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Ang 324 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngBhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree
Read the full shabad →ਤੂੰ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਹਉ ਨਉਤਨੁ ਚੇਲਾ ॥
toon satigur hau nautan chelaa |
You are the True Guru, and I am Your new disciple.
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ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਮਿਲੁ ਅੰਤ ਕੀ ਬੇਲਾ ॥੪॥੨॥
keh kabeer mil ant kee belaa |4|2|
Says Kabeer, O Lord, please meet me - this is my very last chance! ||4||2||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree
Read the full shabad →ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥
gaurree kabeer jee |
Gauree, Kabeer Jee:
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ਜਬ ਹਮ ਏਕੋ ਏਕੁ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥
jab ham eko ek kar jaaniaa |
When I realize that there is One, and only One Lord,
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ਤਬ ਲੋਗਹ ਕਾਹੇ ਦੁਖੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥੧॥
tab logah kaahe dukh maaniaa |1|
why then should the people be upset? ||1||
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ਹਮ ਅਪਤਹ ਅਪੁਨੀ ਪਤਿ ਖੋਈ ॥
ham apatah apunee pat khoee |
I am dishonored; I have lost my honor.
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ਹਮਰੈ ਖੋਜਿ ਪਰਹੁ ਮਤਿ ਕੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
hamarai khoj parahu mat koee |1| rahaau |
No one should follow in my footsteps. ||1||Pause||
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ਹਮ ਮੰਦੇ ਮੰਦੇ ਮਨ ਮਾਹੀ ॥
ham mande mande man maahee |
I am bad, and bad in my mind as well.
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ਸਾਝ ਪਾਤਿ ਕਾਹੂ ਸਿਉ ਨਾਹੀ ॥੨॥
saajh paat kaahoo siau naahee |2|
I have no partnership with anyone. ||2||
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ਪਤਿ ਅਪਤਿ ਤਾ ਕੀ ਨਹੀ ਲਾਜ ॥
pat apat taa kee nahee laaj |
I have no shame about honor or dishonor.
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ਤਬ ਜਾਨਹੁਗੇ ਜਬ ਉਘਰੈਗੋ ਪਾਜ ॥੩॥
tab jaanahuge jab ugharaigo paaj |3|
But you shall know, when your own false covering is laid bare. ||3||
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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਪਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਪਰਵਾਨੁ ॥
kahu kabeer pat har paravaan |
Says Kabeer, honor is that which is accepted by the Lord.
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ਸਰਬ ਤਿਆਗਿ ਭਜੁ ਕੇਵਲ ਰਾਮੁ ॥੪॥੩॥
sarab tiaag bhaj keval raam |4|3|
Give up everything - meditate, vibrate upon the Lord alone. ||4||3||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree
Read the full shabad →ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥
gaurree kabeer jee |
Gauree, Kabeer Jee:
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ਨਗਨ ਫਿਰਤ ਜੌ ਪਾਈਐ ਜੋਗੁ ॥
nagan firat jau paaeeai jog |
If Yoga could be obtained by wandering around naked,
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ਬਨ ਕਾ ਮਿਰਗੁ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਸਭੁ ਹੋਗੁ ॥੧॥
ban kaa mirag mukat sabh hog |1|
then all the deer of the forest would be liberated. ||1||
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ਕਿਆ ਨਾਗੇ ਕਿਆ ਬਾਧੇ ਚਾਮ ॥
kiaa naage kiaa baadhe chaam |
What does it matter whether someone goes naked, or wears a deer skin,
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ਜਬ ਨਹੀ ਚੀਨਸਿ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jab nahee cheenas aatam raam |1| rahaau |
if he does not remember the Lord within his soul? ||1||Pause||
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ਮੂਡ ਮੁੰਡਾਏ ਜੌ ਸਿਧਿ ਪਾਈ ॥
moodd munddaae jau sidh paaee |
If the spiritual perfection of the Siddhas could be obtained by shaving the head,
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ਮੁਕਤੀ ਭੇਡ ਨ ਗਈਆ ਕਾਈ ॥੨॥
mukatee bhedd na geea kaaee |2|
then why haven't sheep found liberation? ||2||
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ਬਿੰਦੁ ਰਾਖਿ ਜੌ ਤਰੀਐ ਭਾਈ ॥
bind raakh jau tareeai bhaaee |
If someone could save himself by celibacy, O Siblings of Destiny,
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ਖੁਸਰੈ ਕਿਉ ਨ ਪਰਮ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੩॥
khusarai kiau na param gat paaee |3|
why then haven't eunuchs obtained the state of supreme dignity? ||3||
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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਨਰ ਭਾਈ ॥
kahu kabeer sunahu nar bhaaee |
Says Kabeer, listen, O men, O Siblings of Destiny:
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ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਿਨਿ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੪॥੪॥
raam naam bin kin gat paaee |4|4|
without the Lord's Name, who has ever found salvation? ||4||4||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree
Read the full shabad →ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥
gaurree kabeer jee |
Gauree, Kabeer Jee:
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ਸੰਧਿਆ ਪ੍ਰਾਤ ਇਸ੍ਨਾਨੁ ਕਰਾਹੀ ॥
sandhiaa praat isanaan karaahee |
Those who take their ritual baths in the evening and the morning
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ਜਿਉ ਭਏ ਦਾਦੁਰ ਪਾਨੀ ਮਾਹੀ ॥੧॥
jiau bhe daadur paanee maahee |1|
are like the frogs in the water. ||1||
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ਜਉ ਪੈ ਰਾਮ ਰਾਮ ਰਤਿ ਨਾਹੀ ॥
jau pai raam raam rat naahee |
When people do not love the Lord's Name,
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ਤੇ ਸਭਿ ਧਰਮ ਰਾਇ ਕੈ ਜਾਹੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
te sabh dharam raae kai jaahee |1| rahaau |
they must all go to the Righteous Judge of Dharma. ||1||Pause||
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ਕਾਇਆ ਰਤਿ ਬਹੁ ਰੂਪ ਰਚਾਹੀ ॥
kaaeaa rat bahu roop rachaahee |
Those who love their bodies and try different looks,
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ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਦਇਆ ਸੁਪਨੈ ਭੀ ਨਾਹੀ ॥੨॥
tin kau deaa supanai bhee naahee |2|
do not feel compassion, even in dreams. ||2||
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ਚਾਰਿ ਚਰਨ ਕਹਹਿ ਬਹੁ ਆਗਰ ॥
chaar charan kaheh bahu aagar |
The wise men call them four-footed creatures;
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ਸਾਧੂ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਕਲਿ ਸਾਗਰ ॥੩॥
saadhoo sukh paaveh kal saagar |3|
the Holy find peace in this ocean of pain. ||3||
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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਬਹੁ ਕਾਇ ਕਰੀਜੈ ॥
kahu kabeer bahu kaae kareejai |
Says Kabeer, why do you perform so many rituals?
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ਸਰਬਸੁ ਛੋਡਿ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਪੀਜੈ ॥੪॥੫॥
sarabas chhodd mahaa ras peejai |4|5|
Renounce everything, and drink in the supreme essence of the Lord. ||4||5||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree
Read the full shabad →ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਗਉੜੀ ॥
kabeer jee gaurree |
Gauree, Kabeer Jee:
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ਕਿਆ ਜਪੁ ਕਿਆ ਤਪੁ ਕਿਆ ਬ੍ਰਤ ਪੂਜਾ ॥
kiaa jap kiaa tap kiaa brat poojaa |
What use is chanting, and what use is penance, fasting or devotional worship,
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ਜਾ ਕੈ ਰਿਦੈ ਭਾਉ ਹੈ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੧॥
jaa kai ridai bhaau hai doojaa |1|
to one whose heart is filled with the love of duality? ||1||
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ਰੇ ਜਨ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਧਉ ਸਿਉ ਲਾਈਐ ॥
re jan man maadhau siau laaeeai |
O humble people, link your mind to the Lord.
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ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ਨ ਚਤੁਰਭੁਜੁ ਪਾਈਐ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
chaturaaee na chaturabhuj paaeeai | rahaau |
Through cleverness, the four-armed Lord is not obtained. ||Pause||
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ਪਰਹਰੁ ਲੋਭੁ ਅਰੁ ਲੋਕਾਚਾਰੁ ॥
parahar lobh ar lokaachaar |
Set aside your greed and worldly ways.
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ਪਰਹਰੁ ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੁ ॥੨॥
parahar kaam krodh ahankaar |2|
Set aside sexual desire, anger and egotism. ||2||
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ਕਰਮ ਕਰਤ ਬਧੇ ਅਹੰਮੇਵ ॥
karam karat badhe ahamev |
Ritual practices bind people in egotism;
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ਮਿਲਿ ਪਾਥਰ ਕੀ ਕਰਹੀ ਸੇਵ ॥੩॥
mil paathar kee karahee sev |3|
meeting together, they worship stones. ||3||
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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
kahu kabeer bhagat kar paaeaa |
Says Kabeer, He is obtained only by devotional worship.
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ਭੋਲੇ ਭਾਇ ਮਿਲੇ ਰਘੁਰਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੬॥
bhole bhaae mile raghuraaeaa |4|6|
Through innocent love, the Lord is met. ||4||6||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree
Read the full shabad →ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥
gaurree kabeer jee |
Gauree, Kabeer Jee:
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ਗਰਭ ਵਾਸ ਮਹਿ ਕੁਲੁ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਤੀ ॥
garabh vaas meh kul nahee jaatee |
In the dwelling of the womb, there is no ancestry or social status.
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ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਬਿੰਦੁ ਤੇ ਸਭ ਉਤਪਾਤੀ ॥੧॥
braham bind te sabh utapaatee |1|
All have originated from the Seed of God. ||1||
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ਕਹੁ ਰੇ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਬਾਮਨ ਕਬ ਕੇ ਹੋਏ ॥
kahu re panddit baaman kab ke hoe |
Tell me, O Pandit, O religious scholar: since when have you been a Brahmin?
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ਬਾਮਨ ਕਹਿ ਕਹਿ ਜਨਮੁ ਮਤ ਖੋਏ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
baaman keh keh janam mat khoe |1| rahaau |
Don't waste your life by continually claiming to be a Brahmin. ||1||Pause||
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ਜੌ ਤੂੰ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣੁ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਣੀ ਜਾਇਆ ॥
jau toon braahaman brahamanee jaaeaa |
If you are indeed a Brahmin, born of a Brahmin mother,
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ਤਉ ਆਨ ਬਾਟ ਕਾਹੇ ਨਹੀ ਆਇਆ ॥੨॥
tau aan baatt kaahe nahee aaeaa |2|
then why didn't you come by some other way? ||2||
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ਤੁਮ ਕਤ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ ਹਮ ਕਤ ਸੂਦ ॥
tum kat braahaman ham kat sood |
How is it that you are a Brahmin, and I am of a low social status?
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ਹਮ ਕਤ ਲੋਹੂ ਤੁਮ ਕਤ ਦੂਧ ॥੩॥
ham kat lohoo tum kat doodh |3|
How is it that I am formed of blood, and you are made of milk? ||3||
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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੋ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੈ ॥
kahu kabeer jo braham beechaarai |
Says Kabeer, one who contemplates God,
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ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣੁ ਕਹੀਅਤੁ ਹੈ ਹਮਾਰੈ ॥੪॥੭॥
so braahaman kaheeat hai hamaarai |4|7|
is said to be a Brahmin among us. ||4||7||
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