Ang 0005
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 5
Section: Japji Sahib
ਨਾਨਕ ਆਖਣਿ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਆਖੈ ਇਕ ਦੂ ਇਕੁ ਸਿਆਣਾ ॥ naanak aakhan sabh ko aakhai ik doo ik siaanaa | O Nanak, everyone speaks of Him, each one wiser than the rest. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਡਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਵਡੀ ਨਾਈ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾ ਕਾ ਹੋਵੈ ॥ vaddaa saahib vaddee naaee keetaa jaa kaa hovai | Great is the Master, Great is His Name. Whatever happens is according to His Will. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਆਪੌ ਜਾਣੈ ਅਗੈ ਗਇਆ ਨ ਸੋਹੈ ॥੨੧॥ naanak je ko aapau jaanai agai geaa na sohai |21| O Nanak, one who claims to know everything shall not be decorated in the world hereafter. ||21|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪਾਤਾਲਾ ਪਾਤਾਲ ਲਖ ਆਗਾਸਾ ਆਗਾਸ ॥ paataalaa paataal lakh aagaasaa aagaas | There are nether worlds beneath nether worlds, and hundreds of thousands of heavenly worlds above. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਓੜਕ ਓੜਕ ਭਾਲਿ ਥਕੇ ਵੇਦ ਕਹਨਿ ਇਕ ਵਾਤ ॥ orrak orrak bhaal thake ved kehan ik vaat | The Vedas say that you can search and search for them all, until you grow weary. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਹਸ ਅਠਾਰਹ ਕਹਨਿ ਕਤੇਬਾ ਅਸੁਲੂ ਇਕੁ ਧਾਤੁ ॥ sehas atthaarah kehan katebaa asuloo ik dhaat | The scriptures say that there are 18,000 worlds, but in reality, there is only One Universe. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਲੇਖਾ ਹੋਇ ਤ ਲਿਖੀਐ ਲੇਖੈ ਹੋਇ ਵਿਣਾਸੁ ॥ lekhaa hoe ta likheeai lekhai hoe vinaas | If you try to write an account of this, you will surely finish yourself before you finish writing it. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਵਡਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪੁ ॥੨੨॥ naanak vaddaa aakheeai aape jaanai aap |22| O Nanak, call Him Great! He Himself knows Himself. ||22|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ਸਾਲਾਹਿ ਏਤੀ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਨ ਪਾਈਆ ॥ saalaahee saalaeh etee surat na paaeea | The praisers praise the Lord, but they do not obtain intuitive understanding - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਦੀਆ ਅਤੈ ਵਾਹ ਪਵਹਿ ਸਮੁੰਦਿ ਨ ਜਾਣੀਅਹਿ ॥ nadeea atai vaah paveh samund na jaaneeeh | the streams and rivers flowing into the ocean do not know its vastness. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਮੁੰਦ ਸਾਹ ਸੁਲਤਾਨ ਗਿਰਹਾ ਸੇਤੀ ਮਾਲੁ ਧਨੁ ॥ samund saah sulataan girahaa setee maal dhan | Even kings and emperors, with mountains of property and oceans of wealth - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕੀੜੀ ਤੁਲਿ ਨ ਹੋਵਨੀ ਜੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਮਨਹੁ ਨ ਵੀਸਰਹਿ ॥੨੩॥ keerree tul na hovanee je tis manahu na veesareh |23| -these are not even equal to an ant, who does not forget God. ||23|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਸਿਫਤੀ ਕਹਣਿ ਨ ਅੰਤੁ ॥ ant na sifatee kehan na ant | Endless are His Praises, endless are those who speak them. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਕਰਣੈ ਦੇਣਿ ਨ ਅੰਤੁ ॥ ant na karanai den na ant | Endless are His Actions, endless are His Gifts. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਵੇਖਣਿ ਸੁਣਣਿ ਨ ਅੰਤੁ ॥ ant na vekhan sunan na ant | Endless is His Vision, endless is His Hearing. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ਕਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਮੰਤੁ ॥ ant na jaapai kiaa man mant | His limits cannot be perceived. What is the Mystery of His Mind? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ਕੀਤਾ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥ ant na jaapai keetaa aakaar | The limits of the created universe cannot be perceived. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰੁ ॥ ant na jaapai paaraavaar | Its limits here and beyond cannot be perceived. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅੰਤ ਕਾਰਣਿ ਕੇਤੇ ਬਿਲਲਾਹਿ ॥ ant kaaran kete bilalaeh | Many struggle to know His limits, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤਾ ਕੇ ਅੰਤ ਨ ਪਾਏ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ taa ke ant na paae jaeh | but His limits cannot be found. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਏਹੁ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋਇ ॥ ehu ant na jaanai koe | No one can know these limits. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬਹੁਤਾ ਕਹੀਐ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਹੋਇ ॥ bahutaa kaheeai bahutaa hoe | The more you say about them, the more there still remains to be said. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਡਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਊਚਾ ਥਾਉ ॥ vaddaa saahib aoochaa thaau | Great is the Master, High is His Heavenly Home. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਊਚੇ ਉਪਰਿ ਊਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥ aooche upar aoochaa naau | Highest of the High, above all is His Name. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਏਵਡੁ ਊਚਾ ਹੋਵੈ ਕੋਇ ॥ evadd aoochaa hovai koe | Only one as Great and as High as God - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤਿਸੁ ਊਚੇ ਕਉ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋਇ ॥ tis aooche kau jaanai soe | can know His Lofty and Exalted State. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੇਵਡੁ ਆਪਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪਿ ਆਪਿ ॥ jevadd aap jaanai aap aap | Only He Himself is that Great. He Himself knows Himself. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰੀ ਕਰਮੀ ਦਾਤਿ ॥੨੪॥ naanak nadaree karamee daat |24| O Nanak, by His Glance of Grace, He bestows His Blessings. ||24|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬਹੁਤਾ ਕਰਮੁ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਨਾ ਜਾਇ ॥ bahutaa karam likhiaa naa jaae | His Blessings are so abundant that there can be no written account of them. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਡਾ ਦਾਤਾ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਤਮਾਇ ॥ vaddaa daataa til na tamaae | The Great Giver does not hold back anything. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕੇਤੇ ਮੰਗਹਿ ਜੋਧ ਅਪਾਰ ॥ kete mangeh jodh apaar | There are so many great, heroic warriors begging at the Door of the Infinite Lord. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕੇਤਿਆ ਗਣਤ ਨਹੀ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ ketiaa ganat nahee veechaar | So many contemplate and dwell upon Him, that they cannot be counted. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕੇਤੇ ਖਪਿ ਤੁਟਹਿ ਵੇਕਾਰ ॥ kete khap tutteh vekaar | So many waste away to death engaged in corruption. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕੇਤੇ ਲੈ ਲੈ ਮੁਕਰੁ ਪਾਹਿ ॥ kete lai lai mukar paeh | So many take and take again, and then deny receiving. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕੇਤੇ ਮੂਰਖ ਖਾਹੀ ਖਾਹਿ ॥ kete moorakh khaahee khaeh | So many foolish consumers keep on consuming. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕੇਤਿਆ ਦੂਖ ਭੂਖ ਸਦ ਮਾਰ ॥ ketiaa dookh bhookh sad maar | So many endure distress, deprivation and constant abuse. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਏਹਿ ਭਿ ਦਾਤਿ ਤੇਰੀ ਦਾਤਾਰ ॥ ehi bhi daat teree daataar | Even these are Your Gifts, O Great Giver! - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬੰਦਿ ਖਲਾਸੀ ਭਾਣੈ ਹੋਇ ॥ band khalaasee bhaanai hoe | Liberation from bondage comes only by Your Will. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹੋਰੁ ਆਖਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਕੋਇ ॥ hor aakh na sakai koe | No one else has any say in this. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੇ ਕੋ ਖਾਇਕੁ ਆਖਣਿ ਪਾਇ ॥ je ko khaaeik aakhan paae | If some fool should presume to say that he does, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਓਹੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਜੇਤੀਆ ਮੁਹਿ ਖਾਇ ॥ ohu jaanai jeteea muhi khaae | he shall learn, and feel the effects of his folly. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪੇ ਦੇਇ ॥ aape jaanai aape dee | He Himself knows, He Himself gives. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਖਹਿ ਸਿ ਭਿ ਕੇਈ ਕੇਇ ॥ aakheh si bhi keee kee | Few, very few are those who acknowledge this. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਬਖਸੇ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਸਾਲਾਹ ॥ jis no bakhase sifat saalaah | One who is blessed to sing the Praises of the Lord, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹੀ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹੁ ॥੨੫॥ naanak paatisaahee paatisaahu |25| O Nanak, is the king of kings. ||25|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਮੁਲ ਗੁਣ ਅਮੁਲ ਵਾਪਾਰ ॥ amul gun amul vaapaar | Priceless are His Virtues, Priceless are His Dealings. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਮੁਲ ਵਾਪਾਰੀਏ ਅਮੁਲ ਭੰਡਾਰ ॥ amul vaapaaree amul bhanddaar | Priceless are His Dealers, Priceless are His Treasures. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਮੁਲ ਆਵਹਿ ਅਮੁਲ ਲੈ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ amul aaveh amul lai jaeh | Priceless are those who come to Him, Priceless are those who buy from Him. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਮੁਲ ਭਾਇ ਅਮੁਲਾ ਸਮਾਹਿ ॥ amul bhaae amulaa samaeh | Priceless is Love for Him, Priceless is absorption into Him. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਮੁਲੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਦੀਬਾਣੁ ॥ amul dharam amul deebaan | Priceless is the Divine Law of Dharma, Priceless is the Divine Court of Justice. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਮੁਲੁ ਤੁਲੁ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ amul tul amul paravaan | Priceless are the scales, priceless are the weights. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਮੁਲੁ ਬਖਸੀਸ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥ amul bakhasees amul neesaan | Priceless are His Blessings, Priceless is His Banner and Insignia. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਮੁਲੁ ਕਰਮੁ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਫੁਰਮਾਣੁ ॥ amul karam amul furamaan | Priceless is His Mercy, Priceless is His Royal Command. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਮੁਲੋ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਆਖਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥ amulo amul aakhiaa na jaae | Priceless, O Priceless beyond expression! - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਖਿ ਆਖਿ ਰਹੇ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥ aakh aakh rahe liv laae | Speak of Him continually, and remain absorbed in His Love. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਖਹਿ ਵੇਦ ਪਾਠ ਪੁਰਾਣ ॥ aakheh ved paatth puraan | The Vedas and the Puraanas speak. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਖਹਿ ਪੜੇ ਕਰਹਿ ਵਖਿਆਣ ॥ aakheh parre kareh vakhiaan | The scholars speak and lecture. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਖਹਿ ਬਰਮੇ ਆਖਹਿ ਇੰਦ ॥ aakheh barame aakheh ind | Brahma speaks, Indra speaks. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji