Ang 131 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਤੂੰ ਵਡਾ ਤੂੰ ਊਚੋ ਊਚਾ ॥

toon vaddaa toon aoocho aoochaa |

You are so Great! You are the Highest of the High!

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ਤੂੰ ਬੇਅੰਤੁ ਅਤਿ ਮੂਚੋ ਮੂਚਾ ॥

toon beant at moocho moochaa |

You are Infinite, You are Everything!

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ਹਉ ਕੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਤੇਰੈ ਵੰਞਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਦਾਸ ਦਸਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੧॥੩੫॥

hau kurabaanee terai vanyaa naanak daas dasaavaniaa |8|1|35|

I am a sacrifice to You. Nanak is the slave of Your slaves. ||8||1||35||

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ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

maajh mahalaa 5 |

Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

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ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਮੁਕਤਾ ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਜੁਗਤਾ ॥

kaun su mukataa kaun su jugataa |

Who is liberated, and who is united?

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ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਬਕਤਾ ॥

kaun su giaanee kaun su bakataa |

Who is a spiritual teacher, and who is a preacher?

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ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਗਿਰਹੀ ਕਉਣੁ ਉਦਾਸੀ ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੧॥

kaun su girahee kaun udaasee kaun su keemat paae jeeo |1|

Who is a house-holder, and who is a renunciate? Who can estimate the Lord's Value? ||1||

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ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਬਾਧਾ ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਛੂਟਾ ॥

kin bidh baadhaa kin bidh chhoottaa |

How is one bound, and how is one freed of his bonds?

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ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਵਣੁ ਤੂਟਾ ॥

kin bidh aavan jaavan toottaa |

How can one escape from the cycle of coming and going in reincarnation?

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ਕਉਣ ਕਰਮ ਕਉਣ ਨਿਹਕਰਮਾ ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਕਹੈ ਕਹਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੨॥

kaun karam kaun nihakaramaa kaun su kahai kahaae jeeo |2|

Who is subject to karma, and who is beyond karma? Who chants the Name, and inspires others to chant it? ||2||

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ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਸੁਖੀਆ ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਦੁਖੀਆ ॥

kaun su sukheea kaun su dukheea |

Who is happy, and who is sad?

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ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਸਨਮੁਖੁ ਕਉਣੁ ਵੇਮੁਖੀਆ ॥

kaun su sanamukh kaun vemukheea |

Who, as sunmukh, turns toward the Guru, and who, as vaymukh, turns away from the Guru?

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ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਮਿਲੀਐ ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਬਿਛੁਰੈ ਇਹ ਬਿਧਿ ਕਉਣੁ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੩॥

kin bidh mileeai kin bidh bichhurai ih bidh kaun pragattaae jeeo |3|

How can one meet the Lord? How is one separated from Him? Who can reveal the way to me? ||3||

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ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਅਖਰੁ ਜਿਤੁ ਧਾਵਤੁ ਰਹਤਾ ॥

kaun su akhar jit dhaavat rahataa |

What is that Word, by which the wandering mind can be restrained?

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ਕਉਣੁ ਉਪਦੇਸੁ ਜਿਤੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਸਮ ਸਹਤਾ ॥

kaun upades jit dukh sukh sam sahataa |

What are those teachings, by which we may endure pain and pleasure alike?

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ਕਉਣੁ ਸੁ ਚਾਲ ਜਿਤੁ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਧਿਆਏ ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਕੀਰਤਨੁ ਗਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੪॥

kaun su chaal jit paarabraham dhiaae kin bidh keeratan gaae jeeo |4|

What is that lifestyle, by which we may come to meditate on the Supreme Lord? How may we sing the Kirtan of His Praises? ||4||

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮੁਕਤਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜੁਗਤਾ ॥

guramukh mukataa guramukh jugataa |

The Gurmukh is liberated, and the Gurmukh is linked.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬਕਤਾ ॥

guramukh giaanee guramukh bakataa |

The Gurmukh is the spiritual teacher, and the Gurmukh is the preacher.

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ਧੰਨੁ ਗਿਰਹੀ ਉਦਾਸੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੫॥

dhan girahee udaasee guramukh guramukh keemat paae jeeo |5|

Blessed is the Gurmukh, the householder and the renunciate. The Gurmukh knows the Lord's Value. ||5||

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ਹਉਮੈ ਬਾਧਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਛੂਟਾ ॥

haumai baadhaa guramukh chhoottaa |

Egotism is bondage; as Gurmukh, one is emancipated.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਵਣੁ ਤੂਟਾ ॥

guramukh aavan jaavan toottaa |

The Gurmukh escapes the cycle of coming and going in reincarnation.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਰਮ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਹਕਰਮਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਰੇ ਸੁ ਸੁਭਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੬॥

guramukh karam guramukh nihakaramaa guramukh kare su subhaae jeeo |6|

The Gurmukh performs actions of good karma, and the Gurmukh is beyond karma. Whatever the Gurmukh does, is done in good faith. ||6||

