Ang 906 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਤੀਰਥਿ ਭਰਮਸਿ ਬਿਆਧਿ ਨ ਜਾਵੈ ॥

teerath bharamas biaadh na jaavai |

and wandering around at places of pilgrimage, the disease is not taken away.

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ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਕੈਸੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੪॥

naam binaa kaise sukh paavai |4|

Without the Naam, how can one find peace? ||4||

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ਜਤਨ ਕਰੈ ਬਿੰਦੁ ਕਿਵੈ ਨ ਰਹਾਈ ॥

jatan karai bind kivai na rahaaee |

No matter how much he tries, he cannot control his semen and seed.

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ਮਨੂਆ ਡੋਲੈ ਨਰਕੇ ਪਾਈ ॥

manooaa ddolai narake paaee |

His mind wavers, and he falls into hell.

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ਜਮ ਪੁਰਿ ਬਾਧੋ ਲਹੈ ਸਜਾਈ ॥

jam pur baadho lahai sajaaee |

Bound and gagged in the City of Death, he is tortured.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਜੀਉ ਜਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਈ ॥੫॥

bin naavai jeeo jal bal jaaee |5|

Without the Name, his soul cries out in agony. ||5||

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ਸਿਧ ਸਾਧਿਕ ਕੇਤੇ ਮੁਨਿ ਦੇਵਾ ॥

sidh saadhik kete mun devaa |

The many Siddhas and seekers, silent sages and demi-gods

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ਹਠਿ ਨਿਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਨ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਾਵਹਿ ਭੇਵਾ ॥

hatth nigreh na tripataaveh bhevaa |

cannot satisfy themselves by practicing restraint through Hatha Yoga.

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ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ਗਹਹਿ ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ॥

sabad veechaar gaheh gur sevaa |

One who contemplates the Word of the Shabad, and serves the Guru

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ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਅਭਿਮਾਨ ਅਭੇਵਾ ॥੬॥

man tan niramal abhimaan abhevaa |6|

- his mind and body become immaculate, and his egotistical pride is obliterated. ||6||

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ਕਰਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਪਾਵੈ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਉ ॥

karam milai paavai sach naau |

Blessed with Your Grace, I obtain the True Name.

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ਤੁਮ ਸਰਣਾਗਤਿ ਰਹਉ ਸੁਭਾਉ ॥

tum saranaagat rhau subhaau |

I remain in Your Sanctuary, in loving devotion.

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ਤੁਮ ਤੇ ਉਪਜਿਓ ਭਗਤੀ ਭਾਉ ॥

tum te upajio bhagatee bhaau |

Love for Your devotional worship has welled up within me.

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ਜਪੁ ਜਾਪਉ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਉ ॥੭॥

jap jaapau guramukh har naau |7|

As Gurmukh, I chant and meditate on the Lord's Name. ||7||

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ਹਉਮੈ ਗਰਬੁ ਜਾਇ ਮਨ ਭੀਨੈ ॥

haumai garab jaae man bheenai |

When one is rid of egotism and pride, his mind is drenched in the Lord's Love.

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ਝੂਠਿ ਨ ਪਾਵਸਿ ਪਾਖੰਡਿ ਕੀਨੈ ॥

jhootth na paavas paakhandd keenai |

Practicing fraud and hypocrisy, he does not find God.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰਸਬਦ ਨਹੀ ਘਰੁ ਬਾਰੁ ॥

bin gurasabad nahee ghar baar |

Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he cannot find the Lord's Door.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਤਤੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥੮॥੬॥

naanak guramukh tat beechaar |8|6|

O Nanak, the Gurmukh contemplates the essence of reality. ||8||6||

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ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

raamakalee mahalaa 1 |

Raamkalee, First Mehl:

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ਜਿਉ ਆਇਆ ਤਿਉ ਜਾਵਹਿ ਬਉਰੇ ਜਿਉ ਜਨਮੇ ਤਿਉ ਮਰਣੁ ਭਇਆ ॥

jiau aaeaa tiau jaaveh baure jiau janame tiau maran bheaa |

As you come, so will you leave, you fool; as you were born, so will you die.

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ਜਿਉ ਰਸ ਭੋਗ ਕੀਏ ਤੇਤਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ਭਵਜਲਿ ਪਇਆ ॥੧॥

jiau ras bhog kee tetaa dukh laagai naam visaar bhavajal peaa |1|

As you enjoy pleasures, so will you suffer pain. Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, you will fall into the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||

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ਤਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਦੇਖਤ ਗਰਬਿ ਗਇਆ ॥

tan dhan dekhat garab geaa |

Gazing upon your body and wealth, you are so proud.

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ਕਨਿਕ ਕਾਮਨੀ ਸਿਉ ਹੇਤੁ ਵਧਾਇਹਿ ਕੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਹਿ ਭਰਮਿ ਗਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

kanik kaamanee siau het vadhaaeihi kee naam visaareh bharam geaa |1| rahaau |

Your love for gold and sexual pleasures increases; why have you forgotten the Naam, and why do you wander in doubt? ||1||Pause||

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ਜਤੁ ਸਤੁ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਸੀਲੁ ਨ ਰਾਖਿਆ ਪ੍ਰੇਤ ਪਿੰਜਰ ਮਹਿ ਕਾਸਟੁ ਭਇਆ ॥

jat sat sanjam seel na raakhiaa pret pinjar meh kaasatt bheaa |

You do not practice truth, abstinence, self-discipline or humility; the ghost within your skeleton has turned to dry wood.

