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Ang 736 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Ramdas Ji · Raag Soohee

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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਕੋ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਛੂਟੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਜਨ ਕਉ ਹਉ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ॥੩॥

gur parasaadee ko viralaa chhoottai tis jan kau hau balihaaree |3|

By Guru's Grace, a few rare ones are saved; I am a sacrifice to those humble beings. ||3||

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ਜਿਨਿ ਸਿਸਟਿ ਸਾਜੀ ਸੋਈ ਹਰਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਤਾ ਕਾ ਰੂਪੁ ਅਪਾਰੋ ॥

jin sisatt saajee soee har jaanai taa kaa roop apaaro |

The One who created the Universe, that Lord alone knows. His beauty is incomparable.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਆਪੇ ਵੇਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਬਿਗਸੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੋ ॥੪॥੩॥੧੪॥

naanak aape vekh har bigasai guramukh braham beechaaro |4|3|14|

O Nanak, the Lord Himself gazes upon it, and is pleased. The Gurmukh contemplates God. ||4||3||14||

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Guru Ramdas Ji · Raag Soohee

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ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥

soohee mahalaa 4 |

Soohee, Fourth Mehl:

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ਕੀਤਾ ਕਰਣਾ ਸਰਬ ਰਜਾਈ ਕਿਛੁ ਕੀਚੈ ਜੇ ਕਰਿ ਸਕੀਐ ॥

keetaa karanaa sarab rajaaee kichh keechai je kar sakeeai |

All that happens, and all that will happen, is by His Will. If we could do something by ourselves, we would.

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ਆਪਣਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਕਿਛੂ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ਜਿਉ ਹਰਿ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਉ ਰਖੀਐ ॥੧॥

aapanaa keetaa kichhoo na hovai jiau har bhaavai tiau rakheeai |1|

By ourselves, we cannot do anything at all. As it pleases the Lord, He preserves us. ||1||

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ਮੇਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਤੇਰੈ ਵਸਿ ॥

mere har jeeo sabh ko terai vas |

O my Dear Lord, everything is in Your power.

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ਅਸਾ ਜੋਰੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਜੇ ਕਿਛੁ ਕਰਿ ਹਮ ਸਾਕਹ ਜਿਉ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਵੈ ਬਖਸਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

asaa jor naahee je kichh kar ham saakah jiau bhaavai tivai bakhas |1| rahaau |

I have no power to do anything at all. As it pleases You, You forgive us. ||1||Pause||

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ਸਭੁ ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਦੀਆ ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਕਾਰੈ ਲਾਇਆ ॥

sabh jeeo pindd deea tudh aape tudh aape kaarai laaeaa |

You Yourself bless us with soul, body and everything. You Yourself cause us to act.

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ਜੇਹਾ ਤੂੰ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਕਰਹਿ ਤੇਹੇ ਕੋ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਜੇਹਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਧੁਰਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੨॥

jehaa toon hukam kareh tehe ko karam kamaavai jehaa tudh dhur likh paaeaa |2|

As You issue Your Commands, so do we act, according to our pre-ordained destiny. ||2||

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ਪੰਚ ਤਤੁ ਕਰਿ ਤੁਧੁ ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਸਭ ਸਾਜੀ ਕੋਈ ਛੇਵਾ ਕਰਿਉ ਜੇ ਕਿਛੁ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੋਵੈ ॥

panch tat kar tudh srisatt sabh saajee koee chhevaa kariau je kichh keetaa hovai |

You created the entire Universe out of the five elements; if anyone can create a sixth, let him.

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ਇਕਨਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮੇਲਿ ਤੂੰ ਬੁਝਾਵਹਿ ਇਕਿ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਸਿ ਰੋਵੈ ॥੩॥

eikanaa satigur mel toon bujhaaveh ik manamukh kareh si rovai |3|

You unite some with the True Guru, and cause them to understand, while others, the self-willed manmukhs, do their deeds and cry out in pain. ||3||

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ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਹਉ ਆਖਿ ਨ ਸਾਕਾ ਹਉ ਮੂਰਖੁ ਮੁਗਧੁ ਨੀਚਾਣੁ ॥

har kee vaddiaaee hau aakh na saakaa hau moorakh mugadh neechaan |

I cannot describe the glorious greatness of the Lord; I am foolish, thoughtless, idiotic and lowly.

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ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਉ ਹਰਿ ਬਖਸਿ ਲੈ ਮੇਰੇ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਸਰਣਾਗਤਿ ਪਇਆ ਅਜਾਣੁ ॥੪॥੪॥੧੫॥੨੪॥

jan naanak kau har bakhas lai mere suaamee saranaagat peaa ajaan |4|4|15|24|

Please, forgive servant Nanak, O my Lord and Master; I am ignorant, but I have entered Your Sanctuary. ||4||4||15||24||

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Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag Soohee

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ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਘਰੁ ੧ ॥

raag soohee mahalaa 5 ghar 1 |

Raag Soohee, Fifth Mehl, First 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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ਬਾਜੀਗਰਿ ਜੈਸੇ ਬਾਜੀ ਪਾਈ ॥

baajeegar jaise baajee paaee |

The actor stages the play,

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ਨਾਨਾ ਰੂਪ ਭੇਖ ਦਿਖਲਾਈ ॥

naanaa roop bhekh dikhalaaee |

playing the many characters in different costumes;

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ਸਾਂਗੁ ਉਤਾਰਿ ਥੰਮਿੑਓ ਪਾਸਾਰਾ ॥

saang utaar thamao paasaaraa |

but when the play ends, he takes off the costumes,

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ਤਬ ਏਕੋ ਏਕੰਕਾਰਾ ॥੧॥

tab eko ekankaaraa |1|

and then he is one, and only one. ||1||

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ਕਵਨ ਰੂਪ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿਓ ਬਿਨਸਾਇਓ ॥

kavan roop drisattio binasaaeo |

How many forms and images appeared and disappeared?

