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Ang 116 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Amardas Ji · Raag Maajh

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ਮਨਮੁਖ ਖੋਟੀ ਰਾਸਿ ਖੋਟਾ ਪਾਸਾਰਾ ॥

manamukh khottee raas khottaa paasaaraa |

The wealth of the self-willed manmukhs is false, and false is their ostentatious display.

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ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਵਨਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਭਾਰਾ ॥

koorr kamaavan dukh laagai bhaaraa |

They practice falsehood, and suffer terrible pain.

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ਭਰਮੇ ਭੂਲੇ ਫਿਰਨਿ ਦਿਨ ਰਾਤੀ ਮਰਿ ਜਨਮਹਿ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥

bharame bhoole firan din raatee mar janameh janam gavaavaniaa |7|

Deluded by doubt, they wander day and night; through birth and death, they lose their lives. ||7||

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ਸਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਮੈ ਅਤਿ ਪਿਆਰਾ ॥

sachaa saahib mai at piaaraa |

My True Lord and Master is very dear to me.

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ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਅਧਾਰਾ ॥

poore gur kai sabad adhaaraa |

The Shabad of the Perfect Guru is my Support.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਦੁਖੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਸਮ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਨਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੧੦॥੧੧॥

naanak naam milai vaddiaaee dukh sukh sam kar jaananiaa |8|10|11|

O Nanak, one who obtains the Greatness of the Naam, looks upon pain and pleasure as one and the same. ||8||10||11||

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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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ਤੇਰੀਆ ਖਾਣੀ ਤੇਰੀਆ ਬਾਣੀ ॥

tereea khaanee tereea baanee |

The four sources of creation are Yours; the spoken word is Yours.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਸਭ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਣੀ ॥

bin naavai sabh bharam bhulaanee |

Without the Name, all are deluded by doubt.

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ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਤੇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥

gur sevaa te har naam paaeaa bin satigur koe na paavaniaa |1|

Serving the Guru, the Lord's Name is obtained. Without the True Guru, no one can receive it. ||1||

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ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥

hau vaaree jeeo vaaree har setee chit laavaniaa |

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

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ਹਰਿ ਸਚਾ ਗੁਰ ਭਗਤੀ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਹਜੇ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

har sachaa gur bhagatee paaeeai sahaje man vasaavaniaa |1| rahaau |

Through devotion to the Guru, the True One is found; He comes to abide in the mind, with intuitive ease. ||1||Pause||

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੇ ਤਾ ਸਭ ਕਿਛੁ ਪਾਏ ॥

satigur seve taa sabh kichh paae |

Serving the True Guru, all things are obtained.

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ਜੇਹੀ ਮਨਸਾ ਕਰਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਤੇਹਾ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਏ ॥

jehee manasaa kar laagai tehaa fal paae |

As are the desires one harbors, so are the rewards one receives.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਸਭਨਾ ਵਥੂ ਕਾ ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥

satigur daataa sabhanaa vathoo kaa poorai bhaag milaavaniaa |2|

The True Guru is the Giver of all things; through perfect destiny, He is met. ||2||

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ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਮੈਲਾ ਇਕੁ ਨ ਧਿਆਏ ॥

eihu man mailaa ik na dhiaae |

This mind is filthy and polluted; it does not meditate on the One.

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ਅੰਤਰਿ ਮੈਲੁ ਲਾਗੀ ਬਹੁ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਏ ॥

antar mail laagee bahu doojai bhaae |

Deep within, it is soiled and stained by the love of duality.

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ਤਟਿ ਤੀਰਥਿ ਦਿਸੰਤਰਿ ਭਵੈ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੀ ਹੋਰੁ ਵਧੇਰੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਲੁ ਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥

tatt teerath disantar bhavai ahankaaree hor vadherai haumai mal laavaniaa |3|

The egotists may go on pilgrimages to holy rivers, sacred shrines and foreign lands, but they only gather more of the dirt of egotism. ||3||

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੇ ਤਾ ਮਲੁ ਜਾਏ ॥

satigur seve taa mal jaae |

Serving the True Guru, filth and pollution are removed.

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ਜੀਵਤੁ ਮਰੈ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਏ ॥

jeevat marai har siau chit laae |

Those who focus their consciousness on the Lord remain dead while yet alive.

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ਹਰਿ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਸਚੁ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ਸਚਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਮੈਲੁ ਗਵਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥

har niramal sach mail na laagai sach laagai mail gavaavaniaa |4|

The True Lord is Pure; no filth sticks to Him. Those who are attached to the True One have their filth washed away. ||4||

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ਬਾਝੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਹੈ ਅੰਧ ਗੁਬਾਰਾ ॥

baajh guroo hai andh gubaaraa |

Without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness.

