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Ang 642 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag Sorath

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ਮਨ ਕਾਮਨਾ ਤੀਰਥ ਜਾਇ ਬਸਿਓ ਸਿਰਿ ਕਰਵਤ ਧਰਾਏ ॥

man kaamanaa teerath jaae basio sir karavat dharaae |

His mind's desires may lead him to go and dwell at sacred places of pilgrimage, and offer his head to be sawn off;

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ਮਨ ਕੀ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਇਹ ਬਿਧਿ ਜੇ ਲਖ ਜਤਨ ਕਰਾਏ ॥੩॥

man kee mail na utarai ih bidh je lakh jatan karaae |3|

but this will not cause the filth of his mind to depart, even though he may make thousands of efforts. ||3||

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ਕਨਿਕ ਕਾਮਿਨੀ ਹੈਵਰ ਗੈਵਰ ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਦਾਨੁ ਦਾਤਾਰਾ ॥

kanik kaaminee haivar gaivar bahu bidh daan daataaraa |

He may give gifts of all sorts - gold, women, horses and elephants.

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ਅੰਨ ਬਸਤ੍ਰ ਭੂਮਿ ਬਹੁ ਅਰਪੇ ਨਹ ਮਿਲੀਐ ਹਰਿ ਦੁਆਰਾ ॥੪॥

an basatr bhoom bahu arape neh mileeai har duaaraa |4|

He may make offerings of corn, clothes and land in abundance, but this will not lead him to the Lord's Door. ||4||

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ਪੂਜਾ ਅਰਚਾ ਬੰਦਨ ਡੰਡਉਤ ਖਟੁ ਕਰਮਾ ਰਤੁ ਰਹਤਾ ॥

poojaa arachaa bandan ddanddaut khatt karamaa rat rahataa |

He may remain devoted to worship and adoration, bowing his forehead to the floor, practicing the six religious rituals.

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ਹਉ ਹਉ ਕਰਤ ਬੰਧਨ ਮਹਿ ਪਰਿਆ ਨਹ ਮਿਲੀਐ ਇਹ ਜੁਗਤਾ ॥੫॥

hau hau karat bandhan meh pariaa neh mileeai ih jugataa |5|

He indulges in egotism and pride, and falls into entanglements, but he does not meet the Lord by these devices. ||5||

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ਜੋਗ ਸਿਧ ਆਸਣ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਏ ਭੀ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਰਹਿਆ ॥

jog sidh aasan chauraaseeh e bhee kar kar rahiaa |

He practices the eighty-four postures of Yoga, and acquires the supernatural powers of the Siddhas, but he gets tired of practicing these.

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ਵਡੀ ਆਰਜਾ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜਨਮੈ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਸੰਗੁ ਨ ਗਹਿਆ ॥੬॥

vaddee aarajaa fir fir janamai har siau sang na gahiaa |6|

He lives a long life, but is reincarnated again and again; he has not met with the Lord. ||6||

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ਰਾਜ ਲੀਲਾ ਰਾਜਨ ਕੀ ਰਚਨਾ ਕਰਿਆ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਅਫਾਰਾ ॥

raaj leelaa raajan kee rachanaa kariaa hukam afaaraa |

He may enjoy princely pleasures, and regal pomp and ceremony, and issue unchallenged commands.

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ਸੇਜ ਸੋਹਨੀ ਚੰਦਨੁ ਚੋਆ ਨਰਕ ਘੋਰ ਕਾ ਦੁਆਰਾ ॥੭॥

sej sohanee chandan choaa narak ghor kaa duaaraa |7|

He may lie on beautiful beds, perfumed with sandalwood oil, but this will led him only to the gates of the most horrible hell. ||7||

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ਹਰਿ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਹੈ ਸਿਰਿ ਕਰਮਨ ਕੈ ਕਰਮਾ ॥

har keerat saadhasangat hai sir karaman kai karamaa |

Singing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is the highest of all actions.

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ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਇਓ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਜਿਸੁ ਪੁਰਬ ਲਿਖੇ ਕਾ ਲਹਨਾ ॥੮॥

kahu naanak tis bheo paraapat jis purab likhe kaa lahanaa |8|

Says Nanak, he alone obtains it, who is pre-destined to receive it. ||8||

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ਤੇਰੋ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਇਹ ਰੰਗਿ ਮਾਤਾ ॥

tero sevak ih rang maataa |

Your slave is intoxicated with this Love of Yours.

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ਭਇਓ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਦੀਨ ਦੁਖ ਭੰਜਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਰਤਨਿ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਤਾ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੧॥੩॥

bheo kripaal deen dukh bhanjan har har keeratan ihu man raataa | rahaau doojaa |1|3|

The Destroyer of the pains of the poor has become merciful to me, and this mind is imbued with the Praises of the Lord, Har, Har. ||Second Pause||1||3||

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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Sorath

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ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ ਵਾਰ ਮਹਲੇ ੪ ਕੀ ॥

raag soratth vaar mahale 4 kee |

Vaar Of Raag Sorat'h, Fourth Mehl:

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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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ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥

salok mahalaa 1 |

Salok, First Mehl:

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ਸੋਰਠਿ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਹਾਵਣੀ ਜੇ ਸਚਾ ਮਨਿ ਹੋਇ ॥

soratth sadaa suhaavanee je sachaa man hoe |

Sorat'h is always beautiful, if it brings the True Lord to dwell in the mind of the soul-bride.

