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Ang 1237 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngGuru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag Saarang
Read the full shabad →ਕਿਉ ਨ ਅਰਾਧਹੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਕਰਿ ਸਾਧਹੁ ਘਰੀ ਮੁਹਤਕ ਬੇਲਾ ਆਈ ॥
kiau na araadhahu mil kar saadhahu gharee muhatak belaa aaee |
Why do you not worship and adore Him? Join together with the Holy Saints; any instant, your time shall come.
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ਅਰਥੁ ਦਰਬੁ ਸਭੁ ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਦੀਸੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਨ ਕਛਹੂ ਜਾਈ ॥
arath darab sabh jo kichh deesai sang na kachhahoo jaaee |
All your property and wealth, and all that you see - none of it will go along with you.
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ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਆਰਾਧਹੁ ਕਵਨ ਉਪਮਾ ਦੇਉ ਕਵਨ ਬਡਾਈ ॥੨॥
kahu naanak har har aaraadhahu kavan upamaa deo kavan baddaaee |2|
Says Nanak, worship and adore the Lord, Har, Har. What praise, and what approval, can I offer to Him? ||2||
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ਪੂਛਉ ਸੰਤ ਮੇਰੋ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਕੈਸਾ ॥
poochhau sant mero tthaakur kaisaa |
I ask the Saints, what is my Lord and Master like?
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ਹਂੀਉ ਅਰਾਪਉਂ ਦੇਹੁ ਸਦੇਸਾ ॥
haneeo araapaun dehu sadesaa |
I offer my heart, to one who brings me news of Him.
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ਦੇਹੁ ਸਦੇਸਾ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਜੀਉ ਕੈਸਾ ਕਹ ਮੋਹਨ ਪਰਵੇਸਾ ॥
dehu sadesaa prabh jeeo kaisaa keh mohan paravesaa |
Give me news of my Dear God; where does the Enticer live?
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ਅੰਗ ਅੰਗ ਸੁਖਦਾਈ ਪੂਰਨ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾਈ ਥਾਨ ਥਾਨੰਤਰ ਦੇਸਾ ॥
ang ang sukhadaaee pooran brahamaaee thaan thaanantar desaa |
He is the Giver of peace to life and limb; God is totally permeating all places, interspaces and countries.
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ਬੰਧਨ ਤੇ ਮੁਕਤਾ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਜੁਗਤਾ ਕਹਿ ਨ ਸਕਉ ਹਰਿ ਜੈਸਾ ॥
bandhan te mukataa ghatt ghatt jugataa keh na skau har jaisaa |
He is liberated from bondage, joined to each and every heart. I cannot say what the Lord is like.
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ਦੇਖਿ ਚਰਿਤ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਨੁ ਮੋਹਿਓ ਪੂਛੈ ਦੀਨੁ ਮੇਰੋ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਕੈਸਾ ॥੩॥
dekh charit naanak man mohio poochhai deen mero tthaakur kaisaa |3|
Gazing upon His wondrous play, O Nanak, my mind is fascinated. I humbly ask, what is my Lord and Master like? ||3||
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ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਅਪੁਨੇ ਪਹਿ ਆਇਆ ॥
kar kirapaa apune peh aaeaa |
In His Kindness, He has come to His humble servant.
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ਧੰਨਿ ਸੁ ਰਿਦਾ ਜਿਹ ਚਰਨ ਬਸਾਇਆ ॥
dhan su ridaa jih charan basaaeaa |
Blessed is that heart, in which the Lord's Feet are enshrined.
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ਚਰਨ ਬਸਾਇਆ ਸੰਤ ਸੰਗਾਇਆ ਅਗਿਆਨ ਅੰਧੇਰੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥
charan basaaeaa sant sangaaeaa agiaan andher gavaaeaa |
His Feet are enshrined within, in the Society of the Saints; the darkness of ignorance is dispelled.
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ਭਇਆ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਉਲਾਸੁ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਲੋੜੀਦਾ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
bheaa pragaas ridai ulaas prabh lorreedaa paaeaa |
The heart is enlightened and illumined and enraptured; God has been found.
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ਦੁਖੁ ਨਾਠਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਘਰ ਮਹਿ ਵੂਠਾ ਮਹਾ ਅਨੰਦ ਸਹਜਾਇਆ ॥
dukh naatthaa sukh ghar meh vootthaa mahaa anand sahajaaeaa |
Pain is gone, and peace has come to my house. The ultimate intuitive peace prevails.
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ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਮੈ ਪੂਰਾ ਪਾਇਆ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਅਪੁਨੇ ਪਹਿ ਆਇਆ ॥੪॥੧॥
kahu naanak mai pooraa paaeaa kar kirapaa apune peh aaeaa |4|1|
Says Nanak, I have found the Perfect Lord; in His Kindness, He has come to His humble servant. ||4||1||
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Guru Angad Dev Ji · Raag Saarang
Read the full shabad →ਸਾਰੰਗ ਕੀ ਵਾਰ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ਰਾਇ ਮਹਮੇ ਹਸਨੇ ਕੀ ਧੁਨਿ ॥
saarang kee vaar mahalaa 4 raae mahame hasane kee dhun |
Vaar Of Saarang, Fourth Mehl, To Be Sung To The Tune Of Mehma-Hasna:
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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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ਸਲੋਕ ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥
salok mahalaa 2 |
Salok, Second Mehl:
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ਗੁਰੁ ਕੁੰਜੀ ਪਾਹੂ ਨਿਵਲੁ ਮਨੁ ਕੋਠਾ ਤਨੁ ਛਤਿ ॥
gur kunjee paahoo nival man kotthaa tan chhat |
The key of the Guru opens the lock of attachment, in the house of the mind, under the roof of the body.
