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Ang 324 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree

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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

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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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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

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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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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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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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