Ang 229 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 1 |

Gauree, First Mehl:

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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਬੂਝਿ ਲੇ ਤਉ ਹੋਇ ਨਿਬੇਰਾ ॥

gur parasaadee boojh le tau hoe niberaa |

By Guru's Grace, one comes to understand, and then, the account is settled.

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ਘਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨਾ ਸੋ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਮੇਰਾ ॥੧॥

ghar ghar naam niranjanaa so tthaakur meraa |1|

In each and every heart is the Name of the Immaculate Lord; He is my Lord and Master. ||1||

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ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰਸਬਦ ਨ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਵੀਚਾਰਾ ॥

bin gurasabad na chhootteeai dekhahu veechaaraa |

Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, no one is emancipated. See this, and reflect upon it.

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ਜੇ ਲਖ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵਹੀ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਅੰਧਿਆਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

je lakh karam kamaavahee bin gur andhiaaraa |1| rahaau |

Even though you may perform hundreds of thousands of rituals, without the Guru, there is only darkness. ||1||Pause||

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ਅੰਧੇ ਅਕਲੀ ਬਾਹਰੇ ਕਿਆ ਤਿਨ ਸਿਉ ਕਹੀਐ ॥

andhe akalee baahare kiaa tin siau kaheeai |

What can you say, to one who is blind and without wisdom?

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ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਪੰਥੁ ਨ ਸੂਝਈ ਕਿਤੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਨਿਰਬਹੀਐ ॥੨॥

bin gur panth na soojhee kit bidh nirabaheeai |2|

Without the Guru, the Path cannot be seen. How can anyone proceed? ||2||

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ਖੋਟੇ ਕਉ ਖਰਾ ਕਹੈ ਖਰੇ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ॥

khotte kau kharaa kahai khare saar na jaanai |

He calls the counterfeit genuine, and does not know the value of the genuine.

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ਅੰਧੇ ਕਾ ਨਾਉ ਪਾਰਖੂ ਕਲੀ ਕਾਲ ਵਿਡਾਣੈ ॥੩॥

andhe kaa naau paarakhoo kalee kaal viddaanai |3|

The blind man is known as an appraiser; this Dark Age of Kali Yuga is so strange! ||3||

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ਸੂਤੇ ਕਉ ਜਾਗਤੁ ਕਹੈ ਜਾਗਤ ਕਉ ਸੂਤਾ ॥

soote kau jaagat kahai jaagat kau sootaa |

The sleeper is said to be awake, and those who are awake are like sleepers.

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ਜੀਵਤ ਕਉ ਮੂਆ ਕਹੈ ਮੂਏ ਨਹੀ ਰੋਤਾ ॥੪॥

jeevat kau mooaa kahai mooe nahee rotaa |4|

The living are said to be dead, and no one mourns for those who have died. ||4||

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ਆਵਤ ਕਉ ਜਾਤਾ ਕਹੈ ਜਾਤੇ ਕਉ ਆਇਆ ॥

aavat kau jaataa kahai jaate kau aaeaa |

One who is coming is said to be going, and one who is gone is said to have come.

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ਪਰ ਕੀ ਕਉ ਅਪੁਨੀ ਕਹੈ ਅਪੁਨੋ ਨਹੀ ਭਾਇਆ ॥੫॥

par kee kau apunee kahai apuno nahee bhaaeaa |5|

That which belongs to others, he calls his own, but he has no liking for that which is his. ||5||

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ਮੀਠੇ ਕਉ ਕਉੜਾ ਕਹੈ ਕੜੂਏ ਕਉ ਮੀਠਾ ॥

meetthe kau kaurraa kahai karrooe kau meetthaa |

That which is sweet is said to be bitter, and the bitter is said to be sweet.

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ਰਾਤੇ ਕੀ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਐਸਾ ਕਲਿ ਮਹਿ ਡੀਠਾ ॥੬॥

raate kee nindaa kareh aisaa kal meh ddeetthaa |6|

One who is imbued with the Lord's Love is slandered - this is what I have seen in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga. ||6||

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ਚੇਰੀ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਦੀਸੈ ॥

cheree kee sevaa kareh tthaakur nahee deesai |

He serves the maid, and does not see his Lord and Master.

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ਪੋਖਰੁ ਨੀਰੁ ਵਿਰੋਲੀਐ ਮਾਖਨੁ ਨਹੀ ਰੀਸੈ ॥੭॥

pokhar neer viroleeai maakhan nahee reesai |7|

Churning the water in the pond, no butter is produced. ||7||

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ਇਸੁ ਪਦ ਜੋ ਅਰਥਾਇ ਲੇਇ ਸੋ ਗੁਰੂ ਹਮਾਰਾ ॥

eis pad jo arathaae lee so guroo hamaaraa |

One who understands the meaning of this verse is my Guru.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਚੀਨੈ ਆਪ ਕਉ ਸੋ ਅਪਰ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥੮॥

naanak cheenai aap kau so apar apaaraa |8|

O Nanak, one who knows his own self, is infinite and incomparable. ||8||

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ਸਭੁ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਆਪੇ ਭਰਮਾਇਆ ॥

sabh aape aap varatadaa aape bharamaaeaa |

He Himself is All-pervading; He Himself misleads the people.

