Ang 353 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਨਉ ਨਿਧਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

gur parasaadee har ras paaeaa naam padaarath nau nidh paaee |1| rahaau |

By Guru's Grace, I have obtained the sublime essence of the Lord; I have received the wealth of the Naam and the nine treasures. ||1||Pause||

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ਕਰਮ ਧਰਮ ਸਚੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥

karam dharam sach saachaa naau |

Those whose karma and Dharma - whose actions and faith - are in the True Name of the True Lord

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ਤਾ ਕੈ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੈ ਜਾਉ ॥

taa kai sad balihaarai jaau |

I am forever a sacrifice to them.

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ਜੋ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਸੇ ਜਨ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥

jo har raate se jan paravaan |

Those who are imbued with the Lord are accepted and respected.

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ਤਿਨ ਕੀ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਪਰਮ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ॥੨॥

tin kee sangat param nidhaan |2|

In their company, the supreme wealth is obtained. ||2||

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ਹਰਿ ਵਰੁ ਜਿਨਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਧਨ ਨਾਰੀ ॥

har var jin paaeaa dhan naaree |

Blessed is that bride, who has obtained the Lord as her Husband.

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ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਰਾਤੀ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੀ ॥

har siau raatee sabad veechaaree |

She is imbued with the Lord, and she reflects upon the Word of His Shabad.

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ਆਪਿ ਤਰੈ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਕੁਲ ਤਾਰੈ ॥

aap tarai sangat kul taarai |

She saves herself, and saves her family and friends as well.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਤਤੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੈ ॥੩॥

satigur sev tat veechaarai |3|

She serves the True Guru, and contemplates the essence of reality. ||3||

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ਹਮਰੀ ਜਾਤਿ ਪਤਿ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਉ ॥

hamaree jaat pat sach naau |

The True Name is my social status and honor.

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ਕਰਮ ਧਰਮ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਸਤ ਭਾਉ ॥

karam dharam sanjam sat bhaau |

The love of the Truth is my karma and Dharma - my faith and my actions, and my self-control.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਬਖਸੇ ਪੂਛ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥

naanak bakhase poochh na hoe |

O Nanak, one who is forgiven by the Lord is not called to account.

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ਦੂਜਾ ਮੇਟੇ ਏਕੋ ਸੋਇ ॥੪॥੧੪॥

doojaa mette eko soe |4|14|

The One Lord erases duality. ||4||14||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਇਕਿ ਆਵਹਿ ਇਕਿ ਜਾਵਹਿ ਆਈ ॥

eik aaveh ik jaaveh aaee |

Some come, and after they come, they go.

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ਇਕਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਰਹਹਿ ਸਮਾਈ ॥

eik har raate raheh samaaee |

Some are imbued with the Lord; they remain absorbed in Him.

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ਇਕਿ ਧਰਨਿ ਗਗਨ ਮਹਿ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥

eik dharan gagan meh tthaur na paaveh |

Some find no place of rest at all, on the earth or in the sky.

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ਸੇ ਕਰਮਹੀਣ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਧਿਆਵਹਿ ॥੧॥

se karamaheen har naam na dhiaaveh |1|

Those who do not meditate on the Name of the Lord are the most unfortunate. ||1||

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ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੇ ਤੇ ਗਤਿ ਮਿਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥

gur poore te gat mit paaee |

From the Perfect Guru, the way to salvation is obtained.

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ਇਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਬਿਖੁ ਵਤ ਅਤਿ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਰਿ ਲੰਘਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

eihu sansaar bikh vat at bhaujal gurasabadee har paar langhaaee |1| rahaau |

This world is a terrifying ocean of poison; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Lord helps us cross over. ||1||Pause||

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ਜਿਨੑ ਕਉ ਆਪਿ ਲਏ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮੇਲਿ ॥

jina kau aap le prabh mel |

Those, whom God unites with Himself,

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ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਸਾਕੈ ਪੇਲਿ ॥

tin kau kaal na saakai pel |

cannot be crushed by death.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਰਹਹਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥

guramukh niramal raheh piaare |

The beloved Gurmukhs remain immaculately pure,

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ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਅੰਭ ਊਪਰਿ ਕਮਲ ਨਿਰਾਰੇ ॥੨॥

jiau jal anbh aoopar kamal niraare |2|

like the lotus in the water, which remains untouched. ||2||

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ਬੁਰਾ ਭਲਾ ਕਹੁ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਕਹੀਐ ॥

buraa bhalaa kahu kis no kaheeai |

Tell me: who should we call good or bad?

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ਦੀਸੈ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਚੁ ਲਹੀਐ ॥

deesai braham guramukh sach laheeai |

Behold the Lord God; the truth is revealed to the Gurmukh.

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ਅਕਥੁ ਕਥਉ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

akath kthau guramat veechaar |

I speak the Unspoken Speech of the Lord, contemplating the Guru's Teachings.

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ਮਿਲਿ ਗੁਰ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਪਾਵਉ ਪਾਰੁ ॥੩॥

mil gur sangat paavau paar |3|

I join the Sangat, the Guru's Congregation, and I find God's limits. ||3||

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ਸਾਸਤ ਬੇਦ ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਬਹੁ ਭੇਦ ॥

saasat bed sinmrit bahu bhed |

The Shaastras, the Vedas, the Simritees and all their many secrets;

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ਅਠਸਠਿ ਮਜਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਰੇਦ ॥

atthasatth majan har ras red |

bathing at the sixty-eight holy places of pilgrimage - all this is found by enshrining the sublime essence of the Lord in the heart.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ॥

guramukh niramal mail na laagai |

The Gurmukhs are immaculately pure; no filth sticks to them.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਡੇ ਧੁਰਿ ਭਾਗੈ ॥੪॥੧੫॥

naanak hiradai naam vadde dhur bhaagai |4|15|

O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides in the heart, by the greatest pre-ordained destiny. ||4||15||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਨਿਵਿ ਨਿਵਿ ਪਾਇ ਲਗਉ ਗੁਰ ਅਪੁਨੇ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮੁ ਨਿਹਾਰਿਆ ॥

niv niv paae lgau gur apune aatam raam nihaariaa |

Bowing down, again and again, I fall at the Feet of my Guru; through Him, I have seen the Lord, the Divine Self, within.

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ਕਰਤ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਹਰਿ ਰਵਿਆ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਦੇਖਿ ਬੀਚਾਰਿਆ ॥੧॥

karat beechaar hiradai har raviaa hiradai dekh beechaariaa |1|

Through contemplation and meditation, the Lord dwells within the heart; see this, and understand. ||1||

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ਬੋਲਹੁ ਰਾਮੁ ਕਰੇ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਾ ॥

bolahu raam kare nisataaraa |

So speak the Lord's Name, which shall emancipate you.

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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਰਤਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਲਾਭੈ ਮਿਟੈ ਅਗਿਆਨੁ ਹੋਇ ਉਜੀਆਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

gur parasaad ratan har laabhai mittai agiaan hoe ujeeaaraa |1| rahaau |

By Guru's Grace, the jewel of the Lord is found; ignorance is dispelled, and the Divine Light shines forth. ||1||Pause||

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ਰਵਨੀ ਰਵੈ ਬੰਧਨ ਨਹੀ ਤੂਟਹਿ ਵਿਚਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਭਰਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥

ravanee ravai bandhan nahee tootteh vich haumai bharam na jaaee |

By merely saying it with the tongue, one's bonds are not broken, and egotism and doubt do not depart from within.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤ ਹਉਮੈ ਤੂਟੈ ਤਾ ਕੋ ਲੇਖੈ ਪਾਈ ॥੨॥

satigur milai ta haumai toottai taa ko lekhai paaee |2|

But when one meets the True Guru, egotism departs, and then, one realizes his destiny. ||2||

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ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਿਅ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮੁ ਸੁਖ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਉਰ ਧਾਰੇ ॥

har har naam bhagat pria preetam sukh saagar ur dhaare |

The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is sweet and dear to His devotees; it is the ocean of peace - enshrine it within the heart.

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ਭਗਤਿ ਵਛਲੁ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਮਤਿ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਿਸਤਾਰੇ ॥੩॥

bhagat vachhal jagajeevan daataa mat guramat har nisataare |3|

The Lover of His devotees, the Life of the World, the Lord bestows the Guru's Teachings upon the intellect, and one is emancipated. ||3||

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ਮਨ ਸਿਉ ਜੂਝਿ ਮਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਪਾਏ ਮਨਸਾ ਮਨਹਿ ਸਮਾਏ ॥

man siau joojh marai prabh paae manasaa maneh samaae |

One who dies fighting against his own stubborn mind finds God, and the desires of the mind are quieted.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਸਹਜ ਭਾਇ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਏ ॥੪॥੧੬॥

naanak kripaa kare jagajeevan sehaj bhaae liv laae |4|16|

O Nanak, if the Life of the World bestows His Mercy, one is intuitively attuned to the Love of the Lord. ||4||16||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਕਿਸ ਕਉ ਕਹਹਿ ਸੁਣਾਵਹਿ ਕਿਸ ਕਉ ਕਿਸੁ ਸਮਝਾਵਹਿ ਸਮਝਿ ਰਹੇ ॥

kis kau kaheh sunaaveh kis kau kis samajhaaveh samajh rahe |

Unto whom do they speak? Unto whom do they preach? Who understands? Let them understand themselves.

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ਕਿਸੈ ਪੜਾਵਹਿ ਪੜਿ ਗੁਣਿ ਬੂਝੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੰਤੋਖਿ ਰਹੇ ॥੧॥

kisai parraaveh parr gun boojhe satigur sabad santokh rahe |1|

Who do they teach? Through study, they come to realize the Lord's Glorious Virtues. Through the Shabad, the Word of the True Guru, they come to dwell in contentment. ||1||

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