Ang 224 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਨਰ ਨਿਹਕੇਵਲ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਾਉ ॥

nar nihakeval nirbhau naau |

The Name makes a man pure and fearless.

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ਅਨਾਥਹ ਨਾਥ ਕਰੇ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਉ ॥

anaathah naath kare bal jaau |

It makes the masterless become the master of all. I am a sacrifice to him.

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ਪੁਨਰਪਿ ਜਨਮੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਉ ॥੫॥

punarap janam naahee gun gaau |5|

Such a person is not reincarnated again; he sings the Glories of God. ||5||

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ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਏਕੋ ਜਾਣੈ ॥

antar baahar eko jaanai |

Inwardly and outwardly, he knows the One Lord;

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ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦੇ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ॥

gur kai sabade aap pachhaanai |

through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he realizes himself.

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ਸਾਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਦਰਿ ਨੀਸਾਣੈ ॥੬॥

saachai sabad dar neesaanai |6|

He bears the Banner and Insignia of the True Shabad in the Lord's Court. ||6||

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ਸਬਦਿ ਮਰੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ॥

sabad marai tis nij ghar vaasaa |

One who dies in the Shabad abides in his own home within.

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ਆਵੈ ਨ ਜਾਵੈ ਚੂਕੈ ਆਸਾ ॥

aavai na jaavai chookai aasaa |

He does not come or go in reincarnation, and his hopes are subdued.

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ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਕਮਲੁ ਪਰਗਾਸਾ ॥੭॥

gur kai sabad kamal paragaasaa |7|

Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, his heart-lotus blossoms forth. ||7||

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ਜੋ ਦੀਸੈ ਸੋ ਆਸ ਨਿਰਾਸਾ ॥

jo deesai so aas niraasaa |

Whoever is seen, is driven by hope and despair,

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ਕਾਮ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਬਿਖੁ ਭੂਖ ਪਿਆਸਾ ॥

kaam krodh bikh bhookh piaasaa |

by sexual desire, anger, corruption, hunger and thirst.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਰਲੇ ਮਿਲਹਿ ਉਦਾਸਾ ॥੮॥੭॥

naanak birale mileh udaasaa |8|7|

O Nanak, those detached recluses who meet the Lord are so very rare. ||8||7||

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ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 1 |

Gauree, First Mehl:

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ਐਸੋ ਦਾਸੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਈ ॥

aiso daas milai sukh hoee |

Meeting such a slave, peace is obtained.

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ਦੁਖੁ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਪਾਵੈ ਸਚੁ ਸੋਈ ॥੧॥

dukh visarai paavai sach soee |1|

Pain is forgotten, when the True Lord is found. ||1||

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ਦਰਸਨੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਭਈ ਮਤਿ ਪੂਰੀ ॥

darasan dekh bhee mat pooree |

Beholding the blessed vision of his darshan, my understanding has become perfect.

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ਅਠਸਠਿ ਮਜਨੁ ਚਰਨਹ ਧੂਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

atthasatth majan charanah dhooree |1| rahaau |

The cleansing baths at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage are in the dust of his feet. ||1||Pause||

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ਨੇਤ੍ਰ ਸੰਤੋਖੇ ਏਕ ਲਿਵ ਤਾਰਾ ॥

netr santokhe ek liv taaraa |

My eyes are contented with the constant love of the One Lord.

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ਜਿਹਵਾ ਸੂਚੀ ਹਰਿ ਰਸ ਸਾਰਾ ॥੨॥

jihavaa soochee har ras saaraa |2|

My tongue is purified by the most sublime essence of the Lord. ||2||

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ਸਚੁ ਕਰਣੀ ਅਭ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸੇਵਾ ॥

sach karanee abh antar sevaa |

True are my actions, and deep within my being, I serve Him.

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ਮਨੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਾਸਿਆ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵਾ ॥੩॥

man tripataasiaa alakh abhevaa |3|

My mind is satisfied by the Inscrutable, Mysterious Lord. ||3||

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ਜਹ ਜਹ ਦੇਖਉ ਤਹ ਤਹ ਸਾਚਾ ॥

jeh jeh dekhau teh teh saachaa |

Wherever I look, there I find the True Lord.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਬੂਝੇ ਝਗਰਤ ਜਗੁ ਕਾਚਾ ॥੪॥

bin boojhe jhagarat jag kaachaa |4|

Without understanding, the world argues in falsehood. ||4||

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ਗੁਰੁ ਸਮਝਾਵੈ ਸੋਝੀ ਹੋਈ ॥

gur samajhaavai sojhee hoee |

When the Guru instructs, understanding is obtained.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਬੂਝੈ ਕੋਈ ॥੫॥

guramukh viralaa boojhai koee |5|

How rare is that Gurmukh who understands. ||5||

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ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਰਖਵਾਲੇ ॥

kar kirapaa raakhahu rakhavaale |

Show Your Mercy, and save me, O Savior Lord!

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ਬਿਨੁ ਬੂਝੇ ਪਸੂ ਭਏ ਬੇਤਾਲੇ ॥੬॥

bin boojhe pasoo bhe betaale |6|

Without understanding, people become beasts and demons. ||6||

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ਗੁਰਿ ਕਹਿਆ ਅਵਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਦੂਜਾ ॥

gur kahiaa avar nahee doojaa |

The Guru has said that there is no other at all.

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ਕਿਸੁ ਕਹੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਕਰਉ ਅਨ ਪੂਜਾ ॥੭॥

kis kahu dekh krau an poojaa |7|

So tell me, who should I see, and who should I worship? ||7||

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ਸੰਤ ਹੇਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਧਾਰੇ ॥

sant het prabh tribhavan dhaare |

For the sake of the Saints, God has established the three worlds.