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ਗੁਰ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਬੂਝੀਐ ਸਭੁ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥੯॥੨॥੧੮॥

gur kirapaa te boojheeai sabh braham samaaeaa |9|2|18|

By Guru's Grace, one comes to understand, that God is contained in all. ||9||2||18||

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ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ ॥

raag gaurree guaareree mahalaa 3 asattapadeea |

Raag Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl, Ashtpadheeyaa:

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ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

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ਮਨ ਕਾ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਉ ॥

man kaa sootak doojaa bhaau |

The pollution of the mind is the love of duality.

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ਭਰਮੇ ਭੂਲੇ ਆਵਉ ਜਾਉ ॥੧॥

bharame bhoole aavau jaau |1|

Deluded by doubt, people come and go in reincarnation. ||1||

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ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਕਬਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

manamukh sootak kabeh na jaae |

The pollution of the self-willed manmukhs will never go away,

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ਜਿਚਰੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਹਰਿ ਕੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jichar sabad na bheejai har kai naae |1| rahaau |

as long as they do not dwell on the Shabad, and the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

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ਸਭੋ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਜੇਤਾ ਮੋਹੁ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥

sabho sootak jetaa mohu aakaar |

All the created beings are contaminated by emotional attachment;

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ਮਰਿ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮੈ ਵਾਰੋ ਵਾਰ ॥੨॥

mar mar jamai vaaro vaar |2|

they die and are reborn, only to die over and over again. ||2||

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ਸੂਤਕੁ ਅਗਨਿ ਪਉਣੈ ਪਾਣੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥

sootak agan paunai paanee maeh |

Fire, air and water are polluted.

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ਸੂਤਕੁ ਭੋਜਨੁ ਜੇਤਾ ਕਿਛੁ ਖਾਹਿ ॥੩॥

sootak bhojan jetaa kichh khaeh |3|

The food which is eaten is polluted. ||3||

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ਸੂਤਕਿ ਕਰਮ ਨ ਪੂਜਾ ਹੋਇ ॥

sootak karam na poojaa hoe |

The actions of those who do not worship the Lord are polluted.

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ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਹੋਇ ॥੪॥

naam rate man niramal hoe |4|

Attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the mind becomes immaculate. ||4||

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਜਾਇ ॥

satigur seviai sootak jaae |

Serving the True Guru, pollution is eradicated,

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ਮਰੈ ਨ ਜਨਮੈ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਖਾਇ ॥੫॥

marai na janamai kaal na khaae |5|

and then, one does not suffer death and rebirth, or get devoured by death. ||5||

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ਸਾਸਤ ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਸੋਧਿ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਕੋਇ ॥

saasat sinmrit sodh dekhahu koe |

You may study and examine the Shaastras and the Simritees,

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ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੬॥

vin naavai ko mukat na hoe |6|

but without the Name, no one is liberated. ||6||

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ਜੁਗ ਚਾਰੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਉਤਮੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥

jug chaare naam utam sabad beechaar |

Throughout the four ages, the Naam is the ultimate; reflect upon the Word of the Shabad.

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ਕਲਿ ਮਹਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰਿ ॥੭॥

kal meh guramukh utaras paar |7|

In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, only the Gurmukhs cross over. ||7||

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ਸਾਚਾ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥

saachaa marai na aavai jaae |

The True Lord does not die; He does not come or go.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੮॥੧॥

naanak guramukh rahai samaae |8|1|

O Nanak, the Gurmukh remains absorbed in the Lord. ||8||1||

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ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 3 |

Gauree, Third Mehl:

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੇਵਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਅਧਾਰਾ ॥

guramukh sevaa praan adhaaraa |

Selfless service is the support of the breath of life of the Gurmukh.

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ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਾ ॥

har jeeo raakhahu hiradai ur dhaaraa |

Keep the Dear Lord enshrined in your heart.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਸਾਚ ਦੁਆਰਾ ॥੧॥

guramukh sobhaa saach duaaraa |1|

The Gurmukh is honored in the Court of the True Lord. ||1||

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ਪੰਡਿਤ ਹਰਿ ਪੜੁ ਤਜਹੁ ਵਿਕਾਰਾ ॥

panddit har parr tajahu vikaaraa |

O Pandit, O religious scholar, read about the Lord, and renounce your corrupt ways.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਉਤਰਹੁ ਪਾਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

guramukh bhaujal utarahu paaraa |1| rahaau |

The Gurmukh crosses over the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||

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