Ang 689 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪੂਛਉ ਜਾਇ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਸਾ ਜੀਉ ॥

satigur poochhau jaae naam dhiaaeisaa jeeo |

I shall go and ask the True Guru, and meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

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ਸਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਈ ਸਾਚੁ ਚਵਾਈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਪਛਾਣਾ ॥

sach naam dhiaaee saach chavaaee guramukh saach pachhaanaa |

I meditate on the True Name, chant the True Name, and as Gurmukh, I realize the True Name.

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ਦੀਨਾ ਨਾਥੁ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਖਾਣਾ ॥

deenaa naath deaal niranjan anadin naam vakhaanaa |

Night and day, I chant the Name of the merciful, immaculate Lord, the Master of the poor.

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ਕਰਣੀ ਕਾਰ ਧੁਰਹੁ ਫੁਰਮਾਈ ਆਪਿ ਮੁਆ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰੀ ॥

karanee kaar dhurahu furamaaee aap muaa man maaree |

The Primal Lord has ordained the tasks to be done; self-conceit is overcome, and the mind is subdued.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਮੀਠਾ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਨਾਮਿ ਨਿਵਾਰੀ ॥੫॥੨॥

naanak naam mahaa ras meetthaa trisanaa naam nivaaree |5|2|

O Nanak, the Naam is the sweetest essence; through the Naam, thirst and desire are stilled. ||5||2||

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ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਛੰਤ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

dhanaasaree chhant mahalaa 1 |

Dhanaasaree, Chhant, First Mehl:

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ਪਿਰ ਸੰਗਿ ਮੂਠੜੀਏ ਖਬਰਿ ਨ ਪਾਈਆ ਜੀਉ ॥

pir sang moottharree khabar na paaeea jeeo |

Your Husband Lord is with you, O deluded soul-bride, but you do are not aware of Him.

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ਮਸਤਕਿ ਲਿਖਿਅੜਾ ਲੇਖੁ ਪੁਰਬਿ ਕਮਾਇਆ ਜੀਉ ॥

masatak likhiarraa lekh purab kamaaeaa jeeo |

Your destiny is written on your forehead, according to your past actions.

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ਲੇਖੁ ਨ ਮਿਟਈ ਪੁਰਬਿ ਕਮਾਇਆ ਕਿਆ ਜਾਣਾ ਕਿਆ ਹੋਸੀ ॥

lekh na mittee purab kamaaeaa kiaa jaanaa kiaa hosee |

This inscription of past deeds cannot be erased; what do I know about what will happen?

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ਗੁਣੀ ਅਚਾਰਿ ਨਹੀ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੀ ਅਵਗੁਣ ਬਹਿ ਬਹਿ ਰੋਸੀ ॥

gunee achaar nahee rang raatee avagun beh beh rosee |

You have not adopted a virtuous lifestyle, and you are not attuned to the Lord's Love; you sit there, crying over your past misdeeds.

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ਧਨੁ ਜੋਬਨੁ ਆਕ ਕੀ ਛਾਇਆ ਬਿਰਧਿ ਭਏ ਦਿਨ ਪੁੰਨਿਆ ॥

dhan joban aak kee chhaaeaa biradh bhe din puniaa |

Wealth and youth are like the shade of the bitter swallow-wort plant; you are growing old, and your days are coming to their end.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਦੋਹਾਗਣਿ ਛੂਟੀ ਝੂਠਿ ਵਿਛੁੰਨਿਆ ॥੧॥

naanak naam binaa dohaagan chhoottee jhootth vichhuniaa |1|

O Nanak, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, you shall end up as a discarded, divorced bride; your own falsehood shall separate you from the Lord. ||1||

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ਬੂਡੀ ਘਰੁ ਘਾਲਿਓ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਭਾਇ ਚਲੋ ॥

booddee ghar ghaalio gur kai bhaae chalo |

You have drowned, and your house is ruined; walk in the Way of the Guru's Will.

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ਸਾਚਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਸੁਖਿ ਮਹਲੋ ॥

saachaa naam dhiaae paaveh sukh mahalo |

Meditate on the True Name, and you shall find peace in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

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ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਏ ਤਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ਪੇਈਅੜੈ ਦਿਨ ਚਾਰੇ ॥

har naam dhiaae taa sukh paae peeearrai din chaare |

Meditate on the Lord's Name, and you shall find peace; your stay in this world shall last only four days.

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ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਜਾਇ ਬਹੈ ਸਚੁ ਪਾਏ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਲਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥

nij ghar jaae bahai sach paae anadin naal piaare |

Sit in the home of your own being, and you shall find Truth; night and day, be with your Beloved.

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ਵਿਣੁ ਭਗਤੀ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸੁ ਨ ਹੋਵੀ ਸੁਣਿਅਹੁ ਲੋਕ ਸਬਾਏ ॥

vin bhagatee ghar vaas na hovee suniahu lok sabaae |

Without loving devotion, you cannot dwell in your own home - listen, everyone!

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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਰਸੀ ਤਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਪਾਏ ਰਾਤੀ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਏ ॥੨॥

naanak sarasee taa pir paae raatee saachai naae |2|

O Nanak, she is happy, and she obtains her Husband Lord, if she is attuned to the True Name. ||2||

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ਪਿਰੁ ਧਨ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਾ ਪਿਰ ਭਾਵੈ ਨਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ॥

pir dhan bhaavai taa pir bhaavai naaree jeeo |

If the soul-bride is pleasing to her Husband Lord, then the Husband Lord will love His bride.