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ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਮਨ ਕਾ ਤਾਕੁ ਨ ਉਘੜੈ ਅਵਰ ਨ ਕੁੰਜੀ ਹਥਿ ॥੧॥
naanak gur bin man kaa taak na ugharrai avar na kunjee hath |1|
O Nanak, without the Guru, the door of the mind cannot be opened. No one else holds the key in hand. ||1||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Saarang
Read the full shabad →ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
mahalaa 1 |
First Mehl:
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ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਰਾਗੀ ਨਾਦੀ ਬੇਦਿ ॥
n bheejai raagee naadee bed |
He is not won over by music, songs or the Vedas.
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ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਸੁਰਤੀ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਜੋਗਿ ॥
n bheejai suratee giaanee jog |
He is not won over by intuitive wisdom, meditation or Yoga.
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ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਸੋਗੀ ਕੀਤੈ ਰੋਜਿ ॥
n bheejai sogee keetai roj |
He is not won over by feeling sad and depressed forever.
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ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਰੂਪਂੀ ਮਾਲਂੀ ਰੰਗਿ ॥
n bheejai roopanee maalanee rang |
He is not won over by beauty, wealth and pleasures.
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ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਤੀਰਥਿ ਭਵਿਐ ਨੰਗਿ ॥
n bheejai teerath bhaviai nang |
He is not won over by wandering naked at sacred shrines.
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ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਦਾਤਂੀ ਕੀਤੈ ਪੁੰਨਿ ॥
n bheejai daatanee keetai pun |
He is not won over by giving donations in charity.
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ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਬੈਠਿਆ ਸੁੰਨਿ ॥
n bheejai baahar baitthiaa sun |
He is not won over by living alone in the wilderness.
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ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਭੇੜਿ ਮਰਹਿ ਭਿੜਿ ਸੂਰ ॥
n bheejai bherr mareh bhirr soor |
He is not won over by fighting and dying as a warrior in battle.
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ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਕੇਤੇ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਧੂੜ ॥
n bheejai kete hoveh dhoorr |
He is not won over by becoming the dust of the masses.
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ਲੇਖਾ ਲਿਖੀਐ ਮਨ ਕੈ ਭਾਇ ॥
lekhaa likheeai man kai bhaae |
The account is written of the loves of the mind.
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ਨਾਨਕ ਭੀਜੈ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੨॥
naanak bheejai saachai naae |2|
O Nanak, the Lord is won over only by His Name. ||2||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Saarang
Read the full shabad →ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
mahalaa 1 |
First Mehl:
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ਨਵ ਛਿਅ ਖਟ ਕਾ ਕਰੇ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
nav chhia khatt kaa kare beechaar |
You may study the nine grammars, the six Shaastras and the six divions of the Vedas.
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ਨਿਸਿ ਦਿਨ ਉਚਰੈ ਭਾਰ ਅਠਾਰ ॥
nis din ucharai bhaar atthaar |
You may recite the Mahaabhaarata.
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ਤਿਨਿ ਭੀ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਤੋਹਿ ॥
tin bhee ant na paaeaa tohi |
Even these cannot find the limits of the Lord.
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ਨਾਮ ਬਿਹੂਣ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਕਿਉ ਹੋਇ ॥
naam bihoon mukat kiau hoe |
Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, how can anyone be liberated?
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ਨਾਭਿ ਵਸਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੈ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਿਆ ॥
naabh vasat brahamai ant na jaaniaa |
Brahma, in the lotus of the navel, does not know the limits of God.
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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਛਾਣਿਆ ॥੩॥
guramukh naanak naam pachhaaniaa |3|
The Gurmukh, O Nanak, realizes the Naam. ||3||
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Guru Ramdas Ji · Raag Saarang
Read the full shabad →ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurree |
Pauree:
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ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਨਿਰੰਜਨਾ ਜਿਨਿ ਆਪੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥
aape aap niranjanaa jin aap upaaeaa |
The Immaculate Lord Himself, by Himself, created Himself.
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ਆਪੇ ਖੇਲੁ ਰਚਾਇਓਨੁ ਸਭੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਸਬਾਇਆ ॥
aape khel rachaaeon sabh jagat sabaaeaa |
He Himself created the whole drama of all the world's play.
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ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਆਪਿ ਸਿਰਜਿਅਨੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਵਧਾਇਆ ॥
trai gun aap sirajian maaeaa mohu vadhaaeaa |
He Himself formed the three gunas, the three qualities; He increased the attachment to Maya.
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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਉਬਰੇ ਜਿਨ ਭਾਣਾ ਭਾਇਆ ॥
gur parasaadee ubare jin bhaanaa bhaaeaa |
By Guru's Grace, they are saved - those who love the Will of God.
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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਸਭ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥
naanak sach varatadaa sabh sach samaaeaa |1|
O Nanak, the True Lord is pervading everywhere; all are contained within the True Lord. ||1||
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