Ang 327 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਤਨ ਮਹਿ ਹੋਤੀ ਕੋਟਿ ਉਪਾਧਿ ॥

tan meh hotee kott upaadh |

My body was afflicted with millions of diseases.

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ਉਲਟਿ ਭਈ ਸੁਖ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਧਿ ॥

aulatt bhee sukh sehaj samaadh |

They have been transformed into the peaceful, tranquil concentration of Samaadhi.

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ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਨੈ ਆਪੈ ਆਪ ॥

aap pachhaanai aapai aap |

When someone understands his own self,

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ਰੋਗੁ ਨ ਬਿਆਪੈ ਤੀਨੌ ਤਾਪ ॥੨॥

rog na biaapai teenau taap |2|

he no longer suffers from illness and the three fevers. ||2||

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ਅਬ ਮਨੁ ਉਲਟਿ ਸਨਾਤਨੁ ਹੂਆ ॥

ab man ulatt sanaatan hooaa |

My mind has now been restored to its original purity.

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ਤਬ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਜਬ ਜੀਵਤ ਮੂਆ ॥

tab jaaniaa jab jeevat mooaa |

When I became dead while yet alive, only then did I come to know the Lord.

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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਸੁਖਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵਉ ॥

kahu kabeer sukh sehaj samaavau |

Says Kabeer, I am now immersed in intuitive peace and poise.

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ਆਪਿ ਨ ਡਰਉ ਨ ਅਵਰ ਡਰਾਵਉ ॥੩॥੧੭॥

aap na ddrau na avar ddaraavau |3|17|

I do not fear anyone, and I do not strike fear into anyone else. ||3||17||

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ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥

gaurree kabeer jee |

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

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ਪਿੰਡਿ ਮੂਐ ਜੀਉ ਕਿਹ ਘਰਿ ਜਾਤਾ ॥

pindd mooai jeeo kih ghar jaataa |

When the body dies, where does the soul go?

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ਸਬਦਿ ਅਤੀਤਿ ਅਨਾਹਦਿ ਰਾਤਾ ॥

sabad ateet anaahad raataa |

It is absorbed into the untouched, unstruck melody of the Word of the Shabad.

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ਜਿਨਿ ਰਾਮੁ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਤਿਨਹਿ ਪਛਾਨਿਆ ॥

jin raam jaaniaa tineh pachhaaniaa |

Only one who knows the Lord realizes Him.

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ਜਿਉ ਗੂੰਗੇ ਸਾਕਰ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥੧॥

jiau goonge saakar man maaniaa |1|

The mind is satisfied and satiated, like the mute who eats the sugar candy and just smiles, without speaking. ||1||

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ਐਸਾ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਕਥੈ ਬਨਵਾਰੀ ॥

aisaa giaan kathai banavaaree |

Such is the spiritual wisdom which the Lord has imparted.

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ਮਨ ਰੇ ਪਵਨ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ ਸੁਖਮਨ ਨਾਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

man re pavan drirr sukhaman naaree |1| rahaau |

O mind, hold your breath steady within the central channel of the Sushmanaa. ||1||Pause||

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ਸੋ ਗੁਰੁ ਕਰਹੁ ਜਿ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਕਰਨਾ ॥

so gur karahu ji bahur na karanaa |

Adopt such a Guru, that you shall not have to adopt another again.

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ਸੋ ਪਦੁ ਰਵਹੁ ਜਿ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਰਵਨਾ ॥

so pad ravahu ji bahur na ravanaa |

Dwell in such a state, that you shall never have to dwell in any other.

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ਸੋ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਧਰਹੁ ਜਿ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਧਰਨਾ ॥

so dhiaan dharahu ji bahur na dharanaa |

Embrace such a meditation, that you shall never have to embrace any other.

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ਐਸੇ ਮਰਹੁ ਜਿ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਮਰਨਾ ॥੨॥

aise marahu ji bahur na maranaa |2|

Die in such a way, that you shall never have to die again. ||2||

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ਉਲਟੀ ਗੰਗਾ ਜਮੁਨ ਮਿਲਾਵਉ ॥

aulattee gangaa jamun milaavau |

Turn your breath away from the left channel, and away from the right channel, and unite them in the central channel of the Sushmanaa.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਜਲ ਸੰਗਮ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਨੑਾਵਉ ॥

bin jal sangam man meh naavau |

At their confluence within your mind, take your bath there without water.

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ਲੋਚਾ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਇਹੁ ਬਿਉਹਾਰਾ ॥

lochaa samasar ihu biauhaaraa |

To look upon all with an impartial eye - let this be your daily occupation.

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ਤਤੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ਕਿਆ ਅਵਰਿ ਬੀਚਾਰਾ ॥੩॥

tat beechaar kiaa avar beechaaraa |3|

Contemplate this essence of reality - what else is there to contemplate? ||3||

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ਅਪੁ ਤੇਜੁ ਬਾਇ ਪ੍ਰਿਥਮੀ ਆਕਾਸਾ ॥

ap tej baae prithamee aakaasaa |

Water, fire, wind, earth and ether

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ਐਸੀ ਰਹਤ ਰਹਉ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਸਾ ॥

aisee rehat rhau har paasaa |

adopt such a way of life and you shall be close to the Lord.

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ਕਹੈ ਕਬੀਰ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਧਿਆਵਉ ॥

kahai kabeer niranjan dhiaavau |

Says Kabeer, meditate on the Immaculate Lord.

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ਤਿਤੁ ਘਰਿ ਜਾਉ ਜਿ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਆਵਉ ॥੪॥੧੮॥

tit ghar jaau ji bahur na aavau |4|18|

Go to that home, which you shall never have to leave. ||4||18||

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ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਤਿਪਦੇ₁₅ ॥

gaurree kabeer jee tipade₁₅ |

Gauree, Kabeer Jee, Thi-Padhay:

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ਕੰਚਨ ਸਿਉ ਪਾਈਐ ਨਹੀ ਤੋਲਿ ॥

kanchan siau paaeeai nahee tol |

He cannot be obtained by offering your weight in gold.

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ਮਨੁ ਦੇ ਰਾਮੁ ਲੀਆ ਹੈ ਮੋਲਿ ॥੧॥

man de raam leea hai mol |1|

But I have bought the Lord by giving my mind to Him. ||1||

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ਅਬ ਮੋਹਿ ਰਾਮੁ ਅਪੁਨਾ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥

ab mohi raam apunaa kar jaaniaa |

Now I recognize that He is my Lord.

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ਸਹਜ ਸੁਭਾਇ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

sehaj subhaae meraa man maaniaa |1| rahaau |

My mind is intuitively pleased with Him. ||1||Pause||

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ਬ੍ਰਹਮੈ ਕਥਿ ਕਥਿ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

brahamai kath kath ant na paaeaa |

Brahma spoke of Him continually, but could not find His limit.

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ਰਾਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਬੈਠੇ ਘਰਿ ਆਇਆ ॥੨॥

raam bhagat baitthe ghar aaeaa |2|

Because of my devotion to the Lord, He has come to sit within the home of my inner being. ||2||

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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਚੰਚਲ ਮਤਿ ਤਿਆਗੀ ॥

kahu kabeer chanchal mat tiaagee |

Says Kabeer, I have renounced my restless intellect.

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ਕੇਵਲ ਰਾਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਨਿਜ ਭਾਗੀ ॥੩॥੧॥੧੯॥

keval raam bhagat nij bhaagee |3|1|19|

It is my destiny to worship the Lord alone. ||3||1||19||

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ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥

gaurree kabeer jee |

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

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ਜਿਹ ਮਰਨੈ ਸਭੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਤਰਾਸਿਆ ॥

jih maranai sabh jagat taraasiaa |

That death which terrifies the entire world

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ਸੋ ਮਰਨਾ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸਿਆ ॥੧॥

so maranaa gur sabad pragaasiaa |1|

- the nature of that death has been revealed to me, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||

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ਅਬ ਕੈਸੇ ਮਰਉ ਮਰਨਿ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥

ab kaise mrau maran man maaniaa |

Now, how shall I die? My mind has already accepted death.

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ਮਰਿ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਤੇ ਜਿਨ ਰਾਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

mar mar jaate jin raam na jaaniaa |1| rahaau |

Those who do not know the Lord, die over and over again, and then depart. ||1||Pause||

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ਮਰਨੋ ਮਰਨੁ ਕਹੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ॥

marano maran kahai sabh koee |

Everyone says, I will die, I will die.

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ਸਹਜੇ ਮਰੈ ਅਮਰੁ ਹੋਇ ਸੋਈ ॥੨॥

sahaje marai amar hoe soee |2|

But he alone becomes immortal, who dies with intuitive understanding. ||2||

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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਮਨਿ ਭਇਆ ਅਨੰਦਾ ॥

kahu kabeer man bheaa anandaa |

Says Kabeer, my mind is filled with bliss;

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ਗਇਆ ਭਰਮੁ ਰਹਿਆ ਪਰਮਾਨੰਦਾ ॥੩॥੨੦॥

geaa bharam rahiaa paramaanandaa |3|20|

my doubts have been eliminated, and I am in ecstasy. ||3||20||

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ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥

gaurree kabeer jee |

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

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ਕਤ ਨਹੀ ਠਉਰ ਮੂਲੁ ਕਤ ਲਾਵਉ ॥

kat nahee tthaur mool kat laavau |

There is no special place where the soul aches; where should I apply the ointment?

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ਖੋਜਤ ਤਨ ਮਹਿ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਪਾਵਉ ॥੧॥

khojat tan meh tthaur na paavau |1|

I have searched the body, but I have not found such a place. ||1||

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ਲਾਗੀ ਹੋਇ ਸੁ ਜਾਨੈ ਪੀਰ ॥

laagee hoe su jaanai peer |

He alone knows it, who feels the pain of such love;

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ਰਾਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਅਨੀਆਲੇ ਤੀਰ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

raam bhagat aneeaale teer |1| rahaau |

the arrows of the Lord's devotional worship are so sharp! ||1||Pause||

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ਏਕ ਭਾਇ ਦੇਖਉ ਸਭ ਨਾਰੀ ॥

ek bhaae dekhau sabh naaree |

I look upon all His soul-brides with an impartial eye;

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ਕਿਆ ਜਾਨਉ ਸਹ ਕਉਨ ਪਿਆਰੀ ॥੨॥

kiaa jaanau seh kaun piaaree |2|

how can I know which ones are dear to the Husband Lord? ||2||

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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਭਾਗੁ ॥

kahu kabeer jaa kai masatak bhaag |

Says Kabeer, one who has such destiny inscribed upon her forehead

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ਸਭ ਪਰਹਰਿ ਤਾ ਕਉ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੁਹਾਗੁ ॥੩॥੨੧॥

sabh parahar taa kau milai suhaag |3|21|

- her Husband Lord turns all others away, and meets with her. ||3||21||

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