naau |1| rahaau |

The accountants summoned Chitar and Gupat, the recording scribes of the conscious and the unconscious, to ask for an account of each and every moment. ||1||Pause||

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ਧਰਮ ਰਾਇ ਜਬ ਲੇਖਾ ਮਾਗੈ ਬਾਕੀ ਨਿਕਸੀ ਭਾਰੀ ॥

dharam raae jab lekhaa maagai baakee nikasee bhaaree |

When the Righteous Judge of Dharma calls for my account, there shall be a very heavy balance against me.

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ਪੰਚ ਕ੍ਰਿਸਾਨਵਾ ਭਾਗਿ ਗਏ ਲੈ ਬਾਧਿਓ ਜੀਉ ਦਰਬਾਰੀ ॥੨॥

panch krisaanavaa bhaag ge lai baadhio jeeo darabaaree |2|

The five farm-hands shall then run away, and the bailiff shall arrest the soul. ||2||

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ਕਹੈ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਰੇ ਸੰਤਹੁ ਖੇਤ ਹੀ ਕਰਹੁ ਨਿਬੇਰਾ ॥

kahai kabeer sunahu re santahu khet hee karahu niberaa |

Says Kabeer, listen, O Saints: settle your accounts in this farm.

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ਅਬ ਕੀ ਬਾਰ ਬਖਸਿ ਬੰਦੇ ਕਉ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਭਉਜਲਿ ਫੇਰਾ ॥੩॥੭॥

ab kee baar bakhas bande kau bahur na bhaujal feraa |3|7|

O Lord, please forgive Your slave now, in this life, so that he may not have to return again to this terrifying world-ocean. ||3||7||

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Maaroo

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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ ਬਾਣੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀਉ ਕੀ ॥

raag maaroo baanee kabeer jeeo kee |

Raag Maaroo, The Word Of Kabeer Jee:

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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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ਅਨਭਉ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਬੈਰਾਗੀਅੜੇ ॥

anbhau kinai na dekhiaa bairaageearre |

No one has seen the Fearless Lord, O renunciate.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਭੈ ਅਨਭਉ ਹੋਇ ਵਣਾਹੰਬੈ ॥੧॥

bin bhai anbhau hoe vanaahanbai |1|

Without the Fear of God, how can the Fearless Lord be obtained? ||1||

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ਸਹੁ ਹਦੂਰਿ ਦੇਖੈ ਤਾਂ ਭਉ ਪਵੈ ਬੈਰਾਗੀਅੜੇ ॥

sahu hadoor dekhai taan bhau pavai bairaageearre |

If one sees the Presence of his Husband Lord near at hand, then he feels the Fear of God, O renunciate.

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ਹੁਕਮੈ ਬੂਝੈ ਤ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਹੋਇ ਵਣਾਹੰਬੈ ॥੨॥

hukamai boojhai ta nirbhau hoe vanaahanbai |2|

If he realizes the Hukam of the Lord's Command, then he becomes fearless. ||2||

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ਹਰਿ ਪਾਖੰਡੁ ਨ ਕੀਜਈ ਬੈਰਾਗੀਅੜੇ ॥

har paakhandd na keejee bairaageearre |

Don't practice hypocrisy with the Lord, O renunciate!

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ਪਾਖੰਡਿ ਰਤਾ ਸਭੁ ਲੋਕੁ ਵਣਾਹੰਬੈ ॥੩॥

paakhandd rataa sabh lok vanaahanbai |3|

The whole world is filled with hypocrisy. ||3||

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ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਪਾਸੁ ਨ ਛੋਡਈ ਬੈਰਾਗੀਅੜੇ ॥

trisanaa paas na chhoddee bairaageearre |

Thirst and desire do not just go away, O renunciate.

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ਮਮਤਾ ਜਾਲਿਆ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਵਣਾਹੰਬੈ ॥੪॥

mamataa jaaliaa pindd vanaahanbai |4|

The body is burning in the fire of worldly love and attachment. ||4||

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ਚਿੰਤਾ ਜਾਲਿ ਤਨੁ ਜਾਲਿਆ ਬੈਰਾਗੀਅੜੇ ॥

chintaa jaal tan jaaliaa bairaageearre |

Anxiety is burned, and the body is burned, O renunciate,

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ਜੇ ਮਨੁ ਮਿਰਤਕੁ ਹੋਇ ਵਣਾਹੰਬੈ ॥੫॥

je man miratak hoe vanaahanbai |5|

only if one lets his mind become dead. ||5||

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਬੈਰਾਗੁ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਬੈਰਾਗੀਅੜੇ ॥

satigur bin bairaag na hovee bairaageearre |

Without the True Guru, there can be no renunciation,

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ਜੇ ਲੋਚੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ਵਣਾਹੰਬੈ ॥੬॥

je lochai sabh koe vanaahanbai |6|

even though all the people may wish for it. ||6||

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ਕਰਮੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਬੈਰਾਗੀਅੜੇ ॥

karam hovai satigur milai bairaageearre |

When God grants His Grace, one meets the True Guru, O renunciate,

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ਸਹਜੇ ਪਾਵੈ ਸੋਇ ਵਣਾਹੰਬੈ ॥੭॥

sahaje paavai soe vanaahanbai |7|

and automatically, intuitively finds that Lord. ||7||

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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਕ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਬੈਰਾਗੀਅੜੇ ॥

kahu kabeer ik benatee bairaageearre |

Says Kabeer, I offer this one prayer, O renunciate.

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ਮੋ ਕਉ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਪਾਰਿ ਉਤਾਰਿ ਵਣਾਹੰਬੈ ॥੮॥੧॥੮॥

mo kau bhaujal paar utaar vanaahanbai |8|1|8|

Carry me across the terrifying world-ocean. ||8||1||8||

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