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Ang 118 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Amardas Ji · Raag Maajh

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ਹਰਿ ਚੇਤਹੁ ਅੰਤਿ ਹੋਇ ਸਖਾਈ ॥

har chetahu ant hoe sakhaaee |

Think of the Lord, who shall be your Help and Support in the end.

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ਹਰਿ ਅਗਮੁ ਅਗੋਚਰੁ ਅਨਾਥੁ ਅਜੋਨੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਭਾਇ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥

har agam agochar anaath ajonee satigur kai bhaae paavaniaa |1|

The Lord is Inaccessible and Incomprehensible. He has no master, and He is not born. He is obtained through love of the True Guru. ||1||

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ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਆਪੁ ਨਿਵਾਰਣਿਆ ॥

hau vaaree jeeo vaaree aap nivaaraniaa |

I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who eliminate selfishness and conceit.

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ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਏ ਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਏ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

aap gavaae taa har paae har siau sehaj samaavaniaa |1| rahaau |

They eradicate selfishness and conceit, and then find the Lord; they are intuitively immersed in the Lord. ||1||Pause||

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ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਸੁ ਕਰਮੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥

poorab likhiaa su karam kamaaeaa |

According to their pre-ordained destiny, they act out their karma.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

satigur sev sadaa sukh paaeaa |

Serving the True Guru, a lasting peace is found.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਭਾਗਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਨਾਹੀ ਸਬਦੈ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥

bin bhaagaa gur paaeeai naahee sabadai mel milaavaniaa |2|

Without good fortune, the Guru is not found. Through the Word of the Shabad, they are united in the Lord's Union. ||2||

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਲਿਪਤੁ ਰਹੈ ਸੰਸਾਰੇ ॥

guramukh alipat rahai sansaare |

The Gurmukhs remain unaffected in the midst of the world.

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ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਤਕੀਐ ਨਾਮਿ ਅਧਾਰੇ ॥

gur kai takeeai naam adhaare |

The Guru is their cushion, and the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is their Support.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜੋਰੁ ਕਰੇ ਕਿਆ ਤਿਸ ਨੋ ਆਪੇ ਖਪਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥

guramukh jor kare kiaa tis no aape khap dukh paavaniaa |3|

Who can oppress the Gurmukh? One who tries shall perish, writhing in pain. ||3||

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ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਅੰਧੇ ਸੁਧਿ ਨ ਕਾਈ ॥

manamukh andhe sudh na kaaee |

The blind self-willed manmukhs have no understanding at all.

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ਆਤਮ ਘਾਤੀ ਹੈ ਜਗਤ ਕਸਾਈ ॥

aatam ghaatee hai jagat kasaaee |

They are the assassins of the self, and the butchers of the world.

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ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਬਹੁ ਭਾਰੁ ਉਠਾਵੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਮਜੂਰੀ ਭਾਰੁ ਪਹੁਚਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥

nindaa kar kar bahu bhaar utthaavai bin majooree bhaar pahuchaavaniaa |4|

By continually slandering others, they carry a terrible load, and they carry the loads of others for nothing. ||4||

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ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਵਾੜੀ ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮਾਲੀ ॥

eihu jag vaarree meraa prabh maalee |

This world is a garden, and my Lord God is the Gardener.

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ਸਦਾ ਸਮਾਲੇ ਕੋ ਨਾਹੀ ਖਾਲੀ ॥

sadaa samaale ko naahee khaalee |

He always takes care of it-nothing is exempt from His Care.

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ਜੇਹੀ ਵਾਸਨਾ ਪਾਏ ਤੇਹੀ ਵਰਤੈ ਵਾਸੂ ਵਾਸੁ ਜਣਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥

jehee vaasanaa paae tehee varatai vaasoo vaas janaavaniaa |5|

As is the fragrance which He bestows, so is the fragrant flower known. ||5||

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ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਰੋਗੀ ਹੈ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥

manamukh rogee hai sansaaraa |

The self-willed manmukhs are sick and diseased in the world.

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ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਵਿਸਰਿਆ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥

sukhadaataa visariaa agam apaaraa |

They have forgotten the Giver of peace, the Unfathomable, the Infinite.

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ਦੁਖੀਏ ਨਿਤਿ ਫਿਰਹਿ ਬਿਲਲਾਦੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਸਾਂਤਿ ਨ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥

dukhee nit fireh bilalaade bin gur saant na paavaniaa |6|

These miserable people wander endlessly, crying out in pain; without the Guru, they find no peace. ||6||

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ਜਿਨਿ ਕੀਤੇ ਸੋਈ ਬਿਧਿ ਜਾਣੈ ॥

jin keete soee bidh jaanai |

The One who created them, knows their condition.

