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Ang 656 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngBhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Sorath
Read the full shabad →ਇਕ ਬਸਤੁ ਅਗੋਚਰ ਲਹੀਐ ॥
eik basat agochar laheeai |
to find the incomprehensible thing.
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ਬਸਤੁ ਅਗੋਚਰ ਪਾਈ ॥
basat agochar paaee |
I have found this incomprehensible thing;
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ਘਟਿ ਦੀਪਕੁ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਈ ॥੨॥
ghatt deepak rahiaa samaaee |2|
my mind is illuminated and enlightened. ||2||
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ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਅਬ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥
keh kabeer ab jaaniaa |
Says Kabeer, now I know Him;
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ਜਬ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਤਉ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥
jab jaaniaa tau man maaniaa |
since I know Him, my mind is pleased and appeased.
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ਮਨ ਮਾਨੇ ਲੋਗੁ ਨ ਪਤੀਜੈ ॥
man maane log na pateejai |
My mind is pleased and appeased, and yet, people do not believe it.
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ਨ ਪਤੀਜੈ ਤਉ ਕਿਆ ਕੀਜੈ ॥੩॥੭॥
n pateejai tau kiaa keejai |3|7|
They do not believe it, so what can I do? ||3||7||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Sorath
Read the full shabad →ਹ੍ਰਿਦੈ ਕਪਟੁ ਮੁਖ ਗਿਆਨੀ ॥
hridai kapatt mukh giaanee |
In his heart there is deception, and yet in his mouth are words of wisdom.
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ਝੂਠੇ ਕਹਾ ਬਿਲੋਵਸਿ ਪਾਨੀ ॥੧॥
jhootthe kahaa bilovas paanee |1|
You are false - why are you churning water? ||1||
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ਕਾਂਇਆ ਮਾਂਜਸਿ ਕਉਨ ਗੁਨਾਂ ॥
kaaneaa maanjas kaun gunaan |
Why do you bother to wash your body?
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ਜਉ ਘਟ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਹੈ ਮਲਨਾਂ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jau ghatt bheetar hai malanaan |1| rahaau |
Your heart is still full of filth. ||1||Pause||
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ਲਉਕੀ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਨੑਾਈ ॥
laukee atthasatth teerath naaee |
The gourd may be washed at the sixty-eight sacred shrines,
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ਕਉਰਾਪਨੁ ਤਊ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥੨॥
kauraapan taoo na jaaee |2|
but even then, its bitterness is not removed. ||2||
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ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥
keh kabeer beechaaree |
Says Kabeer after deep contemplation,
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ਭਵ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਤਾਰਿ ਮੁਰਾਰੀ ॥੩॥੮॥
bhav saagar taar muraaree |3|8|
please help me cross over the terrifying world-ocean, O Lord, O Destroyer of ego. ||3||8||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Sorath
Read the full shabad →ਸੋਰਠਿ ॥
soratth |
Sorat'h:
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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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ਬਹੁ ਪਰਪੰਚ ਕਰਿ ਪਰ ਧਨੁ ਲਿਆਵੈ ॥
bahu parapanch kar par dhan liaavai |
Practicing great hypocrisy, he acquires the wealth of others.
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ਸੁਤ ਦਾਰਾ ਪਹਿ ਆਨਿ ਲੁਟਾਵੈ ॥੧॥
sut daaraa peh aan luttaavai |1|
Returning home, he squanders it on his wife and children. ||1||
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ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਭੂਲੇ ਕਪਟੁ ਨ ਕੀਜੈ ॥
man mere bhoole kapatt na keejai |
O my mind, do not practice deception, even inadvertently.
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ਅੰਤਿ ਨਿਬੇਰਾ ਤੇਰੇ ਜੀਅ ਪਹਿ ਲੀਜੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
ant niberaa tere jeea peh leejai |1| rahaau |
In the end, your own soul shall have to answer for its account. ||1||Pause||
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ਛਿਨੁ ਛਿਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਛੀਜੈ ਜਰਾ ਜਨਾਵੈ ॥
chhin chhin tan chheejai jaraa janaavai |
Moment by moment, the body is wearing away, and old age is asserting itself.
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ਤਬ ਤੇਰੀ ਓਕ ਕੋਈ ਪਾਨੀਓ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੨॥
tab teree ok koee paaneeo na paavai |2|
And then, when you are old, no one shall pour water into your cup. ||2||
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ਕਹਤੁ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਕੋਈ ਨਹੀ ਤੇਰਾ ॥
kehat kabeer koee nahee teraa |
Says Kabeer, no one belongs to you.
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ਹਿਰਦੈ ਰਾਮੁ ਕੀ ਨ ਜਪਹਿ ਸਵੇਰਾ ॥੩॥੯॥
hiradai raam kee na japeh saveraa |3|9|
Why not chant the Lord's Name in your heart, when you are still young? ||3||9||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Sorath
Read the full shabad →ਸੰਤਹੁ ਮਨ ਪਵਨੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਬਨਿਆ ॥
santahu man pavanai sukh baniaa |
O Saints, my windy mind has now become peaceful and still.
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ਕਿਛੁ ਜੋਗੁ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਗਨਿਆ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
kichh jog paraapat ganiaa | rahaau |
It seems that I have learned something of the science of Yoga. ||Pause||
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ਗੁਰਿ ਦਿਖਲਾਈ ਮੋਰੀ ॥
gur dikhalaaee moree |
The Guru has shown me the hole,
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ਜਿਤੁ ਮਿਰਗ ਪੜਤ ਹੈ ਚੋਰੀ ॥
jit mirag parrat hai choree |
through which the deer carefully enters.
