Ang 0053
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 53
Section: Ragas
ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਸਾਚੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵ ॥ bhaaee re saachee satigur sev | O Siblings of Destiny, service to the True Guru alone is True. - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਤੁਠੈ ਪਾਈਐ ਪੂਰਨ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ satigur tutthai paaeeai pooran alakh abhev |1| rahaau | When the True Guru is pleased, we obtain the Perfect, Unseen, Unknowable Lord. ||1||Pause|| - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਵਿਟਹੁ ਵਾਰਿਆ ਜਿਨਿ ਦਿਤਾ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਉ ॥ satigur vittahu vaariaa jin ditaa sach naau | I am a sacrifice to the True Guru, who has bestowed the True Name. - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਚੁ ਸਲਾਹਣਾ ਸਚੇ ਕੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਉ ॥ anadin sach salaahanaa sache ke gun gaau | Night and day, I praise the True One; I sing the Glorious Praises of the True One. - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ਸਚੁ ਖਾਣਾ ਸਚੁ ਪੈਨਣਾ ਸਚੇ ਸਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥੨॥ sach khaanaa sach painanaa sache sachaa naau |2| True is the food, and true are the clothes, of those who chant the True Name of the True One. ||2|| - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ਸਾਸਿ ਗਿਰਾਸਿ ਨ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਸਫਲੁ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਆਪਿ ॥ saas giraas na visarai safal moorat gur aap | With each breath and morsel of food, do not forget the Guru, the Embodiment of Fulfillment. - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ਗੁਰ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦਿਸਈ ਆਠ ਪਹਰ ਤਿਸੁ ਜਾਪਿ ॥ gur jevadd avar na disee aatth pehar tis jaap | None is seen to be as great as the Guru. Meditate on Him twenty-four hours a day. - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਾ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਗੁਣਤਾਸਿ ॥੩॥ nadar kare taa paaeeai sach naam gunataas |3| As He casts His Glance of Grace, we obtain the True Name, the Treasure of Excellence. ||3|| - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ਗੁਰੁ ਪਰਮੇਸਰੁ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਮਹਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਇ ॥ gur paramesar ek hai sabh meh rahiaa samaae | The Guru and the Transcendent Lord are one and the same, pervading and permeating amongst all. - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਸੇਈ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ॥ jin kau poorab likhiaa seee naam dhiaae | Those who have such pre-ordained destiny, meditate on the Naam. - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰ ਸਰਣਾਗਤੀ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੪॥੩੦॥੧੦੦॥ naanak gur saranaagatee marai na aavai jaae |4|30|100| Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Guru, who does not die, or come and go in reincarnation. ||4||30||100|| - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ ik oankaar satigur prasaad | One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੧ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ ॥ sireeraag mahalaa 1 ghar 1 asattapadeea | Siree Raag, First Mehl, First House, Ashtpadheeyaa: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਖਿ ਆਖਿ ਮਨੁ ਵਾਵਣਾ ਜਿਉ ਜਿਉ ਜਾਪੈ ਵਾਇ ॥ aakh aakh man vaavanaa jiau jiau jaapai vaae | I speak and chant His Praises, vibrating the instrument of my mind. The more I know Him, the more I vibrate it. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਵਾਇ ਸੁਣਾਈਐ ਸੋ ਕੇਵਡੁ ਕਿਤੁ ਥਾਇ ॥ jis no vaae sunaaeeai so kevadd kit thaae | The One, unto whom we vibrate and sing-how great is He, and where is His Place? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਖਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਜੇਤੜੇ ਸਭਿ ਆਖਿ ਰਹੇ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥੧॥ aakhan vaale jetarre sabh aakh rahe liv laae |1| Those who speak of Him and praise Him-they all continue speaking of Him with love. ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬਾਬਾ ਅਲਹੁ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰੁ ॥ baabaa alahu agam apaar | O Baba, the Lord Allah is Inaccessible and Infinite. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪਾਕੀ ਨਾਈ ਪਾਕ ਥਾਇ ਸਚਾ ਪਰਵਦਿਗਾਰੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ paakee naaee paak thaae sachaa paravadigaar |1| rahaau | Sacred is His Name, and Sacred is His Place. He is the True Cherisher. ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੇਰਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੀ ਕੇਤੜਾ ਲਿਖਿ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋਇ ॥ teraa hukam na jaapee ketarraa likh na jaanai koe | The extent of Your Command cannot be seen; no one knows how to write it. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੇ ਸਉ ਸਾਇਰ ਮੇਲੀਅਹਿ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਪੁਜਾਵਹਿ ਰੋਇ ॥ je sau saaeir meleeeh til na pujaaveh roe | Even if a hundred poets met together, they could not describe even a tiny bit of it. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕੀਮਤਿ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਈਆ ਸਭਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਆਖਹਿ ਸੋਇ ॥੨॥ keemat kinai na paaeea sabh sun sun aakheh soe |2| No one has found Your Value; they all merely write what they have heard again and again. ||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪੀਰ ਪੈਕਾਮਰ ਸਾਲਕ ਸਾਦਕ ਸੁਹਦੇ ਅਉਰੁ ਸਹੀਦ ॥ peer paikaamar saalak saadak suhade aaur saheed | The Pirs, the Prophets, the spiritual teachers, the faithful, the innocents and the martyrs, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੇਖ ਮਸਾਇਕ ਕਾਜੀ ਮੁਲਾ ਦਰਿ ਦਰਵੇਸ ਰਸੀਦ ॥ sekh masaaeik kaajee mulaa dar daraves raseed | the Shaikhs, the mystics, the Qazis, the Mullahs and the Dervishes at His Door - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬਰਕਤਿ ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਅਗਲੀ ਪੜਦੇ ਰਹਨਿ ਦਰੂਦ ॥੩॥ barakat tin kau agalee parrade rehan darood |3| -they are blessed all the more as they continue reading their prayers in praise to Him. ||3|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪੁਛਿ ਨ ਸਾਜੇ ਪੁਛਿ ਨ ਢਾਹੇ ਪੁਛਿ ਨ ਦੇਵੈ ਲੇਇ ॥ puchh na saaje puchh na dtaahe puchh na devai lee | He seeks no advice when He builds; He seeks no advice when He destroys. He seeks no advice while giving or taking. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਪਣੀ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪੇ ਕਰਣੁ ਕਰੇਇ ॥ aapanee kudarat aape jaanai aape karan karee | He alone knows His Creative Power; He Himself does all deeds. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਭਨਾ ਵੇਖੈ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਜੈ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੈ ਦੇਇ ॥੪॥ sabhanaa vekhai nadar kar jai bhaavai tai dee |4| He beholds all in His Vision. He gives to those with whom He is pleased. ||4|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਥਾਵਾ ਨਾਵ ਨ ਜਾਣੀਅਹਿ ਨਾਵਾ ਕੇਵਡੁ ਨਾਉ ॥ thaavaa naav na jaaneeeh naavaa kevadd naau | His Place and His Name are not known, no one knows how great is His Name. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਥੈ ਵਸੈ ਮੇਰਾ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹੁ ਸੋ ਕੇਵਡੁ ਹੈ ਥਾਉ ॥ jithai vasai meraa paatisaahu so kevadd hai thaau | How great is that place where my Sovereign Lord dwells? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅੰਬੜਿ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਸਕਈ ਹਉ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਪੁਛਣਿ ਜਾਉ ॥੫॥ anbarr koe na sakee hau kis no puchhan jaau |5| No one can reach it; whom shall I go and ask? ||5|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਰਨਾ ਵਰਨ ਨ ਭਾਵਨੀ ਜੇ ਕਿਸੈ ਵਡਾ ਕਰੇਇ ॥ varanaa varan na bhaavanee je kisai vaddaa karee | One class of people does not like the other, when one has been made great. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਡੇ ਹਥਿ ਵਡਿਆਈਆ ਜੈ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੈ ਦੇਇ ॥ vadde hath vaddiaaeea jai bhaavai tai dee | Greatness is only in His Great Hands; He gives to those with whom He is pleased. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸਵਾਰੇ ਆਪਣੈ ਚਸਾ ਨ ਢਿਲ ਕਰੇਇ ॥੬॥ hukam savaare aapanai chasaa na dtil karee |6| By the Hukam of His Command, He Himself regenerates, without a moment’s delay. ||6|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਆਖੈ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਲੈਣੈ ਕੈ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥ sabh ko aakhai bahut bahut lainai kai veechaar | Everyone cries out, “More! More!”, with the idea of receiving. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕੇਵਡੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਦੇ ਕੈ ਰਹਿਆ ਸੁਮਾਰਿ ॥ kevadd daataa aakheeai de kai rahiaa sumaar | How great should we call the Giver? His Gifts are beyond estimation. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਤੋਟਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਤੇਰੇ ਜੁਗਹ ਜੁਗਹ ਭੰਡਾਰ ॥੭॥੧॥ naanak tott na aavee tere jugah jugah bhanddaar |7|1| O Nanak, there is no deficiency; Your Storehouses are filled to overflowing, age after age. ||7||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ mahalaa 1 | First Mehl: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਭੇ ਕੰਤ ਮਹੇਲੀਆ ਸਗਲੀਆ ਕਰਹਿ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥ sabhe kant maheleea sagaleea kareh seegaar | All are brides of the Husband Lord; all decorate themselves for Him. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji