Ang 4 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਅਸੰਖ ਭਗਤ ਗੁਣ ਗਿਆਨ ਵੀਚਾਰ ॥

asankh bhagat gun giaan veechaar |

Countless devotees contemplate the Wisdom and Virtues of the Lord.

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ਅਸੰਖ ਸਤੀ ਅਸੰਖ ਦਾਤਾਰ ॥

asankh satee asankh daataar |

Countless the holy, countless the givers.

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ਅਸੰਖ ਸੂਰ ਮੁਹ ਭਖ ਸਾਰ ॥

asankh soor muh bhakh saar |

Countless heroic spiritual warriors, who bear the brunt of the attack in battle (who with their mouths eat steel).

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ਅਸੰਖ ਮੋਨਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ਤਾਰ ॥

asankh mon liv laae taar |

Countless silent sages, vibrating the String of His Love.

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ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਵਣ ਕਹਾ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

kudarat kavan kahaa veechaar |

How can Your Creative Potency be described?

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ਵਾਰਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਵਾ ਏਕ ਵਾਰ ॥

vaariaa na jaavaa ek vaar |

I cannot even once be a sacrifice to You.

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ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਈ ਭਲੀ ਕਾਰ ॥

jo tudh bhaavai saaee bhalee kaar |

Whatever pleases You is the only good done,

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ਤੂ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਮਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ॥੧੭॥

too sadaa salaamat nirankaar |17|

You, Eternal and Formless One. ||17||

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ਅਸੰਖ ਮੂਰਖ ਅੰਧ ਘੋਰ ॥

asankh moorakh andh ghor |

Countless fools, blinded by ignorance.

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ਅਸੰਖ ਚੋਰ ਹਰਾਮਖੋਰ ॥

asankh chor haraamakhor |

Countless thieves and embezzlers.

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ਅਸੰਖ ਅਮਰ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਹਿ ਜੋਰ ॥

asankh amar kar jaeh jor |

Countless impose their will by force.

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ਅਸੰਖ ਗਲਵਢ ਹਤਿਆ ਕਮਾਹਿ ॥

asankh galavadt hatiaa kamaeh |

Countless cut-throats and ruthless killers.

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ਅਸੰਖ ਪਾਪੀ ਪਾਪੁ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥

asankh paapee paap kar jaeh |

Countless sinners who keep on sinning.

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ਅਸੰਖ ਕੂੜਿਆਰ ਕੂੜੇ ਫਿਰਾਹਿ ॥

asankh koorriaar koorre firaeh |

Countless liars, wandering lost in their lies.

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ਅਸੰਖ ਮਲੇਛ ਮਲੁ ਭਖਿ ਖਾਹਿ ॥

asankh malechh mal bhakh khaeh |

Countless wretches, eating filth as their ration.

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ਅਸੰਖ ਨਿੰਦਕ ਸਿਰਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਭਾਰੁ ॥

asankh nindak sir kareh bhaar |

Countless slanderers, carrying the weight of their stupid mistakes on their heads.

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ਨਾਨਕੁ ਨੀਚੁ ਕਹੈ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

naanak neech kahai veechaar |

Nanak describes the state of the lowly.

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ਵਾਰਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਵਾ ਏਕ ਵਾਰ ॥

vaariaa na jaavaa ek vaar |

I cannot even once be a sacrifice to You.

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ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਈ ਭਲੀ ਕਾਰ ॥

jo tudh bhaavai saaee bhalee kaar |

Whatever pleases You is the only good done,

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ਤੂ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਮਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ॥੧੮॥

too sadaa salaamat nirankaar |18|

You, Eternal and Formless One. ||18||

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ਅਸੰਖ ਨਾਵ ਅਸੰਖ ਥਾਵ ॥

asankh naav asankh thaav |

Countless names, countless places.

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ਅਗੰਮ ਅਗੰਮ ਅਸੰਖ ਲੋਅ ॥

agam agam asankh loa |

Inaccessible, unapproachable, countless celestial realms.

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ਅਸੰਖ ਕਹਹਿ ਸਿਰਿ ਭਾਰੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

asankh kaheh sir bhaar hoe |

Even to call them countless is to carry the weight on your head.

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ਅਖਰੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਖਰੀ ਸਾਲਾਹ ॥

akharee naam akharee saalaah |

From the Word, comes the Naam; from the Word, comes Your Praise.

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ਅਖਰੀ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਗੀਤ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਹ ॥

akharee giaan geet gun gaah |

From the Word, comes spiritual wisdom, singing the Songs of Your Glory.

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ਅਖਰੀ ਲਿਖਣੁ ਬੋਲਣੁ ਬਾਣਿ ॥

akharee likhan bolan baan |

From the Word, come the written and spoken words and hymns.

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ਅਖਰਾ ਸਿਰਿ ਸੰਜੋਗੁ ਵਖਾਣਿ ॥

akharaa sir sanjog vakhaan |

From the Word, comes destiny, written on one's forehead.

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ਜਿਨਿ ਏਹਿ ਲਿਖੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਿਰਿ ਨਾਹਿ ॥

jin ehi likhe tis sir naeh |

But the One who wrote these Words of Destiny-no words are written on His Forehead.

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ਜਿਵ ਫੁਰਮਾਏ ਤਿਵ ਤਿਵ ਪਾਹਿ ॥

jiv furamaae tiv tiv paeh |

As He ordains, so do we receive.

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ਜੇਤਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਤੇਤਾ ਨਾਉ ॥

jetaa keetaa tetaa naau |

The created universe is the manifestation of Your Name.

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ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋ ਥਾਉ ॥

vin naavai naahee ko thaau |

Without Your Name, there is no place at all.

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ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਵਣ ਕਹਾ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

kudarat kavan kahaa veechaar |

How can I describe Your Creative Power?

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ਵਾਰਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਵਾ ਏਕ ਵਾਰ ॥

vaariaa na jaavaa ek vaar |

I cannot even once be a sacrifice to You.

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ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਈ ਭਲੀ ਕਾਰ ॥

jo tudh bhaavai saaee bhalee kaar |

Whatever pleases You is the only good done,

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ਤੂ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਮਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ॥੧੯॥

too sadaa salaamat nirankaar |19|

You, Eternal and Formless One. ||19||

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ਭਰੀਐ ਹਥੁ ਪੈਰੁ ਤਨੁ ਦੇਹ ॥

bhareeai hath pair tan deh |

When the hands and the feet and the body are dirty,

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ਪਾਣੀ ਧੋਤੈ ਉਤਰਸੁ ਖੇਹ ॥

paanee dhotai utaras kheh |

water can wash away the dirt.

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ਮੂਤ ਪਲੀਤੀ ਕਪੜੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

moot paleetee kaparr hoe |

When the clothes are soiled and stained by urine,

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ਦੇ ਸਾਬੂਣੁ ਲਈਐ ਓਹੁ ਧੋਇ ॥

de saaboon leeai ohu dhoe |

soap can wash them clean.

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ਭਰੀਐ ਮਤਿ ਪਾਪਾ ਕੈ ਸੰਗਿ ॥

bhareeai mat paapaa kai sang |

But when the intellect is stained and polluted by sin,

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ਓਹੁ ਧੋਪੈ ਨਾਵੈ ਕੈ ਰੰਗਿ ॥

ohu dhopai naavai kai rang |

it can only be cleansed by the Love of the Name.

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ਪੁੰਨੀ ਪਾਪੀ ਆਖਣੁ ਨਾਹਿ ॥

punee paapee aakhan naeh |

Virtue and vice do not come by mere words;

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ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਣਾ ਲਿਖਿ ਲੈ ਜਾਹੁ ॥

kar kar karanaa likh lai jaahu |

actions repeated, over and over again, are engraved on the soul.

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ਆਪੇ ਬੀਜਿ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਖਾਹੁ ॥

aape beej aape hee khaahu |

You shall harvest what you plant.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਆਵਹੁ ਜਾਹੁ ॥੨੦॥

naanak hukamee aavahu jaahu |20|

O Nanak, by the Hukam of God's Command, we come and go in reincarnation. ||20||

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ਤੀਰਥੁ ਤਪੁ ਦਇਆ ਦਤੁ ਦਾਨੁ ॥

teerath tap deaa dat daan |

Pilgrimages, austere discipline, compassion and charity

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ਜੇ ਕੋ ਪਾਵੈ ਤਿਲ ਕਾ ਮਾਨੁ ॥

je ko paavai til kaa maan |

these, by themselves, bring only an iota of merit.

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ਸੁਣਿਆ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਕੀਤਾ ਭਾਉ ॥

suniaa maniaa man keetaa bhaau |

Listening and believing with love and humility in your mind,

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ਅੰਤਰਗਤਿ ਤੀਰਥਿ ਮਲਿ ਨਾਉ ॥

antaragat teerath mal naau |

cleanse yourself with the Name, at the sacred shrine deep within.

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ਸਭਿ ਗੁਣ ਤੇਰੇ ਮੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥

sabh gun tere mai naahee koe |

All virtues are Yours, Lord, I have none at all.

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ਵਿਣੁ ਗੁਣ ਕੀਤੇ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥

vin gun keete bhagat na hoe |

Without virtue, there is no devotional worship.

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ਸੁਅਸਤਿ ਆਥਿ ਬਾਣੀ ਬਰਮਾਉ ॥

suasat aath baanee baramaau |

I bow to the Lord of the World, to His Word, to Brahma the Creator.

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ਸਤਿ ਸੁਹਾਣੁ ਸਦਾ ਮਨਿ ਚਾਉ ॥

sat suhaan sadaa man chaau |

He is Beautiful, True and Eternally Joyful.

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ਕਵਣੁ ਸੁ ਵੇਲਾ ਵਖਤੁ ਕਵਣੁ ਕਵਣ ਥਿਤਿ ਕਵਣੁ ਵਾਰੁ ॥

kavan su velaa vakhat kavan kavan thit kavan vaar |

What was that time, and what was that moment? What was that day, and what was that date?

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ਕਵਣਿ ਸਿ ਰੁਤੀ ਮਾਹੁ ਕਵਣੁ ਜਿਤੁ ਹੋਆ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥

kavan si rutee maahu kavan jit hoaa aakaar |

What was that season, and what was that month, when the Universe was created?

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ਵੇਲ ਨ ਪਾਈਆ ਪੰਡਤੀ ਜਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਲੇਖੁ ਪੁਰਾਣੁ ॥

vel na paaeea panddatee ji hovai lekh puraan |

The Pandits, the religious scholars, cannot find that time, even if it is written in the Puraanas.

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ਵਖਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਕਾਦੀਆ ਜਿ ਲਿਖਨਿ ਲੇਖੁ ਕੁਰਾਣੁ ॥

vakhat na paaeo kaadeea ji likhan lekh kuraan |

That time is not known to the Qazis, who study the Koran.

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ਥਿਤਿ ਵਾਰੁ ਨਾ ਜੋਗੀ ਜਾਣੈ ਰੁਤਿ ਮਾਹੁ ਨਾ ਕੋਈ ॥

thit vaar naa jogee jaanai rut maahu naa koee |

The day and the date are not known to the Yogis, nor is the month or the season.

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ਜਾ ਕਰਤਾ ਸਿਰਠੀ ਕਉ ਸਾਜੇ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋਈ ॥

jaa karataa siratthee kau saaje aape jaanai soee |

The Creator who created this creation-only He Himself knows.

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ਕਿਵ ਕਰਿ ਆਖਾ ਕਿਵ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ਕਿਉ ਵਰਨੀ ਕਿਵ ਜਾਣਾ ॥

kiv kar aakhaa kiv saalaahee kiau varanee kiv jaanaa |

How can we speak of Him? How can we praise Him? How can we describe Him? How can we know Him?

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