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Ang 85 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Amardas Ji · Siree Raag

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ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਉਬਰੇ ਸਾਚਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਮਾਲਿ ॥੧॥

naanak guramukh ubare saachaa naam samaal |1|

O Nanak, the Gurmukhs are saved, by contemplating the True Name. ||1||

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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Siree Raag

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ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

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ਗਲਂੀ ਅਸੀ ਚੰਗੀਆ ਆਚਾਰੀ ਬੁਰੀਆਹ ॥

galanee asee changeea aachaaree bureeaah |

We are good at talking, but our actions are bad.

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ਮਨਹੁ ਕੁਸੁਧਾ ਕਾਲੀਆ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਚਿਟਵੀਆਹ ॥

manahu kusudhaa kaaleea baahar chittaveeaah |

Mentally, we are impure and black, but outwardly, we appear white.

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ਰੀਸਾ ਕਰਿਹ ਤਿਨਾੜੀਆ ਜੋ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਦਰੁ ਖੜੀਆਹ ॥

reesaa karih tinaarreea jo seveh dar kharreeaah |

We imitate those who stand and serve at the Lord's Door.

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ਨਾਲਿ ਖਸਮੈ ਰਤੀਆ ਮਾਣਹਿ ਸੁਖਿ ਰਲੀਆਹ ॥

naal khasamai rateea maaneh sukh raleeaah |

They are attuned to the Love of their Husband Lord, and they experience the pleasure of His Love.

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ਹੋਦੈ ਤਾਣਿ ਨਿਤਾਣੀਆ ਰਹਹਿ ਨਿਮਾਨਣੀਆਹ ॥

hodai taan nitaaneea raheh nimaananeeaah |

They remain powerless, even while they have power; they remain humble and meek.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਕਾਰਥਾ ਜੇ ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਮਿਲਾਹ ॥੨॥

naanak janam sakaarathaa je tin kai sang milaah |2|

O Nanak, our lives become profitable if we associate with them. ||2||

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Guru Ramdas Ji · Siree Raag

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਜਲੁ ਮੀਨਾ ਹੈ ਆਪੇ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਆਪਿ ਜਾਲੁ ॥

toon aape jal meenaa hai aape aape hee aap jaal |

You Yourself are the water, You Yourself are the fish, and You Yourself are the net.

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ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਲੁ ਵਤਾਇਦਾ ਆਪੇ ਵਿਚਿ ਸੇਬਾਲੁ ॥

toon aape jaal vataaeidaa aape vich sebaal |

You Yourself cast the net, and You Yourself are the bait.

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ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਕਮਲੁ ਅਲਿਪਤੁ ਹੈ ਸੈ ਹਥਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਗੁਲਾਲੁ ॥

toon aape kamal alipat hai sai hathaa vich gulaal |

You Yourself are the lotus, unaffected and still brightly-colored in hundreds of feet of water.

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ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਕਰਾਇਦਾ ਇਕ ਨਿਮਖ ਘੜੀ ਕਰਿ ਖਿਆਲੁ ॥

toon aape mukat karaaeidaa ik nimakh gharree kar khiaal |

You Yourself liberate those who think of You for even an instant.

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ਹਰਿ ਤੁਧਹੁ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਕਿਛੁ ਨਹੀ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਵੇਖਿ ਨਿਹਾਲੁ ॥੭॥

har tudhahu baahar kichh nahee gurasabadee vekh nihaal |7|

O Lord, nothing is beyond You. I am delighted to behold You, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||7||

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Guru Amardas Ji · Siree Raag

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ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

Salok, Third Mehl:

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ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਰੋਵੈ ॥

hukam na jaanai bahutaa rovai |

One who does not know the Hukam of the Lord's Command cries out in terrible pain.

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ਅੰਦਰਿ ਧੋਖਾ ਨੀਦ ਨ ਸੋਵੈ ॥

andar dhokhaa need na sovai |

She is filled with deception, and she cannot sleep in peace.

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ਜੇ ਧਨ ਖਸਮੈ ਚਲੈ ਰਜਾਈ ॥

je dhan khasamai chalai rajaaee |

But if the soul-bride follows the Will of her Lord and Master,

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ਦਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਮਹਲਿ ਬੁਲਾਈ ॥

dar ghar sobhaa mehal bulaaee |

She shall be honored in her own home, and called to the Mansion of His Presence.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਕਰਮੀ ਇਹ ਮਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥

naanak karamee ih mat paaee |

O Nanak, by His Mercy, this understanding is obtained.

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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਈ ॥੧॥

gur parasaadee sach samaaee |1|

By Guru's Grace, she is absorbed into the True One. ||1||

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ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mahalaa 3 |

Third Mehl:

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ਮਨਮੁਖ ਨਾਮ ਵਿਹੂਣਿਆ ਰੰਗੁ ਕਸੁੰਭਾ ਦੇਖਿ ਨ ਭੁਲੁ ॥

manamukh naam vihooniaa rang kasunbhaa dekh na bhul |

O self-willed manmukh, devoid of the Naam, do not be misled upon beholding the color of the safflower.

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ਇਸ ਕਾ ਰੰਗੁ ਦਿਨ ਥੋੜਿਆ ਛੋਛਾ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਮੁਲੁ ॥

eis kaa rang din thorriaa chhochhaa is daa mul |

Its color lasts for only a few days-it is worthless!

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ਦੂਜੈ ਲਗੇ ਪਚਿ ਮੁਏ ਮੂਰਖ ਅੰਧ ਗਵਾਰ ॥

doojai lage pach mue moorakh andh gavaar |

Attached to duality, the foolish, blind and stupid people waste away and die.

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ਬਿਸਟਾ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਕੀਟ ਸੇ ਪਇ ਪਚਹਿ ਵਾਰੋ ਵਾਰ ॥

bisattaa andar keett se pe pacheh vaaro vaar |

Like worms, they live in manure, and in it, they die over and over again.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਰਤੇ ਸੇ ਰੰਗੁਲੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥

naanak naam rate se rangule gur kai sehaj subhaae |

O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam are dyed in the color of truth; they take on the intuitive peace and poise of the Guru.

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ਭਗਤੀ ਰੰਗੁ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਸਹਜੇ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੨॥

bhagatee rang na utarai sahaje rahai samaae |2|

The color of devotional worship does not fade away; they remain intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||2||

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Guru Ramdas Ji · Siree Raag

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ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

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ਸਿਸਟਿ ਉਪਾਈ ਸਭ ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਰਿਜਕੁ ਸੰਬਾਹਿਆ ॥

sisatt upaaee sabh tudh aape rijak sanbaahiaa |

You created the entire universe, and You Yourself bring sustenance to it.

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ਇਕਿ ਵਲੁ ਛਲੁ ਕਰਿ ਕੈ ਖਾਵਦੇ ਮੁਹਹੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਕੁਸਤੁ ਤਿਨੀ ਢਾਹਿਆ ॥

eik val chhal kar kai khaavade muhahu koorr kusat tinee dtaahiaa |

Some eat and survive by practicing fraud and deceit; from their mouths they drop falsehood and lies.

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ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋ ਕਰਹਿ ਤੁਧੁ ਓਤੈ ਕੰਮਿ ਓਇ ਲਾਇਆ ॥

tudh aape bhaavai so kareh tudh otai kam oe laaeaa |

As it pleases You, You assign them their tasks.

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ਇਕਨਾ ਸਚੁ ਬੁਝਾਇਓਨੁ ਤਿਨਾ ਅਤੁਟ ਭੰਡਾਰ ਦੇਵਾਇਆ ॥

eikanaa sach bujhaaeon tinaa atutt bhanddaar devaaeaa |

Some understand Truthfulness; they are given the inexhaustible treasure.

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ਹਰਿ ਚੇਤਿ ਖਾਹਿ ਤਿਨਾ ਸਫਲੁ ਹੈ ਅਚੇਤਾ ਹਥ ਤਡਾਇਆ ॥੮॥

har chet khaeh tinaa safal hai achetaa hath taddaaeaa |8|

Those who eat by remembering the Lord are prosperous, while those who do not remember Him stretch out their hands in need. ||8||

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ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mahalaa 3 |

Salok, Third Mehl:

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ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਬੇਦ ਵਖਾਣਹਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ਸੁਆਇ ॥

parr parr panddit bed vakhaaneh maaeaa moh suaae |

The Pandits, the religious scholars, constantly read and recite the Vedas, for the sake of the love of Maya.

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ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਮਨ ਮੂਰਖ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਜਾਇ ॥

doojai bhaae har naam visaariaa man moorakh milai sajaae |

In the love of duality, the foolish people have forgotten the Lord's Name; they shall receive their punishment.

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ਜਿਨਿ ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਦਿਤਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਕਬਹੂੰ ਨ ਚੇਤੈ ਜੋ ਦੇਂਦਾ ਰਿਜਕੁ ਸੰਬਾਹਿ ॥

jin jeeo pindd ditaa tis kabahoon na chetai jo dendaa rijak sanbaeh |

They never think of the One who gave them body and soul, who provides sustenance to all.

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ਜਮ ਕਾ ਫਾਹਾ ਗਲਹੁ ਨ ਕਟੀਐ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥

jam kaa faahaa galahu na katteeai fir fir aavai jaae |

The noose of death shall not be cut away from their necks; they shall come and go in reincarnation over and over again.

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ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਕਿਛੂ ਨ ਸੂਝੈ ਅੰਧੁਲੇ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

manamukh kichhoo na soojhai andhule poorab likhiaa kamaae |

The blind, self-willed manmukhs do not understand anything. They do what they are pre-ordained to do.

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ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

poorai bhaag satigur milai sukhadaataa naam vasai man aae |

Through perfect destiny, they meet the True Guru, the Giver of peace, and the Naam comes to abide in the mind.

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ਸੁਖੁ ਮਾਣਹਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪੈਨਣਾ ਸੁਖੇ ਸੁਖਿ ਵਿਹਾਇ ॥

sukh maaneh sukh painanaa sukhe sukh vihaae |

They enjoy peace, they wear peace, and they pass their lives in the peace of peace.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋ ਨਾਉ ਮਨਹੁ ਨ ਵਿਸਾਰੀਐ ਜਿਤੁ ਦਰਿ ਸਚੈ ਸੋਭਾ ਪਾਇ ॥੧॥

naanak so naau manahu na visaareeai jit dar sachai sobhaa paae |1|

O Nanak, they do not forget the Naam from the mind; they are honored in the Court of the Lord. ||1||

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Guru Amardas Ji · Siree Raag

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ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mahalaa 3 |

Third Mehl:

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਗੁਣਤਾਸੁ ॥

satigur sev sukh paaeaa sach naam gunataas |

Serving the True Guru, peace is obtained. The True Name is the Treasure of Excellence.

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