Ang 143 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਖੁੰਢਾ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਰਖਿ ਕੈ ਦੇਨਿ ਸੁ ਮਲ ਸਜਾਇ ॥

khundtaa andar rakh kai den su mal sajaae |

and then, it is placed between the wooden rollers and crushed.

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ਰਸੁ ਕਸੁ ਟਟਰਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਤਪੈ ਤੈ ਵਿਲਲਾਇ ॥

ras kas ttattar paaeeai tapai tai vilalaae |

What punishment is inflicted upon it! Its juice is extracted and placed in the cauldron; as it is heated, it groans and cries out.

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ਭੀ ਸੋ ਫੋਗੁ ਸਮਾਲੀਐ ਦਿਚੈ ਅਗਿ ਜਾਲਾਇ ॥

bhee so fog samaaleeai dichai ag jaalaae |

And then, the crushed cane is collected and burnt in the fire below.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਮਿਠੈ ਪਤਰੀਐ ਵੇਖਹੁ ਲੋਕਾ ਆਇ ॥੨॥

naanak mitthai patareeai vekhahu lokaa aae |2|

Nanak: come, people, and see how the sweet sugar-cane is treated! ||2||

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ਪਵੜੀ ॥

pavarree |

Pauree:

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ਇਕਨਾ ਮਰਣੁ ਨ ਚਿਤਿ ਆਸ ਘਣੇਰਿਆ ॥

eikanaa maran na chit aas ghaneriaa |

Some do not think of death; they entertain great hopes.

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ਮਰਿ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮਹਿ ਨਿਤ ਕਿਸੈ ਨ ਕੇਰਿਆ ॥

mar mar jameh nit kisai na keriaa |

They die, and are re-born, and die, over and over again. They are of no use at all!

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ਆਪਨੜੈ ਮਨਿ ਚਿਤਿ ਕਹਨਿ ਚੰਗੇਰਿਆ ॥

aapanarrai man chit kehan changeriaa |

In their conscious minds, they call themselves good.

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ਜਮਰਾਜੈ ਨਿਤ ਨਿਤ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਹੇਰਿਆ ॥

jamaraajai nit nit manamukh heriaa |

The King of the Angels of Death hunts down those self-willed manmukhs, over and over again.

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ਮਨਮੁਖ ਲੂਣ ਹਾਰਾਮ ਕਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਣਿਆ ॥

manamukh loon haaraam kiaa na jaaniaa |

The manmukhs are false to their own selves; they feel no gratitude for what they have been given.

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ਬਧੇ ਕਰਨਿ ਸਲਾਮ ਖਸਮ ਨ ਭਾਣਿਆ ॥

badhe karan salaam khasam na bhaaniaa |

Those who merely perform rituals of worship are not pleasing to their Lord and Master.

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ਸਚੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਭਾਵਸੀ ॥

sach milai mukh naam saahib bhaavasee |

Those who attain the True Lord and chant His Name are pleasing to the Lord.

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ਕਰਸਨਿ ਤਖਤਿ ਸਲਾਮੁ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਪਾਵਸੀ ॥੧੧॥

karasan takhat salaam likhiaa paavasee |11|

They worship the Lord and bow at His Throne. They fulfill their pre-ordained destiny. ||11||

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ਮਃ ੧ ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥

mahalaa 1 salok |

First Mehl, Salok:

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ਮਛੀ ਤਾਰੂ ਕਿਆ ਕਰੇ ਪੰਖੀ ਕਿਆ ਆਕਾਸੁ ॥

machhee taaroo kiaa kare pankhee kiaa aakaas |

What can deep water do to a fish? What can the vast sky do to a bird?

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ਪਥਰ ਪਾਲਾ ਕਿਆ ਕਰੇ ਖੁਸਰੇ ਕਿਆ ਘਰ ਵਾਸੁ ॥

pathar paalaa kiaa kare khusare kiaa ghar vaas |

What can cold do to a stone? What is married life to a eunuch?

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ਕੁਤੇ ਚੰਦਨੁ ਲਾਈਐ ਭੀ ਸੋ ਕੁਤੀ ਧਾਤੁ ॥

kute chandan laaeeai bhee so kutee dhaat |

You may apply sandalwood oil to a dog, but he will still be a dog.

