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Ang 1277 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngGuru Amardas Ji · Raag Malaar
Read the full shabad →ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਮਨਿ ਵੇਖਹੁ ਕੋ ਪਤੀਆਇ ॥
bin satigur kinai na paaeo man vekhahu ko pateeae |
Without the True Guru, no one finds the Lord; anyone can try and see.
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ਹਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਭੇਟੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥
har kirapaa te satigur paaeeai bhettai sehaj subhaae |
By the Lord's Grace, the True Guru is found, and then the Lord is met with intuitive ease.
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ਮਨਮੁਖ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਾਗਾ ਹਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥੫॥
manamukh bharam bhulaaeaa bin bhaagaa har dhan na paae |5|
The self-willed manmukh is deluded by doubt; without good destiny, the Lord's wealth is not obtained. ||5||
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ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਸਭਾ ਧਾਤੁ ਹੈ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
trai gun sabhaa dhaat hai parr parr kareh veechaar |
The three dispositions are completely distracting; people read and study and contemplate them.
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ਮੁਕਤਿ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਨਹੁ ਪਾਇਨਿੑ ਮੋਖ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥
mukat kade na hovee nahu paaeina mokh duaar |
Those people are never liberated; they do not find the Door of Salvation.
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ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਬੰਧਨ ਨ ਤੁਟਹੀ ਨਾਮਿ ਨ ਲਗੈ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥੬॥
bin satigur bandhan na tuttahee naam na lagai piaar |6|
Without the True Guru, they are never released from bondage; they do not embrace love for the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||6||
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ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਮੋਨੀ ਥਕੇ ਬੇਦਾਂ ਕਾ ਅਭਿਆਸੁ ॥
parr parr panddit monee thake bedaan kaa abhiaas |
The Pandits, the religious scholars, and the silent sages, reading and studying the Vedas, have grown weary.
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ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਨਹ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਵਾਸੁ ॥
har naam chit na aavee neh nij ghar hovai vaas |
They do not even think of the Lord's Name; they do not dwell in the home of their own inner being.
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ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਸਿਰਹੁ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਕਪਟ ਵਿਣਾਸੁ ॥੭॥
jamakaal sirahu na utarai antar kapatt vinaas |7|
The Messenger of Death hovers over their heads; they are ruined by the deceit within themselves. ||7||
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ਹਰਿ ਨਾਵੈ ਨੋ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਪਰਤਾਪਦਾ ਵਿਣੁ ਭਾਗਾਂ ਪਾਇਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
har naavai no sabh ko parataapadaa vin bhaagaan paaeaa na jaae |
Everyone longs for the Name of the Lord; without good destiny, it is not obtained.
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ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟੀਐ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥
nadar kare gur bhetteeai har naam vasai man aae |
When the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace, the mortal meets the True Guru, and the Lord's Name comes to dwell within the mind.
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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੇ ਹੀ ਪਤਿ ਊਪਜੈ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਰਹਾਂ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੮॥੨॥
naanak naame hee pat aoopajai har siau rahaan samaae |8|2|
O Nanak, through the Name, honor wells up, and the mortal remains immersed in the Lord. ||8||2||
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Guru Amardas Ji · Raag Malaar
Read the full shabad →ਮਲਾਰ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਅਸਟਪਦੀ ਘਰੁ ੨ ॥
malaar mahalaa 3 asattapadee ghar 2 |
Malaar, Third Mehl, Ashtpadheeyaa, 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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ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਕਾਰੈ ਲਾਏ ॥
har har kripaa kare gur kee kaarai laae |
When the Lord shows His Mercy, He enjoins the mortal to work for the Guru.
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ਦੁਖੁ ਪਲੑਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸਾਏ ॥
dukh palar har naam vasaae |
His pains are taken away, and the Lord's Name comes to dwell within.
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ਸਾਚੀ ਗਤਿ ਸਾਚੈ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਏ ॥
saachee gat saachai chit laae |
True deliverance comes by focusing one's consciousness on the True Lord.
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ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਣਾਏ ॥੧॥
gur kee baanee sabad sunaae |1|
Listen to the Shabad, and the Word of the Guru's Bani. ||1||
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ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਿ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ॥
man mere har har sev nidhaan |
O my mind, serve the Lord, Har, Har, the true treasure.
