Ang 0686
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 686
Section: Ragas
ਜਨਮੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਖੋਵੈ ॥ janam padaarath dubidhaa khovai | He wastes this precious human life through duality. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਪੁ ਨ ਚੀਨਸਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਰੋਵੈ ॥੬॥ aap na cheenas bhram bhram rovai |6| He does not know his own self, and trapped by doubts, he cries out in pain. ||6|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਹਤਉ ਪੜਤਉ ਸੁਣਤਉ ਏਕ ॥ kahtau parrtau suntau ek | Speak, read and hear of the One Lord. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਧੀਰਜ ਧਰਮੁ ਧਰਣੀਧਰ ਟੇਕ ॥ dheeraj dharam dharaneedhar ttek | The Support of the earth shall bless you with courage, righteousness and protection. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਤੁ ਸਤੁ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਸਮਾਏ ॥ jat sat sanjam ridai samaae | Chastity, purity and self-restraint are infused into the heart, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਚਉਥੇ ਪਦ ਕਉ ਜੇ ਮਨੁ ਪਤੀਆਏ ॥੭॥ chauthe pad kau je man pateeae |7| when one centers his mind in the fourth state. ||7|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਾਚੇ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ॥ saache niramal mail na laagai | They are immaculate and true, and filth does not stick to them. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਭਰਮ ਭਉ ਭਾਗੈ ॥ gur kai sabad bharam bhau bhaagai | Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, their doubt and fear depart. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੂਰਤਿ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਆਦਿ ਅਨੂਪੁ ॥ soorat moorat aad anoop | The form and personality of the Primal Lord are incomparably beautiful. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਾਚੈ ਸਾਚੁ ਸਰੂਪੁ ॥੮॥੧॥ naanak jaachai saach saroop |8|1| Nanak begs for the Lord, the Embodiment of Truth. ||8||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ dhanaasaree mahalaa 1 | Dhanaasaree, First Mehl: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ sehaj milai miliaa paravaan | That union with the Lord is acceptable, which is united in intuitive poise. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਮਰਣੁ ਨ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣੁ ॥ naa tis maran na aavan jaan | Thereafter, one does not die, and does not come and go in reincarnation. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਠਾਕੁਰ ਮਹਿ ਦਾਸੁ ਦਾਸ ਮਹਿ ਸੋਇ ॥ tthaakur meh daas daas meh soe | The Lord’s slave is in the Lord, and the Lord is in His slave. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਹ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਹ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੧॥ jeh dekhaa teh avar na koe |1| Wherever I look, I see none other than the Lord. ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਸਹਜ ਘਰੁ ਪਾਈਐ ॥ guramukh bhagat sehaj ghar paaeeai | The Gurmukhs worship the Lord, and find His celestial home. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਭੇਟੇ ਮਰਿ ਆਈਐ ਜਾਈਐ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ bin gur bhette mar aaeeai jaaeeai |1| rahaau | Without meeting the Guru, they die, and come and go in reincarnation. ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੋ ਗੁਰੁ ਕਰਉ ਜਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਵੈ ॥ so gur krau ji saach drirraavai | So make Him your Guru, who implants the Truth within you, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਕਥੁ ਕਥਾਵੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲਾਵੈ ॥ akath kathaavai sabad milaavai | who leads you to speak the Unspoken Speech, and who merges you in the Word of the Shabad. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਲੋਗ ਅਵਰ ਨਹੀ ਕਾਰਾ ॥ har ke log avar nahee kaaraa | God’s people have no other work to do; - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਾਚਉ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਸਾਚੁ ਪਿਆਰਾ ॥੨॥ saachau tthaakur saach piaaraa |2| they love the True Lord and Master, and they love the Truth. ||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤਨ ਮਹਿ ਮਨੂਆ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਸਾਚਾ ॥ tan meh manooaa man meh saachaa | The mind is in the body, and the True Lord is in the mind. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੋ ਸਾਚਾ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਾਚੇ ਰਾਚਾ ॥ so saachaa mil saache raachaa | Merging into the True Lord, one is absorbed into Truth. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੇਵਕੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੈ ਲਾਗੈ ਪਾਇ ॥ sevak prabh kai laagai paae | God’s servant bows at His feet. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਮਿਲੈ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੩॥ satigur pooraa milai milaae |3| Meeting the True Guru, one meets with the Lord. ||3|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਪਿ ਦਿਖਾਵੈ ਆਪੇ ਦੇਖੈ ॥ aap dikhaavai aape dekhai | He Himself watches over us, and He Himself makes us see. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹਠਿ ਨ ਪਤੀਜੈ ਨਾ ਬਹੁ ਭੇਖੈ ॥ hatth na pateejai naa bahu bhekhai | He is not pleased by stubborn-mindedness, nor by various religious robes. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਘੜਿ ਭਾਡੇ ਜਿਨਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥ gharr bhaadde jin amrit paaeaa | He fashioned the body-vessels, and infused the Ambrosial Nectar into them; - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਮਨੁ ਪਤੀਆਇਆ ॥੪॥ prem bhagat prabh man pateeaeaa |4| God’s Mind is pleased only by loving devotional worship. ||4|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਭੂਲਹਿ ਚੋਟਾ ਖਾਹਿ ॥ parr parr bhooleh chottaa khaeh | Reading and studying, one becomes confused, and suffers punishment. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬਹੁਤੁ ਸਿਆਣਪ ਆਵਹਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ bahut siaanap aaveh jaeh | By great cleverness, one is consigned to coming and going in reincarnation. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪੈ ਭਉ ਭੋਜਨੁ ਖਾਇ ॥ naam japai bhau bhojan khaae | One who chants the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and eats the food of the Fear of God - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੇਵਕ ਰਹੇ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੫॥ guramukh sevak rahe samaae |5| becomes Gurmukh, the Lord’s servant, and remains absorbed in the Lord. ||5|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪੂਜਿ ਸਿਲਾ ਤੀਰਥ ਬਨ ਵਾਸਾ ॥ pooj silaa teerath ban vaasaa | He worships stones, dwells at sacred shrines of pilgrimage and in the jungles, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਭਰਮਤ ਡੋਲਤ ਭਏ ਉਦਾਸਾ ॥ bharamat ddolat bhe udaasaa | wanders, roams around and becomes a renunciate. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮਨਿ ਮੈਲੈ ਸੂਚਾ ਕਿਉ ਹੋਇ ॥ man mailai soochaa kiau hoe | But his mind is still filthy - how can he become pure? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਾਚਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਪਾਵੈ ਪਤਿ ਸੋਇ ॥੬॥ saach milai paavai pat soe |6| One who meets the True Lord obtains honor. ||6|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਚਾਰਾ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ਸਰੀਰਿ ॥ aachaaraa veechaar sareer | One who embodies good conduct and contemplative meditation, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਦਿ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਮਨੁ ਧੀਰਿ ॥ aad jugaad sehaj man dheer | his mind abides in intuitive poise and contentment, since the beginning of time, and throughout the ages. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪਲ ਪੰਕਜ ਮਹਿ ਕੋਟਿ ਉਧਾਰੇ ॥ pal pankaj meh kott udhaare | In the twinkling of an eye, he saves millions. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਮੇਲਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥੭॥ kar kirapaa gur mel piaare |7| Have mercy on me, O my Beloved, and let me meet the Guru. ||7|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਿਸੁ ਆਗੈ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੁਧੁ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ॥ kis aagai prabh tudh saalaahee | Unto whom, O God, should I praise You? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੁਧੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਮੈ ਕੋ ਨਾਹੀ ॥ tudh bin doojaa mai ko naahee | Without You, there is no other at all. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਉ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਉ ਰਾਖੁ ਰਜਾਇ ॥ jiau tudh bhaavai tiau raakh rajaae | As it pleases You, keep me under Your Will. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਹਜਿ ਭਾਇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ॥੮॥੨॥ naanak sehaj bhaae gun gaae |8|2| Nanak, with intuitive poise and natural love, sings Your Glorious Praises. ||8||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਘਰੁ ੬ ਅਸਟਪਦੀ ॥ dhanaasaree mahalaa 5 ghar 6 asattapadee | Dhanaasaree, Fifth Mehl, Sixth House, Ashtapadee: - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ ik oankaar satigur prasaad | One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ਜੋ ਜੋ ਜੂਨੀ ਆਇਓ ਤਿਹ ਤਿਹ ਉਰਝਾਇਓ ਮਾਣਸ ਜਨਮੁ ਸੰਜੋਗਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥ jo jo joonee aaeo tih tih urajhaaeo maanas janam sanjog paaeaa | Whoever is born into the world, is entangled in it; human birth is obtained only by good destiny. - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ਤਾ ਕੀ ਹੈ ਓਟ ਸਾਧ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਦੇ ਕਰਿ ਹਾਥ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਮੇਲਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ taa kee hai ott saadh raakhahu de kar haath kar kirapaa melahu har raaeaa |1| I look to Your support, O Holy Saint; give me Your hand, and protect me. By Your Grace, let me meet the Lord, my King. ||1|| - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ਅਨਿਕ ਜਨਮ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਥਿਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਈ ॥ anik janam bhram thit nahee paaee | I wandered through countless incarnations, but I did not find stability anywhere. - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ਕਰਉ ਸੇਵਾ ਗੁਰ ਲਾਗਉ ਚਰਨ ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ਜੀ ਕਾ ਮਾਰਗੁ ਦੇਹੁ ਜੀ ਬਤਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ krau sevaa gur laagau charan govind jee kaa maarag dehu jee bataaee |1| rahaau | I serve the Guru, and I fall at His feet, praying, “O Dear Lord of the Universe, please, show me the way.” ||1||Pause|| - Guru Arjan Dev Ji
ਅਨਿਕ ਉਪਾਵ ਕਰਉ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਉ ਬਚਿਤਿ ਧਰਉ ਮੇਰੀ ਮੇਰੀ ਕਰਤ ਸਦ ਹੀ ਵਿਹਾਵੈ ॥ anik upaav krau maaeaa kau bachit dhrau meree meree karat sad hee vihaavai | I have tried so many things to acquire the wealth of Maya, and to cherish it in my mind; I have passed my life constantly crying out, “Mine, mine!” - Guru Arjan Dev Ji