Ang 1246 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

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ਮਨਹੁ ਜਿ ਅੰਧੇ ਕੂਪ ਕਹਿਆ ਬਿਰਦੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੑੀ ॥

manahu ji andhe koop kahiaa birad na jaananaee |

Those mortals whose minds are like deep dark pits do not understand the purpose of life, even when it is explained to them.

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ਮਨਿ ਅੰਧੈ ਊਂਧੈ ਕਵਲਿ ਦਿਸਨਿੑ ਖਰੇ ਕਰੂਪ ॥

man andhai aoondhai kaval disana khare karoop |

Their minds are blind, and their heart-lotuses are upside-down; they look totally ugly.

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ਇਕਿ ਕਹਿ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਕਹਿਆ ਬੁਝਹਿ ਤੇ ਨਰ ਸੁਘੜ ਸਰੂਪ ॥

eik keh jaaneh kahiaa bujheh te nar sugharr saroop |

Some know how to speak, and understand what they are told. They are wise and beautiful.

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ਇਕਨਾ ਨਾਦ ਨ ਬੇਦ ਨ ਗੀਅ ਰਸੁ ਰਸ ਕਸ ਨ ਜਾਣੰਤਿ ॥

eikanaa naad na bed na geea ras ras kas na jaanant |

Some do not understand about the Sound-current of the Naad or the Vedas, music, virtue or vice.

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ਇਕਨਾ ਸੁਧਿ ਨ ਬੁਧਿ ਨ ਅਕਲਿ ਸਰ ਅਖਰ ਕਾ ਭੇਉ ਨ ਲਹੰਤਿ ॥

eikanaa sudh na budh na akal sar akhar kaa bheo na lahant |

Some are not blessed with understanding, intelligence, or sublime intellect; they do not grasp the mystery of God's Word.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਸੇ ਨਰ ਅਸਲਿ ਖਰ ਜਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਣ ਗਰਬੁ ਕਰੰਤਿ ॥੨॥

naanak se nar asal khar ji bin gun garab karant |2|

O Nanak, they are donkeys; they are very proud of themselves, but they have no virtues at all. ||2||

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਭ ਪਵਿਤੁ ਹੈ ਧਨੁ ਸੰਪੈ ਮਾਇਆ ॥

guramukh sabh pavit hai dhan sanpai maaeaa |

To the Gurmukh, everything is sacred: wealth, property, Maya.

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ਹਰਿ ਅਰਥਿ ਜੋ ਖਰਚਦੇ ਦੇਂਦੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

har arath jo kharachade dende sukh paaeaa |

Those who spend the wealth of the Lord find peace through giving.

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ਜੋ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਦੇ ਤਿਨ ਤੋਟਿ ਨ ਆਇਆ ॥

jo har naam dhiaaeide tin tott na aaeaa |

Those who meditate on the Lord's Name shall never be deprived.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਾਂ ਨਦਰੀ ਆਵਦਾ ਮਾਇਆ ਸੁਟਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

guramukhaan nadaree aavadaa maaeaa sutt paaeaa |

The Gurmukhs come to see the Lord, and leave behind the things of Maya.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤਾਂ ਹੋਰੁ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥੨੨॥

naanak bhagataan hor chit na aavee har naam samaaeaa |22|

O Nanak, the devotees do not think of anything else; they are absorbed in the Name of the Lord. ||22||

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ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੪ ॥

salok mahalaa 4 |

Salok, Fourth Mehl:

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਨਿ ਸੇ ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ॥

satigur sevan se vaddabhaagee |

Those who serve the True Guru are very fortunate.

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ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਿਨੑਾ ਏਕ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਗੀ ॥

sachai sabad jinaa ek liv laagee |

They are lovingly attuned to the True Shabad, the Word of the One God.

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ਗਿਰਹ ਕੁਟੰਬ ਮਹਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਧੀ ॥

girah kuttanb meh sehaj samaadhee |

In their own household and family, they are in natural Samaadhi.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਸੇ ਸਚੇ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ॥੧॥

naanak naam rate se sache bairaagee |1|

O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam are truly detached from the world. ||1||

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ਮਃ ੪ ॥

mahalaa 4 |

Fourth Mehl:

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ਗਣਤੈ ਸੇਵ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਕੀਤਾ ਥਾਇ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥

ganatai sev na hovee keetaa thaae na paae |

Calculated service is not service at all, and what is done is not approved.

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ਸਬਦੈ ਸਾਦੁ ਨ ਆਇਓ ਸਚਿ ਨ ਲਗੋ ਭਾਉ ॥

sabadai saad na aaeo sach na lago bhaau |

The flavor of the Shabad, the Word of God, is not tasted if the mortal is not in love with the True Lord God.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪਿਆਰਾ ਨ ਲਗਈ ਮਨਹਠਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥

satigur piaaraa na lagee manahatth aavai jaae |

The stubborn-minded person does not even like the True Guru; he comes and goes in reincarnation.

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ਜੇ ਇਕ ਵਿਖ ਅਗਾਹਾ ਭਰੇ ਤਾਂ ਦਸ ਵਿਖਾਂ ਪਿਛਾਹਾ ਜਾਇ ॥

je ik vikh agaahaa bhare taan das vikhaan pichhaahaa jaae |

He takes one step forward, and ten steps back.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਜੇ ਚਲਹਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭਾਇ ॥

satigur kee sevaa chaakaree je chaleh satigur bhaae |

The mortal works to serve the True Guru, if he walks in harmony with the True Guru's Will.