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ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਾ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਪਛਾਣੈ ॥

aap kare taa hukam pachhaanai |

And if He inspires them, then they realize the Hukam of His Command.

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ਜੇਹਾ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਪਾਏ ਤੇਹਾ ਵਰਤੈ ਆਪੇ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥

jehaa andar paae tehaa varatai aape baahar paavaniaa |7|

Whatever He places within them, that is what prevails, and so they outwardly appear. ||7||

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ਤਿਸੁ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਸਚੇ ਮੈ ਹੋਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥

tis baajhahu sache mai hor na koee |

I know of no other except the True One.

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ਜਿਸੁ ਲਾਇ ਲਏ ਸੋ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਹੋਈ ॥

jis laae le so niramal hoee |

Those, whom the Lord attaches to Himself, become pure.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸੈ ਘਟ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜਿਸੁ ਦੇਵੈ ਸੋ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੧੪॥੧੫॥

naanak naam vasai ghatt antar jis devai so paavaniaa |8|14|15|

O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides deep within the heart of those, unto whom He has given it. ||8||14||15||

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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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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਏ ॥

amrit naam man vasaae |

Enshrining the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, in the mind,

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ਹਉਮੈ ਮੇਰਾ ਸਭੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਗਵਾਏ ॥

haumai meraa sabh dukh gavaae |

all the pains of egotism, selfishness and conceit are eliminated.

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਹੇ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥

amrit baanee sadaa salaahe amrit amrit paavaniaa |1|

By continually praising the Ambrosial Bani of the Word, I obtain the Amrit, the Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||

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ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਵਣਿਆ ॥

hau vaaree jeeo vaaree amrit baanee man vasaavaniaa |

I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who enshrine the Ambrosial Bani of the Word within their minds.

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਏ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

amrit baanee man vasaae amrit naam dhiaavaniaa |1| rahaau |

Enshrining the Ambrosial Bani in their minds, they meditate on the Ambrosial Naam. ||1||Pause||

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਬੋਲੈ ਸਦਾ ਮੁਖਿ ਵੈਣੀ ॥

amrit bolai sadaa mukh vainee |

Those who continually chant the Ambrosial Words of Nectar,

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਵੇਖੈ ਪਰਖੈ ਸਦਾ ਨੈਣੀ ॥

amrit vekhai parakhai sadaa nainee |

See and behold this Amrit everywhere with their eyes.

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਕਥਾ ਕਹੈ ਸਦਾ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਅਵਰਾ ਆਖਿ ਸੁਨਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥

amrit kathaa kahai sadaa din raatee avaraa aakh sunaavaniaa |2|

They continually chant the Ambrosial Sermon day and night; chanting it, they cause others to hear it. ||2||

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਤਾ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਏ ॥

amrit rang rataa liv laae |

Imbued with the Ambrosial Love of the Lord, they lovingly focus their attention on Him.

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਪਾਏ ॥

amrit gur parasaadee paae |

By Guru's Grace, they receive this Amrit.

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਰਸਨਾ ਬੋਲੈ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਆਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥

amrit rasanaa bolai din raatee man tan amrit peeaavaniaa |3|

They chant the Ambrosial Name with their tongues day and night; their minds and bodies are satisfied by this Amrit. ||3||

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ਸੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਕਰੈ ਜੁ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥

so kichh karai ju chit na hoee |

That which God does is beyond anyone's consciousness;

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ਤਿਸ ਦਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਮੇਟਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਕੋਈ ॥

tis daa hukam mett na sakai koee |

no one can erase the Hukam of His Command.

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ਹੁਕਮੇ ਵਰਤੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਹੁਕਮੇ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਆਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥

hukame varatai amrit baanee hukame amrit peeaavaniaa |4|

By His Command, the Ambrosial Bani of the Word prevails, and by His Command, we drink in the Amrit. ||4||

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ਅਜਬ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਤੇ ਹਰਿ ਕੇਰੇ ॥

ajab kam karate har kere |

The actions of the Creator Lord are marvellous and wonderful.

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ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਭੂਲਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਫੇਰੇ ॥

eihu man bhoolaa jaandaa fere |

This mind is deluded, and goes around the wheel of reincarnation.

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਏ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸਬਦਿ ਵਜਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥

amrit baanee siau chit laae amrit sabad vajaavaniaa |5|

Those who focus their consciousness on the Ambrosial Bani of the Word, hear the vibrations of the Ambrosial Word of the Shabad. ||5||

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