Ang 458 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਅਪਰਾਧੀ ਮਤਿਹੀਨੁ ਨਿਰਗੁਨੁ ਅਨਾਥੁ ਨੀਚੁ ॥

aparaadhee matiheen niragun anaath neech |

I am a sinner, devoid of wisdom, worthless, destitute and vile.

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ਸਠ ਕਠੋਰੁ ਕੁਲਹੀਨੁ ਬਿਆਪਤ ਮੋਹ ਕੀਚੁ ॥

satth katthor kulaheen biaapat moh keech |

I am deceitful, hard-hearted, lowly and entangled in the mud of emotional attachment.

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ਮਲ ਭਰਮ ਕਰਮ ਅਹੰ ਮਮਤਾ ਮਰਣੁ ਚੀਤਿ ਨ ਆਵਏ ॥

mal bharam karam ahan mamataa maran cheet na aave |

I am stuck in the filth of doubt and egotistical actions, and I try not to think of death.

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ਬਨਿਤਾ ਬਿਨੋਦ ਅਨੰਦ ਮਾਇਆ ਅਗਿਆਨਤਾ ਲਪਟਾਵਏ ॥

banitaa binod anand maaeaa agiaanataa lapattaave |

In ignorance, I cling to the pleasures of woman and the joys of Maya.

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ਖਿਸੈ ਜੋਬਨੁ ਬਧੈ ਜਰੂਆ ਦਿਨ ਨਿਹਾਰੇ ਸੰਗਿ ਮੀਚੁ ॥

khisai joban badhai jarooaa din nihaare sang meech |

My youth is wasting away, old age is approaching, and Death, my companion, is counting my days.

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ਬਿਨਵੰਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਆਸ ਤੇਰੀ ਸਰਣਿ ਸਾਧੂ ਰਾਖੁ ਨੀਚੁ ॥੨॥

binavant naanak aas teree saran saadhoo raakh neech |2|

Prays Nanak, my hope is in You, Lord; please preserve me, the lowly one, in the Sanctuary of the Holy. ||2||

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ਭਰਮੇ ਜਨਮ ਅਨੇਕ ਸੰਕਟ ਮਹਾ ਜੋਨ ॥

bharame janam anek sankatt mahaa jon |

I have wandered through countless incarnations, suffering terrible pain in these lives.

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ਲਪਟਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਤਿਹ ਸੰਗਿ ਮੀਠੇ ਭੋਗ ਸੋਨ ॥

lapatt rahio tih sang meetthe bhog son |

I am entangled in sweet pleasures and gold.

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ਭ੍ਰਮਤ ਭਾਰ ਅਗਨਤ ਆਇਓ ਬਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸਹ ਧਾਇਓ ॥

bhramat bhaar aganat aaeo bahu pradesah dhaaeo |

After wandering around with such great loads of sin, I have come, after wandering through so many foreign lands.

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ਅਬ ਓਟ ਧਾਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਮੁਰਾਰੀ ਸਰਬ ਸੁਖ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇਓ ॥

ab ott dhaaree prabh muraaree sarab sukh har naaeo |

Now, I have taken the protection of God, and I have found total peace in the Name of the Lord.

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ਰਾਖਨਹਾਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਮੁਝ ਤੇ ਕਛੂ ਨ ਹੋਆ ਹੋਨ ॥

raakhanahaare prabh piaare mujh te kachhoo na hoaa hon |

God, my Beloved, is my protector; nothing was done, or will ever be done, by myself alone.

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ਸੂਖ ਸਹਜ ਆਨੰਦ ਨਾਨਕ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਤੇਰੀ ਤਰੈ ਭਉਨ ॥੩॥

sookh sehaj aanand naanak kripaa teree tarai bhaun |3|

I have found peace, poise and bliss, O Nanak; by Your mercy, I swim across the world-ocean. ||3||

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ਨਾਮ ਧਾਰੀਕ ਉਧਾਰੇ ਭਗਤਹ ਸੰਸਾ ਕਉਨ ॥

naam dhaareek udhaare bhagatah sansaa kaun |

You saved those who only pretended to believe, so what doubts should Your true devotees have?

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ਜੇਨ ਕੇਨ ਪਰਕਾਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਸ੍ਰਵਨ ॥

jen ken parakaare har har jas sunahu sravan |

By every means possible, listen to the Praises of the Lord with your ears.

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ਸੁਨਿ ਸ੍ਰਵਨ ਬਾਨੀ ਪੁਰਖ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਮਨਿ ਨਿਧਾਨਾ ਪਾਵਹੇ ॥

sun sravan baanee purakh giaanee man nidhaanaa paavahe |

Listen with your ears to the Word of the Lord's Bani, the hymns of spiritual wisdom; thus you shall obtain the treasure in your mind.

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ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਬਿਧਾਤੇ ਰਾਮ ਕੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਹੇ ॥

har rang raate prabh bidhaate raam ke gun gaavahe |

Attuned to the Love of the Lord God, the Architect of Destiny, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

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ਬਸੁਧ ਕਾਗਦ ਬਨਰਾਜ ਕਲਮਾ ਲਿਖਣ ਕਉ ਜੇ ਹੋਇ ਪਵਨ ॥

basudh kaagad banaraaj kalamaa likhan kau je hoe pavan |

The earth is the paper, the forest is the pen and the wind is the writer,

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ਬੇਅੰਤ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ਪਾਇਆ ਗਹੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਚਰਣ ਸਰਨ ॥੪॥੫॥੮॥

beant ant na jaae paaeaa gahee naanak charan saran |4|5|8|

but still, the end of the endless Lord cannot be found. O Nanak, I have taken to the Sanctuary of His lotus feet. ||4||5||8||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 5 |

Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:

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ਪੁਰਖ ਪਤੇ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਤਾ ਕੀ ਸਰਣਿ ਗਹੀ ॥

purakh pate bhagavaan taa kee saran gahee |

The Primal Lord is the Lord God of all beings. I have taken to His Sanctuary.

