Ang 0001

Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 1
Section: Japji Sahib

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ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ ik oankaar sat naam karataa purakh nirbhau niravair akaal moorat ajoonee saibhan gur prasaad | One Universal Creator God. The Name Is Truth. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying, Beyond Birth, Self-Existent. By Guru’s Grace ~ - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

॥ ਜਪੁ ॥ | jap | Chant And Meditate: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਆਦਿ ਸਚੁ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਸਚੁ ॥ aad sach jugaad sach | True In The Primal Beginning. True Throughout The Ages. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਹੈ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹੋਸੀ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ ॥੧॥ hai bhee sach naanak hosee bhee sach |1| True Here And Now. O Nanak, Forever And Ever True. ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਸੋਚੈ ਸੋਚਿ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਜੇ ਸੋਚੀ ਲਖ ਵਾਰ ॥ sochai soch na hovee je sochee lakh vaar | By thinking, He cannot be reduced to thought, even by thinking hundreds of thousands of times. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਚੁਪੈ ਚੁਪ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਜੇ ਲਾਇ ਰਹਾ ਲਿਵ ਤਾਰ ॥ chupai chup na hovee je laae rahaa liv taar | By remaining silent, inner silence is not obtained, even by remaining lovingly absorbed deep within. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਭੁਖਿਆ ਭੁਖ ਨ ਉਤਰੀ ਜੇ ਬੰਨਾ ਪੁਰੀਆ ਭਾਰ ॥ bhukhiaa bhukh na utaree je banaa pureea bhaar | The hunger of the hungry is not appeased, even by piling up loads of worldly goods. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਸਹਸ ਸਿਆਣਪਾ ਲਖ ਹੋਹਿ ਤ ਇਕ ਨ ਚਲੈ ਨਾਲਿ ॥ sehas siaanapaa lakh hohi ta ik na chalai naal | Hundreds of thousands of clever tricks, but not even one of them will go along with you in the end. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਕਿਵ ਸਚਿਆਰਾ ਹੋਈਐ ਕਿਵ ਕੂੜੈ ਤੁਟੈ ਪਾਲਿ ॥ kiv sachiaaraa hoeeai kiv koorrai tuttai paal | So how can you become truthful? And how can the veil of illusion be torn away? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਹੁਕਮਿ ਰਜਾਈ ਚਲਣਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਨਾਲਿ ॥੧॥ hukam rajaaee chalanaa naanak likhiaa naal |1| O Nanak, it is written that you shall obey the Hukam of His Command, and walk in the Way of His Will. ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਹੁਕਮੀ ਹੋਵਨਿ ਆਕਾਰ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਕਹਿਆ ਜਾਈ ॥ hukamee hovan aakaar hukam na kahiaa jaaee | By His Command, bodies are created; His Command cannot be described. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਹੁਕਮੀ ਹੋਵਨਿ ਜੀਅ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥ hukamee hovan jeea hukam milai vaddiaaee | By His Command, souls come into being; by His Command, glory and greatness are obtained. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਹੁਕਮੀ ਉਤਮੁ ਨੀਚੁ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਦੁਖ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਈਅਹਿ ॥ hukamee utam neech hukam likh dukh sukh paaeeeh | By His Command, some are high and some are low; by His Written Command, pain and pleasure are obtained. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਇਕਨਾ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਬਖਸੀਸ ਇਕਿ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਸਦਾ ਭਵਾਈਅਹਿ ॥ eikanaa hukamee bakhasees ik hukamee sadaa bhavaaeeeh | Some, by His Command, are blessed and forgiven; others, by His Command, wander aimlessly forever. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਹੁਕਮੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਹੁਕਮ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥ hukamai andar sabh ko baahar hukam na koe | Everyone is subject to His Command; no one is beyond His Command. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਜੇ ਬੁਝੈ ਤ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਹੈ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੨॥ naanak hukamai je bujhai ta haumai kahai na koe |2| O Nanak, one who understands His Command, does not speak in ego. ||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਤਾਣੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਕਿਸੈ ਤਾਣੁ ॥ gaavai ko taan hovai kisai taan | Some sing of His Power-who has that Power? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਦਾਤਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥ gaavai ko daat jaanai neesaan | Some sing of His Gifts, and know His Sign and Insignia. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਗੁਣ ਵਡਿਆਈਆ ਚਾਰ ॥ gaavai ko gun vaddiaaeea chaar | Some sing of His Glorious Virtues, Greatness and Beauty. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਵਿਦਿਆ ਵਿਖਮੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ gaavai ko vidiaa vikham veechaar | Some sing of knowledge obtained of Him, through difficult philosophical studies. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਸਾਜਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਨੁ ਖੇਹ ॥ gaavai ko saaj kare tan kheh | Some sing that He fashions the body, and then again reduces it to dust. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਜੀਅ ਲੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਦੇਹ ॥ gaavai ko jeea lai fir deh | Some sing that He takes life away, and then again restores it. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਜਾਪੈ ਦਿਸੈ ਦੂਰਿ ॥ gaavai ko jaapai disai door | Some sing that He seems so very far away. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji