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Ang 119 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Amardas Ji · Raag Maajh

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ਖੋਟੇ ਖਰੇ ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਏ ॥

khotte khare tudh aap upaae |

You Yourself created the counterfeit and the genuine.

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ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਪਰਖੇ ਲੋਕ ਸਬਾਏ ॥

tudh aape parakhe lok sabaae |

You Yourself appraise all people.

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ਖਰੇ ਪਰਖਿ ਖਜਾਨੈ ਪਾਇਹਿ ਖੋਟੇ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥

khare parakh khajaanai paaeihi khotte bharam bhulaavaniaa |6|

You appraise the true, and place them in Your Treasury; You consign the false to wander in delusion. ||6||

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ਕਿਉ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਖਾ ਕਿਉ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ॥

kiau kar vekhaa kiau saalaahee |

How can I behold You? How can I praise You?

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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਲਾਹੀ ॥

gur parasaadee sabad salaahee |

By Guru's Grace, I praise You through the Word of the Shabad.

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ਤੇਰੇ ਭਾਣੇ ਵਿਚਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਵਸੈ ਤੂੰ ਭਾਣੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਆਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥

tere bhaane vich amrit vasai toon bhaanai amrit peeaavaniaa |7|

In Your Sweet Will, the Amrit is found; by Your Will, You inspire us to drink in this Amrit. ||7||

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸਬਦੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਹਰਿ ਬਾਣੀ ॥

amrit sabad amrit har baanee |

The Shabad is Amrit; the Lord's Bani is Amrit.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਰਿਦੈ ਸਮਾਣੀ ॥

satigur seviai ridai samaanee |

Serving the True Guru, it permeates the heart.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਪੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਸਭ ਭੁਖ ਲਹਿ ਜਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੧੫॥੧੬॥

naanak amrit naam sadaa sukhadaataa pee amrit sabh bhukh leh jaavaniaa |8|15|16|

O Nanak, the Ambrosial Naam is forever the Giver of peace; drinking in this Amrit, all hunger is satisfied. ||8||15||16||

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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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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਵਰਸੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਏ ॥

amrit varasai sehaj subhaae |

The Ambrosial Nectar rains down, softly and gently.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਕੋਈ ਜਨੁ ਪਾਏ ॥

guramukh viralaa koee jan paae |

How rare are those Gurmukhs who find it.

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀ ਸਦਾ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਾਸੇ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਬੁਝਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥

amrit pee sadaa tripataase kar kirapaa trisanaa bujhaavaniaa |1|

Those who drink it in are satisfied forever. Showering His Mercy upon them, the Lord quenches their thirst. ||1||

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ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਆਵਣਿਆ ॥

hau vaaree jeeo vaaree guramukh amrit peeaavaniaa |

I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those Gurmukhs who drink in this Ambrosial Nectar.

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ਰਸਨਾ ਰਸੁ ਚਾਖਿ ਸਦਾ ਰਹੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੀ ਸਹਜੇ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

rasanaa ras chaakh sadaa rahai rang raatee sahaje har gun gaavaniaa |1| rahaau |

The tongue tastes the essence, and remains forever imbued with the Lord's Love, intuitively singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਸਹਜੁ ਕੋ ਪਾਏ ॥

gur parasaadee sehaj ko paae |

By Guru's Grace, intuitive understanding is obtained;

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ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਮਾਰੇ ਇਕਸੁ ਸਿਉ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਏ ॥

dubidhaa maare ikas siau liv laae |

subduing the sense of duality, they are in love with the One.

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ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ਨਦਰੀ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥

nadar kare taa har gun gaavai nadaree sach samaavaniaa |2|

When He bestows His Glance of Grace, then they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord; by His Grace, they merge in Truth. ||2||

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ਸਭਨਾ ਉਪਰਿ ਨਦਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੇਰੀ ॥

sabhanaa upar nadar prabh teree |

Above all is Your Glance of Grace, O God.

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ਕਿਸੈ ਥੋੜੀ ਕਿਸੈ ਹੈ ਘਣੇਰੀ ॥

kisai thorree kisai hai ghaneree |

Upon some it is bestowed less, and upon others it is bestowed more.

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ਤੁਝ ਤੇ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਕਿਛੁ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੋਝੀ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥

tujh te baahar kichh na hovai guramukh sojhee paavaniaa |3|

Without You, nothing happens at all; the Gurmukhs understand this. ||3||

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਤਤੁ ਹੈ ਬੀਚਾਰਾ ॥

guramukh tat hai beechaaraa |

The Gurmukhs contemplate the essence of reality;

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਭਰੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਭੰਡਾਰਾ ॥

amrit bhare tere bhanddaaraa |

Your Treasures are overflowing with Ambrosial Nectar.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੇ ਕੋਈ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ਗੁਰ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥

bin satigur seve koee na paavai gur kirapaa te paavaniaa |4|

Without serving the True Guru, no one obtains it. It is obtained only by Guru's Grace. ||4||

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੈ ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਸੋਹੈ ॥

satigur sevai so jan sohai |

Those who serve the True Guru are beautiful.

