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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਵਡਾ ਕਰਿ ਸਾਲਾਹੀਐ ਜਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਵਡੀਆ ਵਡਿਆਈਆ ॥

satigur vaddaa kar saalaaheeai jis vich vaddeea vaddiaaeea |

Praise the Great True Guru; within Him is the greatest greatness.

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ਸਹਿ ਮੇਲੇ ਤਾ ਨਦਰੀ ਆਈਆ ॥

seh mele taa nadaree aaeea |

When the Lord causes us to meet the Guru, then we come to see them.

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ਜਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਣਾ ਤਾ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਾਈਆ ॥

jaa tis bhaanaa taa man vasaaeea |

When it pleases Him, they come to dwell in our minds.

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ਕਰਿ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਹਥੁ ਧਰਿ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਮਾਰਿ ਕਢੀਆ ਬੁਰਿਆਈਆ ॥

kar hukam masatak hath dhar vichahu maar kadteea buriaaeea |

By His Command, when He places His hand on our foreheads, wickedness departs from within.

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ਸਹਿ ਤੁਠੈ ਨਉ ਨਿਧਿ ਪਾਈਆ ॥੧੮॥

seh tutthai nau nidh paaeea |18|

When the Lord is thoroughly pleased, the nine treasures are obtained. ||18||

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥

salok mahalaa 1 |

Salok, First Mehl:

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ਪਹਿਲਾ ਸੁਚਾ ਆਪਿ ਹੋਇ ਸੁਚੈ ਬੈਠਾ ਆਇ ॥

pahilaa suchaa aap hoe suchai baitthaa aae |

First, purifying himself, the Brahmin comes and sits in his purified enclosure.

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ਸੁਚੇ ਅਗੈ ਰਖਿਓਨੁ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਭਿਟਿਓ ਜਾਇ ॥

suche agai rakhion koe na bhittio jaae |

The pure foods, which no one else has touched, are placed before him.

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ਸੁਚਾ ਹੋਇ ਕੈ ਜੇਵਿਆ ਲਗਾ ਪੜਣਿ ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥

suchaa hoe kai jeviaa lagaa parran salok |

Being purified, he takes his food, and begins to read his sacred verses.

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ਕੁਹਥੀ ਜਾਈ ਸਟਿਆ ਕਿਸੁ ਏਹੁ ਲਗਾ ਦੋਖੁ ॥

kuhathee jaaee sattiaa kis ehu lagaa dokh |

But it is then thrown into a filthy place - whose fault is this?

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ਅੰਨੁ ਦੇਵਤਾ ਪਾਣੀ ਦੇਵਤਾ ਬੈਸੰਤਰੁ ਦੇਵਤਾ ਲੂਣੁ ॥

an devataa paanee devataa baisantar devataa loon |

The corn is sacred, the water is sacred; the fire and salt are sacred as well;

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ਪੰਜਵਾ ਪਾਇਆ ਘਿਰਤੁ ॥ ਤਾ ਹੋਆ ਪਾਕੁ ਪਵਿਤੁ ॥

panjavaa paaeaa ghirat | taa hoaa paak pavit |

When the fifth thing, the ghee, is added, then the food becomes pure and sanctified.

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ਪਾਪੀ ਸਿਉ ਤਨੁ ਗਡਿਆ ਥੁਕਾ ਪਈਆ ਤਿਤੁ ॥

paapee siau tan gaddiaa thukaa peea tith |

Coming into contact with the sinful human body, the food becomes so impure that is is spat upon.

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ਜਿਤੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਊਚਰਹਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਰਸ ਖਾਹਿ ॥

jit mukh naam na aoochareh bin naavai ras khaeh |

That mouth which does not chant the Naam, and without the Name eats tasty foods

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ਨਾਨਕ ਏਵੈ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਤਿਤੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਥੁਕਾ ਪਾਹਿ ॥੧॥

naanak evai jaaneeai tith mukh thukaa paeh |1|

- O Nanak, know this: such a mouth is to be spat upon. ||1||

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ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

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ਭੰਡਿ ਜੰਮੀਐ ਭੰਡਿ ਨਿੰਮੀਐ ਭੰਡਿ ਮੰਗਣੁ ਵੀਆਹੁ ॥

bhandd jameeai bhandd ninmeeai bhandd mangan veeaahu |

From woman, man is born; within woman, man is conceived; to woman he is engaged and married.

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ਭੰਡਹੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਦੋਸਤੀ ਭੰਡਹੁ ਚਲੈ ਰਾਹੁ ॥

bhanddahu hovai dosatee bhanddahu chalai raahu |

Woman becomes his friend; through woman, the future generations come.

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ਭੰਡੁ ਮੁਆ ਭੰਡੁ ਭਾਲੀਐ ਭੰਡਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਬੰਧਾਨੁ ॥

bhandd muaa bhandd bhaaleeai bhandd hovai bandhaan |

When his woman dies, he seeks another woman; to woman he is bound.

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ਸੋ ਕਿਉ ਮੰਦਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਜਿਤੁ ਜੰਮਹਿ ਰਾਜਾਨ ॥

so kiau mandaa aakheeai jit jameh raajaan |

So why call her bad? From her, kings are born.

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ਭੰਡਹੁ ਹੀ ਭੰਡੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਭੰਡੈ ਬਾਝੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥

bhanddahu hee bhandd aoopajai bhanddai baajh na koe |

From woman, woman is born; without woman, there would be no one at all.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਭੰਡੈ ਬਾਹਰਾ ਏਕੋ ਸਚਾ ਸੋਇ ॥

naanak bhanddai baaharaa eko sachaa soe |

O Nanak, only the True Lord is without a woman.

