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Ang 1377 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngBhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਮੁਕਤਿ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਠਾਕ ਨ ਅਵਘਟ ਘਾਟ ॥੨੩੧॥
mukat padaarath paaeeai tthaak na avaghatt ghaatt |231|
He obtains the treasure of liberation, and the difficult road to the Lord is not blocked. ||231||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਏਕ ਘੜੀ ਆਧੀ ਘਰੀ ਆਧੀ ਹੂੰ ਤੇ ਆਧ ॥
kabeer ek gharree aadhee gharee aadhee hoon te aadh |
Kabeer, whether is is for an hour, half an hour, or half of that,
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ਭਗਤਨ ਸੇਤੀ ਗੋਸਟੇ ਜੋ ਕੀਨੇ ਸੋ ਲਾਭ ॥੨੩੨॥
bhagatan setee gosatte jo keene so laabh |232|
whatever it is, it is worthwhile to speak with the Holy. ||232||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਭਾਂਗ ਮਾਛੁਲੀ ਸੁਰਾ ਪਾਨਿ ਜੋ ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਖਾਂਹਿ ॥
kabeer bhaang maachhulee suraa paan jo jo praanee khaanhi |
Kabeer, those mortals who consume marijuana, fish and wine
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ਤੀਰਥ ਬਰਤ ਨੇਮ ਕੀਏ ਤੇ ਸਭੈ ਰਸਾਤਲਿ ਜਾਂਹਿ ॥੨੩੩॥
teerath barat nem kee te sabhai rasaatal jaanhi |233|
- no matter what pilgrimages, fasts and rituals they follow, they will all go to hell. ||233||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਨੀਚੇ ਲੋਇਨ ਕਰਿ ਰਹਉ ਲੇ ਸਾਜਨ ਘਟ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
neeche loein kar rhau le saajan ghatt maeh |
Kabeer, I keep my eyes lowered, and enshrine my Friend within my heart.
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ਸਭ ਰਸ ਖੇਲਉ ਪੀਅ ਸਉ ਕਿਸੀ ਲਖਾਵਉ ਨਾਹਿ ॥੨੩੪॥
sabh ras khelau peea sau kisee lakhaavau naeh |234|
I enjoy all pleasures with my Beloved, but I do not let anyone else know. ||234||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਆਠ ਜਾਮ ਚਉਸਠਿ ਘਰੀ ਤੁਅ ਨਿਰਖਤ ਰਹੈ ਜੀਉ ॥
aatth jaam chausatth gharee tua nirakhat rahai jeeo |
Twenty-four hours a day, every hour, my soul continues to look to You, O Lord.
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ਨੀਚੇ ਲੋਇਨ ਕਿਉ ਕਰਉ ਸਭ ਘਟ ਦੇਖਉ ਪੀਉ ॥੨੩੫॥
neeche loein kiau krau sabh ghatt dekhau peeo |235|
Why should I keep my eyes lowered? I see my Beloved in every heart. ||235||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਸੁਨੁ ਸਖੀ ਪੀਅ ਮਹਿ ਜੀਉ ਬਸੈ ਜੀਅ ਮਹਿ ਬਸੈ ਕਿ ਪੀਉ ॥
sun sakhee peea meh jeeo basai jeea meh basai ki peeo |
Listen, O my companions: my soul dwells in my Beloved, and my Beloved dwells in my soul.
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ਜੀਉ ਪੀਉ ਬੂਝਉ ਨਹੀ ਘਟ ਮਹਿ ਜੀਉ ਕਿ ਪੀਉ ॥੨੩੬॥
jeeo peeo boojhau nahee ghatt meh jeeo ki peeo |236|
I realize that there is no difference between my soul and my Beloved; I cannot tell whether my soul or my Beloved dwells in my heart. ||236||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਬਾਮਨੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਹੈ ਜਗਤ ਕਾ ਭਗਤਨ ਕਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਾਹਿ ॥
kabeer baaman guroo hai jagat kaa bhagatan kaa gur naeh |
Kabeer, the Brahmin may be the guru of the world, but he is not the Guru of the devotees.
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ਅਰਝਿ ਉਰਝਿ ਕੈ ਪਚਿ ਮੂਆ ਚਾਰਉ ਬੇਦਹੁ ਮਾਹਿ ॥੨੩੭॥
arajh urajh kai pach mooaa chaarau bedahu maeh |237|
He rots and dies in the perplexities of the four Vedas. ||237||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਹਰਿ ਹੈ ਖਾਂਡੁ ਰੇਤੁ ਮਹਿ ਬਿਖਰੀ ਹਾਥੀ ਚੁਨੀ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
har hai khaandd ret meh bikharee haathee chunee na jaae |
The Lord is like sugar, scattered in the sand; the elephant cannot pick it up.
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ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਗੁਰਿ ਭਲੀ ਬੁਝਾਈ ਕੀਟੀ ਹੋਇ ਕੈ ਖਾਇ ॥੨੩੮॥
keh kabeer gur bhalee bujhaaee keettee hoe kai khaae |238|
Says Kabeer, the Guru has given me this sublime understanding: become an ant, and feed on it. ||238||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਜਉ ਤੁਹਿ ਸਾਧ ਪਿਰੰਮ ਕੀ ਸੀਸੁ ਕਾਟਿ ਕਰਿ ਗੋਇ ॥
kabeer jau tuhi saadh piram kee sees kaatt kar goe |
Kabeer, if you desire to play the game of love with the Lord, then cut off your head, and make it into a ball.
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ਖੇਲਤ ਖੇਲਤ ਹਾਲ ਕਰਿ ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਹੋਇ ਤ ਹੋਇ ॥੨੩੯॥
khelat khelat haal kar jo kichh hoe ta hoe |239|
Lose yourself in the play of it, and then whatever will be, will be. ||239||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਜਉ ਤੁਹਿ ਸਾਧ ਪਿਰੰਮ ਕੀ ਪਾਕੇ ਸੇਤੀ ਖੇਲੁ ॥
kabeer jau tuhi saadh piram kee paake setee khel |
Kabeer, if you desire to play the game of love with the Lord, play it with someone with committment.
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ਕਾਚੀ ਸਰਸਉਂ ਪੇਲਿ ਕੈ ਨਾ ਖਲਿ ਭਈ ਨ ਤੇਲੁ ॥੨੪੦॥
kaachee sarsaun pel kai naa khal bhee na tel |240|
Pressing the unripe mustard seeds produces neither oil nor flour. ||240||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਢੂੰਢਤ ਡੋਲਹਿ ਅੰਧ ਗਤਿ ਅਰੁ ਚੀਨਤ ਨਾਹੀ ਸੰਤ ॥
dtoondtat ddoleh andh gat ar cheenat naahee sant |
Searching, the mortal stumbles like a blind person, and does not recognize the Saint.
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ਕਹਿ ਨਾਮਾ ਕਿਉ ਪਾਈਐ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਹੁ ਭਗਵੰਤੁ ॥੨੪੧॥
keh naamaa kiau paaeeai bin bhagatahu bhagavant |241|
Says Naam Dayv, how can one obtain the Lord God, without His devotee? ||241||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਹਰਿ ਸੋ ਹੀਰਾ ਛਾਡਿ ਕੈ ਕਰਹਿ ਆਨ ਕੀ ਆਸ ॥
har so heeraa chhaadd kai kareh aan kee aas |
Forsaking the Diamond of the Lord, the mortals put their hopes in another.
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ਤੇ ਨਰ ਦੋਜਕ ਜਾਹਿਗੇ ਸਤਿ ਭਾਖੈ ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ॥੨੪੨॥
te nar dojak jaahige sat bhaakhai ravidaas |242|
Those people shall go to hell; Ravi Daas speaks the Truth. ||242||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Salok Kabeer Jee
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਜਉ ਗ੍ਰਿਹੁ ਕਰਹਿ ਤ ਧਰਮੁ ਕਰੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਤ ਕਰੁ ਬੈਰਾਗੁ ॥
kabeer jau grihu kareh ta dharam kar naahee ta kar bairaag |
Kabeer, if you live the householder's life, then practice righteousness; otherwise, you might as well retire from the world.
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ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ਬੰਧਨੁ ਕਰੈ ਤਾ ਕੋ ਬਡੋ ਅਭਾਗੁ ॥੨੪੩॥
bairaagee bandhan karai taa ko baddo abhaag |243|
If someone renounces the world, and then gets involved in worldly entanglements, he shall suffer terrible misfortune. ||243||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਸਲੋਕ ਸੇਖ ਫਰੀਦ ਕੇ ॥
salok sekh fareed ke |
Saloks Of Shaykh Fareed 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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ਜਿਤੁ ਦਿਹਾੜੈ ਧਨ ਵਰੀ ਸਾਹੇ ਲਏ ਲਿਖਾਇ ॥
jit dihaarrai dhan varee saahe le likhaae |
The day of the bride's wedding is pre-ordained.
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ਮਲਕੁ ਜਿ ਕੰਨੀ ਸੁਣੀਦਾ ਮੁਹੁ ਦੇਖਾਲੇ ਆਇ ॥
malak ji kanee suneedaa muhu dekhaale aae |
On that day, the Messenger of Death, of whom she had only heard, comes and shows its face.
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ਜਿੰਦੁ ਨਿਮਾਣੀ ਕਢੀਐ ਹਡਾ ਕੂ ਕੜਕਾਇ ॥
jind nimaanee kadteeai haddaa koo karrakaae |
It breaks the bones of the body and pulls the helpless soul out.
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ਸਾਹੇ ਲਿਖੇ ਨ ਚਲਨੀ ਜਿੰਦੂ ਕੂੰ ਸਮਝਾਇ ॥
saahe likhe na chalanee jindoo koon samajhaae |
That pre-ordained time of marriage cannot be avoided. Explain this to your soul.
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ਜਿੰਦੁ ਵਹੁਟੀ ਮਰਣੁ ਵਰੁ ਲੈ ਜਾਸੀ ਪਰਣਾਇ ॥
jind vahuttee maran var lai jaasee paranaae |
The soul is the bride, and death is the groom. He will marry her and take her away.
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ਆਪਣ ਹਥੀ ਜੋਲਿ ਕੈ ਕੈ ਗਲਿ ਲਗੈ ਧਾਇ ॥
aapan hathee jol kai kai gal lagai dhaae |
After the body sends her away with its own hands, whose neck will it embrace?
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ਵਾਲਹੁ ਨਿਕੀ ਪੁਰਸਲਾਤ ਕੰਨੀ ਨ ਸੁਣੀ ਆਇ ॥
vaalahu nikee purasalaat kanee na sunee aae |
The bridge to hell is narrower than a hair; haven't you heard of it with your ears?
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ਫਰੀਦਾ ਕਿੜੀ ਪਵੰਦੀਈ ਖੜਾ ਨ ਆਪੁ ਮੁਹਾਇ ॥੧॥
fareedaa kirree pavandeeee kharraa na aap muhaae |1|
Fareed, the call has come; be careful now - don't let yourself be robbed. ||1||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਫਰੀਦਾ ਦਰ ਦਰਵੇਸੀ ਗਾਖੜੀ ਚਲਾਂ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਭਤਿ ॥
fareedaa dar daravesee gaakharree chalaan duneean bhat |
Fareed, it is so difficult to become a humble Saint at the Lord's Door.
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ਬੰਨਿੑ ਉਠਾਈ ਪੋਟਲੀ ਕਿਥੈ ਵੰਞਾ ਘਤਿ ॥੨॥
bana utthaaee pottalee kithai vanyaa ghat |2|
I am so accustomed to walking in the ways of the world. I have tied and picked up the bundle; where can I go to throw it away? ||2||
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