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Ang 418 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ਥਾਨ ਮੁਕਾਮ ਜਲੇ ਬਿਜ ਮੰਦਰ ਮੁਛਿ ਮੁਛਿ ਕੁਇਰ ਰੁਲਾਇਆ ॥

thaan mukaam jale bij mandar muchh muchh kueir rulaaeaa |

He burned the rest-houses and the ancient temples; he cut the princes limb from limb, and cast them into the dust.

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ਕੋਈ ਮੁਗਲੁ ਨ ਹੋਆ ਅੰਧਾ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਰਚਾ ਲਾਇਆ ॥੪॥

koee mugal na hoaa andhaa kinai na parachaa laaeaa |4|

None of the Mugals went blind, and no one performed any miracle. ||4||

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ਮੁਗਲ ਪਠਾਣਾ ਭਈ ਲੜਾਈ ਰਣ ਮਹਿ ਤੇਗ ਵਗਾਈ ॥

mugal patthaanaa bhee larraaee ran meh teg vagaaee |

The battle raged between the Mugals and the Pat'haans, and the swords clashed on the battlefield.

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ਓਨੑੀ ਤੁਪਕ ਤਾਣਿ ਚਲਾਈ ਓਨੑੀ ਹਸਤਿ ਚਿੜਾਈ ॥

onaee tupak taan chalaaee onaee hasat chirraaee |

They took aim and fired their guns, and they attacked with their elephants.

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ਜਿਨੑ ਕੀ ਚੀਰੀ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਾਟੀ ਤਿਨੑਾ ਮਰਣਾ ਭਾਈ ॥੫॥

jina kee cheeree daragah paattee tinaa maranaa bhaaee |5|

Those men whose letters were torn in the Lord's Court, were destined to die, O Siblings of Destiny. ||5||

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ਇਕ ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣੀ ਅਵਰ ਤੁਰਕਾਣੀ ਭਟਿਆਣੀ ਠਕੁਰਾਣੀ ॥

eik hindavaanee avar turakaanee bhattiaanee tthakuraanee |

The Hindu women, the Muslim women, the Bhattis and the Rajputs

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ਇਕਨੑਾ ਪੇਰਣ ਸਿਰ ਖੁਰ ਪਾਟੇ ਇਕਨੑਾ ਵਾਸੁ ਮਸਾਣੀ ॥

eikanaa peran sir khur paatte ikanaa vaas masaanee |

some had their robes torn away, from head to foot, while others came to dwell in the cremation ground.

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ਜਿਨੑ ਕੇ ਬੰਕੇ ਘਰੀ ਨ ਆਇਆ ਤਿਨੑ ਕਿਉ ਰੈਣਿ ਵਿਹਾਣੀ ॥੬॥

jina ke banke gharee na aaeaa tina kiau rain vihaanee |6|

Their husbands did not return home - how did they pass their night? ||6||

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ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਆਖਿ ਸੁਣਾਈਐ ॥

aape kare karaae karataa kis no aakh sunaaeeai |

The Creator Himself acts, and causes others to act. Unto whom should we complain?

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ਦੁਖੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਤੇਰੈ ਭਾਣੈ ਹੋਵੈ ਕਿਸ ਥੈ ਜਾਇ ਰੂਆਈਐ ॥

dukh sukh terai bhaanai hovai kis thai jaae rooaaeeai |

Pleasure and pain come by Your Will; unto whom should we go and cry?

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ਹੁਕਮੀ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਚਲਾਏ ਵਿਗਸੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਪਾਈਐ ॥੭॥੧੨॥

hukamee hukam chalaae vigasai naanak likhiaa paaeeai |7|12|

The Commander issues His Command, and is pleased. O Nanak, we receive what is written in our destiny. ||7||12||

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Guru Nanak 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:

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ਆਸਾ ਕਾਫੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੮ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ ॥

aasaa kaafee mahalaa 1 ghar 8 asattapadeea |

Aasaa, Kaafee, First Mehl, Eighth House, Ashtpadheeyaa:

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ਜੈਸੇ ਗੋਇਲਿ ਗੋਇਲੀ ਤੈਸੇ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥

jaise goeil goeilee taise sansaaraa |

As the shepherd is in the field for only a short time, so is one in the world.

