Ang 1331 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਹੀਣੌ ਨੀਚੁ ਬੁਰੌ ਬੁਰਿਆਰੁ ॥

heenau neech burau buriaar |

the lowest of the low, the worst of the worst.

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ਨੀਧਨ ਕੌ ਧਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥

needhan kau dhan naam piaar |

I am poor, but I have the Wealth of Your Name, O my Beloved.

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ਇਹੁ ਧਨੁ ਸਾਰੁ ਹੋਰੁ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਛਾਰੁ ॥੪॥

eihu dhan saar hor bikhiaa chhaar |4|

This is the most excellent wealth; all else is poison and ashes. ||4||

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ਉਸਤਤਿ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

ausatat nindaa sabad veechaar |

I pay no attention to slander and praise; I contemplate the Word of the Shabad.

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ਜੋ ਦੇਵੈ ਤਿਸ ਕਉ ਜੈਕਾਰੁ ॥

jo devai tis kau jaikaar |

I celebrate the One who blesses me with His Bounty.

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ਤੂ ਬਖਸਹਿ ਜਾਤਿ ਪਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥

too bakhaseh jaat pat hoe |

Whomever You forgive, O Lord, is blessed with status and honor.

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ਨਾਨਕੁ ਕਹੈ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਸੋਇ ॥੫॥੧੨॥

naanak kahai kahaavai soe |5|12|

Says Nanak, I speak as He causes me to speak. ||5||12||

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ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

prabhaatee mahalaa 1 |

Prabhaatee, First Mehl:

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ਖਾਇਆ ਮੈਲੁ ਵਧਾਇਆ ਪੈਧੈ ਘਰ ਕੀ ਹਾਣਿ ॥

khaaeaa mail vadhaaeaa paidhai ghar kee haan |

Eating too much, one's filth only increases; wearing fancy clothes, one's home is disgraced.

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ਬਕਿ ਬਕਿ ਵਾਦੁ ਚਲਾਇਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਜਾਣਿ ॥੧॥

bak bak vaad chalaaeaa bin naavai bikh jaan |1|

Talking too much, one only starts arguments. Without the Name, everything is poison - know this well. ||1||

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ਬਾਬਾ ਐਸਾ ਬਿਖਮ ਜਾਲਿ ਮਨੁ ਵਾਸਿਆ ॥

baabaa aisaa bikham jaal man vaasiaa |

O Baba, such is the treacherous trap which has caught my mind;

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ਬਿਬਲੁ ਝਾਗਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਪਰਗਾਸਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

bibal jhaag sehaj paragaasiaa |1| rahaau |

riding out the waves of the storm, it will be enlightened by intuitive wisdom. ||1||Pause||

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ਬਿਖੁ ਖਾਣਾ ਬਿਖੁ ਬੋਲਣਾ ਬਿਖੁ ਕੀ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

bikh khaanaa bikh bolanaa bikh kee kaar kamaae |

They eat poison, speak poison and do poisonous deeds.

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ਜਮ ਦਰਿ ਬਾਧੇ ਮਾਰੀਅਹਿ ਛੂਟਸਿ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੨॥

jam dar baadhe maareeeh chhoottas saachai naae |2|

Bound and gagged at Death's door, they are punished; they can be saved only through the True Name. ||2||

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ਜਿਵ ਆਇਆ ਤਿਵ ਜਾਇਸੀ ਕੀਆ ਲਿਖਿ ਲੈ ਜਾਇ ॥

jiv aaeaa tiv jaaeisee keea likh lai jaae |

As they come, they go. Their actions are recorded, and go along with them.

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ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਮੂਲੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਦਰਗਹ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਜਾਇ ॥੩॥

manamukh mool gavaaeaa daragah milai sajaae |3|

The self-willed manmukh loses his capital, and is punished in the Court of the Lord. ||3||

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ਜਗੁ ਖੋਟੌ ਸਚੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੌ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀਂ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥

jag khottau sach niramalau gurasabadeen veechaar |

The world is false and polluted; only the True One is Pure. Contemplate Him through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

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ਤੇ ਨਰ ਵਿਰਲੇ ਜਾਣੀਅਹਿ ਜਿਨ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥੪॥

te nar virale jaaneeeh jin antar giaan muraar |4|

Those who have God's spiritual wisdom within, are known to be very rare. ||4||

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ਅਜਰੁ ਜਰੈ ਨੀਝਰੁ ਝਰੈ ਅਮਰ ਅਨੰਦ ਸਰੂਪ ॥

ajar jarai neejhar jharai amar anand saroop |

They endure the unendurable, and the Nectar of the Lord, the Embodiment of Bliss, trickles into them continuously.

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ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਲ ਕੌ ਮੀਨੁ ਸੈ ਥੇ ਭਾਵੈ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ॥੫॥੧੩॥

naanak jal kau meen sai the bhaavai raakhahu preet |5|13|

O Nanak, the fish is in love with the water; if it pleases You, Lord, please enshrine such love within me. ||5||13||

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ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

prabhaatee mahalaa 1 |

Prabhaatee, First Mehl:

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ਗੀਤ ਨਾਦ ਹਰਖ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ॥

geet naad harakh chaturaaee |

Songs, sounds, pleasures and clever tricks;

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ਰਹਸ ਰੰਗ ਫੁਰਮਾਇਸਿ ਕਾਈ ॥

rehas rang furamaaeis kaaee |

joy, love and the power to command;

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ਪੈਨੑਣੁ ਖਾਣਾ ਚੀਤਿ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥

painan khaanaa cheet na paaee |

fine clothes and food - these have no place in one's consciousness.

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ਸਾਚੁ ਸਹਜੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਨਾਮਿ ਵਸਾਈ ॥੧॥

saach sehaj sukh naam vasaaee |1|

True intuitive peace and poise rest in the Naam. ||1||

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ਕਿਆ ਜਾਨਾਂ ਕਿਆ ਕਰੈ ਕਰਾਵੈ ॥

kiaa jaanaan kiaa karai karaavai |

What do I know about what God does?

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ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਤਨਿ ਕਿਛੁ ਨ ਸੁਖਾਵੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

naam binaa tan kichh na sukhaavai |1| rahaau |

Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, nothing makes my body feel good. ||1||Pause||

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ਜੋਗ ਬਿਨੋਦ ਸ੍ਵਾਦ ਆਨੰਦਾ ॥

jog binod svaad aanandaa |

Yoga, thrills, delicious flavors and ecstasy;

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ਮਤਿ ਸਤ ਭਾਇ ਭਗਤਿ ਗੋਬਿੰਦਾ ॥

mat sat bhaae bhagat gobindaa |

wisdom, truth and love all come from devotion to the Lord of the Universe.

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ਕੀਰਤਿ ਕਰਮ ਕਾਰ ਨਿਜ ਸੰਦਾ ॥

keerat karam kaar nij sandaa |

My own occupation is to work to praise the Lord.

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ਅੰਤਰਿ ਰਵਤੌ ਰਾਜ ਰਵਿੰਦਾ ॥੨॥

antar ravatau raaj ravindaa |2|

Deep within, I dwell on the Lord of the sun and the moon. ||2||

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ਪ੍ਰਿਉ ਪ੍ਰਿਉ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਮਿ ਉਰ ਧਾਰੀ ॥

priau priau preet prem ur dhaaree |

I have lovingly enshrined the love of my Beloved within my heart.

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ਦੀਨਾ ਨਾਥੁ ਪੀਉ ਬਨਵਾਰੀ ॥

deenaa naath peeo banavaaree |

My Husband Lord, the Lord of the World, is the Master of the meek and the poor.

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ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਦਾਨੁ ਬ੍ਰਤਕਾਰੀ ॥

anadin naam daan bratakaaree |

Night and day, the Naam is my giving in charity and fasting.

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ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਿ ਤਰੰਗ ਤਤੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥੩॥

tripat tarang tat beechaaree |3|

The waves have subsided, contemplating the essence of reality. ||3||

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ਅਕਥੌ ਕਥਉ ਕਿਆ ਮੈ ਜੋਰੁ ॥

akathau kthau kiaa mai jor |

What power do I have to speak the Unspoken?

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ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੀ ਕਰਾਇਹਿ ਮੋਰ ॥

bhagat karee karaaeihi mor |

I worship You with devotion; You inspire me to do so.

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ਅੰਤਰਿ ਵਸੈ ਚੂਕੈ ਮੈ ਮੋਰ ॥

antar vasai chookai mai mor |

You dwell deep within; my egotism is dispelled.

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ਕਿਸੁ ਸੇਵੀ ਦੂਜਾ ਨਹੀ ਹੋਰੁ ॥੪॥

kis sevee doojaa nahee hor |4|

So whom should I serve? There is no other than You. ||4||

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ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਮੀਠਾ ॥

gur kaa sabad mahaa ras meetthaa |

The Word of the Guru's Shabad is utterly sweet and sublime.

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ਐਸਾ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਡੀਠਾ ॥

aisaa amrit antar ddeetthaa |

Such is the Ambrosial Nectar I see deep within.

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ਜਿਨਿ ਚਾਖਿਆ ਪੂਰਾ ਪਦੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

jin chaakhiaa pooraa pad hoe |

Those who taste this, attain the state of perfection.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਧ੍ਰਾਪਿਓ ਤਨਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥੫॥੧੪॥

naanak dhraapio tan sukh hoe |5|14|

O Nanak, they are satisfied, and their bodies are at peace. ||5||14||

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ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

prabhaatee mahalaa 1 |

Prabhaatee, First Mehl:

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ਅੰਤਰਿ ਦੇਖਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਰਾਂਗਨਹਾਰਾ ॥

antar dekh sabad man maaniaa avar na raanganahaaraa |

Deep within, I see the Shabad, the Word of God; my mind is pleased and appeased. Nothing else can touch and imbue me.

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ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਜੀਆ ਦੇਖਿ ਸਮਾਲੇ ਤਿਸ ਹੀ ਕੀ ਸਰਕਾਰਾ ॥੧॥

ahinis jeea dekh samaale tis hee kee sarakaaraa |1|

Day and night, God watches over and cares for His beings and creatures; He is the Ruler of all. ||1||

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ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਰਾਂਗਿ ਘਣੌ ਅਤਿ ਰੂੜੌ ॥

meraa prabh raang ghanau at roorrau |

My God is dyed in the most beautiful and glorious color.

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ਦੀਨ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਮਨਮੋਹਨੁ ਅਤਿ ਰਸ ਲਾਲ ਸਗੂੜੌ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

deen deaal preetam manamohan at ras laal sagoorrau |1| rahaau |

Merciful to the meek and the poor, my Beloved is the Enticer of the mind; He is so very sweet, imbued with the deep crimson color of His Love. ||1||Pause||

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ਊਪਰਿ ਕੂਪੁ ਗਗਨ ਪਨਿਹਾਰੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਵਣਹਾਰਾ ॥

aoopar koop gagan panihaaree amrit peevanahaaraa |

The Well is high up in the Tenth Gate; the Ambrosial Nectar flows, and I drink it in.

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ਜਿਸ ਕੀ ਰਚਨਾ ਸੋ ਬਿਧਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਵੀਚਾਰਾ ॥੨॥

jis kee rachanaa so bidh jaanai guramukh giaan veechaaraa |2|

The creation is His; He alone knows its ways and means. The Gurmukh contemplates spiritual wisdom. ||2||

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