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Ang 1290 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngGuru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Malaar
Read the full shabad →ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀ ਪੁਰਖੈ ਜਾਂ ਨਿਸਿ ਮੇਲਾ ਓਥੈ ਮੰਧੁ ਕਮਾਹੀ ॥
eisatree purakhai jaan nis melaa othai mandh kamaahee |
But when men and women meet in the night, they come together in the flesh.
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ਮਾਸਹੁ ਨਿੰਮੇ ਮਾਸਹੁ ਜੰਮੇ ਹਮ ਮਾਸੈ ਕੇ ਭਾਂਡੇ ॥
maasahu ninme maasahu jame ham maasai ke bhaandde |
In the flesh we are conceived, and in the flesh we are born; we are vessels of flesh.
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ਗਿਆਨੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਕਛੁ ਸੂਝੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਚਤੁਰੁ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਪਾਂਡੇ ॥
giaan dhiaan kachh soojhai naahee chatur kahaavai paandde |
You know nothing of spiritual wisdom and meditation, even though you call yourself clever, O religious scholar.
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ਬਾਹਰ ਕਾ ਮਾਸੁ ਮੰਦਾ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਘਰ ਕਾ ਮਾਸੁ ਚੰਗੇਰਾ ॥
baahar kaa maas mandaa suaamee ghar kaa maas changeraa |
O master, you believe that flesh on the outside is bad, but the flesh of those in your own home is good.
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ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਸਭਿ ਮਾਸਹੁ ਹੋਏ ਜੀਇ ਲਇਆ ਵਾਸੇਰਾ ॥
jeea jant sabh maasahu hoe jee leaa vaaseraa |
All beings and creatures are flesh; the soul has taken up its home in the flesh.
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ਅਭਖੁ ਭਖਹਿ ਭਖੁ ਤਜਿ ਛੋਡਹਿ ਅੰਧੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਜਿਨ ਕੇਰਾ ॥
abhakh bhakheh bhakh taj chhoddeh andh guroo jin keraa |
They eat the uneatable; they reject and abandon what they could eat. They have a teacher who is blind.
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ਮਾਸਹੁ ਨਿੰਮੇ ਮਾਸਹੁ ਜੰਮੇ ਹਮ ਮਾਸੈ ਕੇ ਭਾਂਡੇ ॥
maasahu ninme maasahu jame ham maasai ke bhaandde |
In the flesh we are conceived, and in the flesh we are born; we are vessels of flesh.
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ਗਿਆਨੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਕਛੁ ਸੂਝੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਚਤੁਰੁ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਪਾਂਡੇ ॥
giaan dhiaan kachh soojhai naahee chatur kahaavai paandde |
You know nothing of spiritual wisdom and meditation, even though you call yourself clever, O religious scholar.
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ਮਾਸੁ ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਮਾਸੁ ਕਤੇਬਂੀ ਚਹੁ ਜੁਗਿ ਮਾਸੁ ਕਮਾਣਾ ॥
maas puraanee maas katebanee chahu jug maas kamaanaa |
Meat is allowed in the Puraanas, meat is allowed in the Bible and the Koran. Throughout the four ages, meat has been used.
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ਜਜਿ ਕਾਜਿ ਵੀਆਹਿ ਸੁਹਾਵੈ ਓਥੈ ਮਾਸੁ ਸਮਾਣਾ ॥
jaj kaaj veeaeh suhaavai othai maas samaanaa |
It is featured in sacred feasts and marriage festivities; meat is used in them.
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ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀ ਪੁਰਖ ਨਿਪਜਹਿ ਮਾਸਹੁ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹ ਸੁਲਤਾਨਾਂ ॥
eisatree purakh nipajeh maasahu paatisaah sulataanaan |
Women, men, kings and emperors originate from meat.
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ਜੇ ਓਇ ਦਿਸਹਿ ਨਰਕਿ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਤਾਂ ਉਨੑ ਕਾ ਦਾਨੁ ਨ ਲੈਣਾ ॥
je oe diseh narak jaande taan una kaa daan na lainaa |
If you see them going to hell, then do not accept charitable gifts from them.
