Ang 15 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਨਾਨਕ ਕਾਗਦ ਲਖ ਮਣਾ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਕੀਚੈ ਭਾਉ ॥

naanak kaagad lakh manaa parr parr keechai bhaau |

O Nanak, if I had hundreds of thousands of stacks of paper, and if I were to read and recite and embrace love for the Lord,

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ਮਸੂ ਤੋਟਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਲੇਖਣਿ ਪਉਣੁ ਚਲਾਉ ॥

masoo tott na aavee lekhan paun chalaau |

and if ink were never to fail me, and if my pen were able to move like the wind

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ਭੀ ਤੇਰੀ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਨਾ ਪਵੈ ਹਉ ਕੇਵਡੁ ਆਖਾ ਨਾਉ ॥੪॥੨॥

bhee teree keemat naa pavai hau kevadd aakhaa naau |4|2|

-even so, I could not estimate Your Value. How can I describe the Greatness of Your Name? ||4||2||

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ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

sireeraag mahalaa 1 |

Siree Raag, First Mehl:

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ਲੇਖੈ ਬੋਲਣੁ ਬੋਲਣਾ ਲੇਖੈ ਖਾਣਾ ਖਾਉ ॥

lekhai bolan bolanaa lekhai khaanaa khaau |

As it is pre-ordained, people speak their words. As it is pre-ordained, they consume their food.

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ਲੇਖੈ ਵਾਟ ਚਲਾਈਆ ਲੇਖੈ ਸੁਣਿ ਵੇਖਾਉ ॥

lekhai vaatt chalaaeea lekhai sun vekhaau |

As it is pre-ordained, they walk along the way. As it is pre-ordained, they see and hear.

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ਲੇਖੈ ਸਾਹ ਲਵਾਈਅਹਿ ਪੜੇ ਕਿ ਪੁਛਣ ਜਾਉ ॥੧॥

lekhai saah lavaaeeeh parre ki puchhan jaau |1|

As it is pre-ordained, they draw their breath. Why should I go and ask the scholars about this? ||1||

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ਬਾਬਾ ਮਾਇਆ ਰਚਨਾ ਧੋਹੁ ॥

baabaa maaeaa rachanaa dhohu |

O Baba, the splendor of Maya is deceptive.

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ਅੰਧੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਏਹ ਨ ਓਹੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

andhai naam visaariaa naa tis eeh na ohu |1| rahaau |

The blind man has forgotten the Name; he is in limbo, neither here nor there. ||1||Pause||

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ਜੀਵਣ ਮਰਣਾ ਜਾਇ ਕੈ ਏਥੈ ਖਾਜੈ ਕਾਲਿ ॥

jeevan maranaa jaae kai ethai khaajai kaal |

Life and death come to all who are born. Everything here gets devoured by Death.

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ਜਿਥੈ ਬਹਿ ਸਮਝਾਈਐ ਤਿਥੈ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਚਲਿਓ ਨਾਲਿ ॥

jithai beh samajhaaeeai tithai koe na chalio naal |

He sits and examines the accounts, there where no one goes along with anyone.

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ਰੋਵਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਜੇਤੜੇ ਸਭਿ ਬੰਨਹਿ ਪੰਡ ਪਰਾਲਿ ॥੨॥

rovan vaale jetarre sabh baneh pandd paraal |2|

Those who weep and wail might just as well all tie bundles of straw. ||2||

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ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਆਖੈ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਘਟਿ ਨ ਆਖੈ ਕੋਇ ॥

sabh ko aakhai bahut bahut ghatt na aakhai koe |

Everyone says that God is the Greatest of the Great. No one calls Him any less.

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ਕੀਮਤਿ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਈਆ ਕਹਣਿ ਨ ਵਡਾ ਹੋਇ ॥

keemat kinai na paaeea kehan na vaddaa hoe |

No one can estimate His Worth. By speaking of Him, His Greatness is not increased.

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ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਹਬੁ ਏਕੁ ਤੂ ਹੋਰਿ ਜੀਆ ਕੇਤੇ ਲੋਅ ॥੩॥

saachaa saahab ek too hor jeea kete loa |3|

You are the One True Lord and Master of all the other beings, of so many worlds. ||3||

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ਨੀਚਾ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਨੀਚ ਜਾਤਿ ਨੀਚੀ ਹੂ ਅਤਿ ਨੀਚੁ ॥

neechaa andar neech jaat neechee hoo at neech |

Nanak seeks the company of the lowest of the low class, the very lowest of the low.

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ਨਾਨਕੁ ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਸਾਥਿ ਵਡਿਆ ਸਿਉ ਕਿਆ ਰੀਸ ॥

naanak tin kai sang saath vaddiaa siau kiaa rees |

Why should he try to compete with the great?

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ਜਿਥੈ ਨੀਚ ਸਮਾਲੀਅਨਿ ਤਿਥੈ ਨਦਰਿ ਤੇਰੀ ਬਖਸੀਸ ॥੪॥੩॥

jithai neech samaaleean tithai nadar teree bakhasees |4|3|

In that place where the lowly are cared for-there, the Blessings of Your Glance of Grace rain down. ||4||3||

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ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

sireeraag mahalaa 1 |

Siree Raag, First Mehl:

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ਲਬੁ ਕੁਤਾ ਕੂੜੁ ਚੂਹੜਾ ਠਗਿ ਖਾਧਾ ਮੁਰਦਾਰੁ ॥

lab kutaa koorr chooharraa tthag khaadhaa muradaar |

Greed is a dog; falsehood is a filthy street-sweeper. Cheating is eating a rotting carcass.

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ਪਰ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਪਰ ਮਲੁ ਮੁਖ ਸੁਧੀ ਅਗਨਿ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਚੰਡਾਲੁ ॥

par nindaa par mal mukh sudhee agan krodh chanddaal |

Slandering others is putting the filth of others into your own mouth. The fire of anger is the outcaste who burns dead bodies at the crematorium.

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ਰਸ ਕਸ ਆਪੁ ਸਲਾਹਣਾ ਏ ਕਰਮ ਮੇਰੇ ਕਰਤਾਰ ॥੧॥

ras kas aap salaahanaa e karam mere karataar |1|

I am caught in these tastes and flavors, and in self-conceited praise. These are my actions, O my Creator! ||1||

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ਬਾਬਾ ਬੋਲੀਐ ਪਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥

baabaa boleeai pat hoe |

O Baba, speak only that which will bring you honor.

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ਊਤਮ ਸੇ ਦਰਿ ਊਤਮ ਕਹੀਅਹਿ ਨੀਚ ਕਰਮ ਬਹਿ ਰੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

aootam se dar aootam kaheeeh neech karam beh roe |1| rahaau |

They alone are good, who are judged good at the Lord's Door. Those with bad karma can only sit and weep. ||1||Pause||

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ਰਸੁ ਸੁਇਨਾ ਰਸੁ ਰੁਪਾ ਕਾਮਣਿ ਰਸੁ ਪਰਮਲ ਕੀ ਵਾਸੁ ॥

ras sueinaa ras rupaa kaaman ras paramal kee vaas |

The pleasures of gold and silver, the pleasures of women, the pleasure of the fragrance of sandalwood,

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ਰਸੁ ਘੋੜੇ ਰਸੁ ਸੇਜਾ ਮੰਦਰ ਰਸੁ ਮੀਠਾ ਰਸੁ ਮਾਸੁ ॥

ras ghorre ras sejaa mandar ras meetthaa ras maas |

the pleasure of horses, the pleasure of a soft bed in a palace, the pleasure of sweet treats and the pleasure of hearty meals

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ਏਤੇ ਰਸ ਸਰੀਰ ਕੇ ਕੈ ਘਟਿ ਨਾਮ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੨॥

ete ras sareer ke kai ghatt naam nivaas |2|

-these pleasures of the human body are so numerous; how can the Naam, the Name of the Lord, find its dwelling in the heart? ||2||

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ਜਿਤੁ ਬੋਲਿਐ ਪਤਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਸੋ ਬੋਲਿਆ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥

jit boliai pat paaeeai so boliaa paravaan |

Those words are acceptable, which, when spoken, bring honor.

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ਫਿਕਾ ਬੋਲਿ ਵਿਗੁਚਣਾ ਸੁਣਿ ਮੂਰਖ ਮਨ ਅਜਾਣ ॥

fikaa bol viguchanaa sun moorakh man ajaan |

Harsh words bring only grief. Listen, O foolish and ignorant mind!

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ਜੋ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵਹਿ ਸੇ ਭਲੇ ਹੋਰਿ ਕਿ ਕਹਣ ਵਖਾਣ ॥੩॥

jo tis bhaaveh se bhale hor ki kehan vakhaan |3|

Those who are pleasing to Him are good. What else is there to be said? ||3||

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ਤਿਨ ਮਤਿ ਤਿਨ ਪਤਿ ਤਿਨ ਧਨੁ ਪਲੈ ਜਿਨ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

tin mat tin pat tin dhan palai jin hiradai rahiaa samaae |

Wisdom, honor and wealth are in the laps of those whose hearts remain permeated with the Lord.

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ਤਿਨ ਕਾ ਕਿਆ ਸਾਲਾਹਣਾ ਅਵਰ ਸੁਆਲਿਉ ਕਾਇ ॥

tin kaa kiaa saalaahanaa avar suaaliau kaae |

What praise can be offered to them? What other adornments can be bestowed upon them?

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰੀ ਬਾਹਰੇ ਰਾਚਹਿ ਦਾਨਿ ਨ ਨਾਇ ॥੪॥੪॥

naanak nadaree baahare raacheh daan na naae |4|4|

O Nanak, those who lack the Lord's Glance of Grace cherish neither charity nor the Lord's Name. ||4||4||

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ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

sireeraag mahalaa 1 |

Siree Raag, First Mehl:

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ਅਮਲੁ ਗਲੋਲਾ ਕੂੜ ਕਾ ਦਿਤਾ ਦੇਵਣਹਾਰਿ ॥

amal galolaa koorr kaa ditaa devanahaar |

The Great Giver has given the intoxicating drug of falsehood.

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ਮਤੀ ਮਰਣੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਖੁਸੀ ਕੀਤੀ ਦਿਨ ਚਾਰਿ ॥

matee maran visaariaa khusee keetee din chaar |

The people are intoxicated; they have forgotten death, and they have fun for a few days.

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ਸਚੁ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਤਿਨ ਸੋਫੀਆ ਰਾਖਣ ਕਉ ਦਰਵਾਰੁ ॥੧॥

sach miliaa tin sofeea raakhan kau daravaar |1|

Those who do not use intoxicants are true; they dwell in the Court of the Lord. ||1||

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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚੇ ਕਉ ਸਚੁ ਜਾਣੁ ॥

naanak saache kau sach jaan |

O Nanak, know the True Lord as True.

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ਜਿਤੁ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਤੇਰੀ ਦਰਗਹ ਚਲੈ ਮਾਣੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jit seviai sukh paaeeai teree daragah chalai maan |1| rahaau |

Serving Him, peace is obtained; you shall go to His Court with honor. ||1||Pause||

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ਸਚੁ ਸਰਾ ਗੁੜ ਬਾਹਰਾ ਜਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਸਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥

sach saraa gurr baaharaa jis vich sachaa naau |

The Wine of Truth is not fermented from molasses. The True Name is contained within it.

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