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Ang 1104 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngBhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Maaroo
Read the full shabad →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
Read the full shabad →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
Read the full shabad →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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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Maaroo
Read the full shabad →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
Read the full shabad →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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