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ਦੇਂਦਾ ਨਰਕਿ ਸੁਰਗਿ ਲੈਦੇ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਏਹੁ ਧਿਙਾਣਾ ॥
dendaa narak surag laide dekhahu ehu dhingaanaa |
The giver goes to hell, while the receiver goes to heaven - look at this injustice.
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ਆਪਿ ਨ ਬੂਝੈ ਲੋਕ ਬੁਝਾਏ ਪਾਂਡੇ ਖਰਾ ਸਿਆਣਾ ॥
aap na boojhai lok bujhaae paandde kharaa siaanaa |
You do not understand your own self, but you preach to other people. O Pandit, you are very wise indeed.
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ਪਾਂਡੇ ਤੂ ਜਾਣੈ ਹੀ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਿਥਹੁ ਮਾਸੁ ਉਪੰਨਾ ॥
paandde too jaanai hee naahee kithahu maas upanaa |
O Pandit, you do not know where meat originated.
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ਤੋਇਅਹੁ ਅੰਨੁ ਕਮਾਦੁ ਕਪਾਹਾਂ ਤੋਇਅਹੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣੁ ਗੰਨਾ ॥
toeiahu an kamaad kapaahaan toeiahu tribhavan ganaa |
Corn, sugar cane and cotton are produced from water. The three worlds came from water.
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ਤੋਆ ਆਖੈ ਹਉ ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਹਛਾ ਤੋਐ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਿਕਾਰਾ ॥
toaa aakhai hau bahu bidh hachhaa toai bahut bikaaraa |
Water says, "I am good in many ways." But water takes many forms.
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ਏਤੇ ਰਸ ਛੋਡਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੰਨਿਆਸੀ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਕਹੈ ਵਿਚਾਰਾ ॥੨॥
ete ras chhodd hovai saniaasee naanak kahai vichaaraa |2|
Forsaking these delicacies, one becomes a true Sannyaasee, a detached hermit. Nanak reflects and speaks. ||2||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Malaar
Read the full shabad →ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurree |
Pauree:
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ਹਉ ਕਿਆ ਆਖਾ ਇਕ ਜੀਭ ਤੇਰਾ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਕਿਨ ਹੀ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
hau kiaa aakhaa ik jeebh teraa ant na kin hee paaeaa |
What can I say with only one tongue? I cannot find your limits.
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ਸਚਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ਸੇ ਤੁਝ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥
sachaa sabad veechaar se tujh hee maeh samaaeaa |
Those who contemplate the True Word of the Shabad are absorbed into You, O Lord.
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ਇਕਿ ਭਗਵਾ ਵੇਸੁ ਕਰਿ ਭਰਮਦੇ ਵਿਣੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
eik bhagavaa ves kar bharamade vin satigur kinai na paaeaa |
Some wander around in saffron robes, but without the True Guru, no one finds the Lord.
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ਦੇਸ ਦਿਸੰਤਰ ਭਵਿ ਥਕੇ ਤੁਧੁ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਆਪੁ ਲੁਕਾਇਆ ॥
des disantar bhav thake tudh andar aap lukaaeaa |
They wander in foreign lands and countries until they grow weary, but You hide Yourself within them.
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ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਰਤੰਨੁ ਹੈ ਕਰਿ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਆਪਿ ਦਿਖਾਇਆ ॥
gur kaa sabad ratan hai kar chaanan aap dikhaaeaa |
The Word of the Guru's Shabad is a jewel, through which the Lord shines forth and reveals Himself.
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ਆਪਣਾ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣਿਆ ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥
aapanaa aap pachhaaniaa guramatee sach samaaeaa |
Realizing one's own self, following the Guru's Teachings, the mortal is absorbed into Truth.
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ਆਵਾ ਗਉਣੁ ਬਜਾਰੀਆ ਬਾਜਾਰੁ ਜਿਨੀ ਰਚਾਇਆ ॥
aavaa gaun bajaareea baajaar jinee rachaaeaa |
Coming and going, the tricksters and magicians put on their magic show.
