Ang 751 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੯ ॥

soohee mahalaa 1 ghar 9 |

Soohee, First Mehl, Ninth 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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ਕਚਾ ਰੰਗੁ ਕਸੁੰਭ ਕਾ ਥੋੜੜਿਆ ਦਿਨ ਚਾਰਿ ਜੀਉ ॥

kachaa rang kasunbh kaa thorrarriaa din chaar jeeo |

The color of safflower is transitory; it lasts for only a few days.

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ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਭੁਲੀਆ ਠਗਿ ਮੁਠੀ ਕੂੜਿਆਰਿ ਜੀਉ ॥

vin naavai bhram bhuleea tthag mutthee koorriaar jeeo |

Without the Name, the false woman is deluded by doubt and plundered by thieves.

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ਸਚੇ ਸੇਤੀ ਰਤਿਆ ਜਨਮੁ ਨ ਦੂਜੀ ਵਾਰ ਜੀਉ ॥੧॥

sache setee ratiaa janam na doojee vaar jeeo |1|

But those who are attuned to the True Lord, are not reincarnated again. ||1||

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ਰੰਗੇ ਕਾ ਕਿਆ ਰੰਗੀਐ ਜੋ ਰਤੇ ਰੰਗੁ ਲਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥

range kaa kiaa rangeeai jo rate rang laae jeeo |

How can one who is already dyed in the color of the Lord's Love, be colored any other color?

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ਰੰਗਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਸੇਵੀਐ ਸਚੇ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

rangan vaalaa seveeai sache siau chit laae jeeo |1| rahaau |

So serve God the Dyer, and focus your consciousness on the True Lord. ||1||Pause||

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ਚਾਰੇ ਕੁੰਡਾ ਜੇ ਭਵਹਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਾਗਾ ਧਨੁ ਨਾਹਿ ਜੀਉ ॥

chaare kunddaa je bhaveh bin bhaagaa dhan naeh jeeo |

You wander around in the four directions, but without the good fortune of destiny, you shall never obtain wealth.

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ਅਵਗਣਿ ਮੁਠੀ ਜੇ ਫਿਰਹਿ ਬਧਿਕ ਥਾਇ ਨ ਪਾਹਿ ਜੀਉ ॥

avagan mutthee je fireh badhik thaae na paeh jeeo |

If you are plundered by corruption and vice, you shall wander around, but like a fugitive, you shall find no place of rest.

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ਗੁਰਿ ਰਾਖੇ ਸੇ ਉਬਰੇ ਸਬਦਿ ਰਤੇ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ਜੀਉ ॥੨॥

gur raakhe se ubare sabad rate man maeh jeeo |2|

Only those who are protected by the Guru are saved; their minds are attuned to the Word of the Shabad. ||2||

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ਚਿਟੇ ਜਿਨ ਕੇ ਕਪੜੇ ਮੈਲੇ ਚਿਤ ਕਠੋਰ ਜੀਉ ॥

chitte jin ke kaparre maile chit katthor jeeo |

Those who wear white clothes, but have filthy and stone-hearted minds,

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ਤਿਨ ਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਊਪਜੈ ਦੂਜੈ ਵਿਆਪੇ ਚੋਰ ਜੀਉ ॥

tin mukh naam na aoopajai doojai viaape chor jeeo |

may chant the Lord's Name with their mouths, but they are engrossed in duality; they are thieves.

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ਮੂਲੁ ਨ ਬੂਝਹਿ ਆਪਣਾ ਸੇ ਪਸੂਆ ਸੇ ਢੋਰ ਜੀਉ ॥੩॥

mool na boojheh aapanaa se pasooaa se dtor jeeo |3|

They do not understand their own roots; they are beasts. They are just animals! ||3||

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ਨਿਤ ਨਿਤ ਖੁਸੀਆ ਮਨੁ ਕਰੇ ਨਿਤ ਨਿਤ ਮੰਗੈ ਸੁਖ ਜੀਉ ॥

nit nit khuseea man kare nit nit mangai sukh jeeo |

Constantly, continually, the mortal seeks pleasures. Constantly, continually, he begs for peace.

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ਕਰਤਾ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਲਗਹਿ ਦੁਖ ਜੀਉ ॥

karataa chit na aavee fir fir lageh dukh jeeo |

But he does not think of the Creator Lord, and so he is overtaken by pain, again and again.

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ਸੁਖ ਦੁਖ ਦਾਤਾ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਤਿਤੁ ਤਨਿ ਕੈਸੀ ਭੁਖ ਜੀਉ ॥੪॥

sukh dukh daataa man vasai tith tan kaisee bhukh jeeo |4|

But one, within whose mind the Giver of pleasure and pain dwells - how can his body feel any need? ||4||

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ਬਾਕੀ ਵਾਲਾ ਤਲਬੀਐ ਸਿਰਿ ਮਾਰੇ ਜੰਦਾਰੁ ਜੀਉ ॥

baakee vaalaa talabeeai sir maare jandaar jeeo |

One who has a karmic debt to pay off is summoned, and the Messenger of Death smashes his head.

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ਲੇਖਾ ਮੰਗੈ ਦੇਵਣਾ ਪੁਛੈ ਕਰਿ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ਜੀਉ ॥

lekhaa mangai devanaa puchhai kar beechaar jeeo |

When his account is called for, it has to be given. After it is reviewed, payment is demanded.

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ਸਚੇ ਕੀ ਲਿਵ ਉਬਰੈ ਬਖਸੇ ਬਖਸਣਹਾਰੁ ਜੀਉ ॥੫॥

sache kee liv ubarai bakhase bakhasanahaar jeeo |5|

Only love for the True One will save you; the Forgiver forgives. ||5||

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ਅਨ ਕੋ ਕੀਜੈ ਮਿਤੜਾ ਖਾਕੁ ਰਲੈ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥

an ko keejai mitarraa khaak ralai mar jaae jeeo |

If you make any friend other than God, you shall die and mingle with the dust.

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ਬਹੁ ਰੰਗ ਦੇਖਿ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ਭੁਲਿ ਭੁਲਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥

bahu rang dekh bhulaaeaa bhul bhul aavai jaae jeeo |

Gazing upon the many games of love, you are beguiled and bewildered; you come and go in reincarnation.

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ਨਦਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਤੇ ਛੁਟੀਐ ਨਦਰੀ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥੬॥

nadar prabhoo te chhutteeai nadaree mel milaae jeeo |6|

Only by God's Grace can you be saved. By His Grace, He unites in His Union. ||6||

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ਗਾਫਲ ਗਿਆਨ ਵਿਹੂਣਿਆ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਨ ਭਾਲਿ ਜੀਉ ॥

gaafal giaan vihooniaa gur bin giaan na bhaal jeeo |

O careless one, you are totally lacking any wisdom; do not seek wisdom without the Guru.

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ਖਿੰਚੋਤਾਣਿ ਵਿਗੁਚੀਐ ਬੁਰਾ ਭਲਾ ਦੁਇ ਨਾਲਿ ਜੀਉ ॥

khinchotaan vigucheeai buraa bhalaa due naal jeeo |

By indecision and inner conflict, you shall come to ruin. Good and bad both pull at you.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਭੈ ਰਤਿਆ ਸਭ ਜੋਹੀ ਜਮਕਾਲਿ ਜੀਉ ॥੭॥

bin sabadai bhai ratiaa sabh johee jamakaal jeeo |7|

Without being attuned to the Word of the Shabad and the Fear of God, all come under the gaze of the Messenger of Death. ||7||

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ਜਿਨਿ ਕਰਿ ਕਾਰਣੁ ਧਾਰਿਆ ਸਭਸੈ ਦੇਇ ਆਧਾਰੁ ਜੀਉ ॥

jin kar kaaran dhaariaa sabhasai dee aadhaar jeeo |

He who created the creation and sustains it, gives sustenance to all.

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ਸੋ ਕਿਉ ਮਨਹੁ ਵਿਸਾਰੀਐ ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਦਾਤਾਰੁ ਜੀਉ ॥

so kiau manahu visaareeai sadaa sadaa daataar jeeo |

How can you forget Him from your mind? He is the Great Giver, forever and ever.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਵੀਸਰੈ ਨਿਧਾਰਾ ਆਧਾਰੁ ਜੀਉ ॥੮॥੧॥੨॥

naanak naam na veesarai nidhaaraa aadhaar jeeo |8|1|2|

Nanak shall never forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the Support of the unsupported. ||8||1||2||

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ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਕਾਫੀ ਘਰੁ ੧੦ ॥

soohee mahalaa 1 kaafee ghar 10 |

Soohee, First Mehl, Kaafee, Tenth 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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ਮਾਣਸ ਜਨਮੁ ਦੁਲੰਭੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

maanas janam dulanbh guramukh paaeaa |

For if you depart with virtue, then pain shall never afflict you. ||5||

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ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਹੋਇ ਚੁਲੰਭੁ ਜੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭਾਇਆ ॥੧॥

man tan hoe chulanbh je satigur bhaaeaa |1|

The mind and body are dyed in the deep red color of devotional love, if it pleases the True Guru. ||1||

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ਚਲੈ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਵਾਰਿ ਵਖਰੁ ਸਚੁ ਲੈ ॥

chalai janam savaar vakhar sach lai |

He departs with his life embellished and successful, taking the merchandise of the True Name.

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ਪਤਿ ਪਾਏ ਦਰਬਾਰਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਭੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

pat paae darabaar satigur sabad bhai |1| rahaau |

He is honored in the Darbaar, the Royal Court, of the Lord, through the Shabad, the Word of the True Guru, and the Fear of God. ||1||Pause||

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ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਸਚੁ ਸਲਾਹਿ ਸਾਚੇ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਇਆ ॥

man tan sach salaeh saache man bhaaeaa |

One who praises the True Lord with his mind and body, pleases the Mind of the True Lord.

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