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Ang 1243 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngGuru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Saarang
Read the full shabad →ਲਿਖਿਆ ਹੋਵੈ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਰੇ ਸੁ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥
likhiaa hovai naanakaa karataa kare su hoe |1|
Whatever is predestined, happens, O Nanak; whatever the Creator does, comes to pass. ||1||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Saarang
Read the full shabad →ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mahalaa 1 |
First Mehl:
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ਰੰਨਾ ਹੋਈਆ ਬੋਧੀਆ ਪੁਰਸ ਹੋਏ ਸਈਆਦ ॥
ranaa hoeea bodheea puras hoe seeaad |
Women have become advisors, and men have become hunters.
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ਸੀਲੁ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਸੁਚ ਭੰਨੀ ਖਾਣਾ ਖਾਜੁ ਅਹਾਜੁ ॥
seel sanjam such bhanee khaanaa khaaj ahaaj |
Humility, self-control and purity have run away; people eat the uneatable, forbidden food.
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ਸਰਮੁ ਗਇਆ ਘਰਿ ਆਪਣੈ ਪਤਿ ਉਠਿ ਚਲੀ ਨਾਲਿ ॥
saram geaa ghar aapanai pat utth chalee naal |
Modesty has left her home, and honor has gone away with her.
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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚਾ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਅਉਰੁ ਨ ਸਚਾ ਭਾਲਿ ॥੨॥
naanak sachaa ek hai aaur na sachaa bhaal |2|
O Nanak, there is only One True Lord; do not bother to search for any other as true. ||2||
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Guru Ramdas Ji · Raag Saarang
Read the full shabad →ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurree |
Pauree:
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ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭਸਮ ਲੇਪਨ ਕਰੇ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਗੁਬਾਰੀ ॥
baahar bhasam lepan kare antar gubaaree |
You smear your outer body with ashes, but within, you are filled with darkness.
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ਖਿੰਥਾ ਝੋਲੀ ਬਹੁ ਭੇਖ ਕਰੇ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੀ ॥
khinthaa jholee bahu bhekh kare duramat ahankaaree |
You wear the patched coat and all the right clothes and robes, but you are still egotistical and proud.
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ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਊਚਰੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ਪਸਾਰੀ ॥
saahib sabad na aoocharai maaeaa moh pasaaree |
You do not chant the Shabad, the Word of Your Lord and Master; you are attached to the expanse of Maya.
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ਅੰਤਰਿ ਲਾਲਚੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਹੈ ਭਰਮੈ ਗਾਵਾਰੀ ॥
antar laalach bharam hai bharamai gaavaaree |
Within, you are filled with greed and doubt; you wander around like a fool.
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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੇਤਈ ਜੂਐ ਬਾਜੀ ਹਾਰੀ ॥੧੪॥
naanak naam na chetee jooai baajee haaree |14|
Says Nanak, you never even think of the Naam; you have lost the game of life in the gamble. ||14||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Saarang
Read the full shabad →ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
salok mahalaa 1 |
Salok, First Mehl:
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ਲਖ ਸਿਉ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਲਖ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਕਿਆ ਖੁਸੀਆ ਕਿਆ ਚਾਉ ॥
lakh siau preet hovai lakh jeevan kiaa khuseea kiaa chaau |
You may be in love with tens of thousands, and live for thousands of years; but what good are these pleasures and occupations?
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ਵਿਛੁੜਿਆ ਵਿਸੁ ਹੋਇ ਵਿਛੋੜਾ ਏਕ ਘੜੀ ਮਹਿ ਜਾਇ ॥
vichhurriaa vis hoe vichhorraa ek gharree meh jaae |
And when you must separate from them, that separation is like poison, but they will be gone in an instant.
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ਜੇ ਸਉ ਵਰ੍ਹਿਆ ਮਿਠਾ ਖਾਜੈ ਭੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਕਉੜਾ ਖਾਇ ॥
je sau varhiaa mitthaa khaajai bhee fir kaurraa khaae |
You may eat sweets for a hundred years, but eventually, you will have to eat the bitter as well.
