Ang 351 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਕਹੈ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਛਪੈ ਕਿਉ ਛਪਿਆ ਏਕੀ ਏਕੀ ਵੰਡਿ ਦੀਆ ॥੪॥੭॥

kahai naanak chhapai kiau chhapiaa ekee ekee vandd deea |4|7|

Says Nanak, by hiding, how can the Lord be hidden? He has given each their share, one by one. ||4||7||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਕਰਮ ਕਰਤੂਤਿ ਬੇਲਿ ਬਿਸਥਾਰੀ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਫਲੁ ਹੂਆ ॥

karam karatoot bel bisathaaree raam naam fal hooaa |

The vine of good actions and character has spread out, and it bears the fruit of the Lord's Name.

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ਤਿਸੁ ਰੂਪੁ ਨ ਰੇਖ ਅਨਾਹਦੁ ਵਾਜੈ ਸਬਦੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨਿ ਕੀਆ ॥੧॥

tis roop na rekh anaahad vaajai sabad niranjan keea |1|

The Name has no form or outline; it vibrates with the unstruck Sound Current; through the Word of the Shabad, the Immaculate Lord is revealed. ||1||

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ਕਰੇ ਵਖਿਆਣੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਜੇ ਕੋਈ ॥

kare vakhiaan jaanai je koee |

One can speak on this only when he knows it.

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਵੈ ਸੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

amrit peevai soee |1| rahaau |

He alone drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||

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ਜਿਨੑ ਪੀਆ ਸੇ ਮਸਤ ਭਏ ਹੈ ਤੂਟੇ ਬੰਧਨ ਫਾਹੇ ॥

jina peea se masat bhe hai tootte bandhan faahe |

Those who drink it in are enraptured; their bonds and shackles are cut away.

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ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਮਾਣੀ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਤਾ ਛੋਡੇ ਮਾਇਆ ਕੇ ਲਾਹੇ ॥੨॥

jotee jot samaanee bheetar taa chhodde maaeaa ke laahe |2|

When one's light blends into the Divine Light, then the desire for Maya is ended. ||2||

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ਸਰਬ ਜੋਤਿ ਰੂਪੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਸਗਲ ਭਵਨ ਤੇਰੀ ਮਾਇਆ ॥

sarab jot roop teraa dekhiaa sagal bhavan teree maaeaa |

Among all lights, I behold Your Form; all the worlds are Your Maya.

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ਰਾਰੈ ਰੂਪਿ ਨਿਰਾਲਮੁ ਬੈਠਾ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਵਿਚਿ ਛਾਇਆ ॥੩॥

raarai roop niraalam baitthaa nadar kare vich chhaaeaa |3|

Among the tumults and forms, He sits in serene detachment; He bestows His Glance of Grace upon those who are engrossed in the illusion. ||3||

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ਬੀਣਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਵਜਾਵੈ ਜੋਗੀ ਦਰਸਨਿ ਰੂਪਿ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥

beenaa sabad vajaavai jogee darasan roop apaaraa |

The Yogi who plays on the instrument of the Shabad gains the Blessed Vision of the Infinitely Beautiful Lord.

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ਸਬਦਿ ਅਨਾਹਦਿ ਸੋ ਸਹੁ ਰਾਤਾ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਕਹੈ ਵਿਚਾਰਾ ॥੪॥੮॥

sabad anaahad so sahu raataa naanak kahai vichaaraa |4|8|

He, the Lord, is immersed in the Unstruck Shabad of the Word, says Nanak, the humble and meek. ||4||8||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਮੈ ਗੁਣ ਗਲਾ ਕੇ ਸਿਰਿ ਭਾਰ ॥

mai gun galaa ke sir bhaar |

My virtue is that I carry the load of my words upon my head.

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ਗਲੀ ਗਲਾ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰ ॥

galee galaa sirajanahaar |

The real words are the Words of the Creator Lord.

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ਖਾਣਾ ਪੀਣਾ ਹਸਣਾ ਬਾਦਿ ॥

khaanaa peenaa hasanaa baad |

How useless are eating, drinking and laughing,

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ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਨ ਆਵਹਿ ਯਾਦਿ ॥੧॥

jab lag ridai na aaveh yaad |1|

if the Lord is not cherished in the heart! ||1||

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ਤਉ ਪਰਵਾਹ ਕੇਹੀ ਕਿਆ ਕੀਜੈ ॥

tau paravaah kehee kiaa keejai |

Why should someone care for anything else,

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ਜਨਮਿ ਜਨਮਿ ਕਿਛੁ ਲੀਜੀ ਲੀਜੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

janam janam kichh leejee leejai |1| rahaau |

if throughout his life, he gathers in that which is truly worth gathering? ||1||Pause||

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ਮਨ ਕੀ ਮਤਿ ਮਤਾਗਲੁ ਮਤਾ ॥

man kee mat mataagal mataa |

The intellect of the mind is like a drunken elephant.

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ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਬੋਲੀਐ ਸਭੁ ਖਤੋ ਖਤਾ ॥

jo kichh boleeai sabh khato khataa |

Whatever one utters is totally false, the most false of the false.

