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Ang 481 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ਇਹ ਸ੍ਰਪਨੀ ਤਾ ਕੀ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੋਈ ॥

eih srapanee taa kee keetee hoee |

This she-serpent is created by Him.

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ਬਲੁ ਅਬਲੁ ਕਿਆ ਇਸ ਤੇ ਹੋਈ ॥੪॥

bal abal kiaa is te hoee |4|

What power or weakness does she have by herself? ||4||

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ਇਹ ਬਸਤੀ ਤਾ ਬਸਤ ਸਰੀਰਾ ॥

eih basatee taa basat sareeraa |

If she abides with the mortal, then his soul abides in his body.

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ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਤਰੇ ਕਬੀਰਾ ॥੫॥੬॥੧੯॥

gur prasaad sehaj tare kabeeraa |5|6|19|

By Guru's Grace, Kabeer has easily crossed over. ||5||6||19||

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ਆਸਾ ॥

aasaa |

Aasaa:

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ਕਹਾ ਸੁਆਨ ਕਉ ਸਿਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਸੁਨਾਏ ॥

kahaa suaan kau simrit sunaae |

Why bother to read the Simritees to a dog?

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ਕਹਾ ਸਾਕਤ ਪਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਨ ਗਾਏ ॥੧॥

kahaa saakat peh har gun gaae |1|

Why bother to sing the Lord's Praises to the faithless cynic? ||1||

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ਰਾਮ ਰਾਮ ਰਾਮ ਰਮੇ ਰਮਿ ਰਹੀਐ ॥

raam raam raam rame ram raheeai |

Remain absorbed in the Lord's Name, Raam, Raam, Raam.

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ਸਾਕਤ ਸਿਉ ਭੂਲਿ ਨਹੀ ਕਹੀਐ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

saakat siau bhool nahee kaheeai |1| rahaau |

Do not bother to speak of it to the faithless cynic, even by mistake. ||1||Pause||

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ਕਊਆ ਕਹਾ ਕਪੂਰ ਚਰਾਏ ॥

kaooaa kahaa kapoor charaae |

Why offer camphor to a crow?

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ਕਹ ਬਿਸੀਅਰ ਕਉ ਦੂਧੁ ਪੀਆਏ ॥੨॥

keh biseear kau doodh peeae |2|

Why give the snake milk to drink? ||2||

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ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਬਿਬੇਕ ਬੁਧਿ ਹੋਈ ॥

satasangat mil bibek budh hoee |

Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, discriminating understanding is attained.

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ਪਾਰਸੁ ਪਰਸਿ ਲੋਹਾ ਕੰਚਨੁ ਸੋਈ ॥੩॥

paaras paras lohaa kanchan soee |3|

That iron which touches the Philosopher's Stone becomes gold. ||3||

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ਸਾਕਤੁ ਸੁਆਨੁ ਸਭੁ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਇਆ ॥

saakat suaan sabh kare karaaeaa |

The dog, the faithless cynic, does everything as the Lord causes him to do.

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ਜੋ ਧੁਰਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਸੁ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥੪॥

jo dhur likhiaa su karam kamaaeaa |4|

He does the deeds pre-ordained from the very beginning. ||4||

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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਲੈ ਲੈ ਨੀਮੁ ਸਿੰਚਾਈ ॥

amrit lai lai neem sinchaaee |

If you take Ambrosial Nectar and irrigate the neem tree with it,

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ਕਹਤ ਕਬੀਰ ਉਆ ਕੋ ਸਹਜੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥੫॥੭॥੨੦॥

kehat kabeer uaa ko sehaj na jaaee |5|7|20|

still, says Kabeer, its natural qualities are not changed. ||5||7||20||

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ਆਸਾ ॥

aasaa |

Aasaa:

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ਲੰਕਾ ਸਾ ਕੋਟੁ ਸਮੁੰਦ ਸੀ ਖਾਈ ॥

lankaa saa kott samund see khaaee |

A fortress like that of Sri Lanka, with the ocean as a moat around it

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ਤਿਹ ਰਾਵਨ ਘਰ ਖਬਰਿ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥੧॥

tih raavan ghar khabar na paaee |1|

- there is no news about that house of Raavan. ||1||

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ਕਿਆ ਮਾਗਉ ਕਿਛੁ ਥਿਰੁ ਨ ਰਹਾਈ ॥

kiaa maagau kichh thir na rahaaee |

What shall I ask for? Nothing is permanent.

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ਦੇਖਤ ਨੈਨ ਚਲਿਓ ਜਗੁ ਜਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

dekhat nain chalio jag jaaee |1| rahaau |

I see with my eyes that the world is passing away. ||1||Pause||

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ਇਕੁ ਲਖੁ ਪੂਤ ਸਵਾ ਲਖੁ ਨਾਤੀ ॥

eik lakh poot savaa lakh naatee |

Thousands of sons and thousands of grandsons

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ਤਿਹ ਰਾਵਨ ਘਰ ਦੀਆ ਨ ਬਾਤੀ ॥੨॥

tih raavan ghar deea na baatee |2|

- but in that house of Raavan, the lamps and wicks have gone out. ||2||

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ਚੰਦੁ ਸੂਰਜੁ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਤਪਤ ਰਸੋਈ ॥

chand sooraj jaa ke tapat rasoee |

The moon and the sun cooked his food.

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ਬੈਸੰਤਰੁ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਕਪਰੇ ਧੋਈ ॥੩॥

baisantar jaa ke kapare dhoee |3|

The fire washed his clothes. ||3||

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ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਰਾਮੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਬਸਾਈ ॥

guramat raamai naam basaaee |

Under Guru's Instructions, one whose mind is filled with the Lord's Name,

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ਅਸਥਿਰੁ ਰਹੈ ਨ ਕਤਹੂੰ ਜਾਈ ॥੪॥

asathir rahai na katahoon jaaee |4|

becomes permanent, and does not go anywhere. ||4||

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ਕਹਤ ਕਬੀਰ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਰੇ ਲੋਈ ॥

kehat kabeer sunahu re loee |

Says Kabeer, listen, people:

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ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨੁ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੫॥੮॥੨੧॥

raam naam bin mukat na hoee |5|8|21|

without the Lord's Name, no one is liberated. ||5||8||21||

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ਆਸਾ ॥

aasaa |

Aasaa:

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ਪਹਿਲਾ ਪੂਤੁ ਪਿਛੈਰੀ ਮਾਈ ॥

pahilaa poot pichhairee maaee |

First, the son was born, and then, his mother.

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ਗੁਰੁ ਲਾਗੋ ਚੇਲੇ ਕੀ ਪਾਈ ॥੧॥

gur laago chele kee paaee |1|

The guru falls at the feet of the disciple. ||1||

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ਏਕੁ ਅਚੰਭਉ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਤੁਮੑ ਭਾਈ ॥

ek achanbhau sunahu tuma bhaaee |

Listen to this wonderful thing, O Siblings of Destiny!

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ਦੇਖਤ ਸਿੰਘੁ ਚਰਾਵਤ ਗਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

dekhat singh charaavat gaaee |1| rahaau |

I saw the lion herding the cows. ||1||Pause||

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ਜਲ ਕੀ ਮਛੁਲੀ ਤਰਵਰਿ ਬਿਆਈ ॥

jal kee machhulee taravar biaaee |

The fish of the water gives birth upon a tree.

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ਦੇਖਤ ਕੁਤਰਾ ਲੈ ਗਈ ਬਿਲਾਈ ॥੨॥

dekhat kutaraa lai gee bilaaee |2|

I saw a cat carrying away a dog. ||2||

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ਤਲੈ ਰੇ ਬੈਸਾ ਊਪਰਿ ਸੂਲਾ ॥

talai re baisaa aoopar soolaa |

The branches are below, and the roots are above.

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ਤਿਸ ਕੈ ਪੇਡਿ ਲਗੇ ਫਲ ਫੂਲਾ ॥੩॥

tis kai pedd lage fal foolaa |3|

The trunk of that tree bears fruits and flowers. ||3||

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ਘੋਰੈ ਚਰਿ ਭੈਸ ਚਰਾਵਨ ਜਾਈ ॥

ghorai char bhais charaavan jaaee |

Riding a horse, the buffalo takes him out to graze.

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ਬਾਹਰਿ ਬੈਲੁ ਗੋਨਿ ਘਰਿ ਆਈ ॥੪॥

baahar bail gon ghar aaee |4|

The bull is away, while his load has come home. ||4||

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ਕਹਤ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੁ ਇਸ ਪਦ ਬੂਝੈ ॥

kehat kabeer ju is pad boojhai |

Says Kabeer, one who understands this hymn,

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ਰਾਮ ਰਮਤ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਸੂਝੈ ॥੫॥੯॥੨੨॥

raam ramat tis sabh kichh soojhai |5|9|22|

and chants the Lord's Name, comes to understand everything. ||5||9||22||

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ਬਾਈਸ ਚਉਪਦੇ ਤਥਾ ਪੰਚਪਦੇ

baaees chaupade tathaa panchapade

22 Chau-Padhay And Panch-Padhay

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ਆਸਾ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀਉ ਕੇ ਤਿਪਦੇ ੮ ਦੁਤੁਕੇ ੭ ਇਕਤੁਕਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa sree kabeer jeeo ke tipade 8 dutuke 7 ikatukaa 1 |

Aasaa Of Kabeer Jee, 8 Thri-Padhay, 7 Dho-Thukay, 1 Ik-Tuka:

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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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ਬਿੰਦੁ ਤੇ ਜਿਨਿ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਕੀਆ ਅਗਨਿ ਕੁੰਡ ਰਹਾਇਆ ॥

bind te jin pindd keea agan kundd rahaaeaa |

The Lord created the body from sperm, and protected it in the fire pit.

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ਦਸ ਮਾਸ ਮਾਤਾ ਉਦਰਿ ਰਾਖਿਆ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਲਾਗੀ ਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥

das maas maataa udar raakhiaa bahur laagee maaeaa |1|

For ten months He preserved you in your mother's womb, and then, after you were born, you became attached to Maya. ||1||

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ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਕਾਹੇ ਕਉ ਲੋਭਿ ਲਾਗੇ ਰਤਨ ਜਨਮੁ ਖੋਇਆ ॥

praanee kaahe kau lobh laage ratan janam khoeaa |

O mortal, why have you attached yourself to greed, and lost the jewel of life?

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ਪੂਰਬ ਜਨਮਿ ਕਰਮ ਭੂਮਿ ਬੀਜੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਬੋਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

poorab janam karam bhoom beej naahee boeaa |1| rahaau |

You did not plant the seeds of good actions in the earth of your past lives. ||1||Pause||

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ਬਾਰਿਕ ਤੇ ਬਿਰਧਿ ਭਇਆ ਹੋਨਾ ਸੋ ਹੋਇਆ ॥

baarik te biradh bheaa honaa so hoeaa |

From an infant, you have grown old. That which was to happen, has happened.

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ਜਾ ਜਮੁ ਆਇ ਝੋਟ ਪਕਰੈ ਤਬਹਿ ਕਾਹੇ ਰੋਇਆ ॥੨॥

jaa jam aae jhott pakarai tabeh kaahe roeaa |2|

When the Messenger of Death comes and grabs you by your hair, why do you cry out then? ||2||

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