Ang 350 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਜੇ ਸਉ ਵਰ੍ਹਿਆ ਜੀਵਣ ਖਾਣੁ ॥

je sau varhiaa jeevan khaan |

If one were to live and eat for hundreds of years,

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ਖਸਮ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਸੋ ਦਿਨੁ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥੨॥

khasam pachhaanai so din paravaan |2|

that day alone would be auspicious, when he recognizes his Lord and Master. ||2||

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ਦਰਸਨਿ ਦੇਖਿਐ ਦਇਆ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥

darasan dekhiai deaa na hoe |

Beholding the sight of the petitioner, compassion is not aroused.

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ਲਏ ਦਿਤੇ ਵਿਣੁ ਰਹੈ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥

le dite vin rahai na koe |

No one lives without give and take.

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ਰਾਜਾ ਨਿਆਉ ਕਰੇ ਹਥਿ ਹੋਇ ॥

raajaa niaau kare hath hoe |

The king administers justice only if his palm is greased.

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ਕਹੈ ਖੁਦਾਇ ਨ ਮਾਨੈ ਕੋਇ ॥੩॥

kahai khudaae na maanai koe |3|

No one is moved by the Name of God. ||3||

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ਮਾਣਸ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ॥

maanas moorat naanak naam |

O Nanak, they are human beings in form and name only;

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ਕਰਣੀ ਕੁਤਾ ਦਰਿ ਫੁਰਮਾਨੁ ॥

karanee kutaa dar furamaan |

by their deeds they are dogs - this is the Command of the Lord's Court.

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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਮਿਹਮਾਨੁ ॥

gur parasaad jaanai mihamaan |

By Guru's Grace, if one sees himself as a guest in this world,

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ਤਾ ਕਿਛੁ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਾਵੈ ਮਾਨੁ ॥੪॥੪॥

taa kichh daragah paavai maan |4|4|

then he gains honor in the Court of the Lord. ||4||4||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਜੇਤਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਧੁਨਿ ਤੇਤੀ ਜੇਤਾ ਰੂਪੁ ਕਾਇਆ ਤੇਰੀ ॥

jetaa sabad surat dhun tetee jetaa roop kaaeaa teree |

As much as the Shabad is in the mind, so much is Your melody; as much as the form of the universe is, so much is Your body, Lord.

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ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਰਸਨਾ ਆਪੇ ਬਸਨਾ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ਕਹਉ ਮਾਈ ॥੧॥

toon aape rasanaa aape basanaa avar na doojaa khau maaee |1|

You Yourself are the tongue, and You Yourself are the nose. Do not speak of any other, O my mother. ||1||

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ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਏਕੋ ਹੈ ॥

saahib meraa eko hai |

My Lord and Master is One;

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ਏਕੋ ਹੈ ਭਾਈ ਏਕੋ ਹੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

eko hai bhaaee eko hai |1| rahaau |

He is the One and Only; O Siblings of Destiny, He is the One alone. ||1||Pause||

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ਆਪੇ ਮਾਰੇ ਆਪੇ ਛੋਡੈ ਆਪੇ ਲੇਵੈ ਦੇਇ ॥

aape maare aape chhoddai aape levai dee |

He Himself kills, and He Himself emancipates; He Himself gives and takes.

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ਆਪੇ ਵੇਖੈ ਆਪੇ ਵਿਗਸੈ ਆਪੇ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥੨॥

aape vekhai aape vigasai aape nadar karee |2|

He Himself beholds, and He Himself rejoices; He Himself bestows His Glance of Grace. ||2||

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ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਕਰਣਾ ਸੋ ਕਰਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕਰਣਾ ਜਾਈ ॥

jo kichh karanaa so kar rahiaa avar na karanaa jaaee |

Whatever He is to do, that is what He is doing. No one else can do anything.

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ਜੈਸਾ ਵਰਤੈ ਤੈਸੋ ਕਹੀਐ ਸਭ ਤੇਰੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੩॥

jaisaa varatai taiso kaheeai sabh teree vaddiaaee |3|

As He projects Himself, so do we describe Him; this is all Your Glorious Greatness, Lord. ||3||

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ਕਲਿ ਕਲਵਾਲੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਦੁ ਮੀਠਾ ਮਨੁ ਮਤਵਾਲਾ ਪੀਵਤੁ ਰਹੈ ॥

kal kalavaalee maaeaa mad meetthaa man matavaalaa peevat rahai |

The Dark Age of Kali Yuga is the bottle of wine; Maya is the sweet wine, and the intoxicated mind continues to drink it in.

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ਆਪੇ ਰੂਪ ਕਰੇ ਬਹੁ ਭਾਂਤੀਂ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਬਪੁੜਾ ਏਵ ਕਹੈ ॥੪॥੫॥

aape roop kare bahu bhaanteen naanak bapurraa ev kahai |4|5|

He Himself assumes all sorts of forms; thus poor Nanak speaks. ||4||5||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਵਾਜਾ ਮਤਿ ਪਖਾਵਜੁ ਭਾਉ ॥

vaajaa mat pakhaavaj bhaau |

Make your intellect your instrument, and love your tambourine;

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ਹੋਇ ਅਨੰਦੁ ਸਦਾ ਮਨਿ ਚਾਉ ॥

hoe anand sadaa man chaau |

thus bliss and lasting pleasure shall be produced in your mind.

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ਏਹਾ ਭਗਤਿ ਏਹੋ ਤਪ ਤਾਉ ॥

ehaa bhagat eho tap taau |

This is devotional worship, and this is the practice of penance.

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ਇਤੁ ਰੰਗਿ ਨਾਚਹੁ ਰਖਿ ਰਖਿ ਪਾਉ ॥੧॥

eit rang naachahu rakh rakh paau |1|

So dance in this love, and keep the beat with your feet. ||1||

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ਪੂਰੇ ਤਾਲ ਜਾਣੈ ਸਾਲਾਹ ॥

poore taal jaanai saalaah |

Know that the perfect beat is the Praise of the Lord;

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ਹੋਰੁ ਨਚਣਾ ਖੁਸੀਆ ਮਨ ਮਾਹ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

hor nachanaa khuseea man maah |1| rahaau |

other dances produce only temporary pleasure in the mind. ||1||Pause||

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ਸਤੁ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਵਜਹਿ ਦੁਇ ਤਾਲ ॥

sat santokh vajeh due taal |

Play the two cymbals of truth and contentment.

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ਪੈਰੀ ਵਾਜਾ ਸਦਾ ਨਿਹਾਲ ॥

pairee vaajaa sadaa nihaal |

Let your ankle bells be the lasting Vision of the Lord.

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ਰਾਗੁ ਨਾਦੁ ਨਹੀ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਉ ॥

raag naad nahee doojaa bhaau |

Let your harmony and music be the elimination of duality.

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ਇਤੁ ਰੰਗਿ ਨਾਚਹੁ ਰਖਿ ਰਖਿ ਪਾਉ ॥੨॥

eit rang naachahu rakh rakh paau |2|

So dance in this love, and keep the beat with your feet. ||2||

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ਭਉ ਫੇਰੀ ਹੋਵੈ ਮਨ ਚੀਤਿ ॥

bhau feree hovai man cheet |

Let the fear of God within your heart and mind be your spinning dance,

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ਬਹਦਿਆ ਉਠਦਿਆ ਨੀਤਾ ਨੀਤਿ ॥

bahadiaa utthadiaa neetaa neet |

and keep up, whether sitting or standing.

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ਲੇਟਣਿ ਲੇਟਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਤਨੁ ਸੁਆਹੁ ॥

lettan lett jaanai tan suaahu |

To roll around in the dust is to know that the body is only ashes.

