Ang 254 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥

salok |

Salok:

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ਗਨਿ ਮਿਨਿ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਮਨੈ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਰਪਰ ਚਲਨੋ ਲੋਗ ॥

gan min dekhahu manai maeh sarapar chalano log |

See, that even by calculating and scheming in their minds, people must surely depart in the end.

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ਆਸ ਅਨਿਤ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਿਟੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਅਰੋਗ ॥੧॥

aas anit guramukh mittai naanak naam arog |1|

Hopes and desires for transitory things are erased for the Gurmukh; O Nanak, the Name alone brings true health. ||1||

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਗਗਾ ਗੋਬਿਦ ਗੁਣ ਰਵਹੁ ਸਾਸਿ ਸਾਸਿ ਜਪਿ ਨੀਤ ॥

gagaa gobid gun ravahu saas saas jap neet |

GAGGA: Chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe with each and every breath; meditate on Him forever.

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ਕਹਾ ਬਿਸਾਸਾ ਦੇਹ ਕਾ ਬਿਲਮ ਨ ਕਰਿਹੋ ਮੀਤ ॥

kahaa bisaasaa deh kaa bilam na kariho meet |

How can you rely on the body? Do not delay, my friend;

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ਨਹ ਬਾਰਿਕ ਨਹ ਜੋਬਨੈ ਨਹ ਬਿਰਧੀ ਕਛੁ ਬੰਧੁ ॥

neh baarik neh jobanai neh biradhee kachh bandh |

there is nothing to stand in Death's way - neither in childhood, nor in youth, nor in old age.

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ਓਹ ਬੇਰਾ ਨਹ ਬੂਝੀਐ ਜਉ ਆਇ ਪਰੈ ਜਮ ਫੰਧੁ ॥

oeh beraa neh boojheeai jau aae parai jam fandh |

That time is not known, when the noose of Death shall come and fall on you.

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ਗਿਆਨੀ ਧਿਆਨੀ ਚਤੁਰ ਪੇਖਿ ਰਹਨੁ ਨਹੀ ਇਹ ਠਾਇ ॥

giaanee dhiaanee chatur pekh rehan nahee ih tthaae |

See, that even spiritual scholars, those who meditate, and those who are clever shall not stay in this place.

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ਛਾਡਿ ਛਾਡਿ ਸਗਲੀ ਗਈ ਮੂੜ ਤਹਾ ਲਪਟਾਹਿ ॥

chhaadd chhaadd sagalee gee moorr tahaa lapattaeh |

Only the fool clings to that, which everyone else has abandoned and left behind.

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ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਰਹੈ ਜਾਹੂ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਭਾਗ ॥

gur prasaad simarat rahai jaahoo masatak bhaag |

By Guru's Grace, one who has such good destiny written on his forehead remembers the Lord in meditation.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਆਏ ਸਫਲ ਤੇ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਪ੍ਰਿਅਹਿ ਸੁਹਾਗ ॥੧੯॥

naanak aae safal te jaa kau prieh suhaag |19|

O Nanak, blessed and fruitful is the coming of those who obtain the Beloved Lord as their Husband. ||19||

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥

salok |

Salok:

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ਘੋਖੇ ਸਾਸਤ੍ਰ ਬੇਦ ਸਭ ਆਨ ਨ ਕਥਤਉ ਕੋਇ ॥

ghokhe saasatr bed sabh aan na kathtau koe |

I have searched all the Shaastras and the Vedas, and they say nothing except this:

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ਆਦਿ ਜੁਗਾਦੀ ਹੁਣਿ ਹੋਵਤ ਨਾਨਕ ਏਕੈ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥

aad jugaadee hun hovat naanak ekai soe |1|

"In the beginning, throughout the ages, now and forevermore, O Nanak, the One Lord alone exists." ||1||

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਘਘਾ ਘਾਲਹੁ ਮਨਹਿ ਏਹ ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਦੂਸਰ ਨਾਹਿ ॥

ghaghaa ghaalahu maneh eeh bin har doosar naeh |

GHAGHA: Put this into your mind, that there is no one except the Lord.

