Ang 340 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਗੁਰ ਭੇਟਿ ਮਹਾ ਸੁਖ ਭ੍ਰਮਤ ਰਹੇ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਾਨਾਂ ॥੪॥੨੩॥੭੪॥

keh kabeer gur bhett mahaa sukh bhramat rahe man maanaanaan |4|23|74|

Says Kabeer, meeting the Guru, I have found absolute peace. My mind has ceased its wanderings; I am happy. ||4||23||74||

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ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਪੂਰਬੀ ਬਾਵਨ ਅਖਰੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀਉ ਕੀ ॥

raag gaurree poorabee baavan akharee kabeer jeeo kee |

Raag Gauree Poorbee, Baawan Akhree Of Kabeer Jee:

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ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar sat naam karataa purakh gur prasaad |

One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. By Guru's Grace:

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ਬਾਵਨ ਅਛਰ ਲੋਕ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਸਭੁ ਕਛੁ ਇਨ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥

baavan achhar lok trai sabh kachh in hee maeh |

Through these fifty-two letters, the three worlds and all things are described.

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ਏ ਅਖਰ ਖਿਰਿ ਜਾਹਿਗੇ ਓਇ ਅਖਰ ਇਨ ਮਹਿ ਨਾਹਿ ॥੧॥

e akhar khir jaahige oe akhar in meh naeh |1|

These letters shall perish; they cannot describe the Imperishable Lord. ||1||

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ਜਹਾ ਬੋਲ ਤਹ ਅਛਰ ਆਵਾ ॥

jahaa bol teh achhar aavaa |

Wherever there is speech, there are letters.

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ਜਹ ਅਬੋਲ ਤਹ ਮਨੁ ਨ ਰਹਾਵਾ ॥

jeh abol teh man na rahaavaa |

Where there is no speech, there, the mind rests on nothing.

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ਬੋਲ ਅਬੋਲ ਮਧਿ ਹੈ ਸੋਈ ॥

bol abol madh hai soee |

He is in both speech and silence.

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ਜਸ ਓਹੁ ਹੈ ਤਸ ਲਖੈ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥੨॥

jas ohu hai tas lakhai na koee |2|

No one can know Him as He is. ||2||

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ਅਲਹ ਲਹਉ ਤਉ ਕਿਆ ਕਹਉ ਕਹਉ ਤ ਕੋ ਉਪਕਾਰ ॥

alah lhau tau kiaa khau khau ta ko upakaar |

If I come to know the Lord, what can I say; what good does it do to speak?

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ਬਟਕ ਬੀਜ ਮਹਿ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਜਾ ਕੋ ਤੀਨਿ ਲੋਕ ਬਿਸਥਾਰ ॥੩॥

battak beej meh rav rahio jaa ko teen lok bisathaar |3|

He is contained in the seed of the banyan-tree, and yet, His expanse spreads across the three worlds. ||3||

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ਅਲਹ ਲਹੰਤਾ ਭੇਦ ਛੈ ਕਛੁ ਕਛੁ ਪਾਇਓ ਭੇਦ ॥

alah lahantaa bhed chhai kachh kachh paaeo bhed |

One who knows the Lord understands His mystery, and bit by bit, the mystery disappears.

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ਉਲਟਿ ਭੇਦ ਮਨੁ ਬੇਧਿਓ ਪਾਇਓ ਅਭੰਗ ਅਛੇਦ ॥੪॥

aulatt bhed man bedhio paaeo abhang achhed |4|

Turning away from the world, one's mind is pierced through with this mystery, and one obtains the Indestructible, Impenetrable Lord. ||4||

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ਤੁਰਕ ਤਰੀਕਤਿ ਜਾਨੀਐ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ॥

turak tareekat jaaneeai hindoo bed puraan |

The Muslim knows the Muslim way of life; the Hindu knows the Vedas and Puraanas.

