Ang 0661
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 661
Section: Ragas
ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਰਹੀਐ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਿਛੁ ਸੁਣੀਐ ਕਿਛੁ ਕਹੀਐ ॥ jab lag duneea raheeai naanak kichh suneeai kichh kaheeai | As long as we are in this world, O Nanak, we should listen, and speak of the Lord. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਭਾਲਿ ਰਹੇ ਹਮ ਰਹਣੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਜੀਵਤਿਆ ਮਰਿ ਰਹੀਐ ॥੫॥੨॥ bhaal rahe ham rehan na paaeaa jeevatiaa mar raheeai |5|2| I have searched, but I have found no way to remain here; so, remain dead while yet alive. ||5||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ਦੂਜਾ ॥ dhanaasaree mahalaa 1 ghar doojaa | Dhanaasaree, First Mehl, Second House: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ ik oankaar satigur prasaad | One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਿਉ ਸਿਮਰੀ ਸਿਵਰਿਆ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਇ ॥ kiau simaree sivariaa nahee jaae | How can I remember the Lord in meditation? I cannot meditate on Him in remembrance. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤਪੈ ਹਿਆਉ ਜੀਅੜਾ ਬਿਲਲਾਇ ॥ tapai hiaau jeearraa bilalaae | My heart is burning, and my soul is crying out in pain. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਿਰਜਿ ਸਵਾਰੇ ਸਾਚਾ ਸੋਇ ॥ siraj savaare saachaa soe | The True Lord creates and adorns. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤਿਸੁ ਵਿਸਰਿਐ ਚੰਗਾ ਕਿਉ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥ tis visariai changaa kiau hoe |1| Forgetting Him, how can one be good? ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹਿਕਮਤਿ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥ hikamat hukam na paaeaa jaae | By clever tricks and commands, He cannot be found. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਿਉ ਕਰਿ ਸਾਚਿ ਮਿਲਉ ਮੇਰੀ ਮਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ kiau kar saach milau meree maae |1| rahaau | How am I to meet my True Lord, O my mother? ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਖਰੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਦੇਖਣ ਕੋਈ ਜਾਇ ॥ vakhar naam dekhan koee jaae | How rare is the one who goes out, and searches for the merchandise of the Naam. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾ ਕੋ ਚਾਖੈ ਨਾ ਕੋ ਖਾਇ ॥ naa ko chaakhai naa ko khaae | No one tastes it, and no one eats it. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਲੋਕਿ ਪਤੀਣੈ ਨਾ ਪਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥ lok pateenai naa pat hoe | Honor is not obtained by trying to please other people. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤਾ ਪਤਿ ਰਹੈ ਰਾਖੈ ਜਾ ਸੋਇ ॥੨॥ taa pat rahai raakhai jaa soe |2| One’s honor is preserved, only if the Lord preserves it. ||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਹ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਹ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਇ ॥ jeh dekhaa teh rahiaa samaae | Wherever I look, there I see Him, pervading and permeating. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੁਧੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਜੀ ਨਾਹੀ ਜਾਇ ॥ tudh bin doojee naahee jaae | Without You, I have no other place of rest. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੇ ਕੋ ਕਰੇ ਕੀਤੈ ਕਿਆ ਹੋਇ ॥ je ko kare keetai kiaa hoe | He may try, but what can anyone do by his own doing? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਬਖਸੇ ਸਾਚਾ ਸੋਇ ॥੩॥ jis no bakhase saachaa soe |3| He alone is blessed, whom the True Lord forgives. ||3|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹੁਣਿ ਉਠਿ ਚਲਣਾ ਮੁਹਤਿ ਕਿ ਤਾਲਿ ॥ hun utth chalanaa muhat ki taal | Now, I shall have to get up and depart, in an instant, in the clapping of hands. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਿਆ ਮੁਹੁ ਦੇਸਾ ਗੁਣ ਨਹੀ ਨਾਲਿ ॥ kiaa muhu desaa gun nahee naal | What face will I show the Lord? I have no virtue at all. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੈਸੀ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤੈਸਾ ਹੋਇ ॥ jaisee nadar kare taisaa hoe | As is the Lord’s Glance of Grace, so it is. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਿਣੁ ਨਦਰੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥੪॥੧॥੩॥ vin nadaree naanak nahee koe |4|1|3| Without His Glance of Grace, O Nanak, no one is blessed. ||4||1||3|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ dhanaasaree mahalaa 1 | Dhanaasaree, First Mehl: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਾ ਸਿਮਰਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥ nadar kare taa simariaa jaae | If the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace, then one remembers Him in meditation. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਤਮਾ ਦ੍ਰਵੈ ਰਹੈ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥ aatamaa dravai rahai liv laae | The soul is softened, and he remains absorbed in the Lord’s Love. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਤਮਾ ਪਰਾਤਮਾ ਏਕੋ ਕਰੈ ॥ aatamaa paraatamaa eko karai | His soul and the Supreme Soul become one. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅੰਤਰ ਕੀ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਮਰੈ ॥