Ang 580 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਸੂਰੇ ਸੇਈ ਆਗੈ ਆਖੀਅਹਿ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਸਾਚੀ ਮਾਣੋ ॥

soore seee aagai aakheeeh daragah paaveh saachee maano |

They alone are acclaimed as brave warriors in the world hereafter, who receive true honor in the Court of the Lord.

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ਦਰਗਹ ਮਾਣੁ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਪਤਿ ਸਿਉ ਜਾਵਹਿ ਆਗੈ ਦੂਖੁ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ॥

daragah maan paaveh pat siau jaaveh aagai dookh na laagai |

They are honored in the Court of the Lord; they depart with honor, and they do not suffer pain in the world hereafter.

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ਕਰਿ ਏਕੁ ਧਿਆਵਹਿ ਤਾਂ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਜਿਤੁ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਭਉ ਭਾਗੈ ॥

kar ek dhiaaveh taan fal paaveh jit seviai bhau bhaagai |

They meditate on the One Lord, and obtain the fruits of their rewards. Serving the Lord, their fear is dispelled.

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ਊਚਾ ਨਹੀ ਕਹਣਾ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਰਹਣਾ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਜਾਣੋ ॥

aoochaa nahee kahanaa man meh rahanaa aape jaanai jaano |

Do not indulge in egotism, and dwell within your own mind; the Knower Himself knows everything.

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ਮਰਣੁ ਮੁਣਸਾਂ ਸੂਰਿਆ ਹਕੁ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਹੋਇ ਮਰਹਿ ਪਰਵਾਣੋ ॥੩॥

maran munasaan sooriaa hak hai jo hoe mareh paravaano |3|

The death of brave heroes is blessed, if it is approved by God. ||3||

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ਨਾਨਕ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਬਾਬਾ ਰੋਈਐ ਬਾਜੀ ਹੈ ਇਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੋ ॥

naanak kis no baabaa roeeai baajee hai ihu sansaaro |

Nanak: for whom should we mourn, O Baba? This world is merely a play.

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ਕੀਤਾ ਵੇਖੈ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਆਪਣਾ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਬੀਚਾਰੋ ॥

keetaa vekhai saahib aapanaa kudarat kare beechaaro |

The Lord Master beholds His work, and contemplates His creative potency.

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ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ਧਾਰਣ ਧਾਰੇ ਜਿਨਿ ਕੀਆ ਸੋ ਜਾਣੈ ॥

kudarat beechaare dhaaran dhaare jin keea so jaanai |

He contemplates His creative potency, having established the Universe. He who created it, He alone knows.

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ਆਪੇ ਵੇਖੈ ਆਪੇ ਬੂਝੈ ਆਪੇ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ॥

aape vekhai aape boojhai aape hukam pachhaanai |

He Himself beholds it, and He Himself understands it. He Himself realizes the Hukam of His Command.

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ਜਿਨਿ ਕਿਛੁ ਕੀਆ ਸੋਈ ਜਾਣੈ ਤਾ ਕਾ ਰੂਪੁ ਅਪਾਰੋ ॥

jin kichh keea soee jaanai taa kaa roop apaaro |

He who created these things, He alone knows. His subtle form is infinite.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਬਾਬਾ ਰੋਈਐ ਬਾਜੀ ਹੈ ਇਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੋ ॥੪॥੨॥

naanak kis no baabaa roeeai baajee hai ihu sansaaro |4|2|

Nanak: for whom should we mourn, O Baba? This world is merely a play. ||4||2||

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ਵਡਹੰਸੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਦਖਣੀ ॥

vaddahans mahalaa 1 dakhanee |

Wadahans, First Mehl, Dakhanee:

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ਸਚੁ ਸਿਰੰਦਾ ਸਚਾ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਸਚੜਾ ਪਰਵਦਗਾਰੋ ॥

sach sirandaa sachaa jaaneeai sacharraa paravadagaaro |

The True Creator Lord is True - know this well; He is the True Sustainer.

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ਜਿਨਿ ਆਪੀਨੈ ਆਪੁ ਸਾਜਿਆ ਸਚੜਾ ਅਲਖ ਅਪਾਰੋ ॥

jin aapeenai aap saajiaa sacharraa alakh apaaro |

He Himself fashioned His Own Self; the True Lord is invisible and infinite.

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ਦੁਇ ਪੁੜ ਜੋੜਿ ਵਿਛੋੜਿਅਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਘੋਰੁ ਅੰਧਾਰੋ ॥

due purr jorr vichhorrian gur bin ghor andhaaro |

He brought together, and then separated, the two grinding stones of the earth and the sky; without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness.

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ਸੂਰਜੁ ਚੰਦੁ ਸਿਰਜਿਅਨੁ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਚਲਤੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੋ ॥੧॥

sooraj chand sirajian ahinis chalat veechaaro |1|

He created the sun and the moon; night and day, they move according to His Thought. ||1||

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ਸਚੜਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਚੁ ਤੂ ਸਚੜਾ ਦੇਹਿ ਪਿਆਰੋ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

sacharraa saahib sach too sacharraa dehi piaaro | rahaau |

O True Lord and Master, You are True. O True Lord, bless me with Your Love. ||Pause||

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ਤੁਧੁ ਸਿਰਜੀ ਮੇਦਨੀ ਦੁਖੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਦੇਵਣਹਾਰੋ ॥

tudh sirajee medanee dukh sukh devanahaaro |

You created the Universe; You are the Giver of pain and pleasure.

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ਨਾਰੀ ਪੁਰਖ ਸਿਰਜਿਐ ਬਿਖੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਪਿਆਰੋ ॥

naaree purakh sirajiai bikh maaeaa mohu piaaro |

You created woman and man, the love of poison, and emotional attachment to Maya.

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ਖਾਣੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਤੇਰੀਆ ਦੇਹਿ ਜੀਆ ਆਧਾਰੋ ॥

khaanee baanee tereea dehi jeea aadhaaro |

The four sources of creation, and the power of the Word, are also of Your making. You give Support to all beings.

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ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਤਖਤੁ ਰਚਾਇਆ ਸਚਿ ਨਿਬੇੜਣਹਾਰੋ ॥੨॥

kudarat takhat rachaaeaa sach niberranahaaro |2|

You have made the Creation as Your Throne; You are the True Judge. ||2||

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ਆਵਾ ਗਵਣੁ ਸਿਰਜਿਆ ਤੂ ਥਿਰੁ ਕਰਣੈਹਾਰੋ ॥

aavaa gavan sirajiaa too thir karanaihaaro |

You created comings and goings, but You are ever-stable, O Creator Lord.

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ਜੰਮਣੁ ਮਰਣਾ ਆਇ ਗਇਆ ਬਧਿਕੁ ਜੀਉ ਬਿਕਾਰੋ ॥

jaman maranaa aae geaa badhik jeeo bikaaro |

In birth and death, in coming and going, this soul is held in bondage by corruption.

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ਭੂਡੜੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਬੂਡੜੈ ਕਿਆ ਤਿਸੁ ਚਾਰੋ ॥

bhooddarrai naam visaariaa booddarrai kiaa tis chaaro |

The evil person has forgotten the Naam; he has drowned - what can he do now?

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ਗੁਣ ਛੋਡਿ ਬਿਖੁ ਲਦਿਆ ਅਵਗੁਣ ਕਾ ਵਣਜਾਰੋ ॥੩॥

gun chhodd bikh ladiaa avagun kaa vanajaaro |3|

Forsaking merit, he has loaded the poisonous cargo of demerits; he is a trader of sins. ||3||

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ਸਦੜੇ ਆਏ ਤਿਨਾ ਜਾਨੀਆ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸਚੇ ਕਰਤਾਰੋ ॥

sadarre aae tinaa jaaneea hukam sache karataaro |

The beloved soul has received the Call, the Command of the True Creator Lord.

