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Ang 420 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ਹੁਕਮੀ ਪੈਧਾ ਜਾਇ ਦਰਗਹ ਭਾਣੀਐ ॥

hukamee paidhaa jaae daragah bhaaneeai |

If it pleases the Commander, one goes to His Court, robed in honor.

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ਹੁਕਮੇ ਹੀ ਸਿਰਿ ਮਾਰ ਬੰਦਿ ਰਬਾਣੀਐ ॥੫॥

hukame hee sir maar band rabaaneeai |5|

By His Command, God's slaves are hit over the head. ||5||

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ਲਾਹਾ ਸਚੁ ਨਿਆਉ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਾਈਐ ॥

laahaa sach niaau man vasaaeeai |

The profit is earned by enshrining Truth and justice in the mind.

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ਲਿਖਿਆ ਪਲੈ ਪਾਇ ਗਰਬੁ ਵਞਾਈਐ ॥੬॥

likhiaa palai paae garab vayaaeeai |6|

They obtain what is written in their destiny, and overcome pride. ||6||

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ਮਨਮੁਖੀਆ ਸਿਰਿ ਮਾਰ ਵਾਦਿ ਖਪਾਈਐ ॥

manamukheea sir maar vaad khapaaeeai |

The self-willed manmukhs are hit over the head, and consumed by conflict.

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ਠਗਿ ਮੁਠੀ ਕੂੜਿਆਰ ਬੰਨਿੑ ਚਲਾਈਐ ॥੭॥

tthag mutthee koorriaar bana chalaaeeai |7|

The cheaters are plundered by falsehood; they are chained and led away. ||7||

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ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਵਸਾਇ ਨ ਪਛੋਤਾਵਹੀ ॥

saahib ridai vasaae na pachhotaavahee |

Enshrine the Lord Master in your mind, and you shall not have to repent.

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ਗੁਨਹਾਂ ਬਖਸਣਹਾਰੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਮਾਵਹੀ ॥੮॥

gunahaan bakhasanahaar sabad kamaavahee |8|

He forgives our sins, when we practice the Teachings of the Guru's Word. ||8||

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ਨਾਨਕੁ ਮੰਗੈ ਸਚੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਘਾਲੀਐ ॥

naanak mangai sach guramukh ghaaleeai |

Nanak begs for the True Name, which is obtained by the Gurmukh.

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ਮੈ ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ਨਦਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਲੀਐ ॥੯॥੧੬॥

mai tujh bin avar na koe nadar nihaaleeai |9|16|

Without You, I have no other at all; please, bless me with Your Glance of Grace. ||9||16||

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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਕਿਆ ਜੰਗਲੁ ਢੂਢੀ ਜਾਇ ਮੈ ਘਰਿ ਬਨੁ ਹਰੀਆਵਲਾ ॥

kiaa jangal dtoodtee jaae mai ghar ban hareeaavalaa |

Why should I go searching in the forests, when the woods of my home are so green?

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ਸਚਿ ਟਿਕੈ ਘਰਿ ਆਇ ਸਬਦਿ ਉਤਾਵਲਾ ॥੧॥

sach ttikai ghar aae sabad utaavalaa |1|

The True Word of the Shabad has instantaneously come and settled in my heart. ||1||

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ਜਹ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਹ ਸੋਇ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੀਐ ॥

jeh dekhaa teh soe avar na jaaneeai |

Wherever I look, there He is; I know no other.

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ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਇ ਮਹਲੁ ਪਛਾਣੀਐ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

gur kee kaar kamaae mehal pachhaaneeai |1| rahaau |

Working for the Guru, one realizes the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||1||Pause||

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ਆਪਿ ਮਿਲਾਵੈ ਸਚੁ ਤਾ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵਈ ॥

aap milaavai sach taa man bhaavee |

The True Lord blends us with Himself, when it is pleasing to His Mind.

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ਚਲੈ ਸਦਾ ਰਜਾਇ ਅੰਕਿ ਸਮਾਵਈ ॥੨॥

chalai sadaa rajaae ank samaavee |2|

One who ever walks in accordance with His Will, merges into His Being. ||2||

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ਸਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਵਸਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਸੋਈ ॥

sachaa saahib man vasai vasiaa man soee |

When the True Lord dwells in the mind, that mind flourishes.

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ਆਪੇ ਦੇ ਵਡਿਆਈਆ ਦੇ ਤੋਟਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੩॥

aape de vaddiaaeea de tott na hoee |3|

He Himself grants greatness; His Gifts are never exhausted. ||3||

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ਅਬੇ ਤਬੇ ਕੀ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਕਿਉ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਾਵੈ ॥

abe tabe kee chaakaree kiau daragah paavai |

Serving this and that person, how can one obtain the Lord's Court?

