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Ang 857 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngBhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Bilaaval
Read the full shabad →ਆਸਨੁ ਪਵਨ ਦੂਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਬਵਰੇ ॥
aasan pavan door kar bavare |
Abandon your Yogic postures and breath control exercises, O madman.
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ਛੋਡਿ ਕਪਟੁ ਨਿਤ ਹਰਿ ਭਜੁ ਬਵਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
chhodd kapatt nit har bhaj bavare |1| rahaau |
Renounce fraud and deception, and meditate continuously on the Lord, O madman. ||1||Pause||
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ਜਿਹ ਤੂ ਜਾਚਹਿ ਸੋ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਨ ਭੋਗੀ ॥
jih too jaacheh so tribhavan bhogee |
That which you beg for, has been enjoyed in the three worlds.
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ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਕੇਸੌ ਜਗਿ ਜੋਗੀ ॥੨॥੮॥
keh kabeer kesau jag jogee |2|8|
Says Kabeer, the Lord is the only Yogi in the world. ||2||8||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Bilaaval
Read the full shabad →ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ ॥
bilaaval |
Bilaaval:
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ਇਨਿੑ ਮਾਇਆ ਜਗਦੀਸ ਗੁਸਾਈ ਤੁਮੑਰੇ ਚਰਨ ਬਿਸਾਰੇ ॥
eina maaeaa jagadees gusaaee tumare charan bisaare |
This Maya has made me forget Your feet, O Lord of the World, Master of the Universe.
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ਕਿੰਚਤ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਨ ਉਪਜੈ ਜਨ ਕਉ ਜਨ ਕਹਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਬੇਚਾਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
kinchat preet na upajai jan kau jan kahaa kareh bechaare |1| rahaau |
Not even a bit of love wells up in Your humble servant; what can Your poor servant do? ||1||Pause||
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ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਤਨੁ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਧਨੁ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਇਹ ਮਾਇਆ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਮਤਿ ਬੁਧਿ ਫੰਨੀ ॥
dhrig tan dhrig dhan dhrig ih maaeaa dhrig dhrig mat budh fanee |
Cursed is the body, cursed is the wealth, and cursed is this Maya; cursed, cursed is the clever intellect and understanding.
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ਇਸ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਉ ਦ੍ਰਿੜੁ ਕਰਿ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਬਾਂਧੇ ਆਪ ਬਚੰਨੀ ॥੧॥
eis maaeaa kau drirr kar raakhahu baandhe aap bachanee |1|
Restrain and hold back this Maya; overcome it, through the Word of the Guru's Teachings. ||1||
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ਕਿਆ ਖੇਤੀ ਕਿਆ ਲੇਵਾ ਦੇਈ ਪਰਪੰਚ ਝੂਠੁ ਗੁਮਾਨਾ ॥
kiaa khetee kiaa levaa deee parapanch jhootth gumaanaa |
What good is farming, and what good is trading? Worldly entanglements and pride are false.
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ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਤੇ ਅੰਤਿ ਬਿਗੂਤੇ ਆਇਆ ਕਾਲੁ ਨਿਦਾਨਾ ॥੨॥੯॥
keh kabeer te ant bigoote aaeaa kaal nidaanaa |2|9|
Says Kabeer, in the end, they are ruined; ultimately, Death will come for them. ||2||9||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Bilaaval
Read the full shabad →ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ ॥
bilaaval |
Bilaaval:
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ਸਰੀਰ ਸਰੋਵਰ ਭੀਤਰੇ ਆਛੈ ਕਮਲ ਅਨੂਪ ॥
sareer sarovar bheetare aachhai kamal anoop |
Within the pool of the body, there is an incomparably beautiful lotus flower.
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ਪਰਮ ਜੋਤਿ ਪੁਰਖੋਤਮੋ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਰੇਖ ਨ ਰੂਪ ॥੧॥
param jot purakhotamo jaa kai rekh na roop |1|
Within it, is the Supreme Light, the Supreme Soul, who has no feature or form. ||1||
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ਰੇ ਮਨ ਹਰਿ ਭਜੁ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਤਜਹੁ ਜਗਜੀਵਨ ਰਾਮ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
re man har bhaj bhram tajahu jagajeevan raam |1| rahaau |
O my mind, vibrate, meditate on the Lord, and forsake your doubt. The Lord is the Life of the World. ||1||Pause||
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ਆਵਤ ਕਛੂ ਨ ਦੀਸਈ ਨਹ ਦੀਸੈ ਜਾਤ ॥
aavat kachhoo na deesee neh deesai jaat |
Nothing is seen coming into the world, and nothing is seen leaving it.
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ਜਹ ਉਪਜੈ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਤਹੀ ਜੈਸੇ ਪੁਰਿਵਨ ਪਾਤ ॥੨॥
jeh upajai binasai tahee jaise purivan paat |2|
Where the body is born, there it dies, like the leaves of the water-lily. ||2||
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ਮਿਥਿਆ ਕਰਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਤਜੀ ਸੁਖ ਸਹਜ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥
mithiaa kar maaeaa tajee sukh sehaj beechaar |
Maya is false and transitory; forsaking it, one obtains peaceful, celestial contemplation.