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ਬੋਲਾ ਜੇ ਸਮਝਾਈਐ ਪੜੀਅਹਿ ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਪਾਠ ॥

bolaa je samajhaaeeai parreeeh sinmrit paatth |

You may try to teach a deaf person by reading the Simritees to him, but how will he learn?

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ਅੰਧਾ ਚਾਨਣਿ ਰਖੀਐ ਦੀਵੇ ਬਲਹਿ ਪਚਾਸ ॥

andhaa chaanan rakheeai deeve baleh pachaas |

You may place a light before a blind man and burn fifty lamps, but how will he see?

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ਚਉਣੇ ਸੁਇਨਾ ਪਾਈਐ ਚੁਣਿ ਚੁਣਿ ਖਾਵੈ ਘਾਸੁ ॥

chaune sueinaa paaeeai chun chun khaavai ghaas |

You may place gold before a herd of cattle, but they will pick out the grass to eat.

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ਲੋਹਾ ਮਾਰਣਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਢਹੈ ਨ ਹੋਇ ਕਪਾਸ ॥

lohaa maaran paaeeai dtahai na hoe kapaas |

You may add flux to iron and melt it, but it will not become soft like cotton.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਮੂਰਖ ਏਹਿ ਗੁਣ ਬੋਲੇ ਸਦਾ ਵਿਣਾਸੁ ॥੧॥

naanak moorakh ehi gun bole sadaa vinaas |1|

O Nanak, this is the nature of a fool-everything he speaks is useless and wasted. ||1||

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ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

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ਕੈਹਾ ਕੰਚਨੁ ਤੁਟੈ ਸਾਰੁ ॥

kaihaa kanchan tuttai saar |

When pieces of bronze or gold or iron break,

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ਅਗਨੀ ਗੰਢੁ ਪਾਏ ਲੋਹਾਰੁ ॥

aganee gandt paae lohaar |

the metal-smith welds them together again in the fire, and the bond is established.

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ਗੋਰੀ ਸੇਤੀ ਤੁਟੈ ਭਤਾਰੁ ॥

goree setee tuttai bhataar |

If a husband leaves his wife,

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ਪੁਤਂੀ ਗੰਢੁ ਪਵੈ ਸੰਸਾਰਿ ॥

putanee gandt pavai sansaar |

their children may bring them back together in the world, and the bond is established.

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ਰਾਜਾ ਮੰਗੈ ਦਿਤੈ ਗੰਢੁ ਪਾਇ ॥

raajaa mangai ditai gandt paae |

When the king makes a demand, and it is met, the bond is established.

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ਭੁਖਿਆ ਗੰਢੁ ਪਵੈ ਜਾ ਖਾਇ ॥

bhukhiaa gandt pavai jaa khaae |

When the hungry man eats, he is satisfied, and the bond is established.

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ਕਾਲਾ ਗੰਢੁ ਨਦੀਆ ਮੀਹ ਝੋਲ ॥

kaalaa gandt nadeea meeh jhol |

In the famine, the rain fills the streams to overflowing, and the bond is established.

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ਗੰਢੁ ਪਰੀਤੀ ਮਿਠੇ ਬੋਲ ॥

gandt pareetee mitthe bol |

There is a bond between love and words of sweetness.

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ਬੇਦਾ ਗੰਢੁ ਬੋਲੇ ਸਚੁ ਕੋਇ ॥

bedaa gandt bole sach koe |

When one speaks the Truth, a bond is established with the Holy Scriptures.

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ਮੁਇਆ ਗੰਢੁ ਨੇਕੀ ਸਤੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

mueaa gandt nekee sat hoe |

Through goodness and truth, the dead establish a bond with the living.

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ਏਤੁ ਗੰਢਿ ਵਰਤੈ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥

et gandt varatai sansaar |

Such are the bonds which prevail in the world.

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ਮੂਰਖ ਗੰਢੁ ਪਵੈ ਮੁਹਿ ਮਾਰ ॥

moorakh gandt pavai muhi maar |

The fool establishes his bonds only when he is slapped in the face.

