Ang 0025
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 25
Section: Ragas
ਜੇਹੀ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਤੇਹਾ ਤਿਨ ਰਾਹੁ ॥ jehee surat tehaa tin raahu | As is their awareness, so is their way. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਲੇਖਾ ਇਕੋ ਆਵਹੁ ਜਾਹੁ ॥੧॥ lekhaa iko aavahu jaahu |1| According to the account of our actions, we come and go in reincarnation. ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਾਹੇ ਜੀਅ ਕਰਹਿ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ॥ kaahe jeea kareh chaturaaee | Why, O soul, do you try such clever tricks? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਲੇਵੈ ਦੇਵੈ ਢਿਲ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ levai devai dtil na paaee |1| rahaau | Taking away and giving back, God does not delay. ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੇਰੇ ਜੀਅ ਜੀਆ ਕਾ ਤੋਹਿ ॥ tere jeea jeea kaa tohi | All beings belong to You; all beings are Yours. O Lord and Master, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਿਤ ਕਉ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਆਵਹਿ ਰੋਹਿ ॥ kit kau saahib aaveh rohi | how can You become angry with them? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੇ ਤੂ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਆਵਹਿ ਰੋਹਿ ॥ je too saahib aaveh rohi | Even if You, O Lord and Master, become angry with them, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੂ ਓਨਾ ਕਾ ਤੇਰੇ ਓਹਿ ॥੨॥ too onaa kaa tere ohi |2| still, You are theirs, and they are Yours. ||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਸੀ ਬੋਲਵਿਗਾੜ ਵਿਗਾੜਹ ਬੋਲ ॥ asee bolavigaarr vigaarrah bol | We are foul-mouthed; we spoil everything with our foul words. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੂ ਨਦਰੀ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਤੋਲਹਿ ਤੋਲ ॥ too nadaree andar toleh tol | You weigh us in the balance of Your Glance of Grace. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਹ ਕਰਣੀ ਤਹ ਪੂਰੀ ਮਤਿ ॥ jeh karanee teh pooree mat | When one’s actions are right, the understanding is perfect. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਰਣੀ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਘਟੇ ਘਟਿ ॥੩॥ karanee baajhahu ghatte ghatt |3| Without good deeds, it becomes more and more deficient. ||3|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪ੍ਰਣਵਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਕੈਸਾ ਹੋਇ ॥ pranavat naanak giaanee kaisaa hoe | Prays Nanak, what is the nature of the spiritual people? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਬੂਝੈ ਸੋਇ ॥ aap pachhaanai boojhai soe | They are self-realized; they understand God. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਕਰੇ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ gur parasaad kare beechaar | By Guru’s Grace, they contemplate Him; - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੋ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥੪॥੩੦॥ so giaanee daragah paravaan |4|30| such spiritual people are honored in His Court. ||4||30|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੪ ॥ sireeraag mahalaa 1 ghar 4 | Siree Raag, First Mehl, Fourth House: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੂ ਦਰੀਆਉ ਦਾਨਾ ਬੀਨਾ ਮੈ ਮਛੁਲੀ ਕੈਸੇ ਅੰਤੁ ਲਹਾ ॥ too dareeaau daanaa beenaa mai machhulee kaise ant lahaa | You are the River, All-knowing and All-seeing. I am just a fish-how can I find Your limit? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਹ ਜਹ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਹ ਤਹ ਤੂ ਹੈ ਤੁਝ ਤੇ ਨਿਕਸੀ ਫੂਟਿ ਮਰਾ ॥੧॥ jeh jeh dekhaa teh teh too hai tujh te nikasee foott maraa |1| Wherever I look, You are there. Outside of You, I would burst and die. ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨ ਜਾਣਾ ਮੇਉ ਨ ਜਾਣਾ ਜਾਲੀ ॥ n jaanaa meo na jaanaa jaalee | I do not know of the fisherman, and I do not know of the net. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਤਾ ਤੁਝੈ ਸਮਾਲੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ jaa dukh laagai taa tujhai samaalee |1| rahaau | But when the pain comes, then I call upon You. ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੂ ਭਰਪੂਰਿ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਮੈ ਦੂਰਿ ॥ too bharapoor jaaniaa mai door | You are present everywhere. I had thought that You were far away. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੋ ਕਛੁ ਕਰੀ ਸੁ ਤੇਰੈ ਹਦੂਰਿ ॥ jo kachh karee su terai hadoor | Whatever I do, I do in Your Presence. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੂ ਦੇਖਹਿ ਹਉ ਮੁਕਰਿ ਪਾਉ ॥ too dekheh hau mukar paau | You see all my actions, and yet I deny them. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੇਰੈ ਕੰਮਿ ਨ ਤੇਰੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੨॥ terai kam na terai naae |2| I have not worked for You, or Your Name. ||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੇਤਾ ਦੇਹਿ ਤੇਤਾ ਹਉ ਖਾਉ ॥ jetaa dehi tetaa hau khaau | Whatever You give me, that is what I eat. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬਿਆ ਦਰੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੈ ਦਰਿ ਜਾਉ ॥ biaa dar naahee kai dar jaau | There is no other door-unto which door should I go? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਏਕ ਕਹੈ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ॥ naanak ek kahai aradaas | Nanak offers this one prayer: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਸਭੁ ਤੇਰੈ ਪਾਸਿ ॥੩॥ jeeo pindd sabh terai paas |3| this body and soul are totally Yours. ||3|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਪੇ ਨੇੜੈ ਦੂਰਿ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਆਪੇ ਮੰਝਿ ਮਿਆਨੋੁ ॥ aape nerrai door aape hee aape manjh miaanuo | He Himself is near, and He Himself is far away; He Himself is in-between. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਪੇ ਵੇਖੈ ਸੁਣੇ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਜਹਾਨੋੁ ॥ aape vekhai sune aape hee kudarat kare jahaanuo | He Himself beholds, and He Himself listens. By His Creative Power, He created the world. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੋ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਸੋਈ ਪਰਵਾਨੋੁ ॥੪॥੩੧॥ jo tis bhaavai naanakaa hukam soee paravaanuo |4|31| Whatever pleases Him, O Nanak-that Command is acceptable. ||4||31|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੪ ॥ sireeraag mahalaa 1 ghar 4 | Siree Raag, First Mehl, Fourth House: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕੀਤਾ ਕਹਾ ਕਰੇ ਮਨਿ ਮਾਨੁ ॥ keetaa kahaa kare man maan | Why should the created beings feel pride in their minds? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਦੇਵਣਹਾਰੇ ਕੈ ਹਥਿ ਦਾਨੁ ॥ devanahaare kai hath daan | The Gift is in the Hands of the Great Giver. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਭਾਵੈ ਦੇਇ ਨ ਦੇਈ ਸੋਇ ॥ bhaavai dee na deee soe | As it pleases Him, He may give, or not give. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕੀਤੇ ਕੈ ਕਹਿਐ ਕਿਆ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥ keete kai kahiai kiaa hoe |1| What can be done by the order of the created beings? ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਪੇ ਸਚੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਚੁ ॥ aape sach bhaavai tis sach | He Himself is True; Truth is pleasing to His Will. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅੰਧਾ ਕਚਾ ਕਚੁ ਨਿਕਚੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ andhaa kachaa kach nikach |1| rahaau | The spiritually blind are unripe and imperfect, inferior and worthless. ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਾ ਕੇ ਰੁਖ ਬਿਰਖ ਆਰਾਉ ॥ jaa ke rukh birakh aaraau | The One who owns the trees of the forest and the plants of the garden - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੇਹੀ ਧਾਤੁ ਤੇਹਾ ਤਿਨ ਨਾਉ ॥ jehee dhaat tehaa tin naau | according to their nature, He gives them all their names. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਫੁਲੁ ਭਾਉ ਫਲੁ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਪਾਇ ॥ ful bhaau fal likhiaa paae | The Flower and the Fruit of the Lord’s Love are obtained by pre-ordained destiny. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਪਿ ਬੀਜਿ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਖਾਇ ॥੨॥ aap beej aape hee khaae |2| As we plant, so we harvest and eat. ||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਚੀ ਕੰਧ ਕਚਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਰਾਜੁ ॥ kachee kandh kachaa vich raaj | The wall of the body is temporary, as is the soul-mason within it. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮਤਿ ਅਲੂਣੀ ਫਿਕਾ ਸਾਦੁ ॥ mat aloonee fikaa saad | The flavor of the intellect is bland and insipid without the Salt. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਆਣੇ ਆਵੈ ਰਾਸਿ ॥ naanak aane aavai raas | O Nanak, as He wills, He makes things right. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਸਾਬਾਸਿ ॥੩॥੩੨॥ vin naavai naahee saabaas |3|32| Without the Name, no one is approved. ||3||32|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੫ ॥ sireeraag mahalaa 1 ghar 5 | Siree Raag, First Mehl, Fifth House: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਛਲ ਛਲਾਈ ਨਹ ਛਲੈ ਨਹ ਘਾਉ ਕਟਾਰਾ ਕਰਿ ਸਕੈ ॥ achhal chhalaaee neh chhalai neh ghaau kattaaraa kar sakai | The Undeceiveable is not deceived by deception. He cannot be wounded by any dagger. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਉ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਰਾਖੈ ਤਿਉ ਰਹੈ ਇਸੁ ਲੋਭੀ ਕਾ ਜੀਉ ਟਲ ਪਲੈ ॥੧॥ jiau saahib raakhai tiau rahai is lobhee kaa jeeo ttal palai |1| As our Lord and Master keeps us, so do we exist. The soul of this greedy person is tossed this way and that. ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬਿਨੁ ਤੇਲ ਦੀਵਾ ਕਿਉ ਜਲੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ bin tel deevaa kiau jalai |1| rahaau | Without the oil, how can the lamp be lit? ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪੋਥੀ ਪੁਰਾਣ ਕਮਾਈਐ ॥ pothee puraan kamaaeeai | Let the reading of your prayer book be the oil, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਭਉ ਵਟੀ ਇਤੁ ਤਨਿ ਪਾਈਐ ॥ bhau vattee it tan paaeeai | And let the Fear of God be the wick for the lamp of this body. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਚੁ ਬੂਝਣੁ ਆਣਿ ਜਲਾਈਐ ॥੨॥ sach boojhan aan jalaaeeai |2| Light this lamp with the understanding of Truth. ||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਇਹੁ ਤੇਲੁ ਦੀਵਾ ਇਉ ਜਲੈ ॥ eihu tel deevaa iau jalai | Use this oil to light this lamp. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਰਿ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਤਉ ਮਿਲੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ kar chaanan saahib tau milai |1| rahaau | Light it, and meet your Lord and Master. ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਇਤੁ ਤਨਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਬਾਣੀਆ ॥ eit tan laagai baaneea | This body is softened with the Word of the Guru’s Bani; - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੇਵ ਕਮਾਣੀਆ ॥ sukh hovai sev kamaaneea | you shall find peace, doing seva (selfless service). - Guru Nanak Dev Ji