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੁਖੀਆ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਦੁਖੀਆ ॥

guramukh sukheea manamukh dukheea |

The Gurmukh is happy, while the self-willed manmukh is sad.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਨਮੁਖੁ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਵੇਮੁਖੀਆ ॥

guramukh sanamukh manamukh vemukheea |

The Gurmukh turns toward the Guru, and the self-willed manmukh turns away from the Guru.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਿਲੀਐ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਛੁਰੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੭॥

guramukh mileeai manamukh vichhurai guramukh bidh pragattaae jeeo |7|

The Gurmukh is united with the Lord, while the manmukh is separated from Him. The Gurmukh reveals the way. ||7||

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਖਰੁ ਜਿਤੁ ਧਾਵਤੁ ਰਹਤਾ ॥

guramukh akhar jit dhaavat rahataa |

The Guru's Instruction is the Word, by which the wandering mind is restrained.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਉਪਦੇਸੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਸਮ ਸਹਤਾ ॥

guramukh upades dukh sukh sam sahataa |

Through the Guru's Teachings, we can endure pain and pleasure alike.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਚਾਲ ਜਿਤੁ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਧਿਆਏ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੀਰਤਨੁ ਗਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੮॥

guramukh chaal jit paarabraham dhiaae guramukh keeratan gaae jeeo |8|

To live as Gurmukh is the lifestyle by which we come to meditate on the Supreme Lord. The Gurmukh sings the Kirtan of His Praises. ||8||

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ਸਗਲੀ ਬਣਤ ਬਣਾਈ ਆਪੇ ॥

sagalee banat banaaee aape |

The Lord Himself created the entire creation.

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ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ਥਾਪੇ ॥

aape kare karaae thaape |

He Himself acts, and causes others to act. He Himself establishes.

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ਇਕਸੁ ਤੇ ਹੋਇਓ ਅਨੰਤਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਏਕਸੁ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੯॥੨॥੩੬॥

eikas te hoeo anantaa naanak ekas maeh samaae jeeo |9|2|36|

From oneness, He has brought forth the countless multitudes. O Nanak, they shall merge into the One once again. ||9||2||36||

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ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

maajh mahalaa 5 |

Maajh, Fifth Mehl:

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ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਤਾ ਕਿਆ ਕਾੜਾ ॥

prabh abinaasee taa kiaa kaarraa |

God is Eternal and Imperishable, so why should anyone be anxious?

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ਹਰਿ ਭਗਵੰਤਾ ਤਾ ਜਨੁ ਖਰਾ ਸੁਖਾਲਾ ॥

har bhagavantaa taa jan kharaa sukhaalaa |

The Lord is Wealthy and Prosperous, so His humble servant should feel totally secure.

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ਜੀਅ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਮਾਨ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਤੂੰ ਕਰਹਿ ਸੋਈ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥

jeea praan maan sukhadaataa toon kareh soee sukh paavaniaa |1|

O Giver of peace of the soul, of life, of honor-as You ordain, I obtain peace. ||1||

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ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਭਾਵਣਿਆ ॥

hau vaaree jeeo vaaree guramukh man tan bhaavaniaa |

I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to that Gurmukh whose mind and body are pleased with You.

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ਤੂੰ ਮੇਰਾ ਪਰਬਤੁ ਤੂੰ ਮੇਰਾ ਓਲਾ ਤੁਮ ਸੰਗਿ ਲਵੈ ਨ ਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

toon meraa parabat toon meraa olaa tum sang lavai na laavaniaa |1| rahaau |

You are my mountain, You are my shelter and shield. No one can rival You. ||1||Pause||

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ਤੇਰਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਿਸੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਮੀਠਾ ॥

teraa keetaa jis laagai meetthaa |

That person, unto whom Your actions seem sweet,

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ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਤਿਨਿ ਜਨਿ ਡੀਠਾ ॥

ghatt ghatt paarabraham tin jan ddeetthaa |

comes to see the Supreme Lord God in each and every heart.

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ਥਾਨਿ ਥਨੰਤਰਿ ਤੂੰਹੈ ਤੂੰਹੈ ਇਕੋ ਇਕੁ ਵਰਤਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥

thaan thanantar toonhai toonhai iko ik varataavaniaa |2|

In all places and interspaces, You exist. You are the One and Only Lord, pervading everywhere. ||2||

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ਸਗਲ ਮਨੋਰਥ ਤੂੰ ਦੇਵਣਹਾਰਾ ॥

sagal manorath toon devanahaaraa |

You are the Fulfiller of all the mind's desires.

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ਭਗਤੀ ਭਾਇ ਭਰੇ ਭੰਡਾਰਾ ॥

bhagatee bhaae bhare bhanddaaraa |

Your treasures are overflowing with love and devotion.

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ਦਇਆ ਧਾਰਿ ਰਾਖੇ ਤੁਧੁ ਸੇਈ ਪੂਰੈ ਕਰਮਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥

deaa dhaar raakhe tudh seee poorai karam samaavaniaa |3|

Showering Your Mercy, You protect those who, through perfect destiny, merge into You. ||3||

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