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮਿ ਅੰਤਰੁ ਮਨੁ ਮੋਹੈ ॥

amrit naam antar man mohai |

The Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, entices their inner minds.

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਬਾਣੀ ਰਤਾ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਣਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥

amrit man tan baanee rataa amrit sehaj sunaavaniaa |5|

Their minds and bodies are attuned to the Ambrosial Bani of the Word; this Ambrosial Nectar is intuitively heard. ||5||

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ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਭੂਲਾ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਖੁਆਏ ॥

manamukh bhoolaa doojai bhaae khuaae |

The deluded, self-willed manmukhs are ruined through the love of duality.

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ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਲੇਵੈ ਮਰੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਖਾਏ ॥

naam na levai marai bikh khaae |

They do not chant the Naam, and they die, eating poison.

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ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਦਾ ਵਿਸਟਾ ਮਹਿ ਵਾਸਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਸੇਵਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥

anadin sadaa visattaa meh vaasaa bin sevaa janam gavaavaniaa |6|

Night and day, they continually sit in manure. Without selfless service, their lives are wasted away. ||6||

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਵੈ ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਆਪਿ ਪੀਆਏ ॥

amrit peevai jis no aap peeae |

They alone drink in this Amrit, whom the Lord Himself inspires to do so.

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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਸਹਜਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਏ ॥

gur parasaadee sehaj liv laae |

By Guru's Grace, they intuitively enshrine love for the Lord.

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ਪੂਰਨ ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਭ ਆਪੇ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਨਦਰੀ ਆਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥

pooran poor rahiaa sabh aape guramat nadaree aavaniaa |7|

The Perfect Lord is Himself perfectly pervading everywhere; through the Guru's Teachings, He is perceived. ||7||

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ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਸੋਈ ॥

aape aap niranjan soee |

He Himself is the Immaculate Lord.

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ਜਿਨਿ ਸਿਰਜੀ ਤਿਨਿ ਆਪੇ ਗੋਈ ॥

jin sirajee tin aape goee |

He who has created, shall Himself destroy.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਮਾਲਿ ਸਦਾ ਤੂੰ ਸਹਜੇ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੧੬॥੧੭॥

naanak naam samaal sadaa toon sahaje sach samaavaniaa |8|16|17|

O Nanak, remember the Naam forever, and you shall merge into the True One with intuitive ease. ||8||16||17||

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ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

maajh mahalaa 3 |

Maajh, Third Mehl:

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ਸੇ ਸਚਿ ਲਾਗੇ ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਏ ॥

se sach laage jo tudh bhaae |

Those who please You are linked to the Truth.

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ਸਦਾ ਸਚੁ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਸਹਜ ਸੁਭਾਏ ॥

sadaa sach seveh sehaj subhaae |

They serve the True One forever, with intuitive ease.

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ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਚਾ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ਸਚੈ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥

sachai sabad sachaa saalaahee sachai mel milaavaniaa |1|

Through the True Word of the Shabad, they praise the True One, and they merge in the merging of Truth. ||1||

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ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਸਚੁ ਸਾਲਾਹਣਿਆ ॥

hau vaaree jeeo vaaree sach saalaahaniaa |

I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who praise the True One.

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ਸਚੁ ਧਿਆਇਨਿ ਸੇ ਸਚਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਸਚੇ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

sach dhiaaein se sach raate sache sach samaavaniaa |1| rahaau |

Those who meditate on the True One are attuned to Truth; they are absorbed into the Truest of the True. ||1||Pause||

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ਜਹ ਦੇਖਾ ਸਚੁ ਸਭਨੀ ਥਾਈ ॥

jeh dekhaa sach sabhanee thaaee |

The True One is everywhere, wherever I look.

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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਈ ॥

gur parasaadee man vasaaee |

By Guru's Grace, I enshrine Him in my mind.

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ਤਨੁ ਸਚਾ ਰਸਨਾ ਸਚਿ ਰਾਤੀ ਸਚੁ ਸੁਣਿ ਆਖਿ ਵਖਾਨਣਿਆ ॥੨॥

tan sachaa rasanaa sach raatee sach sun aakh vakhaananiaa |2|

True are the bodies of those whose tongues are attuned to Truth. They hear the Truth, and speak it with their mouths. ||2||

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