Ang 227 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਹਉਮੈ ਬੰਧਨ ਬੰਧਿ ਭਵਾਵੈ ॥

haumai bandhan bandh bhavaavai |

Egotism binds people in bondage, and causes them to wander around lost.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਰਾਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੮॥੧੩॥

naanak raam bhagat sukh paavai |8|13|

O Nanak, peace is obtained through devotional worship of the Lord. ||8||13||

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ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 1 |

Gauree, First Mehl:

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ਪ੍ਰਥਮੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਕਾਲੈ ਘਰਿ ਆਇਆ ॥

prathame brahamaa kaalai ghar aaeaa |

First, Brahma entered the house of Death.

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ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਕਮਲੁ ਪਇਆਲਿ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

braham kamal peaal na paaeaa |

Brahma entered the lotus, and searched the nether regions, but he did not find the end of it.

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ਆਗਿਆ ਨਹੀ ਲੀਨੀ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ॥੧॥

aagiaa nahee leenee bharam bhulaaeaa |1|

He did not accept the Lord's Order - he was deluded by doubt. ||1||

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ਜੋ ਉਪਜੈ ਸੋ ਕਾਲਿ ਸੰਘਾਰਿਆ ॥

jo upajai so kaal sanghaariaa |

Whoever is created, shall be destroyed by Death.

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ਹਮ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਖੇ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

ham har raakhe gurasabad beechaariaa |1| rahaau |

But I am protected by the Lord; I contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||Pause||

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ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੇ ਦੇਵੀ ਸਭਿ ਦੇਵਾ ॥

maaeaa mohe devee sabh devaa |

All the gods and goddesses are enticed by Maya.

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ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਛੋਡੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ॥

kaal na chhoddai bin gur kee sevaa |

Death cannot be avoided, without serving the Guru.

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ਓਹੁ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵਾ ॥੨॥

ohu abinaasee alakh abhevaa |2|

That Lord is Imperishable, Invisible and Inscrutable. ||2||

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ਸੁਲਤਾਨ ਖਾਨ ਬਾਦਿਸਾਹ ਨਹੀ ਰਹਨਾ ॥

sulataan khaan baadisaah nahee rahanaa |

The sultans, emperors and kings shall not remain.

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ਨਾਮਹੁ ਭੂਲੈ ਜਮ ਕਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਸਹਨਾ ॥

naamahu bhoolai jam kaa dukh sahanaa |

Forgetting the Name, they shall endure the pain of death.

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ਮੈ ਧਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਿਉ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਰਹਨਾ ॥੩॥

mai dhar naam jiau raakhahu rahanaa |3|

My only Support is the Naam, the Name of the Lord; as He keeps me, I survive. ||3||

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ਚਉਧਰੀ ਰਾਜੇ ਨਹੀ ਕਿਸੈ ਮੁਕਾਮੁ ॥

chaudharee raaje nahee kisai mukaam |

The leaders and kings shall not remain.

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ਸਾਹ ਮਰਹਿ ਸੰਚਹਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਦਾਮ ॥

saah mareh sancheh maaeaa daam |

The bankers shall die, after accumulating their wealth and money.

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ਮੈ ਧਨੁ ਦੀਜੈ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ॥੪॥

mai dhan deejai har amrit naam |4|

Grant me, O Lord, the wealth of Your Ambrosial Naam. ||4||

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ਰਯਤਿ ਮਹਰ ਮੁਕਦਮ ਸਿਕਦਾਰੈ ॥

rayat mehar mukadam sikadaarai |

The people, rulers, leaders and chiefs

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ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਦਿਸੈ ਸੰਸਾਰੈ ॥

nihachal koe na disai sansaarai |

none of them shall be able to remain in the world.

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ਅਫਰਿਉ ਕਾਲੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਸਿਰਿ ਮਾਰੈ ॥੫॥

afariau kaal koorr sir maarai |5|

Death is inevitable; it strikes the heads of the false. ||5||

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ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਏਕੁ ਸਚਾ ਸਚੁ ਸੋਈ ॥

nihachal ek sachaa sach soee |

Only the One Lord, the Truest of the True, is permanent.

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ਜਿਨਿ ਕਰਿ ਸਾਜੀ ਤਿਨਹਿ ਸਭ ਗੋਈ ॥

jin kar saajee tineh sabh goee |

He who created and fashioned everything, shall destroy it.

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ਓਹੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਪੈ ਤਾਂ ਪਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥੬॥

ohu guramukh jaapai taan pat hoee |6|

One who becomes Gurmukh and meditates on the Lord is honored. ||6||

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ਕਾਜੀ ਸੇਖ ਭੇਖ ਫਕੀਰਾ ॥

kaajee sekh bhekh fakeeraa |

The Qazis, Shaykhs and Fakeers in religious robes

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ਵਡੇ ਕਹਾਵਹਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਤਨਿ ਪੀਰਾ ॥

vadde kahaaveh haumai tan peeraa |

call themselves great; but through their egotism, their bodies are suffering in pain.

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ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਛੋਡੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਧੀਰਾ ॥੭॥

kaal na chhoddai bin satigur kee dheeraa |7|

Death does not spare them, without the Support of the True Guru. ||7||

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ਕਾਲੁ ਜਾਲੁ ਜਿਹਵਾ ਅਰੁ ਨੈਣੀ ॥

kaal jaal jihavaa ar nainee |

The trap of Death is hanging over their tongues and eyes.

