Ang 1424 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਵਿਚਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਹੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਕਹੈ ਕਹਾਇ ॥

satigur vich amrit naam hai amrit kahai kahaae |

The Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is within the True Guru.

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ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੋੁ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ॥

guramatee naam niramaluo niramal naam dhiaae |

Following the Guru's Teachings, one meditates on the Immaculate Naam, the Pure and Holy Naam.

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਤਤੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

amrit baanee tat hai guramukh vasai man aae |

The Ambrosial Word of His Bani is the true essence. It comes to abide in the mind of the Gurmukh.

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ਹਿਰਦੈ ਕਮਲੁ ਪਰਗਾਸਿਆ ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥

hiradai kamal paragaasiaa jotee jot milaae |

The heart-lotus blossoms forth, and one's light merges in the Light.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਮੇਲਿਓਨੁ ਜਿਨ ਧੁਰਿ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਭਾਗੁ ਲਿਖਾਇ ॥੨੫॥

naanak satigur tin kau melion jin dhur masatak bhaag likhaae |25|

O Nanak, they alone meet with the True Guru, who have such pre-ordained destiny inscribed upon their foreheads. ||25||

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ਅੰਦਰਿ ਤਿਸਨਾ ਅਗਿ ਹੈ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਭੁਖ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

andar tisanaa ag hai manamukh bhukh na jaae |

Within the self-willed manmukhs is the fire of desire; their hunger does not depart.

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ਮੋਹੁ ਕੁਟੰਬੁ ਸਭੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਹੈ ਕੂੜਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਲਪਟਾਇ ॥

mohu kuttanb sabh koorr hai koorr rahiaa lapattaae |

Emotional attachments to relatives are totally false; they remain engrossed in falsehood.

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ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਚਿੰਤਵੈ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਬਧਾ ਜਾਇ ॥

anadin chintaa chintavai chintaa badhaa jaae |

Night and day, they are troubled by anxiety; bound to anxiety, they depart.

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ਜੰਮਣੁ ਮਰਣੁ ਨ ਚੁਕਈ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

jaman maran na chukee haumai karam kamaae |

Their comings and goings in reincarnation never end; they do their deeds in egotism.

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ਗੁਰ ਸਰਣਾਈ ਉਬਰੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਲਏ ਛਡਾਇ ॥੨੬॥

gur saranaaee ubarai naanak le chhaddaae |26|

But in the Guru's Sanctuary, they are saved, O Nanak, and set free. ||26||

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਇਦਾ ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭਾਇ ॥

satigur purakh har dhiaaeidaa satasangat satigur bhaae |

The True Guru meditates on the Lord, the Primal Being. The Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, loves the True Guru.

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ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਦੇ ਹਰਿ ਮੇਲੇ ਗੁਰੁ ਮੇਲਾਇ ॥

satasangat satigur sevade har mele gur melaae |

Those who join the Sat Sangat, and serve the True Guru - the Guru unites them in the Lord's Union.

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ਏਹੁ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰੁ ਬੋਹਿਥੁ ਨਾਮਿ ਤਰਾਇ ॥

ehu bhaujal jagat sansaar hai gur bohith naam taraae |

This world, this universe, is a terrifying ocean. On the Boat of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the Guru carries us across.

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ਗੁਰਸਿਖੀ ਭਾਣਾ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਪਾਰਿ ਲੰਘਾਇ ॥

gurasikhee bhaanaa maniaa gur pooraa paar langhaae |

The Sikhs of the Guru accept and obey the Lord's Will; the Perfect Guru carries them across.

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ਗੁਰਸਿਖਾਂ ਕੀ ਹਰਿ ਧੂੜਿ ਦੇਹਿ ਹਮ ਪਾਪੀ ਭੀ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਂਹਿ ॥

gurasikhaan kee har dhoorr dehi ham paapee bhee gat paanhi |

O Lord, please bless me with the dust of the feet of the Guru's Sikhs. I am a sinner - please save me.

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ਧੁਰਿ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਗੁਰ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਆਇ ॥

dhur masatak har prabh likhiaa gur naanak miliaa aae |

Those who have such pre-ordained destiny written upon their foreheads by the Lord God, come to meet Guru Nanak.

