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Ang 346 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Bhagat Ravidas Ji · Raag Gauree

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ਹਉ ਬਨਜਾਰੋ ਰਾਮ ਕੋ ਸਹਜ ਕਰਉ ਬੵਾਪਾਰੁ ॥

hau banajaaro raam ko sehaj krau bayaapaar |

I am the merchant of the Lord; I deal in spiritual wisdom.

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ਮੈ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਧਨੁ ਲਾਦਿਆ ਬਿਖੁ ਲਾਦੀ ਸੰਸਾਰਿ ॥੨॥

mai raam naam dhan laadiaa bikh laadee sansaar |2|

I have loaded the Wealth of the Lord's Name; the world has loaded poison. ||2||

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ਉਰਵਾਰ ਪਾਰ ਕੇ ਦਾਨੀਆ ਲਿਖਿ ਲੇਹੁ ਆਲ ਪਤਾਲੁ ॥

auravaar paar ke daaneea likh lehu aal pataal |

O you who know this world and the world beyond: write whatever nonsense you please about me.

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ਮੋਹਿ ਜਮ ਡੰਡੁ ਨ ਲਾਗਈ ਤਜੀਲੇ ਸਰਬ ਜੰਜਾਲ ॥੩॥

mohi jam ddandd na laagee tajeele sarab janjaal |3|

The club of the Messenger of Death shall not strike me, since I have cast off all entanglements. ||3||

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ਜੈਸਾ ਰੰਗੁ ਕਸੁੰਭ ਕਾ ਤੈਸਾ ਇਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥

jaisaa rang kasunbh kaa taisaa ihu sansaar |

Love of this world is like the pale, temporary color of the safflower.

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ਮੇਰੇ ਰਮਈਏ ਰੰਗੁ ਮਜੀਠ ਕਾ ਕਹੁ ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ਚਮਾਰ ॥੪॥੧॥

mere rameee rang majeetth kaa kahu ravidaas chamaar |4|1|

The color of my Lord's Love, however, is permanent, like the dye of the madder plant. So says Ravi Daas, the tanner. ||4||1||

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Bhagat Ravidas Ji · Raag Gauree

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ਗਉੜੀ ਪੂਰਬੀ ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ਜੀਉ ॥

gaurree poorabee ravidaas jeeo |

Gauree Poorbee, Ravi Daas 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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ਕੂਪੁ ਭਰਿਓ ਜੈਸੇ ਦਾਦਿਰਾ ਕਛੁ ਦੇਸੁ ਬਿਦੇਸੁ ਨ ਬੂਝ ॥

koop bhario jaise daadiraa kachh des bides na boojh |

The frog in the deep well knows nothing of its own country or other lands;

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ਐਸੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਬਿਮੋਹਿਆ ਕਛੁ ਆਰਾ ਪਾਰੁ ਨ ਸੂਝ ॥੧॥

aise meraa man bikhiaa bimohiaa kachh aaraa paar na soojh |1|

just so, my mind, infatuated with corruption, understands nothing about this world or the next. ||1||

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ਸਗਲ ਭਵਨ ਕੇ ਨਾਇਕਾ ਇਕੁ ਛਿਨੁ ਦਰਸੁ ਦਿਖਾਇ ਜੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

sagal bhavan ke naaeikaa ik chhin daras dikhaae jee |1| rahaau |

O Lord of all worlds: reveal to me, even for an instant, the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan. ||1||Pause||

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ਮਲਿਨ ਭਈ ਮਤਿ ਮਾਧਵਾ ਤੇਰੀ ਗਤਿ ਲਖੀ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

malin bhee mat maadhavaa teree gat lakhee na jaae |

My intellect is polluted; I cannot understand Your state, O Lord.

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ਕਰਹੁ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਚੂਕਈ ਮੈ ਸੁਮਤਿ ਦੇਹੁ ਸਮਝਾਇ ॥੨॥

karahu kripaa bhram chookee mai sumat dehu samajhaae |2|

Take pity on me, dispel my doubts, and teach me true wisdom. ||2||

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ਜੋਗੀਸਰ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਨਹੀ ਤੁਅ ਗੁਣ ਕਥਨੁ ਅਪਾਰ ॥

jogeesar paaveh nahee tua gun kathan apaar |

Even the great Yogis cannot describe Your Glorious Virtues; they are beyond words.

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ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਕੈ ਕਾਰਣੈ ਕਹੁ ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ਚਮਾਰ ॥੩॥੧॥

prem bhagat kai kaaranai kahu ravidaas chamaar |3|1|

I am dedicated to Your loving devotional worship, says Ravi Daas the tanner. ||3||1||

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Bhagat Ravidas Ji · Raag Gauree

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ਗਉੜੀ ਬੈਰਾਗਣਿ ॥

gaurree bairaagan |

Gauree Bairaagan:

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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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ਸਤਜੁਗਿ ਸਤੁ ਤੇਤਾ ਜਗੀ ਦੁਆਪਰਿ ਪੂਜਾਚਾਰ ॥

satajug sat tetaa jagee duaapar poojaachaar |

In the Golden Age of Sat Yuga, was Truth; in the Silver Age of Trayta Yuga, charitable feasts; in the Brass Age of Dwaapar Yuga, there was worship.

