Ang 138 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਆਇਆ ਗਇਆ ਮੁਇਆ ਨਾਉ ॥

aaeaa geaa mueaa naau |

He came and he went, and now, even his name has died.

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ਪਿਛੈ ਪਤਲਿ ਸਦਿਹੁ ਕਾਵ ॥

pichhai patal sadihu kaav |

After he left, food was offered on leaves, and the birds were called to come and eat.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਅੰਧੁ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥

naanak manamukh andh piaar |

O Nanak, the self-willed manmukhs love the darkness.

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ਬਾਝੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਡੁਬਾ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥੨॥

baajh guroo ddubaa sansaar |2|

Without the Guru, the world is drowning. ||2||

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ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

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ਦਸ ਬਾਲਤਣਿ ਬੀਸ ਰਵਣਿ ਤੀਸਾ ਕਾ ਸੁੰਦਰੁ ਕਹਾਵੈ ॥

das baalatan bees ravan teesaa kaa sundar kahaavai |

At the age of ten, he is a child; at twenty, a youth, and at thirty, he is called handsome.

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ਚਾਲੀਸੀ ਪੁਰੁ ਹੋਇ ਪਚਾਸੀ ਪਗੁ ਖਿਸੈ ਸਠੀ ਕੇ ਬੋਢੇਪਾ ਆਵੈ ॥

chaaleesee pur hoe pachaasee pag khisai satthee ke bodtepaa aavai |

At forty, he is full of life; at fifty, his foot slips, and at sixty, old age is upon him.

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ਸਤਰਿ ਕਾ ਮਤਿਹੀਣੁ ਅਸੀਹਾਂ ਕਾ ਵਿਉਹਾਰੁ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ॥

satar kaa matiheen aseehaan kaa viauhaar na paavai |

At seventy, he loses his intellect, and at eighty, he cannot perform his duties.

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ਨਵੈ ਕਾ ਸਿਹਜਾਸਣੀ ਮੂਲਿ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਅਪ ਬਲੁ ॥

navai kaa sihajaasanee mool na jaanai ap bal |

At ninety, he lies in his bed, and he cannot understand his weakness.

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ਢੰਢੋਲਿਮੁ ਢੂਢਿਮੁ ਡਿਠੁ ਮੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਗੁ ਧੂਏ ਕਾ ਧਵਲਹਰੁ ॥੩॥

dtandtolim dtoodtim dditth mai naanak jag dhooe kaa dhavalahar |3|

After seeking and searching for such a long time, O Nanak, I have seen that the world is just a mansion of smoke. ||3||

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਤੂੰ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਅਗੰਮੁ ਹੈ ਆਪਿ ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਉਪਾਤੀ ॥

toon karataa purakh agam hai aap srisatt upaatee |

You, O Creator Lord, are Unfathomable. You Yourself created the Universe,

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ਰੰਗ ਪਰੰਗ ਉਪਾਰਜਨਾ ਬਹੁ ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਭਾਤੀ ॥

rang parang upaarajanaa bahu bahu bidh bhaatee |

its colors, qualities and varieties, in so many ways and forms.

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ਤੂੰ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਜਿਨਿ ਉਪਾਈਐ ਸਭੁ ਖੇਲੁ ਤੁਮਾਤੀ ॥

toon jaaneh jin upaaeeai sabh khel tumaatee |

You created it, and You alone understand it. It is all Your Play.

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ਇਕਿ ਆਵਹਿ ਇਕਿ ਜਾਹਿ ਉਠਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਤੀ ॥

eik aaveh ik jaeh utth bin naavai mar jaatee |

Some come, and some arise and depart; but without the Name, all are bound to die.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਚਲੂਲਿਆ ਰੰਗਿ ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੀ ॥

guramukh rang chalooliaa rang har rang raatee |

The Gurmukhs are imbued with the deep crimson color of the poppy; they are dyed in the color of the Lord's Love.

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ਸੋ ਸੇਵਹੁ ਸਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੋ ਹਰਿ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਬਿਧਾਤੀ ॥

so sevahu sat niranjano har purakh bidhaatee |

So serve the True and Pure Lord, the Supremely Powerful Architect of Destiny.

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ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਸੁਜਾਣੁ ਹੈ ਵਡ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਵਡਾਤੀ ॥

toon aape aap sujaan hai vadd purakh vaddaatee |

You Yourself are All-knowing. O Lord, You are the Greatest of the Great!

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ਜੋ ਮਨਿ ਚਿਤਿ ਤੁਧੁ ਧਿਆਇਦੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਚਿਆ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਹਉ ਤਿਨ ਜਾਤੀ ॥੧॥

jo man chit tudh dhiaaeide mere sachiaa bal bal hau tin jaatee |1|

O my True Lord, I am a sacrifice, a humble sacrifice, to those who meditate on You within their conscious mind. ||1||

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ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੧ ॥

salok mahalaa 1 |

Salok, First Mehl:

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ਜੀਉ ਪਾਇ ਤਨੁ ਸਾਜਿਆ ਰਖਿਆ ਬਣਤ ਬਣਾਇ ॥

jeeo paae tan saajiaa rakhiaa banat banaae |

He placed the soul in the body which He had fashioned. He protects the Creation which He has created.

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ਅਖੀ ਦੇਖੈ ਜਿਹਵਾ ਬੋਲੈ ਕੰਨੀ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

akhee dekhai jihavaa bolai kanee surat samaae |

With their eyes, they see, and with their tongues, they speak; with their ears, they bring the mind to awareness.

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ਪੈਰੀ ਚਲੈ ਹਥੀ ਕਰਣਾ ਦਿਤਾ ਪੈਨੈ ਖਾਇ ॥

pairee chalai hathee karanaa ditaa painai khaae |

With their feet, they walk, and with their hands, they work; they wear and eat whatever is given.

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ਜਿਨਿ ਰਚਿ ਰਚਿਆ ਤਿਸਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਅੰਧਾ ਅੰਧੁ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

jin rach rachiaa tiseh na jaanai andhaa andh kamaae |

They do not know the One who created the Creation. The blind fools do their dark deeds.

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ਜਾ ਭਜੈ ਤਾ ਠੀਕਰੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਘਾੜਤ ਘੜੀ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

jaa bhajai taa ttheekar hovai ghaarrat gharree na jaae |

When the pitcher of the body breaks and shatters into pieces, it cannot be re-created again.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਹਿ ਪਤਿ ਪਤਿ ਵਿਣੁ ਪਾਰਿ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥੧॥

naanak gur bin naeh pat pat vin paar na paae |1|

O Nanak, without the Guru, there is no honor; without honor, no one is carried across. ||1||

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ਮਃ ੨ ॥

mahalaa 2 |

Second Mehl:

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ਦੇਂਦੇ ਥਾਵਹੁ ਦਿਤਾ ਚੰਗਾ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਐਸਾ ਜਾਣੀਐ ॥

dende thaavahu ditaa changaa manamukh aisaa jaaneeai |

They prefer the gift, instead of the Giver; such is the way of the self-willed manmukhs.

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ਸੁਰਤਿ ਮਤਿ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ਤਾ ਕੀ ਕਿਆ ਕਰਿ ਆਖਿ ਵਖਾਣੀਐ ॥

surat mat chaturaaee taa kee kiaa kar aakh vakhaaneeai |

What can anyone say about their intelligence, their understanding or their cleverness?

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ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬਹਿ ਕੈ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਸੋ ਚਹੁ ਕੁੰਡੀ ਜਾਣੀਐ ॥

antar beh kai karam kamaavai so chahu kunddee jaaneeai |

The deeds which one commits, while sitting in one's own home, are known far and wide, in the four directions.

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ਜੋ ਧਰਮੁ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਧਰਮ ਨਾਉ ਹੋਵੈ ਪਾਪਿ ਕਮਾਣੈ ਪਾਪੀ ਜਾਣੀਐ ॥

jo dharam kamaavai tis dharam naau hovai paap kamaanai paapee jaaneeai |

One who lives righteously is known as righteous; one who commits sins is known as a sinner.

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ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਖੇਲ ਕਰਹਿ ਸਭਿ ਕਰਤੇ ਕਿਆ ਦੂਜਾ ਆਖਿ ਵਖਾਣੀਐ ॥

toon aape khel kareh sabh karate kiaa doojaa aakh vakhaaneeai |

You Yourself enact the entire play, O Creator. Why should we speak of any other?

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ਜਿਚਰੁ ਤੇਰੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਤਿਚਰੁ ਜੋਤੀ ਵਿਚਿ ਤੂੰ ਬੋਲਹਿ ਵਿਣੁ ਜੋਤੀ ਕੋਈ ਕਿਛੁ ਕਰਿਹੁ ਦਿਖਾ ਸਿਆਣੀਐ ॥

jichar teree jot tichar jotee vich toon boleh vin jotee koee kichh karihu dikhaa siaaneeai |

As long as Your Light is within the body, You speak through that Light. Without Your Light, who can do anything? Show me any such cleverness!

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ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਦਰੀ ਆਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਇਕੋ ਸੁਘੜੁ ਸੁਜਾਣੀਐ ॥੨॥

naanak guramukh nadaree aaeaa har iko sugharr sujaaneeai |2|

O Nanak, the Lord alone is Perfect and All-knowing; He is revealed to the Gurmukh. ||2||

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਜਗਤੁ ਉਪਾਇ ਕੈ ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਧੰਧੈ ਲਾਇਆ ॥

tudh aape jagat upaae kai tudh aape dhandhai laaeaa |

You Yourself created the world, and You Yourself put it to work.

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ਮੋਹ ਠਗਉਲੀ ਪਾਇ ਕੈ ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪਹੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਖੁਆਇਆ ॥

moh tthgaulee paae kai tudh aapahu jagat khuaaeaa |

Administering the drug of emotional attachment, You Yourself have led the world astray.

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ਤਿਸਨਾ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਅਗਨਿ ਹੈ ਨਹ ਤਿਪਤੈ ਭੁਖਾ ਤਿਹਾਇਆ ॥

tisanaa andar agan hai neh tipatai bhukhaa tihaaeaa |

The fire of desire is deep within; unsatisfied, people remain hungry and thirsty.

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ਸਹਸਾ ਇਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਹੈ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮੈ ਆਇਆ ਜਾਇਆ ॥

sahasaa ihu sansaar hai mar jamai aaeaa jaaeaa |

This world is an illusion; it dies and it is re-born-it comes and it goes in reincarnation.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮੋਹੁ ਨ ਤੁਟਈ ਸਭਿ ਥਕੇ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥

bin satigur mohu na tuttee sabh thake karam kamaaeaa |

Without the True Guru, emotional attachment is not broken. All have grown weary of performing empty rituals.

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ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ਸੁਖਿ ਰਜਾ ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਇਆ ॥

guramatee naam dhiaaeeai sukh rajaa jaa tudh bhaaeaa |

Those who follow the Guru's Teachings meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Filled with a joyful peace, they surrender to Your Will.

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ਕੁਲੁ ਉਧਾਰੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਧੰਨੁ ਜਣੇਦੀ ਮਾਇਆ ॥

kul udhaare aapanaa dhan janedee maaeaa |

They save their families and ancestors; blessed are the mothers who gave birth to them.

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