Ang 0004
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 4
Section: Japji Sahib
ਅਸੰਖ ਭਗਤ ਗੁਣ ਗਿਆਨ ਵੀਚਾਰ ॥ asankh bhagat gun giaan veechaar | Countless devotees contemplate the Wisdom and Virtues of the Lord. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਸੰਖ ਸਤੀ ਅਸੰਖ ਦਾਤਾਰ ॥ asankh satee asankh daataar | Countless the holy, countless the givers. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਸੰਖ ਸੂਰ ਮੁਹ ਭਖ ਸਾਰ ॥ asankh soor muh bhakh saar | Countless heroic spiritual warriors, who bear the brunt of the attack in battle (who with their mouths eat steel). - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਸੰਖ ਮੋਨਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ਤਾਰ ॥ asankh mon liv laae taar | Countless silent sages, vibrating the String of His Love. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਵਣ ਕਹਾ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ kudarat kavan kahaa veechaar | How can Your Creative Potency be described? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਾਰਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਵਾ ਏਕ ਵਾਰ ॥ vaariaa na jaavaa ek vaar | I cannot even once be a sacrifice to You. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਈ ਭਲੀ ਕਾਰ ॥ jo tudh bhaavai saaee bhalee kaar | Whatever pleases You is the only good done, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੂ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਮਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ॥੧੭॥ too sadaa salaamat nirankaar |17| You, Eternal and Formless One. ||17|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਸੰਖ ਮੂਰਖ ਅੰਧ ਘੋਰ ॥ asankh moorakh andh ghor | Countless fools, blinded by ignorance. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਸੰਖ ਚੋਰ ਹਰਾਮਖੋਰ ॥ asankh chor haraamakhor | Countless thieves and embezzlers. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਸੰਖ ਅਮਰ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਹਿ ਜੋਰ ॥ asankh amar kar jaeh jor | Countless impose their will by force. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਸੰਖ ਗਲਵਢ ਹਤਿਆ ਕਮਾਹਿ ॥ asankh galavadt hatiaa kamaeh | Countless cut-throats and ruthless killers. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਸੰਖ ਪਾਪੀ ਪਾਪੁ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ asankh paapee paap kar jaeh | Countless sinners who keep on sinning. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਸੰਖ ਕੂੜਿਆਰ ਕੂੜੇ ਫਿਰਾਹਿ ॥ asankh koorriaar koorre firaeh | Countless liars, wandering lost in their lies. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਸੰਖ ਮਲੇਛ ਮਲੁ ਭਖਿ ਖਾਹਿ ॥ asankh malechh mal bhakh khaeh | Countless wretches, eating filth as their ration. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਸੰਖ ਨਿੰਦਕ ਸਿਰਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਭਾਰੁ ॥ asankh nindak sir kareh bhaar | Countless slanderers, carrying the weight of their stupid mistakes on their heads. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਨੀਚੁ ਕਹੈ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ naanak neech kahai veechaar | Nanak describes the state of the lowly. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਾਰਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਵਾ ਏਕ ਵਾਰ ॥ vaariaa na jaavaa ek vaar | I cannot even once be a sacrifice to You. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਈ ਭਲੀ ਕਾਰ ॥ jo tudh bhaavai saaee bhalee kaar | Whatever pleases You is the only good done, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੂ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਮਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ॥੧੮॥ too sadaa salaamat nirankaar |18| You, Eternal and Formless One. ||18|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਸੰਖ ਨਾਵ ਅਸੰਖ ਥਾਵ ॥ asankh naav asankh thaav | Countless names, countless places. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਗੰਮ ਅਗੰਮ ਅਸੰਖ ਲੋਅ ॥ agam agam asankh loa | Inaccessible, unapproachable, countless celestial realms. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਸੰਖ ਕਹਹਿ ਸਿਰਿ ਭਾਰੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ asankh kaheh sir bhaar hoe | Even to call them countless is to carry the weight on your head. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਖਰੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਖਰੀ ਸਾਲਾਹ ॥ akharee naam akharee saalaah | From the Word, comes the Naam; from the Word, comes Your Praise. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਖਰੀ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਗੀਤ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਹ ॥ akharee giaan geet gun gaah | From the Word, comes spiritual wisdom, singing the Songs of Your Glory. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਖਰੀ ਲਿਖਣੁ ਬੋਲਣੁ ਬਾਣਿ ॥ akharee likhan bolan baan | From the Word, come the written and spoken words and hymns. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਖਰਾ ਸਿਰਿ ਸੰਜੋਗੁ ਵਖਾਣਿ ॥ akharaa sir sanjog vakhaan | From the Word, comes destiny, written on one’s forehead. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਨਿ ਏਹਿ ਲਿਖੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਿਰਿ ਨਾਹਿ ॥ jin ehi likhe tis sir naeh | But the One who wrote these Words of Destiny-no words are written on His Forehead. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਵ ਫੁਰਮਾਏ ਤਿਵ ਤਿਵ ਪਾਹਿ ॥ jiv furamaae tiv tiv paeh | As He ordains, so do we receive. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੇਤਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਤੇਤਾ ਨਾਉ ॥ jetaa keetaa tetaa naau | The created universe is the manifestation of Your Name. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋ ਥਾਉ ॥ vin naavai naahee ko thaau | Without Your Name, there is no place at all. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਵਣ ਕਹਾ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ kudarat kavan kahaa veechaar | How can I describe Your Creative Power? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਾਰਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਵਾ ਏਕ ਵਾਰ ॥ vaariaa na jaavaa ek vaar | I cannot even once be a sacrifice to You. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਈ ਭਲੀ ਕਾਰ ॥ jo tudh bhaavai saaee bhalee kaar | Whatever pleases You is the only good done, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੂ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਮਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ॥੧੯॥ too sadaa salaamat nirankaar |19| You, Eternal and Formless One. ||19|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਭਰੀਐ ਹਥੁ ਪੈਰੁ ਤਨੁ ਦੇਹ ॥ bhareeai hath pair tan deh | When the hands and the feet and the body are dirty, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪਾਣੀ ਧੋਤੈ ਉਤਰਸੁ ਖੇਹ ॥ paanee dhotai utaras kheh | water can wash away the dirt. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮੂਤ ਪਲੀਤੀ ਕਪੜੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ moot paleetee kaparr hoe | When the clothes are soiled and stained by urine, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਦੇ ਸਾਬੂਣੁ ਲਈਐ ਓਹੁ ਧੋਇ ॥ de saaboon leeai ohu dhoe | soap can wash them clean. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਭਰੀਐ ਮਤਿ ਪਾਪਾ ਕੈ ਸੰਗਿ ॥ bhareeai mat paapaa kai sang | But when the intellect is stained and polluted by sin, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਓਹੁ ਧੋਪੈ ਨਾਵੈ ਕੈ ਰੰਗਿ ॥ ohu dhopai naavai kai rang | it can only be cleansed by the Love of the Name. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪੁੰਨੀ ਪਾਪੀ ਆਖਣੁ ਨਾਹਿ ॥ punee paapee aakhan naeh | Virtue and vice do not come by mere words; - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਣਾ ਲਿਖਿ ਲੈ ਜਾਹੁ ॥ kar kar karanaa likh lai jaahu | actions repeated, over and over again, are engraved on the soul. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਪੇ ਬੀਜਿ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਖਾਹੁ ॥ aape beej aape hee khaahu | You shall harvest what you plant. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਆਵਹੁ ਜਾਹੁ ॥੨੦॥ naanak hukamee aavahu jaahu |20| O Nanak, by the Hukam of God’s Command, we come and go in reincarnation. ||20|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੀਰਥੁ ਤਪੁ ਦਇਆ ਦਤੁ ਦਾਨੁ ॥ teerath tap deaa dat daan | Pilgrimages, austere discipline, compassion and charity - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੇ ਕੋ ਪਾਵੈ ਤਿਲ ਕਾ ਮਾਨੁ ॥ je ko paavai til kaa maan | these, by themselves, bring only an iota of merit. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੁਣਿਆ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਕੀਤਾ ਭਾਉ ॥ suniaa maniaa man keetaa bhaau | Listening and believing with love and humility in your mind, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅੰਤਰਗਤਿ ਤੀਰਥਿ ਮਲਿ ਨਾਉ ॥ antaragat teerath mal naau | cleanse yourself with the Name, at the sacred shrine deep within. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਭਿ ਗੁਣ ਤੇਰੇ ਮੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥ sabh gun tere mai naahee koe | All virtues are Yours, Lord, I have none at all. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਿਣੁ ਗੁਣ ਕੀਤੇ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥ vin gun keete bhagat na hoe | Without virtue, there is no devotional worship. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੁਅਸਤਿ ਆਥਿ ਬਾਣੀ ਬਰਮਾਉ ॥ suasat aath baanee baramaau | I bow to the Lord of the World, to His Word, to Brahma the Creator. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਤਿ ਸੁਹਾਣੁ ਸਦਾ ਮਨਿ ਚਾਉ ॥ sat suhaan sadaa man chaau | He is Beautiful, True and Eternally Joyful. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਵਣੁ ਸੁ ਵੇਲਾ ਵਖਤੁ ਕਵਣੁ ਕਵਣ ਥਿਤਿ ਕਵਣੁ ਵਾਰੁ ॥ kavan su velaa vakhat kavan kavan thit kavan vaar | What was that time, and what was that moment? What was that day, and what was that date? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਵਣਿ ਸਿ ਰੁਤੀ ਮਾਹੁ ਕਵਣੁ ਜਿਤੁ ਹੋਆ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥ kavan si rutee maahu kavan jit hoaa aakaar | What was that season, and what was that month, when the Universe was created? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵੇਲ ਨ ਪਾਈਆ ਪੰਡਤੀ ਜਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਲੇਖੁ ਪੁਰਾਣੁ ॥ vel na paaeea panddatee ji hovai lekh puraan | The Pandits, the religious scholars, cannot find that time, even if it is written in the Puraanas. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਖਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਕਾਦੀਆ ਜਿ ਲਿਖਨਿ ਲੇਖੁ ਕੁਰਾਣੁ ॥ vakhat na paaeo kaadeea ji likhan lekh kuraan | That time is not known to the Qazis, who study the Koran. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਥਿਤਿ ਵਾਰੁ ਨਾ ਜੋਗੀ ਜਾਣੈ ਰੁਤਿ ਮਾਹੁ ਨਾ ਕੋਈ ॥ thit vaar naa jogee jaanai rut maahu naa koee | The day and the date are not known to the Yogis, nor is the month or the season. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਾ ਕਰਤਾ ਸਿਰਠੀ ਕਉ ਸਾਜੇ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋਈ ॥ jaa karataa siratthee kau saaje aape jaanai soee | The Creator who created this creation-only He Himself knows. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਿਵ ਕਰਿ ਆਖਾ ਕਿਵ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ਕਿਉ ਵਰਨੀ ਕਿਵ ਜਾਣਾ ॥ kiv kar aakhaa kiv saalaahee kiau varanee kiv jaanaa | How can we speak of Him? How can we praise Him? How can we describe Him? How can we know Him? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji