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Ang 334 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngBhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree
Read the full shabad →ਤਾ ਸੋਹਾਗਣਿ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ॥੩॥
taa sohaagan jaaneeai gurasabad beechaare |3|
Then she is known as the happy soul-bride, if she contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||3||
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ਕਿਰਤ ਕੀ ਬਾਂਧੀ ਸਭ ਫਿਰੈ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥
kirat kee baandhee sabh firai dekhahu beechaaree |
Bound by the actions she has committed, she wanders around - see this and understand.
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ਏਸ ਨੋ ਕਿਆ ਆਖੀਐ ਕਿਆ ਕਰੇ ਵਿਚਾਰੀ ॥੪॥
es no kiaa aakheeai kiaa kare vichaaree |4|
What can we say to her? What can the poor soul-bride do? ||4||
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ਭਈ ਨਿਰਾਸੀ ਉਠਿ ਚਲੀ ਚਿਤ ਬੰਧਿ ਨ ਧੀਰਾ ॥
bhee niraasee utth chalee chit bandh na dheeraa |
Disappointed and hopeless, she gets up and departs. There is no support or encouragement in her consciousness.
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ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਚਰਣੀ ਲਾਗਿ ਰਹੁ ਭਜੁ ਸਰਣਿ ਕਬੀਰਾ ॥੫॥੬॥੫੦॥
har kee charanee laag rahu bhaj saran kabeeraa |5|6|50|
So remain attached to the Lord's Lotus Feet, and hurry to His Sanctuary, Kabeer! ||5||6||50||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree
Read the full shabad →ਗਉੜੀ₂ ॥
gaurree₂ |
Gauree :
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ਜੋਗੀ ਕਹਹਿ ਜੋਗੁ ਭਲ ਮੀਠਾ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਈ ॥
jogee kaheh jog bhal meetthaa avar na doojaa bhaaee |
The Yogi says that Yoga is good and sweet, and nothing else is, O Siblings of Destiny.
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ਰੁੰਡਿਤ ਮੁੰਡਿਤ ਏਕੈ ਸਬਦੀ ਏਇ ਕਹਹਿ ਸਿਧਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੧॥
runddit munddit ekai sabadee ee kaheh sidh paaee |1|
Those who shave their heads, and those who amputate their limbs, and those who utter only a single word, all say that they have attained the spiritual perfection of the Siddhas. ||1||
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ਹਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਨੇ ਅੰਧਾ ॥
har bin bharam bhulaane andhaa |
Without the Lord, the blind ones are deluded by doubt.
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ਜਾ ਪਹਿ ਜਾਉ ਆਪੁ ਛੁਟਕਾਵਨਿ ਤੇ ਬਾਧੇ ਬਹੁ ਫੰਧਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jaa peh jaau aap chhuttakaavan te baadhe bahu fandhaa |1| rahaau |
And those, to whom I go to find release - they themselves are bound by all sorts of chains. ||1||Pause||
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ਜਹ ਤੇ ਉਪਜੀ ਤਹੀ ਸਮਾਨੀ ਇਹ ਬਿਧਿ ਬਿਸਰੀ ਤਬ ਹੀ ॥
jeh te upajee tahee samaanee ih bidh bisaree tab hee |
The soul is re-absorbed into that from which it originated, when one leaves this path of errors.
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ਪੰਡਿਤ ਗੁਣੀ ਸੂਰ ਹਮ ਦਾਤੇ ਏਹਿ ਕਹਹਿ ਬਡ ਹਮ ਹੀ ॥੨॥
panddit gunee soor ham daate ehi kaheh badd ham hee |2|
The scholarly Pandits, the virtuous, the brave and the generous, all assert that they alone are great. ||2||
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ਜਿਸਹਿ ਬੁਝਾਏ ਸੋਈ ਬੂਝੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਬੂਝੇ ਕਿਉ ਰਹੀਐ ॥
jiseh bujhaae soee boojhai bin boojhe kiau raheeai |
He alone understands, whom the Lord inspires to understand. Without understanding, what can anyone do?
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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਅੰਧੇਰਾ ਚੂਕੈ ਇਨ ਬਿਧਿ ਮਾਣਕੁ ਲਹੀਐ ॥੩॥
satigur milai andheraa chookai in bidh maanak laheeai |3|
Meeting the True Guru, the darkness is dispelled, and in this way, the jewel is obtained. ||3||
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ਤਜਿ ਬਾਵੇ ਦਾਹਨੇ ਬਿਕਾਰਾ ਹਰਿ ਪਦੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜੁ ਕਰਿ ਰਹੀਐ ॥
taj baave daahane bikaaraa har pad drirr kar raheeai |
Give up the evil actions of your left and right hands, and grasp hold of the Feet of the Lord.
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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਗੂੰਗੈ ਗੁੜੁ ਖਾਇਆ ਪੂਛੇ ਤੇ ਕਿਆ ਕਹੀਐ ॥੪॥੭॥੫੧॥
kahu kabeer goongai gurr khaaeaa poochhe te kiaa kaheeai |4|7|51|
Says Kabeer, the mute has tasted the molasses, but what can he say about it if he is asked? ||4||7||51||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree
Read the full shabad →ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਪੂਰਬੀ₁ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥
raag gaurree poorabee₁ kabeer jee |
Raag Gauree Poorbee, Kabeer Jee:
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ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik oankaar satigur prasaad |
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
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ਜਹ ਕਛੁ ਅਹਾ ਤਹਾ ਕਿਛੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਪੰਚ ਤਤੁ ਤਹ ਨਾਹੀ ॥
jeh kachh ahaa tahaa kichh naahee panch tat teh naahee |
Where something existed, now there is nothing. The five elements are no longer there.
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ਇੜਾ ਪਿੰਗੁਲਾ ਸੁਖਮਨ ਬੰਦੇ ਏ ਅਵਗਨ ਕਤ ਜਾਹੀ ॥੧॥
eirraa pingulaa sukhaman bande e avagan kat jaahee |1|
The Ida, the Pingala and the Sushmanaa - O human being, how can the breaths through these be counted now? ||1||
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ਤਾਗਾ ਤੂਟਾ ਗਗਨੁ ਬਿਨਸਿ ਗਇਆ ਤੇਰਾ ਬੋਲਤੁ ਕਹਾ ਸਮਾਈ ॥
taagaa toottaa gagan binas geaa teraa bolat kahaa samaaee |
The string has been broken, and the Sky of the Tenth Gate has been destroyed. Where has your speech gone?
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ਏਹ ਸੰਸਾ ਮੋ ਕਉ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਬਿਆਪੈ ਮੋ ਕਉ ਕੋ ਨ ਕਹੈ ਸਮਝਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
eeh sansaa mo kau anadin biaapai mo kau ko na kahai samajhaaee |1| rahaau |
This cynicism afflicts me, night and day; who can explain this to me and help me understand? ||1||Pause||
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ਜਹ ਬਰਭੰਡੁ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਤਹ ਨਾਹੀ ਰਚਨਹਾਰੁ ਤਹ ਨਾਹੀ ॥
jeh barabhandd pindd teh naahee rachanahaar teh naahee |
Where the world is - the body is not there; the mind is not there either.
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ਜੋੜਨਹਾਰੋ ਸਦਾ ਅਤੀਤਾ ਇਹ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਿਸੁ ਮਾਹੀ ॥੨॥
jorranahaaro sadaa ateetaa ih kaheeai kis maahee |2|
The Joiner is forever unattached; now, within whom is the soul said to be contained? ||2||
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ਜੋੜੀ ਜੁੜੈ ਨ ਤੋੜੀ ਤੂਟੈ ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਹੋਇ ਬਿਨਾਸੀ ॥
jorree jurrai na torree toottai jab lag hoe binaasee |
By joining the elements, people cannot join them, and by breaking, they cannot be broken, until the body perishes.
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ਕਾ ਕੋ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਕਾ ਕੋ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਕੋ ਕਾਹੂ ਕੈ ਜਾਸੀ ॥੩॥
kaa ko tthaakur kaa ko sevak ko kaahoo kai jaasee |3|
Of whom is the soul the master, and of whom is it the servant? Where, and to whom does it go? ||3||
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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਗਿ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ ਜਹਾ ਬਸੇ ਦਿਨ ਰਾਤੀ ॥
kahu kabeer liv laag rahee hai jahaa base din raatee |
Says Kabeer, I have lovingly focused my attention on that place where the Lord dwells, day and night.
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ਉਆ ਕਾ ਮਰਮੁ ਓਹੀ ਪਰੁ ਜਾਨੈ ਓਹੁ ਤਉ ਸਦਾ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ॥੪॥੧॥੫੨॥
auaa kaa maram ohee par jaanai ohu tau sadaa abinaasee |4|1|52|
Only He Himself truly knows the secrets of His mystery; He is eternal and indestructible. ||4||1||52||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree
Read the full shabad →ਗਉੜੀ ॥
gaurree |
Gauree:
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ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸਿਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਦੁਇ ਕੰਨੀ ਮੁੰਦਾ ਪਰਮਿਤਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਖਿੰਥਾ ॥
surat simrit due kanee mundaa paramit baahar khinthaa |
Let contemplation and intuitive meditation be your two ear-rings, and true wisdom your patched overcoat.
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ਸੁੰਨ ਗੁਫਾ ਮਹਿ ਆਸਣੁ ਬੈਸਣੁ ਕਲਪ ਬਿਬਰਜਿਤ ਪੰਥਾ ॥੧॥
sun gufaa meh aasan baisan kalap bibarajit panthaa |1|
In the cave of silence, dwell in your Yogic posture; let the subjugation of desire be your spiritual path. ||1||
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ਮੇਰੇ ਰਾਜਨ ਮੈ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ਜੋਗੀ ॥
mere raajan mai bairaagee jogee |
O my King, I am a Yogi, a hermit, a renunciate.
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ਮਰਤ ਨ ਸੋਗ ਬਿਓਗੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
marat na sog biogee |1| rahaau |
I do not die or suffer pain or separation. ||1||Pause||
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ਖੰਡ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੰਡ ਮਹਿ ਸਿੰਙੀ ਮੇਰਾ ਬਟੂਆ ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਭਸਮਾਧਾਰੀ ॥
khandd brahamandd meh singee meraa battooaa sabh jag bhasamaadhaaree |
The solar systems and galaxies are my horn; the whole world is the bag to carry my ashes.
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ਤਾੜੀ ਲਾਗੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਲੁ ਪਲਟੀਐ ਛੂਟੈ ਹੋਇ ਪਸਾਰੀ ॥੨॥
taarree laagee tripal palatteeai chhoottai hoe pasaaree |2|
Eliminating the three qualities and finding release from this world is my deep meditation. ||2||
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ਮਨੁ ਪਵਨੁ ਦੁਇ ਤੂੰਬਾ ਕਰੀ ਹੈ ਜੁਗ ਜੁਗ ਸਾਰਦ ਸਾਜੀ ॥
man pavan due toonbaa karee hai jug jug saarad saajee |
My mind and breath are the two gourds of my fiddle, and the Lord of all the ages is its frame.
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Gurbani, transliteration and translation from GurbaniNow, under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.