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ਤੀਨੌ ਜੁਗ ਤੀਨੌ ਦਿੜੇ ਕਲਿ ਕੇਵਲ ਨਾਮ ਅਧਾਰ ॥੧॥

teenau jug teenau dirre kal keval naam adhaar |1|

In those three ages, people held to these three ways. But in the Iron Age of Kali Yuga, the Name of the Lord is your only Support. ||1||

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ਪਾਰੁ ਕੈਸੇ ਪਾਇਬੋ ਰੇ ॥

paar kaise paaeibo re |

How can I swim across?

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ਮੋ ਸਉ ਕੋਊ ਨ ਕਹੈ ਸਮਝਾਇ ॥

mo sau koaoo na kahai samajhaae |

No one has explained to me,

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ਜਾ ਤੇ ਆਵਾ ਗਵਨੁ ਬਿਲਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jaa te aavaa gavan bilaae |1| rahaau |

so that I might understand how I can escape reincarnation. ||1||Pause||

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ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਧਰਮ ਨਿਰੂਪੀਐ ਕਰਤਾ ਦੀਸੈ ਸਭ ਲੋਇ ॥

bahu bidh dharam niroopeeai karataa deesai sabh loe |

So many forms of religion have been described; the whole world is practicing them.

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ਕਵਨ ਕਰਮ ਤੇ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਜਿਹ ਸਾਧੇ ਸਭ ਸਿਧਿ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥

kavan karam te chhootteeai jih saadhe sabh sidh hoe |2|

What actions will bring emancipation, and total perfection? ||2||

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ਕਰਮ ਅਕਰਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੀਐ ਸੰਕਾ ਸੁਨਿ ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ॥

karam akaram beechaareeai sankaa sun bed puraan |

One may distinguish between good and evil actions, and listen to the Vedas and the Puraanas,

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ਸੰਸਾ ਸਦ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਬਸੈ ਕਉਨੁ ਹਿਰੈ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ॥੩॥

sansaa sad hiradai basai kaun hirai abhimaan |3|

but doubt still persists. Skepticism continually dwells in the heart, so who can eradicate egotistical pride? ||3||

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ਬਾਹਰੁ ਉਦਕਿ ਪਖਾਰੀਐ ਘਟ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਬਿਬਿਧਿ ਬਿਕਾਰ ॥

baahar udak pakhaareeai ghatt bheetar bibidh bikaar |

Outwardly, he washes with water, but deep within, his heart is tarnished by all sorts of vices.

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ਸੁਧ ਕਵਨ ਪਰ ਹੋਇਬੋ ਸੁਚ ਕੁੰਚਰ ਬਿਧਿ ਬਿਉਹਾਰ ॥੪॥

sudh kavan par hoeibo such kunchar bidh biauhaar |4|

So how can he become pure? His method of purification is like that of an elephant, covering himself with dust right after his bath! ||4||

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ਰਵਿ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸ ਰਜਨੀ ਜਥਾ ਗਤਿ ਜਾਨਤ ਸਭ ਸੰਸਾਰ ॥

rav pragaas rajanee jathaa gat jaanat sabh sansaar |

With the rising of the sun, the night is brought to its end; the whole world knows this.

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ਪਾਰਸ ਮਾਨੋ ਤਾਬੋ ਛੁਏ ਕਨਕ ਹੋਤ ਨਹੀ ਬਾਰ ॥੫॥

paaras maano taabo chhue kanak hot nahee baar |5|

It is believed that with the touch of the Philosopher's Stone, copper is immediately transformed into gold. ||5||

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ਪਰਮ ਪਰਸ ਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟੀਐ ਪੂਰਬ ਲਿਖਤ ਲਿਲਾਟ ॥

param paras gur bhetteeai poorab likhat lilaatt |

When one meets the Supreme Philosopher's Stone, the Guru, if such pre-ordained destiny is written on one's forehead,

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ਉਨਮਨ ਮਨ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮਿਲੇ ਛੁਟਕਤ ਬਜਰ ਕਪਾਟ ॥੬॥

aunaman man man hee mile chhuttakat bajar kapaatt |6|

then the soul blends with the Supreme Soul, and the stubborn doors are opened wide. ||6||

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ਭਗਤਿ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਮਤਿ ਸਤਿ ਕਰੀ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਬੰਧਨ ਕਾਟਿ ਬਿਕਾਰ ॥

bhagat jugat mat sat karee bhram bandhan kaatt bikaar |

Through the way of devotion, the intellect is imbued with Truth; doubts, entanglements and vices are cut away.

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ਸੋਈ ਬਸਿ ਰਸਿ ਮਨ ਮਿਲੇ ਗੁਨ ਨਿਰਗੁਨ ਏਕ ਬਿਚਾਰ ॥੭॥

soee bas ras man mile gun niragun ek bichaar |7|

The mind is restrained, and one attains joy, contemplating the One Lord, who is both with and without qualities. ||7||

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ਅਨਿਕ ਜਤਨ ਨਿਗ੍ਰਹ ਕੀਏ ਟਾਰੀ ਨ ਟਰੈ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਫਾਸ ॥

anik jatan nigrah kee ttaaree na ttarai bhram faas |

I have tried many methods, but by turning it away, the noose of doubt is not turned away.

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ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਊਪਜੈ ਤਾ ਤੇ ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ਉਦਾਸ ॥੮॥੧॥

prem bhagat nahee aoopajai taa te ravidaas udaas |8|1|

Love and devotion have not welled up within me, and so Ravi Daas is sad and depressed. ||8||1||

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