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ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਹੁ ਮਨ ਮੰਝਿ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥੩॥੧੦॥
keh kabeer sevaa karahu man manjh muraar |3|10|
Says Kabeer, serve Him within your mind; He is the Enemy of ego, the Destroyer of demons. ||3||10||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Bilaaval
Read the full shabad →ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ ॥
bilaaval |
Bilaaval:
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ਜਨਮ ਮਰਨ ਕਾ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਗਇਆ ਗੋਬਿਦ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਗੀ ॥
janam maran kaa bhram geaa gobid liv laagee |
The illusion of birth and death is gone; I lovingly focus on the Lord of the Universe.
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ਜੀਵਤ ਸੁੰਨਿ ਸਮਾਨਿਆ ਗੁਰ ਸਾਖੀ ਜਾਗੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jeevat sun samaaniaa gur saakhee jaagee |1| rahaau |
In my life, I am absorbed in deep silent meditation; the Guru's Teachings have awakened me. ||1||Pause||
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ਕਾਸੀ ਤੇ ਧੁਨਿ ਊਪਜੈ ਧੁਨਿ ਕਾਸੀ ਜਾਈ ॥
kaasee te dhun aoopajai dhun kaasee jaaee |
The sound made from bronze, that sound goes into the bronze again.
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ਕਾਸੀ ਫੂਟੀ ਪੰਡਿਤਾ ਧੁਨਿ ਕਹਾਂ ਸਮਾਈ ॥੧॥
kaasee foottee pandditaa dhun kahaan samaaee |1|
But when the bronze is broken, O Pandit, O religious scholar, where does the sound go then? ||1||
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ਤ੍ਰਿਕੁਟੀ ਸੰਧਿ ਮੈ ਪੇਖਿਆ ਘਟ ਹੂ ਘਟ ਜਾਗੀ ॥
trikuttee sandh mai pekhiaa ghatt hoo ghatt jaagee |
I gaze upon the world, the confluence of the three qualities; God is awake and aware in each and every heart.
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ਐਸੀ ਬੁਧਿ ਸਮਾਚਰੀ ਘਟ ਮਾਹਿ ਤਿਆਗੀ ॥੨॥
aisee budh samaacharee ghatt maeh tiaagee |2|
Such is the understanding revealed to me; within my heart, I have become a detached renunciate. ||2||
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ਆਪੁ ਆਪ ਤੇ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਤੇਜ ਤੇਜੁ ਸਮਾਨਾ ॥
aap aap te jaaniaa tej tej samaanaa |
I have come to know my own self, and my light has merged in the Light.
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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਅਬ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਗੋਬਿਦ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਾ ॥੩॥੧੧॥
kahu kabeer ab jaaniaa gobid man maanaa |3|11|
Says Kabeer, now I know the Lord of the Universe, and my mind is satisfied. ||3||11||
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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Bilaaval
Read the full shabad →ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ ॥
bilaaval |
Bilaaval:
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ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਰਿਦੈ ਬਸਹਿ ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਕਿਉ ਡੋਲੈ ਦੇਵ ॥
charan kamal jaa kai ridai baseh so jan kiau ddolai dev |
When Your Lotus Feet dwell within one's heart, why should that person waver, O Divine Lord?
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ਮਾਨੌ ਸਭ ਸੁਖ ਨਉ ਨਿਧਿ ਤਾ ਕੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਜਸੁ ਬੋਲੈ ਦੇਵ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
maanau sabh sukh nau nidh taa kai sehaj sehaj jas bolai dev | rahaau |
I know that all comforts, and the nine treasures, come to one who intuitively, naturally, chants the Praise of the Divine Lord. ||Pause||
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ਤਬ ਇਹ ਮਤਿ ਜਉ ਸਭ ਮਹਿ ਪੇਖੈ ਕੁਟਿਲ ਗਾਂਠਿ ਜਬ ਖੋਲੈ ਦੇਵ ॥
tab ih mat jau sabh meh pekhai kuttil gaantth jab kholai dev |
Such wisdom comes, only when one sees the Lord in all, and unties the knot of hypocrisy.
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ਬਾਰੰ ਬਾਰ ਮਾਇਆ ਤੇ ਅਟਕੈ ਲੈ ਨਰਜਾ ਮਨੁ ਤੋਲੈ ਦੇਵ ॥੧॥
baaran baar maaeaa te attakai lai narajaa man tolai dev |1|
Time and time again, he must hold himself back from Maya; let him take the scale of the Lord, and weigh his mind. ||1||
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ਜਹ ਉਹੁ ਜਾਇ ਤਹੀ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਤਾਸੁ ਨ ਝੋਲੈ ਦੇਵ ॥
jeh uhu jaae tahee sukh paavai maaeaa taas na jholai dev |
Then wherever he goes, he will find peace, and Maya will not shake him.
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ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ਰਾਮ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਕੀਓ ਲੈ ਦੇਵ ॥੨॥੧੨॥
keh kabeer meraa man maaniaa raam preet keeo lai dev |2|12|
Says Kabeer, my mind believes in the Lord; I am absorbed in the Love of the Divine Lord. ||2||12||
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Bhagat Namdev Ji · Raag Bilaaval
Read the full shabad →ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ ਬਾਣੀ ਭਗਤ ਨਾਮਦੇਵ ਜੀ ਕੀ ॥
bilaaval baanee bhagat naamadev jee kee |
Bilaaval, The Word Of Devotee Naam Dayv Jee:
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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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ਸਫਲ ਜਨਮੁ ਮੋ ਕਉ ਗੁਰ ਕੀਨਾ ॥
safal janam mo kau gur keenaa |
The Guru has made my life fruitful.
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