Ang 940 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਕਿਤੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਆਸਾ ਮਨਸਾ ਖਾਈ ॥

kit bidh aasaa manasaa khaaee |

How have you subdued your hopes and desires?

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ਕਿਤੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਤਰਿ ਪਾਈ ॥

kit bidh jot nirantar paaee |

How have you found the Light deep within your nucleus?

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ਬਿਨੁ ਦੰਤਾ ਕਿਉ ਖਾਈਐ ਸਾਰੁ ॥

bin dantaa kiau khaaeeai saar |

Without teeth, how can you eat iron?

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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚਾ ਕਰਹੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥੧੯॥

naanak saachaa karahu beechaar |19|

Give us your true opinion, Nanak." ||19||

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਜਨਮੇ ਗਵਨੁ ਮਿਟਾਇਆ ॥

satigur kai janame gavan mittaaeaa |

Born into the House of the True Guru, my wandering in reincarnation ended.

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ਅਨਹਤਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਲਾਇਆ ॥

anahat raate ihu man laaeaa |

My mind is attached and attuned to the unstruck sound current.

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ਮਨਸਾ ਆਸਾ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਈ ॥

manasaa aasaa sabad jalaaee |

Through the Word of the Shabad, my hopes and desires have been burnt away.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਤਰਿ ਪਾਈ ॥

guramukh jot nirantar paaee |

As Gurmukh, I found the Light deep within the nucleus of my self.

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ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਮੇਟੇ ਖਾਈਐ ਸਾਰੁ ॥

trai gun mette khaaeeai saar |

Eradicating the three qualities, one eats iron.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਤਾਰੇ ਤਾਰਣਹਾਰੁ ॥੨੦॥

naanak taare taaranahaar |20|

O Nanak, the Emancipator emancipates. ||20||

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ਆਦਿ ਕਉ ਕਵਨੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ਕਥੀਅਲੇ ਸੁੰਨ ਕਹਾ ਘਰ ਵਾਸੋ ॥

aad kau kavan beechaar katheeale sun kahaa ghar vaaso |

"What can you tell us about the beginning? In what home did the absolute dwell then?

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ਗਿਆਨ ਕੀ ਮੁਦ੍ਰਾ ਕਵਨ ਕਥੀਅਲੇ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਕਵਨ ਨਿਵਾਸੋ ॥

giaan kee mudraa kavan katheeale ghatt ghatt kavan nivaaso |

What are the ear-rings of spiritual wisdom? Who dwells in each and every heart?

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ਕਾਲ ਕਾ ਠੀਗਾ ਕਿਉ ਜਲਾਈਅਲੇ ਕਿਉ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਘਰਿ ਜਾਈਐ ॥

kaal kaa ttheegaa kiau jalaaeeale kiau nirbhau ghar jaaeeai |

How can one avoid the attack of death? How can one enter the home of fearlessness?

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ਸਹਜ ਸੰਤੋਖ ਕਾ ਆਸਣੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਕਿਉ ਛੇਦੇ ਬੈਰਾਈਐ ॥

sehaj santokh kaa aasan jaanai kiau chhede bairaaeeai |

How can one know the posture of intuition and contentment, and overcome one's adversaries?"

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ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਮਾਰੈ ਤਾ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਵਾਸੋ ॥

gur kai sabad haumai bikh maarai taa nij ghar hovai vaaso |

Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, egotism and corruption are conquered, and then one comes to dwell in the home of the self within.

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ਜਿਨਿ ਰਚਿ ਰਚਿਆ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਤਾ ਕਾ ਦਾਸੋ ॥੨੧॥

jin rach rachiaa tis sabad pachhaanai naanak taa kaa daaso |21|

One who realizes the Shabad of the One who created the creation - Nanak is his slave. ||21||

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ਕਹਾ ਤੇ ਆਵੈ ਕਹਾ ਇਹੁ ਜਾਵੈ ਕਹਾ ਇਹੁ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਈ ॥

kahaa te aavai kahaa ihu jaavai kahaa ihu rahai samaaee |

"Where did we come from? Where are we going? Where will we be absorbed?

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ਏਸੁ ਸਬਦ ਕਉ ਜੋ ਅਰਥਾਵੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਗੁਰ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਤਮਾਈ ॥

es sabad kau jo arathaavai tis gur til na tamaaee |

One who reveals the meaning of this Shabad is the Guru, who has no greed at all.

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ਕਿਉ ਤਤੈ ਅਵਿਗਤੈ ਪਾਵੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਲਗੈ ਪਿਆਰੋ ॥

kiau tatai avigatai paavai guramukh lagai piaaro |

How can one find the essence of the unmanifest reality? How does one become Gurmukh, and enshrine love for the Lord?

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ਆਪੇ ਸੁਰਤਾ ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਬੀਚਾਰੋ ॥

aape surataa aape karataa kahu naanak beechaaro |

He Himself is consciousness, He Himself is the Creator; share with us, Nanak, your wisdom."

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ਹੁਕਮੇ ਆਵੈ ਹੁਕਮੇ ਜਾਵੈ ਹੁਕਮੇ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਈ ॥

hukame aavai hukame jaavai hukame rahai samaaee |

By His Command we come, and by His Command we go; by His Command, we merge in absorption.

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ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਸਾਚੁ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਗਤਿ ਮਿਤਿ ਸਬਦੇ ਪਾਈ ॥੨੨॥

poore gur te saach kamaavai gat mit sabade paaee |22|

Through the Perfect Guru, live the Truth; through the Word of the Shabad, the state of dignity is attained. ||22||

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ਆਦਿ ਕਉ ਬਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ਕਥੀਅਲੇ ਸੁੰਨ ਨਿਰੰਤਰਿ ਵਾਸੁ ਲੀਆ ॥

aad kau bisamaad beechaar katheeale sun nirantar vaas leea |

We can only express a sense of wonder about the beginning. The absolute abided endlessly deep within Himself then.

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ਅਕਲਪਤ ਮੁਦ੍ਰਾ ਗੁਰ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੀਅਲੇ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਰਬ ਜੀਆ ॥

akalapat mudraa gur giaan beechaareeale ghatt ghatt saachaa sarab jeea |

Consider freedom from desire to be the ear-rings of the Guru's spiritual wisdom. The True Lord, the Soul of all, dwells within each and every heart.

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ਗੁਰ ਬਚਨੀ ਅਵਿਗਤਿ ਸਮਾਈਐ ਤਤੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਲਹੈ ॥

gur bachanee avigat samaaeeai tat niranjan sehaj lahai |

Through the Guru's Word, one merges in the absolute, and intuitively receives the immaculate essence.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਦੂਜੀ ਕਾਰ ਨ ਕਰਣੀ ਸੇਵੈ ਸਿਖੁ ਸੁ ਖੋਜਿ ਲਹੈ ॥

naanak doojee kaar na karanee sevai sikh su khoj lahai |

O Nanak, that Sikh who seeks and finds the Way does not serve any other.

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ਹੁਕਮੁ ਬਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਜੀਅ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਸਚੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋਈ ॥

hukam bisamaad hukam pachhaanai jeea jugat sach jaanai soee |

Wonderful and amazing is His Command; He alone realizes His Command and knows the true way of life of His creatures.

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ਆਪੁ ਮੇਟਿ ਨਿਰਾਲਮੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਜੋਗੀ ਕਹੀਐ ਸੋਈ ॥੨੩॥

aap mett niraalam hovai antar saach jogee kaheeai soee |23|

One who eradicates his self-conceit becomes free of desire; he alone is a Yogi, who enshrines the True Lord deep within. ||23||

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ਅਵਿਗਤੋ ਨਿਰਮਾਇਲੁ ਉਪਜੇ ਨਿਰਗੁਣ ਤੇ ਸਰਗੁਣੁ ਥੀਆ ॥

avigato niramaaeil upaje niragun te saragun theea |

From His state of absolute existence, He assumed the immaculate form; from formless, He assumed the supreme form.

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪਰਚੈ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਾਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਮਾਇ ਲੀਆ ॥

satigur parachai param pad paaeeai saachai sabad samaae leea |

By pleasing the True Guru, the supreme status is obtained, and one is absorbed in the True Word of the Shabad.

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ਏਕੇ ਕਉ ਸਚੁ ਏਕਾ ਜਾਣੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਦੂਜਾ ਦੂਰਿ ਕੀਆ ॥

eke kau sach ekaa jaanai haumai doojaa door keea |

He knows the True Lord as the One and only; he sends his egotism and duality far away.

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ਸੋ ਜੋਗੀ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਕਮਲੁ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸੁ ਥੀਆ ॥

so jogee gurasabad pachhaanai antar kamal pragaas theea |

He alone is a Yogi, who realizes the Word of the Guru's Shabad; the lotus of the heart blossoms forth within.

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ਜੀਵਤੁ ਮਰੈ ਤਾ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਸੂਝੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਸਰਬ ਦਇਆ ॥

jeevat marai taa sabh kichh soojhai antar jaanai sarab deaa |

If one remains dead while yet alive, then he understands everything; he knows the Lord deep within himself, who is kind and compassionate to all.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਤਾ ਕਉ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਾਈ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਸਰਬ ਜੀਆ ॥੨੪॥

naanak taa kau milai vaddaaee aap pachhaanai sarab jeea |24|

O Nanak, he is blessed with glorious greatness; he realizes himself in all beings. ||24||

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ਸਾਚੌ ਉਪਜੈ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ਸਾਚੇ ਸੂਚੇ ਏਕ ਮਇਆ ॥

saachau upajai saach samaavai saache sooche ek meaa |

We emerge from Truth, and merge into Truth again. The pure being merges into the One True Lord.

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ਝੂਠੇ ਆਵਹਿ ਠਵਰ ਨ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਆਵਾ ਗਉਣੁ ਭਇਆ ॥

jhootthe aaveh tthavar na paaveh doojai aavaa gaun bheaa |

The false come, and find no place of rest; in duality, they come and go.

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ਆਵਾ ਗਉਣੁ ਮਿਟੈ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਆਪੇ ਪਰਖੈ ਬਖਸਿ ਲਇਆ ॥

aavaa gaun mittai gurasabadee aape parakhai bakhas leaa |

This coming and going in reincarnation is ended through the Word of the Guru's Shabad; the Lord Himself analyzes and grants His forgiveness.

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ਏਕਾ ਬੇਦਨ ਦੂਜੈ ਬਿਆਪੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਸਾਇਣੁ ਵੀਸਰਿਆ ॥

ekaa bedan doojai biaapee naam rasaaein veesariaa |

One who suffers from the disease of duality, forgets the Naam, the source of nectar.

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