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Ang 537 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag Bihaagraa

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ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar sat naam karataa purakh nirbhau niravair akaal moorat ajoonee saibhan gur prasaad |

One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:

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ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ ਚਉਪਦੇ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਘਰੁ ੨ ॥

raag bihaagarraa chaupade mahalaa 5 ghar 2 |

Raag Bihaagraa, Chau-Padhay, Fifth Mehl, Second House:

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ਦੂਤਨ ਸੰਗਰੀਆ ॥

dootan sangareea |

To associate with your arch enemies,

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ਭੁਇਅੰਗਨਿ ਬਸਰੀਆ ॥

bhueiangan basareea |

is to live with poisonous snakes;

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ਅਨਿਕ ਉਪਰੀਆ ॥੧॥

anik upareea |1|

I have made the effort to shake them off. ||1||

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ਤਉ ਮੈ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕਰੀਆ ॥

tau mai har har kareea |

Then, I repeated the Name of the Lord, Har, Har,

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ਤਉ ਸੁਖ ਸਹਜਰੀਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

tau sukh sahajareea |1| rahaau |

and I obtained celestial peace. ||1||Pause||

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ਮਿਥਨ ਮੋਹਰੀਆ ॥

mithan mohareea |

False is the love

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ਅਨ ਕਉ ਮੇਰੀਆ ॥

an kau mereea |

Of the many emotional attachments,

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ਵਿਚਿ ਘੂਮਨ ਘਿਰੀਆ ॥੨॥

vich ghooman ghireea |2|

which suck the mortal into the whirlpool of reincarnation. ||2||

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ਸਗਲ ਬਟਰੀਆ ॥

sagal battareea |

All are travellers,

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ਬਿਰਖ ਇਕ ਤਰੀਆ ॥

birakh ik tareea |

who have gathered under the world-tree,

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ਬਹੁ ਬੰਧਹਿ ਪਰੀਆ ॥੩॥

bahu bandheh pareea |3|

and are bound by their many bonds. ||3||

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ਥਿਰੁ ਸਾਧ ਸਫਰੀਆ ॥

thir saadh safareea |

Eternal is the Company of the Holy,

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ਜਹ ਕੀਰਤਨੁ ਹਰੀਆ ॥

jeh keeratan hareea |

where the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises are sung.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਰਨਰੀਆ ॥੪॥੧॥

naanak saranareea |4|1|

Nanak seeks this Sanctuary. ||4||1||

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Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji · Raag Bihaagraa

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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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ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੯ ॥

raag bihaagarraa mahalaa 9 |

Raag Bihaagraa, Ninth Mehl:

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ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਗਤਿ ਨਹਿ ਕੋਊ ਜਾਨੈ ॥

har kee gat neh koaoo jaanai |

No one knows the state of the Lord.

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ਜੋਗੀ ਜਤੀ ਤਪੀ ਪਚਿ ਹਾਰੇ ਅਰੁ ਬਹੁ ਲੋਗ ਸਿਆਨੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jogee jatee tapee pach haare ar bahu log siaane |1| rahaau |

The Yogis, the celibates, the penitents, and all sorts of clever people have failed. ||1||Pause||

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ਛਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਰਾਉ ਰੰਕ ਕਉ ਕਰਈ ਰਾਉ ਰੰਕ ਕਰਿ ਡਾਰੇ ॥

chhin meh raau rank kau karee raau rank kar ddaare |

In an instant, He changes the beggar into a king, and the king into a beggar.

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ਰੀਤੇ ਭਰੇ ਭਰੇ ਸਖਨਾਵੈ ਯਹ ਤਾ ਕੋ ਬਿਵਹਾਰੇ ॥੧॥

reete bhare bhare sakhanaavai yeh taa ko bivahaare |1|

He fills what is empty, and empties what is full - such are His ways. ||1||

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ਅਪਨੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਆਪਿ ਪਸਾਰੀ ਆਪਹਿ ਦੇਖਨਹਾਰਾ ॥

apanee maaeaa aap pasaaree aapeh dekhanahaaraa |

He Himself spread out the expanse of His Maya, and He Himself beholds it.

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ਨਾਨਾ ਰੂਪੁ ਧਰੇ ਬਹੁ ਰੰਗੀ ਸਭ ਤੇ ਰਹੈ ਨਿਆਰਾ ॥੨॥

naanaa roop dhare bahu rangee sabh te rahai niaaraa |2|

He assumes so many forms, and plays so many games, and yet, He remains detached from it all. ||2||

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ਅਗਨਤ ਅਪਾਰੁ ਅਲਖ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਜਿਹ ਸਭ ਜਗੁ ਭਰਮਾਇਓ ॥

aganat apaar alakh niranjan jih sabh jag bharamaaeo |

Incalculable, infinite, incomprehensible and immaculate is He, who has misled the entire world.

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ਸਗਲ ਭਰਮ ਤਜਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਚਰਨਿ ਤਾਹਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਓ ॥੩॥੧॥੨॥

sagal bharam taj naanak praanee charan taeh chit laaeo |3|1|2|

Cast off all your doubts; prays Nanak, O mortal, focus your consciousness on His Feet. ||3||1||2||

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Guru Ramdas Ji · Raag Bihaagraa

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ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ ਛੰਤ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ਘਰੁ ੧ ॥

raag bihaagarraa chhant mahalaa 4 ghar 1 |

Raag Bihaagraa, Chhant, Fourth Mehl, First House:

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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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ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ਮੇਰੀ ਜਿੰਦੁੜੀਏ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਮੋਲੇ ਰਾਮ ॥

har har naam dhiaaeeai meree jindurree guramukh naam amole raam |

Meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my soul; as Gurmukh, meditate on the invaluable Name of the Lord.

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ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਬੀਧਾ ਹਰਿ ਮਨੁ ਪਿਆਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਝਕੋਲੇ ਰਾਮ ॥

har ras beedhaa har man piaaraa man har ras naam jhakole raam |

My mind is pierced through by the sublime essence of the Lord's Name. The Lord is dear to my mind. With the sublime essence of the Lord's Name, my mind is washed clean.

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