Ang 349 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਇ ਨ ਕਹਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥

keemat paae na kahiaa jaae |

No one can measure Your Worth, or describe You.

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ਕਹਣੈ ਵਾਲੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਰਹੇ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥

kahanai vaale tere rahe samaae |1|

Those who describe You, remain absorbed in You. ||1||

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ਵਡੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਾਹਿਬਾ ਗਹਿਰ ਗੰਭੀਰਾ ਗੁਣੀ ਗਹੀਰਾ ॥

vadde mere saahibaa gahir ganbheeraa gunee gaheeraa |

O my Great Lord and Master of Unfathomable Depth, You are the Ocean of Excellence.

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ਕੋਈ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਤੇਰਾ ਕੇਤਾ ਕੇਵਡੁ ਚੀਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

koee na jaanai teraa ketaa kevadd cheeraa |1| rahaau |

No one knows the greatness of Your expanse. ||1||Pause||

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ਸਭਿ ਸੁਰਤੀ ਮਿਲਿ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਕਮਾਈ ॥

sabh suratee mil surat kamaaee |

All the contemplators met together and practiced contemplation;

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ਸਭ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥

sabh keemat mil keemat paaee |

all the appraisers met together and tried to appraise You.

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ਗਿਆਨੀ ਧਿਆਨੀ ਗੁਰ ਗੁਰ ਹਾਈ ॥

giaanee dhiaanee gur gur haaee |

The theologians, the meditators and the teachers of teachers

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ਕਹਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ਤੇਰੀ ਤਿਲੁ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੨॥

kehan na jaaee teree til vaddiaaee |2|

could not express even an iota of Your Greatness. ||2||

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ਸਭਿ ਸਤ ਸਭਿ ਤਪ ਸਭਿ ਚੰਗਿਆਈਆ ॥

sabh sat sabh tap sabh changiaaeea |

All Truth, all austerities, all goodness,

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ਸਿਧਾ ਪੁਰਖਾ ਕੀਆ ਵਡਿਆਈਆਂ ॥

sidhaa purakhaa keea vaddiaaeean |

and the greatness of the Siddhas, the beings of perfect spiritual powers

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ਤੁਧੁ ਵਿਣੁ ਸਿਧੀ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਈਆ ॥

tudh vin sidhee kinai na paaeea |

without You, none has attained such spiritual powers.

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ਕਰਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਠਾਕਿ ਰਹਾਈਆ ॥੩॥

karam milai naahee tthaak rahaaeea |3|

They are obtained by Your Grace; their flow cannot be blocked. ||3||

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ਆਖਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਕਿਆ ਬੇਚਾਰਾ ॥

aakhan vaalaa kiaa bechaaraa |

What can the helpless speaker do?

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ਸਿਫਤੀ ਭਰੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਭੰਡਾਰਾ ॥

sifatee bhare tere bhanddaaraa |

Your bounties are overflowing with Your Praises.

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ਜਿਸੁ ਤੂੰ ਦੇਹਿ ਤਿਸੈ ਕਿਆ ਚਾਰਾ ॥

jis toon dehi tisai kiaa chaaraa |

And the one, unto whom You give - why should he think of any other?

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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਸਵਾਰਣਹਾਰਾ ॥੪॥੧॥

naanak sach savaaranahaaraa |4|1|

O Nanak, the True Lord is the Embellisher. ||4||1||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਆਖਾ ਜੀਵਾ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਉ ॥

aakhaa jeevaa visarai mar jaau |

Chanting the Name, I live; forgetting it, I die.

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ਆਖਣਿ ਅਉਖਾ ਸਾਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥

aakhan aaukhaa saachaa naau |

It is so difficult to chant the True Name.

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ਸਾਚੇ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਲਾਗੈ ਭੂਖ ॥

saache naam kee laagai bhookh |

If someone feels hunger for the True Name,

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ਤਿਤੁ ਭੂਖੈ ਖਾਇ ਚਲੀਅਹਿ ਦੂਖ ॥੧॥

tit bhookhai khaae chaleeeh dookh |1|

then that hunger shall consume his pains. ||1||

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ਸੋ ਕਿਉ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਮੇਰੀ ਮਾਇ ॥

so kiau visarai meree maae |

So how could I ever forget Him, O my Mother?

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ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

saachaa saahib saachai naae |1| rahaau |

True is the Master, and True is His Name. ||1||Pause||

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ਸਾਚੇ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਤਿਲੁ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥

saache naam kee til vaddiaaee |

People have grown weary of trying to appraise the greatness of the True Name,

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ਆਖਿ ਥਕੇ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਈ ॥

aakh thake keemat nahee paaee |

But they have not been able to appraise even an iota of it.

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ਜੇ ਸਭਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਕੈ ਆਖਣ ਪਾਹਿ ॥

je sabh mil kai aakhan paeh |

Even if they were all to meet together and recount them,

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ਵਡਾ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ਘਾਟਿ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥੨॥

vaddaa na hovai ghaatt na jaae |2|

You would not be made any greater or lesser. ||2||

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ਨਾ ਓਹੁ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੋਗੁ ॥

naa ohu marai na hovai sog |

He does not die - there is no reason to mourn.

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ਦੇਂਦਾ ਰਹੈ ਨ ਚੂਕੈ ਭੋਗੁ ॥

dendaa rahai na chookai bhog |

He continues to give, but His Provisions are never exhausted.