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ਜਮਕੰਕਰ ਮਾਰਿ ਬਿਦਾਰਿਅਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਗਹ ਲਏ ਛਡਾਇ ॥

jamakankar maar bidaarian har daragah le chhaddaae |

The Messenger of Death is beaten and driven away; we are saved in the Court of the Lord.

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ਗੁਰਸਿਖਾ ਨੋ ਸਾਬਾਸਿ ਹੈ ਹਰਿ ਤੁਠਾ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੨੭॥

gurasikhaa no saabaas hai har tutthaa mel milaae |27|

Blessed and celebrated are the Sikhs of the Guru; in His Pleasure, the Lord unites them in His Union. ||27||

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ਗੁਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦਿੜਾਇਆ ਜਿਨਿ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਇਆ ॥

gur poorai har naam dirraaeaa jin vichahu bharam chukaaeaa |

The Perfect Guru has implanted the Lord's Name within me; it has dispelled my doubts from within.

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ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਗਾਇ ਕਰਿ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਮਗੁ ਦੇਖਾਇਆ ॥

raam naam har keerat gaae kar chaanan mag dekhaaeaa |

Singing the Kirtan of the Praises of the Lord's Name, the Lord's path is illuminated and shown to His Sikhs.

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ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ਏਕ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਗੀ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸਾਇਆ ॥

haumai maar ek liv laagee antar naam vasaaeaa |

Conquering my egotism, I remain lovingly attuned to the One Lord; the Naam, the Name of the Lord, dwells within me.

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ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਜਮੁ ਜੋਹਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਸਚੈ ਨਾਇ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥

guramatee jam johi na sakai sachai naae samaaeaa |

I follow the Guru's Teachings, and so the Messenger of Death cannot even see me; I am immersed in the True Name.

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ਸਭੁ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਵਰਤੈ ਕਰਤਾ ਜੋ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋ ਨਾਇ ਲਾਇਆ ॥

sabh aape aap varatai karataa jo bhaavai so naae laaeaa |

The Creator Himself is All-pervading; as He pleases, He links us to His Name.

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ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਨਾਉ ਲਏ ਤਾਂ ਜੀਵੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਖਿਨੁ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਇਆ ॥੨੮॥

jan naanak naau le taan jeevai bin naavai khin mar jaaeaa |28|

Servant Nanak lives, chanting the Name. Without the Name, he dies in an instant. ||28||

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ਮਨ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਰੋਗੁ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਭੂਲੇ ਹਉਮੈ ਸਾਕਤ ਦੁਰਜਨਾ ॥

man antar haumai rog bhram bhoole haumai saakat durajanaa |

Within the minds of the faithless cynics is the disease of egotism; these evil people wander around lost, deluded by doubt.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਰੋਗੁ ਗਵਾਇ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਾਧੂ ਸਜਣਾ ॥੨੯॥

naanak rog gavaae mil satigur saadhoo sajanaa |29|

O Nanak, this disease is eradicated only by meeting with the True Guru, the Holy Friend. ||29||

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ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਬੋਲੇ ॥

guramatee har har bole |

Following the Guru's Teachings, chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

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ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਮਿ ਕਸਾਈ ਦਿਨਸੁ ਰਾਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਤੀ ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਚੋਲੇ ॥

har prem kasaaee dinas raat har ratee har rang chole |

Attracted by the Lord's Love, day and night, the body-robe is imbued with the Lord's Love.

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ਹਰਿ ਜੈਸਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨ ਲਭਈ ਸਭੁ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਜਗਤੁ ਮੈ ਟੋਲੇ ॥

har jaisaa purakh na labhee sabh dekhiaa jagat mai ttole |

I have not found any being like the Lord, although I have searched and looked all over the world.

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ਗੁਰ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦਿੜਾਇਆ ਮਨੁ ਅਨਤ ਨ ਕਾਹੂ ਡੋਲੇ ॥

gur satigur naam dirraaeaa man anat na kaahoo ddole |

The Guru, the True Guru, has implanted the Naam within; now, my mind does not waver or wander anywhere else.

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ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਦਾਸੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੇ ਗੁਲ ਗੋਲੇ ॥੩੦॥

jan naanak har kaa daas hai gur satigur ke gul gole |30|

Servant Nanak is the slave of the Lord, the slave of the slaves of the Guru, the True Guru. ||30||

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