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Ang 795 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Bilaaval

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ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar sat naam karataa purakh nirbhau niravair akaal moorat ajoonee saibhan gur prasaad |

One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:

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ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਚਉਪਦੇ ਘਰੁ ੧ ॥

raag bilaaval mahalaa 1 chaupade ghar 1 |

Raag Bilaaval, First Mehl, Chau-Padhay, First House:

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ਤੂ ਸੁਲਤਾਨੁ ਕਹਾ ਹਉ ਮੀਆ ਤੇਰੀ ਕਵਨ ਵਡਾਈ ॥

too sulataan kahaa hau meea teree kavan vaddaaee |

You are the Emperor, and I call You a chief - how does this add to Your greatness?

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ਜੋ ਤੂ ਦੇਹਿ ਸੁ ਕਹਾ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਮੈ ਮੂਰਖ ਕਹਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥੧॥

jo too dehi su kahaa suaamee mai moorakh kehan na jaaee |1|

As You permit me, I praise You, O Lord and Master; I am ignorant, and I cannot chant Your Praises. ||1||

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ਤੇਰੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਾ ਦੇਹਿ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥

tere gun gaavaa dehi bujhaaee |

Please bless me with such understanding, that I may sing Your Glorious Praises.

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ਜੈਸੇ ਸਚ ਮਹਿ ਰਹਉ ਰਜਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jaise sach meh rhau rajaaee |1| rahaau |

May I dwell in Truth, according to Your Will. ||1||Pause||

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ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਹੋਆ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਤੁਝ ਤੇ ਤੇਰੀ ਸਭ ਅਸਨਾਈ ॥

jo kichh hoaa sabh kichh tujh te teree sabh asanaaee |

Whatever has happened, has all come from You. You are All-knowing.

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ਤੇਰਾ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਾ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਮੈ ਅੰਧੁਲੇ ਕਿਆ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ॥੨॥

teraa ant na jaanaa mere saahib mai andhule kiaa chaturaaee |2|

Your limits cannot be known, O my Lord and Master; I am blind - what wisdom do I have? ||2||

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ਕਿਆ ਹਉ ਕਥੀ ਕਥੇ ਕਥਿ ਦੇਖਾ ਮੈ ਅਕਥੁ ਨ ਕਥਨਾ ਜਾਈ ॥

kiaa hau kathee kathe kath dekhaa mai akath na kathanaa jaaee |

What should I say? While talking, I talk of seeing, but I cannot describe the indescribable.

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ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋਈ ਆਖਾ ਤਿਲੁ ਤੇਰੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੩॥

jo tudh bhaavai soee aakhaa til teree vaddiaaee |3|

As it pleases Your Will, I speak; it is just the tiniest bit of Your greatness. ||3||

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ਏਤੇ ਕੂਕਰ ਹਉ ਬੇਗਾਨਾ ਭਉਕਾ ਇਸੁ ਤਨ ਤਾਈ ॥

ete kookar hau begaanaa bhaukaa is tan taaee |

Among so many dogs, I am an outcast; I bark for my body's belly.

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ਭਗਤਿ ਹੀਣੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜੇ ਹੋਇਗਾ ਤਾ ਖਸਮੈ ਨਾਉ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥੪॥੧॥

bhagat heen naanak je hoeigaa taa khasamai naau na jaaee |4|1|

Without devotional worship, O Nanak, even so, still, my Master's Name does not leave me. ||4||1||

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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Bilaaval

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ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

bilaaval mahalaa 1 |

Bilaawal, First Mehl:

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ਮਨੁ ਮੰਦਰੁ ਤਨੁ ਵੇਸ ਕਲੰਦਰੁ ਘਟ ਹੀ ਤੀਰਥਿ ਨਾਵਾ ॥

man mandar tan ves kalandar ghatt hee teerath naavaa |

My mind is the temple, and my body is the simple cloth of the humble seeker; deep within my heart, I bathe at the sacred shrine.