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ਨਿਰਭਉ ਭਏ ਪਰਾਨ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਸਗਲ ਲਹੀ ॥

nirbhau bhe paraan chintaa sagal lahee |

My life has become fearless, and all my anxieties have been removed.

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ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਸੁਤ ਮੀਤ ਸੁਰਿਜਨ ਇਸਟ ਬੰਧਪ ਜਾਣਿਆ ॥

maat pitaa sut meet surijan isatt bandhap jaaniaa |

I know the Lord as my mother, father, son, friend, well-wisher and close relative.

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ਗਹਿ ਕੰਠਿ ਲਾਇਆ ਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ਜਸੁ ਬਿਮਲ ਸੰਤ ਵਖਾਣਿਆ ॥

geh kantth laaeaa gur milaaeaa jas bimal sant vakhaaniaa |

The Guru has led me to embrace Him; the Saints chant His Pure Praises.

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ਬੇਅੰਤ ਗੁਣ ਅਨੇਕ ਮਹਿਮਾ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਕਛੂ ਨ ਜਾਇ ਕਹੀ ॥

beant gun anek mahimaa keemat kachhoo na jaae kahee |

His Glorious Virtues are infinite, and His greatness is unlimited. His value cannot be described at all.

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ਪ੍ਰਭ ਏਕ ਅਨਿਕ ਅਲਖ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਓਟ ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਸੁ ਗਹੀ ॥੧॥

prabh ek anik alakh tthaakur ott naanak tis gahee |1|

God is the One and only, the Unseen Lord and Master; O Nanak, I have grasped His protection. ||1||

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਨੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਸਹਾਈ ਆਪਿ ਭਏ ॥

amrit ban sansaar sahaaee aap bhe |

The world is a pool of nectar, when the Lord becomes our helper.

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ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਉਰ ਹਾਰੁ ਬਿਖੁ ਕੇ ਦਿਵਸ ਗਏ ॥

raam naam ur haar bikh ke divas ge |

One who wears the necklace of the Lord's Name - his days of suffering are ended.

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ਗਤੁ ਭਰਮ ਮੋਹ ਬਿਕਾਰ ਬਿਨਸੇ ਜੋਨਿ ਆਵਣ ਸਭ ਰਹੇ ॥

gat bharam moh bikaar binase jon aavan sabh rahe |

His state of doubt, attachment and sin is erased, and the cycle of reincarnation into the womb is totally ended.

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ਅਗਨਿ ਸਾਗਰ ਭਏ ਸੀਤਲ ਸਾਧ ਅੰਚਲ ਗਹਿ ਰਹੇ ॥

agan saagar bhe seetal saadh anchal geh rahe |

The ocean of fire becomes cool, when one grasps the hem of the robe of the Holy Saint.

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ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ਗੁਪਾਲ ਦਇਆਲ ਸੰਮ੍ਰਿਥ ਬੋਲਿ ਸਾਧੂ ਹਰਿ ਜੈ ਜਏ ॥

govind gupaal deaal samrith bol saadhoo har jai je |

The Lord of the Universe, the Sustainer of the World, the merciful all-powerful Lord - the Holy Saints proclaim the victory of the Lord.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ਪੂਰਨ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਪਾਈ ਪਰਮ ਗਤੇ ॥੨॥

naanak naam dhiaae pooran saadhasang paaee param gate |2|

O Nanak, meditating on the Naam, in the perfect Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I have obtained the supreme status. ||2||

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ਜਹ ਦੇਖਉ ਤਹ ਸੰਗਿ ਏਕੋ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਆ ॥

jeh dekhau teh sang eko rav rahiaa |

Wherever I look, there I find the One Lord permeating and pervading all.

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ਘਟ ਘਟ ਵਾਸੀ ਆਪਿ ਵਿਰਲੈ ਕਿਨੈ ਲਹਿਆ ॥

ghatt ghatt vaasee aap viralai kinai lahiaa |

In each and every heart, He Himself dwells, but how rare is that person who realizes this.

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ਜਲਿ ਥਲਿ ਮਹੀਅਲਿ ਪੂਰਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਕੀਟ ਹਸਤਿ ਸਮਾਨਿਆ ॥

jal thal maheeal poor pooran keett hasat samaaniaa |

The Lord is permeating and pervading the water, the land and the sky; He is contained in the ant and the elephant.

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ਆਦਿ ਅੰਤੇ ਮਧਿ ਸੋਈ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦੀ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥

aad ante madh soee gur prasaadee jaaniaa |

In the beginning, in the middle and in the end, He exists. By Guru's Grace, He is known.

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ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਪਸਰਿਆ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਲੀਲਾ ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ਗੁਣ ਨਿਧਿ ਜਨਿ ਕਹਿਆ ॥

braham pasariaa braham leelaa govind gun nidh jan kahiaa |

God created the expanse of the universe, God created the play of the world. His humble servants call Him the Lord of the Universe, the treasure of virtue.

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ਸਿਮਰਿ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਅੰਤਰਜਾਮੀ ਹਰਿ ਏਕੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਆ ॥੩॥

simar suaamee antarajaamee har ek naanak rav rahiaa |3|

Meditate in remembrance on the Lord Master, the Searcher of hearts; O Nanak, He is the One, pervading and permeating all. ||3||

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ਦਿਨੁ ਰੈਣਿ ਸੁਹਾਵੜੀ ਆਈ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਹਰੇ ॥

din rain suhaavarree aaee simarat naam hare |

Day and night, become beauteous by remembering the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

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