Ang 145 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵਹਿ ਤਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਬਿਭੂਤਾ ਸਿੰਙੀ ਨਾਦੁ ਵਜਾਵਹਿ ॥

jaa tudh bhaaveh taa kareh bibhootaa singee naad vajaaveh |

When it pleases You, we smear our bodies with ashes, and blow the horn and the conch shell.

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ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਾ ਪੜਹਿ ਕਤੇਬਾ ਮੁਲਾ ਸੇਖ ਕਹਾਵਹਿ ॥

jaa tudh bhaavai taa parreh katebaa mulaa sekh kahaaveh |

When it pleases You, we read the Islamic Scriptures, and are acclaimed as Mullahs and Shaykhs.

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ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਾ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਰਾਜੇ ਰਸ ਕਸ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ॥

jaa tudh bhaavai taa hoveh raaje ras kas bahut kamaaveh |

When it pleases You, we become kings, and enjoy all sorts of tastes and pleasures.

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ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੇਗ ਵਗਾਵਹਿ ਸਿਰ ਮੁੰਡੀ ਕਟਿ ਜਾਵਹਿ ॥

jaa tudh bhaavai teg vagaaveh sir munddee katt jaaveh |

When it pleases You, we wield the sword, and cut off the heads of our enemies.

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ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਜਾਹਿ ਦਿਸੰਤਰਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਗਲਾ ਘਰਿ ਆਵਹਿ ॥

jaa tudh bhaavai jaeh disantar sun galaa ghar aaveh |

When it pleases You, we go out to foreign lands; hearing news of home, we come back again.

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ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਨਾਇ ਰਚਾਵਹਿ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਣੇ ਤੂੰ ਭਾਵਹਿ ॥

jaa tudh bhaavai naae rachaaveh tudh bhaane toon bhaaveh |

When it pleases You, we are attuned to the Name, and when it pleases You, we become pleasing to You.

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ਨਾਨਕੁ ਏਕ ਕਹੈ ਬੇਨੰਤੀ ਹੋਰਿ ਸਗਲੇ ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ॥੧॥

naanak ek kahai benantee hor sagale koorr kamaaveh |1|

Nanak utters this one prayer; everything else is just the practice of falsehood. ||1||

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ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

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ਜਾ ਤੂੰ ਵਡਾ ਸਭਿ ਵਡਿਆਂਈਆ ਚੰਗੈ ਚੰਗਾ ਹੋਈ ॥

jaa toon vaddaa sabh vaddiaaneea changai changaa hoee |

You are so Great-all Greatness flows from You. You are So Good-Goodness radiates from You.

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ਜਾ ਤੂੰ ਸਚਾ ਤਾ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਸਚਾ ਕੂੜਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥

jaa toon sachaa taa sabh ko sachaa koorraa koe na koee |

You are True-all that flows from You is True. Nothing at all is false.

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ਆਖਣੁ ਵੇਖਣੁ ਬੋਲਣੁ ਚਲਣੁ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਮਰਣਾ ਧਾਤੁ ॥

aakhan vekhan bolan chalan jeevan maranaa dhaat |

Talking, seeing, speaking, walking, living and dying-all these are transitory.

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ਹੁਕਮੁ ਸਾਜਿ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਰਖੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚਾ ਆਪਿ ॥੨॥

hukam saaj hukamai vich rakhai naanak sachaa aap |2|

By the Hukam of His Command, He creates, and in His Command, He keeps us. O Nanak, He Himself is True. ||2||

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਨਿਸੰਗੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਈਐ ॥

satigur sev nisang bharam chukaaeeai |

Serve the True Guru fearlessly, and your doubt shall be dispelled.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਆਖੈ ਕਾਰ ਸੁ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਈਐ ॥

satigur aakhai kaar su kaar kamaaeeai |

Do that work which the True Guru asks you to do.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਹੋਇ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ॥

satigur hoe deaal ta naam dhiaaeeai |

When the True Guru becomes merciful, we meditate on the Naam.

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ਲਾਹਾ ਭਗਤਿ ਸੁ ਸਾਰੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਈਐ ॥

laahaa bhagat su saar guramukh paaeeai |

The profit of devotional worship is excellent. It is obtained by the Gurmukh.

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ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਕੂੜੁ ਗੁਬਾਰੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਈਐ ॥

manamukh koorr gubaar koorr kamaaeeai |

The self-willed manmukhs are trapped in the darkness of falsehood; they practice nothing but falsehood.

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ਸਚੇ ਦੈ ਦਰਿ ਜਾਇ ਸਚੁ ਚਵਾਂਈਐ ॥

sache dai dar jaae sach chavaaneeai |

Go to the Gate of Truth, and speak the Truth.

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ਸਚੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਮਹਲਿ ਸਚਿ ਬੁਲਾਈਐ ॥

sachai andar mehal sach bulaaeeai |

The True Lord calls the true ones to the Mansion of His Presence.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਸਦਾ ਸਚਿਆਰੁ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਈਐ ॥੧੫॥

naanak sach sadaa sachiaar sach samaaeeai |15|

O Nanak, the true ones are forever true; they are absorbed in the True Lord. ||15||

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥

salok mahalaa 1 |

Salok, First Mehl:

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ਕਲਿ ਕਾਤੀ ਰਾਜੇ ਕਾਸਾਈ ਧਰਮੁ ਪੰਖ ਕਰਿ ਉਡਰਿਆ ॥

kal kaatee raaje kaasaaee dharam pankh kar uddariaa |

The Dark Age of Kali Yuga is the knife, and the kings are butchers; righteousness has sprouted wings and flown away.

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ਕੂੜੁ ਅਮਾਵਸ ਸਚੁ ਚੰਦ੍ਰਮਾ ਦੀਸੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਹ ਚੜਿਆ ॥

koorr amaavas sach chandramaa deesai naahee keh charriaa |

In this dark night of falsehood, the moon of Truth is not visible anywhere.

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ਹਉ ਭਾਲਿ ਵਿਕੁੰਨੀ ਹੋਈ ॥

hau bhaal vikunee hoee |

I have searched in vain, and I am so confused;

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ਆਧੇਰੈ ਰਾਹੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥

aadherai raahu na koee |

In this darkness, I cannot find the path.

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ਵਿਚਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਰੋਈ ॥

vich haumai kar dukh roee |

In egotism, they cry out in pain.

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ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਗਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥੧॥

kahu naanak kin bidh gat hoee |1|

Says Nanak, how will they be saved? ||1||

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ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mahalaa 3 |

Third Mehl:

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ਕਲਿ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਪਰਗਟੁ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਸੰਸਾਰਿ ॥

kal keerat paragatt chaanan sansaar |

In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Kirtan of the Lord's Praise has appeared as a Light in the world.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੋਈ ਉਤਰੈ ਪਾਰਿ ॥

guramukh koee utarai paar |

How rare are those few Gurmukhs who swim across to the other side!

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ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਦੇਵੈ ॥

jis no nadar kare tis devai |

The Lord bestows His Glance of Grace;

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ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਤਨੁ ਸੋ ਲੇਵੈ ॥੨॥

naanak guramukh ratan so levai |2|

O Nanak, the Gurmukh receives the jewel. ||2||

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਭਗਤਾ ਤੈ ਸੈਸਾਰੀਆ ਜੋੜੁ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਆਇਆ ॥

bhagataa tai saisaareea jorr kade na aaeaa |

Between the Lord's devotees and the people of the world, there can never be any true alliance.

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ਕਰਤਾ ਆਪਿ ਅਭੁਲੁ ਹੈ ਨ ਭੁਲੈ ਕਿਸੈ ਦਾ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ॥

karataa aap abhul hai na bhulai kisai daa bhulaaeaa |

The Creator Himself is infallible. He cannot be fooled; no one can fool Him.

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ਭਗਤ ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਿਅਨੁ ਜਿਨੀ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥

bhagat aape melian jinee sacho sach kamaaeaa |

He blends His devotees with Himself; they practice Truth, and only Truth.

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ਸੈਸਾਰੀ ਆਪਿ ਖੁਆਇਅਨੁ ਜਿਨੀ ਕੂੜੁ ਬੋਲਿ ਬੋਲਿ ਬਿਖੁ ਖਾਇਆ ॥

saisaaree aap khuaaeian jinee koorr bol bol bikh khaaeaa |

The Lord Himself leads the people of the world astray; they tell lies, and by telling lies, they eat poison.

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ਚਲਣ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਕਾਮੁ ਕਰੋਧੁ ਵਿਸੁ ਵਧਾਇਆ ॥

chalan saar na jaananee kaam karodh vis vadhaaeaa |

They do not recognize the ultimate reality, that we all must go; they continue to cultivate the poisons of sexual desire and anger.

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ਭਗਤ ਕਰਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਜਿਨੀ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ॥

bhagat karan har chaakaree jinee anadin naam dhiaaeaa |

The devotees serve the Lord; night and day, they meditate on the Naam.

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ਦਾਸਨਿ ਦਾਸ ਹੋਇ ਕੈ ਜਿਨੀ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

daasan daas hoe kai jinee vichahu aap gavaaeaa |

Becoming the slaves of the Lord's slaves, they eradicate selfishness and conceit from within.

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ਓਨਾ ਖਸਮੈ ਕੈ ਦਰਿ ਮੁਖ ਉਜਲੇ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਹਾਇਆ ॥੧੬॥

onaa khasamai kai dar mukh ujale sachai sabad suhaaeaa |16|

In the Court of their Lord and Master, their faces are radiant; they are embellished and exalted with the True Word of the Shabad. ||16||

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥

salok mahalaa 1 |

Salok, First Mehl:

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ਸਬਾਹੀ ਸਾਲਾਹ ਜਿਨੀ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਇਕ ਮਨਿ ॥

sabaahee saalaah jinee dhiaaeaa ik man |

Those who praise the Lord in the early hours of the morning and meditate on Him single-mindedly,

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ਸੇਈ ਪੂਰੇ ਸਾਹ ਵਖਤੈ ਉਪਰਿ ਲੜਿ ਮੁਏ ॥

seee poore saah vakhatai upar larr mue |

are the perfect kings; at the right time, they die fighting.

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ਦੂਜੈ ਬਹੁਤੇ ਰਾਹ ਮਨ ਕੀਆ ਮਤੀ ਖਿੰਡੀਆ ॥

doojai bahute raah man keea matee khinddeea |

In the second watch, the focus of the mind is scattered in all sorts of ways.

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ਬਹੁਤੁ ਪਏ ਅਸਗਾਹ ਗੋਤੇ ਖਾਹਿ ਨ ਨਿਕਲਹਿ ॥

bahut pe asagaah gote khaeh na nikaleh |

So many fall into the bottomless pit; they are dragged under, and they cannot get out again.

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