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ਏਕੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਮੇਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਾਨਿ ਬਸਤੁ ਹੈ ਬਾਹੁੜਿ ਜਨਮਿ ਨ ਆਵਾ ॥੧॥

ek sabad merai praan basat hai baahurr janam na aavaa |1|

The One Word of the Shabad abides within my mind; I shall not come to be born again. ||1||

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ਮਨੁ ਬੇਧਿਆ ਦਇਆਲ ਸੇਤੀ ਮੇਰੀ ਮਾਈ ॥

man bedhiaa deaal setee meree maaee |

My mind is pierced through by the Merciful Lord, O my mother!

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ਕਉਣੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਪੀਰ ਪਰਾਈ ॥

kaun jaanai peer paraaee |

Who can know the pain of another?

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ਹਮ ਨਾਹੀ ਚਿੰਤ ਪਰਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

ham naahee chint paraaee |1| rahaau |

I think of none other than the Lord. ||1||Pause||

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ਅਗਮ ਅਗੋਚਰ ਅਲਖ ਅਪਾਰਾ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਕਰਹੁ ਹਮਾਰੀ ॥

agam agochar alakh apaaraa chintaa karahu hamaaree |

O Lord, inaccessible, unfathomable, invisible and infinite: please, take care of me!

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ਜਲਿ ਥਲਿ ਮਹੀਅਲਿ ਭਰਿਪੁਰਿ ਲੀਣਾ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਤੁਮੑਾਰੀ ॥੨॥

jal thal maheeal bharipur leenaa ghatt ghatt jot tumaaree |2|

In the water, on the land and in sky, You are totally pervading. Your Light is in each and every heart. ||2||

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ਸਿਖ ਮਤਿ ਸਭ ਬੁਧਿ ਤੁਮੑਾਰੀ ਮੰਦਿਰ ਛਾਵਾ ਤੇਰੇ ॥

sikh mat sabh budh tumaaree mandir chhaavaa tere |

All teachings, instructions and understandings are Yours; the mansions and sanctuaries are Yours as well.

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ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਾ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਾਹਿਬਾ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਾ ਨਿਤ ਤੇਰੇ ॥੩॥

tujh bin avar na jaanaa mere saahibaa gun gaavaa nit tere |3|

Without You, I know no other, O my Lord and Master; I continually sing Your Glorious Praises. ||3||

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ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਸਭਿ ਸਰਣਿ ਤੁਮੑਾਰੀ ਸਰਬ ਚਿੰਤ ਤੁਧੁ ਪਾਸੇ ॥

jeea jant sabh saran tumaaree sarab chint tudh paase |

All beings and creatures seek the Protection of Your Sanctuary; all thought of their care rests with You.

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ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋਈ ਚੰਗਾ ਇਕ ਨਾਨਕ ਕੀ ਅਰਦਾਸੇ ॥੪॥੨॥

jo tudh bhaavai soee changaa ik naanak kee aradaase |4|2|

That which pleases Your Will is good; this alone is Nanak's prayer. ||4||2||

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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Bilaaval

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ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

bilaaval mahalaa 1 |

Bilaawal, First Mehl:

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ਆਪੇ ਸਬਦੁ ਆਪੇ ਨੀਸਾਨੁ ॥

aape sabad aape neesaan |

He Himself is the Word of the Shabad, and He Himself is the Insignia.

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ਆਪੇ ਸੁਰਤਾ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਨੁ ॥

aape surataa aape jaan |

He Himself is the Listener, and He Himself is the Knower.

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ਆਪੇ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ਤਾਣੁ ॥

aape kar kar vekhai taan |

He Himself created the creation, and He Himself beholds His almighty power.

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ਤੂ ਦਾਤਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥੧॥

too daataa naam paravaan |1|

You are the Great Giver; Your Name alone is approved. ||1||

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