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ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਨੋ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਹਜੇ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

aap gavaae satiguroo no milai sahaje rahai samaae |

He loses his self-conceit, and meets the True Guru; he remains intuitively absorbed in the Lord.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਨੑਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਵੀਸਰੈ ਸਚੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੨॥

naanak tinaa naam na veesarai sache mel milaae |2|

O Nanak, they never forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord; they are united in Union with the True Lord. ||2||

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਖਾਨ ਮਲੂਕ ਕਹਾਇਦੇ ਕੋ ਰਹਣੁ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥

khaan malook kahaaeide ko rehan na paaee |

They call themselves emperors and rulers, but none of them will be allowed to stay.

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ਗੜੑ ਮੰਦਰ ਗਚ ਗੀਰੀਆ ਕਿਛੁ ਸਾਥਿ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥

garra mandar gach geereea kichh saath na jaaee |

Their sturdy forts and mansions - none of them will go along with them.

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ਸੋਇਨ ਸਾਖਤਿ ਪਉਣ ਵੇਗ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ॥

soein saakhat paun veg dhrig dhrig chaturaaee |

Their gold and horses, fast as the wind, are cursed, and cursed are their clever tricks.

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ਛਤੀਹ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਪਰਕਾਰ ਕਰਹਿ ਬਹੁ ਮੈਲੁ ਵਧਾਈ ॥

chhateeh amrit parakaar kareh bahu mail vadhaaee |

Eating the thirty-six delicacies, they become bloated with pollution.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਜੋ ਦੇਵੈ ਤਿਸਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੑੀ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਈ ॥੨੩॥

naanak jo devai tiseh na jaananaee manamukh dukh paaee |23|

O Nanak, the self-willed manmukh does not know the One who gives, and so he suffers in pain. ||23||

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ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

Salok, Third Mehl:

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ਪੜਿੑ ਪੜਿੑ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਮੋੁਨੀ ਥਕੇ ਦੇਸੰਤਰ ਭਵਿ ਥਕੇ ਭੇਖਧਾਰੀ ॥

parra parra panddit muonee thake desantar bhav thake bhekhadhaaree |

The Pandits, the religious scholars and the silent sages read and recite until they get tired. They wander through foreign lands in their religious robes, until they are exhausted.

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ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਨਾਉ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਪਾਇਨਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਗਾ ਅਤਿ ਭਾਰੀ ॥

doojai bhaae naau kade na paaein dukh laagaa at bhaaree |

In love with duality, they never receive the Name. Held in the grasp of pain, they suffer terribly.

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ਮੂਰਖ ਅੰਧੇ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਕੈ ਬਿਉਹਾਰੀ ॥

moorakh andhe trai gun seveh maaeaa kai biauhaaree |

The blind fools serve the three gunas, the three dispositions; they deal only with Maya.

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ਅੰਦਰਿ ਕਪਟੁ ਉਦਰੁ ਭਰਣ ਕੈ ਤਾਈ ਪਾਠ ਪੜਹਿ ਗਾਵਾਰੀ ॥

andar kapatt udar bharan kai taaee paatth parreh gaavaaree |

With deception in their hearts, the fools read sacred texts to fill their bellies.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੇ ਸੋ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ਜਿਨ ਹਉਮੈ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਮਾਰੀ ॥

satigur seve so sukh paae jin haumai vichahu maaree |

One who serves the True Guru finds peace; he eradicates egotism from within.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਪੜਣਾ ਗੁਨਣਾ ਇਕੁ ਨਾਉ ਹੈ ਬੂਝੈ ਕੋ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥੧॥

naanak parranaa gunanaa ik naau hai boojhai ko beechaaree |1|

O Nanak, there is One Name to chant and dwell on; how rare are those who reflect on this and understand. ||1||

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ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mahalaa 3 |

Third Mehl:

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ਨਾਂਗੇ ਆਵਣਾ ਨਾਂਗੇ ਜਾਣਾ ਹਰਿ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਕਿਆ ਕੀਜੈ ॥

naange aavanaa naange jaanaa har hukam paaeaa kiaa keejai |

Naked we come, and naked we go. This is by the Lord's Command; what else can we do?

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ਜਿਸ ਕੀ ਵਸਤੁ ਸੋਈ ਲੈ ਜਾਇਗਾ ਰੋਸੁ ਕਿਸੈ ਸਿਉ ਕੀਜੈ ॥

jis kee vasat soee lai jaaeigaa ros kisai siau keejai |

The object belongs to Him; He shall take it away; with whom should one be angry.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੁ ਭਾਣਾ ਮੰਨੇ ਸਹਜੇ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਪੀਜੈ ॥

guramukh hovai su bhaanaa mane sahaje har ras peejai |

One who becomes Gurmukh accepts God's Will; he intuitively drinks in the Lord's sublime essence.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਹਿਹੁ ਰਸਨਾ ਰਾਮੁ ਰਵੀਜੈ ॥੨॥

naanak sukhadaataa sadaa salaahihu rasanaa raam raveejai |2|

O Nanak, praise the Giver of peace forever; with your tongue, savor the Lord. ||2||

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