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ਆਤਮੁ ਚੀਨੈ ਸੁ ਤਤੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ॥੮॥

aatam cheenai su tat beechaare |8|

One who understands his own soul, contemplates the essence of reality. ||8||

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ਸਾਚੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਸਚੁ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਨਿਵਾਸ ॥

saach ridai sach prem nivaas |

One whose heart is filled with Truth and true love

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ਪ੍ਰਣਵਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਮ ਤਾ ਕੇ ਦਾਸ ॥੯॥੮॥

pranavat naanak ham taa ke daas |9|8|

- prays Nanak, I am his servant. ||9||8||

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ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 1 |

Gauree, First Mehl:

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ਬ੍ਰਹਮੈ ਗਰਬੁ ਕੀਆ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥

brahamai garab keea nahee jaaniaa |

Brahma acted in pride, and did not understand.

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ਬੇਦ ਕੀ ਬਿਪਤਿ ਪੜੀ ਪਛੁਤਾਨਿਆ ॥

bed kee bipat parree pachhutaaniaa |

Only when he was faced with the downfall of the Vedas did he repent.

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ਜਹ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਿਮਰੇ ਤਹੀ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥੧॥

jeh prabh simare tahee man maaniaa |1|

Remembering God in meditation, the mind is conciliated. ||1||

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ਐਸਾ ਗਰਬੁ ਬੁਰਾ ਸੰਸਾਰੈ ॥

aisaa garab buraa sansaarai |

Such is the horrible pride of the world.

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ਜਿਸੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਗਰਬੁ ਨਿਵਾਰੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jis gur milai tis garab nivaarai |1| rahaau |

The Guru eliminates the pride of those who meet Him. ||1||Pause||

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ਬਲਿ ਰਾਜਾ ਮਾਇਆ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੀ ॥

bal raajaa maaeaa ahankaaree |

Bal the King, in Maya and egotism,

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ਜਗਨ ਕਰੈ ਬਹੁ ਭਾਰ ਅਫਾਰੀ ॥

jagan karai bahu bhaar afaaree |

held his ceremonial feasts, but he was puffed up with pride.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਪੂਛੇ ਜਾਇ ਪਇਆਰੀ ॥੨॥

bin gur poochhe jaae peaaree |2|

Without the Guru's advice, he had to go to the underworld. ||2||

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ਹਰੀਚੰਦੁ ਦਾਨੁ ਕਰੈ ਜਸੁ ਲੇਵੈ ॥

hareechand daan karai jas levai |

Hari Chand gave in charity, and earned public praise.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇ ਅਭੇਵੈ ॥

bin gur ant na paae abhevai |

But without the Guru, he did not find the limits of the Mysterious Lord.

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ਆਪਿ ਭੁਲਾਇ ਆਪੇ ਮਤਿ ਦੇਵੈ ॥੩॥

aap bhulaae aape mat devai |3|

The Lord Himself misleads people, and He Himself imparts understanding. ||3||

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ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਹਰਣਾਖਸੁ ਦੁਰਾਚਾਰੀ ॥

duramat haranaakhas duraachaaree |

The evil-minded Harnaakhash committed evil deeds.

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ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਨਾਰਾਇਣੁ ਗਰਬ ਪ੍ਰਹਾਰੀ ॥

prabh naaraaein garab prahaaree |

God, the Lord of all, is the Destroyer of pride.

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ਪ੍ਰਹਲਾਦ ਉਧਾਰੇ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਧਾਰੀ ॥੪॥

prahalaad udhaare kirapaa dhaaree |4|

He bestowed His Mercy, and saved Prahlaad. ||4||

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ਭੂਲੋ ਰਾਵਣੁ ਮੁਗਧੁ ਅਚੇਤਿ ॥

bhoolo raavan mugadh achet |

Raawan was deluded, foolish and unwise.

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ਲੂਟੀ ਲੰਕਾ ਸੀਸ ਸਮੇਤਿ ॥

loottee lankaa sees samet |

Sri Lanka was plundered, and he lost his head.

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ਗਰਬਿ ਗਇਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਹੇਤਿ ॥੫॥

garab geaa bin satigur het |5|

He indulged in ego, and lacked the love of the True Guru. ||5||

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ਸਹਸਬਾਹੁ ਮਧੁ ਕੀਟ ਮਹਿਖਾਸਾ ॥

sahasabaahu madh keett mahikhaasaa |

The Lord killed the thousand-armed Arjun, and the demons Madhu-keetab and Meh-khaasaa.

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ਹਰਣਾਖਸੁ ਲੇ ਨਖਹੁ ਬਿਧਾਸਾ ॥

haranaakhas le nakhahu bidhaasaa |

He seized Harnaakhash and tore him apart with his nails.

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ਦੈਤ ਸੰਘਾਰੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਅਭਿਆਸਾ ॥੬॥

dait sanghaare bin bhagat abhiaasaa |6|

The demons were slain; they did not practice devotional worship. ||6||

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ਜਰਾਸੰਧਿ ਕਾਲਜਮੁਨ ਸੰਘਾਰੇ ॥

jaraasandh kaalajamun sanghaare |

The demons Jaraa-sandh and Kaal-jamun were destroyed.

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ਰਕਤਬੀਜੁ ਕਾਲੁਨੇਮੁ ਬਿਦਾਰੇ ॥

rakatabeej kaalunem bidaare |

Rakat-beej and Kaal-naym were annihilated.

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ਦੈਤ ਸੰਘਾਰਿ ਸੰਤ ਨਿਸਤਾਰੇ ॥੭॥

dait sanghaar sant nisataare |7|

Slaying the demons, the Lord saved His Saints. ||7||

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ਆਪੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ॥

aape satigur sabad beechaare |

He Himself, as the True Guru, contemplates the Shabad.

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