Ang 125 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜੀਵੈ ਮਰੈ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥

guramukh jeevai marai paravaan |

The Gurmukhs are celebrated in life and death.

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ਆਰਜਾ ਨ ਛੀਜੈ ਸਬਦੁ ਪਛਾਣੁ ॥

aarajaa na chheejai sabad pachhaan |

Their lives are not wasted; they realize the Word of the Shabad.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਖਾਏ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥

guramukh marai na kaal na khaae guramukh sach samaavaniaa |2|

The Gurmukhs do not die; they are not consumed by death. The Gurmukhs are absorbed in the True Lord. ||2||

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਪਾਏ ॥

guramukh har dar sobhaa paae |

The Gurmukhs are honored in the Court of the Lord.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਏ ॥

guramukh vichahu aap gavaae |

The Gurmukhs eradicate selfishness and conceit from within.

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ਆਪਿ ਤਰੈ ਕੁਲ ਸਗਲੇ ਤਾਰੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਵਾਰਣਿਆ ॥੩॥

aap tarai kul sagale taare guramukh janam savaaraniaa |3|

They save themselves, and save all their families and ancestors as well. The Gurmukhs redeem their lives. ||3||

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਲਗੈ ਸਰੀਰਿ ॥

guramukh dukh kade na lagai sareer |

The Gurmukhs never suffer bodily pain.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਚੂਕੈ ਪੀਰ ॥

guramukh haumai chookai peer |

The Gurmukhs have the pain of egotism taken away.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਫਿਰਿ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥

guramukh man niramal fir mail na laagai guramukh sehaj samaavaniaa |4|

The minds of the Gurmukhs are immaculate and pure; no filth ever sticks to them again. The Gurmukhs merge in celestial peace. ||4||

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥

guramukh naam milai vaddiaaee |

The Gurmukhs obtain the Greatness of the Naam.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ਸੋਭਾ ਪਾਈ ॥

guramukh gun gaavai sobhaa paaee |

The Gurmukhs sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and obtain honor.

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ਸਦਾ ਅਨੰਦਿ ਰਹੈ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਰਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥

sadaa anand rahai din raatee guramukh sabad karaavaniaa |5|

They remain in bliss forever, day and night. The Gurmukhs practice the Word of the Shabad. ||5||

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੇ ਰਾਤਾ ॥

guramukh anadin sabade raataa |

The Gurmukhs are attuned to the Shabad, night and day.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜੁਗ ਚਾਰੇ ਹੈ ਜਾਤਾ ॥

guramukh jug chaare hai jaataa |

The Gurmukhs are known throughout the four ages.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ਸਦਾ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਸਬਦੇ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥

guramukh gun gaavai sadaa niramal sabade bhagat karaavaniaa |6|

The Gurmukhs always sing the Glorious Praises of the Immaculate Lord. Through the Shabad, they practice devotional worship. ||6||

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ਬਾਝੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਹੈ ਅੰਧ ਅੰਧਾਰਾ ॥

baajh guroo hai andh andhaaraa |

Without the Guru, there is only pitch-black darkness.

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ਜਮਕਾਲਿ ਗਰਠੇ ਕਰਹਿ ਪੁਕਾਰਾ ॥

jamakaal garatthe kareh pukaaraa |

Seized by the Messenger of Death, people cry out and scream.

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ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਰੋਗੀ ਬਿਸਟਾ ਕੇ ਕੀੜੇ ਬਿਸਟਾ ਮਹਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥

anadin rogee bisattaa ke keerre bisattaa meh dukh paavaniaa |7|

Night and day, they are diseased, like maggots in manure, and in manure they endure agony. ||7||

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ॥

guramukh aape kare karaae |

The Gurmukhs know that the Lord alone acts, and causes others to act.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਵੁਠਾ ਆਪਿ ਆਏ ॥

guramukh hiradai vutthaa aap aae |

In the hearts of the Gurmukhs, the Lord Himself comes to dwell.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੨੫॥੨੬॥

naanak naam milai vaddiaaee poore gur te paavaniaa |8|25|26|

O Nanak, through the Naam, greatness is obtained. It is received from the Perfect Guru. ||8||25||26||

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ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

maajh mahalaa 3 |

Maajh, Third Mehl:

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ਏਕਾ ਜੋਤਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਹੈ ਸਰੀਰਾ ॥

ekaa jot jot hai sareeraa |

The One Light is the light of all bodies.

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ਸਬਦਿ ਦਿਖਾਏ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ॥

sabad dikhaae satigur pooraa |

The Perfect True Guru reveals it through the Word of the Shabad.

