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Ang 902 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji · Raag Raamkalee

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ਅਜਾਮਲ ਕਉ ਅੰਤ ਕਾਲ ਮਹਿ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ ਸੁਧਿ ਆਈ ॥

ajaamal kau ant kaal meh naaraaein sudh aaee |

At the very last moment, Ajaamal became aware of the Lord;

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ਜਾਂ ਗਤਿ ਕਉ ਜੋਗੀਸੁਰ ਬਾਛਤ ਸੋ ਗਤਿ ਛਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੨॥

jaan gat kau jogeesur baachhat so gat chhin meh paaee |2|

that state which even the supreme Yogis desire - he attained that state in an instant. ||2||

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ਨਾਹਿਨ ਗੁਨੁ ਨਾਹਿਨ ਕਛੁ ਬਿਦਿਆ ਧਰਮੁ ਕਉਨੁ ਗਜਿ ਕੀਨਾ ॥

naahin gun naahin kachh bidiaa dharam kaun gaj keenaa |

The elephant had no virtue and no knowledge; what religious rituals has he performed?

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ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਰਦੁ ਰਾਮ ਕਾ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਅਭੈ ਦਾਨੁ ਤਿਹ ਦੀਨਾ ॥੩॥੧॥

naanak birad raam kaa dekhahu abhai daan tih deenaa |3|1|

O Nanak, behold the way of the Lord, who bestowed the gift of fearlessness. ||3||1||

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Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji · Raag Raamkalee

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ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੯ ॥

raamakalee mahalaa 9 |

Raamkalee, Ninth Mehl:

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ਸਾਧੋ ਕਉਨ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਅਬ ਕੀਜੈ ॥

saadho kaun jugat ab keejai |

Holy people: what way should I now adopt,

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ਜਾ ਤੇ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਗਲ ਬਿਨਾਸੈ ਰਾਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਮਨੁ ਭੀਜੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jaa te duramat sagal binaasai raam bhagat man bheejai |1| rahaau |

by which all evil-mindedness may be dispelled, and the mind may vibrate in devotional worship to the Lord? ||1||Pause||

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ਮਨੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਹਿ ਉਰਝਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਹੈ ਬੂਝੈ ਨਹ ਕਛੁ ਗਿਆਨਾ ॥

man maaeaa meh urajh rahio hai boojhai neh kachh giaanaa |

My mind is entangled in Maya; it knows nothing at all of spiritual wisdom.

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ਕਉਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਗੁ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਸਿਮਰੈ ਪਾਵੈ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਨਾ ॥੧॥

kaun naam jag jaa kai simarai paavai pad nirabaanaa |1|

What is that Name, by which the world, contemplating it, might attain the state of Nirvaanaa? ||1||

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ਭਏ ਦਇਆਲ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲ ਸੰਤ ਜਨ ਤਬ ਇਹ ਬਾਤ ਬਤਾਈ ॥

bhe deaal kripaal sant jan tab ih baat bataaee |

When the Saints became kind and compassionate, they told me this.

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ਸਰਬ ਧਰਮ ਮਾਨੋ ਤਿਹ ਕੀਏ ਜਿਹ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਗਾਈ ॥੨॥

sarab dharam maano tih kee jih prabh keerat gaaee |2|

Understand, that whoever sings the Kirtan of God's Praises, has performed all religious rituals. ||2||

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ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਰੁ ਨਿਸਿ ਬਾਸੁਰ ਮਹਿ ਨਿਮਖ ਏਕ ਉਰਿ ਧਾਰੈ ॥

raam naam nar nis baasur meh nimakh ek ur dhaarai |

One who enshrines the Lord's Name in his heart night and day - even for an instant

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ਜਮ ਕੋ ਤ੍ਰਾਸੁ ਮਿਟੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਹ ਅਪੁਨੋ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਵਾਰੈ ॥੩॥੨॥

jam ko traas mittai naanak tih apuno janam savaarai |3|2|

- has his fear of Death eradicated. O Nanak, his life is approved and fulfilled. ||3||2||

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Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji · Raag Raamkalee

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ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੯ ॥

raamakalee mahalaa 9 |

Raamkalee, Ninth Mehl:

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ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ ਸੁਧਿ ਲੇਹਿ ॥

praanee naaraaein sudh lehi |

O mortal, focus your thoughts on the Lord.

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ਛਿਨੁ ਛਿਨੁ ਅਉਧ ਘਟੈ ਨਿਸਿ ਬਾਸੁਰ ਬ੍ਰਿਥਾ ਜਾਤੁ ਹੈ ਦੇਹ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

chhin chhin aaudh ghattai nis baasur brithaa jaat hai deh |1| rahaau |

Moment by moment, your life is running out; night and day, your body is passing away in vain. ||1||Pause||

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ਤਰਨਾਪੋ ਬਿਖਿਅਨ ਸਿਉ ਖੋਇਓ ਬਾਲਪਨੁ ਅਗਿਆਨਾ ॥

taranaapo bikhian siau khoeo baalapan agiaanaa |

You have wasted your youth in corrupt pleasures, and your childhood in ignorance.

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ਬਿਰਧਿ ਭਇਓ ਅਜਹੂ ਨਹੀ ਸਮਝੈ ਕਉਨ ਕੁਮਤਿ ਉਰਝਾਨਾ ॥੧॥

biradh bheo ajahoo nahee samajhai kaun kumat urajhaanaa |1|

You have grown old, and even now, you do not understand, the evil-mindedness in which you are entangled. ||1||

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ਮਾਨਸ ਜਨਮੁ ਦੀਓ ਜਿਹ ਠਾਕੁਰਿ ਸੋ ਤੈ ਕਿਉ ਬਿਸਰਾਇਓ ॥

maanas janam deeo jih tthaakur so tai kiau bisaraaeo |

Why have you forgotten your Lord and Master, who blessed you with this human life?

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ਮੁਕਤੁ ਹੋਤ ਨਰ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਸਿਮਰੈ ਨਿਮਖ ਨ ਤਾ ਕਉ ਗਾਇਓ ॥੨॥

mukat hot nar jaa kai simarai nimakh na taa kau gaaeo |2|

Remembering Him in meditation, one is liberated. And yet, you do not sing His Praises, even for an instant. ||2||

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ਮਾਇਆ ਕੋ ਮਦੁ ਕਹਾ ਕਰਤੁ ਹੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਨ ਕਾਹੂ ਜਾਈ ॥

maaeaa ko mad kahaa karat hai sang na kaahoo jaaee |

Why are you intoxicated with Maya? It will not go along with you.

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ਨਾਨਕੁ ਕਹਤੁ ਚੇਤਿ ਚਿੰਤਾਮਨਿ ਹੋਇ ਹੈ ਅੰਤਿ ਸਹਾਈ ॥੩॥੩॥੮੧॥

naanak kehat chet chintaaman hoe hai ant sahaaee |3|3|81|

Says Nanak, think of Him, remember Him in your mind. He is the Fulfiller of desires, who will be your help and support in the end. ||3||3||81||

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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Raamkalee

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ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ ॥

raamakalee mahalaa 1 asattapadeea |

Raamkalee, First Mehl, Ashtpadheeyaa:

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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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ਸੋਈ ਚੰਦੁ ਚੜਹਿ ਸੇ ਤਾਰੇ ਸੋਈ ਦਿਨੀਅਰੁ ਤਪਤ ਰਹੈ ॥

soee chand charreh se taare soee dineear tapat rahai |

The same moon rises, and the same stars; the same sun shines in the sky.

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ਸਾ ਧਰਤੀ ਸੋ ਪਉਣੁ ਝੁਲਾਰੇ ਜੁਗ ਜੀਅ ਖੇਲੇ ਥਾਵ ਕੈਸੇ ॥੧॥

saa dharatee so paun jhulaare jug jeea khele thaav kaise |1|

The earth is the same, and the same wind blows. The age in which we dwell affects living beings, but not these places. ||1||

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ਜੀਵਨ ਤਲਬ ਨਿਵਾਰਿ ॥

jeevan talab nivaar |

Give up your attachment to life.

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ਹੋਵੈ ਪਰਵਾਣਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਧਿਙਾਣਾ ਕਲਿ ਲਖਣ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

hovai paravaanaa kareh dhingaanaa kal lakhan veechaar |1| rahaau |

Those who act like tyrants are accepted and approved - recognize that this is the sign of the Dark Age of Kali Yuga. ||1||Pause||

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ਕਿਤੈ ਦੇਸਿ ਨ ਆਇਆ ਸੁਣੀਐ ਤੀਰਥ ਪਾਸਿ ਨ ਬੈਠਾ ॥

kitai des na aaeaa suneeai teerath paas na baitthaa |

Kali Yuga has not been heard to have come to any country, or to be sitting at any sacred shrine.

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ਦਾਤਾ ਦਾਨੁ ਕਰੇ ਤਹ ਨਾਹੀ ਮਹਲ ਉਸਾਰਿ ਨ ਬੈਠਾ ॥੨॥

daataa daan kare teh naahee mehal usaar na baitthaa |2|

It is not where the generous person gives to charities, nor seated in the mansion he has built. ||2||

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ਜੇ ਕੋ ਸਤੁ ਕਰੇ ਸੋ ਛੀਜੈ ਤਪ ਘਰਿ ਤਪੁ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥

je ko sat kare so chheejai tap ghar tap na hoee |

If someone practices Truth, he is frustrated; prosperity does not come to the home of the sincere.

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ਜੇ ਕੋ ਨਾਉ ਲਏ ਬਦਨਾਵੀ ਕਲਿ ਕੇ ਲਖਣ ਏਈ ॥੩॥

je ko naau le badanaavee kal ke lakhan eee |3|

If someone chants the Lord's Name, he is scorned. These are the signs of Kali Yuga. ||3||

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ਜਿਸੁ ਸਿਕਦਾਰੀ ਤਿਸਹਿ ਖੁਆਰੀ ਚਾਕਰ ਕੇਹੇ ਡਰਣਾ ॥

jis sikadaaree tiseh khuaaree chaakar kehe ddaranaa |

Whoever is in charge, is humiliated. Why should the servant be afraid,

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ਜਾ ਸਿਕਦਾਰੈ ਪਵੈ ਜੰਜੀਰੀ ਤਾ ਚਾਕਰ ਹਥਹੁ ਮਰਣਾ ॥੪॥

jaa sikadaarai pavai janjeeree taa chaakar hathahu maranaa |4|

when the master is put in chains? He dies at the hands of his servant. ||4||

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