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ਇਤੁ ਰੰਗਿ ਨਾਚਹੁ ਰਖਿ ਰਖਿ ਪਾਉ ॥੩॥

eit rang naachahu rakh rakh paau |3|

So dance in this love, and keep the beat with your feet. ||3||

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ਸਿਖ ਸਭਾ ਦੀਖਿਆ ਕਾ ਭਾਉ ॥

sikh sabhaa deekhiaa kaa bhaau |

Keep the company of the disciples, the students who love the teachings.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੁਣਣਾ ਸਾਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥

guramukh sunanaa saachaa naau |

As Gurmukh, listen to the True Name.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਆਖਣੁ ਵੇਰਾ ਵੇਰ ॥

naanak aakhan veraa ver |

O Nanak, chant it, over and over again.

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ਇਤੁ ਰੰਗਿ ਨਾਚਹੁ ਰਖਿ ਰਖਿ ਪੈਰ ॥੪॥੬॥

eit rang naachahu rakh rakh pair |4|6|

So dance in this love, and keep the beat with your feet. ||4||6||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਪਉਣੁ ਉਪਾਇ ਧਰੀ ਸਭ ਧਰਤੀ ਜਲ ਅਗਨੀ ਕਾ ਬੰਧੁ ਕੀਆ ॥

paun upaae dharee sabh dharatee jal aganee kaa bandh keea |

He created the air, and He supports the whole world; he bound water and fire together.

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ਅੰਧੁਲੈ ਦਹਸਿਰਿ ਮੂੰਡੁ ਕਟਾਇਆ ਰਾਵਣੁ ਮਾਰਿ ਕਿਆ ਵਡਾ ਭਇਆ ॥੧॥

andhulai dahasir moondd kattaaeaa raavan maar kiaa vaddaa bheaa |1|

The blind, ten-headed Raavan had his heads cut off, but what greatness was obtained by killing him? ||1||

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ਕਿਆ ਉਪਮਾ ਤੇਰੀ ਆਖੀ ਜਾਇ ॥

kiaa upamaa teree aakhee jaae |

What Glories of Yours can be chanted?

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ਤੂੰ ਸਰਬੇ ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

toon sarabe poor rahiaa liv laae |1| rahaau |

You are totally pervading everywhere; You love and cherish all. ||1||Pause||

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ਜੀਅ ਉਪਾਇ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਹਥਿ ਕੀਨੀ ਕਾਲੀ ਨਥਿ ਕਿਆ ਵਡਾ ਭਇਆ ॥

jeea upaae jugat hath keenee kaalee nath kiaa vaddaa bheaa |

You created all beings, and You hold the world in Your Hands; what greatness is it to put a ring in the nose of the black cobra, as Krishna did?

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ਕਿਸੁ ਤੂੰ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਜੋਰੂ ਕਉਣ ਕਹੀਐ ਸਰਬ ਨਿਰੰਤਰਿ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਆ ॥੨॥

kis toon purakh joroo kaun kaheeai sarab nirantar rav rahiaa |2|

Whose Husband are You? Who is Your wife? You are subtly diffused and pervading in all. ||2||

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ਨਾਲਿ ਕੁਟੰਬੁ ਸਾਥਿ ਵਰਦਾਤਾ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਭਾਲਣ ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਗਇਆ ॥

naal kuttanb saath varadaataa brahamaa bhaalan srisatt geaa |

Brahma, the bestower of blessings, entered the stem of the lotus, with his relatives, to find the extent of the universe.

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ਆਗੈ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਤਾ ਕਾ ਕੰਸੁ ਛੇਦਿ ਕਿਆ ਵਡਾ ਭਇਆ ॥੩॥

aagai ant na paaeo taa kaa kans chhed kiaa vaddaa bheaa |3|

Proceeding on, he could not find its limits; what glory was obtained by killing Kansa, the king? ||3||

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ਰਤਨ ਉਪਾਇ ਧਰੇ ਖੀਰੁ ਮਥਿਆ ਹੋਰਿ ਭਖਲਾਏ ਜਿ ਅਸੀ ਕੀਆ ॥

ratan upaae dhare kheer mathiaa hor bhakhalaae ji asee keea |

The jewels were produced and brought forth by churning the ocean of milk. The other gods proclaimed We are the ones who did this!

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