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Ang 1125 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngGuru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Bhairao
Read the full shabad →ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੧ ਚਉਪਦੇ ॥
raag bhairau mahalaa 1 ghar 1 chaupade |
Raag Bhairao, First Mehl, First House, Chau-Padhay:
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ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik oankaar sat naam karataa purakh nirbhau niravair akaal moorat ajoonee saibhan gur prasaad |
One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:
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ਤੁਝ ਤੇ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਕਿਛੂ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥
tujh te baahar kichhoo na hoe |
Without You, nothing happens.
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ਤੂ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਦੇਖਹਿ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥
too kar kar dekheh jaaneh soe |1|
You create the creatures, and gazing on them, you know them. ||1||
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ਕਿਆ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਿਛੁ ਕਹੀ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
kiaa kaheeai kichh kahee na jaae |
What can I say? I cannot say anything.
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ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਅਹੈ ਸਭ ਤੇਰੀ ਰਜਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jo kichh ahai sabh teree rajaae |1| rahaau |
Whatever exists, is by Your Will. ||Pause||
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ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਕਰਣਾ ਸੁ ਤੇਰੈ ਪਾਸਿ ॥
jo kichh karanaa su terai paas |
Whatever is to be done, rests with You.
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ਕਿਸੁ ਆਗੈ ਕੀਚੈ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ॥੨॥
kis aagai keechai aradaas |2|
Unto whom should I offer my prayer? ||2||
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ਆਖਣੁ ਸੁਨਣਾ ਤੇਰੀ ਬਾਣੀ ॥
aakhan sunanaa teree baanee |
I speak and hear the Bani of Your Word.
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ਤੂ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਸਰਬ ਵਿਡਾਣੀ ॥੩॥
too aape jaaneh sarab viddaanee |3|
You Yourself know all Your Wondrous Play. ||3||
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ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪਿ ॥
kare karaae jaanai aap |
You Yourself act, and inspire all to act; only You Yourself know.
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ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਖੈ ਥਾਪਿ ਉਥਾਪਿ ॥੪॥੧॥
naanak dekhai thaap uthaap |4|1|
Says Nanak, You, Lord, see, establish and disestablish. ||4||1||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Bhairao
Read the full shabad →ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik oankaar satigur prasaad |
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
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ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੨ ॥
raag bhairau mahalaa 1 ghar 2 |
Raag Bhairao, First Mehl, Second House:
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ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਤਰੇ ਮੁਨਿ ਕੇਤੇ ਇੰਦ੍ਰਾਦਿਕ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾਦਿ ਤਰੇ ॥
gur kai sabad tare mun kete indraadik brahamaad tare |
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, so many silent sages have been saved; Indra and Brahma have also been saved.
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ਸਨਕ ਸਨੰਦਨ ਤਪਸੀ ਜਨ ਕੇਤੇ ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਪਾਰਿ ਪਰੇ ॥੧॥
sanak sanandan tapasee jan kete gur parasaadee paar pare |1|
Sanak, Sanandan and many humble men of austerity, by Guru's Grace, have been carried across to the other side. ||1||
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ਭਵਜਲੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਕਿਉ ਤਰੀਐ ॥
bhavajal bin sabadai kiau tareeai |
Without the Word of the Shabad, how can anyone cross over the terrifying world-ocean?
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ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਜਗੁ ਰੋਗਿ ਬਿਆਪਿਆ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਡੁਬਿ ਡੁਬਿ ਮਰੀਐ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
naam binaa jag rog biaapiaa dubidhaa ddub ddub mareeai |1| rahaau |
Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the world is entangled in the disease of duality, and is drowned, drowned, and dies. ||1||Pause||
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ਗੁਰੁ ਦੇਵਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵਾ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਸੋਝੀ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ॥
gur devaa gur alakh abhevaa tribhavan sojhee gur kee sevaa |
The Guru is Divine; the Guru is Inscrutable and Mysterious. Serving the Guru, the three worlds are known and understood.
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ਆਪੇ ਦਾਤਿ ਕਰੀ ਗੁਰਿ ਦਾਤੈ ਪਾਇਆ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵਾ ॥੨॥
aape daat karee gur daatai paaeaa alakh abhevaa |2|
The Guru, the Giver, has Himself given me the Gift; I have obtained the Inscrutable, Mysterious Lord. ||2||
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ਮਨੁ ਰਾਜਾ ਮਨੁ ਮਨ ਤੇ ਮਾਨਿਆ ਮਨਸਾ ਮਨਹਿ ਸਮਾਈ ॥
man raajaa man man te maaniaa manasaa maneh samaaee |
The mind is the king; the mind is appeased and satisfied through the mind itself, and desire is stilled in the mind.
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ਮਨੁ ਜੋਗੀ ਮਨੁ ਬਿਨਸਿ ਬਿਓਗੀ ਮਨੁ ਸਮਝੈ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਈ ॥੩॥
man jogee man binas biogee man samajhai gun gaaee |3|
The mind is the Yogi, the mind wastes away in separation from the Lord; singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the mind is instructed and reformed. ||3||
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ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰਿਆ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰਿਆ ਤੇ ਵਿਰਲੇ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥
gur te man maariaa sabad veechaariaa te virale sansaaraa |
How very rare are those in this world who, through the Guru, subdue their minds, and contemplate the Word of the Shabad.
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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਭਰਿਪੁਰਿ ਲੀਣਾ ਸਾਚ ਸਬਦਿ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਾ ॥੪॥੧॥੨॥
naanak saahib bharipur leenaa saach sabad nisataaraa |4|1|2|
O Nanak, our Lord and Master is All-pervading; through the True Word of the Shabad, we are emancipated. ||4||1||2||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Bhairao
Read the full shabad →ਭੈਰਉ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
bhairau mahalaa 1 |
Bhairao, First Mehl:
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ਨੈਨੀ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਨਹੀ ਤਨੁ ਹੀਨਾ ਜਰਿ ਜੀਤਿਆ ਸਿਰਿ ਕਾਲੋ ॥
nainee drisatt nahee tan heenaa jar jeetiaa sir kaalo |
The eyes lose their sight, and the body withers away; old age overtakes the mortal, and death hangs over his head.
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ਰੂਪੁ ਰੰਗੁ ਰਹਸੁ ਨਹੀ ਸਾਚਾ ਕਿਉ ਛੋਡੈ ਜਮ ਜਾਲੋ ॥੧॥
roop rang rehas nahee saachaa kiau chhoddai jam jaalo |1|
Beauty, loving attachment and the pleasures of life are not permanent. How can anyone escape from the noose of death? ||1||
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ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਇਓ ॥
praanee har jap janam geo |
O mortal, meditate on the Lord - your life is passing away!
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