੧॥ antar kee dubidhaa antar marai |1| The duality of the inner mind is overcome. ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥ gur parasaadee paaeaa jaae | By Guru’s Grace, God is found. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਖਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ har siau chit laagai fir kaal na khaae |1| rahaau | One’s consciousness is attached to the Lord, and so Death does not devour him. ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਚਿ ਸਿਮਰਿਐ ਹੋਵੈ ਪਰਗਾਸੁ ॥ sach simariai hovai paragaas | Remembering the True Lord in meditation, one is enlightened. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤਾ ਤੇ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਮਹਿ ਰਹੈ ਉਦਾਸੁ ॥ taa te bikhiaa meh rahai udaas | Then, in the midst of Maya, he remains detached. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਐਸੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥ satigur kee aisee vaddiaaee | Such is the Glory of the True Guru; - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪੁਤ੍ਰ ਕਲਤ੍ਰ ਵਿਚੇ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੨॥ putr kalatr viche gat paaee |2| in the midst of children and spouses, they attain emancipation. ||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਐਸੀ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰੈ ॥ aisee sevak sevaa karai | Such is the service which the Lord’s servant performs, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਸ ਕਾ ਜੀਉ ਤਿਸੁ ਆਗੈ ਧਰੈ ॥ jis kaa jeeo tis aagai dharai | that he dedicates his soul to the Lord, to whom it belongs. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਾਹਿਬ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ saahib bhaavai so paravaan | One who is pleasing to the Lord and Master is acceptable. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੋ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਾਵੈ ਮਾਣੁ ॥੩॥ so sevak daragah paavai maan |3| Such a servant obtains honor in the Court of the Lord. ||3|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਵਸਾਏ ॥ satigur kee moorat hiradai vasaae | He enshrines the image of the True Guru in his heart. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੋ ਇਛੈ ਸੋਈ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਏ ॥ jo ichhai soee fal paae | He obtains the rewards which he desires. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰੈ ॥ saachaa saahib kirapaa karai | The True Lord and Master grants His Grace; - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੋ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਜਮ ਤੇ ਕੈਸਾ ਡਰੈ ॥੪॥ so sevak jam te kaisaa ddarai |4| how can such a servant be afraid of death? ||4|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਭਨਤਿ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਕਰੇ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ bhanat naanak kare veechaar | Prays Nanak, practice contemplation, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਾਚੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਿਉ ਧਰੇ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥ saachee baanee siau dhare piaar | and enshrine love for the True Word of His Bani. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤਾ ਕੋ ਪਾਵੈ ਮੋਖ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥ taa ko paavai mokh duaar | Then, you shall find the Gate of Salvation. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਪੁ ਤਪੁ ਸਭੁ ਇਹੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਹੈ ਸਾਰੁ ॥੫॥੨॥੪॥ jap tap sabh ihu sabad hai saar |5|2|4| This Shabad is the most excellent of all chanting and austere meditations. ||5||2||4|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ dhanaasaree mahalaa 1 | Dhanaasaree, First Mehl: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੀਉ ਤਪਤੁ ਹੈ ਬਾਰੋ ਬਾਰ ॥ jeeo tapat hai baaro baar | My soul burns, over and over again. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤਪਿ ਤਪਿ ਖਪੈ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬੇਕਾਰ ॥ tap tap khapai bahut bekaar | Burning and burning, it is ruined, and it falls into evil. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੈ ਤਨਿ ਬਾਣੀ ਵਿਸਰਿ ਜਾਇ ॥ jai tan baanee visar jaae | That body, which forgets the Word of the Guru’s Bani, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਉ ਪਕਾ ਰੋਗੀ ਵਿਲਲਾਇ ॥੧॥ jiau pakaa rogee vilalaae |1| cries out in pain, like a chronic patient. ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬਹੁਤਾ ਬੋਲਣੁ ਝਖਣੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ bahutaa bolan jhakhan hoe | To speak too much and babble is useless. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਿਣੁ ਬੋਲੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਸਭੁ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ vin bole jaanai sabh soe |1| rahaau | Even without our speaking, He knows everything. ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਨਿ ਕਨ ਕੀਤੇ ਅਖੀ ਨਾਕੁ ॥ jin kan keete akhee naak | He created our ears, eyes and nose. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਨਿ ਜਿਹਵਾ ਦਿਤੀ ਬੋਲੇ ਤਾਤੁ ॥ jin jihavaa ditee bole taat | He gave us our tongue to speak so fluently. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji