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Ang 111 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Amardas Ji · Raag Maajh

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ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਜੀਅ ਉਪਾਏ ॥

lakh chauraaseeh jeea upaae |

He created the 8.4 million species of beings.

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ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥

jis no nadar kare tis guroo milaae |

Those, upon whom He casts His Glance of Grace, come to meet the Guru.

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ਕਿਲਬਿਖ ਕਾਟਿ ਸਦਾ ਜਨ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਦਰਿ ਸਚੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਸੁਹਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥

kilabikh kaatt sadaa jan niramal dar sachai naam suhaavaniaa |6|

Shedding their sins, His servants are forever pure; at the True Court, they are beautified by the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||6||

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ਲੇਖਾ ਮਾਗੈ ਤਾ ਕਿਨਿ ਦੀਐ ॥

lekhaa maagai taa kin deeai |

When they are called to settle their accounts, who will answer then?

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ਸੁਖੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਫੁਨਿ ਦੂਐ ਤੀਐ ॥

sukh naahee fun dooai teeai |

There shall be no peace then, from counting out by twos and threes.

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ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿ ਲਏ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥

aape bakhas le prabh saachaa aape bakhas milaavaniaa |7|

The True Lord God Himself forgives, and having forgiven, He unites them with Himself. ||7||

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ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇ ਤੈ ਆਪਿ ਕਰਾਏ ॥

aap kare tai aap karaae |

He Himself does, and He Himself causes all to be done.

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ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥

poore gur kai sabad milaae |

Through the Shabad, the Word of the Perfect Guru, He is met.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੨॥੩॥

naanak naam milai vaddiaaee aape mel milaavaniaa |8|2|3|

O Nanak, through the Naam, greatness is obtained. He Himself unites in His Union. ||8||2||3||

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Guru Amardas Ji · Raag Maajh

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ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

maajh mahalaa 3 |

Maajh, Third Mehl:

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ਇਕੋ ਆਪਿ ਫਿਰੈ ਪਰਛੰਨਾ ॥

eiko aap firai parachhanaa |

The One Lord Himself moves about imperceptibly.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵੇਖਾ ਤਾ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਭਿੰਨਾ ॥

guramukh vekhaa taa ihu man bhinaa |

As Gurmukh, I see Him, and then this mind is pleased and uplifted.

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ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਤਜਿ ਸਹਜ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਏਕੋ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥

trisanaa taj sehaj sukh paaeaa eko man vasaavaniaa |1|

Renouncing desire, I have found intuitive peace and poise; I have enshrined the One within my mind. ||1||

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ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਇਕਸੁ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥

hau vaaree jeeo vaaree ikas siau chit laavaniaa |

I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who focus their consciousness on the One.

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ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਮਨੁ ਇਕਤੁ ਘਰਿ ਆਇਆ ਸਚੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਰੰਗਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

guramatee man ikat ghar aaeaa sachai rang rangaavaniaa |1| rahaau |

Through the Guru's Teachings, my mind has come to its only home; it is imbued with the True Color of the Lord's Love. ||1||Pause||

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ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਭੂਲਾ ਤੈਂ ਆਪਿ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ॥

eihu jag bhoolaa tain aap bhulaaeaa |

This world is deluded; You Yourself have deluded it.

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ਇਕੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਲੋਭਾਇਆ ॥

eik visaar doojai lobhaaeaa |

Forgetting the One, it has become engrossed in duality.

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ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਦਾ ਫਿਰੈ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਭੂਲਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥

anadin sadaa firai bhram bhoolaa bin naavai dukh paavaniaa |2|

Night and day, it wanders around endlessly, deluded by doubt; without the Name, it suffers in pain. ||2||

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ਜੋ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਕਰਮ ਬਿਧਾਤੇ ॥

jo rang raate karam bidhaate |

Those who are attuned to the Love of the Lord, the Architect of Destiny

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ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਤੇ ਜੁਗ ਚਾਰੇ ਜਾਤੇ ॥

gur sevaa te jug chaare jaate |

by serving the Guru, they are known throughout the four ages.

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ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਆਪਿ ਦੇਇ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਹਰਿ ਕੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥

jis no aap dee vaddiaaee har kai naam samaavaniaa |3|

Those, upon whom the Lord bestows greatness, are absorbed in the Name of the Lord. ||3||

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ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਚੇਤੈ ਨਾਹੀ ॥

maaeaa mohi har chetai naahee |

Being in love with Maya, they do not think of the Lord.

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ਜਮਪੁਰਿ ਬਧਾ ਦੁਖ ਸਹਾਹੀ ॥

jamapur badhaa dukh sahaahee |

Bound and gagged in the City of Death, they suffer in terrible pain.