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ਨਾਨਕੁ ਆਖੈ ਏਹੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

naanak aakhai ehu beechaar |

Nanak says this after deep reflection:

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ਸਿਫਤੀ ਗੰਢੁ ਪਵੈ ਦਰਬਾਰਿ ॥੨॥

sifatee gandt pavai darabaar |2|

through the Lord's Praise, we establish a bond with His Court. ||2||

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਆਪੇ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਸਾਜਿ ਕੈ ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

aape kudarat saaj kai aape kare beechaar |

He Himself created and adorned the Universe, and He Himself contemplates it.

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ਇਕਿ ਖੋਟੇ ਇਕਿ ਖਰੇ ਆਪੇ ਪਰਖਣਹਾਰੁ ॥

eik khotte ik khare aape parakhanahaar |

Some are counterfeit, and some are genuine. He Himself is the Appraiser.

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ਖਰੇ ਖਜਾਨੈ ਪਾਈਅਹਿ ਖੋਟੇ ਸਟੀਅਹਿ ਬਾਹਰ ਵਾਰਿ ॥

khare khajaanai paaeeeh khotte satteeeh baahar vaar |

The genuine are placed in His Treasury, while the counterfeit are thrown away.

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ਖੋਟੇ ਸਚੀ ਦਰਗਹ ਸੁਟੀਅਹਿ ਕਿਸੁ ਆਗੈ ਕਰਹਿ ਪੁਕਾਰ ॥

khotte sachee daragah sutteeeh kis aagai kareh pukaar |

The counterfeit are thrown out of the True Court-unto whom should they complain?

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪਿਛੈ ਭਜਿ ਪਵਹਿ ਏਹਾ ਕਰਣੀ ਸਾਰੁ ॥

satigur pichhai bhaj paveh ehaa karanee saar |

They should worship and follow the True Guru-this is the lifestyle of excellence.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਖੋਟਿਅਹੁ ਖਰੇ ਕਰੇ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਵਾਰਣਹਾਰੁ ॥

satigur khottiahu khare kare sabad savaaranahaar |

The True Guru converts the counterfeit into genuine; through the Word of the Shabad, He embellishes and exalts us.

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ਸਚੀ ਦਰਗਹ ਮੰਨੀਅਨਿ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਪਿਆਰਿ ॥

sachee daragah maneean gur kai prem piaar |

Those who have enshrined love and affection for the Guru, are honored in the True Court.

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ਗਣਤ ਤਿਨਾ ਦੀ ਕੋ ਕਿਆ ਕਰੇ ਜੋ ਆਪਿ ਬਖਸੇ ਕਰਤਾਰਿ ॥੧੨॥

ganat tinaa dee ko kiaa kare jo aap bakhase karataar |12|

Who can estimate the value of those who have been forgiven by the Creator Lord Himself? ||12||

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥

salok mahalaa 1 |

Salok, First Mehl:

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ਹਮ ਜੇਰ ਜਿਮੀ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਪੀਰਾ ਮਸਾਇਕਾ ਰਾਇਆ ॥

ham jer jimee duneea peeraa masaaeikaa raaeaa |

All the spiritual teachers, their disciples and the rulers of the world shall be buried under the ground.

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ਮੇ ਰਵਦਿ ਬਾਦਿਸਾਹਾ ਅਫਜੂ ਖੁਦਾਇ ॥

me ravad baadisaahaa afajoo khudaae |

The emperors shall also pass away; God alone is Eternal.

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ਏਕ ਤੂਹੀ ਏਕ ਤੁਹੀ ॥੧॥

ek toohee ek tuhee |1|

You alone, Lord, You alone. ||1||

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ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

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ਨ ਦੇਵ ਦਾਨਵਾ ਨਰਾ ॥

n dev daanavaa naraa |

Neither the angels, nor the demons, nor human beings,

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ਨ ਸਿਧ ਸਾਧਿਕਾ ਧਰਾ ॥

n sidh saadhikaa dharaa |

Nor the Siddhas, nor the seekers shall remain on the earth.

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ਅਸਤਿ ਏਕ ਦਿਗਰਿ ਕੁਈ ॥

asat ek digar kuee |

Who else is there?

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