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ਜਿਤੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਸਦਾ ਸਾਲਾਹੀਐ ਭਾਗਾ ਰਤੀ ਚਾਰਿ ॥

jit mukh sadaa saalaaheeai bhaagaa ratee chaar |

That mouth which praises the Lord continually is blessed and beautiful.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਤੇ ਮੁਖ ਊਜਲੇ ਤਿਤੁ ਸਚੈ ਦਰਬਾਰਿ ॥੨॥

naanak te mukh aoojale tith sachai darabaar |2|

O Nanak, those faces shall be radiant in the Court of the True Lord. ||2||

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਆਖੈ ਆਪਣਾ ਜਿਸੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਸੋ ਚੁਣਿ ਕਢੀਐ ॥

sabh ko aakhai aapanaa jis naahee so chun kadteeai |

All call You their own, Lord; one who does not own You, is picked up and thrown away.

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ਕੀਤਾ ਆਪੋ ਆਪਣਾ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਲੇਖਾ ਸੰਢੀਐ ॥

keetaa aapo aapanaa aape hee lekhaa sandteeai |

Everyone receives the rewards of his own actions; his account is adjusted accordingly.

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ਜਾ ਰਹਣਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਐਤੁ ਜਗਿ ਤਾ ਕਾਇਤੁ ਗਾਰਬਿ ਹੰਢੀਐ ॥

jaa rahanaa naahee ait jag taa kaaeit gaarab handteeai |

Since one is not destined to remain in this world anyway, why should he ruin himself in pride?

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ਮੰਦਾ ਕਿਸੈ ਨ ਆਖੀਐ ਪੜਿ ਅਖਰੁ ਏਹੋ ਬੁਝੀਐ ॥

mandaa kisai na aakheeai parr akhar eho bujheeai |

Do not call anyone bad; read these words, and understand.

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ਮੂਰਖੈ ਨਾਲਿ ਨ ਲੁਝੀਐ ॥੧੯॥

moorakhai naal na lujheeai |19|

Don't argue with fools. ||19||

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥

salok mahalaa 1 |

Salok, First Mehl:

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ਨਾਨਕ ਫਿਕੈ ਬੋਲਿਐ ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਫਿਕਾ ਹੋਇ ॥

naanak fikai boliai tan man fikaa hoe |

O Nanak, speaking insipid words, the body and mind become insipid.

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ਫਿਕੋ ਫਿਕਾ ਸਦੀਐ ਫਿਕੇ ਫਿਕੀ ਸੋਇ ॥

fiko fikaa sadeeai fike fikee soe |

He is called the most insipid of the insipid; the most insipid of the insipid is his reputation.

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ਫਿਕਾ ਦਰਗਹ ਸਟੀਐ ਮੁਹਿ ਥੁਕਾ ਫਿਕੇ ਪਾਇ ॥

fikaa daragah satteeai muhi thukaa fike paae |

The insipid person is discarded in the Court of the Lord, and the insipid one's face is spat upon.

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ਫਿਕਾ ਮੂਰਖੁ ਆਖੀਐ ਪਾਣਾ ਲਹੈ ਸਜਾਇ ॥੧॥

fikaa moorakh aakheeai paanaa lahai sajaae |1|

The insipid one is called a fool; he is beaten with shoes in punishment. ||1||

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ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

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ਅੰਦਰਹੁ ਝੂਠੇ ਪੈਜ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਫੈਲੁ ॥

andarahu jhootthe paij baahar duneea andar fail |

Those who are false within, and honorable on the outside, are very common in this world.

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ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਜੇ ਨਾਵਹਿ ਉਤਰੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਮੈਲੁ ॥

atthasatth teerath je naaveh utarai naahee mail |

Even though they may bathe at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, still, their filth does not depart.

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ਜਿਨੑ ਪਟੁ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਗੁਦੜੁ ਤੇ ਭਲੇ ਸੰਸਾਰਿ ॥

jina patt andar baahar gudarr te bhale sansaar |

Those who have silk on the inside and rags on the outside, are the good ones in this world.

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ਤਿਨੑ ਨੇਹੁ ਲਗਾ ਰਬ ਸੇਤੀ ਦੇਖਨੑੇ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥

tina nehu lagaa rab setee dekhanae veechaar |

They embrace love for the Lord, and contemplate beholding Him.

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ਰੰਗਿ ਹਸਹਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਰੋਵਹਿ ਚੁਪ ਭੀ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥

rang haseh rang roveh chup bhee kar jaeh |

In the Lord's Love, they laugh, and in the Lord's Love, they weep, and also keep silent.

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ਪਰਵਾਹ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਿਸੈ ਕੇਰੀ ਬਾਝੁ ਸਚੇ ਨਾਹ ॥

paravaah naahee kisai keree baajh sache naah |

They do not care for anything else, except their True Husband Lord.

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ਦਰਿ ਵਾਟ ਉਪਰਿ ਖਰਚੁ ਮੰਗਾ ਜਬੈ ਦੇਇ ਤ ਖਾਹਿ ॥

dar vaatt upar kharach mangaa jabai dee ta khaeh |

Sitting, waiting at the Lord's Door, they beg for food, and when He gives to them, they eat.

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ਦੀਬਾਨੁ ਏਕੋ ਕਲਮ ਏਕਾ ਹਮਾ ਤੁਮੑਾ ਮੇਲੁ ॥

deebaan eko kalam ekaa hamaa tumaa mel |

There is only One Court of the Lord, and He has only one pen; there, you and I shall meet.

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ਦਰਿ ਲਏ ਲੇਖਾ ਪੀੜਿ ਛੁਟੈ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਜਿਉ ਤੇਲੁ ॥੨॥

dar le lekhaa peerr chhuttai naanakaa jiau tel |2|

In the Court of the Lord, the accounts are examined; O Nanak, the sinners are crushed, like oil seeds in the press. ||2||

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