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ਕਾਨੀ ਕਾਲੁ ਸੁਣੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਬੈਣੀ ॥

kaanee kaal sunai bikh bainee |

Death is over their ears, when they hear talk of evil.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਮੂਠੇ ਦਿਨੁ ਰੈਣੀ ॥੮॥

bin sabadai mootthe din rainee |8|

Without the Shabad, they are plundered, day and night. ||8||

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ਹਿਰਦੈ ਸਾਚੁ ਵਸੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇ ॥

hiradai saach vasai har naae |

Death cannot touch those whose hearts are filled with the True Name of the Lord,

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ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਜੋਹਿ ਸਕੈ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ॥

kaal na johi sakai gun gaae |

And who sing the Glories of God.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੯॥੧੪॥

naanak guramukh sabad samaae |9|14|

O Nanak, the Gurmukh is absorbed in the Word of the Shabad. ||9||14||

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ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 1 |

Gauree, First Mehl:

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ਬੋਲਹਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਮਿਥਿਆ ਨਹੀ ਰਾਈ ॥

boleh saach mithiaa nahee raaee |

They speak the Truth - not an iota of falsehood.

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ਚਾਲਹਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਰਜਾਈ ॥

chaaleh guramukh hukam rajaaee |

The Gurmukhs walk in the Way of the Lord's Command.

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ਰਹਹਿ ਅਤੀਤ ਸਚੇ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥੧॥

raheh ateet sache saranaaee |1|

They remain unattached, in the Sanctuary of the True Lord. ||1||

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ਸਚ ਘਰਿ ਬੈਸੈ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਜੋਹੈ ॥

sach ghar baisai kaal na johai |

They dwell in their true home, and Death does not touch them.

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ਮਨਮੁਖ ਕਉ ਆਵਤ ਜਾਵਤ ਦੁਖੁ ਮੋਹੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

manamukh kau aavat jaavat dukh mohai |1| rahaau |

The self-willed manmukhs come and go, in the pain of emotional attachment. ||1||Pause||

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ਅਪਿਉ ਪੀਅਉ ਅਕਥੁ ਕਥਿ ਰਹੀਐ ॥

apiau peeo akath kath raheeai |

So, drink deeply of this Nectar, and speak the Unspoken Speech.

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ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਬੈਸਿ ਸਹਜ ਘਰੁ ਲਹੀਐ ॥

nij ghar bais sehaj ghar laheeai |

Dwelling in the home of your own being within, you shall find the home of intuitive peace.

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ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਮਾਤੇ ਇਹੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਕਹੀਐ ॥੨॥

har ras maate ihu sukh kaheeai |2|

One who is imbued with the Lord's sublime essence, is said to experience this peace. ||2||

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ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਚਾਲ ਨਿਹਚਲ ਨਹੀ ਡੋਲੈ ॥

guramat chaal nihachal nahee ddolai |

Following the Guru's Teachings, one becomes perfectly stable, and never wavers.

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ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਹਰਿ ਬੋਲੈ ॥

guramat saach sehaj har bolai |

Following the Guru's Teachings, one intuitively chants the Name of the True Lord.

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ਪੀਵੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਤਤੁ ਵਿਰੋਲੈ ॥੩॥

peevai amrit tat virolai |3|

Drinking in this Ambrosial Nectar, and churning it, the essential reality is discerned. ||3||

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਦੀਖਿਆ ਲੀਨੀ ॥

satigur dekhiaa deekhiaa leenee |

Beholding the True Guru, I have received His Teachings.

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ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਅਰਪਿਓ ਅੰਤਰਗਤਿ ਕੀਨੀ ॥

man tan arapio antaragat keenee |

I have offered my mind and body, after searching deep within my own being.

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ਗਤਿ ਮਿਤਿ ਪਾਈ ਆਤਮੁ ਚੀਨੀ ॥੪॥

gat mit paaee aatam cheenee |4|

I have come to realize the value of understanding my own soul. ||4||

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ਭੋਜਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਸਾਰੁ ॥

bhojan naam niranjan saar |

The Naam, the Name of the Immaculate Lord, is the most excellent and sublime food.

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ਪਰਮ ਹੰਸੁ ਸਚੁ ਜੋਤਿ ਅਪਾਰ ॥

param hans sach jot apaar |

The pure swan-souls see the True Light of the Infinite Lord.

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ਜਹ ਦੇਖਉ ਤਹ ਏਕੰਕਾਰੁ ॥੫॥

jeh dekhau teh ekankaar |5|

Wherever I look, I see the One and Only Lord. ||5||

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ਰਹੈ ਨਿਰਾਲਮੁ ਏਕਾ ਸਚੁ ਕਰਣੀ ॥

rahai niraalam ekaa sach karanee |

One who remains pure and unblemished and practices only true deeds,

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ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸੇਵਾ ਗੁਰ ਚਰਣੀ ॥

param pad paaeaa sevaa gur charanee |

obtains the supreme status, serving at the Guru's Feet.

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ਮਨ ਤੇ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ਚੂਕੀ ਅਹੰ ਭ੍ਰਮਣੀ ॥੬॥

man te man maaniaa chookee ahan bhramanee |6|

The mind is reconciliated with the mind, and the ego's wandering ways come to an end. ||6||

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ਇਨ ਬਿਧਿ ਕਉਣੁ ਕਉਣੁ ਨਹੀ ਤਾਰਿਆ ॥

ein bidh kaun kaun nahee taariaa |

In this way, who - who has not been saved?

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ਹਰਿ ਜਸਿ ਸੰਤ ਭਗਤ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਿਆ ॥

har jas sant bhagat nisataariaa |

The Lord's Praises have saved His Saints and devotees.

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