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ਨਾਰੀ ਪੁਰਖ ਵਿਛੁੰਨਿਆ ਵਿਛੁੜਿਆ ਮੇਲਣਹਾਰੋ ॥

naaree purakh vichhuniaa vichhurriaa melanahaaro |

The soul, the husband, has become separated from the body, the bride. The Lord is the Re-uniter of the separated ones.

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ਰੂਪੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋਹਣੀਐ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਬਧੀ ਸਿਰਿ ਕਾਰੋ ॥

roop na jaanai sohaneeai hukam badhee sir kaaro |

No one cares for your beauty, O beautiful bride.; the Messenger of Death is bound only by the Lord Commander's Command.

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ਬਾਲਕ ਬਿਰਧਿ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਤੋੜਨਿ ਹੇਤੁ ਪਿਆਰੋ ॥੪॥

baalak biradh na jaananee torran het piaaro |4|

He does not distinguish between young children and old people; he tears apart love and affection. ||4||

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ਨਉ ਦਰ ਠਾਕੇ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸਚੈ ਹੰਸੁ ਗਇਆ ਗੈਣਾਰੇ ॥

nau dar tthaake hukam sachai hans geaa gainaare |

The nine doors are closed by the True Lord's Command, and the swan-soul takes flight into the skies.

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ਸਾ ਧਨ ਛੁਟੀ ਮੁਠੀ ਝੂਠਿ ਵਿਧਣੀਆ ਮਿਰਤਕੜਾ ਅੰਙਨੜੇ ਬਾਰੇ ॥

saa dhan chhuttee mutthee jhootth vidhaneea miratakarraa anganarre baare |

The body-bride is separated, and defrauded by falsehood; she is now a widow - her husband's body lies dead in the courtyard.

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ਸੁਰਤਿ ਮੁਈ ਮਰੁ ਮਾਈਏ ਮਹਲ ਰੁੰਨੀ ਦਰ ਬਾਰੇ ॥

surat muee mar maaeee mehal runee dar baare |

The widow cries out at the door, "The light of my mind has gone out, O my mother, with his death."

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ਰੋਵਹੁ ਕੰਤ ਮਹੇਲੀਹੋ ਸਚੇ ਕੇ ਗੁਣ ਸਾਰੇ ॥੫॥

rovahu kant maheleeho sache ke gun saare |5|

So cry out, O soul-brides of the Husband Lord, and dwell on the Glorious Praises of the True Lord. ||5||

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ਜਲਿ ਮਲਿ ਜਾਨੀ ਨਾਵਾਲਿਆ ਕਪੜਿ ਪਟਿ ਅੰਬਾਰੇ ॥

jal mal jaanee naavaaliaa kaparr patt anbaare |

Her loved one is cleansed, bathed in water, and dressed in silken robes.

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ਵਾਜੇ ਵਜੇ ਸਚੀ ਬਾਣੀਆ ਪੰਚ ਮੁਏ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰੇ ॥

vaaje vaje sachee baaneea panch mue man maare |

The musicians play, and the Bani of the True Lord's Words are sung; the five relatives feel as if they too are dead, so deadened are their minds.

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ਜਾਨੀ ਵਿਛੁੰਨੜੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਰਣੁ ਭਇਆ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੇ ॥

jaanee vichhunarre meraa maran bheaa dhrig jeevan sansaare |

"Separation from my beloved is like death to me!" cries the widow. "My life in this world is cursed and worthless!"

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ਜੀਵਤੁ ਮਰੈ ਸੁ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਪਿਰ ਸਚੜੈ ਹੇਤਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥੬॥

jeevat marai su jaaneeai pir sacharrai het piaare |6|

But she alone is approved, who dies, while yet still alive; she lives for the sake of the Love of her Beloved. ||6||

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ਤੁਸੀ ਰੋਵਹੁ ਰੋਵਣ ਆਈਹੋ ਝੂਠਿ ਮੁਠੀ ਸੰਸਾਰੇ ॥

tusee rovahu rovan aaeeho jhootth mutthee sansaare |

So cry out in mourning, you who have come to mourn; this world is false and fraudulent.

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