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ਇਕੁ ਥਿਰੁ ਸਚਾ ਸਾਲਾਹਣਾ ਜਿਨ ਮਨਿ ਸਚਾ ਭਾਇਆ ॥੨੫॥
eik thir sachaa saalaahanaa jin man sachaa bhaaeaa |25|
But those whose minds are pleased by the True Lord, praise the True One, the Ever-stable Lord. ||25||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Malaar
Read the full shabad →ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
salok mahalaa 1 |
Salok, First Mehl:
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ਨਾਨਕ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਰਮ ਬਿਰਖੁ ਫਲ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਫਲ ਵਿਸੁ ॥
naanak maaeaa karam birakh fal amrit fal vis |
O Nanak, the tree of actions done in Maya yields ambrosial fruit and poisonous fruit.
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ਸਭ ਕਾਰਣ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਰੇ ਜਿਸੁ ਖਵਾਲੇ ਤਿਸੁ ॥੧॥
sabh kaaran karataa kare jis khavaale tis |1|
The Creator does all deeds; we eat the fruits as He ordains. ||1||
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Guru Angad Dev Ji · Raag Malaar
Read the full shabad →ਮਃ ੨ ॥
mahalaa 2 |
Second Mehl:
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ਨਾਨਕ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਕੀਆਂ ਵਡਿਆਈਆਂ ਅਗੀ ਸੇਤੀ ਜਾਲਿ ॥
naanak duneea keean vaddiaaeean agee setee jaal |
O Nanak, burn worldly greatness and glory in the fire.
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ਏਨੀ ਜਲੀਈਂ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਇਕ ਨ ਚਲੀਆ ਨਾਲਿ ॥੨॥
enee jaleeeen naam visaariaa ik na chaleea naal |2|
These burnt offerings have caused mortals to forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Not even one of them will go along with you in the end. ||2||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Malaar
Read the full shabad →ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurree |
Pauree:
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ਸਿਰਿ ਸਿਰਿ ਹੋਇ ਨਿਬੇੜੁ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਚਲਾਇਆ ॥
sir sir hoe niberr hukam chalaaeaa |
He judges each and every being; by the Hukam of His Command, He leads us on.
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ਤੇਰੈ ਹਥਿ ਨਿਬੇੜੁ ਤੂਹੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਇਆ ॥
terai hath niberr toohai man bhaaeaa |
Justice is in Your Hands, O Lord; You are pleasing to my mind.
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ਕਾਲੁ ਚਲਾਏ ਬੰਨਿ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਰਖਸੀ ॥
kaal chalaae ban koe na rakhasee |
The mortal is bound and gagged by Death and lead away; no one can rescue him.
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ਜਰੁ ਜਰਵਾਣਾ ਕੰਨਿੑ ਚੜਿਆ ਨਚਸੀ ॥
jar jaravaanaa kana charriaa nachasee |
Old age, the tyrant, dances on the mortal's shoulders.
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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਬੋਹਿਥੁ ਬੇੜੁ ਸਚਾ ਰਖਸੀ ॥
satigur bohith berr sachaa rakhasee |
So climb aboard the boat of the True Guru, and the True Lord will rescue you.
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ਅਗਨਿ ਭਖੈ ਭੜਹਾੜੁ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਭਖਸੀ ॥
agan bhakhai bharrahaarr anadin bhakhasee |
The fire of desire burns like an oven, consuming mortals night and day.
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ਫਾਥਾ ਚੁਗੈ ਚੋਗ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਛੁਟਸੀ ॥
faathaa chugai chog hukamee chhuttasee |
Like trapped birds, the mortals peck at the corn; only through the Lord's Command will they find release.
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ਕਰਤਾ ਕਰੇ ਸੁ ਹੋਗੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਨਿਖੁਟਸੀ ॥੨੬॥
karataa kare su hog koorr nikhuttasee |26|
Whatever the Creator does, comes to pass; falsehood shall fail in the end. ||26||
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