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ਦੰਦੀ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਕਤੁ ਮਨਿ ਜੀਭੈ ਸਚਾ ਸੋਇ ॥

dandee mail na kat man jeebhai sachaa soe |

Her teeth are clean and her mind is not split by duality; the Name of the True Lord is on her tongue.

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ਸਸੁਰੈ ਪੇਈਐ ਭੈ ਵਸੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਨਿਸੰਗ ॥

sasurai peeeai bhai vasee satigur sev nisang |

Here and hereafter, she abides in the Fear of God, and serves the True Guru without hesitation.

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ਪਰਹਰਿ ਕਪੜੁ ਜੇ ਪਿਰ ਮਿਲੈ ਖੁਸੀ ਰਾਵੈ ਪਿਰੁ ਸੰਗਿ ॥

parahar kaparr je pir milai khusee raavai pir sang |

Discarding worldly adornments, she meets her Husband Lord, and she celebrates joyfully with Him.

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ਸਦਾ ਸੀਗਾਰੀ ਨਾਉ ਮਨਿ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਮੈਲੁ ਪਤੰਗੁ ॥

sadaa seegaaree naau man kade na mail patang |

She is adorned forever with the Name in her mind, and she does not have even an iota of filth.

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ਦੇਵਰ ਜੇਠ ਮੁਏ ਦੁਖਿ ਸਸੂ ਕਾ ਡਰੁ ਕਿਸੁ ॥

devar jetth mue dukh sasoo kaa ddar kis |

Her husband's younger and elder brothers, the corrupt desires, have died, suffering in pain; and now, who fears Maya, the mother-in-law?

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ਜੇ ਪਿਰ ਭਾਵੈ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਕਰਮ ਮਣੀ ਸਭੁ ਸਚੁ ॥੧॥

je pir bhaavai naanakaa karam manee sabh sach |1|

If she becomes pleasing to her Husband Lord, O Nanak, she bears the jewel of good karma upon her forehead, and everything is Truth to her. ||1||

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Guru Ramdas Ji · Raag Sorath

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ਮਃ ੪ ॥

mahalaa 4 |

Fourth Mehl:

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ਸੋਰਠਿ ਤਾਮਿ ਸੁਹਾਵਣੀ ਜਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਢੰਢੋਲੇ ॥

soratth taam suhaavanee jaa har naam dtandtole |

Sorat'h is beautiful only when it leads the soul-bride to seek the Lord's Name.

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ਗੁਰ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਮਨਾਵੈ ਆਪਣਾ ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਬੋਲੇ ॥

gur purakh manaavai aapanaa guramatee har har bole |

She pleases her Guru and God; under Guru's Instruction, she speaks the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

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ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਮਿ ਕਸਾਈ ਦਿਨਸੁ ਰਾਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਤੀ ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਚੋਲੇ ॥

har prem kasaaee dinas raat har ratee har rang chole |

She is attracted to the Lord's Name, day and night, and her body is drenched in the color of the Love of the Lord, Har, Har.

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ਹਰਿ ਜੈਸਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨ ਲਭਈ ਸਭੁ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਜਗਤੁ ਮੈ ਟੋਲੇ ॥

har jaisaa purakh na labhee sabh dekhiaa jagat mai ttole |

No other being like the Lord God can be found; I have looked and searched over the whole world.

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ਗੁਰਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਇਆ ਮਨੁ ਅਨਤ ਨ ਕਾਹੂ ਡੋਲੇ ॥

gur satigur naam drirraaeaa man anat na kaahoo ddole |

The Guru, the True Guru, has implanted the Naam within me; my mind does not waver any more.

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ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਦਾਸੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੇ ਗੋਲ ਗੋਲੇ ॥੨॥

jan naanak har kaa daas hai gur satigur ke gol gole |2|

Servant Nanak is the Lord's slave, the slave of the slaves of the Guru, the True Guru. ||2||

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Guru Ramdas Ji · Raag Sorath

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਤੂ ਆਪੇ ਸਿਸਟਿ ਕਰਤਾ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰਿਆ ॥

too aape sisatt karataa sirajanahaariaa |

You Yourself are the Creator, the Fashioner of the world.

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ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਖੇਲੁ ਰਚਾਇ ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪਿ ਸਵਾਰਿਆ ॥

tudh aape khel rachaae tudh aap savaariaa |

You Yourself have arranged the play, and You Yourself arrange it.

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ਦਾਤਾ ਕਰਤਾ ਆਪਿ ਆਪਿ ਭੋਗਣਹਾਰਿਆ ॥

daataa karataa aap aap bhoganahaariaa |

You Yourself are the Giver and the Creator; You Yourself are the Enjoyer.

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ਸਭੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਵਰਤੈ ਉਪਾਵਣਹਾਰਿਆ ॥

sabh teraa sabad varatai upaavanahaariaa |

The Word of Your Shabad is pervading everywhere, O Creator Lord.

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ਹਉ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਹੀ ਗੁਰ ਕਉ ਵਾਰਿਆ ॥੧॥

hau guramukh sadaa salaahee gur kau vaariaa |1|

As Gurmukh, I ever praise the Lord; I am a sacrifice to the Guru. ||1||

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