Ang 635 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਜਿਨ ਚਾਖਿਆ ਸੇਈ ਸਾਦੁ ਜਾਣਨਿ ਜਿਉ ਗੁੰਗੇ ਮਿਠਿਆਈ ॥

jin chaakhiaa seee saad jaanan jiau gunge mitthiaaee |

Only those who taste it know its sweet taste, like the mute, who eats the candy, and only smiles.

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ਅਕਥੈ ਕਾ ਕਿਆ ਕਥੀਐ ਭਾਈ ਚਾਲਉ ਸਦਾ ਰਜਾਈ ॥

akathai kaa kiaa katheeai bhaaee chaalau sadaa rajaaee |

How can I describe the indescribable, O Siblings of Destiny? I shall follow His Will forever.

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ਗੁਰੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਮੇਲੇ ਤਾ ਮਤਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਨਿਗੁਰੇ ਮਤਿ ਨ ਕਾਈ ॥

gur daataa mele taa mat hovai nigure mat na kaaee |

If one meets with the Guru, the Generous Giver, then he understands; those who have no Guru cannot understand this.

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ਜਿਉ ਚਲਾਏ ਤਿਉ ਚਾਲਹ ਭਾਈ ਹੋਰ ਕਿਆ ਕੋ ਕਰੇ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ॥੬॥

jiau chalaae tiau chaalah bhaaee hor kiaa ko kare chaturaaee |6|

As the Lord causes us to act, so do we act, O Siblings of Destiny. What other clever tricks can anyone try? ||6||

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ਇਕਿ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਏ ਇਕਿ ਭਗਤੀ ਰਾਤੇ ਤੇਰਾ ਖੇਲੁ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥

eik bharam bhulaae ik bhagatee raate teraa khel apaaraa |

Some are deluded by doubt, while others are imbued with devotional worship; Your play is infinite and endless.

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ਜਿਤੁ ਤੁਧੁ ਲਾਏ ਤੇਹਾ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਤੂ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਚਲਾਵਣਹਾਰਾ ॥

jit tudh laae tehaa fal paaeaa too hukam chalaavanahaaraa |

As You engage them, they receive the fruits of their rewards; You alone are the One who issues Your Commands.

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ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰੀ ਜੇ ਕਿਛੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਅਪਣਾ ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਤੁਮਾਰਾ ॥

sevaa karee je kichh hovai apanaa jeeo pindd tumaaraa |

I would serve You, if anything were my own; my soul and body are Yours.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕੀਨੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਧਾਰਾ ॥੭॥

satigur miliai kirapaa keenee amrit naam adhaaraa |7|

One who meets with the True Guru, by His Grace, takes the Support of the Ambrosial Naam. ||7||

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ਗਗਨੰਤਰਿ ਵਾਸਿਆ ਗੁਣ ਪਰਗਾਸਿਆ ਗੁਣ ਮਹਿ ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨੰ ॥

gaganantar vaasiaa gun paragaasiaa gun meh giaan dhiaanan |

He dwells in the heavenly realms, and his virtues radiantly shine forth; meditation and spiritual wisdom are found in virtue.

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ਨਾਮੁ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵੈ ਕਹੈ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਤਤੋ ਤਤੁ ਵਖਾਨੰ ॥

naam man bhaavai kahai kahaavai tato tat vakhaanan |

The Naam is pleasing to his mind; he speaks it, and causes others to speak it as well. He speaks the essential essence of wisdom.

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ਸਬਦੁ ਗੁਰ ਪੀਰਾ ਗਹਿਰ ਗੰਭੀਰਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਜਗੁ ਬਉਰਾਨੰ ॥

sabad gur peeraa gahir ganbheeraa bin sabadai jag bauraanan |

The Word of the Shabad is his Guru and spiritual teacher, profound and unfathomable; without the Shabad, the world is insane.

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ਪੂਰਾ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਗੀ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨੰ ॥੮॥੧॥

pooraa bairaagee sehaj subhaagee sach naanak man maanan |8|1|

He is a perfect renunciate, naturally at ease, O Nanak, whose mind is pleased with the True Lord. ||8||1||

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ਸੋਰਠਿ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਤਿਤੁਕੀ ॥

soratth mahalaa 1 titukee |

Sorat'h, First Mehl, Thi-Thukay:

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ਆਸਾ ਮਨਸਾ ਬੰਧਨੀ ਭਾਈ ਕਰਮ ਧਰਮ ਬੰਧਕਾਰੀ ॥

aasaa manasaa bandhanee bhaaee karam dharam bandhakaaree |

Hope and desire are entrapments, O Siblings of Destiny. Religious rituals and ceremonies are traps.

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ਪਾਪਿ ਪੁੰਨਿ ਜਗੁ ਜਾਇਆ ਭਾਈ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰੀ ॥

paap pun jag jaaeaa bhaaee binasai naam visaaree |

Because of good and bad deeds, one is born into the world, O Siblings of Destiny; forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he is ruined.

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ਇਹ ਮਾਇਆ ਜਗਿ ਮੋਹਣੀ ਭਾਈ ਕਰਮ ਸਭੇ ਵੇਕਾਰੀ ॥੧॥

eih maaeaa jag mohanee bhaaee karam sabhe vekaaree |1|

This Maya is the enticer of the world, O Siblings of Destiny; all such actions are corrupt. ||1||

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ਸੁਣਿ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਕਰਮਾ ਕਾਰੀ ॥

sun panddit karamaa kaaree |

Listen, O ritualistic Pandit:

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ਜਿਤੁ ਕਰਮਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਭਾਈ ਸੁ ਆਤਮ ਤਤੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jit karam sukh aoopajai bhaaee su aatam tat beechaaree | rahaau |

that religious ritual which produces happiness, O Siblings of Destiny, is contemplation of the essence of the soul. ||Pause||

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ਸਾਸਤੁ ਬੇਦੁ ਬਕੈ ਖੜੋ ਭਾਈ ਕਰਮ ਕਰਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੀ ॥

saasat bed bakai kharro bhaaee karam karahu sansaaree |

You may stand and recite the Shaastras and the Vedas, O Siblings of Destiny, but these are just worldly actions.

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ਪਾਖੰਡਿ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਚੂਕਈ ਭਾਈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਮੈਲੁ ਵਿਕਾਰੀ ॥

paakhandd mail na chookee bhaaee antar mail vikaaree |

Filth cannot be washed away by hypocrisy, O Siblings of Destiny; the filth of corruption and sin is within you.

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ਇਨ ਬਿਧਿ ਡੂਬੀ ਮਾਕੁਰੀ ਭਾਈ ਊਂਡੀ ਸਿਰ ਕੈ ਭਾਰੀ ॥੨॥

ein bidh ddoobee maakuree bhaaee aoonddee sir kai bhaaree |2|

This is how the spider is destroyed, O Siblings of Destiny, by falling head-long in its own web. ||2||

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ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਘਣੀ ਵਿਗੂਤੀ ਭਾਈ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਖੁਆਈ ॥

duramat ghanee vigootee bhaaee doojai bhaae khuaaee |

So many are destroyed by their own evil-mindedness, O Siblings of Destiny; in the love of duality, they are ruined.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਭਾਈ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੈ ਭਰਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥

bin satigur naam na paaeeai bhaaee bin naamai bharam na jaaee |

Without the True Guru, the Name is not obtained, O Siblings of Destiny; without the Name, doubt does not depart.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੇ ਤਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ਭਾਈ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣੁ ਰਹਾਈ ॥੩॥

satigur seve taa sukh paae bhaaee aavan jaan rahaaee |3|

If one serves the True Guru, then he obtains peace, O Siblings of Destiny; his comings and goings are ended. ||3||

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ਸਾਚੁ ਸਹਜੁ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਊਪਜੈ ਭਾਈ ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਮਾਈ ॥

saach sehaj gur te aoopajai bhaaee man niramal saach samaaee |

True celestial peace comes from the Guru, O Siblings of Destiny; the immaculate mind is absorbed into the True Lord.

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ਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੇ ਸੋ ਬੂਝੈ ਭਾਈ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਮਗੁ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥

gur seve so boojhai bhaaee gur bin mag na paaee |

One who serves the Guru, understands, O Siblings of Destiny; without the Guru, the way is not found.

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ਜਿਸੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਲੋਭੁ ਕਿ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਭਾਈ ਕੂੜੁ ਬੋਲਿ ਬਿਖੁ ਖਾਈ ॥੪॥

jis antar lobh ki karam kamaavai bhaaee koorr bol bikh khaaee |4|

What can anyone do, with greed within? O Siblings of Destiny, by telling lies, they eat poison. ||4||

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ਪੰਡਿਤ ਦਹੀ ਵਿਲੋਈਐ ਭਾਈ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਨਿਕਲੈ ਤਥੁ ॥

panddit dahee viloeeai bhaaee vichahu nikalai tath |

O Pandit, by churning cream, butter is produced.

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ਜਲੁ ਮਥੀਐ ਜਲੁ ਦੇਖੀਐ ਭਾਈ ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਏਹਾ ਵਥੁ ॥

jal matheeai jal dekheeai bhaaee ihu jag ehaa vath |

By churning water, you shall only see water, O Siblings of Destiny; this world is like that.

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ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਰਮਿ ਵਿਗੂਚੀਐ ਭਾਈ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਦੇਉ ਅਲਖੁ ॥੫॥

gur bin bharam vigoocheeai bhaaee ghatt ghatt deo alakh |5|

Without the Guru, he is ruined by doubt, O Siblings of Destiny; the unseen Divine Lord is in each and every heart. ||5||

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ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਤਾਗੋ ਸੂਤ ਕੋ ਭਾਈ ਦਹ ਦਿਸ ਬਾਧੋ ਮਾਇ ॥

eihu jag taago soot ko bhaaee deh dis baadho maae |

This world is like a thread of cotton, O Siblings of Destiny, which Maya has tied on all ten sides.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਗਾਠਿ ਨ ਛੂਟਈ ਭਾਈ ਥਾਕੇ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

bin gur gaatth na chhoottee bhaaee thaake karam kamaae |

Without the Guru, the knots cannot be untied, O Siblings of Destiny; I am so tired of religious rituals.

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ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ਭਾਈ ਕਹਣਾ ਕਿਛੂ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥੬॥

eihu jag bharam bhulaaeaa bhaaee kahanaa kichhoo na jaae |6|

This world is deluded by doubt, O Siblings of Destiny; no one can say anything about it. ||6||

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ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਭਉ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਭਾਈ ਭੈ ਮਰਣਾ ਸਚੁ ਲੇਖੁ ॥

gur miliai bhau man vasai bhaaee bhai maranaa sach lekh |

Meeting with the Guru, the Fear of God comes to abide in the mind; to die in the Fear of God is one's true destiny.

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ਮਜਨੁ ਦਾਨੁ ਚੰਗਿਆਈਆ ਭਾਈ ਦਰਗਹ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸੇਖੁ ॥

majan daan changiaaeea bhaaee daragah naam visekh |

In the Court of the Lord, the Naam is far superior to ritualistic cleansing baths, charity and good deeds, O Siblings of Destiny.

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