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ਮਿਠਾ ਖਾਧਾ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਕਉੜਤਣੁ ਧਾਇ ਜਾਇ ॥
mitthaa khaadhaa chit na aavai kaurratan dhaae jaae |
Then, you will not remember eating the sweets; bitterness will permeate you.
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ਮਿਠਾ ਕਉੜਾ ਦੋਵੈ ਰੋਗ ॥
mitthaa kaurraa dovai rog |
The sweet and the bitter are both diseases.
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ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਤਿ ਵਿਗੁਤੇ ਭੋਗ ॥
naanak ant vigute bhog |
O Nanak, eating them, you will come to ruin in the end.
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ਝਖਿ ਝਖਿ ਝਖਣਾ ਝਗੜਾ ਝਾਖ ॥
jhakh jhakh jhakhanaa jhagarraa jhaakh |
It is useless to worry and struggle to death.
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ਝਖਿ ਝਖਿ ਜਾਹਿ ਝਖਹਿ ਤਿਨੑ ਪਾਸਿ ॥੧॥
jhakh jhakh jaeh jhakheh tina paas |1|
Entangled in worries and struggles, people exhaust themselves. ||1||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Saarang
Read the full shabad →ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mahalaa 1 |
First Mehl:
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ਕਾਪੜੁ ਕਾਠੁ ਰੰਗਾਇਆ ਰਾਂਗਿ ॥
kaaparr kaatth rangaaeaa raang |
They have fine clothes and furniture of various colors.
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ਘਰ ਗਚ ਕੀਤੇ ਬਾਗੇ ਬਾਗ ॥
ghar gach keete baage baag |
Their houses are painted beautifully white.
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ਸਾਦ ਸਹਜ ਕਰਿ ਮਨੁ ਖੇਲਾਇਆ ॥
saad sehaj kar man khelaaeaa |
In pleasure and poise, they play their mind games.
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ਤੈ ਸਹ ਪਾਸਹੁ ਕਹਣੁ ਕਹਾਇਆ ॥
tai seh paasahu kehan kahaaeaa |
When they approach You, O Lord, they shall be spoken to.
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ਮਿਠਾ ਕਰਿ ਕੈ ਕਉੜਾ ਖਾਇਆ ॥
mitthaa kar kai kaurraa khaaeaa |
They think it is sweet, so they eat the bitter.
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ਤਿਨਿ ਕਉੜੈ ਤਨਿ ਰੋਗੁ ਜਮਾਇਆ ॥
tin kaurrai tan rog jamaaeaa |
The bitter disease grows in the body.
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ਜੇ ਫਿਰਿ ਮਿਠਾ ਪੇੜੈ ਪਾਇ ॥
je fir mitthaa perrai paae |
If, later on, they receive the sweet,
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ਤਉ ਕਉੜਤਣੁ ਚੂਕਸਿ ਮਾਇ ॥
tau kaurratan chookas maae |
then their bitterness shall be gone, O mother.
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ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਵੈ ਸੋਇ ॥
naanak guramukh paavai soe |
O Nanak, the Gurmukh is blessed to receive
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ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥
jis no praapat likhiaa hoe |2|
what he is predestined to receive. ||2||
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Guru Ramdas Ji · Raag Saarang
Read the full shabad →ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurree |
Pauree:
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ਜਿਨ ਕੈ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਮੈਲੁ ਕਪਟੁ ਹੈ ਬਾਹਰੁ ਧੋਵਾਇਆ ॥
jin kai hiradai mail kapatt hai baahar dhovaaeaa |
Those whose hearts are filled with the filth of deception, may wash themselves on the outside.
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ਕੂੜੁ ਕਪਟੁ ਕਮਾਵਦੇ ਕੂੜੁ ਪਰਗਟੀ ਆਇਆ ॥
koorr kapatt kamaavade koorr paragattee aaeaa |
They practice falsehood and deception, and their falsehood is revealed.
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ਅੰਦਰਿ ਹੋਇ ਸੁ ਨਿਕਲੈ ਨਹ ਛਪੈ ਛਪਾਇਆ ॥
andar hoe su nikalai neh chhapai chhapaaeaa |
That which is within them, comes out; it cannot be concealed by concealment.
