Ang 0227
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 227
Section: Ragas
ਹਉਮੈ ਬੰਧਨ ਬੰਧਿ ਭਵਾਵੈ ॥ haumai bandhan bandh bhavaavai | Egotism binds people in bondage, and causes them to wander around lost. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਰਾਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੮॥੧੩॥ naanak raam bhagat sukh paavai |8|13| O Nanak, peace is obtained through devotional worship of the Lord. ||8||13|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ gaurree mahalaa 1 | Gauree, First Mehl: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪ੍ਰਥਮੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਕਾਲੈ ਘਰਿ ਆਇਆ ॥ prathame brahamaa kaalai ghar aaeaa | First, Brahma entered the house of Death. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਕਮਲੁ ਪਇਆਲਿ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥ braham kamal peaal na paaeaa | Brahma entered the lotus, and searched the nether regions, but he did not find the end of it. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਗਿਆ ਨਹੀ ਲੀਨੀ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ aagiaa nahee leenee bharam bhulaaeaa |1| He did not accept the Lord’s Order - he was deluded by doubt. ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੋ ਉਪਜੈ ਸੋ ਕਾਲਿ ਸੰਘਾਰਿਆ ॥ jo upajai so kaal sanghaariaa | Whoever is created, shall be destroyed by Death. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹਮ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਖੇ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ ham har raakhe gurasabad beechaariaa |1| rahaau | But I am protected by the Lord; I contemplate the Word of the Guru’s Shabad. ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੇ ਦੇਵੀ ਸਭਿ ਦੇਵਾ ॥ maaeaa mohe devee sabh devaa | All the gods and goddesses are enticed by Maya. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਛੋਡੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ॥ kaal na chhoddai bin gur kee sevaa | Death cannot be avoided, without serving the Guru. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਓਹੁ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵਾ ॥੨॥ ohu abinaasee alakh abhevaa |2| That Lord is Imperishable, Invisible and Inscrutable. ||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੁਲਤਾਨ ਖਾਨ ਬਾਦਿਸਾਹ ਨਹੀ ਰਹਨਾ ॥ sulataan khaan baadisaah nahee rahanaa | The sultans, emperors and kings shall not remain. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਮਹੁ ਭੂਲੈ ਜਮ ਕਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਸਹਨਾ ॥ naamahu bhoolai jam kaa dukh sahanaa | Forgetting the Name, they shall endure the pain of death. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮੈ ਧਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਿਉ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਰਹਨਾ ॥੩॥ mai dhar naam jiau raakhahu rahanaa |3| My only Support is the Naam, the Name of the Lord; as He keeps me, I survive. ||3|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਚਉਧਰੀ ਰਾਜੇ ਨਹੀ ਕਿਸੈ ਮੁਕਾਮੁ ॥ chaudharee raaje nahee kisai mukaam | The leaders and kings shall not remain. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਾਹ ਮਰਹਿ ਸੰਚਹਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਦਾਮ ॥ saah mareh sancheh maaeaa daam | The bankers shall die, after accumulating their wealth and money. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮੈ ਧਨੁ ਦੀਜੈ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ॥੪॥ mai dhan deejai har amrit naam |4| Grant me, O Lord, the wealth of Your Ambrosial Naam. ||4|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਰਯਤਿ ਮਹਰ ਮੁਕਦਮ ਸਿਕਦਾਰੈ ॥ rayat mehar mukadam sikadaarai | The people, rulers, leaders and chiefs - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਦਿਸੈ ਸੰਸਾਰੈ ॥ nihachal koe na disai sansaarai | none of them shall be able to remain in the world. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਫਰਿਉ ਕਾਲੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਸਿਰਿ ਮਾਰੈ ॥੫॥ afariau kaal koorr sir maarai |5| Death is inevitable; it strikes the heads of the false. ||5|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਏਕੁ ਸਚਾ ਸਚੁ ਸੋਈ ॥ nihachal ek sachaa sach soee | Only the One Lord, the Truest of the True, is permanent. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਨਿ ਕਰਿ ਸਾਜੀ ਤਿਨਹਿ ਸਭ ਗੋਈ ॥ jin kar saajee tineh sabh goee | He who created and fashioned everything, shall destroy it. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਓਹੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਪੈ ਤਾਂ ਪਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥੬॥ ohu guramukh jaapai taan pat hoee |6| One who becomes Gurmukh and meditates on the Lord is honored. ||6|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਾਜੀ ਸੇਖ ਭੇਖ ਫਕੀਰਾ ॥ kaajee sekh bhekh fakeeraa | The Qazis, Shaykhs and Fakeers in religious robes - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਡੇ ਕਹਾਵਹਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਤਨਿ ਪੀਰਾ ॥ vadde kahaaveh haumai tan peeraa | call themselves great; but through their egotism, their bodies are suffering in pain. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਛੋਡੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਧੀਰਾ ॥੭॥ kaal na chhoddai bin satigur kee dheeraa |7| Death does not spare them, without the Support of the True Guru. ||7|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਾਲੁ ਜਾਲੁ ਜਿਹਵਾ ਅਰੁ ਨੈਣੀ ॥ kaal jaal jihavaa ar nainee | The trap of Death is hanging over their tongues and eyes. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਾਨੀ ਕਾਲੁ ਸੁਣੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਬੈਣੀ ॥ kaanee kaal sunai bikh bainee | Death is over their ears, when they hear talk of evil. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਮੂਠੇ ਦਿਨੁ ਰੈਣੀ ॥੮॥ bin sabadai mootthe din rainee |8| Without the Shabad, they are plundered, day and night. ||8|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹਿਰਦੈ ਸਾਚੁ ਵਸੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇ ॥ hiradai saach vasai har naae | Death cannot touch those whose hearts are filled with the True Name of the Lord, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਜੋਹਿ ਸਕੈ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ॥ kaal na johi sakai gun gaae | And who sing the Glories of God. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੯॥੧੪॥ naanak guramukh sabad samaae |9|14| O Nanak, the Gurmukh is absorbed in the Word of the Shabad. ||9||14|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ gaurree mahalaa 1 | Gauree, First Mehl: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬੋਲਹਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਮਿਥਿਆ ਨਹੀ ਰਾਈ ॥ boleh saach mithiaa nahee raaee | They speak the Truth - not an iota of falsehood. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਚਾਲਹਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਰਜਾਈ ॥ chaaleh guramukh hukam rajaaee | The Gurmukhs walk in the Way of the Lord’s Command. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਰਹਹਿ ਅਤੀਤ ਸਚੇ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥੧॥ raheh ateet sache saranaaee |1| They remain unattached, in the Sanctuary of the True Lord. ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਚ ਘਰਿ ਬੈਸੈ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਜੋਹੈ ॥ sach ghar baisai kaal na johai | They dwell in their true home, and Death does not touch them. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਕਉ ਆਵਤ ਜਾਵਤ ਦੁਖੁ ਮੋਹੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ manamukh kau aavat jaavat dukh mohai |1| rahaau | The self-willed manmukhs come and go, in the pain of emotional attachment. ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਪਿਉ ਪੀਅਉ ਅਕਥੁ ਕਥਿ ਰਹੀਐ ॥ apiau peeo akath kath raheeai | So, drink deeply of this Nectar, and speak the Unspoken Speech. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਬੈਸਿ ਸਹਜ ਘਰੁ ਲਹੀਐ ॥ nij ghar bais sehaj ghar laheeai | Dwelling in the home of your own being within, you shall find the home of intuitive peace. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਮਾਤੇ ਇਹੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਕਹੀਐ ॥੨॥ har ras maate ihu sukh kaheeai |2| One who is imbued with the Lord’s sublime essence, is said to experience this peace. ||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਚਾਲ ਨਿਹਚਲ ਨਹੀ ਡੋਲੈ ॥ guramat chaal nihachal nahee ddolai | Following the Guru’s Teachings, one becomes perfectly stable, and never wavers. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਹਰਿ ਬੋਲੈ ॥ guramat saach sehaj har bolai | Following the Guru’s Teachings, one intuitively chants the Name of the True Lord. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪੀਵੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਤਤੁ ਵਿਰੋਲੈ ॥੩॥ peevai amrit tat virolai |3| Drinking in this Ambrosial Nectar, and churning it, the essential reality is discerned. ||3|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਦੀਖਿਆ ਲੀਨੀ ॥ satigur dekhiaa deekhiaa leenee | Beholding the True Guru, I have received His Teachings. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਅਰਪਿਓ ਅੰਤਰਗਤਿ ਕੀਨੀ ॥ man tan arapio antaragat keenee | I have offered my mind and body, after searching deep within my own being. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗਤਿ ਮਿਤਿ ਪਾਈ ਆਤਮੁ ਚੀਨੀ ॥੪॥ gat mit paaee aatam cheenee |4| I have come to realize the value of understanding my own soul. ||4|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਭੋਜਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਸਾਰੁ ॥ bhojan naam niranjan saar | The Naam, the Name of the Immaculate Lord, is the most excellent and sublime food. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪਰਮ ਹੰਸੁ ਸਚੁ ਜੋਤਿ ਅਪਾਰ ॥ param hans sach jot apaar | The pure swan-souls see the True Light of the Infinite Lord. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਹ ਦੇਖਉ ਤਹ ਏਕੰਕਾਰੁ ॥੫॥ jeh dekhau teh ekankaar |5| Wherever I look, I see the One and Only Lord. ||5|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਰਹੈ ਨਿਰਾਲਮੁ ਏਕਾ ਸਚੁ ਕਰਣੀ ॥ rahai niraalam ekaa sach karanee | One who remains pure and unblemished and practices only true deeds, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸੇਵਾ ਗੁਰ ਚਰਣੀ ॥ param pad paaeaa sevaa gur charanee | obtains the supreme status, serving at the Guru’s Feet. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮਨ ਤੇ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ਚੂਕੀ ਅਹੰ ਭ੍ਰਮਣੀ ॥੬॥ man te man maaniaa chookee ahan bhramanee |6| The mind is reconciliated with the mind, and the ego’s wandering ways come to an end. ||6|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਇਨ ਬਿਧਿ ਕਉਣੁ ਕਉਣੁ ਨਹੀ ਤਾਰਿਆ ॥ ein bidh kaun kaun nahee taariaa | In this way, who - who has not been saved? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹਰਿ ਜਸਿ ਸੰਤ ਭਗਤ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਿਆ ॥ har jas sant bhagat nisataariaa | The Lord’s Praises have saved His Saints and devotees. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji