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Ang 1261 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngGuru Amardas Ji · Raag Malaar
Read the full shabad →ਹਰਿ ਜਨ ਕਰਣੀ ਊਤਮ ਹੈ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਜਗਿ ਬਿਸਥਾਰਿ ॥੩॥
har jan karanee aootam hai har keerat jag bisathaar |3|
The lifestyle of the Lord's humble servant is exalted and sublime. He spreads the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises throughout the world. ||3||
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ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰਿ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਮੇਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਿ ॥
kripaa kripaa kar tthaakur mere har har har ur dhaar |
O my Lord and Master, please be merciful, merciful to me, that I may enshrine the Lord, Har, Har, Har, within my heart.
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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਪਾਇਆ ਮਨਿ ਜਪਿਆ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥੪॥੯॥
naanak satigur pooraa paaeaa man japiaa naam muraar |4|9|
Nanak has found the Perfect True Guru; in his mind, he chants the Name of the Lord. ||4||9||
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Guru Amardas Ji · Raag Malaar
Read the full shabad →ਮਲਾਰ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਘਰੁ ੨ ॥
malaar mahalaa 3 ghar 2 |
Malaar, Third Mehl, Second House:
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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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ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਗਿਰਹੀ ਕਿ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਉਦਾਸੀ ॥
eihu man girahee ki ihu man udaasee |
Is this mind a householder, or is this mind a detached renunciate?
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ਕਿ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਅਵਰਨੁ ਸਦਾ ਅਵਿਨਾਸੀ ॥
ki ihu man avaran sadaa avinaasee |
Is this mind beyond social class, eternal and unchanging?
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ਕਿ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਚੰਚਲੁ ਕਿ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ॥
ki ihu man chanchal ki ihu man bairaagee |
Is this mind fickle, or is this mind detached?
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ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਕਉ ਮਮਤਾ ਕਿਥਹੁ ਲਾਗੀ ॥੧॥
eis man kau mamataa kithahu laagee |1|
How has this mind been gripped by possessiveness? ||1||
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ਪੰਡਿਤ ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਕਾ ਕਰਹੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
panddit is man kaa karahu beechaar |
O Pandit, O religious scholar, reflect on this in your mind.
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ਅਵਰੁ ਕਿ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਪੜਹਿ ਉਠਾਵਹਿ ਭਾਰੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
avar ki bahutaa parreh utthaaveh bhaar |1| rahaau |
Why do you read so many other things, and carry such a heavy load? ||1||Pause||
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ਮਾਇਆ ਮਮਤਾ ਕਰਤੈ ਲਾਈ ॥
maaeaa mamataa karatai laaee |
The Creator has attached it to Maya and possessiveness.
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ਏਹੁ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਕਰਿ ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਉਪਾਈ ॥
ehu hukam kar srisatt upaaee |
Enforcing His Order, He created the world.
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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਬੂਝਹੁ ਭਾਈ ॥
gur parasaadee boojhahu bhaaee |
By Guru's Grace, understand this, O Siblings of Destiny.
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ਸਦਾ ਰਹਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥੨॥
sadaa rahahu har kee saranaaee |2|
Remain forever in the Sanctuary of the Lord. ||2||
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ਸੋ ਪੰਡਿਤੁ ਜੋ ਤਿਹਾਂ ਗੁਣਾ ਕੀ ਪੰਡ ਉਤਾਰੈ ॥
so panddit jo tihaan gunaa kee pandd utaarai |
He alone is a Pandit, who sheds the load of the three qualities.
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ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਏਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਖਾਣੈ ॥
anadin eko naam vakhaanai |
Night and day, he chants the Name of the One Lord.
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ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਓਹੁ ਦੀਖਿਆ ਲੇਇ ॥
satigur kee ohu deekhiaa lee |
He accepts the Teachings of the True Guru.
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ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਆਗੈ ਸੀਸੁ ਧਰੇਇ ॥
satigur aagai sees dharee |
He offers his head to the True Guru.
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ਸਦਾ ਅਲਗੁ ਰਹੈ ਨਿਰਬਾਣੁ ॥
sadaa alag rahai nirabaan |
He remains forever unattached in the state of Nirvaanaa.
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ਸੋ ਪੰਡਿਤੁ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥੩॥
so panddit daragah paravaan |3|
Such a Pandit is accepted in the Court of the Lord. ||3||
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ਸਭਨਾਂ ਮਹਿ ਏਕੋ ਏਕੁ ਵਖਾਣੈ ॥
sabhanaan meh eko ek vakhaanai |
He preaches that the One Lord is within all beings.