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ਪਥਰ ਕੀ ਬੇੜੀ ਜੇ ਚੜੈ ਭਰ ਨਾਲਿ ਬੁਡਾਵੈ ॥੪॥

pathar kee berree je charrai bhar naal buddaavai |4|

If someone embarks on a boat of stone, he shall drown with its cargo. ||4||

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ਆਪਨੜਾ ਮਨੁ ਵੇਚੀਐ ਸਿਰੁ ਦੀਜੈ ਨਾਲੇ ॥

aapanarraa man vecheeai sir deejai naale |

So offer your mind, and surrender your head with it.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਸਤੁ ਪਛਾਣੀਐ ਅਪਨਾ ਘਰੁ ਭਾਲੇ ॥੫॥

guramukh vasat pachhaaneeai apanaa ghar bhaale |5|

The Gurmukh realizes the true essence, and finds the home of his own self. ||5||

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ਜੰਮਣ ਮਰਣਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਤਿਨਿ ਕਰਤੈ ਕੀਆ ॥

jaman maranaa aakheeai tin karatai keea |

People discuss birth and death; the Creator created this.

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ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਮਰਿ ਰਹੇ ਫਿਰਿ ਮਰਣੁ ਨ ਥੀਆ ॥੬॥

aap gavaaeaa mar rahe fir maran na theea |6|

Those who conquer their selfhood and remain dead, shall never have to die again. ||6||

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ਸਾਈ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਵਣੀ ਧੁਰ ਕੀ ਫੁਰਮਾਈ ॥

saaee kaar kamaavanee dhur kee furamaaee |

Do those deeds which the Primal Lord has ordered for you.

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ਜੇ ਮਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਦੇ ਮਿਲੈ ਕਿਨਿ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੭॥

je man satigur de milai kin keemat paaee |7|

If one surrenders his mind upon meeting the True Guru, who can estimate its value? ||7||

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ਰਤਨਾ ਪਾਰਖੁ ਸੋ ਧਣੀ ਤਿਨਿ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥

ratanaa paarakh so dhanee tin keemat paaee |

That Lord Master is the Assayer of the jewel of the mind; He places the value on it.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਸਚੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੮॥੧੭॥

naanak saahib man vasai sachee vaddiaaee |8|17|

O Nanak, True is the Glory of that one, in whose mind the Lord Master dwells. ||8||17||

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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਜਿਨੑੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਈ ॥

jinaee naam visaariaa doojai bharam bhulaaee |

Those who have forgotten the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are deluded by doubt and duality.

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ਮੂਲੁ ਛੋਡਿ ਡਾਲੀ ਲਗੇ ਕਿਆ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਛਾਈ ॥੧॥

mool chhodd ddaalee lage kiaa paaveh chhaaee |1|

Those who abandon the roots and cling to the branches, shall obtain only ashes. ||1||

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ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕਿਉ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਜੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋਈ ॥

bin naavai kiau chhootteeai je jaanai koee |

Without the Name, how can one be emancipated? Who knows this?

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਇ ਤ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਪਤਿ ਖੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

guramukh hoe ta chhootteeai manamukh pat khoee |1| rahaau |

One who becomes Gurmukh is emancipated; the self-willed manmukhs lose their honor. ||1||Pause||

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ਜਿਨੑੀ ਏਕੋ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਪੂਰੀ ਮਤਿ ਭਾਈ ॥

jinaee eko seviaa pooree mat bhaaee |

Those who serve the One Lord become perfect in their understanding, O Siblings of Destiny.

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ਆਦਿ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਨਿਰੰਜਨਾ ਜਨ ਹਰਿ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥੨॥

aad jugaad niranjanaa jan har saranaaee |2|

The Lord's humble servant finds Sanctuary in Him, the Immaculate One, from the very beginning, and throughout the ages. ||2||

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ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਅਵਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਭਾਈ ॥

saahib meraa ek hai avar nahee bhaaee |

My Lord and Master is the One; there is no other, O Siblings of Destiny.

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ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਾਚੇ ਪਰਥਾਈ ॥੩॥

kirapaa te sukh paaeaa saache parathaaee |3|

By the Grace of the True Lord, celestial peace is obtained. ||3||

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ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਕੇਤੀ ਕਹੈ ਕਹਾਏ ॥

gur bin kinai na paaeo ketee kahai kahaae |

Without the Guru, no one has obtained Him, although many may claim to have done so.

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ਆਪਿ ਦਿਖਾਵੈ ਵਾਟੜੀਂ ਸਚੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਏ ॥੪॥

aap dikhaavai vaattarreen sachee bhagat drirraae |4|

He Himself reveals the Way, and implants true devotion within. ||4||

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ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਜੇ ਸਮਝਾਈਐ ਭੀ ਉਝੜਿ ਜਾਏ ॥

manamukh je samajhaaeeai bhee ujharr jaae |

Even if the self-willed manmukh is instructed, he stills goes into the wilderness.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮ ਨ ਛੂਟਸੀ ਮਰਿ ਨਰਕ ਸਮਾਏ ॥੫॥

bin har naam na chhoottasee mar narak samaae |5|

Without the Lord's Name, he shall not be emancipated; he shall die, and sink into hell. ||5||

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ਜਨਮਿ ਮਰੈ ਭਰਮਾਈਐ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਲੇਵੈ ॥

janam marai bharamaaeeai har naam na levai |

He wanders through birth and death, and never chants the Lord's Name.

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ਤਾ ਕੀ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਨਾ ਪਵੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵੈ ॥੬॥

taa kee keemat naa pavai bin gur kee sevai |6|

He never realizes his own value, without serving the Guru. ||6||

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