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ਗੁਰ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਹਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਧਿਆਨੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
gur kirapaa te har dhan paaeeai anadin laagai sehaj dhiaan |1| rahaau |
By Guru's Grace, the wealth of the Lord is obtained. Night and day, focus your meditation on the Lord. ||1||Pause||
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ਬਿਨੁ ਪਿਰ ਕਾਮਣਿ ਕਰੇ ਸਂੀਗਾਰੁ ॥
bin pir kaaman kare saneegaar |
The soul-bride who adorns herself without her Husband Lord,
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ਦੁਹਚਾਰਣੀ ਕਹੀਐ ਨਿਤ ਹੋਇ ਖੁਆਰੁ ॥
duhachaaranee kaheeai nit hoe khuaar |
is ill-mannered and vile, wasted away into ruin.
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ਮਨਮੁਖ ਕਾ ਇਹੁ ਬਾਦਿ ਆਚਾਰੁ ॥
manamukh kaa ihu baad aachaar |
This is the useless way of life of the self-willed manmukh.
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ਬਹੁ ਕਰਮ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਵਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ॥੨॥
bahu karam drirraaveh naam visaar |2|
Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he performs all sorts of empty rituals. ||2||
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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਾਮਣਿ ਬਣਿਆ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥
guramukh kaaman baniaa seegaar |
The bride who is Gurmukh is beautifully embellished.
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ਸਬਦੇ ਪਿਰੁ ਰਾਖਿਆ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਿ ॥
sabade pir raakhiaa ur dhaar |
Through the Word of the Shabad, she enshrines her Husband Lord within her heart.
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ਏਕੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ॥
ek pachhaanai haumai maar |
She realizes the One Lord, and subdues her ego.
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ਸੋਭਾਵੰਤੀ ਕਹੀਐ ਨਾਰਿ ॥੩॥
sobhaavantee kaheeai naar |3|
That soul-bride is virtuous and noble. ||3||
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ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਦਾਤੇ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
bin gur daate kinai na paaeaa |
Without the Guru, the Giver, no one finds the Lord.
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ਮਨਮੁਖ ਲੋਭਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਲੋਭਾਇਆ ॥
manamukh lobh doojai lobhaaeaa |
The greedy self-willed manmukh is attracted and engrossed in duality.
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ਐਸੇ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਬੂਝਹੁ ਕੋਇ ॥
aise giaanee boojhahu koe |
Only a few spiritual teachers realize this,
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ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਭੇਟੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੪॥
bin gur bhette mukat na hoe |4|
that without meeting the Guru, liberation is not obtained. ||4||
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ਕਹਿ ਕਹਿ ਕਹਣੁ ਕਹੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥
keh keh kehan kahai sabh koe |
Everyone tells the stories told by others.
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ਬਿਨੁ ਮਨ ਮੂਏ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥
bin man mooe bhagat na hoe |
Without subduing the mind, devotional worship does not come.
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ਗਿਆਨ ਮਤੀ ਕਮਲ ਪਰਗਾਸੁ ॥
giaan matee kamal paragaas |
When the intellect achieves spiritual wisdom, the heart-lotus blossoms forth.
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ਤਿਤੁ ਘਟਿ ਨਾਮੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੫॥
tit ghatt naamai naam nivaas |5|
The Naam, the Name of the Lord, comes to abide in that heart. ||5||
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ਹਉਮੈ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥
haumai bhagat kare sabh koe |
In egotism, everyone can pretend to worship God with devotion.
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ਨਾ ਮਨੁ ਭੀਜੈ ਨਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥
naa man bheejai naa sukh hoe |
But this does not soften the mind, and it does not bring peace.
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ਕਹਿ ਕਹਿ ਕਹਣੁ ਆਪੁ ਜਾਣਾਏ ॥
keh keh kehan aap jaanaae |
By speaking and preaching, the mortal only shows off his self-conceit.
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ਬਿਰਥੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਸਭੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਏ ॥੬॥
birathee bhagat sabh janam gavaae |6|
His devotional worship is useless, and his life is a total waste. ||6||
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ਸੇ ਭਗਤ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਏ ॥
se bhagat satigur man bhaae |
They alone are devotees, who are pleasing to the Mind of the True Guru.
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ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਹੇ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਏ ॥
anadin naam rahe liv laae |
Night and day, they remain lovingly attuned to the Name.
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ਸਦ ਹੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਵੇਖਹਿ ਹਜੂਰਿ ॥
sad hee naam vekheh hajoor |
They behold the Naam, the Name of the Lord, ever-present, near at hand.
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