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ਕਿਆ ਮੁਹੁ ਲੈ ਕੀਚੈ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ॥

kiaa muhu lai keechai aradaas |

So what face should we put on to offer our prayer,

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ਪਾਪੁ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਦੁਇ ਸਾਖੀ ਪਾਸਿ ॥੨॥

paap pun due saakhee paas |2|

when both virtue and vice are close at hand as witnesses? ||2||

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ਜੈਸਾ ਤੂੰ ਕਰਹਿ ਤੈਸਾ ਕੋ ਹੋਇ ॥

jaisaa toon kareh taisaa ko hoe |

As You make us, so we become.

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ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥

tujh bin doojaa naahee koe |

Without You, there is no other at all.

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ਜੇਹੀ ਤੂੰ ਮਤਿ ਦੇਹਿ ਤੇਹੀ ਕੋ ਪਾਵੈ ॥

jehee toon mat dehi tehee ko paavai |

As is the understanding which You bestow, so do we receive.

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ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਵੈ ਚਲਾਵੈ ॥੩॥

tudh aape bhaavai tivai chalaavai |3|

As it pleases Your Will, so do You lead us. ||3||

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ਰਾਗ ਰਤਨ ਪਰੀਆ ਪਰਵਾਰ ॥

raag ratan pareea paravaar |

The divine crystalline harmonies, their consorts, and their celestial families

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ਤਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਉਪਜੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਸਾਰ ॥

tis vich upajai amrit saar |

from them, the essence of Ambrosial Nectar is produced.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਕਰਤੇ ਕਾ ਇਹੁ ਧਨੁ ਮਾਲੁ ॥

naanak karate kaa ihu dhan maal |

O Nanak, this is the wealth and property of the Creator Lord.

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ਜੇ ਕੋ ਬੂਝੈ ਏਹੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥੪॥੯॥

je ko boojhai ehu beechaar |4|9|

If only this essential reality were understood! ||4||9||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਅਪਨੈ ਘਰਿ ਆਇਆ ਤਾ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਖੀਆ ਕਾਜੁ ਰਚਾਇਆ ॥

kar kirapaa apanai ghar aaeaa taa mil sakheea kaaj rachaaeaa |

When by His Grace He came to my home, then my companions met together to celebrate my marriage.

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ਖੇਲੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਮਨਿ ਅਨਦੁ ਭਇਆ ਸਹੁ ਵੀਆਹਣ ਆਇਆ ॥੧॥

khel dekh man anad bheaa sahu veeaahan aaeaa |1|

Beholding this play, my mind became blissful; my Husband Lord has come to marry me. ||1||

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ਗਾਵਹੁ ਗਾਵਹੁ ਕਾਮਣੀ ਬਿਬੇਕ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

gaavahu gaavahu kaamanee bibek beechaar |

So sing - yes, sing the songs of wisdom and reflection, O brides.

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ਹਮਰੈ ਘਰਿ ਆਇਆ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਭਤਾਰੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

hamarai ghar aaeaa jagajeevan bhataar |1| rahaau |

My spouse, the Life of the world, has come into my home. ||1||Pause||

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ਗੁਰੂ ਦੁਆਰੈ ਹਮਰਾ ਵੀਆਹੁ ਜਿ ਹੋਆ ਜਾਂ ਸਹੁ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਤਾਂ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥

guroo duaarai hamaraa veeaahu ji hoaa jaan sahu miliaa taan jaaniaa |

When I was married within the Gurdwara, the Guru's Gate, I met my Husband Lord, and I came to know Him.

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ਤਿਹੁ ਲੋਕਾ ਮਹਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਰਵਿਆ ਹੈ ਆਪੁ ਗਇਆ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥੨॥

tihu lokaa meh sabad raviaa hai aap geaa man maaniaa |2|

The Word of His Shabad is pervading the three worlds; when my ego was quieted, my mind became happy. ||2||

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ਆਪਣਾ ਕਾਰਜੁ ਆਪਿ ਸਵਾਰੇ ਹੋਰਨਿ ਕਾਰਜੁ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥

aapanaa kaaraj aap savaare horan kaaraj na hoee |

He Himself arranges His own affairs; His affairs cannot be arranged by anyone else.

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ਜਿਤੁ ਕਾਰਜਿ ਸਤੁ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਦਇਆ ਧਰਮੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝੈ ਕੋਈ ॥੩॥

jit kaaraj sat santokh deaa dharam hai guramukh boojhai koee |3|

By the affair of this marriage, truth, contentment, mercy and faith are produced; but how rare is that Gurmukh who understands it! ||3||

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ਭਨਤਿ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਸਭਨਾ ਕਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਏਕੋ ਸੋਇ ॥

bhanat naanak sabhanaa kaa pir eko soe |

Says Nanak, that Lord alone is the Husband of all.

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ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਸਾ ਸੋਹਾਗਣਿ ਹੋਇ ॥੪॥੧੦॥

jis no nadar kare saa sohaagan hoe |4|10|

She, upon whom He casts His Glance of Grace, becomes the happy soul-bride. ||4||10||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਗ੍ਰਿਹੁ ਬਨੁ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥

grihu ban samasar sehaj subhaae |

Home and forest are the same, for one who dwells in the balance of intuitive peace and poise.

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ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਗਤੁ ਭਈ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਠਾਇ ॥

duramat gat bhee keerat tthaae |

His evil-mindedness departs, and the Praises of God take its place.

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ਸਚ ਪਉੜੀ ਸਾਚਉ ਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਂਉ ॥

sach paurree saachau mukh naanau |

To chant the True Name with one's mouth is the true ladder.

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