Ang 0906
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 906
Section: Ragas
ਤੀਰਥਿ ਭਰਮਸਿ ਬਿਆਧਿ ਨ ਜਾਵੈ ॥ teerath bharamas biaadh na jaavai | and wandering around at places of pilgrimage, the disease is not taken away. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਕੈਸੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੪॥ naam binaa kaise sukh paavai |4| Without the Naam, how can one find peace? ||4|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਤਨ ਕਰੈ ਬਿੰਦੁ ਕਿਵੈ ਨ ਰਹਾਈ ॥ jatan karai bind kivai na rahaaee | No matter how much he tries, he cannot control his semen and seed. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮਨੂਆ ਡੋਲੈ ਨਰਕੇ ਪਾਈ ॥ manooaa ddolai narake paaee | His mind wavers, and he falls into hell. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਮ ਪੁਰਿ ਬਾਧੋ ਲਹੈ ਸਜਾਈ ॥ jam pur baadho lahai sajaaee | Bound and gagged in the City of Death, he is tortured. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਜੀਉ ਜਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਈ ॥੫॥ bin naavai jeeo jal bal jaaee |5| Without the Name, his soul cries out in agony. ||5|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਿਧ ਸਾਧਿਕ ਕੇਤੇ ਮੁਨਿ ਦੇਵਾ ॥ sidh saadhik kete mun devaa | The many Siddhas and seekers, silent sages and demi-gods - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹਠਿ ਨਿਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਨ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਾਵਹਿ ਭੇਵਾ ॥ hatth nigreh na tripataaveh bhevaa | cannot satisfy themselves by practicing restraint through Hatha Yoga. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ਗਹਹਿ ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ॥ sabad veechaar gaheh gur sevaa | One who contemplates the Word of the Shabad, and serves the Guru - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਅਭਿਮਾਨ ਅਭੇਵਾ ॥੬॥ man tan niramal abhimaan abhevaa |6|
- his mind and body become immaculate, and his egotistical pride is obliterated. ||6|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਰਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਪਾਵੈ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਉ ॥ karam milai paavai sach naau | Blessed with Your Grace, I obtain the True Name. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੁਮ ਸਰਣਾਗਤਿ ਰਹਉ ਸੁਭਾਉ ॥ tum saranaagat rhau subhaau | I remain in Your Sanctuary, in loving devotion. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੁਮ ਤੇ ਉਪਜਿਓ ਭਗਤੀ ਭਾਉ ॥ tum te upajio bhagatee bhaau | Love for Your devotional worship has welled up within me. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਪੁ ਜਾਪਉ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਉ ॥੭॥ jap jaapau guramukh har naau |7| As Gurmukh, I chant and meditate on the Lord’s Name. ||7|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹਉਮੈ ਗਰਬੁ ਜਾਇ ਮਨ ਭੀਨੈ ॥ haumai garab jaae man bheenai | When one is rid of egotism and pride, his mind is drenched in the Lord’s Love. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਝੂਠਿ ਨ ਪਾਵਸਿ ਪਾਖੰਡਿ ਕੀਨੈ ॥ jhootth na paavas paakhandd keenai | Practicing fraud and hypocrisy, he does not find God. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰਸਬਦ ਨਹੀ ਘਰੁ ਬਾਰੁ ॥ bin gurasabad nahee ghar baar | Without the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, he cannot find the Lord’s Door. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਤਤੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥੮॥੬॥ naanak guramukh tat beechaar |8|6| O Nanak, the Gurmukh contemplates the essence of reality. ||8||6|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ raamakalee mahalaa 1 | Raamkalee, First Mehl: - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਉ ਆਇਆ ਤਿਉ ਜਾਵਹਿ ਬਉਰੇ ਜਿਉ ਜਨਮੇ ਤਿਉ ਮਰਣੁ ਭਇਆ ॥ jiau aaeaa tiau jaaveh baure jiau janame tiau maran bheaa | As you come, so will you leave, you fool; as you were born, so will you die. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਉ ਰਸ ਭੋਗ ਕੀਏ ਤੇਤਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ਭਵਜਲਿ ਪਇਆ ॥੧॥ jiau ras bhog kee tetaa dukh laagai naam visaar bhavajal peaa |1| As you enjoy pleasures, so will you suffer pain. Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, you will fall into the terrifying world-ocean. ||1|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਦੇਖਤ ਗਰਬਿ ਗਇਆ ॥ tan dhan dekhat garab geaa | Gazing upon your body and wealth, you are so proud. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਨਿਕ ਕਾਮਨੀ ਸਿਉ ਹੇਤੁ ਵਧਾਇਹਿ ਕੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਹਿ ਭਰਮਿ ਗਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ kanik kaamanee siau het vadhaaeihi kee naam visaareh bharam geaa |1| rahaau | Your love for gold and sexual pleasures increases; why have you forgotten the Naam, and why do you wander in doubt? ||1||Pause|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਤੁ ਸਤੁ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਸੀਲੁ ਨ ਰਾਖਿਆ ਪ੍ਰੇਤ ਪਿੰਜਰ ਮਹਿ ਕਾਸਟੁ ਭਇਆ ॥ jat sat sanjam seel na raakhiaa pret pinjar meh kaasatt bheaa | You do not practice truth, abstinence, self-discipline or humility; the ghost within your skeleton has turned to dry wood. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪੁੰਨੁ ਦਾਨੁ ਇਸਨਾਨੁ ਨ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਬਾਦਿ ਜਇਆ ॥੨॥ pun daan isanaan na sanjam saadhasangat bin baad jeaa |2| You have not practiced charity, donations, cleansing baths or austerities. Without the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, your life has gone in vain. ||2|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਲਾਲਚਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਬਿਸਾਰਿਓ ਆਵਤ ਜਾਵਤ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਇਆ ॥ laalach laagai naam bisaario aavat jaavat janam geaa | Attached to greed, you have forgotten the Naam. Coming and going, your life has been ruined. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਾ ਜਮੁ ਧਾਇ ਕੇਸ ਗਹਿ ਮਾਰੈ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਮੁਖਿ ਕਾਲ ਗਇਆ ॥੩॥ jaa jam dhaae kes geh maarai surat nahee mukh kaal geaa |3| When the Messenger of Death grabs you by your hair, you will be punished. You are unconscious, and have fallen into Death’s mouth. ||3|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਤਾਤਿ ਪਰਾਈ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਸਰਬ ਦਇਆ ॥ ahinis nindaa taat paraaee hiradai naam na sarab deaa | Day and night, you jealously slander others; in your heart, you have neither the Naam, nor compassion for all. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰਸਬਦ ਨ ਗਤਿ ਪਤਿ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਰਕਿ ਗਇਆ ॥੪॥ bin gurasabad na gat pat paaveh raam naam bin narak geaa |4| Without the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, you will not find salvation or honor. Without the Lord’s Name, you shall go to hell. ||4|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਖਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਵੇਸ ਕਰਹਿ ਨਟੂਆ ਜਿਉ ਮੋਹ ਪਾਪ ਮਹਿ ਗਲਤੁ ਗਇਆ ॥ khin meh ves kareh nattooaa jiau moh paap meh galat geaa | In an instant, you change into various costumes, like a juggler; you are entangled in emotional attachment and sin. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਇਤ ਉਤ ਮਾਇਆ ਦੇਖਿ ਪਸਾਰੀ ਮੋਹ ਮਾਇਆ ਕੈ ਮਗਨੁ ਭਇਆ ॥੫॥ eit ut maaeaa dekh pasaaree moh maaeaa kai magan bheaa |5| You gaze here and there upon the expanse of Maya; you are intoxicated with attachment to Maya. ||5|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਰਹਿ ਬਿਕਾਰ ਵਿਥਾਰ ਘਨੇਰੇ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸਬਦ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਰਮਿ ਪਇਆ ॥ kareh bikaar vithaar ghanere surat sabad bin bharam peaa | You act in corruption, and put on ostentatious shows, but without awareness of the Shabad, you have fallen into confusion. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹਉਮੈ ਰੋਗੁ ਮਹਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਗਾ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਲੇਵਹੁ ਰੋਗੁ ਗਇਆ ॥੬॥ haumai rog mahaa dukh laagaa guramat levahu rog geaa |6| You suffer great pain from the disease of egotism. Following the Guru’s Teachings, you shall be rid of this disease. ||6|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੁਖ ਸੰਪਤਿ ਕਉ ਆਵਤ ਦੇਖੈ ਸਾਕਤ ਮਨਿ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ਭਇਆ ॥ sukh sanpat kau aavat dekhai saakat man abhimaan bheaa | Seeing peace and wealth come to him, the faithless cynic become proud in his mind. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਸ ਕਾ ਇਹੁ ਤਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਸੋ ਫਿਰਿ ਲੇਵੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਹਸਾ ਦੂਖੁ ਪਇਆ ॥੭॥ jis kaa ihu tan dhan so fir levai antar sahasaa dookh peaa |7| But He who owns this body and wealth, takes them back again, and then the mortal feels anxiety and pain deep within. ||7|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅੰਤਿ ਕਾਲਿ ਕਿਛੁ ਸਾਥਿ ਨ ਚਾਲੈ ਜੋ ਦੀਸੈ ਸਭੁ ਤਿਸਹਿ ਮਇਆ ॥ ant kaal kichh saath na chaalai jo deesai sabh tiseh meaa | At the very last instant, nothing goes along with you; all is visible only by His Mercy. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਦਿ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਅਪਰੰਪਰੁ ਸੋ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਲੈ ਪਾਰਿ ਪਇਆ ॥੮॥ aad purakh aparanpar so prabh har naam ridai lai paar peaa |8| God is our Primal and Infinite Lord; enshrining the Lord’s Name in the heart, one crosses over. ||8|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮੂਏ ਕਉ ਰੋਵਹਿ ਕਿਸਹਿ ਸੁਣਾਵਹਿ ਭੈ ਸਾਗਰ ਅਸਰਾਲਿ ਪਇਆ ॥ mooe kau roveh kiseh sunaaveh bhai saagar asaraal peaa | You weep for the dead, but who hears you weeping? The dead have fallen to the serpent in the terrifying world-ocean. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਦੇਖਿ ਕੁਟੰਬੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਗ੍ਰਿਹ ਮੰਦਰੁ ਸਾਕਤੁ ਜੰਜਾਲਿ ਪਰਾਲਿ ਪਇਆ ॥੯॥ dekh kuttanb maaeaa grih mandar saakat janjaal paraal peaa |9| Gazing upon his family, wealth, household and mansions, the faithless cynic is entangled in worthless worldly affairs. ||9|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji