Ang 152 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਸਰਮ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਦੁਇ ਸਸੁਰ ਭਏ ॥

saram surat due sasur bhe |

Modesty, humility and intuitive understanding are my mother-in-law and father-in-law;

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ਕਰਣੀ ਕਾਮਣਿ ਕਰਿ ਮਨ ਲਏ ॥੨॥

karanee kaaman kar man le |2|

I have made good deeds my spouse. ||2||

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ਸਾਹਾ ਸੰਜੋਗੁ ਵੀਆਹੁ ਵਿਜੋਗੁ ॥

saahaa sanjog veeaahu vijog |

Union with the Holy is my wedding date, and separation from the world is my marriage.

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ਸਚੁ ਸੰਤਤਿ ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਜੋਗੁ ॥੩॥੩॥

sach santat kahu naanak jog |3|3|

Says Nanak, Truth is the child born of this Union. ||3||3||

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ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 1 |

Gauree, First Mehl:

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ਪਉਣੈ ਪਾਣੀ ਅਗਨੀ ਕਾ ਮੇਲੁ ॥

paunai paanee aganee kaa mel |

The union of air, water and fire

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ਚੰਚਲ ਚਪਲ ਬੁਧਿ ਕਾ ਖੇਲੁ ॥

chanchal chapal budh kaa khel |

the body is the play-thing of the fickle and unsteady intellect.

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ਨਉ ਦਰਵਾਜੇ ਦਸਵਾ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥

nau daravaaje dasavaa duaar |

It has nine doors, and then there is the Tenth Gate.

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ਬੁਝੁ ਰੇ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਏਹੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥੧॥

bujh re giaanee ehu beechaar |1|

Reflect upon this and understand it, O wise one. ||1||

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ਕਥਤਾ ਬਕਤਾ ਸੁਨਤਾ ਸੋਈ ॥

kathataa bakataa sunataa soee |

The Lord is the One who speaks, teaches and listens.

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ਆਪੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ਸੁ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਹੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

aap beechaare su giaanee hoee |1| rahaau |

One who contemplates his own self is truly wise. ||1||Pause||

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ਦੇਹੀ ਮਾਟੀ ਬੋਲੈ ਪਉਣੁ ॥

dehee maattee bolai paun |

The body is dust; the wind speaks through it.

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ਬੁਝੁ ਰੇ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਮੂਆ ਹੈ ਕਉਣੁ ॥

bujh re giaanee mooaa hai kaun |

Understand, O wise one, who has died.

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ਮੂਈ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਬਾਦੁ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੁ ॥

mooee surat baad ahankaar |

Awareness, conflict and ego have died,

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ਓਹੁ ਨ ਮੂਆ ਜੋ ਦੇਖਣਹਾਰੁ ॥੨॥

ohu na mooaa jo dekhanahaar |2|

but the One who sees does not die. ||2||

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ਜੈ ਕਾਰਣਿ ਤਟਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਜਾਹੀ ॥

jai kaaran tatt teerath jaahee |

For the sake of it, you journey to sacred shrines and holy rivers;

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ਰਤਨ ਪਦਾਰਥ ਘਟ ਹੀ ਮਾਹੀ ॥

ratan padaarath ghatt hee maahee |

but this priceless jewel is within your own heart.

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ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਪੰਡਿਤੁ ਬਾਦੁ ਵਖਾਣੈ ॥

parr parr panddit baad vakhaanai |

The Pandits, the religious scholars, read and read endlessly; they stir up arguments and controversies,

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ਭੀਤਰਿ ਹੋਦੀ ਵਸਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ॥੩॥

bheetar hodee vasat na jaanai |3|

but they do not know the secret deep within. ||3||

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ਹਉ ਨ ਮੂਆ ਮੇਰੀ ਮੁਈ ਬਲਾਇ ॥

hau na mooaa meree muee balaae |

I have not died - that evil nature within me has died.

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ਓਹੁ ਨ ਮੂਆ ਜੋ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

ohu na mooaa jo rahiaa samaae |

The One who is pervading everywhere does not die.

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ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਦਿਖਾਇਆ ॥

kahu naanak gur braham dikhaaeaa |

Says Nanak, the Guru has revealed God to me,

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ਮਰਤਾ ਜਾਤਾ ਨਦਰਿ ਨ ਆਇਆ ॥੪॥੪॥

marataa jaataa nadar na aaeaa |4|4|

and now I see that there is no such thing as birth or death. ||4||4||

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ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਦਖਣੀ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 1 dakhanee |

Gauree, First Mehl, Dakhanee:

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ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਬੂਝੈ ਮਾਨੈ ਨਾਉ ॥

sun sun boojhai maanai naau |

I am forever a sacrifice to the one who listens and hears,

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ਤਾ ਕੈ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੈ ਜਾਉ ॥

taa kai sad balihaarai jaau |

Who understands and believes in the Name.

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ਆਪਿ ਭੁਲਾਏ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਠਾਉ ॥

aap bhulaae tthaur na tthaau |

When the Lord Himself leads us astray, there is no other place of rest for us to find.

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ਤੂੰ ਸਮਝਾਵਹਿ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਉ ॥੧॥

toon samajhaaveh mel milaau |1|

You impart understanding, and You unite us in Your Union. ||1||

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ਨਾਮੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਚਲੈ ਮੈ ਨਾਲਿ ॥

naam milai chalai mai naal |

I obtain the Naam, which shall go along with me in the end.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਬਾਧੀ ਸਭ ਕਾਲਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

bin naavai baadhee sabh kaal |1| rahaau |

Without the Name, all are held in the grip of Death. ||1||Pause||

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ਖੇਤੀ ਵਣਜੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕੀ ਓਟ ॥

khetee vanaj naavai kee ott |

My farming and my trading are by the Support of the Name.

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ਪਾਪੁ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਬੀਜ ਕੀ ਪੋਟ ॥

paap pun beej kee pott |

The seeds of sin and virtue are bound together.

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ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਜੀਅ ਮਹਿ ਚੋਟ ॥

kaam krodh jeea meh chott |

Sexual desire and anger are the wounds of the soul.

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ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ਚਲੇ ਮਨਿ ਖੋਟ ॥੨॥

naam visaar chale man khott |2|

The evil-minded ones forget the Naam, and then depart. ||2||

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ਸਾਚੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸਾਚੀ ਸੀਖ ॥

saache gur kee saachee seekh |

True are the Teachings of the True Guru.

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ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਸੀਤਲੁ ਸਾਚੁ ਪਰੀਖ ॥

tan man seetal saach pareekh |

The body and mind are cooled and soothed, by the touchstone of Truth.

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ਜਲ ਪੁਰਾਇਨਿ ਰਸ ਕਮਲ ਪਰੀਖ ॥

jal puraaein ras kamal pareekh |

This is the true mark of wisdom: that one remains detached, like the water-lily, or the lotus upon the water.

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ਸਬਦਿ ਰਤੇ ਮੀਠੇ ਰਸ ਈਖ ॥੩॥

sabad rate meetthe ras eekh |3|

Attuned to the Word of the Shabad, one becomes sweet, like the juice of the sugar cane. ||3||

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ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸੰਜੋਗੀ ਗੜਿ ਦਸ ਦੁਆਰ ॥

hukam sanjogee garr das duaar |

By the Hukam of the Lord's Command, the castle of the body has ten gates.

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ਪੰਚ ਵਸਹਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਅਪਾਰ ॥

panch vaseh mil jot apaar |

The five passions dwell there, together with the Divine Light of the Infinite.

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ਆਪਿ ਤੁਲੈ ਆਪੇ ਵਣਜਾਰ ॥

aap tulai aape vanajaar |

The Lord Himself is the merchandise, and He Himself is the trader.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਵਾਰਣਹਾਰ ॥੪॥੫॥

naanak naam savaaranahaar |4|5|

O Nanak, through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, we are adorned and rejuvenated. ||4||5||

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ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 1 |

Gauree, First Mehl:

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ਜਾਤੋ ਜਾਇ ਕਹਾ ਤੇ ਆਵੈ ॥

jaato jaae kahaa te aavai |

How can we know where we came from?

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ਕਹ ਉਪਜੈ ਕਹ ਜਾਇ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥

keh upajai keh jaae samaavai |

Where did we originate, and where will we go and merge?

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ਕਿਉ ਬਾਧਿਓ ਕਿਉ ਮੁਕਤੀ ਪਾਵੈ ॥

kiau baadhio kiau mukatee paavai |

How are we bound, and how do we obtain liberation?

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ਕਿਉ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੧॥

kiau abinaasee sehaj samaavai |1|

How do we merge with intuitive ease into the Eternal, Imperishable Lord? ||1||

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ਨਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ॥

naam ridai amrit mukh naam |

With the Naam in the heart and the Ambrosial Naam on our lips,

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ਨਰਹਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਰਹਰ ਨਿਹਕਾਮੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

narahar naam narahar nihakaam |1| rahaau |

through the Name of the Lord, we rise above desire, like the Lord. ||1||Pause||

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ਸਹਜੇ ਆਵੈ ਸਹਜੇ ਜਾਇ ॥

sahaje aavai sahaje jaae |

With intuitive ease we come, and with intuitive ease we depart.

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ਮਨ ਤੇ ਉਪਜੈ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

man te upajai man maeh samaae |

From the mind we originate, and into the mind we are absorbed.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮੁਕਤੋ ਬੰਧੁ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥

guramukh mukato bandh na paae |

As Gurmukh, we are liberated, and are not bound.

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ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ਛੁਟੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇ ॥੨॥

sabad beechaar chhuttai har naae |2|

Contemplating the Word of the Shabad, we are emancipated through the Name of the Lord. ||2||

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ਤਰਵਰ ਪੰਖੀ ਬਹੁ ਨਿਸਿ ਬਾਸੁ ॥

taravar pankhee bahu nis baas |

At night, lots of birds settle on the tree.

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ਸੁਖ ਦੁਖੀਆ ਮਨਿ ਮੋਹ ਵਿਣਾਸੁ ॥

sukh dukheea man moh vinaas |

Some are happy, and some are sad. Caught in the desires of the mind, they perish.

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ਸਾਝ ਬਿਹਾਗ ਤਕਹਿ ਆਗਾਸੁ ॥

saajh bihaag takeh aagaas |

And when the life-night comes to its end, then they look to the sky.

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ਦਹ ਦਿਸਿ ਧਾਵਹਿ ਕਰਮਿ ਲਿਖਿਆਸੁ ॥੩॥

deh dis dhaaveh karam likhiaas |3|

They fly away in all ten directions, according to their pre-ordained destiny. ||3||

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