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ਕੂੜੈ ਲਾਲਚਿ ਲਗਿਆ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੂਨੀ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
koorrai laalach lagiaa fir joonee paaeaa |
Attached to falsehood and greed, the mortal is consigned to reincarnation over and over again.
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ਨਾਨਕ ਜੋ ਬੀਜੈ ਸੋ ਖਾਵਣਾ ਕਰਤੈ ਲਿਖਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੧੫॥
naanak jo beejai so khaavanaa karatai likh paaeaa |15|
O Nanak, whatever the mortal plants, he must eat. The Creator Lord has written our destiny. ||15||
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Guru Angad Dev Ji · Raag Saarang
Read the full shabad →ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੨ ॥
salok mahalaa 2 |
Salok, Second Mehl:
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ਕਥਾ ਕਹਾਣੀ ਬੇਦਂੀ ਆਣੀ ਪਾਪੁ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
kathaa kahaanee bedanee aanee paap pun beechaar |
The Vedas bring forth stories and legends, and thoughts of vice and virtue.
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ਦੇ ਦੇ ਲੈਣਾ ਲੈ ਲੈ ਦੇਣਾ ਨਰਕਿ ਸੁਰਗਿ ਅਵਤਾਰ ॥
de de lainaa lai lai denaa narak surag avataar |
What is given, they receive, and what is received, they give. They are reincarnated in heaven and hell.
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ਉਤਮ ਮਧਿਮ ਜਾਤੀਂ ਜਿਨਸੀ ਭਰਮਿ ਭਵੈ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥
autam madhim jaateen jinasee bharam bhavai sansaar |
High and low, social class and status - the world wanders lost in superstition.
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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਤਤੁ ਵਖਾਣੀ ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਵਿਚਿ ਆਈ ॥
amrit baanee tat vakhaanee giaan dhiaan vich aaee |
The Ambrosial Word of Gurbani proclaims the essence of reality. Spiritual wisdom and meditation are contained within it.
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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਖੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਤੀ ਸੁਰਤਂੀ ਕਰਮਿ ਧਿਆਈ ॥
guramukh aakhee guramukh jaatee suratanee karam dhiaaee |
The Gurmukhs chant it, and the Gurmukhs realize it. Intuitively aware, they meditate on it.
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ਹੁਕਮੁ ਸਾਜਿ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਰਖੈ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ॥
hukam saaj hukamai vich rakhai hukamai andar vekhai |
By the Hukam of His Command, He formed the Universe, and in His Hukam, He keeps it. By His Hukam, He keeps it under His Gaze.
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ਨਾਨਕ ਅਗਹੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਤੁਟੈ ਤਾਂ ਕੋ ਲਿਖੀਐ ਲੇਖੈ ॥੧॥
naanak agahu haumai tuttai taan ko likheeai lekhai |1|
O Nanak, if the mortal shatters his ego before he departs, as it is pre-ordained, then he is approved. ||1||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Saarang
Read the full shabad →ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mahalaa 1 |
First Mehl:
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ਬੇਦੁ ਪੁਕਾਰੇ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਪਾਪੁ ਸੁਰਗ ਨਰਕ ਕਾ ਬੀਉ ॥
bed pukaare pun paap surag narak kaa beeo |
The Vedas proclaim that vice and virtue are the seeds of heaven and hell.
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ਜੋ ਬੀਜੈ ਸੋ ਉਗਵੈ ਖਾਂਦਾ ਜਾਣੈ ਜੀਉ ॥
jo beejai so ugavai khaandaa jaanai jeeo |
Whatever is planted, shall grow. The soul eats the fruits of its actions, and understands.
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ਗਿਆਨੁ ਸਲਾਹੇ ਵਡਾ ਕਰਿ ਸਚੋ ਸਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥
giaan salaahe vaddaa kar sacho sachaa naau |
Whoever praises spiritual wisdom as great, becomes truthful in the True Name.
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ਸਚੁ ਬੀਜੈ ਸਚੁ ਉਗਵੈ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਾਈਐ ਥਾਉ ॥
sach beejai sach ugavai daragah paaeeai thaau |
When Truth is planted, Truth grows. In the Court of the Lord, you shall find your place of honor.
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