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Ang 1164 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Bhagat Namdev Ji · Raag Bhairao

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ਨਾਮੇ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਭਇਆ ॥੪॥੩॥

naame har kaa darasan bheaa |4|3|

Thus did Naam Dayv come to receive the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan. ||4||3||

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ਮੈ ਬਉਰੀ ਮੇਰਾ ਰਾਮੁ ਭਤਾਰੁ ॥

mai bauree meraa raam bhataar |

I am crazy - the Lord is my Husband.

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ਰਚਿ ਰਚਿ ਤਾ ਕਉ ਕਰਉ ਸਿੰਗਾਰੁ ॥੧॥

rach rach taa kau krau singaar |1|

I decorate and adorn myself for Him. ||1||

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ਭਲੇ ਨਿੰਦਉ ਭਲੇ ਨਿੰਦਉ ਭਲੇ ਨਿੰਦਉ ਲੋਗੁ ॥

bhale nindau bhale nindau bhale nindau log |

Slander me well, slander me well, slander me well, O people.

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ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਮ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਜੋਗੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

tan man raam piaare jog |1| rahaau |

My body and mind are united with my Beloved Lord. ||1||Pause||

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ਬਾਦੁ ਬਿਬਾਦੁ ਕਾਹੂ ਸਿਉ ਨ ਕੀਜੈ ॥

baad bibaad kaahoo siau na keejai |

Do not engage in any arguments or debates with anyone.

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ਰਸਨਾ ਰਾਮ ਰਸਾਇਨੁ ਪੀਜੈ ॥੨॥

rasanaa raam rasaaein peejai |2|

With your tongue, savor the Lord's sublime essence. ||2||

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ਅਬ ਜੀਅ ਜਾਨਿ ਐਸੀ ਬਨਿ ਆਈ ॥

ab jeea jaan aisee ban aaee |

Now, I know within my soul, that such an arrangement has been made;

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ਮਿਲਉ ਗੁਪਾਲ ਨੀਸਾਨੁ ਬਜਾਈ ॥੩॥

milau gupaal neesaan bajaaee |3|

I will meet with my Lord by the beat of the drum. ||3||

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ਉਸਤਤਿ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਰੈ ਨਰੁ ਕੋਈ ॥

ausatat nindaa karai nar koee |

Anyone can praise or slander me.

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ਨਾਮੇ ਸ੍ਰੀਰੰਗੁ ਭੇਟਲ ਸੋਈ ॥੪॥੪॥

naame sreerang bhettal soee |4|4|

Naam Dayv has met the Lord. ||4||4||

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ਕਬਹੂ ਖੀਰਿ ਖਾਡ ਘੀਉ ਨ ਭਾਵੈ ॥

kabahoo kheer khaadd gheeo na bhaavai |

Sometimes, people do not appreciate milk, sugar and ghee.

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ਕਬਹੂ ਘਰ ਘਰ ਟੂਕ ਮਗਾਵੈ ॥

kabahoo ghar ghar ttook magaavai |

Sometimes, they have to beg for bread from door to door.

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ਕਬਹੂ ਕੂਰਨੁ ਚਨੇ ਬਿਨਾਵੈ ॥੧॥

kabahoo kooran chane binaavai |1|

Sometimes, they have to pick out the grain from the chaff. ||1||

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ਜਿਉ ਰਾਮੁ ਰਾਖੈ ਤਿਉ ਰਹੀਐ ਰੇ ਭਾਈ ॥

jiau raam raakhai tiau raheeai re bhaaee |

As the Lord keeps us, so do we live, O Siblings of Destiny.

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ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਮਹਿਮਾ ਕਿਛੁ ਕਥਨੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

har kee mahimaa kichh kathan na jaaee |1| rahaau |

The Lord's Glory cannot even be described. ||1||Pause||

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ਕਬਹੂ ਤੁਰੇ ਤੁਰੰਗ ਨਚਾਵੈ ॥

kabahoo ture turang nachaavai |

Sometimes, people prance around on horses.

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ਕਬਹੂ ਪਾਇ ਪਨਹੀਓ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੨॥

kabahoo paae panaheeo na paavai |2|

Sometimes, they do not even have shoes for their feet. ||2||

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ਕਬਹੂ ਖਾਟ ਸੁਪੇਦੀ ਸੁਵਾਵੈ ॥

kabahoo khaatt supedee suvaavai |

Sometimes, people sleep on cozy beds with white sheets.

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ਕਬਹੂ ਭੂਮਿ ਪੈਆਰੁ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੩॥

kabahoo bhoom paiaar na paavai |3|

Sometimes, they do not even have straw to put down on the ground. ||3||

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ਭਨਤਿ ਨਾਮਦੇਉ ਇਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਸਤਾਰੈ ॥

bhanat naamadeo ik naam nisataarai |

Naam Dayv prays, only the Naam, the Name of the Lord, can save us.

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ਜਿਹ ਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤਿਹ ਪਾਰਿ ਉਤਾਰੈ ॥੪॥੫॥

jih gur milai tih paar utaarai |4|5|

One who meets the Guru, is carried across to the other side. ||4||5||

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ਹਸਤ ਖੇਲਤ ਤੇਰੇ ਦੇਹੁਰੇ ਆਇਆ ॥

hasat khelat tere dehure aaeaa |

Laughing and playing, I came to Your Temple, O Lord.

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ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਤ ਨਾਮਾ ਪਕਰਿ ਉਠਾਇਆ ॥੧॥

bhagat karat naamaa pakar utthaaeaa |1|

While Naam Dayv was worshipping, he was grabbed and driven out. ||1||

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ਹੀਨੜੀ ਜਾਤਿ ਮੇਰੀ ਜਾਦਿਮ ਰਾਇਆ ॥

heenarree jaat meree jaadim raaeaa |

I am of a low social class, O Lord;

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ਛੀਪੇ ਕੇ ਜਨਮਿ ਕਾਹੇ ਕਉ ਆਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

chheepe ke janam kaahe kau aaeaa |1| rahaau |

why was I born into a family of fabric dyers? ||1||Pause||

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ਲੈ ਕਮਲੀ ਚਲਿਓ ਪਲਟਾਇ ॥

lai kamalee chalio palattaae |

I picked up my blanket and went back,

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ਦੇਹੁਰੈ ਪਾਛੈ ਬੈਠਾ ਜਾਇ ॥੨॥

dehurai paachhai baitthaa jaae |2|

to sit behind the temple. ||2||

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ਜਿਉ ਜਿਉ ਨਾਮਾ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਉਚਰੈ ॥

jiau jiau naamaa har gun ucharai |

As Naam Dayv uttered the Glorious Praises of the Lord,

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ਭਗਤ ਜਨਾਂ ਕਉ ਦੇਹੁਰਾ ਫਿਰੈ ॥੩॥੬॥

bhagat janaan kau dehuraa firai |3|6|

the temple turned around to face the Lord's humble devotee. ||3||6||

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ਭੈਰਉ ਨਾਮਦੇਉ ਜੀਉ ਘਰੁ ੨ ॥

bhairau naamadeo jeeo ghar 2 |

Bhairao, Naam Dayv Jee, Second House:

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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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ਜੈਸੀ ਭੂਖੇ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਅਨਾਜ ॥

jaisee bhookhe preet anaaj |

As the hungry person loves food,

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ਤ੍ਰਿਖਾਵੰਤ ਜਲ ਸੇਤੀ ਕਾਜ ॥

trikhaavant jal setee kaaj |

and the thirsty person is obsessed with water,

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ਜੈਸੀ ਮੂੜ ਕੁਟੰਬ ਪਰਾਇਣ ॥

jaisee moorr kuttanb paraaein |

and as the fool is attached to his family

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ਐਸੀ ਨਾਮੇ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਨਰਾਇਣ ॥੧॥

aisee naame preet naraaein |1|

- just so, the Lord is very dear to Naam Dayv. ||1||

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ਨਾਮੇ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਲਾਗੀ ॥

naame preet naaraaein laagee |

Naam Dayv is in love with the Lord.

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ਸਹਜ ਸੁਭਾਇ ਭਇਓ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

sehaj subhaae bheo bairaagee |1| rahaau |

He has naturally and intuitively become detached from the world. ||1||Pause||

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ਜੈਸੀ ਪਰ ਪੁਰਖਾ ਰਤ ਨਾਰੀ ॥

jaisee par purakhaa rat naaree |

Like the woman who falls in love with another man,

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ਲੋਭੀ ਨਰੁ ਧਨ ਕਾ ਹਿਤਕਾਰੀ ॥

lobhee nar dhan kaa hitakaaree |

and the greedy man who loves only wealth,

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ਕਾਮੀ ਪੁਰਖ ਕਾਮਨੀ ਪਿਆਰੀ ॥

kaamee purakh kaamanee piaaree |

and the sexually promiscuous man who loves women and sex,

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ਐਸੀ ਨਾਮੇ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਮੁਰਾਰੀ ॥੨॥

aisee naame preet muraaree |2|

just so, Naam Dayv is in love with the Lord. ||2||

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ਸਾਈ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਜਿ ਆਪੇ ਲਾਏ ॥

saaee preet ji aape laae |

But that alone is real love, which the Lord Himself inspires;

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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਜਾਏ ॥

gur parasaadee dubidhaa jaae |

by Guru's Grace, duality is eradicated.

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ਕਬਹੁ ਨ ਤੂਟਸਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

kabahu na toottas rahiaa samaae |

Such love never breaks; through it, the mortal remains merged in the Lord.

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ਨਾਮੇ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਆ ਸਚਿ ਨਾਇ ॥੩॥

naame chit laaeaa sach naae |3|

Naam Dayv has focused his consciousness on the True Name. ||3||

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ਜੈਸੀ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਬਾਰਿਕ ਅਰੁ ਮਾਤਾ ॥

jaisee preet baarik ar maataa |

Like the love between the child and its mother,

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ਐਸਾ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਤਾ ॥

aisaa har setee man raataa |

so is my mind imbued with the Lord.

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ਪ੍ਰਣਵੈ ਨਾਮਦੇਉ ਲਾਗੀ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ॥

pranavai naamadeo laagee preet |

Prays Naam Dayv, I am in love with the Lord.

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ਗੋਬਿਦੁ ਬਸੈ ਹਮਾਰੈ ਚੀਤਿ ॥੪॥੧॥੭॥

gobid basai hamaarai cheet |4|1|7|

The Lord of the Universe abides within my consciousness. ||4||1||7||

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ਘਰ ਕੀ ਨਾਰਿ ਤਿਆਗੈ ਅੰਧਾ ॥

ghar kee naar tiaagai andhaa |

The blind fool abandons the wife of his own home,

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