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ਅੰਨਾ ਬੋਲਾ ਕਿਛੁ ਨਦਰਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਪਾਪਿ ਪਚਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥

anaa bolaa kichh nadar na aavai manamukh paap pachaavaniaa |4|

Blind and deaf, they see nothing at all; the self-willed manmukhs rot away in sin. ||4||

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ਇਕਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਏ ॥

eik rang raate jo tudh aap liv laae |

Those, whom You attach to Your Love, are attuned to Your Love.

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ਭਾਇ ਭਗਤਿ ਤੇਰੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਏ ॥

bhaae bhagat terai man bhaae |

Through loving devotional worship, they become pleasing to Your Mind.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਨਿ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਸਭ ਇਛਾ ਆਪਿ ਪੁਜਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥

satigur sevan sadaa sukhadaataa sabh ichhaa aap pujaavaniaa |5|

They serve the True Guru, the Giver of eternal peace, and all their desires are fulfilled. ||5||

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ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਤੇਰੀ ਸਦਾ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥

har jeeo teree sadaa saranaaee |

O Dear Lord, I seek Your Sanctuary forever.

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ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿਹਿ ਦੇ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥

aape bakhasihi de vaddiaaee |

You Yourself forgive us, and bless us with Glorious Greatness.

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ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਤਿਸੁ ਨੇੜਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਜੋ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥

jamakaal tis nerr na aavai jo har har naam dhiaavaniaa |6|

The Messenger of Death does not draw near those who meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||6||

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ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੇ ਜੋ ਹਰਿ ਭਾਏ ॥

anadin raate jo har bhaae |

Night and day, they are attuned to His Love; they are pleasing to the Lord.

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ਮੇਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਮੇਲੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥

merai prabh mele mel milaae |

My God merges with them, and unites them in Union.

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ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਸਚੇ ਤੇਰੀ ਸਰਣਾਈ ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਸਚੁ ਬੁਝਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥

sadaa sadaa sache teree saranaaee toon aape sach bujhaavaniaa |7|

Forever and ever, O True Lord, I seek the Protection of Your Sanctuary; You Yourself inspire us to understand the Truth. ||7||

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ਜਿਨ ਸਚੁ ਜਾਤਾ ਸੇ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਣੇ ॥

jin sach jaataa se sach samaane |

Those who know the Truth are absorbed in Truth.

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ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਸਚੁ ਵਖਾਣੇ ॥

har gun gaaveh sach vakhaane |

They sing the Lord's Glorious Praises, and speak the Truth.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਤਾੜੀ ਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੩॥੪॥

naanak naam rate bairaagee nij ghar taarree laavaniaa |8|3|4|

O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam remain unattached and balanced; in the home of the inner self, they are absorbed in the primal trance of deep meditation. ||8||3||4||

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ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

maajh mahalaa 3 |

Maajh, Third Mehl:

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ਸਬਦਿ ਮਰੈ ਸੁ ਮੁਆ ਜਾਪੈ ॥

sabad marai su muaa jaapai |

One who dies in the Word of the Shabad is truly dead.

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ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਚਾਪੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਨ ਸੰਤਾਪੈ ॥

kaal na chaapai dukh na santaapai |

Death does not crush him, and pain does not afflict him.

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ਜੋਤੀ ਵਿਚਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਮਾਣੀ ਸੁਣਿ ਮਨ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥

jotee vich mil jot samaanee sun man sach samaavaniaa |1|

His light merges and is absorbed into the Light, when he hears and merges in the Truth. ||1||

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ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਹਰਿ ਕੈ ਨਾਇ ਸੋਭਾ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥

hau vaaree jeeo vaaree har kai naae sobhaa paavaniaa |

I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to the Lord's Name, which brings us to glory.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਸਚਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਆ ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

satigur sev sach chit laaeaa guramatee sehaj samaavaniaa |1| rahaau |

One who serves the True Guru, and focuses his consciousness on Truth, following the Guru's Teachings, is absorbed in intuitive peace and poise. ||1||Pause||

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ਕਾਇਆ ਕਚੀ ਕਚਾ ਚੀਰੁ ਹੰਢਾਏ ॥

kaaeaa kachee kachaa cheer handtaae |

This human body is transitory, and transitory are the garments it wears.

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ਦੂਜੈ ਲਾਗੀ ਮਹਲੁ ਨ ਪਾਏ ॥

doojai laagee mehal na paae |

Attached to duality, no one attains the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

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