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ਮੂੰਦਿ ਲੀਏ ਦਰਵਾਜੇ ॥
moond lee daravaaje |
I have now closed off the doors,
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ਬਾਜੀਅਲੇ ਅਨਹਦ ਬਾਜੇ ॥੧॥
baajeeale anahad baaje |1|
and the unstruck celestial sound current resounds. ||1||
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ਕੁੰਭ ਕਮਲੁ ਜਲਿ ਭਰਿਆ ॥
kunbh kamal jal bhariaa |
The pitcher of my heart-lotus is filled with water;
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ਜਲੁ ਮੇਟਿਆ ਊਭਾ ਕਰਿਆ ॥
jal mettiaa aoobhaa kariaa |
I have spilled out the water, and set it upright.
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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਜਨ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥
kahu kabeer jan jaaniaa |
Says Kabeer, the Lord's humble servant, this I know.
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ਜਉ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਤਉ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥੨॥੧੦॥
jau jaaniaa tau man maaniaa |2|10|
Now that I know this, my mind is pleased and appeased. ||2||10||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Sorath
Read the full shabad →ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ ॥
raag soratth |
Raag Sorat'h:
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ਭੂਖੇ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਕੀਜੈ ॥
bhookhe bhagat na keejai |
I am so hungry, I cannot perform devotional worship service.
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ਯਹ ਮਾਲਾ ਅਪਨੀ ਲੀਜੈ ॥
yeh maalaa apanee leejai |
Here, Lord, take back Your mala.
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ਹਉ ਮਾਂਗਉ ਸੰਤਨ ਰੇਨਾ ॥
hau maangau santan renaa |
I beg for the dust of the feet of the Saints.
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ਮੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਿਸੀ ਕਾ ਦੇਨਾ ॥੧॥
mai naahee kisee kaa denaa |1|
I do not owe anyone anything. ||1||
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ਮਾਧੋ ਕੈਸੀ ਬਨੈ ਤੁਮ ਸੰਗੇ ॥
maadho kaisee banai tum sange |
O Lord, how can I be with You?
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ਆਪਿ ਨ ਦੇਹੁ ਤ ਲੇਵਉ ਮੰਗੇ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
aap na dehu ta levau mange | rahaau |
If You do not give me Yourself, then I shall beg until I get You. ||Pause||
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ਦੁਇ ਸੇਰ ਮਾਂਗਉ ਚੂਨਾ ॥
due ser maangau choonaa |
I ask for two kilos of flour,
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ਪਾਉ ਘੀਉ ਸੰਗਿ ਲੂਨਾ ॥
paau gheeo sang loonaa |
and half a pound of ghee, and salt.
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ਅਧ ਸੇਰੁ ਮਾਂਗਉ ਦਾਲੇ ॥
adh ser maangau daale |
I ask for a pound of beans,
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ਮੋ ਕਉ ਦੋਨਉ ਵਖਤ ਜਿਵਾਲੇ ॥੨॥
mo kau donau vakhat jivaale |2|
which I shall eat twice a day. ||2||
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ਖਾਟ ਮਾਂਗਉ ਚਉਪਾਈ ॥
khaatt maangau chaupaaee |
I ask for a cot, with four legs,
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ਸਿਰਹਾਨਾ ਅਵਰ ਤੁਲਾਈ ॥
sirahaanaa avar tulaaee |
and a pillow and mattress.
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ਊਪਰ ਕਉ ਮਾਂਗਉ ਖੀਂਧਾ ॥
aoopar kau maangau kheendhaa |
I ask for a quilt to cover myself.
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ਤੇਰੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੈ ਜਨੁ ਥਂੀਧਾ ॥੩॥
teree bhagat karai jan thaneedhaa |3|
Your humble servant shall perform Your devotional worship service with love. ||3||
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ਮੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੀਤਾ ਲਬੋ ॥
mai naahee keetaa labo |
I have no greed;
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ਇਕੁ ਨਾਉ ਤੇਰਾ ਮੈ ਫਬੋ ॥
eik naau teraa mai fabo |
Your Name is the only ornament I wish for.
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ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥
keh kabeer man maaniaa |
Says Kabeer, my mind is pleased and appeased;
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ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ਤਉ ਹਰਿ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥੪॥੧੧॥
man maaniaa tau har jaaniaa |4|11|
now that my mind is pleased and appeased, I have come to know the Lord. ||4||11||
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Bhagat Namdev Ji · Raag Sorath
Read the full shabad →ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ ਬਾਣੀ ਭਗਤ ਨਾਮਦੇ ਜੀ ਕੀ ਘਰੁ ੨ ॥
raag soratth baanee bhagat naamade jee kee ghar 2 |
Raag Sorat'h, The Word Of Devotee Naam Dayv Jee, Second House:
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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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ਜਬ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਬ ਗਾਵਾ ॥
jab dekhaa tab gaavaa |
When I see Him, I sing His Praises.
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ਤਉ ਜਨ ਧੀਰਜੁ ਪਾਵਾ ॥੧॥
tau jan dheeraj paavaa |1|
Then I, his humble servant, become patient. ||1||
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