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Ang 643 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Amardas Ji · Raag Sorath

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

Salok, Third Mehl:

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ਹਉਮੈ ਜਲਤੇ ਜਲਿ ਮੁਏ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਆਏ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ॥

haumai jalate jal mue bhram aae doojai bhaae |

In the flames of egotism, he is burnt to death; he wanders in doubt and the love of duality.

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ਪੂਰੈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਰਾਖਿ ਲੀਏ ਆਪਣੈ ਪੰਨੈ ਪਾਇ ॥

poorai satigur raakh lee aapanai panai paae |

The Perfect True Guru saves him, making him His own.

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ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਜਲਤਾ ਨਦਰੀ ਆਇਆ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥

eihu jag jalataa nadaree aaeaa gur kai sabad subhaae |

This world is burning; through the Sublime Word of the Guru's Shabad, this comes to be seen.

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ਸਬਦਿ ਰਤੇ ਸੇ ਸੀਤਲ ਭਏ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਇ ॥੧॥

sabad rate se seetal bhe naanak sach kamaae |1|

Those who are attuned to the Shabad are cooled and soothed; O Nanak, they practice Truth. ||1||

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Guru Amardas Ji · Raag Sorath

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ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mahalaa 3 |

Third Mehl:

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ਸਫਲਿਓ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਧੰਨੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥

safalio satigur seviaa dhan janam paravaan |

Service to the True Guru is fruitful and rewarding; blessed and acceptable is such a life.

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ਜਿਨਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਜੀਵਦਿਆ ਮੁਇਆ ਨ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਸੇਈ ਪੁਰਖ ਸੁਜਾਣ ॥

jinaa satigur jeevadiaa mueaa na visarai seee purakh sujaan |

Those who do not forget the True Guru, in life and in death, are truly wise people.

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ਕੁਲੁ ਉਧਾਰੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥

kul udhaare aapanaa so jan hovai paravaan |

Their families are saved, and they are approved by the Lord.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮੁਏ ਜੀਵਦੇ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ਹਹਿ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਜਨਮਿ ਮਰਾਹਿ ॥

guramukh mue jeevade paravaan heh manamukh janam maraeh |

The Gurmukhs are approved in death as in life, while the self-willed manmukhs continue the cycle of birth and death.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਮੁਏ ਨ ਆਖੀਅਹਿ ਜਿ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਮਾਹਿ ॥੨॥

naanak mue na aakheeeh ji gur kai sabad samaeh |2|

O Nanak, they are not described as dead, who are absorbed in the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||2||

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Guru Ramdas Ji · Raag Sorath

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਹਰਿ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ॥

har purakh niranjan sev har naam dhiaaeeai |

Serve the Immaculate Lord God, and meditate on the Lord's Name.

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ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਸਾਧੂ ਲਗਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਈਐ ॥

satasangat saadhoo lag har naam samaaeeai |

Join the Society of the Holy Saints, and be absorbed in the Lord's Name.

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ਹਰਿ ਤੇਰੀ ਵਡੀ ਕਾਰ ਮੈ ਮੂਰਖ ਲਾਈਐ ॥

har teree vaddee kaar mai moorakh laaeeai |

O Lord, glorious and great is service to You; I am so foolish

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ਹਉ ਗੋਲਾ ਲਾਲਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਮੈ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਫੁਰਮਾਈਐ ॥

hau golaa laalaa tudh mai hukam furamaaeeai |

- please, commit me to it. I am Your servant and slave; command me, according to Your Will.

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ਹਉ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਵਾ ਜਿ ਗੁਰਿ ਸਮਝਾਈਐ ॥੨॥

hau guramukh kaar kamaavaa ji gur samajhaaeeai |2|

As Gurmukh, I shall serve You, as Guru has instructed me. ||2||

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Guru Amardas Ji · Raag Sorath

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

Salok, Third Mehl:

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ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਕਮਾਵਣਾ ਜਿ ਕਰਤੈ ਆਪਿ ਲਿਖਿਆਸੁ ॥

poorab likhiaa kamaavanaa ji karatai aap likhiaas |

He acts according to pre-ordained destiny, written by the Creator Himself.

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ਮੋਹ ਠਗਉਲੀ ਪਾਈਅਨੁ ਵਿਸਰਿਆ ਗੁਣਤਾਸੁ ॥

moh tthgaulee paaeean visariaa gunataas |

Emotional attachment has drugged him, and he has forgotten the Lord, the treasure of virtue.

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ਮਤੁ ਜਾਣਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਜੀਵਦਾ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਮੁਇਆਸੁ ॥

mat jaanahu jag jeevadaa doojai bhaae mueaas |

Don't think that he is alive in the world - he is dead, through the love of duality.

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ਜਿਨੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੇਤਿਓ ਸੇ ਬਹਣਿ ਨ ਮਿਲਨੀ ਪਾਸਿ ॥

jinee guramukh naam na chetio se behan na milanee paas |

Those who do not meditate on the Lord, as Gurmukh, are not permitted to sit near the Lord.

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ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਗਾ ਬਹੁ ਅਤਿ ਘਣਾ ਪੁਤੁ ਕਲਤੁ ਨ ਸਾਥਿ ਕੋਈ ਜਾਸਿ ॥

dukh laagaa bahu at ghanaa put kalat na saath koee jaas |

They suffer the most horrible pain and suffering, and neither their sons nor their wives go along with them.

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ਲੋਕਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਮੁਹੁ ਕਾਲਾ ਹੋਆ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਉਭੇ ਸਾਸ ॥

lokaa vich muhu kaalaa hoaa andar ubhe saas |

Their faces are blackened among men, and they sigh in deep regret.

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ਮਨਮੁਖਾ ਨੋ ਕੋ ਨ ਵਿਸਹੀ ਚੁਕਿ ਗਇਆ ਵੇਸਾਸੁ ॥

manamukhaa no ko na visahee chuk geaa vesaas |

No one places any reliance in the self-willed manmukhs; trust in them is lost.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਾ ਨੋ ਸੁਖੁ ਅਗਲਾ ਜਿਨਾ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਨਾਮ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੧॥

naanak guramukhaa no sukh agalaa jinaa antar naam nivaas |1|

O Nanak, the Gurmukhs live in absolute peace; the Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides within them. ||1||

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ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mahalaa 3 |

Third Mehl:

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ਸੇ ਸੈਣ ਸੇ ਸਜਣਾ ਜਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਿਲਹਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥

se sain se sajanaa ji guramukh mileh subhaae |

They alone are relatives, and they alone are friends, who, as Gurmukh, join together in love.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਭਾਣਾ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਕਰਹਿ ਸੇ ਸਚਿ ਰਹੇ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

satigur kaa bhaanaa anadin kareh se sach rahe samaae |

Night and day, they act according to the True Guru's Will; they remain absorbed in the True Name.

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ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਲਗੇ ਸਜਣ ਨ ਆਖੀਅਹਿ ਜਿ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ਕਰਹਿ ਵੇਕਾਰ ॥

doojai bhaae lage sajan na aakheeeh ji abhimaan kareh vekaar |

Those who are attached to the love of duality are not called friends; they practice egotism and corruption.

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ਮਨਮੁਖ ਆਪ ਸੁਆਰਥੀ ਕਾਰਜੁ ਨ ਸਕਹਿ ਸਵਾਰਿ ॥

manamukh aap suaarathee kaaraj na sakeh savaar |

The self-willed manmukhs are selfish; they cannot resolve anyone's affairs.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਕਮਾਵਣਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਮੇਟਣਹਾਰੁ ॥੨॥

naanak poorab likhiaa kamaavanaa koe na mettanahaar |2|

O Nanak, they act according to their pre-ordained destiny; no one can erase it. ||2||

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Guru Ramdas Ji · Raag Sorath

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਜਗਤੁ ਉਪਾਇ ਕੈ ਆਪਿ ਖੇਲੁ ਰਚਾਇਆ ॥

tudh aape jagat upaae kai aap khel rachaaeaa |

You Yourself created the world, and You Yourself arranged the play of it.

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ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਆਪਿ ਸਿਰਜਿਆ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਵਧਾਇਆ ॥

trai gun aap sirajiaa maaeaa mohu vadhaaeaa |

You Yourself created the three qualities, and fostered emotional attachment to Maya.

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ਵਿਚਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਲੇਖਾ ਮੰਗੀਐ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇਆ ॥

vich haumai lekhaa mangeeai fir aavai jaaeaa |

He is called to account for his deeds done in egotism; he continues coming and going in reincarnation.

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ਜਿਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਆਪਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਸੇ ਗੁਰਿ ਸਮਝਾਇਆ ॥

jinaa har aap kripaa kare se gur samajhaaeaa |

The Guru instructs those whom the Lord Himself blesses with Grace.

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ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਗੁਰ ਆਪਣੇ ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਘੁਮਾਇਆ ॥੩॥

balihaaree gur aapane sadaa sadaa ghumaaeaa |3|

I am a sacrifice to my Guru; forever and ever, I am a sacrifice to Him. ||3||

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ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

Salok, Third Mehl:

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ਮਾਇਆ ਮਮਤਾ ਮੋਹਣੀ ਜਿਨਿ ਵਿਣੁ ਦੰਤਾ ਜਗੁ ਖਾਇਆ ॥

maaeaa mamataa mohanee jin vin dantaa jag khaaeaa |

The love of Maya is enticing; without teeth, it has eaten up the world.

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ਮਨਮੁਖ ਖਾਧੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਉਬਰੇ ਜਿਨੀ ਸਚਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਆ ॥

manamukh khaadhe guramukh ubare jinee sach naam chit laaeaa |

The self-willed manmukhs are eaten away, while the Gurmukhs are saved; they focus their consciousness on the True Name.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਜਗੁ ਕਮਲਾ ਫਿਰੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਦਰੀ ਆਇਆ ॥

bin naavai jag kamalaa firai guramukh nadaree aaeaa |

Without the Name, the world wanders around insane; the Gurmukhs come to see this.

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