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Ang 990 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngGuru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Maaroo
Read the full shabad →ਪਾਪ ਪਥਰ ਤਰਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥
paap pathar taran na jaaee |
Sin is a stone which does not float.
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ਭਉ ਬੇੜਾ ਜੀਉ ਚੜਾਊ ॥
bhau berraa jeeo charraaoo |
So let the Fear of God be the boat to carry your soul across.
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ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵੈ ਕਾਹੂ ॥੪॥੨॥
kahu naanak devai kaahoo |4|2|
Says Nanak, rare are those who are blessed with this Boat. ||4||2||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Maaroo
Read the full shabad →ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੧ ॥
maaroo mahalaa 1 ghar 1 |
Maaroo, First Mehl, First House:
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ਕਰਣੀ ਕਾਗਦੁ ਮਨੁ ਮਸਵਾਣੀ ਬੁਰਾ ਭਲਾ ਦੁਇ ਲੇਖ ਪਏ ॥
karanee kaagad man masavaanee buraa bhalaa due lekh pe |
Actions are the paper, and the mind is the ink; good and bad are both recorded upon it.
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ਜਿਉ ਜਿਉ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਚਲਾਏ ਤਿਉ ਚਲੀਐ ਤਉ ਗੁਣ ਨਾਹੀ ਅੰਤੁ ਹਰੇ ॥੧॥
jiau jiau kirat chalaae tiau chaleeai tau gun naahee ant hare |1|
As their past actions drive them, so are mortals driven. There is no end to Your Glorious Virtues, Lord. ||1||
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ਚਿਤ ਚੇਤਸਿ ਕੀ ਨਹੀ ਬਾਵਰਿਆ ॥
chit chetas kee nahee baavariaa |
Why do you not keep Him in your consciousness, you mad man?
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ਹਰਿ ਬਿਸਰਤ ਤੇਰੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਲਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
har bisarat tere gun galiaa |1| rahaau |
Forgetting the Lord, your own virtues shall rot away. ||1||Pause||
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ਜਾਲੀ ਰੈਨਿ ਜਾਲੁ ਦਿਨੁ ਹੂਆ ਜੇਤੀ ਘੜੀ ਫਾਹੀ ਤੇਤੀ ॥
jaalee rain jaal din hooaa jetee gharree faahee tetee |
The night is a net, and the day is a net; there are as many traps as there are moments.
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ਰਸਿ ਰਸਿ ਚੋਗ ਚੁਗਹਿ ਨਿਤ ਫਾਸਹਿ ਛੂਟਸਿ ਮੂੜੇ ਕਵਨ ਗੁਣੀ ॥੨॥
ras ras chog chugeh nit faaseh chhoottas moorre kavan gunee |2|
With relish and delight, you continually bite at the bait; you are trapped, you fool - how will you ever escape? ||2||
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ਕਾਇਆ ਆਰਣੁ ਮਨੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਲੋਹਾ ਪੰਚ ਅਗਨਿ ਤਿਤੁ ਲਾਗਿ ਰਹੀ ॥
kaaeaa aaran man vich lohaa panch agan tith laag rahee |
The body is a furnace, and the mind is the iron within it; the five fires are heating it.
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ਕੋਇਲੇ ਪਾਪ ਪੜੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਊਪਰਿ ਮਨੁ ਜਲਿਆ ਸੰਨੑੀ ਚਿੰਤ ਭਈ ॥੩॥
koeile paap parre tis aoopar man jaliaa sanaee chint bhee |3|
Sin is the charcoal placed upon it, which burns the mind; the tongs are anxiety and worry. ||3||
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ਭਇਆ ਮਨੂਰੁ ਕੰਚਨੁ ਫਿਰਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਜੇ ਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤਿਨੇਹਾ ॥
bheaa manoor kanchan fir hovai je gur milai tinehaa |
What was turned to slag is again transformed into gold, if one meets with the Guru.
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ਏਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਓਹੁ ਦੇਵੈ ਤਉ ਨਾਨਕ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਟਸਿ ਦੇਹਾ ॥੪॥੩॥
ek naam amrit ohu devai tau naanak trisattas dehaa |4|3|
He blesses the mortal with the Ambrosial Name of the One Lord, and then, O Nanak, the body is held steady. ||4||3||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Maaroo
Read the full shabad →ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
maaroo mahalaa 1 |
Maaroo, First Mehl:
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ਬਿਮਲ ਮਝਾਰਿ ਬਸਸਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਜਲ ਪਦਮਨਿ ਜਾਵਲ ਰੇ ॥
bimal majhaar basas niramal jal padaman jaaval re |
In the pure, immaculate waters, both the lotus and the slimy scum are found.
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ਪਦਮਨਿ ਜਾਵਲ ਜਲ ਰਸ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਸੰਗਿ ਦੋਖ ਨਹੀ ਰੇ ॥੧॥
padaman jaaval jal ras sangat sang dokh nahee re |1|
The lotus flower is with the scum and the water, but it remains untouched by any pollution. ||1||
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ਦਾਦਰ ਤੂ ਕਬਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਨਸਿ ਰੇ ॥
daadar too kabeh na jaanas re |
You frog, you will never understand.
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ਭਖਸਿ ਸਿਬਾਲੁ ਬਸਸਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਜਲ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਨ ਲਖਸਿ ਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
bhakhas sibaal basas niramal jal amrit na lakhas re |1| rahaau |
You eat the dirt, while you dwell in the immaculate waters. You know nothing of the ambrosial nectar there. ||1||Pause||
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ਬਸੁ ਜਲ ਨਿਤ ਨ ਵਸਤ ਅਲੀਅਲ ਮੇਰ ਚਚਾ ਗੁਨ ਰੇ ॥
bas jal nit na vasat aleeal mer chachaa gun re |
You dwell continually in the water; the bumble bee does not dwell there, but it is intoxicated with its fragrance from afar.