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ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ਆਦਮੀ ਬਾਂਧਹਿ ਘਰ ਬਾਰਾ ॥੧॥

koorr kamaaveh aadamee baandheh ghar baaraa |1|

Practicing falsehood, they build their homes. ||1||

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ਜਾਗਹੁ ਜਾਗਹੁ ਸੂਤਿਹੋ ਚਲਿਆ ਵਣਜਾਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jaagahu jaagahu sootiho chaliaa vanajaaraa |1| rahaau |

Wake up! Wake up! O sleepers, see that the travelling merchant is leaving. ||1||Pause||

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ਨੀਤ ਨੀਤ ਘਰ ਬਾਂਧੀਅਹਿ ਜੇ ਰਹਣਾ ਹੋਈ ॥

neet neet ghar baandheeeh je rahanaa hoee |

Go ahead and build your houses, if you think you will stay here forever and ever.

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ਪਿੰਡੁ ਪਵੈ ਜੀਉ ਚਲਸੀ ਜੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋਈ ॥੨॥

pindd pavai jeeo chalasee je jaanai koee |2|

The body shall fall, and the soul shall depart; if only they knew this. ||2||

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ਓਹੀ ਓਹੀ ਕਿਆ ਕਰਹੁ ਹੈ ਹੋਸੀ ਸੋਈ ॥

ohee ohee kiaa karahu hai hosee soee |

Why do you cry out and mourn for the dead? The Lord is, and shall always be.

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ਤੁਮ ਰੋਵਹੁਗੇ ਓਸ ਨੋ ਤੁਮੑ ਕਉ ਕਉਣੁ ਰੋਈ ॥੩॥

tum rovahuge os no tuma kau kaun roee |3|

You mourn for that person, but who will mourn for you? ||3||

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ਧੰਧਾ ਪਿਟਿਹੁ ਭਾਈਹੋ ਤੁਮੑ ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਵਹੁ ॥

dhandhaa pittihu bhaaeeho tuma koorr kamaavahu |

You are engrossed in worldly entanglements, O Siblings of Destiny, and you are practicing falsehood.

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ਓਹੁ ਨ ਸੁਣਈ ਕਤ ਹੀ ਤੁਮੑ ਲੋਕ ਸੁਣਾਵਹੁ ॥੪॥

ohu na sunee kat hee tuma lok sunaavahu |4|

The dead person does not hear anything at all; your cries are heard only by other people. ||4||

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ਜਿਸ ਤੇ ਸੁਤਾ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਜਾਗਾਏ ਸੋਈ ॥

jis te sutaa naanakaa jaagaae soee |

Only the Lord, who causes the mortal to sleep, O Nanak, can awaken him again.

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ਜੇ ਘਰੁ ਬੂਝੈ ਆਪਣਾ ਤਾਂ ਨੀਦ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੫॥

je ghar boojhai aapanaa taan need na hoee |5|

One who understands his true home, does not sleep. ||5||

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ਜੇ ਚਲਦਾ ਲੈ ਚਲਿਆ ਕਿਛੁ ਸੰਪੈ ਨਾਲੇ ॥

je chaladaa lai chaliaa kichh sanpai naale |

If the departing mortal can take his wealth with him,

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ਤਾ ਧਨੁ ਸੰਚਹੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਕੈ ਬੂਝਹੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ॥੬॥

taa dhan sanchahu dekh kai boojhahu beechaare |6|

then go ahead and gather wealth yourself. See this, reflect upon it, and understand. ||6||

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ਵਣਜੁ ਕਰਹੁ ਮਖਸੂਦੁ ਲੈਹੁ ਮਤ ਪਛੋਤਾਵਹੁ ॥

vanaj karahu makhasood laihu mat pachhotaavahu |

Make your deals, and obtain the true merchandise, or else you shall regret it later.

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ਅਉਗਣ ਛੋਡਹੁ ਗੁਣ ਕਰਹੁ ਐਸੇ ਤਤੁ ਪਰਾਵਹੁ ॥੭॥

aaugan chhoddahu gun karahu aise tat paraavahu |7|

Abandon your vices, and practice virtue, and you shall obtain the essence of reality. ||7||

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ਧਰਮੁ ਭੂਮਿ ਸਤੁ ਬੀਜੁ ਕਰਿ ਐਸੀ ਕਿਰਸ ਕਮਾਵਹੁ ॥

dharam bhoom sat beej kar aisee kiras kamaavahu |

Plant the seed of Truth in the soil of Dharmic faith, and practice such farming.

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ਤਾਂ ਵਾਪਾਰੀ ਜਾਣੀਅਹੁ ਲਾਹਾ ਲੈ ਜਾਵਹੁ ॥੮॥

taan vaapaaree jaaneeahu laahaa lai jaavahu |8|

Only then will you be known as a merchant, if you take your profits with you. ||8||

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ਕਰਮੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਬੂਝੈ ਬੀਚਾਰਾ ॥

karam hovai satigur milai boojhai beechaaraa |

If the Lord shows His Mercy, one meets the True Guru; contemplating Him, one comes to understand.

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ਨਾਮੁ ਵਖਾਣੈ ਸੁਣੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਾਮੇ ਬਿਉਹਾਰਾ ॥੯॥

naam vakhaanai sune naam naame biauhaaraa |9|

Then, one chants the Naam, hears the Naam, and deals only in the Naam. ||9||

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ਜਿਉ ਲਾਹਾ ਤੋਟਾ ਤਿਵੈ ਵਾਟ ਚਲਦੀ ਆਈ ॥

jiau laahaa tottaa tivai vaatt chaladee aaee |

As is the profit, so is the loss; this is the way of the world.

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ਜੋ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਸਾਈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੧੦॥੧੩॥

jo tis bhaavai naanakaa saaee vaddiaaee |10|13|

Whatever pleases His Will, O Nanak, is glory for me. ||10||13||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਚਾਰੇ ਕੁੰਡਾ ਢੂਢੀਆ ਕੋ ਨੀਮੑੀ ਮੈਡਾ ॥

chaare kunddaa dtoodteea ko neemaee maiddaa |

I have searched in the four directions, but no one is mine.

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ਜੇ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਹਿਬਾ ਤੂ ਮੈ ਹਉ ਤੈਡਾ ॥੧॥

je tudh bhaavai saahibaa too mai hau taiddaa |1|

If it pleases You, O Lord Master, then You are mine, and I am Yours. ||1||

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ਦਰੁ ਬੀਭਾ ਮੈ ਨੀਮਿੑ ਕੋ ਕੈ ਕਰੀ ਸਲਾਮੁ ॥

dar beebhaa mai neema ko kai karee salaam |

There is no other door for me; where shall I go to worship?

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ਹਿਕੋ ਮੈਡਾ ਤੂ ਧਣੀ ਸਾਚਾ ਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

hiko maiddaa too dhanee saachaa mukh naam |1| rahaau |

You are my only Lord; Your True Name is in my mouth. ||1||Pause||

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ਸਿਧਾ ਸੇਵਨਿ ਸਿਧ ਪੀਰ ਮਾਗਹਿ ਰਿਧਿ ਸਿਧਿ ॥

sidhaa sevan sidh peer maageh ridh sidh |

Some serve the Siddhas, the beings of spiritual perfection, and some serve spiritual teachers; they beg for wealth and miraculous powers.

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ਮੈ ਇਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਵੀਸਰੈ ਸਾਚੇ ਗੁਰ ਬੁਧਿ ॥੨॥

mai ik naam na veesarai saache gur budh |2|

May I never forget the Naam, the Name of the One Lord. This is the wisdom of the True Guru. ||2||

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