Ang 53 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਸਾਚੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵ ॥

bhaaee re saachee satigur sev |

O Siblings of Destiny, service to the True Guru alone is True.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਤੁਠੈ ਪਾਈਐ ਪੂਰਨ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

satigur tutthai paaeeai pooran alakh abhev |1| rahaau |

When the True Guru is pleased, we obtain the Perfect, Unseen, Unknowable Lord. ||1||Pause||

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਵਿਟਹੁ ਵਾਰਿਆ ਜਿਨਿ ਦਿਤਾ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਉ ॥

satigur vittahu vaariaa jin ditaa sach naau |

I am a sacrifice to the True Guru, who has bestowed the True Name.

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ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਚੁ ਸਲਾਹਣਾ ਸਚੇ ਕੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਉ ॥

anadin sach salaahanaa sache ke gun gaau |

Night and day, I praise the True One; I sing the Glorious Praises of the True One.

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ਸਚੁ ਖਾਣਾ ਸਚੁ ਪੈਨਣਾ ਸਚੇ ਸਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥੨॥

sach khaanaa sach painanaa sache sachaa naau |2|

True is the food, and true are the clothes, of those who chant the True Name of the True One. ||2||

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ਸਾਸਿ ਗਿਰਾਸਿ ਨ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਸਫਲੁ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਆਪਿ ॥

saas giraas na visarai safal moorat gur aap |

With each breath and morsel of food, do not forget the Guru, the Embodiment of Fulfillment.

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ਗੁਰ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦਿਸਈ ਆਠ ਪਹਰ ਤਿਸੁ ਜਾਪਿ ॥

gur jevadd avar na disee aatth pehar tis jaap |

None is seen to be as great as the Guru. Meditate on Him twenty-four hours a day.

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ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਾ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਗੁਣਤਾਸਿ ॥੩॥

nadar kare taa paaeeai sach naam gunataas |3|

As He casts His Glance of Grace, we obtain the True Name, the Treasure of Excellence. ||3||

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ਗੁਰੁ ਪਰਮੇਸਰੁ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਮਹਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

gur paramesar ek hai sabh meh rahiaa samaae |

The Guru and the Transcendent Lord are one and the same, pervading and permeating amongst all.

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ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਸੇਈ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ॥

jin kau poorab likhiaa seee naam dhiaae |

Those who have such pre-ordained destiny, meditate on the Naam.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰ ਸਰਣਾਗਤੀ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੪॥੩੦॥੧੦੦॥

naanak gur saranaagatee marai na aavai jaae |4|30|100|

Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Guru, who does not die, or come and go in reincarnation. ||4||30||100||

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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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ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੧ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ ॥

sireeraag mahalaa 1 ghar 1 asattapadeea |

Siree Raag, First Mehl, First House, Ashtpadheeyaa:

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ਆਖਿ ਆਖਿ ਮਨੁ ਵਾਵਣਾ ਜਿਉ ਜਿਉ ਜਾਪੈ ਵਾਇ ॥

aakh aakh man vaavanaa jiau jiau jaapai vaae |

I speak and chant His Praises, vibrating the instrument of my mind. The more I know Him, the more I vibrate it.

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ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਵਾਇ ਸੁਣਾਈਐ ਸੋ ਕੇਵਡੁ ਕਿਤੁ ਥਾਇ ॥

jis no vaae sunaaeeai so kevadd kit thaae |

The One, unto whom we vibrate and sing-how great is He, and where is His Place?

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ਆਖਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਜੇਤੜੇ ਸਭਿ ਆਖਿ ਰਹੇ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥੧॥

aakhan vaale jetarre sabh aakh rahe liv laae |1|

Those who speak of Him and praise Him-they all continue speaking of Him with love. ||1||

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ਬਾਬਾ ਅਲਹੁ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰੁ ॥

baabaa alahu agam apaar |

O Baba, the Lord Allah is Inaccessible and Infinite.

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ਪਾਕੀ ਨਾਈ ਪਾਕ ਥਾਇ ਸਚਾ ਪਰਵਦਿਗਾਰੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

paakee naaee paak thaae sachaa paravadigaar |1| rahaau |

Sacred is His Name, and Sacred is His Place. He is the True Cherisher. ||1||Pause||

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ਤੇਰਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੀ ਕੇਤੜਾ ਲਿਖਿ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋਇ ॥

teraa hukam na jaapee ketarraa likh na jaanai koe |

The extent of Your Command cannot be seen; no one knows how to write it.

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ਜੇ ਸਉ ਸਾਇਰ ਮੇਲੀਅਹਿ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਪੁਜਾਵਹਿ ਰੋਇ ॥

je sau saaeir meleeeh til na pujaaveh roe |

Even if a hundred poets met together, they could not describe even a tiny bit of it.

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ਕੀਮਤਿ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਈਆ ਸਭਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਆਖਹਿ ਸੋਇ ॥੨॥

keemat kinai na paaeea sabh sun sun aakheh soe |2|

No one has found Your Value; they all merely write what they have heard again and again. ||2||

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ਪੀਰ ਪੈਕਾਮਰ ਸਾਲਕ ਸਾਦਕ ਸੁਹਦੇ ਅਉਰੁ ਸਹੀਦ ॥

peer paikaamar saalak saadak suhade aaur saheed |

The Pirs, the Prophets, the spiritual teachers, the faithful, the innocents and the martyrs,

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ਸੇਖ ਮਸਾਇਕ ਕਾਜੀ ਮੁਲਾ ਦਰਿ ਦਰਵੇਸ ਰਸੀਦ ॥

sekh masaaeik kaajee mulaa dar daraves raseed |

the Shaikhs, the mystics, the Qazis, the Mullahs and the Dervishes at His Door

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ਬਰਕਤਿ ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਅਗਲੀ ਪੜਦੇ ਰਹਨਿ ਦਰੂਦ ॥੩॥

barakat tin kau agalee parrade rehan darood |3|

-they are blessed all the more as they continue reading their prayers in praise to Him. ||3||

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ਪੁਛਿ ਨ ਸਾਜੇ ਪੁਛਿ ਨ ਢਾਹੇ ਪੁਛਿ ਨ ਦੇਵੈ ਲੇਇ ॥

puchh na saaje puchh na dtaahe puchh na devai lee |

He seeks no advice when He builds; He seeks no advice when He destroys. He seeks no advice while giving or taking.

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ਆਪਣੀ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪੇ ਕਰਣੁ ਕਰੇਇ ॥

aapanee kudarat aape jaanai aape karan karee |

He alone knows His Creative Power; He Himself does all deeds.

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ਸਭਨਾ ਵੇਖੈ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਜੈ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੈ ਦੇਇ ॥੪॥

sabhanaa vekhai nadar kar jai bhaavai tai dee |4|

He beholds all in His Vision. He gives to those with whom He is pleased. ||4||

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ਥਾਵਾ ਨਾਵ ਨ ਜਾਣੀਅਹਿ ਨਾਵਾ ਕੇਵਡੁ ਨਾਉ ॥

thaavaa naav na jaaneeeh naavaa kevadd naau |

His Place and His Name are not known, no one knows how great is His Name.

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ਜਿਥੈ ਵਸੈ ਮੇਰਾ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹੁ ਸੋ ਕੇਵਡੁ ਹੈ ਥਾਉ ॥

jithai vasai meraa paatisaahu so kevadd hai thaau |

How great is that place where my Sovereign Lord dwells?

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ਅੰਬੜਿ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਸਕਈ ਹਉ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਪੁਛਣਿ ਜਾਉ ॥੫॥

anbarr koe na sakee hau kis no puchhan jaau |5|

No one can reach it; whom shall I go and ask? ||5||

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ਵਰਨਾ ਵਰਨ ਨ ਭਾਵਨੀ ਜੇ ਕਿਸੈ ਵਡਾ ਕਰੇਇ ॥

varanaa varan na bhaavanee je kisai vaddaa karee |

One class of people does not like the other, when one has been made great.

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ਵਡੇ ਹਥਿ ਵਡਿਆਈਆ ਜੈ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੈ ਦੇਇ ॥

vadde hath vaddiaaeea jai bhaavai tai dee |

Greatness is only in His Great Hands; He gives to those with whom He is pleased.

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ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸਵਾਰੇ ਆਪਣੈ ਚਸਾ ਨ ਢਿਲ ਕਰੇਇ ॥੬॥

hukam savaare aapanai chasaa na dtil karee |6|

By the Hukam of His Command, He Himself regenerates, without a moment's delay. ||6||

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ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਆਖੈ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਲੈਣੈ ਕੈ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥

sabh ko aakhai bahut bahut lainai kai veechaar |

Everyone cries out, "More! More!", with the idea of receiving.

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ਕੇਵਡੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਦੇ ਕੈ ਰਹਿਆ ਸੁਮਾਰਿ ॥

kevadd daataa aakheeai de kai rahiaa sumaar |

How great should we call the Giver? His Gifts are beyond estimation.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਤੋਟਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਤੇਰੇ ਜੁਗਹ ਜੁਗਹ ਭੰਡਾਰ ॥੭॥੧॥

naanak tott na aavee tere jugah jugah bhanddaar |7|1|

O Nanak, there is no deficiency; Your Storehouses are filled to overflowing, age after age. ||7||1||

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ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

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ਸਭੇ ਕੰਤ ਮਹੇਲੀਆ ਸਗਲੀਆ ਕਰਹਿ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥

sabhe kant maheleea sagaleea kareh seegaar |

All are brides of the Husband Lord; all decorate themselves for Him.

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