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ਆਪੇ ਫਰਕੁ ਕੀਤੋਨੁ ਘਟ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਆਪੇ ਬਣਤ ਬਣਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥

aape farak keeton ghatt antar aape banat banaavaniaa |1|

He Himself instills the sense of separation within our hearts; He Himself created the Creation. ||1||

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ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਹਰਿ ਸਚੇ ਕੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਣਿਆ ॥

hau vaaree jeeo vaaree har sache ke gun gaavaniaa |

I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who sing the Glorious Praises of the True Lord.

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ਬਾਝੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਕੋ ਸਹਜੁ ਨ ਪਾਏ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

baajh guroo ko sehaj na paae guramukh sehaj samaavaniaa |1| rahaau |

Without the Guru, no one obtains intuitive wisdom; the Gurmukh is absorbed in intuitive peace. ||1||Pause||

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ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਸੋਹਹਿ ਆਪੇ ਜਗੁ ਮੋਹਹਿ ॥

toon aape soheh aape jag moheh |

You Yourself are Beautiful, and You Yourself entice the world.

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ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਨਦਰੀ ਜਗਤੁ ਪਰੋਵਹਿ ॥

toon aape nadaree jagat paroveh |

You Yourself, by Your Kind Mercy, weave the thread of the world.

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ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਦੁਖੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਦੇਵਹਿ ਕਰਤੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਦੇਖਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥

toon aape dukh sukh deveh karate guramukh har dekhaavaniaa |2|

You Yourself bestow pain and pleasure, O Creator. The Lord reveals Himself to the Gurmukh. ||2||

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ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ॥

aape karataa kare karaae |

The Creator Himself acts, and causes others to act.

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ਆਪੇ ਸਬਦੁ ਗੁਰ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਏ ॥

aape sabad gur man vasaae |

Through Him, the Word of the Guru's Shabad is enshrined within the mind.

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ਸਬਦੇ ਉਪਜੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਖਿ ਸੁਣਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥

sabade upajai amrit baanee guramukh aakh sunaavaniaa |3|

The Ambrosial Word of the Guru's Bani emanates from the Word of the Shabad. The Gurmukh speaks it and hears it. ||3||

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ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਆਪੇ ਭੁਗਤਾ ॥

aape karataa aape bhugataa |

He Himself is the Creator, and He Himself is the Enjoyer.

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ਬੰਧਨ ਤੋੜੇ ਸਦਾ ਹੈ ਮੁਕਤਾ ॥

bandhan torre sadaa hai mukataa |

One who breaks out of bondage is liberated forever.

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ਸਦਾ ਮੁਕਤੁ ਆਪੇ ਹੈ ਸਚਾ ਆਪੇ ਅਲਖੁ ਲਖਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥

sadaa mukat aape hai sachaa aape alakh lakhaavaniaa |4|

The True Lord is liberated forever. The Unseen Lord causes Himself to be seen. ||4||

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ਆਪੇ ਮਾਇਆ ਆਪੇ ਛਾਇਆ ॥

aape maaeaa aape chhaaeaa |

He Himself is Maya, and He Himself is the Illusion.

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ਆਪੇ ਮੋਹੁ ਸਭੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥

aape mohu sabh jagat upaaeaa |

He Himself has generated emotional attachment throughout the entire universe.

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ਆਪੇ ਗੁਣਦਾਤਾ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ਆਪੇ ਆਖਿ ਸੁਣਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥

aape gunadaataa gun gaavai aape aakh sunaavaniaa |5|

He Himself is the Giver of Virtue; He Himself sings the Lord's Glorious Praises. He chants them and causes them to be heard. ||5||

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ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ਆਪੇ ॥

aape kare karaae aape |

He Himself acts, and causes others to act.

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ਆਪੇ ਥਾਪਿ ਉਥਾਪੇ ਆਪੇ ॥

aape thaap uthaape aape |

He Himself establishes and disestablishes.

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ਤੁਝ ਤੇ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਕਛੂ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਕਾਰੈ ਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥

tujh te baahar kachhoo na hovai toon aape kaarai laavaniaa |6|

Without You, nothing can be done. You Yourself have engaged all in their tasks. ||6||

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ਆਪੇ ਮਾਰੇ ਆਪਿ ਜੀਵਾਏ ॥

aape maare aap jeevaae |

He Himself kills, and He Himself revives.

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ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥

aape mele mel milaae |

He Himself unites us, and unites us in Union with Himself.

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ਸੇਵਾ ਤੇ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥

sevaa te sadaa sukh paaeaa guramukh sehaj samaavaniaa |7|

Through selfless service, eternal peace is obtained. The Gurmukh is absorbed in intuitive peace. ||7||

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