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ਅਗਿਆਨੀ ਅੰਧਾ ਅੰਧੁ ਅੰਧਾਰਾ ॥

agiaanee andhaa andh andhaaraa |

The ignorant ones are blind-there is only utter darkness for them.

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ਬਿਸਟਾ ਕੇ ਕੀੜੇ ਬਿਸਟਾ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਬਿਸਟਾ ਮਾਹਿ ਪਚਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥

bisattaa ke keerre bisattaa kamaaveh fir bisattaa maeh pachaavaniaa |5|

The maggots in manure do filthy deeds, and in filth they rot and putrefy. ||5||

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ਮੁਕਤੇ ਸੇਵੇ ਮੁਕਤਾ ਹੋਵੈ ॥

mukate seve mukataa hovai |

Serving the Lord of Liberation, liberation is achieved.

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ਹਉਮੈ ਮਮਤਾ ਸਬਦੇ ਖੋਵੈ ॥

haumai mamataa sabade khovai |

The Word of the Shabad eradicates egotism and possessiveness.

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ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਸਚਾ ਸੇਵੀ ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥

anadin har jeeo sachaa sevee poorai bhaag gur paavaniaa |6|

So serve the Dear True Lord, night and day. By perfect good destiny, the Guru is found. ||6||

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ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥

aape bakhase mel milaae |

He Himself forgives and unites in His Union.

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ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਿ ਪਾਏ ॥

poore gur te naam nidh paae |

From the Perfect Guru, the Treasure of the Naam is obtained.

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ਸਚੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਦਾ ਮਨੁ ਸਚਾ ਸਚੁ ਸੇਵੇ ਦੁਖੁ ਗਵਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥

sachai naam sadaa man sachaa sach seve dukh gavaavaniaa |7|

By the True Name, the mind is made true forever. Serving the True Lord, sorrow is driven out. ||7||

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ਸਦਾ ਹਜੂਰਿ ਦੂਰਿ ਨ ਜਾਣਹੁ ॥

sadaa hajoor door na jaanahu |

He is always close at hand-do not think that He is far away.

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ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਪਛਾਣਹੁ ॥

gurasabadee har antar pachhaanahu |

Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, recognize the Lord deep within your own being.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੧੧॥੧੨॥

naanak naam milai vaddiaaee poore gur te paavaniaa |8|11|12|

O Nanak, through the Naam, glorious greatness is received. Through the Perfect Guru, the Naam is obtained. ||8||11||12||

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ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

maajh mahalaa 3 |

Maajh, Third Mehl:

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ਐਥੈ ਸਾਚੇ ਸੁ ਆਗੈ ਸਾਚੇ ॥

aithai saache su aagai saache |

Those who are True here, are True hereafter as well.

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ਮਨੁ ਸਚਾ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਰਾਚੇ ॥

man sachaa sachai sabad raache |

That mind is true, which is attuned to the True Shabad.

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ਸਚਾ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥

sachaa seveh sach kamaaveh sacho sach kamaavaniaa |1|

They serve the True One, and practice Truth; they earn Truth, and only Truth. ||1||

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ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਸਚਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਵਣਿਆ ॥

hau vaaree jeeo vaaree sachaa naam man vasaavaniaa |

I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those whose minds are filled with the True Name.

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ਸਚੇ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਹਿ ਸਚੇ ਕੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

sache seveh sach samaaveh sache ke gun gaavaniaa |1| rahaau |

They serve the True One, and are absorbed into the True One, singing the Glorious Praises of the True One. ||1||Pause||

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ਪੰਡਿਤ ਪੜਹਿ ਸਾਦੁ ਨ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥

panddit parreh saad na paaveh |

The Pandits, the religious scholars read, but they do not taste the essence.

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ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਨੁ ਭਰਮਾਵਹਿ ॥

doojai bhaae maaeaa man bharamaaveh |

In love with duality and Maya, their minds wander, unfocused.

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ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਸਭ ਸੁਧਿ ਗਵਾਈ ਕਰਿ ਅਵਗਣ ਪਛੋਤਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥

maaeaa mohi sabh sudh gavaaee kar avagan pachhotaavaniaa |2|

The love of Maya has displaced all their understanding; making mistakes, they live in regret. ||2||

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤਾ ਤਤੁ ਪਾਏ ॥

satigur milai taa tat paae |

But if they should meet the True Guru, then they obtain the essence of reality;

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ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਏ ॥

har kaa naam man vasaae |

the Name of the Lord comes to dwell in their minds.

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