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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

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ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਕਰਣਾ ਕੀਓ ਕਲ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਤੈ ਧਾਰੀਐ ॥

aape hee karanaa keeo kal aape hee tai dhaareeai |

You Yourself created the creation; You Yourself infused Your power into it.

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ਦੇਖਹਿ ਕੀਤਾ ਆਪਣਾ ਧਰਿ ਕਚੀ ਪਕੀ ਸਾਰੀਐ ॥

dekheh keetaa aapanaa dhar kachee pakee saareeai |

You behold Your creation, like the losing and winning dice of the earth.

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ਜੋ ਆਇਆ ਸੋ ਚਲਸੀ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ਆਈ ਵਾਰੀਐ ॥

jo aaeaa so chalasee sabh koee aaee vaareeai |

Whoever has come, shall depart; all shall have their turn.

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ਜਿਸ ਕੇ ਜੀਅ ਪਰਾਣ ਹਹਿ ਕਿਉ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਮਨਹੁ ਵਿਸਾਰੀਐ ॥

jis ke jeea paraan heh kiau saahib manahu visaareeai |

He who owns our soul, and our very breath of life - why should we forget that Lord and Master from our minds?

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ਆਪਣ ਹਥੀ ਆਪਣਾ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਕਾਜੁ ਸਵਾਰੀਐ ॥੨੦॥

aapan hathee aapanaa aape hee kaaj savaareeai |20|

With our own hands, let us resolve our own affairs. ||20||

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Guru Angad Dev Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥

salok mahalaa 2 |

Salok, Second Mehl:

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ਏਹ ਕਿਨੇਹੀ ਆਸਕੀ ਦੂਜੈ ਲਗੈ ਜਾਇ ॥

eeh kinehee aasakee doojai lagai jaae |

What sort of love is this, which clings to duality?

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ਨਾਨਕ ਆਸਕੁ ਕਾਂਢੀਐ ਸਦ ਹੀ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

naanak aasak kaandteeai sad hee rahai samaae |

O Nanak, he alone is called a lover, who remains forever immersed in absorption.

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ਚੰਗੈ ਚੰਗਾ ਕਰਿ ਮੰਨੇ ਮੰਦੈ ਮੰਦਾ ਹੋਇ ॥

changai changaa kar mane mandai mandaa hoe |

But one who feels good only when good is done for him, and feels bad when things go badly

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ਆਸਕੁ ਏਹੁ ਨ ਆਖੀਐ ਜਿ ਲੇਖੈ ਵਰਤੈ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥

aasak ehu na aakheeai ji lekhai varatai soe |1|

- do not call him a lover. He trades only for his own account. ||1||

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Guru Angad Dev Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥

mahalaa 2 |

Second Mehl:

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ਸਲਾਮੁ ਜਬਾਬੁ ਦੋਵੈ ਕਰੇ ਮੁੰਢਹੁ ਘੁਥਾ ਜਾਇ ॥

salaam jabaab dovai kare mundtahu ghuthaa jaae |

One who offers both respectful greetings and rude refusal to his master, has gone wrong from the very beginning.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਦੋਵੈ ਕੂੜੀਆ ਥਾਇ ਨ ਕਾਈ ਪਾਇ ॥੨॥

naanak dovai koorreea thaae na kaaee paae |2|

O Nanak, both of his actions are false; he obtains no place in the Court of the Lord. ||2||

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

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ਜਿਤੁ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਸੋ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਦਾ ਸਮੑਾਲੀਐ ॥

jit seviai sukh paaeeai so saahib sadaa samaaleeai |

Serving Him, peace is obtained; meditate and dwell upon that Lord and Master forever.

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ਜਿਤੁ ਕੀਤਾ ਪਾਈਐ ਆਪਣਾ ਸਾ ਘਾਲ ਬੁਰੀ ਕਿਉ ਘਾਲੀਐ ॥

jit keetaa paaeeai aapanaa saa ghaal buree kiau ghaaleeai |

Why do you do such evil deeds, that you shall have to suffer so?

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ਮੰਦਾ ਮੂਲਿ ਨ ਕੀਚਈ ਦੇ ਲੰਮੀ ਨਦਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਲੀਐ ॥

mandaa mool na keechee de lamee nadar nihaaleeai |

Do not do any evil at all; look ahead to the future with foresight.

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ਜਿਉ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਨਾਲਿ ਨ ਹਾਰੀਐ ਤੇਵੇਹਾ ਪਾਸਾ ਢਾਲੀਐ ॥

jiau saahib naal na haareeai tevehaa paasaa dtaaleeai |

So throw the dice in such a way, that you shall not lose with your Lord and Master.

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ਕਿਛੁ ਲਾਹੇ ਉਪਰਿ ਘਾਲੀਐ ॥੨੧॥

kichh laahe upar ghaaleeai |21|

Do those deeds which shall bring you profit. ||21||

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥

salok mahalaa 2 |

Salok, Second Mehl:

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ਚਾਕਰੁ ਲਗੈ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਨਾਲੇ ਗਾਰਬੁ ਵਾਦੁ ॥

chaakar lagai chaakaree naale gaarab vaad |

If a servant performs service, while being vain and argumentative,

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ਗਲਾ ਕਰੇ ਘਣੇਰੀਆ ਖਸਮ ਨ ਪਾਏ ਸਾਦੁ ॥

galaa kare ghanereea khasam na paae saad |

he may talk as much as he wants, but he shall not be pleasing to his Master.

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ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰੇ ਤਾ ਕਿਛੁ ਪਾਏ ਮਾਨੁ ॥

aap gavaae sevaa kare taa kichh paae maan |

But if he eliminates his self-conceit and then performs service, he shall be honored.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਲਗਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਲਗਾ ਸੋ ਪਰਵਾਨੁ ॥੧॥

naanak jis no lagaa tis milai lagaa so paravaan |1|

O Nanak, if he merges with the one with whom he is attached, his attachment becomes acceptable. ||1||

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ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥

mahalaa 2 |

Second Mehl:

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ਜੋ ਜੀਇ ਹੋਇ ਸੁ ਉਗਵੈ ਮੁਹ ਕਾ ਕਹਿਆ ਵਾਉ ॥

jo jee hoe su ugavai muh kaa kahiaa vaau |

Whatever is in the mind, comes forth; spoken words by themselves are just wind.

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ਬੀਜੇ ਬਿਖੁ ਮੰਗੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਵੇਖਹੁ ਏਹੁ ਨਿਆਉ ॥੨॥

beeje bikh mangai amrit vekhahu ehu niaau |2|

He sows seeds of poison, and demands Ambrosial Nectar. Behold - what justice is this? ||2||

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ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥

mahalaa 2 |

Second Mehl:

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ਨਾਲਿ ਇਆਣੇ ਦੋਸਤੀ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਰਾਸਿ ॥

naal eaane dosatee kade na aavai raas |

Friendship with a fool never works out right.

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ਜੇਹਾ ਜਾਣੈ ਤੇਹੋ ਵਰਤੈ ਵੇਖਹੁ ਕੋ ਨਿਰਜਾਸਿ ॥

jehaa jaanai teho varatai vekhahu ko nirajaas |

As he knows, he acts; behold, and see that it is so.

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ਵਸਤੂ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਵਸਤੁ ਸਮਾਵੈ ਦੂਜੀ ਹੋਵੈ ਪਾਸਿ ॥

vasatoo andar vasat samaavai doojee hovai paas |

One thing can be absorbed into another thing, but duality keeps them apart.

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ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸੇਤੀ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਚਲੈ ਕਹੀ ਬਣੈ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ॥

saahib setee hukam na chalai kahee banai aradaas |

No one can issue commands to the Lord Master; offer instead humble prayers.

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ਕੂੜਿ ਕਮਾਣੈ ਕੂੜੋ ਹੋਵੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਵਿਗਾਸਿ ॥੩॥

koorr kamaanai koorro hovai naanak sifat vigaas |3|

Practicing falsehood, only falsehood is obtained. O Nanak, through the Lord's Praise, one blossoms forth. ||3||

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ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥

mahalaa 2 |

Second Mehl:

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ਨਾਲਿ ਇਆਣੇ ਦੋਸਤੀ ਵਡਾਰੂ ਸਿਉ ਨੇਹੁ ॥

naal eaane dosatee vaddaaroo siau nehu |

Friendship with a fool, and love with a pompous person,

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ਪਾਣੀ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਲੀਕ ਜਿਉ ਤਿਸ ਦਾ ਥਾਉ ਨ ਥੇਹੁ ॥੪॥

paanee andar leek jiau tis daa thaau na thehu |4|

are like lines drawn in water, leaving no trace or mark. ||4||

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ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥

mahalaa 2 |

Second Mehl:

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ਹੋਇ ਇਆਣਾ ਕਰੇ ਕੰਮੁ ਆਣਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਰਾਸਿ ॥

hoe eaanaa kare kam aan na sakai raas |

If a fool does a job, he cannot do it right.

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ਜੇ ਇਕ ਅਧ ਚੰਗੀ ਕਰੇ ਦੂਜੀ ਭੀ ਵੇਰਾਸਿ ॥੫॥

je ik adh changee kare doojee bhee veraas |5|

Even if he does something right, he does the next thing wrong. ||5||

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ਚਾਕਰੁ ਲਗੈ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਜੇ ਚਲੈ ਖਸਮੈ ਭਾਇ ॥

chaakar lagai chaakaree je chalai khasamai bhaae |

If a servant, performing service, obeys the Will of his Master,

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ਹੁਰਮਤਿ ਤਿਸ ਨੋ ਅਗਲੀ ਓਹੁ ਵਜਹੁ ਭਿ ਦੂਣਾ ਖਾਇ ॥

huramat tis no agalee ohu vajahu bhi doonaa khaae |

his honor increases, and he receives double his wages.

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ਖਸਮੈ ਕਰੇ ਬਰਾਬਰੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਗੈਰਤਿ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਪਾਇ ॥

khasamai kare baraabaree fir gairat andar paae |

But if he claims to be equal to his Master, he earns his Master's displeasure.

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ਵਜਹੁ ਗਵਾਏ ਅਗਲਾ ਮੁਹੇ ਮੁਹਿ ਪਾਣਾ ਖਾਇ ॥

vajahu gavaae agalaa muhe muhi paanaa khaae |

He loses his entire salary, and is also beaten on his face with shoes.

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ਜਿਸ ਦਾ ਦਿਤਾ ਖਾਵਣਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਕਹੀਐ ਸਾਬਾਸਿ ॥

jis daa ditaa khaavanaa tis kaheeai saabaas |

Let us all celebrate Him, from whom we receive our nourishment.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਚਲਈ ਨਾਲਿ ਖਸਮ ਚਲੈ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ॥੨੨॥

naanak hukam na chalee naal khasam chalai aradaas |22|

O Nanak, no one can issue commands to the Lord Master; let us offer prayers instead. ||22||

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥

salok mahalaa 2 |

Salok, Second Mehl:

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ਏਹ ਕਿਨੇਹੀ ਦਾਤਿ ਆਪਸ ਤੇ ਜੋ ਪਾਈਐ ॥

eeh kinehee daat aapas te jo paaeeai |

What sort of gift is this, which we receive only by our own asking?

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