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Ang 401 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ਗੁਰੂ ਵਿਟਹੁ ਹਉ ਵਾਰਿਆ ਜਿਸੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਚੁ ਸੁਆਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

guroo vittahu hau vaariaa jis mil sach suaau |1| rahaau |

I am a sacrifice to the Guru; meeting Him, I am absorbed into the True Lord. ||1||Pause||

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ਸਗੁਨ ਅਪਸਗੁਨ ਤਿਸ ਕਉ ਲਗਹਿ ਜਿਸੁ ਚੀਤਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ॥

sagun apasagun tis kau lageh jis cheet na aavai |

Good omens and bad omens affect those who do not keep the Lord in the mind.

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ਤਿਸੁ ਜਮੁ ਨੇੜਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਜੋ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਭਾਵੈ ॥੨॥

tis jam nerr na aavee jo har prabh bhaavai |2|

The Messenger of Death does not approach those who are pleasing to the Lord God. ||2||

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ਪੁੰਨ ਦਾਨ ਜਪ ਤਪ ਜੇਤੇ ਸਭ ਊਪਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ॥

pun daan jap tap jete sabh aoopar naam |

Donations to charity, meditation and penance - above all of them is the Naam.

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ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਨਾ ਜੋ ਜਪੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਪੂਰਨ ਕਾਮੁ ॥੩॥

har har rasanaa jo japai tis pooran kaam |3|

One who chants with his tongue the Name of the Lord, Har, Har - his works are brought to perfect completion. ||3||

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ਭੈ ਬਿਨਸੇ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਮੋਹ ਗਏ ਕੋ ਦਿਸੈ ਨ ਬੀਆ ॥

bhai binase bhram moh ge ko disai na beea |

His fears are removed, and his doubts and attachments are gone; he sees none other than God.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਰਾਖੇ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਦੂਖੁ ਨ ਥੀਆ ॥੪॥੧੮॥੧੨੦॥

naanak raakhe paarabraham fir dookh na theea |4|18|120|

O Nanak, the Supreme Lord God preserves him, and no pain or sorrow afflicts him any longer. ||4||18||120||

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Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ਆਸਾ ਘਰੁ ੯ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

aasaa ghar 9 mahalaa 5 |

Aasaa, Ninth House, Fifth Mehl:

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ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

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ਚਿਤਵਉ ਚਿਤਵਿ ਸਰਬ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਵਉ ਆਗੈ ਭਾਵਉ ਕਿ ਨ ਭਾਵਉ ॥

chitvau chitav sarab sukh paavau aagai bhaavau ki na bhaavau |

Contemplating Him within my consciousness, I obtain total peace; but hereafter, will I be pleasing to Him or not?

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ਏਕੁ ਦਾਤਾਰੁ ਸਗਲ ਹੈ ਜਾਚਿਕ ਦੂਸਰ ਕੈ ਪਹਿ ਜਾਵਉ ॥੧॥

ek daataar sagal hai jaachik doosar kai peh jaavau |1|

There is only One Giver; all others are beggars. Who else can we turn to? ||1||

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ਹਉ ਮਾਗਉ ਆਨ ਲਜਾਵਉ ॥

hau maagau aan lajaavau |

When I beg from others, I am ashamed.

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ਸਗਲ ਛਤ੍ਰਪਤਿ ਏਕੋ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਕਉਨੁ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਲਾਵਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

sagal chhatrapat eko tthaakur kaun samasar laavau |1| rahaau |

The One Lord Master is the Supreme King of all; who else is equal to Him? ||1||Pause||

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ਊਠਉ ਬੈਸਉ ਰਹਿ ਭਿ ਨ ਸਾਕਉ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਖੋਜਿ ਖੋਜਾਵਉ ॥

aootthau baisau reh bhi na saakau darasan khoj khojaavau |

Standing up and sitting down, I cannot live without Him. I search and search for the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.

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ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾਦਿਕ ਸਨਕਾਦਿਕ ਸਨਕ ਸਨੰਦਨ ਸਨਾਤਨ ਸਨਤਕੁਮਾਰ ਤਿਨੑ ਕਉ ਮਹਲੁ ਦੁਲਭਾਵਉ ॥੨॥

brahamaadik sanakaadik sanak sanandan sanaatan sanatakumaar tina kau mehal dulabhaavau |2|

Even Brahma and the sages Sanak, Sanandan, Sanaatan and Sanat Kumar, find it difficult to obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||2||

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ਅਗਮ ਅਗਮ ਆਗਾਧਿ ਬੋਧ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਰੈ ਨ ਪਾਵਉ ॥

agam agam aagaadh bodh keemat parai na paavau |

He is unapproachable and unfathomable; His wisdom is deep and profound; His value cannot be appraised.

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ਤਾਕੀ ਸਰਣਿ ਸਤਿ ਪੁਰਖ ਕੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਧਿਆਵਉ ॥੩॥

taakee saran sat purakh kee satigur purakh dhiaavau |3|

I have taken to the Sanctuary of the True Lord, the Primal Being, and I meditate on the True Guru. ||3||

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ਭਇਓ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਕਾਟਿਓ ਬੰਧੁ ਗਰਾਵਉ ॥

bheo kripaal deaal prabh tthaakur kaattio bandh garaavau |

God, the Lord Master, has become kind and compassionate; He has cut the noose of death away from my neck.

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ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਉ ਸਾਧਸੰਗੁ ਪਾਇਓ ਤਉ ਫਿਰਿ ਜਨਮਿ ਨ ਆਵਉ ॥੪॥੧॥੧੨੧॥

kahu naanak jau saadhasang paaeo tau fir janam na aavau |4|1|121|

Says Nanak, now that I have obtained the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I shall not have to be reincarnated again. ||4||1||121||

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Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 5 |

Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:

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ਅੰਤਰਿ ਗਾਵਉ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਗਾਵਉ ਗਾਵਉ ਜਾਗਿ ਸਵਾਰੀ ॥

antar gaavau baahar gaavau gaavau jaag savaaree |

Inwardly, I sing His Praises, and outwardly, I sing His Praises; I sing His Praises while awake and asleep.

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ਸੰਗਿ ਚਲਨ ਕਉ ਤੋਸਾ ਦੀਨੑਾ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਨਾਮ ਕੇ ਬਿਉਹਾਰੀ ॥੧॥

sang chalan kau tosaa deenaa gobind naam ke biauhaaree |1|

I am a trader in the Name of the Lord of the Universe; He has given it to me as my supplies, to carry with me. ||1||

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ਅਵਰ ਬਿਸਾਰੀ ਬਿਸਾਰੀ ॥

avar bisaaree bisaaree |

I have forgotten and forsaken other things.

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ਨਾਮ ਦਾਨੁ ਗੁਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਦੀਓ ਮੈ ਏਹੋ ਆਧਾਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

naam daan gur poorai deeo mai eho aadhaaree |1| rahaau |

The Perfect Guru has given me the Gift of the Naam; this alone is my Support. ||1||Pause||

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ਦੂਖਨਿ ਗਾਵਉ ਸੁਖਿ ਭੀ ਗਾਵਉ ਮਾਰਗਿ ਪੰਥਿ ਸਮੑਾਰੀ ॥

dookhan gaavau sukh bhee gaavau maarag panth samaaree |

I sing His Praises while suffering, and I sing His Praises while I am at peace as well. I contemplate Him while I walk along the Path.

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ਨਾਮ ਦ੍ਰਿੜੁ ਗੁਰਿ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਦੀਆ ਮੋਰੀ ਤਿਸਾ ਬੁਝਾਰੀ ॥੨॥

naam drirr gur man meh deea moree tisaa bujhaaree |2|

The Guru has implanted the Naam within my mind, and my thirst has been quenched. ||2||

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ਦਿਨੁ ਭੀ ਗਾਵਉ ਰੈਨੀ ਗਾਵਉ ਗਾਵਉ ਸਾਸਿ ਸਾਸਿ ਰਸਨਾਰੀ ॥

din bhee gaavau rainee gaavau gaavau saas saas rasanaaree |

I sing His Praises during the day, and I sing His Praises during the night; I sing them with each and every breath.

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ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਹਿ ਬਿਸਾਸੁ ਹੋਇ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਵਤ ਮਰਤ ਸੰਗਾਰੀ ॥੩॥

satasangat meh bisaas hoe har jeevat marat sangaaree |3|

In the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, this faith is established, that the Lord is with us, in life and in death. ||3||

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ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਉ ਇਹੁ ਦਾਨੁ ਦੇਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਪਾਵਉ ਸੰਤ ਰੇਨ ਉਰਿ ਧਾਰੀ ॥

jan naanak kau ihu daan dehu prabh paavau sant ren ur dhaaree |

Bless servant Nanak with this gift, O God, that he may obtain, and enshrine in his heart, the dust of the feet of the Saints.

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ਸ੍ਰਵਨੀ ਕਥਾ ਨੈਨ ਦਰਸੁ ਪੇਖਉ ਮਸਤਕੁ ਗੁਰ ਚਰਨਾਰੀ ॥੪॥੨॥੧੨੨॥

sravanee kathaa nain daras pekhau masatak gur charanaaree |4|2|122|

Hear the Lord's Sermon with your ears, and behold the Blessed Vision of His Darshan with your eyes; place your forehead upon the Guru's Feet. ||4||2||122||

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Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: Aasaa, Tenth House, Fifth Mehl:

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ਆਸਾ ਘਰੁ ੧੦ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

aasaa ghar 10 mahalaa 5 |

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: Aasaa, Tenth House, Fifth Mehl:

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ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਤੂੰ ਅਸਥਿਰੁ ਕਰਿ ਮਾਨਹਿ ਤੇ ਪਾਹੁਨ ਦੋ ਦਾਹਾ ॥

jis no toon asathir kar maaneh te paahun do daahaa |

That which you believe to be permanent, is a guest here for only a few days.

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