Ang 0353
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 353
Section: Ragas
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਨਉ ਨਿਧਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ gur parasaadee har ras paaeaa naam padaarath nau nidh paaee |1| rahaau | By Guru’s Grace, I have obtained the sublime essence of the Lord; I have received the wealth of the Naam and the nine treasures. ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਰਮ ਧਰਮ ਸਚੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥ karam dharam sach saachaa naau | Those whose karma and Dharma - whose actions and faith - are in the True Name of the True Lord - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤਾ ਕੈ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੈ ਜਾਉ ॥ taa kai sad balihaarai jaau | I am forever a sacrifice to them. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੋ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਸੇ ਜਨ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ jo har raate se jan paravaan | Those who are imbued with the Lord are accepted and respected. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤਿਨ ਕੀ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਪਰਮ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ॥੨॥ tin kee sangat param nidhaan |2| In their company, the supreme wealth is obtained. ||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹਰਿ ਵਰੁ ਜਿਨਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਧਨ ਨਾਰੀ ॥ har var jin paaeaa dhan naaree | Blessed is that bride, who has obtained the Lord as her Husband. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਰਾਤੀ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੀ ॥ har siau raatee sabad veechaaree | She is imbued with the Lord, and she reflects upon the Word of His Shabad. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਪਿ ਤਰੈ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਕੁਲ ਤਾਰੈ ॥ aap tarai sangat kul taarai | She saves herself, and saves her family and friends as well. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਤਤੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੈ ॥੩॥ satigur sev tat veechaarai |3| She serves the True Guru, and contemplates the essence of reality. ||3|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹਮਰੀ ਜਾਤਿ ਪਤਿ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਉ ॥ hamaree jaat pat sach naau | The True Name is my social status and honor. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਰਮ ਧਰਮ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਸਤ ਭਾਉ ॥ karam dharam sanjam sat bhaau | The love of the Truth is my karma and Dharma - my faith and my actions, and my self-control. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਬਖਸੇ ਪੂਛ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥ naanak bakhase poochh na hoe | O Nanak, one who is forgiven by the Lord is not called to account. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਦੂਜਾ ਮੇਟੇ ਏਕੋ ਸੋਇ ॥੪॥੧੪॥ doojaa mette eko soe |4|14| The One Lord erases duality. ||4||14|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ aasaa mahalaa 1 | Aasaa, First Mehl: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਇਕਿ ਆਵਹਿ ਇਕਿ ਜਾਵਹਿ ਆਈ ॥ eik aaveh ik jaaveh aaee | Some come, and after they come, they go. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਇਕਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਰਹਹਿ ਸਮਾਈ ॥ eik har raate raheh samaaee | Some are imbued with the Lord; they remain absorbed in Him. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਇਕਿ ਧਰਨਿ ਗਗਨ ਮਹਿ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥ eik dharan gagan meh tthaur na paaveh | Some find no place of rest at all, on the earth or in the sky. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੇ ਕਰਮਹੀਣ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਧਿਆਵਹਿ ॥੧॥ se karamaheen har naam na dhiaaveh |1| Those who do not meditate on the Name of the Lord are the most unfortunate. ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੇ ਤੇ ਗਤਿ ਮਿਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥ gur poore te gat mit paaee | From the Perfect Guru, the way to salvation is obtained. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਇਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਬਿਖੁ ਵਤ ਅਤਿ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਰਿ ਲੰਘਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ eihu sansaar bikh vat at bhaujal gurasabadee har paar langhaaee |1| rahaau | This world is a terrifying ocean of poison; through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, the Lord helps us cross over. ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਨੑ ਕਉ ਆਪਿ ਲਏ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮੇਲਿ ॥ jina kau aap le prabh mel | Those, whom God unites with Himself, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਸਾਕੈ ਪੇਲਿ ॥ tin kau kaal na saakai pel | cannot be crushed by death. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਰਹਹਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥ guramukh niramal raheh piaare | The beloved Gurmukhs remain immaculately pure, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਅੰਭ ਊਪਰਿ ਕਮਲ ਨਿਰਾਰੇ ॥੨॥ jiau jal anbh aoopar kamal niraare |2| like the lotus in the water, which remains untouched. ||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬੁਰਾ ਭਲਾ ਕਹੁ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਕਹੀਐ ॥ buraa bhalaa kahu kis no kaheeai | Tell me: who should we call good or bad? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਦੀਸੈ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਚੁ ਲਹੀਐ ॥ deesai braham guramukh sach laheeai | Behold the Lord God; the truth is revealed to the Gurmukh. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਕਥੁ ਕਥਉ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ akath kthau guramat veechaar | I speak the Unspoken Speech of the Lord, contemplating the Guru’s Teachings. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮਿਲਿ ਗੁਰ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਪਾਵਉ ਪਾਰੁ ॥੩॥ mil gur sangat paavau paar |3| I join the Sangat, the Guru’s Congregation, and I find God’s limits. ||3|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਾਸਤ ਬੇਦ ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਬਹੁ ਭੇਦ ॥ saasat bed sinmrit bahu bhed | The Shaastras, the Vedas, the Simritees and all their many secrets; - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਠਸਠਿ ਮਜਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਰੇਦ ॥ atthasatth majan har ras red | bathing at the sixty-eight holy places of pilgrimage - all this is found by enshrining the sublime essence of the Lord in the heart. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ॥ guramukh niramal mail na laagai | The Gurmukhs are immaculately pure; no filth sticks to them. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਡੇ ਧੁਰਿ ਭਾਗੈ ॥੪॥੧੫॥ naanak hiradai naam vadde dhur bhaagai |4|15| O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides in the heart, by the greatest pre-ordained destiny. ||4||15|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ aasaa mahalaa 1 | Aasaa, First Mehl: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਿਵਿ ਨਿਵਿ ਪਾਇ ਲਗਉ ਗੁਰ ਅਪੁਨੇ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮੁ ਨਿਹਾਰਿਆ ॥ niv niv paae lgau gur apune aatam raam nihaariaa | Bowing down, again and again, I fall at the Feet of my Guru; through Him, I have seen the Lord, the Divine Self, within. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਰਤ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਹਰਿ ਰਵਿਆ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਦੇਖਿ ਬੀਚਾਰਿਆ ॥੧॥ karat beechaar hiradai har raviaa hiradai dekh beechaariaa |1| Through contemplation and meditation, the Lord dwells within the heart; see this, and understand. ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬੋਲਹੁ ਰਾਮੁ ਕਰੇ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਾ ॥ bolahu raam kare nisataaraa | So speak the Lord’s Name, which shall emancipate you. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਰਤਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਲਾਭੈ ਮਿਟੈ ਅਗਿਆਨੁ ਹੋਇ ਉਜੀਆਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ gur parasaad ratan har laabhai mittai agiaan hoe ujeeaaraa |1| rahaau | By Guru’s Grace, the jewel of the Lord is found; ignorance is dispelled, and the Divine Light shines forth. ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਰਵਨੀ ਰਵੈ ਬੰਧਨ ਨਹੀ ਤੂਟਹਿ ਵਿਚਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਭਰਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥ ravanee ravai bandhan nahee tootteh vich haumai bharam na jaaee | By merely saying it with the tongue, one’s bonds are not broken, and egotism and doubt do not depart from within. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤ ਹਉਮੈ ਤੂਟੈ ਤਾ ਕੋ ਲੇਖੈ ਪਾਈ ॥੨॥ satigur milai ta haumai toottai taa ko lekhai paaee |2| But when one meets the True Guru, egotism departs, and then, one realizes his destiny. ||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਿਅ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮੁ ਸੁਖ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਉਰ ਧਾਰੇ ॥ har har naam bhagat pria preetam sukh saagar ur dhaare | The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is sweet and dear to His devotees; it is the ocean of peace - enshrine it within the heart. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਭਗਤਿ ਵਛਲੁ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਮਤਿ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਿਸਤਾਰੇ ॥੩॥ bhagat vachhal jagajeevan daataa mat guramat har nisataare |3| The Lover of His devotees, the Life of the World, the Lord bestows the Guru’s Teachings upon the intellect, and one is emancipated. ||3|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮਨ ਸਿਉ ਜੂਝਿ ਮਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਪਾਏ ਮਨਸਾ ਮਨਹਿ ਸਮਾਏ ॥ man siau joojh marai prabh paae manasaa maneh samaae | One who dies fighting against his own stubborn mind finds God, and the desires of the mind are quieted. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਸਹਜ ਭਾਇ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਏ ॥੪॥੧੬॥ naanak kripaa kare jagajeevan sehaj bhaae liv laae |4|16| O Nanak, if the Life of the World bestows His Mercy, one is intuitively attuned to the Love of the Lord. ||4||16|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ aasaa mahalaa 1 | Aasaa, First Mehl: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਿਸ ਕਉ ਕਹਹਿ ਸੁਣਾਵਹਿ ਕਿਸ ਕਉ ਕਿਸੁ ਸਮਝਾਵਹਿ ਸਮਝਿ ਰਹੇ ॥ kis kau kaheh sunaaveh kis kau kis samajhaaveh samajh rahe | Unto whom do they speak? Unto whom do they preach? Who understands? Let them understand themselves. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਿਸੈ ਪੜਾਵਹਿ ਪੜਿ ਗੁਣਿ ਬੂਝੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੰਤੋਖਿ ਰਹੇ ॥੧॥ kisai parraaveh parr gun boojhe satigur sabad santokh rahe |1| Who do they teach? Through study, they come to realize the Lord’s Glorious Virtues. Through the Shabad, the Word of the True Guru, they come to dwell in contentment. ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji