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Ang 1349 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag Prabhaatee

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ਜਹ ਸੇਵਕ ਗੋਪਾਲ ਗੁਸਾਈ ॥

jeh sevak gopaal gusaaee |

where the servants of the Lord of the World abide.

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ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸੁਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਭਏ ਗੋਪਾਲ ॥

prabh suprasan bhe gopaal |

God, the Lord of the World, is pleased and satisfied with me.

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ਜਨਮ ਜਨਮ ਕੇ ਮਿਟੇ ਬਿਤਾਲ ॥੫॥

janam janam ke mitte bitaal |5|

My disharmony with Him of so many lifetimes is ended. ||5||

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ਹੋਮ ਜਗ ਉਰਧ ਤਪ ਪੂਜਾ ॥

hom jag uradh tap poojaa |

Burnt offerings, sacred feasts, intense meditations with the body upside-down, worship services

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ਕੋਟਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਇਸਨਾਨੁ ਕਰੀਜਾ ॥

kott teerath isanaan kareejaa |

and taking millions of cleansing baths at sacred shrines of pilgrimage

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ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਨਿਮਖ ਰਿਦੈ ਧਾਰੇ ॥

charan kamal nimakh ridai dhaare |

- the merits of all these are obtained by enshrining the Lord's Lotus Feet within the heart, even for an instant.

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ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਜਪਤ ਸਭਿ ਕਾਰਜ ਸਾਰੇ ॥੬॥

gobind japat sabh kaaraj saare |6|

Meditating on the Lord of the Universe, all one's affairs are resolved. ||6||

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ਊਚੇ ਤੇ ਊਚਾ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਥਾਨੁ ॥

aooche te aoochaa prabh thaan |

God's Place is the highest of the high.

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ਹਰਿ ਜਨ ਲਾਵਹਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਧਿਆਨੁ ॥

har jan laaveh sehaj dhiaan |

The Lord's humble servants intuitively focus their meditation on Him.

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ਦਾਸ ਦਾਸਨ ਕੀ ਬਾਂਛਉ ਧੂਰਿ ॥

daas daasan kee baanchhau dhoor |

I long for the dust of the slaves of the Lord's slaves.

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ਸਰਬ ਕਲਾ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਭਰਪੂਰਿ ॥੭॥

sarab kalaa preetam bharapoor |7|

My Beloved Lord is overflowing with all powers. ||7||

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ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮੁ ਨੇਰਾ ॥

maat pitaa har preetam neraa |

My Beloved Lord, my Mother and Father, is always near.

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ਮੀਤ ਸਾਜਨ ਭਰਵਾਸਾ ਤੇਰਾ ॥

meet saajan bharavaasaa teraa |

O my Friend and Companion, You are my Trusted Support.

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ਕਰੁ ਗਹਿ ਲੀਨੇ ਅਪੁਨੇ ਦਾਸ ॥

kar geh leene apune daas |

God takes His slaves by the hand, and makes them His Own.

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ਜਪਿ ਜੀਵੈ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਗੁਣਤਾਸ ॥੮॥੩॥੨॥੭॥੧੨॥

jap jeevai naanak gunataas |8|3|2|7|12|

Nanak lives by meditating on the Lord, the Treasure of Virtue. ||8||3||2||7||12||

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Prabhaatee

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ਬਿਭਾਸ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਭਗਤ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਕੀ ॥

bibhaas prabhaatee baanee bhagat kabeer jee kee |

Bibhaas, Prabhaatee, The Word Of Devotee Kabeer Jee:

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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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ਮਰਨ ਜੀਵਨ ਕੀ ਸੰਕਾ ਨਾਸੀ ॥

maran jeevan kee sankaa naasee |

My anxious fears of death and rebirth have been taken away.

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ਆਪਨ ਰੰਗਿ ਸਹਜ ਪਰਗਾਸੀ ॥੧॥

aapan rang sehaj paragaasee |1|

The Celestial Lord has shown His Love for me. ||1||

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ਪ੍ਰਗਟੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਮਿਟਿਆ ਅੰਧਿਆਰਾ ॥

pragattee jot mittiaa andhiaaraa |

The Divine Light has dawned, and darkness has been dispelled.

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ਰਾਮ ਰਤਨੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਕਰਤ ਬੀਚਾਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

raam ratan paaeaa karat beechaaraa |1| rahaau |

Contemplating the Lord, I have obtained the Jewel of His Name. ||1||Pause||

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ਜਹ ਅਨੰਦੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਦੂਰਿ ਪਇਆਨਾ ॥

jeh anand dukh door peaanaa |

Pain runs far away from that place where there is bliss.

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ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਕੁ ਲਿਵ ਤਤੁ ਲੁਕਾਨਾ ॥੨॥

man maanak liv tat lukaanaa |2|

The jewel of the mind is focused and attuned to the essence of reality. ||2||

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ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਹੋਆ ਸੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਭਾਣਾ ॥

jo kichh hoaa su teraa bhaanaa |

Whatever happens is by the Pleasure of Your Will.

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ਜੋ ਇਵ ਬੂਝੈ ਸੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਣਾ ॥੩॥

jo iv boojhai su sehaj samaanaa |3|

Whoever understands this, is intuitively merged in the Lord. ||3||

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ਕਹਤੁ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਕਿਲਬਿਖ ਗਏ ਖੀਣਾ ॥

kehat kabeer kilabikh ge kheenaa |

Says Kabeer, my sins have been obliterated.

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ਮਨੁ ਭਇਆ ਜਗਜੀਵਨ ਲੀਣਾ ॥੪॥੧॥

man bheaa jagajeevan leenaa |4|1|

My mind has merged into the Lord, the Life of the World. ||4||1||

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Prabhaatee

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ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ ॥

prabhaatee |

Prabhaatee:

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ਅਲਹੁ ਏਕੁ ਮਸੀਤਿ ਬਸਤੁ ਹੈ ਅਵਰੁ ਮੁਲਖੁ ਕਿਸੁ ਕੇਰਾ ॥

alahu ek maseet basat hai avar mulakh kis keraa |

If the Lord Allah lives only in the mosque, then to whom does the rest of the world belong?

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ਹਿੰਦੂ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਨਾਮ ਨਿਵਾਸੀ ਦੁਹ ਮਹਿ ਤਤੁ ਨ ਹੇਰਾ ॥੧॥

hindoo moorat naam nivaasee duh meh tat na heraa |1|

According to the Hindus, the Lord's Name abides in the idol, but there is no truth in either of these claims. ||1||

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ਅਲਹ ਰਾਮ ਜੀਵਉ ਤੇਰੇ ਨਾਈ ॥

alah raam jeevau tere naaee |

O Allah, O Raam, I live by Your Name.

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ਤੂ ਕਰਿ ਮਿਹਰਾਮਤਿ ਸਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

too kar miharaamat saaee |1| rahaau |

Please show mercy to me, O Master. ||1||Pause||

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ਦਖਨ ਦੇਸਿ ਹਰੀ ਕਾ ਬਾਸਾ ਪਛਿਮਿ ਅਲਹ ਮੁਕਾਮਾ ॥

dakhan des haree kaa baasaa pachhim alah mukaamaa |

The God of the Hindus lives in the southern lands, and the God of the Muslims lives in the west.

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ਦਿਲ ਮਹਿ ਖੋਜਿ ਦਿਲੈ ਦਿਲਿ ਖੋਜਹੁ ਏਹੀ ਠਉਰ ਮੁਕਾਮਾ ॥੨॥

dil meh khoj dilai dil khojahu ehee tthaur mukaamaa |2|

So search in your heart - look deep into your heart of hearts; this is the home and the place where God lives. ||2||

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ਬ੍ਰਹਮਨ ਗਿਆਸ ਕਰਹਿ ਚਉਬੀਸਾ ਕਾਜੀ ਮਹ ਰਮਜਾਨਾ ॥

brahaman giaas kareh chaubeesaa kaajee meh ramajaanaa |

The Brahmins observe twenty-four fasts during the year, and the Muslims fast during the month of Ramadaan.

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ਗਿਆਰਹ ਮਾਸ ਪਾਸ ਕੈ ਰਾਖੇ ਏਕੈ ਮਾਹਿ ਨਿਧਾਨਾ ॥੩॥

giaarah maas paas kai raakhe ekai maeh nidhaanaa |3|

The Muslims set aside eleven months, and claim that the treasure is only in the one month. ||3||

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ਕਹਾ ਉਡੀਸੇ ਮਜਨੁ ਕੀਆ ਕਿਆ ਮਸੀਤਿ ਸਿਰੁ ਨਾਂਏਂ ॥

kahaa uddeese majan keea kiaa maseet sir naanen |

What is the use of bathing at Orissa? Why do the Muslims bow their heads in the mosque?

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ਦਿਲ ਮਹਿ ਕਪਟੁ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਗੁਜਾਰੈ ਕਿਆ ਹਜ ਕਾਬੈ ਜਾਂਏਂ ॥੪॥

dil meh kapatt nivaaj gujaarai kiaa haj kaabai jaanen |4|

If someone has deception in his heart, what good is it for him to utter prayers? And what good is it for him to go on pilgrimage to Mecca? ||4||

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ਏਤੇ ਅਉਰਤ ਮਰਦਾ ਸਾਜੇ ਏ ਸਭ ਰੂਪ ਤੁਮੑਾਰੇ ॥

ete aaurat maradaa saaje e sabh roop tumaare |

You fashioned all these men and women, Lord. All these are Your Forms.

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ਕਬੀਰੁ ਪੂੰਗਰਾ ਰਾਮ ਅਲਹ ਕਾ ਸਭ ਗੁਰ ਪੀਰ ਹਮਾਰੇ ॥੫॥

kabeer poongaraa raam alah kaa sabh gur peer hamaare |5|

Kabeer is the child of God, Allah, Raam. All the Gurus and prophets are mine. ||5||

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ਕਹਤੁ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਨਰ ਨਰਵੈ ਪਰਹੁ ਏਕ ਕੀ ਸਰਨਾ ॥

kehat kabeer sunahu nar naravai parahu ek kee saranaa |

Says Kabeer, listen, O men and women: seek the Sanctuary of the One.

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ਕੇਵਲ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਹੁ ਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਤਬ ਹੀ ਨਿਹਚੈ ਤਰਨਾ ॥੬॥੨॥

keval naam japahu re praanee tab hee nihachai taranaa |6|2|

Chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, O mortals, and you shall surely be carried across. ||6||2||

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Prabhaatee

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ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ ॥

prabhaatee |

Prabhaatee:

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ਅਵਲਿ ਅਲਹ ਨੂਰੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕੇ ਸਭ ਬੰਦੇ ॥

aval alah noor upaaeaa kudarat ke sabh bande |

First, Allah created the Light; then, by His Creative Power, He made all mortal beings.

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ਏਕ ਨੂਰ ਤੇ ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਉਪਜਿਆ ਕਉਨ ਭਲੇ ਕੋ ਮੰਦੇ ॥੧॥

ek noor te sabh jag upajiaa kaun bhale ko mande |1|

From the One Light, the entire universe welled up. So who is good, and who is bad? ||1||

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