Ang 756 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਸਚਾ ਸਾਹੁ ਸਚੇ ਵਣਜਾਰੇ ਓਥੈ ਕੂੜੇ ਨਾ ਟਿਕੰਨਿ ॥

sachaa saahu sache vanajaare othai koorre naa ttikan |

True is the Banker, and True are His traders. The false ones cannot remain there.

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ਓਨਾ ਸਚੁ ਨ ਭਾਵਈ ਦੁਖ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ਪਚੰਨਿ ॥੧੮॥

onaa sach na bhaavee dukh hee maeh pachan |18|

They do not love the Truth - they are consumed by their pain. ||18||

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ਹਉਮੈ ਮੈਲਾ ਜਗੁ ਫਿਰੈ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮੈ ਵਾਰੋ ਵਾਰ ॥

haumai mailaa jag firai mar jamai vaaro vaar |

The world wanders around in the filth of egotism; it dies, and is re-born, over and again.

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ਪਇਐ ਕਿਰਤਿ ਕਮਾਵਣਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਮੇਟਣਹਾਰ ॥੧੯॥

peiai kirat kamaavanaa koe na mettanahaar |19|

He acts in accordance with the karma of his past actions, which no one can erase. ||19||

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ਸੰਤਾ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਰਹੈ ਤਾ ਸਚਿ ਲਗੈ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥

santaa sangat mil rahai taa sach lagai piaar |

But if he joins the Society of the Saints, then he comes to embrace love for the Truth.

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ਸਚੁ ਸਲਾਹੀ ਸਚੁ ਮਨਿ ਦਰਿ ਸਚੈ ਸਚਿਆਰੁ ॥੨੦॥

sach salaahee sach man dar sachai sachiaar |20|

Praising the True Lord with a truthful mind, he becomes true in the Court of the True Lord. ||20||

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ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੇ ਪੂਰੀ ਮਤਿ ਹੈ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ॥

gur poore pooree mat hai ahinis naam dhiaae |

The Teachings of the Perfect Guru are perfect; meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, day and night.

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ਹਉਮੈ ਮੇਰਾ ਵਡ ਰੋਗੁ ਹੈ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਠਾਕਿ ਰਹਾਇ ॥੨੧॥

haumai meraa vadd rog hai vichahu tthaak rahaae |21|

Egotism and self-conceit are terrible diseases; tranquility and stillness come from within. ||21||

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ਗੁਰੁ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ਆਪਣਾ ਨਿਵਿ ਨਿਵਿ ਲਾਗਾ ਪਾਇ ॥

gur saalaahee aapanaa niv niv laagaa paae |

I praise my Guru; bowing down to Him again and again, I fall at His Feet.

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ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਸਉਪੀ ਆਗੈ ਧਰੀ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇ ॥੨੨॥

tan man saupee aagai dharee vichahu aap gavaae |22|

I place my body and mind in offering unto Him, eradicating self-conceit from within. ||22||

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ਖਿੰਚੋਤਾਣਿ ਵਿਗੁਚੀਐ ਏਕਸੁ ਸਿਉ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥

khinchotaan vigucheeai ekas siau liv laae |

Indecision leads to ruin; focus your attention on the One Lord.

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ਹਉਮੈ ਮੇਰਾ ਛਡਿ ਤੂ ਤਾ ਸਚਿ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੨੩॥

haumai meraa chhadd too taa sach rahai samaae |23|

Renounce egotism and self-conceit, and remain merged in Truth. ||23||

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਨੋ ਮਿਲੇ ਸਿ ਭਾਇਰਾ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਲਗੰਨਿ ॥

satigur no mile si bhaaeiraa sachai sabad lagan |

Those who meet with the True Guru are my Siblings of Destiny; they are committed to the True Word of the Shabad.

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ਸਚਿ ਮਿਲੇ ਸੇ ਨ ਵਿਛੁੜਹਿ ਦਰਿ ਸਚੈ ਦਿਸੰਨਿ ॥੨੪॥

sach mile se na vichhurreh dar sachai disan |24|

Those who merge with the True Lord shall not be separated again; they are judged to be True in the Court of the Lord. ||24||

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ਸੇ ਭਾਈ ਸੇ ਸਜਣਾ ਜੋ ਸਚਾ ਸੇਵੰਨਿ ॥

se bhaaee se sajanaa jo sachaa sevan |

They are my Siblings of Destiny, and they are my friends, who serve the True Lord.

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ਅਵਗਣ ਵਿਕਣਿ ਪਲੑਰਨਿ ਗੁਣ ਕੀ ਸਾਝ ਕਰੰਨਿੑ ॥੨੫॥

avagan vikan palaran gun kee saajh karana |25|

They sell off their sins and demerits like straw, and enter into the partnership of virtue. ||25||

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ਗੁਣ ਕੀ ਸਾਝ ਸੁਖੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਸਚੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੇਨਿ ॥

gun kee saajh sukh aoopajai sachee bhagat karen |

In the partnership of virtue, peace wells up, and they perform true devotional worship service.

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ਸਚੁ ਵਣੰਜਹਿ ਗੁਰਸਬਦ ਸਿਉ ਲਾਹਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਲਏਨਿ ॥੨੬॥

sach vananjeh gurasabad siau laahaa naam len |26|

They deal in Truth, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and they earn the profit of the Naam. ||26||

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ਸੁਇਨਾ ਰੁਪਾ ਪਾਪ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਸੰਚੀਐ ਚਲੈ ਨ ਚਲਦਿਆ ਨਾਲਿ ॥

sueinaa rupaa paap kar kar sancheeai chalai na chaladiaa naal |

Gold and silver may be earned by committing sins, but they will not go with you when you die.

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ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਨਾਲਿ ਨ ਚਲਸੀ ਸਭ ਮੁਠੀ ਜਮਕਾਲਿ ॥੨੭॥

vin naavai naal na chalasee sabh mutthee jamakaal |27|

Nothing will go with you in the end, except the Name; all are plundered by the Messenger of Death. ||27||

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ਮਨ ਕਾ ਤੋਸਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਹੈ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਰਖਹੁ ਸਮੑਾਲਿ ॥

man kaa tosaa har naam hai hiradai rakhahu samaal |

The Lord's Name is the nourishment of the mind; cherish it, and preserve it carefully within your heart.

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ਏਹੁ ਖਰਚੁ ਅਖੁਟੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਬਹੈ ਨਾਲਿ ॥੨੮॥

ehu kharach akhutt hai guramukh nibahai naal |28|

This nourishment is inexhaustible; it is always with the Gurmukhs. ||28||

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ਏ ਮਨ ਮੂਲਹੁ ਭੁਲਿਆ ਜਾਸਹਿ ਪਤਿ ਗਵਾਇ ॥

e man moolahu bhuliaa jaaseh pat gavaae |

O mind, if you forget the Primal Lord, you shall depart, having lost your honor.

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ਇਹੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਮੋਹਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਵਿਆਪਿਆ ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਸਚੁ ਧਿਆਇ ॥੨੯॥

eihu jagat mohi doojai viaapiaa guramatee sach dhiaae |29|

This world is engrossed in the love of duality; follow the Guru's Teachings, and meditate on the True Lord. ||29||

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ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਨਾ ਪਵੈ ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਲਿਖਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

har kee keemat naa pavai har jas likhan na jaae |

The Lord's value cannot be estimated; the Lord's Praises cannot be written down.

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ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਰਪੈ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੩੦॥

gur kai sabad man tan rapai har siau rahai samaae |30|

When one's mind and body are attuned to the Word of the Guru's Shabad, one remains merged in the Lord. ||30||

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ਸੋ ਸਹੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਰੰਗੁਲਾ ਰੰਗੇ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥

so sahu meraa rangulaa range sehaj subhaae |

My Husband Lord is playful; He has imbued me with His Love, with natural ease.

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ਕਾਮਣਿ ਰੰਗੁ ਤਾ ਚੜੈ ਜਾ ਪਿਰ ਕੈ ਅੰਕਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੩੧॥

kaaman rang taa charrai jaa pir kai ank samaae |31|

The soul-bride is imbued with His Love, when her Husband Lord merges her into His Being. ||31||

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ਚਿਰੀ ਵਿਛੁੰਨੇ ਭੀ ਮਿਲਨਿ ਜੋ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੰਨਿ ॥

chiree vichhune bhee milan jo satigur sevan |

Even those who have been separated for so very long, are reunited with Him, when they serve the True Guru.

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ਅੰਤਰਿ ਨਵ ਨਿਧਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਹੈ ਖਾਨਿ ਖਰਚਨਿ ਨ ਨਿਖੁਟਈ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਸਹਜਿ ਰਵੰਨਿ ॥੩੨॥

antar nav nidh naam hai khaan kharachan na nikhuttee har gun sehaj ravan |32|

The nine treasures of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are deep within the nucleus of the self; consuming them, they are still never exhausted. Chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord, with natural ease. ||32||

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ਨਾ ਓਇ ਜਨਮਹਿ ਨਾ ਮਰਹਿ ਨਾ ਓਇ ਦੁਖ ਸਹੰਨਿ ॥

naa oe janameh naa mareh naa oe dukh sahan |

They are not born, and they do not die; they do not suffer in pain.

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ਗੁਰਿ ਰਾਖੇ ਸੇ ਉਬਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਕੇਲ ਕਰੰਨਿ ॥੩੩॥

gur raakhe se ubare har siau kel karan |33|

Those who are protected by the Guru are saved. They celebrate with the Lord. ||33||

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ਸਜਣ ਮਿਲੇ ਨ ਵਿਛੁੜਹਿ ਜਿ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਮਿਲੇ ਰਹੰਨਿ ॥

sajan mile na vichhurreh ji anadin mile rahan |

Those who are united with the Lord, the True Friend, are not separated again; night and day, they remain blended with Him.

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ਇਸੁ ਜਗ ਮਹਿ ਵਿਰਲੇ ਜਾਣੀਅਹਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਲਹੰਨਿ ॥੩੪॥੧॥੩॥

eis jag meh virale jaaneeeh naanak sach lahan |34|1|3|

In this world, only a rare few are known, O Nanak, to have obtained the True Lord. ||34||1||3||

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ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

soohee mahalaa 3 |

Soohee, Third Mehl:

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ਹਰਿ ਜੀ ਸੂਖਮੁ ਅਗਮੁ ਹੈ ਕਿਤੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥

har jee sookham agam hai kit bidh miliaa jaae |

The Dear Lord is subtle and inaccessible; how can we ever meet Him?

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ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਕਟੀਐ ਅਚਿੰਤੁ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥੧॥

gur kai sabad bhram katteeai achint vasai man aae |1|

Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, doubt is dispelled, and the Carefree Lord comes to abide in the mind. ||1||

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪੰਨਿ ॥

guramukh har har naam japan |

The Gurmukhs chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

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