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Ang 1327 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Prabhaatee

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ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar sat naam karataa purakh nirbhau niravair akaal moorat ajoonee saibhan gur prasaad |

One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:

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ਰਾਗੁ ਪਰਭਾਤੀ ਬਿਭਾਸ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਚਉਪਦੇ ਘਰੁ ੧ ॥

raag parabhaatee bibhaas mahalaa 1 chaupade ghar 1 |

Raag Parbhaatee Bibhaas, First Mehl, Chau-Padhay, First House:

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ਨਾਇ ਤੇਰੈ ਤਰਣਾ ਨਾਇ ਪਤਿ ਪੂਜ ॥

naae terai taranaa naae pat pooj |

Your Name carries us across; Your Name brings respect and worship.

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ਨਾਉ ਤੇਰਾ ਗਹਣਾ ਮਤਿ ਮਕਸੂਦੁ ॥

naau teraa gahanaa mat makasood |

Your Name embellishes us; it is the object of the awakened mind.

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ਨਾਇ ਤੇਰੈ ਨਾਉ ਮੰਨੇ ਸਭ ਕੋਇ ॥

naae terai naau mane sabh koe |

Your Name brings honor to everyone's name.

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ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਪਤਿ ਕਬਹੁ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥

vin naavai pat kabahu na hoe |1|

Without Your Name, no one is ever respected. ||1||

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ਅਵਰ ਸਿਆਣਪ ਸਗਲੀ ਪਾਜੁ ॥

avar siaanap sagalee paaj |

All other clever tricks are just for show.

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ਜੈ ਬਖਸੇ ਤੈ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਾਜੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jai bakhase tai pooraa kaaj |1| rahaau |

Whoever the Lord blesses with forgiveness - his affairs are perfectly resolved. ||1||Pause||

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ਨਾਉ ਤੇਰਾ ਤਾਣੁ ਨਾਉ ਦੀਬਾਣੁ ॥

naau teraa taan naau deebaan |

Your Name is my strength; Your Name is my support.

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ਨਾਉ ਤੇਰਾ ਲਸਕਰੁ ਨਾਉ ਸੁਲਤਾਨੁ ॥

naau teraa lasakar naau sulataan |

Your Name is my army; Your Name is my king.

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ਨਾਇ ਤੇਰੈ ਮਾਣੁ ਮਹਤ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥

naae terai maan mehat paravaan |

Your Name brings honor, glory and approval.

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ਤੇਰੀ ਨਦਰੀ ਕਰਮਿ ਪਵੈ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥੨॥

teree nadaree karam pavai neesaan |2|

By Your Grace, one is blessed with the banner and the insignia of Your Mercy. ||2||

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ਨਾਇ ਤੇਰੈ ਸਹਜੁ ਨਾਇ ਸਾਲਾਹ ॥

naae terai sehaj naae saalaah |

Your Name brings intuitive peace and poise; Your Name brings praise.

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ਨਾਉ ਤੇਰਾ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਬਿਖੁ ਉਠਿ ਜਾਇ ॥

naau teraa amrit bikh utth jaae |

Your Name is the Ambrosial Nectar which cleans out the poison.

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ਨਾਇ ਤੇਰੈ ਸਭਿ ਸੁਖ ਵਸਹਿ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

naae terai sabh sukh vaseh man aae |

Through Your Name, all peace and comfort comes to abide in the mind.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਬਾਧੀ ਜਮ ਪੁਰਿ ਜਾਇ ॥੩॥

bin naavai baadhee jam pur jaae |3|

Without the Name, they are bound and gagged, and dragged off to the City of Death. ||3||

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ਨਾਰੀ ਬੇਰੀ ਘਰ ਦਰ ਦੇਸ ॥

naaree beree ghar dar des |

Man is involved with his wife, hearth and home, land and country,

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ਮਨ ਕੀਆ ਖੁਸੀਆ ਕੀਚਹਿ ਵੇਸ ॥

man keea khuseea keecheh ves |

the pleasures of the mind and fine clothes;

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ਜਾਂ ਸਦੇ ਤਾਂ ਢਿਲ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥

jaan sade taan dtil na paae |

but when the call comes, he cannot delay.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਕੂੜੁ ਕੂੜੋ ਹੋਇ ਜਾਇ ॥੪॥੧॥

naanak koorr koorro hoe jaae |4|1|

O Nanak, in the end, the false turn out to be false. ||4||1||

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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Prabhaatee

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ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

prabhaatee mahalaa 1 |

Prabhaatee, First Mehl:

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ਤੇਰਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਤਨੁ ਕਰਮੁ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਤਿਥੈ ਲੋਇ ॥

teraa naam ratan karam chaanan surat tithai loe |

Your Name is the Jewel, and Your Grace is the Light. In awareness, there is Your Light.

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ਅੰਧੇਰੁ ਅੰਧੀ ਵਾਪਰੈ ਸਗਲ ਲੀਜੈ ਖੋਇ ॥੧॥

andher andhee vaaparai sagal leejai khoe |1|

Darkness fills the dark, and then everything is lost. ||1||

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ਇਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਸਗਲ ਬਿਕਾਰੁ ॥

eihu sansaar sagal bikaar |

This whole world is corrupt.

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ਤੇਰਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਦਾਰੂ ਅਵਰੁ ਨਾਸਤਿ ਕਰਣਹਾਰੁ ਅਪਾਰੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

teraa naam daaroo avar naasat karanahaar apaar |1| rahaau |

Your Name is the only cure; nothing else works, O Infinite Creator Lord. ||1||Pause||

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ਪਾਤਾਲ ਪੁਰੀਆ ਏਕ ਭਾਰ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਲਾਖ ਕਰੋੜਿ ॥

paataal pureea ek bhaar hoveh laakh karorr |

One side of the scale holds tens of thousands, millions of nether regions and realms.

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ਤੇਰੇ ਲਾਲ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਤਾ ਪਵੈ ਜਾਂ ਸਿਰੈ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਹੋਰਿ ॥੨॥

tere laal keemat taa pavai jaan sirai hoveh hor |2|

O my Beloved, Your Worth could only be estimated if something else could be placed on the other side of the scale. ||2||

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