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ਚੰਦ ਕੁਮੁਦਨੀ ਦੂਰਹੁ ਨਿਵਸਸਿ ਅਨਭਉ ਕਾਰਨਿ ਰੇ ॥੨॥
chand kumudanee doorahu nivasas anbhau kaaran re |2|
Intuitively sensing the moon in the distance, the lotus bows its head. ||2||
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ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਖੰਡੁ ਦੂਧਿ ਮਧੁ ਸੰਚਸਿ ਤੂ ਬਨ ਚਾਤੁਰ ਰੇ ॥
amrit khandd doodh madh sanchas too ban chaatur re |
The realms of nectar are irrigated with milk and honey; you think you are clever to live in the water.
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ਅਪਨਾ ਆਪੁ ਤੂ ਕਬਹੁ ਨ ਛੋਡਸਿ ਪਿਸਨ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਜਿਉ ਰੇ ॥੩॥
apanaa aap too kabahu na chhoddas pisan preet jiau re |3|
You can never escape your own inner tendencies, like the love of the flea for blood. ||3||
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ਪੰਡਿਤ ਸੰਗਿ ਵਸਹਿ ਜਨ ਮੂਰਖ ਆਗਮ ਸਾਸ ਸੁਨੇ ॥
panddit sang vaseh jan moorakh aagam saas sune |
The fool may live with the Pandit, the religious scholar, and listen to the Vedas and the Shaastras.
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ਅਪਨਾ ਆਪੁ ਤੂ ਕਬਹੁ ਨ ਛੋਡਸਿ ਸੁਆਨ ਪੂਛਿ ਜਿਉ ਰੇ ॥੪॥
apanaa aap too kabahu na chhoddas suaan poochh jiau re |4|
You can never escape your own inner tendencies, like the crooked tail of the dog. ||4||
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ਇਕਿ ਪਾਖੰਡੀ ਨਾਮਿ ਨ ਰਾਚਹਿ ਇਕਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਚਰਣੀ ਰੇ ॥
eik paakhanddee naam na raacheh ik har har charanee re |
Some are hypocrites; they do not merge with the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Some are absorbed in the Feet of the Lord, Har, Har.
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ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਪਾਵਸਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਰਸਨਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਿ ਰੇ ॥੫॥੪॥
poorab likhiaa paavas naanak rasanaa naam jap re |5|4|
The mortals obtain what they are predestined to receive; O Nanak, with your tongue, chant the Naam. ||5||4||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Maaroo
Read the full shabad →ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
maaroo mahalaa 1 |
Maaroo, First Mehl,
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Maaroo
Read the full shabad →ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥
salok |
Salok:
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ਪਤਿਤ ਪੁਨੀਤ ਅਸੰਖ ਹੋਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਚਰਨੀ ਮਨੁ ਲਾਗ ॥
patit puneet asankh hohi har charanee man laag |
Countless sinners are sanctified, attaching their minds to the Feet of the Lord.
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ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਨਾਮੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਸੁ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਭਾਗ ॥੧॥
atthasatth teerath naam prabh naanak jis masatak bhaag |1|
The merits of the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage are found in God's Name, O Nanak, when such destiny is inscribed upon one's forehead. ||1||
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Maaroo
Read the full shabad →ਸਬਦੁ ॥
sabad |
Shabad:
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ਸਖੀ ਸਹੇਲੀ ਗਰਬਿ ਗਹੇਲੀ ॥
sakhee sahelee garab gahelee |
O friends and companions, so puffed up with pride,
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ਸੁਣਿ ਸਹ ਕੀ ਇਕ ਬਾਤ ਸੁਹੇਲੀ ॥੧॥
sun seh kee ik baat suhelee |1|
listen to this one joyous story of your Husband Lord. ||1||
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ਜੋ ਮੈ ਬੇਦਨ ਸਾ ਕਿਸੁ ਆਖਾ ਮਾਈ ॥
jo mai bedan saa kis aakhaa maaee |
Who can I tell about my pain, O my mother?
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ਹਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਜੀਉ ਨ ਰਹੈ ਕੈਸੇ ਰਾਖਾ ਮਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
har bin jeeo na rahai kaise raakhaa maaee |1| rahaau |
Without the Lord, my soul cannot survive; how can I comfort it, O my mother? ||1||Pause||
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ਹਉ ਦੋਹਾਗਣਿ ਖਰੀ ਰੰਞਾਣੀ ॥
hau dohaagan kharee ranyaanee |
I am a dejected, discarded bride, totally miserable.
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ਗਇਆ ਸੁ ਜੋਬਨੁ ਧਨ ਪਛੁਤਾਣੀ ॥੨॥
geaa su joban dhan pachhutaanee |2|
I have lost my youth; I regret and repent. ||2||
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ਤੂ ਦਾਨਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਿਰਿ ਮੇਰਾ ॥
too daanaa saahib sir meraa |
You are my wise Lord and Master, above my head.
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ਖਿਜਮਤਿ ਕਰੀ ਜਨੁ ਬੰਦਾ ਤੇਰਾ ॥੩॥
khijamat karee jan bandaa teraa |3|
I serve You as Your humble slave. ||3||
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ਭਣਤਿ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਅੰਦੇਸਾ ਏਹੀ ॥
bhanat naanak andesaa ehee |
Nanak humbly prays, this is my only concern:
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ਬਿਨੁ ਦਰਸਨ ਕੈਸੇ ਰਵਉ ਸਨੇਹੀ ॥੪॥੫॥
bin darasan kaise rvau sanehee |4|5|
without the Blessed Vision of my Beloved, how can I enjoy Him? ||4||5||
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