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ਨਹ ਹੋਆ ਨਹ ਹੋਵਨਾ ਜਤ ਕਤ ਓਹੀ ਸਮਾਹਿ ॥

neh hoaa neh hovanaa jat kat ohee samaeh |

There never was, and there never shall be. He is pervading everywhere.

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ਘੂਲਹਿ ਤਉ ਮਨ ਜਉ ਆਵਹਿ ਸਰਨਾ ॥

ghooleh tau man jau aaveh saranaa |

You shall be absorbed into Him, O mind, if you come to His Sanctuary.

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ਨਾਮ ਤਤੁ ਕਲਿ ਮਹਿ ਪੁਨਹਚਰਨਾ ॥

naam tat kal meh punahacharanaa |

In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, only the Naam, the Name of the Lord, shall be of any real use to you.

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ਘਾਲਿ ਘਾਲਿ ਅਨਿਕ ਪਛੁਤਾਵਹਿ ॥

ghaal ghaal anik pachhutaaveh |

So many work and slave continually, but they come to regret and repent in the end.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਹਾ ਥਿਤਿ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥

bin har bhagat kahaa thit paaveh |

Without devotional worship of the Lord, how can they find stability?

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ਘੋਲਿ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਤਿਹ ਪੀਆ ॥

ghol mahaa ras amrit tih peea |

They alone taste the supreme essence, and drink in the Ambrosial Nectar,

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ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰਿ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਦੀਆ ॥੨੦॥

naanak har gur jaa kau deea |20|

O Nanak, unto whom the Lord, the Guru, gives it. ||20||

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥

salok |

Salok:

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ਙਣਿ ਘਾਲੇ ਸਭ ਦਿਵਸ ਸਾਸ ਨਹ ਬਢਨ ਘਟਨ ਤਿਲੁ ਸਾਰ ॥

ngan ghaale sabh divas saas neh badtan ghattan til saar |

He has counted all the days and the breaths, and placed them in people's destiny; they do not increase or decrease one little bit.

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ਜੀਵਨ ਲੋਰਹਿ ਭਰਮ ਮੋਹ ਨਾਨਕ ਤੇਊ ਗਵਾਰ ॥੧॥

jeevan loreh bharam moh naanak teaoo gavaar |1|

Those who long to live in doubt and emotional attachment, O Nanak, are total fools. ||1||

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਙੰਙਾ ਙ੍ਰਾਸੈ ਕਾਲੁ ਤਿਹ ਜੋ ਸਾਕਤ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਕੀਨ ॥

ngangaa ngraasai kaal tih jo saakat prabh keen |

NGANGA: Death seizes those whom God has made into faithless cynics.

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ਅਨਿਕ ਜੋਨਿ ਜਨਮਹਿ ਮਰਹਿ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੀਨ ॥

anik jon janameh mareh aatam raam na cheen |

They are born and they die, enduring countless incarnations; they do not realize the Lord, the Supreme Soul.

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ਙਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਤਾਹੂ ਕਉ ਆਏ ॥

ngiaan dhiaan taahoo kau aae |

They alone find spiritual wisdom and meditation,

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ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਜਿਹ ਆਪਿ ਦਿਵਾਏ ॥

kar kirapaa jih aap divaae |

whom the Lord blesses with His Mercy;

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ਙਣਤੀ ਙਣੀ ਨਹੀ ਕੋਊ ਛੂਟੈ ॥

nganatee nganee nahee koaoo chhoottai |

no one is emancipated by counting and calculating.

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ਕਾਚੀ ਗਾਗਰਿ ਸਰਪਰ ਫੂਟੈ ॥

kaachee gaagar sarapar foottai |

The vessel of clay shall surely break.

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ਸੋ ਜੀਵਤ ਜਿਹ ਜੀਵਤ ਜਪਿਆ ॥

so jeevat jih jeevat japiaa |

They alone live, who, while alive, meditate on the Lord.

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ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਭਏ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਹ ਛਪਿਆ ॥੨੧॥

pragatt bhe naanak neh chhapiaa |21|

They are respected, O Nanak, and do not remain hidden. ||21||

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥

salok |

Salok:

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ਚਿਤਿ ਚਿਤਵਉ ਚਰਣਾਰਬਿੰਦ ਊਧ ਕਵਲ ਬਿਗਸਾਂਤ ॥

chit chitvau charanaarabind aoodh kaval bigasaant |

Focus your consciousness on His Lotus Feet, and the inverted lotus of your heart shall blossom forth.

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ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਭਏ ਆਪਹਿ ਗੋੁਬਿੰਦ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੰਤ ਮਤਾਂਤ ॥੧॥

pragatt bhe aapeh guobind naanak sant mataant |1|

The Lord of the Universe Himself becomes manifest, O Nanak, through the Teachings of the Saints. ||1||

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਚਚਾ ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਗੁਰ ਲਾਗਾ ॥

chachaa charan kamal gur laagaa |

CHACHA: Blessed, blessed is that day,

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ਧਨਿ ਧਨਿ ਉਆ ਦਿਨ ਸੰਜੋਗ ਸਭਾਗਾ ॥

dhan dhan uaa din sanjog sabhaagaa |

when I became attached to the Lord's Lotus Feet.

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ਚਾਰਿ ਕੁੰਟ ਦਹ ਦਿਸਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਆਇਓ ॥

chaar kuntt deh dis bhram aaeo |

After wandering around in the four quarters and the ten directions,

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ਭਈ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਤਬ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਪਾਇਓ ॥

bhee kripaa tab darasan paaeo |

God showed His Mercy to me, and then I obtained the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.

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ਚਾਰ ਬਿਚਾਰ ਬਿਨਸਿਓ ਸਭ ਦੂਆ ॥

chaar bichaar binasio sabh dooaa |

By pure lifestyle and meditation, all duality is removed.

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ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਹੂਆ ॥

saadhasang man niramal hooaa |

In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the mind becomes immaculate.

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ਚਿੰਤ ਬਿਸਾਰੀ ਏਕ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟੇਤਾ ॥

chint bisaaree ek drisattetaa |

Anxieties are forgotten, and the One Lord alone is seen,

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ਨਾਨਕ ਗਿਆਨ ਅੰਜਨੁ ਜਿਹ ਨੇਤ੍ਰਾ ॥੨੨॥

naanak giaan anjan jih netraa |22|

O Nanak, by those whose eyes are anointed with the ointment of spiritual wisdom. ||22||

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥

salok |

Salok:

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ਛਾਤੀ ਸੀਤਲ ਮਨੁ ਸੁਖੀ ਛੰਤ ਗੋਬਿਦ ਗੁਨ ਗਾਇ ॥

chhaatee seetal man sukhee chhant gobid gun gaae |

The heart is cooled and soothed, and the mind is at peace, chanting and singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe.

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ਐਸੀ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਨਾਨਕ ਦਾਸ ਦਸਾਇ ॥੧॥

aisee kirapaa karahu prabh naanak daas dasaae |1|

Show such Mercy, O God, that Nanak may become the slave of Your slaves. ||1||

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਛਛਾ ਛੋਹਰੇ ਦਾਸ ਤੁਮਾਰੇ ॥

chhachhaa chhohare daas tumaare |

CHHACHHA: I am Your child-slave.

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ਦਾਸ ਦਾਸਨ ਕੇ ਪਾਨੀਹਾਰੇ ॥

daas daasan ke paaneehaare |

I am the water-carrier of the slave of Your slaves.

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ਛਛਾ ਛਾਰੁ ਹੋਤ ਤੇਰੇ ਸੰਤਾ ॥

chhachhaa chhaar hot tere santaa |

Chhachha: I long to become the dust under the feet of Your Saints.

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