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ਪੁੰਨੁ ਦਾਨੁ ਇਸਨਾਨੁ ਨ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਬਾਦਿ ਜਇਆ ॥੨॥

pun daan isanaan na sanjam saadhasangat bin baad jeaa |2|

You have not practiced charity, donations, cleansing baths or austerities. Without the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, your life has gone in vain. ||2||

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ਲਾਲਚਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਬਿਸਾਰਿਓ ਆਵਤ ਜਾਵਤ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਇਆ ॥

laalach laagai naam bisaario aavat jaavat janam geaa |

Attached to greed, you have forgotten the Naam. Coming and going, your life has been ruined.

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ਜਾ ਜਮੁ ਧਾਇ ਕੇਸ ਗਹਿ ਮਾਰੈ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਮੁਖਿ ਕਾਲ ਗਇਆ ॥੩॥

jaa jam dhaae kes geh maarai surat nahee mukh kaal geaa |3|

When the Messenger of Death grabs you by your hair, you will be punished. You are unconscious, and have fallen into Death's mouth. ||3||

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ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਤਾਤਿ ਪਰਾਈ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਸਰਬ ਦਇਆ ॥

ahinis nindaa taat paraaee hiradai naam na sarab deaa |

Day and night, you jealously slander others; in your heart, you have neither the Naam, nor compassion for all.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰਸਬਦ ਨ ਗਤਿ ਪਤਿ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਰਕਿ ਗਇਆ ॥੪॥

bin gurasabad na gat pat paaveh raam naam bin narak geaa |4|

Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, you will not find salvation or honor. Without the Lord's Name, you shall go to hell. ||4||

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ਖਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਵੇਸ ਕਰਹਿ ਨਟੂਆ ਜਿਉ ਮੋਹ ਪਾਪ ਮਹਿ ਗਲਤੁ ਗਇਆ ॥

khin meh ves kareh nattooaa jiau moh paap meh galat geaa |

In an instant, you change into various costumes, like a juggler; you are entangled in emotional attachment and sin.

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ਇਤ ਉਤ ਮਾਇਆ ਦੇਖਿ ਪਸਾਰੀ ਮੋਹ ਮਾਇਆ ਕੈ ਮਗਨੁ ਭਇਆ ॥੫॥

eit ut maaeaa dekh pasaaree moh maaeaa kai magan bheaa |5|

You gaze here and there upon the expanse of Maya; you are intoxicated with attachment to Maya. ||5||

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ਕਰਹਿ ਬਿਕਾਰ ਵਿਥਾਰ ਘਨੇਰੇ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸਬਦ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਰਮਿ ਪਇਆ ॥

kareh bikaar vithaar ghanere surat sabad bin bharam peaa |

You act in corruption, and put on ostentatious shows, but without awareness of the Shabad, you have fallen into confusion.

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ਹਉਮੈ ਰੋਗੁ ਮਹਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਗਾ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਲੇਵਹੁ ਰੋਗੁ ਗਇਆ ॥੬॥

haumai rog mahaa dukh laagaa guramat levahu rog geaa |6|

You suffer great pain from the disease of egotism. Following the Guru's Teachings, you shall be rid of this disease. ||6||

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ਸੁਖ ਸੰਪਤਿ ਕਉ ਆਵਤ ਦੇਖੈ ਸਾਕਤ ਮਨਿ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ਭਇਆ ॥

sukh sanpat kau aavat dekhai saakat man abhimaan bheaa |

Seeing peace and wealth come to him, the faithless cynic become proud in his mind.

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ਜਿਸ ਕਾ ਇਹੁ ਤਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਸੋ ਫਿਰਿ ਲੇਵੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਹਸਾ ਦੂਖੁ ਪਇਆ ॥੭॥

jis kaa ihu tan dhan so fir levai antar sahasaa dookh peaa |7|

But He who owns this body and wealth, takes them back again, and then the mortal feels anxiety and pain deep within. ||7||

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ਅੰਤਿ ਕਾਲਿ ਕਿਛੁ ਸਾਥਿ ਨ ਚਾਲੈ ਜੋ ਦੀਸੈ ਸਭੁ ਤਿਸਹਿ ਮਇਆ ॥

ant kaal kichh saath na chaalai jo deesai sabh tiseh meaa |

At the very last instant, nothing goes along with you; all is visible only by His Mercy.

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ਆਦਿ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਅਪਰੰਪਰੁ ਸੋ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਲੈ ਪਾਰਿ ਪਇਆ ॥੮॥

aad purakh aparanpar so prabh har naam ridai lai paar peaa |8|

God is our Primal and Infinite Lord; enshrining the Lord's Name in the heart, one crosses over. ||8||

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ਮੂਏ ਕਉ ਰੋਵਹਿ ਕਿਸਹਿ ਸੁਣਾਵਹਿ ਭੈ ਸਾਗਰ ਅਸਰਾਲਿ ਪਇਆ ॥

mooe kau roveh kiseh sunaaveh bhai saagar asaraal peaa |

You weep for the dead, but who hears you weeping? The dead have fallen to the serpent in the terrifying world-ocean.

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ਦੇਖਿ ਕੁਟੰਬੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਗ੍ਰਿਹ ਮੰਦਰੁ ਸਾਕਤੁ ਜੰਜਾਲਿ ਪਰਾਲਿ ਪਇਆ ॥੯॥

dekh kuttanb maaeaa grih mandar saakat janjaal paraal peaa |9|

Gazing upon his family, wealth, household and mansions, the faithless cynic is entangled in worthless worldly affairs. ||9||

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