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ਕਤਹਿ ਗਇਓ ਉਹੁ ਕਤ ਤੇ ਆਇਓ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

kateh geo uhu kat te aaeo |1| rahaau |

Where have they gone? Where did they come from? ||1||Pause||

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ਜਲ ਤੇ ਊਠਹਿ ਅਨਿਕ ਤਰੰਗਾ ॥

jal te aoottheh anik tarangaa |

Countless waves rise up from the water.

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ਕਨਿਕ ਭੂਖਨ ਕੀਨੇ ਬਹੁ ਰੰਗਾ ॥

kanik bhookhan keene bahu rangaa |

Jewels and ornaments of many different forms are fashioned from gold.

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ਬੀਜੁ ਬੀਜਿ ਦੇਖਿਓ ਬਹੁ ਪਰਕਾਰਾ ॥

beej beej dekhio bahu parakaaraa |

I have seen seeds of all kinds being planted

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ਫਲ ਪਾਕੇ ਤੇ ਏਕੰਕਾਰਾ ॥੨॥

fal paake te ekankaaraa |2|

- when the fruit ripens, the seeds appear in the same form as the original. ||2||

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ਸਹਸ ਘਟਾ ਮਹਿ ਏਕੁ ਆਕਾਸੁ ॥

sehas ghattaa meh ek aakaas |

The one sky is reflected in thousands of water jugs,

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ਘਟ ਫੂਟੇ ਤੇ ਓਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸੁ ॥

ghatt footte te ohee pragaas |

but when the jugs are broken, only the sky remains.

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ਭਰਮ ਲੋਭ ਮੋਹ ਮਾਇਆ ਵਿਕਾਰ ॥

bharam lobh moh maaeaa vikaar |

Doubt comes from greed, emotional attachment and the corruption of Maya.

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ਭ੍ਰਮ ਛੂਟੇ ਤੇ ਏਕੰਕਾਰ ॥੩॥

bhram chhootte te ekankaar |3|

Freed from doubt, one realizes the One Lord alone. ||3||

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ਓਹੁ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਬਿਨਸਤ ਨਾਹੀ ॥

ohu abinaasee binasat naahee |

He is imperishable; He will never pass away.

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ਨਾ ਕੋ ਆਵੈ ਨਾ ਕੋ ਜਾਹੀ ॥

naa ko aavai naa ko jaahee |

He does not come, and He does not go.

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ਗੁਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਲੁ ਧੋਈ ॥

gur poorai haumai mal dhoee |

The Perfect Guru has washed away the filth of ego.

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ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਮੇਰੀ ਪਰਮ ਗਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥੪॥੧॥

kahu naanak meree param gat hoee |4|1|

Says Nanak, I have obtained the supreme status. ||4||1||

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ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

soohee mahalaa 5 |

Soohee, Fifth Mehl:

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ਕੀਤਾ ਲੋੜਹਿ ਸੋ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਹੋਇ ॥

keetaa lorreh so prabh hoe |

Whatever God wills, that alone happens.

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ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥

tujh bin doojaa naahee koe |

Without You, there is no other at all.

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ਜੋ ਜਨੁ ਸੇਵੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਪੂਰਨ ਕਾਜ ॥

jo jan seve tis pooran kaaj |

The humble being serves Him, and so all his works are perfectly successful.

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ਦਾਸ ਅਪੁਨੇ ਕੀ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਲਾਜ ॥੧॥

daas apune kee raakhahu laaj |1|

O Lord, please preserve the honor of Your slaves. ||1||

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ਤੇਰੀ ਸਰਣਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਦਇਆਲਾ ॥

teree saran pooran deaalaa |

I seek Your Sanctuary, O Perfect, Merciful Lord.

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ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਵਨੁ ਕਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਪਾਲਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

tujh bin kavan kare pratipaalaa |1| rahaau |

Without You, who would cherish and love me? ||1||Pause||

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ਜਲਿ ਥਲਿ ਮਹੀਅਲਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਭਰਪੂਰਿ ॥

jal thal maheeal rahiaa bharapoor |

He is permeating and pervading the water, the land and the sky.

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ਨਿਕਟਿ ਵਸੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਦੂਰਿ ॥

nikatt vasai naahee prabh door |

God dwells near at hand; He is not far away.

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ਲੋਕ ਪਤੀਆਰੈ ਕਛੂ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ॥

lok pateeaarai kachhoo na paaeeai |

By trying to please other people, nothing is accomplished.

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ਸਾਚਿ ਲਗੈ ਤਾ ਹਉਮੈ ਜਾਈਐ ॥੨॥

saach lagai taa haumai jaaeeai |2|

When someone is attached to the True Lord, his ego is taken away. ||2||

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