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ਜਾਂ ਏਕੋ ਵੇਖੈ ਤਾਂ ਏਕੋ ਜਾਣੈ ॥
jaan eko vekhai taan eko jaanai |
As he sees the One Lord, he knows the One Lord.
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ਜਾ ਕਉ ਬਖਸੇ ਮੇਲੇ ਸੋਇ ॥
jaa kau bakhase mele soe |
That person, whom the Lord forgives, is united with Him.
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ਐਥੈ ਓਥੈ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥੪॥
aithai othai sadaa sukh hoe |4|
He finds eternal peace, here and hereafter. ||4||
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ਕਹਤ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਕਵਨ ਬਿਧਿ ਕਰੇ ਕਿਆ ਕੋਇ ॥
kehat naanak kavan bidh kare kiaa koe |
Says Nanak, what can anyone do?
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ਸੋਈ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
soee mukat jaa kau kirapaa hoe |
He alone is liberated, whom the Lord blesses with His Grace.
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ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ਸੋਇ ॥
anadin har gun gaavai soe |
Night and day, he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord.
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ਸਾਸਤ੍ਰ ਬੇਦ ਕੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਕੂਕ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੫॥੧॥੧੦॥
saasatr bed kee fir kook na hoe |5|1|10|
Then, he no longer bothers with the proclamations of the Shaastras or the Vedas. ||5||1||10||
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Guru Amardas Ji · Raag Malaar
Read the full shabad →ਮਲਾਰ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
malaar mahalaa 3 |
Malaar, Third Mehl:
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ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਜੋਨਿ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਭਰਮਾਈ ॥
bhram bhram jon manamukh bharamaaee |
The self-willed manmukhs wander lost in reincarnation, confused and deluded by doubt.
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ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਮਾਰੇ ਨਿਤ ਪਤਿ ਗਵਾਈ ॥
jamakaal maare nit pat gavaaee |
The Messenger of Death constantly beats them and disgraces them.
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ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਜਮ ਕੀ ਕਾਣਿ ਚੁਕਾਈ ॥
satigur sevaa jam kee kaan chukaaee |
Serving the True Guru, the mortal's subservience to Death is ended.
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ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਮਹਲੁ ਘਰੁ ਪਾਈ ॥੧॥
har prabh miliaa mehal ghar paaee |1|
He meets the Lord God, and enters the Mansion of His Presence. ||1||
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ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ॥
praanee guramukh naam dhiaae |
O mortal, as Gurmukh, meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
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ਜਨਮੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਖੋਇਆ ਕਉਡੀ ਬਦਲੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
janam padaarath dubidhaa khoeaa kauddee badalai jaae |1| rahaau |
In duality, you are ruining and wasting this priceless human life. You trade it away in exchange for a shell. ||1||Pause||
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ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਲਗੈ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥
kar kirapaa guramukh lagai piaar |
The Gurmukh falls in love with the Lord, by His Grace.
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ਅੰਤਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਉਰਿ ਧਾਰੁ ॥
antar bhagat har har ur dhaar |
He enshrines loving devotion to the Lord, Har, Har, deep within his heart.
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ਭਵਜਲੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਲੰਘਾਵਣਹਾਰੁ ॥
bhavajal sabad langhaavanahaar |
The Word of the Shabad carries him across the terrifying world-ocean.
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ਦਰਿ ਸਾਚੈ ਦਿਸੈ ਸਚਿਆਰੁ ॥੨॥
dar saachai disai sachiaar |2|
He appears true in the True Court of the Lord. ||2||
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ਬਹੁ ਕਰਮ ਕਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
bahu karam kare satigur nahee paaeaa |
Performing all sorts of rituals, they do not find the True Guru.
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ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੂਲੇ ਬਹੁ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
bin gur bharam bhoole bahu maaeaa |
Without the Guru, so many wander lost and confused in Maya.
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ਹਉਮੈ ਮਮਤਾ ਬਹੁ ਮੋਹੁ ਵਧਾਇਆ ॥
haumai mamataa bahu mohu vadhaaeaa |
Egotism, possessiveness and attachment rise up and increase within them.
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ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੩॥
doojai bhaae manamukh dukh paaeaa |3|
In the love of dualty, the self-willed manmukhs suffer in pain. ||3||
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ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਅਗਮ ਅਥਾਹਾ ॥
aape karataa agam athaahaa |
The Creator Himself is Inaccessible and Infinite.
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ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਜਪੀਐ ਸਚੁ ਲਾਹਾ ॥
gurasabadee japeeai sach laahaa |
Chant the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and earn the true profit.
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ਹਾਜਰੁ ਹਜੂਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਵੇਪਰਵਾਹਾ ॥
haajar hajoor har veparavaahaa |
The Lord is Independent, Ever-present, here and now.
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