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Ang 24 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngGuru Nanak Dev Ji · Siree Raag
Read the full shabad →ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੩ ॥
sireeraag mahalaa 1 ghar 3 |
Siree Raag, First Mehl, Third House:
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ਅਮਲੁ ਕਰਿ ਧਰਤੀ ਬੀਜੁ ਸਬਦੋ ਕਰਿ ਸਚ ਕੀ ਆਬ ਨਿਤ ਦੇਹਿ ਪਾਣੀ ॥
amal kar dharatee beej sabado kar sach kee aab nit dehi paanee |
Make good deeds the soil, and let the Word of the Shabad be the seed; irrigate it continually with the water of Truth.
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ਹੋਇ ਕਿਰਸਾਣੁ ਈਮਾਨੁ ਜੰਮਾਇ ਲੈ ਭਿਸਤੁ ਦੋਜਕੁ ਮੂੜੇ ਏਵ ਜਾਣੀ ॥੧॥
hoe kirasaan eemaan jamaae lai bhisat dojak moorre ev jaanee |1|
Become such a farmer, and faith will sprout. This brings knowledge of heaven and hell, you fool! ||1||
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ਮਤੁ ਜਾਣ ਸਹਿ ਗਲੀ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
mat jaan seh galee paaeaa |
Do not think that your Husband Lord can be obtained by mere words.
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ਮਾਲ ਕੈ ਮਾਣੈ ਰੂਪ ਕੀ ਸੋਭਾ ਇਤੁ ਬਿਧੀ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
maal kai maanai roop kee sobhaa it bidhee janam gavaaeaa |1| rahaau |
You are wasting this life in the pride of wealth and the splendor of beauty. ||1||Pause||
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ਐਬ ਤਨਿ ਚਿਕੜੋ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਮੀਡਕੋ ਕਮਲ ਕੀ ਸਾਰ ਨਹੀ ਮੂਲਿ ਪਾਈ ॥
aib tan chikarro ihu man meeddako kamal kee saar nahee mool paaee |
The defect of the body which leads to sin is the mud puddle, and this mind is the frog, which does not appreciate the lotus flower at all.
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ਭਉਰੁ ਉਸਤਾਦੁ ਨਿਤ ਭਾਖਿਆ ਬੋਲੇ ਕਿਉ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਾ ਨਹ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥੨॥
bhaur usataad nit bhaakhiaa bole kiau boojhai jaa neh bujhaaee |2|
The bumble bee is the teacher who continually teaches the lesson. But how can one understand, unless one is made to understand? ||2||
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ਆਖਣੁ ਸੁਨਣਾ ਪਉਣ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਰਤਾ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
aakhan sunanaa paun kee baanee ihu man rataa maaeaa |
This speaking and listening is like the song of the wind, for those whose minds are colored by the love of Maya.
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ਖਸਮ ਕੀ ਨਦਰਿ ਦਿਲਹਿ ਪਸਿੰਦੇ ਜਿਨੀ ਕਰਿ ਏਕੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ॥੩॥
khasam kee nadar dileh pasinde jinee kar ek dhiaaeaa |3|
The Grace of the Master is bestowed upon those who meditate on Him alone. They are pleasing to His Heart. ||3||
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ਤੀਹ ਕਰਿ ਰਖੇ ਪੰਜ ਕਰਿ ਸਾਥੀ ਨਾਉ ਸੈਤਾਨੁ ਮਤੁ ਕਟਿ ਜਾਈ ॥
teeh kar rakhe panj kar saathee naau saitaan mat katt jaaee |
You may observe the thirty fasts, and say the five prayers each day, but 'Satan' can undo them.
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ਨਾਨਕੁ ਆਖੈ ਰਾਹਿ ਪੈ ਚਲਣਾ ਮਾਲੁ ਧਨੁ ਕਿਤ ਕੂ ਸੰਜਿਆਹੀ ॥੪॥੨੭॥
naanak aakhai raeh pai chalanaa maal dhan kit koo sanjiaahee |4|27|
Says Nanak, you will have to walk on the Path of Death, so why do you bother to collect wealth and property? ||4||27||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Siree Raag
Read the full shabad →ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੪ ॥
sireeraag mahalaa 1 ghar 4 |
Siree Raag, First Mehl, Fourth House:
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ਸੋਈ ਮਉਲਾ ਜਿਨਿ ਜਗੁ ਮਉਲਿਆ ਹਰਿਆ ਕੀਆ ਸੰਸਾਰੋ ॥
soee maulaa jin jag mauliaa hariaa keea sansaaro |
He is the Master who has made the world bloom; He makes the Universe blossom forth, fresh and green.
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ਆਬ ਖਾਕੁ ਜਿਨਿ ਬੰਧਿ ਰਹਾਈ ਧੰਨੁ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰੋ ॥੧॥
aab khaak jin bandh rahaaee dhan sirajanahaaro |1|
He holds the water and the land in bondage. Hail to the Creator Lord! ||1||
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ਮਰਣਾ ਮੁਲਾ ਮਰਣਾ ॥
maranaa mulaa maranaa |
Death, O Mullah-death will come,
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ਭੀ ਕਰਤਾਰਹੁ ਡਰਣਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
bhee karataarahu ddaranaa |1| rahaau |
so live in the Fear of God the Creator. ||1||Pause||
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ਤਾ ਤੂ ਮੁਲਾ ਤਾ ਤੂ ਕਾਜੀ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਖੁਦਾਈ ॥
taa too mulaa taa too kaajee jaaneh naam khudaaee |
You are a Mullah, and you are a Qazi, only when you know the Naam, the Name of God.
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ਜੇ ਬਹੁਤੇਰਾ ਪੜਿਆ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਕੋ ਰਹੈ ਨ ਭਰੀਐ ਪਾਈ ॥੨॥
je bahuteraa parriaa hoveh ko rahai na bhareeai paaee |2|
You may be very educated, but no one can remain when the measure of life is full. ||2||
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ਸੋਈ ਕਾਜੀ ਜਿਨਿ ਆਪੁ ਤਜਿਆ ਇਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਕੀਆ ਆਧਾਰੋ ॥
soee kaajee jin aap tajiaa ik naam keea aadhaaro |
He alone is a Qazi, who renounces selfishness and conceit, and makes the One Name his Support.
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ਹੈ ਭੀ ਹੋਸੀ ਜਾਇ ਨ ਜਾਸੀ ਸਚਾ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰੋ ॥੩॥
hai bhee hosee jaae na jaasee sachaa sirajanahaaro |3|
The True Creator Lord is, and shall always be. He was not born; He shall not die. ||3||
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ਪੰਜ ਵਖਤ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਗੁਜਾਰਹਿ ਪੜਹਿ ਕਤੇਬ ਕੁਰਾਣਾ ॥
panj vakhat nivaaj gujaareh parreh kateb kuraanaa |
You may chant your prayers five times each day; you may read the Bible and the Koran.
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ਨਾਨਕੁ ਆਖੈ ਗੋਰ ਸਦੇਈ ਰਹਿਓ ਪੀਣਾ ਖਾਣਾ ॥੪॥੨੮॥
naanak aakhai gor sadeee rahio peenaa khaanaa |4|28|
Says Nanak, the grave is calling you, and now your food and drink are finished. ||4||28||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Siree Raag
Read the full shabad →ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੪ ॥
sireeraag mahalaa 1 ghar 4 |
Siree Raag, First Mehl, Fourth House:
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ਏਕੁ ਸੁਆਨੁ ਦੁਇ ਸੁਆਨੀ ਨਾਲਿ ॥
ek suaan due suaanee naal |
The dogs of greed are with me.
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ਭਲਕੇ ਭਉਕਹਿ ਸਦਾ ਬਇਆਲਿ ॥
bhalake bhaukeh sadaa beaal |
In the early morning, they continually bark at the wind.
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ਕੂੜੁ ਛੁਰਾ ਮੁਠਾ ਮੁਰਦਾਰੁ ॥
koorr chhuraa mutthaa muradaar |
Falsehood is my dagger; through deception, I eat the carcasses of the dead.
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ਧਾਣਕ ਰੂਪਿ ਰਹਾ ਕਰਤਾਰ ॥੧॥
dhaanak roop rahaa karataar |1|
I live as a wild hunter, O Creator! ||1||
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ਮੈ ਪਤਿ ਕੀ ਪੰਦਿ ਨ ਕਰਣੀ ਕੀ ਕਾਰ ॥
mai pat kee pand na karanee kee kaar |
I have not followed good advice, nor have I done good deeds.
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ਹਉ ਬਿਗੜੈ ਰੂਪਿ ਰਹਾ ਬਿਕਰਾਲ ॥
hau bigarrai roop rahaa bikaraal |
I am deformed and horribly disfigured.
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ਤੇਰਾ ਏਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਤਾਰੇ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥
teraa ek naam taare sansaar |
Your Name alone, Lord, saves the world.
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ਮੈ ਏਹਾ ਆਸ ਏਹੋ ਆਧਾਰੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
mai ehaa aas eho aadhaar |1| rahaau |
This is my hope; this is my support. ||1||Pause||
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ਮੁਖਿ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਆਖਾ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤਿ ॥
mukh nindaa aakhaa din raat |
With my mouth I speak slander, day and night.
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ਪਰ ਘਰੁ ਜੋਹੀ ਨੀਚ ਸਨਾਤਿ ॥
par ghar johee neech sanaat |
I spy on the houses of others-I am such a wretched low-life!
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ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਤਨਿ ਵਸਹਿ ਚੰਡਾਲ ॥
kaam krodh tan vaseh chanddaal |
Unfulfilled sexual desire and unresolved anger dwell in my body, like the outcasts who cremate the dead.
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ਧਾਣਕ ਰੂਪਿ ਰਹਾ ਕਰਤਾਰ ॥੨॥
dhaanak roop rahaa karataar |2|
I live as a wild hunter, O Creator! ||2||
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ਫਾਹੀ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਮਲੂਕੀ ਵੇਸੁ ॥
faahee surat malookee ves |
I make plans to trap others, although I appear gentle.
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ਹਉ ਠਗਵਾੜਾ ਠਗੀ ਦੇਸੁ ॥
hau tthagavaarraa tthagee des |
I am a robber-I rob the world.
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ਖਰਾ ਸਿਆਣਾ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਭਾਰੁ ॥
kharaa siaanaa bahutaa bhaar |
I am very clever-I carry loads of sin.
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ਧਾਣਕ ਰੂਪਿ ਰਹਾ ਕਰਤਾਰ ॥੩॥
dhaanak roop rahaa karataar |3|
I live as a wild hunter, O Creator! ||3||
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ਮੈ ਕੀਤਾ ਨ ਜਾਤਾ ਹਰਾਮਖੋਰੁ ॥
mai keetaa na jaataa haraamakhor |
I have not appreciated what You have done for me, Lord; I take from others and exploit them.
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ਹਉ ਕਿਆ ਮੁਹੁ ਦੇਸਾ ਦੁਸਟੁ ਚੋਰੁ ॥
hau kiaa muhu desaa dusatt chor |
What face shall I show You, Lord? I am a sneak and a thief.
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ਨਾਨਕੁ ਨੀਚੁ ਕਹੈ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
naanak neech kahai beechaar |
Nanak describes the state of the lowly.
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ਧਾਣਕ ਰੂਪਿ ਰਹਾ ਕਰਤਾਰ ॥੪॥੨੯॥
dhaanak roop rahaa karataar |4|29|
I live as a wild hunter, O Creator! ||4||29||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Siree Raag
Read the full shabad →ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੪ ॥
sireeraag mahalaa 1 ghar 4 |
Siree Raag, First Mehl, Fourth House:
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ਏਕਾ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਜੇਤੇ ਹੈ ਜੀਅ ॥
ekaa surat jete hai jeea |
There is one awareness among all created beings.
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ਸੁਰਤਿ ਵਿਹੂਣਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਕੀਅ ॥
surat vihoonaa koe na keea |
None have been created without this awareness.
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