Ang 0935

Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 935
Section: Ragas


ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਨ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਹੈ ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ॥ naa tis giaan na dhiaan hai naa tis dharam dhiaan | He has neither spiritual wisdom or meditation; neither Dharmic faith mor meditation. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਕਹਾ ਕਿਆ ਜਾਣਾ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ॥ vin naavai nirbhau kahaa kiaa jaanaa abhimaan | Without the Name, how can one be fearless? How can he understand egotistical pride? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਥਾਕਿ ਰਹੀ ਕਿਵ ਅਪੜਾ ਹਾਥ ਨਹੀ ਨਾ ਪਾਰੁ ॥ thaak rahee kiv aparraa haath nahee naa paar | I am so tired - how can I get there? This ocean has no bottom or end. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਨਾ ਸਾਜਨ ਸੇ ਰੰਗੁਲੇ ਕਿਸੁ ਪਹਿ ਕਰੀ ਪੁਕਾਰ ॥ naa saajan se rangule kis peh karee pukaar | I have no loving companions, whom I can ask for help. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਿਉ ਪ੍ਰਿਉ ਜੇ ਕਰੀ ਮੇਲੇ ਮੇਲਣਹਾਰੁ ॥ naanak priau priau je karee mele melanahaar | O Nanak, crying out, “Beloved, Beloved”, we are united with the Uniter. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਜਿਨਿ ਵਿਛੋੜੀ ਸੋ ਮੇਲਸੀ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਹੇਤਿ ਅਪਾਰਿ ॥੩੭॥ jin vichhorree so melasee gur kai het apaar |37| He who separated me, unites me again; my love for the Guru is infinite. ||37|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਪਾਪੁ ਬੁਰਾ ਪਾਪੀ ਕਉ ਪਿਆਰਾ ॥ paap buraa paapee kau piaaraa | Sin is bad, but it is dear to the sinner. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਪਾਪਿ ਲਦੇ ਪਾਪੇ ਪਾਸਾਰਾ ॥ paap lade paape paasaaraa | He loads himself with sin, and expands his world through sin. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਪਰਹਰਿ ਪਾਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਆਪੁ ॥ parahar paap pachhaanai aap | Sin is far away from one who understands himself. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਸੋਗੁ ਵਿਜੋਗੁ ਸੰਤਾਪੁ ॥ naa tis sog vijog santaap | He is not afflicted by sorrow or separation. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਨਰਕਿ ਪੜੰਤਉ ਕਿਉ ਰਹੈ ਕਿਉ ਬੰਚੈ ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ॥ narak parrantau kiau rahai kiau banchai jamakaal | How can one avoid falling into hell? How can he cheat the Messenger of Death? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਕਿਉ ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣਾ ਵੀਸਰੈ ਝੂਠੁ ਬੁਰਾ ਖੈ ਕਾਲੁ ॥ kiau aavan jaanaa veesarai jhootth buraa khai kaal | How can coming and going be forgotten? Falsehood is bad, and death is cruel. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਮਨੁ ਜੰਜਾਲੀ ਵੇੜਿਆ ਭੀ ਜੰਜਾਲਾ ਮਾਹਿ ॥ man janjaalee verriaa bhee janjaalaa maeh | The mind is enveloped by entanglements, and into entanglements it falls. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕਿਉ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਪਾਪੇ ਪਚਹਿ ਪਚਾਹਿ ॥੩੮॥ vin naavai kiau chhootteeai paape pacheh pachaeh |38| Without the Name, how can anyone be saved? They rot away in sin. ||38|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਾਹੀ ਫਾਸੈ ਕਊਆ ॥ fir fir faahee faasai kaooaa | Again and again, the crow falls into the trap. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਫਿਰਿ ਪਛੁਤਾਨਾ ਅਬ ਕਿਆ ਹੂਆ ॥ fir pachhutaanaa ab kiaa hooaa | Then he regrets it, but what can he do now? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਫਾਥਾ ਚੋਗ ਚੁਗੈ ਨਹੀ ਬੂਝੈ ॥ faathaa chog chugai nahee boojhai | Even though he is trapped, he pecks at the food; he does not understand. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਸਤਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤ ਆਖੀ ਸੂਝੈ ॥ satagur milai ta aakhee soojhai | If he meets the True Guru, then he sees with his eyes. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਜਿਉ ਮਛੁਲੀ ਫਾਥੀ ਜਮ ਜਾਲਿ ॥ jiau machhulee faathee jam jaal | Like a fish, he is caught in the noose of death. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਵਿਣੁ ਗੁਰ ਦਾਤੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਭਾਲਿ ॥ vin gur daate mukat na bhaal | Do not seek liberation from anyone else, except the Guru, the Great Giver. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜਾਇ ॥ fir fir aavai fir fir jaae | Over and over again, he comes; over and over again, he goes. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਇਕ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਚੈ ਰਹੈ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥ eik rang rachai rahai liv laae | Be absorbed in love for the One Lord, and remain lovingly focused on Him. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਇਵ ਛੂਟੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਾਸ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥੩੯॥ eiv chhoottai fir faas na paae |39| In this way you shall be saved, and you shall not fall into the trap again. ||39|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਬੀਰਾ ਬੀਰਾ ਕਰਿ ਰਹੀ ਬੀਰ ਭਏ ਬੈਰਾਇ ॥ beeraa beeraa kar rahee beer bhe bairaae | She calls out, “Brother, O brother - stay, O brother!” But he becomes a stranger. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਬੀਰ ਚਲੇ ਘਰਿ ਆਪਣੈ ਬਹਿਣ ਬਿਰਹਿ ਜਲਿ ਜਾਇ ॥ beer chale ghar aapanai bahin bireh jal jaae | Her brother departs for his own home, and his sister burns with the pain of separation. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਬਾਬੁਲ ਕੈ ਘਰਿ ਬੇਟੜੀ ਬਾਲੀ ਬਾਲੈ ਨੇਹਿ ॥ baabul kai ghar bettarree baalee baalai nehi | In this world, her father’s home, the daughter, the innocent soul bride, loves her Young Husband Lord. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਜੇ ਲੋੜਹਿ ਵਰੁ ਕਾਮਣੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਤੇਹਿ ॥ je lorreh var kaamanee satigur seveh tehi | If you long for your Husband Lord, O soul bride, then serve the True Guru with love. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਬਿਰਲੋ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਬੂਝਣਉ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸਾਚਿ ਮਿਲੇਇ ॥ biralo giaanee boojhnau satigur saach milee | How rare are the spiritually wise, who meet the True Guru, and truly understand. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਠਾਕੁਰ ਹਾਥਿ ਵਡਾਈਆ ਜੈ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੈ ਦੇਇ ॥ tthaakur haath vaddaaeea jai bhaavai tai dee | All glorious greatness rests in the Lord and Master’s Hands. He grants them, when He is pleased. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਬਾਣੀ ਬਿਰਲਉ ਬੀਚਾਰਸੀ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਇ ॥ baanee birlau beechaarasee je ko guramukh hoe | How rare are those who contemplate the Word of the Guru’s Bani; they become Gurmukh. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਇਹ ਬਾਣੀ ਮਹਾ ਪੁਰਖ ਕੀ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ਹੋਇ ॥੪੦॥ eih baanee mahaa purakh kee nij ghar vaasaa hoe |40| This is the Bani of the Supreme Being; through it, one dwells within the home of his inner being. ||40|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਭਨਿ ਭਨਿ ਘੜੀਐ ਘੜਿ ਘੜਿ ਭਜੈ ਢਾਹਿ ਉਸਾਰੈ ਉਸਰੇ ਢਾਹੈ ॥ bhan bhan gharreeai gharr gharr bhajai dtaeh usaarai usare dtaahai | Shattering and breaking apart, He creates and re-creates; creating, He shatters again. He builds up what He has demolished, and demolishes what He has built. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਸਰ ਭਰਿ ਸੋਖੈ ਭੀ ਭਰਿ ਪੋਖੈ ਸਮਰਥ ਵੇਪਰਵਾਹੈ ॥ sar bhar sokhai bhee bhar pokhai samarath veparavaahai | He dries up the pools which are full, and fills the dried tanks again. He is all-powerful and independent. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਨੇ ਭਏ ਦਿਵਾਨੇ ਵਿਣੁ ਭਾਗਾ ਕਿਆ ਪਾਈਐ ॥ bharam bhulaane bhe divaane vin bhaagaa kiaa paaeeai | Deluded by doubt, they have gone insane; without destiny, what do they obtain? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਡੋਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਪਕੜੀ ਜਿਨ ਖਿੰਚੈ ਤਿਨ ਜਾਈਐ ॥ guramukh giaan ddoree prabh pakarree jin khinchai tin jaaeeai | The Gurmukhs know that God holds the string; wherever He pulls it, they must go. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ਸਦਾ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਬਹੁੜਿ ਨ ਪਛੋਤਾਈਐ ॥ har gun gaae sadaa rang raate bahurr na pachhotaaeeai | Those who sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, are forever imbued with His Love; they never again feel regret. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਭਭੈ ਭਾਲਹਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝਹਿ ਤਾ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ਪਾਈਐ ॥ bhabhai bhaaleh guramukh boojheh taa nij ghar vaasaa paaeeai | Bhabha: If someone seeks, and then becomes Gurmukh, then he comes to dwell in the home of his own heart. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਭਭੈ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਮਾਰਗੁ ਵਿਖੜਾ ਆਸ ਨਿਰਾਸਾ ਤਰੀਐ ॥ bhabhai bhaujal maarag vikharraa aas niraasaa tareeai | Bhabha: The way of the terrifying world-ocean is treacherous. Remain free of hope, in the midst of hope, and you shall cross over. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਆਪੋ ਚੀਨੑੈ ਜੀਵਤਿਆ ਇਵ ਮਰੀਐ ॥੪੧॥ gur parasaadee aapo cheenai jeevatiaa iv mareeai |41| By Guru’s Grace, one comes to understand himself; in this way, he remains dead while yet alive. ||41|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਮਾਇਆ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਰਿ ਮੁਏ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਿਸੈ ਨ ਸਾਥਿ ॥ maaeaa maaeaa kar mue maaeaa kisai na saath | Crying out for the wealth and riches of Maya, they die; but Maya does not go along with them. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਹੰਸੁ ਚਲੈ ਉਠਿ ਡੁਮਣੋ ਮਾਇਆ ਭੂਲੀ ਆਥਿ ॥ hans chalai utth ddumano maaeaa bhoolee aath | The soul-swan arises and departs, sad and depressed, leaving its wealth behind. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਮਨੁ ਝੂਠਾ ਜਮਿ ਜੋਹਿਆ ਅਵਗੁਣ ਚਲਹਿ ਨਾਲਿ ॥ man jhootthaa jam johiaa avagun chaleh naal | The false mind is hunted by the Messenger of Death; it carries its faults along when it goes. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji

ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਮਨੁ ਉਲਟੋ ਮਰੈ ਜੇ ਗੁਣ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਨਾਲਿ ॥ man meh man ulatto marai je gun hoveh naal | The mind turns inward, and merges with mind, when it is with virtue. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji