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Ang 552 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Amardas Ji · Raag Bihaagraa

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ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਹੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਨ ਲਗੋ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥

manamukh maaeaa mohu hai naam na lago piaar |

The self-willed manmukh is emotionally attached to Maya - he has no love for the Naam.

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ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਕੂੜੁ ਸੰਗ੍ਰਹੈ ਕੂੜੁ ਕਰੇ ਆਹਾਰੁ ॥

koorr kamaavai koorr sangrahai koorr kare aahaar |

He practices falsehood, gathers in falsehood, and makes falsehood his sustenance.

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ਬਿਖੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਧਨੁ ਸੰਚਿ ਮਰਹਿ ਅੰਤੇ ਹੋਇ ਸਭੁ ਛਾਰੁ ॥

bikh maaeaa dhan sanch mareh ante hoe sabh chhaar |

He collects the poisonous wealth of Maya, and then dies; in the end, it is all reduced to ashes.

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ਕਰਮ ਧਰਮ ਸੁਚ ਸੰਜਮ ਕਰਹਿ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਲੋਭੁ ਵਿਕਾਰੁ ॥

karam dharam such sanjam kareh antar lobh vikaar |

He practices religious rituals, purity and austere self-discipline, but within, there is greed and corruption.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿ ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਸੁ ਥਾਇ ਨਾ ਪਵੈ ਦਰਗਹਿ ਹੋਇ ਖੁਆਰੁ ॥੨॥

naanak ji manamukh kamaavai su thaae naa pavai darageh hoe khuaar |2|

O Nanak, whatever the self-willed manmukh does, is not acceptable; in the Court of the Lord, he is dishonored. ||2||

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਆਪੇ ਖਾਣੀ ਆਪੇ ਬਾਣੀ ਆਪੇ ਖੰਡ ਵਰਭੰਡ ਕਰੇ ॥

aape khaanee aape baanee aape khandd varabhandd kare |

He Himself created the four sources of creation, and He Himself fashioned speech; He Himself formed the worlds and solar systems.

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ਆਪਿ ਸਮੁੰਦੁ ਆਪਿ ਹੈ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਵਿਚਿ ਰਤਨ ਧਰੇ ॥

aap samund aap hai saagar aape hee vich ratan dhare |

He Himself is the ocean, and He Himself is the sea; He Himself puts the pearls in it.

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ਆਪਿ ਲਹਾਏ ਕਰੇ ਜਿਸੁ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਰੇ ਹਰੇ ॥

aap lahaae kare jis kirapaa jis no guramukh kare hare |

By His Grace, the Lord enables the Gurmukh to find these pearls.

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ਆਪੇ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਆਪਿ ਹੈ ਬੋਹਿਥਾ ਆਪੇ ਖੇਵਟੁ ਆਪਿ ਤਰੇ ॥

aape bhaujal aap hai bohithaa aape khevatt aap tare |

He Himself is the terrifying world-ocean, and He Himself is the boat; He Himself is the boatman, and He Himself ferries us across.

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ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ਕਰਤਾ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ਤੁਝੈ ਸਰੇ ॥੯॥

aape kare karaae karataa avar na doojaa tujhai sare |9|

The Creator Himself acts, and causes us to act; no one else can equal You, Lord. ||9||

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ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

Salok, Third Mehl:

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਸਫਲ ਹੈ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਕਰੇ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥

satigur kee sevaa safal hai je ko kare chit laae |

Fruitful is service to the True Guru, if one does so with a sincere mind.

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ਨਾਮੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਅਚਿੰਤੁ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

naam padaarath paaeeai achint vasai man aae |

The treasure of the Naam, is obtained, and the mind comes to be free of anxiety.

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ਜਨਮ ਮਰਨ ਦੁਖੁ ਕਟੀਐ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਮਤਾ ਜਾਇ ॥

janam maran dukh katteeai haumai mamataa jaae |

The pains of birth and death are eradicated, and the mind is rid of egotism and self-conceit.

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ਉਤਮ ਪਦਵੀ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਚੇ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

autam padavee paaeeai sache rahai samaae |

One achieves the ultimate state, and remains absorbed in the True Lord.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਤਿਨਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਆਇ ॥੧॥

naanak poorab jin kau likhiaa tinaa satigur miliaa aae |1|

O Nanak, the True Guru comes and meets those who have such pre-ordained destiny. ||1||

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ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mahalaa 3 |

Third Mehl:

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ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਹੈ ਕਲਿਜੁਗ ਬੋਹਿਥੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

naam rataa satiguroo hai kalijug bohith hoe |

The True Guru is imbued with the Naam, the Name of the Lord; He is the boat in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੁ ਪਾਰਿ ਪਵੈ ਜਿਨਾ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਸਚਾ ਸੋਇ ॥

guramukh hovai su paar pavai jinaa andar sachaa soe |

One who becomes Gurmukh crosses over; the True Lord dwells within him.

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ਨਾਮੁ ਸਮੑਾਲੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੰਗ੍ਰਹੈ ਨਾਮੇ ਹੀ ਪਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥

naam samaale naam sangrahai naame hee pat hoe |

He remembers the Naam, he gathers in the Naam, and he obtains honor through the Naam.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਕਰਮਿ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥

naanak satigur paaeaa karam paraapat hoe |2|

Nanak has found the True Guru; by His Grace, the Name is obtained. ||2||

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ਆਪੇ ਪਾਰਸੁ ਆਪਿ ਧਾਤੁ ਹੈ ਆਪਿ ਕੀਤੋਨੁ ਕੰਚਨੁ ॥

aape paaras aap dhaat hai aap keeton kanchan |

He Himself is the Philosopher's Stone, He Himself is the metal, and He Himself is transformed into gold.

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ਆਪੇ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਆਪੇ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਪਾਪ ਖੰਡਨੁ ॥

aape tthaakur sevak aape aape hee paap khanddan |

He Himself is the Lord and Master, He Himself is the servant, and He Himself is the Destroyer of sins.

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ਆਪੇ ਸਭਿ ਘਟ ਭੋਗਵੈ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਸਭੁ ਅੰਜਨੁ ॥

aape sabh ghatt bhogavai suaamee aape hee sabh anjan |

He Himself enjoys every heart; the Lord Master Himself is the basis of all illusion.

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ਆਪਿ ਬਿਬੇਕੁ ਆਪਿ ਸਭੁ ਬੇਤਾ ਆਪੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਭੰਜਨੁ ॥

aap bibek aap sabh betaa aape guramukh bhanjan |

He Himself is the discerning one, and He Himself is the Knower of all; He Himself breaks the bonds of the Gurmukhs.

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ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਸਾਲਾਹਿ ਨ ਰਜੈ ਤੁਧੁ ਕਰਤੇ ਤੂ ਹਰਿ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਵਡਨੁ ॥੧੦॥

jan naanak saalaeh na rajai tudh karate too har sukhadaataa vaddan |10|

Servant Nanak is not satisfied by merely praising You, O Creator Lord; You are the Great Giver of peace. ||10||

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੪ ॥

salok mahalaa 4 |

Salok, Fourth Mehl:

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ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੇ ਜੀਅ ਕੇ ਬੰਧਨਾ ਜੇਤੇ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਹਿ ॥

bin satigur seve jeea ke bandhanaa jete karam kamaeh |

Without serving the True Guru, the deeds which are done are only chains binding the soul.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੇ ਠਵਰ ਨ ਪਾਵਹੀ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮਹਿ ਆਵਹਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥

bin satigur seve tthavar na paavahee mar jameh aaveh jaeh |

Without serving the True Guru, they find no place of rest. They die, only to be born again - they continue coming and going.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੇ ਫਿਕਾ ਬੋਲਣਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

bin satigur seve fikaa bolanaa naam na vasai man aae |

Without serving the True Guru, their speech is insipid. They do not enshrine the Naam, the Name of the Lord, in the mind.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੇ ਜਮ ਪੁਰਿ ਬਧੇ ਮਾਰੀਅਹਿ ਮੁਹਿ ਕਾਲੈ ਉਠਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥੧॥

naanak bin satigur seve jam pur badhe maareeeh muhi kaalai utth jaeh |1|

O Nanak, without serving the True Guru, they are bound and gagged, and beaten in the City of Death; they depart with blackened faces. ||1||

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ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mahalaa 3 |

Third Mehl:

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ਇਕਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੇ ਲਗੈ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥

eik satigur kee sevaa kareh chaakaree har naame lagai piaar |

Some wait upon and serve the True Guru; they embrace love for the Lord's Name.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਵਾਰਨਿ ਆਪਣਾ ਕੁਲ ਕਾ ਕਰਨਿ ਉਧਾਰੁ ॥੨॥

naanak janam savaaran aapanaa kul kaa karan udhaar |2|

O Nanak, they reform their lives, and redeem their generations as well. ||2||

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ਆਪੇ ਚਾਟਸਾਲ ਆਪਿ ਹੈ ਪਾਧਾ ਆਪੇ ਚਾਟੜੇ ਪੜਣ ਕਉ ਆਣੇ ॥

aape chaattasaal aap hai paadhaa aape chaattarre parran kau aane |

He Himself is the school, He Himself is the teacher, and He Himself brings the students to be taught.

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ਆਪੇ ਪਿਤਾ ਮਾਤਾ ਹੈ ਆਪੇ ਆਪੇ ਬਾਲਕ ਕਰੇ ਸਿਆਣੇ ॥

aape pitaa maataa hai aape aape baalak kare siaane |

He Himself is the father, He Himself is the mother, and He Himself makes the children wise.

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ਇਕ ਥੈ ਪੜਿ ਬੁਝੈ ਸਭੁ ਆਪੇ ਇਕ ਥੈ ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਇਆਣੇ ॥

eik thai parr bujhai sabh aape ik thai aape kare eaane |

In one place, He teaches them to read and understand everything, while in another place, He Himself makes them ignorant.

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ਇਕਨਾ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਮਹਲਿ ਬੁਲਾਏ ਜਾ ਆਪਿ ਤੇਰੈ ਮਨਿ ਸਚੇ ਭਾਣੇ ॥

eikanaa andar mehal bulaae jaa aap terai man sache bhaane |

Some, You summon to the Mansion of Your Presence within, when they are pleasing to Your Mind, O True Lord.

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