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ਗੁਣੁ ਏਹੋ ਹੋਰੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥

gun eho hor naahee koe |

This Glorious Virtue is His alone - no one else is like Him;

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ਨਾ ਕੋ ਹੋਆ ਨਾ ਕੋ ਹੋਇ ॥੩॥

naa ko hoaa naa ko hoe |3|

there has never been anyone like Him, and there never shall be. ||3||

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ਜੇਵਡੁ ਆਪਿ ਤੇਵਡ ਤੇਰੀ ਦਾਤਿ ॥

jevadd aap tevadd teree daat |

As Great as You Yourself are, so Great are Your Gifts.

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ਜਿਨਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਕਰਿ ਕੈ ਕੀਤੀ ਰਾਤਿ ॥

jin din kar kai keetee raat |

It is You who created day and night as well.

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ਖਸਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਹਿ ਤੇ ਕਮਜਾਤਿ ॥

khasam visaareh te kamajaat |

Those who forget their Lord and Master are vile and despicable.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਵੈ ਬਾਝੁ ਸਨਾਤਿ ॥੪॥੨॥

naanak naavai baajh sanaat |4|2|

O Nanak, without the Name, people are wretched outcasts. ||4||2||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਜੇ ਦਰਿ ਮਾਂਗਤੁ ਕੂਕ ਕਰੇ ਮਹਲੀ ਖਸਮੁ ਸੁਣੇ ॥

je dar maangat kook kare mahalee khasam sune |

If a beggar cries out at the door, the Master hears it in His Mansion.

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ਭਾਵੈ ਧੀਰਕ ਭਾਵੈ ਧਕੇ ਏਕ ਵਡਾਈ ਦੇਇ ॥੧॥

bhaavai dheerak bhaavai dhake ek vaddaaee dee |1|

Whether He receives him or pushes him away, it is the Gift of the Lord's Greatness. ||1||

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ਜਾਣਹੁ ਜੋਤਿ ਨ ਪੂਛਹੁ ਜਾਤੀ ਆਗੈ ਜਾਤਿ ਨ ਹੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jaanahu jot na poochhahu jaatee aagai jaat na he |1| rahaau |

Recognize the Lord's Light within all, and do not consider social class or status; there are no classes or castes in the world hereafter. ||1||Pause||

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ਆਪਿ ਕਰਾਏ ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥

aap karaae aap karee |

He Himself acts, and He Himself inspires us to act.

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ਆਪਿ ਉਲਾਮੑੇ ਚਿਤਿ ਧਰੇਇ ॥

aap ulaamae chit dharee |

He Himself considers our complaints.

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ਜਾ ਤੂੰ ਕਰਣਹਾਰੁ ਕਰਤਾਰੁ ॥

jaa toon karanahaar karataar |

Since You, O Creator Lord, are the Doer,

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ਕਿਆ ਮੁਹਤਾਜੀ ਕਿਆ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥੨॥

kiaa muhataajee kiaa sansaar |2|

why should I submit to the world? ||2||

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ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਏ ਆਪੇ ਦੇਇ ॥

aap upaae aape dee |

You Yourself created and You Yourself give.

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ਆਪੇ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਮਨਹਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥

aape duramat maneh karee |

You Yourself eliminate evil-mindedness;

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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

gur parasaad vasai man aae |

by Guru's Grace, You come to abide in our minds,

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ਦੁਖੁ ਅਨੑੇਰਾ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਜਾਇ ॥੩॥

dukh anaeraa vichahu jaae |3|

and then, pain and darkness are dispelled from within. ||3||

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ਸਾਚੁ ਪਿਆਰਾ ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥

saach piaaraa aap karee |

He Himself infuses love for the Truth.

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ਅਵਰੀ ਕਉ ਸਾਚੁ ਨ ਦੇਇ ॥

avaree kau saach na dee |

Unto others, the Truth is not bestowed.

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ਜੇ ਕਿਸੈ ਦੇਇ ਵਖਾਣੈ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਆਗੈ ਪੂਛ ਨ ਲੇਇ ॥੪॥੩॥

je kisai dee vakhaanai naanak aagai poochh na lee |4|3|

If He bestows it upon someone, says Nanak, then, in the world hereafter, that person is not called to account. ||4||3||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਤਾਲ ਮਦੀਰੇ ਘਟ ਕੇ ਘਾਟ ॥

taal madeere ghatt ke ghaatt |

The urges of the heart are like cymbals and ankle-bells;

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ਦੋਲਕ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਵਾਜਹਿ ਵਾਜ ॥

dolak duneea vaajeh vaaj |

the drum of the world resounds with the beat.

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ਨਾਰਦੁ ਨਾਚੈ ਕਲਿ ਕਾ ਭਾਉ ॥

naarad naachai kal kaa bhaau |

Naarad dances to the tune of the Dark Age of Kali Yuga;

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ਜਤੀ ਸਤੀ ਕਹ ਰਾਖਹਿ ਪਾਉ ॥੧॥

jatee satee keh raakheh paau |1|

where can the celibates and the men of truth place their feet? ||1||

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਵਿਟਹੁ ਕੁਰਬਾਣੁ ॥

naanak naam vittahu kurabaan |

Nanak is a sacrifice to the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

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ਅੰਧੀ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਜਾਣੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

andhee duneea saahib jaan |1| rahaau |

The world is blind; our Lord and Master is All-seeing. ||1||Pause||

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ਗੁਰੂ ਪਾਸਹੁ ਫਿਰਿ ਚੇਲਾ ਖਾਇ ॥

guroo paasahu fir chelaa khaae |

The disciple feeds on the Guru;

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ਤਾਮਿ ਪਰੀਤਿ ਵਸੈ ਘਰਿ ਆਇ ॥

taam pareet vasai ghar aae |

out of love for bread, he comes to dwell in his home.

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