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ਮਨ ਸਮਝਾਵਨ ਕਾਰਨੇ ਕਛੂਅਕ ਪੜੀਐ ਗਿਆਨ ॥੫॥

man samajhaavan kaarane kachhooak parreeai giaan |5|

To instruct their minds, people ought to study some sort of spiritual wisdom. ||5||

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ਓਅੰਕਾਰ ਆਦਿ ਮੈ ਜਾਨਾ ॥

oankaar aad mai jaanaa |

I know only the One, the Universal Creator, the Primal Being.

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ਲਿਖਿ ਅਰੁ ਮੇਟੈ ਤਾਹਿ ਨ ਮਾਨਾ ॥

likh ar mettai taeh na maanaa |

I do not believe in anyone whom the Lord writes and erases.

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ਓਅੰਕਾਰ ਲਖੈ ਜਉ ਕੋਈ ॥

oankaar lakhai jau koee |

If someone knows the One, the Universal Creator,

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ਸੋਈ ਲਖਿ ਮੇਟਣਾ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੬॥

soee lakh mettanaa na hoee |6|

he shall not perish, since he knows Him. ||6||

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ਕਕਾ ਕਿਰਣਿ ਕਮਲ ਮਹਿ ਪਾਵਾ ॥

kakaa kiran kamal meh paavaa |

KAKKA: When the rays of Divine Light come into the heart-lotus,

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ਸਸਿ ਬਿਗਾਸ ਸੰਪਟ ਨਹੀ ਆਵਾ ॥

sas bigaas sanpatt nahee aavaa |

the moon-light of Maya cannot enter the basket of the mind.

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ਅਰੁ ਜੇ ਤਹਾ ਕੁਸਮ ਰਸੁ ਪਾਵਾ ॥

ar je tahaa kusam ras paavaa |

And if one obtains the subtle fragrance of that spiritual flower,

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ਅਕਹ ਕਹਾ ਕਹਿ ਕਾ ਸਮਝਾਵਾ ॥੭॥

akah kahaa keh kaa samajhaavaa |7|

he cannot describe the indescribable; he could speak, but who would understand? ||7||

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ਖਖਾ ਇਹੈ ਖੋੜਿ ਮਨ ਆਵਾ ॥

khakhaa ihai khorr man aavaa |

KHAKHA: The mind has entered this cave.

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ਖੋੜੇ ਛਾਡਿ ਨ ਦਹ ਦਿਸ ਧਾਵਾ ॥

khorre chhaadd na deh dis dhaavaa |

It does not leave this cave to wander in the ten directions.

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ਖਸਮਹਿ ਜਾਣਿ ਖਿਮਾ ਕਰਿ ਰਹੈ ॥

khasameh jaan khimaa kar rahai |

Knowing their Lord and Master, people show compassion;

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ਤਉ ਹੋਇ ਨਿਖਿਅਉ ਅਖੈ ਪਦੁ ਲਹੈ ॥੮॥

tau hoe nikhiaau akhai pad lahai |8|

then, they become immortal, and attain the state of eternal dignity. ||8||

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ਗਗਾ ਗੁਰ ਕੇ ਬਚਨ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥

gagaa gur ke bachan pachhaanaa |

GAGGA: One who understands the Guru's Word

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ਦੂਜੀ ਬਾਤ ਨ ਧਰਈ ਕਾਨਾ ॥

doojee baat na dharee kaanaa |

does not listen to anything else.

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ਰਹੈ ਬਿਹੰਗਮ ਕਤਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥

rahai bihangam kateh na jaaee |

He remains like a hermit and does not go anywhere,

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ਅਗਹ ਗਹੈ ਗਹਿ ਗਗਨ ਰਹਾਈ ॥੯॥

agah gahai geh gagan rahaaee |9|

when he grasps the Ungraspable Lord and dwells in the sky of the Tenth Gate. ||9||

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ਘਘਾ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਨਿਮਸੈ ਸੋਈ ॥

ghaghaa ghatt ghatt nimasai soee |

GHAGHA: He dwells in each and every heart.

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ਘਟ ਫੂਟੇ ਘਟਿ ਕਬਹਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥

ghatt footte ghatt kabeh na hoee |

Even when the body-pitcher bursts, he does not diminish.

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ਤਾ ਘਟ ਮਾਹਿ ਘਾਟ ਜਉ ਪਾਵਾ ॥

taa ghatt maeh ghaatt jau paavaa |

When someone finds the Path to the Lord within his own heart,

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ਸੋ ਘਟੁ ਛਾਡਿ ਅਵਘਟ ਕਤ ਧਾਵਾ ॥੧੦॥

so ghatt chhaadd avaghatt kat dhaavaa |10|

why should he abandon that Path to follow some other path? ||10||

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ਙੰਙਾ ਨਿਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਸਨੇਹੁ ਕਰਿ ਨਿਰਵਾਰੋ ਸੰਦੇਹ ॥

ngangaa nigreh sanehu kar niravaaro sandeh |

NGANGA: Restrain yourself, love the Lord, and dismiss your doubts.

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ਨਾਹੀ ਦੇਖਿ ਨ ਭਾਜੀਐ ਪਰਮ ਸਿਆਨਪ ਏਹ ॥੧੧॥

naahee dekh na bhaajeeai param siaanap eh |11|

Even if you do not see the Path, do not run away; this is the highest wisdom. ||11||

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ਚਚਾ ਰਚਿਤ ਚਿਤ੍ਰ ਹੈ ਭਾਰੀ ॥

chachaa rachit chitr hai bhaaree |

CHACHA: He painted the great picture of the world.

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ਤਜਿ ਚਿਤ੍ਰੈ ਚੇਤਹੁ ਚਿਤਕਾਰੀ ॥

taj chitrai chetahu chitakaaree |

Forget this picture, and remember the Painter.

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ਚਿਤ੍ਰ ਬਚਿਤ੍ਰ ਇਹੈ ਅਵਝੇਰਾ ॥

chitr bachitr ihai avajheraa |

This wondrous painting is now the problem.

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ਤਜਿ ਚਿਤ੍ਰੈ ਚਿਤੁ ਰਾਖਿ ਚਿਤੇਰਾ ॥੧੨॥

taj chitrai chit raakh chiteraa |12|

Forget this picture and focus your consciousness on the Painter. ||12||

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ਛਛਾ ਇਹੈ ਛਤ੍ਰਪਤਿ ਪਾਸਾ ॥

chhachhaa ihai chhatrapat paasaa |

CHHACHHA: The Sovereign Lord of the Universe is here with you.

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ਛਕਿ ਕਿ ਨ ਰਹਹੁ ਛਾਡਿ ਕਿ ਨ ਆਸਾ ॥

chhak ki na rahahu chhaadd ki na aasaa |

Why are you so unhappy? Why don't you abandon your desires?

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ਰੇ ਮਨ ਮੈ ਤਉ ਛਿਨ ਛਿਨ ਸਮਝਾਵਾ ॥

re man mai tau chhin chhin samajhaavaa |

O my mind, each and every moment I try to instruct you,

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ਤਾਹਿ ਛਾਡਿ ਕਤ ਆਪੁ ਬਧਾਵਾ ॥੧੩॥

taeh chhaadd kat aap badhaavaa |13|

but you forsake Him, and entangle yourself with others. ||13||

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ਜਜਾ ਜਉ ਤਨ ਜੀਵਤ ਜਰਾਵੈ ॥

jajaa jau tan jeevat jaraavai |

JAJJA: If someone burns his body while he is still alive,

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ਜੋਬਨ ਜਾਰਿ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਸੋ ਪਾਵੈ ॥

joban jaar jugat so paavai |

and burns away the desires of his youth, then he finds the right way.

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ਅਸ ਜਰਿ ਪਰ ਜਰਿ ਜਰਿ ਜਬ ਰਹੈ ॥

as jar par jar jar jab rahai |

When he burns his desire for his own wealth, and that of others,

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ਤਬ ਜਾਇ ਜੋਤਿ ਉਜਾਰਉ ਲਹੈ ॥੧੪॥

tab jaae jot ujaarau lahai |14|

then he finds the Divine Light. ||14||

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