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ਰੰਗਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਰਾਤੀ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ॥

rang preetam raatee gur kai sabad veechaaree jeeo |

Imbued with the love of her Beloved, she contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

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ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੀ ਨਾਹ ਪਿਆਰੀ ਨਿਵਿ ਨਿਵਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੇਈ ॥

gur sabad veechaaree naah piaaree niv niv bhagat kareee |

She contemplates the Guru's Shabads, and her Husband Lord loves her; in deep humility, she worships Him in loving devotion.

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ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਜਲਾਏ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮੁ ਰਸ ਮਹਿ ਰੰਗੁ ਕਰੇਈ ॥

maaeaa mohu jalaae preetam ras meh rang kareee |

She burns away her emotional attachment to Maya, and in love, she loves her Beloved.

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ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਾਚੇ ਸੇਤੀ ਰੰਗਿ ਰੰਗੇਤੀ ਲਾਲ ਭਈ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰੀ ॥

prabh saache setee rang rangetee laal bhee man maaree |

She is imbued and drenched with the Love of the True Lord; she has become beautiful, by conquering her mind.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚਿ ਵਸੀ ਸੋਹਾਗਣਿ ਪਿਰ ਸਿਉ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਪਿਆਰੀ ॥੩॥

naanak saach vasee sohaagan pir siau preet piaaree |3|

O Nanak, the happy soul-bride abides in Truth; she loves to love her Husband Lord. ||3||

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ਪਿਰ ਘਰਿ ਸੋਹੈ ਨਾਰਿ ਜੇ ਪਿਰ ਭਾਵਏ ਜੀਉ ॥

pir ghar sohai naar je pir bhaave jeeo |

The soul-bride looks so beautiful in the home of her Husband Lord, if she is pleasing to Him.

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ਝੂਠੇ ਵੈਣ ਚਵੇ ਕਾਮਿ ਨ ਆਵਏ ਜੀਉ ॥

jhootthe vain chave kaam na aave jeeo |

It is of no use at all to speak false words.

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ਝੂਠੁ ਅਲਾਵੈ ਕਾਮਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਨਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਦੇਖੈ ਨੈਣੀ ॥

jhootth alaavai kaam na aavai naa pir dekhai nainee |

If she speaks false, it is of no use to her, and she does not see her Husband Lord with her eyes.

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ਅਵਗੁਣਿਆਰੀ ਕੰਤਿ ਵਿਸਾਰੀ ਛੂਟੀ ਵਿਧਣ ਰੈਣੀ ॥

avaguniaaree kant visaaree chhoottee vidhan rainee |

Worthless, forgotten and abandoned by her Husband Lord, she passes her life-night without her Lord and Master.

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ਗੁਰਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਮਾਨੈ ਫਾਹੀ ਫਾਥੀ ਸਾ ਧਨ ਮਹਲੁ ਨ ਪਾਏ ॥

gurasabad na maanai faahee faathee saa dhan mehal na paae |

Such a wife does not believe in the Word of the Guru's Shabad; she is caught in the net of the world, and does not obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਆਪੇ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਏ ॥੪॥

naanak aape aap pachhaanai guramukh sehaj samaae |4|

O Nanak, if she understands her own self, then, as Gurmukh, she merges in celestial peace. ||4||

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ਧਨ ਸੋਹਾਗਣਿ ਨਾਰਿ ਜਿਨਿ ਪਿਰੁ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਜੀਉ ॥

dhan sohaagan naar jin pir jaaniaa jeeo |

Blessed is that soul-bride, who knows her Husband Lord.

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ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਕੂੜਿਆਰਿ ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਣਿਆ ਜੀਉ ॥

naam binaa koorriaar koorr kamaaniaa jeeo |

Without the Naam, she is false, and her actions are false as well.

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ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਸੁਹਾਵੀ ਸਾਚੇ ਭਾਵੀ ਭਾਇ ਭਗਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਰਾਤੀ ॥

har bhagat suhaavee saache bhaavee bhaae bhagat prabh raatee |

Devotional worship of the Lord is beautiful; the True Lord loves it. So immerse yourself in loving devotional worship of God.

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ਪਿਰੁ ਰਲੀਆਲਾ ਜੋਬਨਿ ਬਾਲਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਰਾਵੇ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੀ ॥

pir raleeaalaa joban baalaa tis raave rang raatee |

My Husband Lord is playful and innocent; imbued with His Love, I enjoy Him.

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ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਵਿਗਾਸੀ ਸਹੁ ਰਾਵਾਸੀ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਗੁਣਕਾਰੀ ॥

gur sabad vigaasee sahu raavaasee fal paaeaa gunakaaree |

She blossoms forth through the Word of the Guru's Shabad; she ravishes her Husband Lord, and obtains the most noble reward.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਪਿਰ ਘਰਿ ਸੋਹੈ ਨਾਰੀ ॥੫॥੩॥

naanak saach milai vaddiaaee pir ghar sohai naaree |5|3|

O Nanak, in Truth, she obtains glory; in her Husband's home, the soul-bride looks beautiful. ||5||3||

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