Ang 0936
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 936
Section: Ragas
ਮੇਰੀ ਮੇਰੀ ਕਰਿ ਮੁਏ ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਭਾਲਿ ॥ meree meree kar mue vin naavai dukh bhaal | Crying out, “Mine, mine!”, they have died, but without the Name, they find only pain. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੜ ਮੰਦਰ ਮਹਲਾ ਕਹਾ ਜਿਉ ਬਾਜੀ ਦੀਬਾਣੁ ॥ garr mandar mahalaa kahaa jiau baajee deebaan | So where are their forts, mansions, palaces and courts? They are like a short story. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੇ ਨਾਮ ਵਿਣੁ ਝੂਠਾ ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣੁ ॥ naanak sache naam vin jhootthaa aavan jaan | O Nanak, without the True Name, the false just come and go. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਪੇ ਚਤੁਰੁ ਸਰੂਪੁ ਹੈ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੁ ਸੁਜਾਣੁ ॥੪੨॥ aape chatur saroop hai aape jaan sujaan |42| He Himself is clever and so very beautiful; He Himself is wise and all-knowing. ||42|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੋ ਆਵਹਿ ਸੇ ਜਾਹਿ ਫੁਨਿ ਆਇ ਗਏ ਪਛੁਤਾਹਿ ॥ jo aaveh se jaeh fun aae ge pachhutaeh | Those who come, must go in the end; they come and go, regretting and repenting. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਮੇਦਨੀ ਘਟੈ ਨ ਵਧੈ ਉਤਾਹਿ ॥ lakh chauraaseeh medanee ghattai na vadhai utaeh | They will pass through 8.4 millions species; this number does not decrease or rise. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੇ ਜਨ ਉਬਰੇ ਜਿਨ ਹਰਿ ਭਾਇਆ ॥ se jan ubare jin har bhaaeaa | They alone are saved, who love the Lord. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਧੰਧਾ ਮੁਆ ਵਿਗੂਤੀ ਮਾਇਆ ॥ dhandhaa muaa vigootee maaeaa | Their worldly entanglements are ended, and Maya is conquered. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੋ ਦੀਸੈ ਸੋ ਚਾਲਸੀ ਕਿਸ ਕਉ ਮੀਤੁ ਕਰੇਉ ॥ jo deesai so chaalasee kis kau meet kareo | Whoever is seen, shall depart; who should I make my friend? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੀਉ ਸਮਪਉ ਆਪਣਾ ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਆਗੈ ਦੇਉ ॥ jeeo sampau aapanaa tan man aagai deo | I dedicate my soul, and place my body and mind in offering before Him. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਸਥਿਰੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਤੂ ਧਣੀ ਤਿਸ ਹੀ ਕੀ ਮੈ ਓਟ ॥ asathir karataa too dhanee tis hee kee mai ott | You are eternally stable, O Creator, Lord and Master; I lean on Your Support. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਣ ਕੀ ਮਾਰੀ ਹਉ ਮੁਈ ਸਬਦਿ ਰਤੀ ਮਨਿ ਚੋਟ ॥੪੩॥ gun kee maaree hau muee sabad ratee man chott |43| Conquered by virtue, egotism is killed; imbued with the Word of the Shabad, the mind rejects the world. ||43|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਰਾਣਾ ਰਾਉ ਨ ਕੋ ਰਹੈ ਰੰਗੁ ਨ ਤੁੰਗੁ ਫਕੀਰੁ ॥ raanaa raau na ko rahai rang na tung fakeer | Neither the kings nor the nobles will remain; neither the rich nor the poor will remain. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਾਰੀ ਆਪੋ ਆਪਣੀ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਬੰਧੈ ਧੀਰ ॥ vaaree aapo aapanee koe na bandhai dheer | When one’s turn comes, no one can stay here. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਰਾਹੁ ਬੁਰਾ ਭੀਹਾਵਲਾ ਸਰ ਡੂਗਰ ਅਸਗਾਹ ॥ raahu buraa bheehaavalaa sar ddoogar asagaah | The path is difficult and treacherous; the pools and mountains are impassable. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮੈ ਤਨਿ ਅਵਗਣ ਝੁਰਿ ਮੁਈ ਵਿਣੁ ਗੁਣ ਕਿਉ ਘਰਿ ਜਾਹ ॥ mai tan avagan jhur muee vin gun kiau ghar jaah | My body is filled with faults; I am dying of grief. Without virtue, how can I enter my home? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਣੀਆ ਗੁਣ ਲੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਮਿਲੇ ਕਿਉ ਤਿਨ ਮਿਲਉ ਪਿਆਰਿ ॥ guneea gun le prabh mile kiau tin milau piaar | The virtuous take virtue, and meet God; how can I meet them with love? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤਿਨ ਹੀ ਜੈਸੀ ਥੀ ਰਹਾਂ ਜਪਿ ਜਪਿ ਰਿਦੈ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥ tin hee jaisee thee rahaan jap jap ridai muraar | If ony I could be like them, chanting and meditating within my heart on the Lord. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਵਗੁਣੀ ਭਰਪੂਰ ਹੈ ਗੁਣ ਭੀ ਵਸਹਿ ਨਾਲਿ ॥ avagunee bharapoor hai gun bhee vaseh naal | He is overflowing with faults and demerits, but virtue dwells within him as well. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਿਣੁ ਸਤਗੁਰ ਗੁਣ ਨ ਜਾਪਨੀ ਜਿਚਰੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਨ ਕਰੇ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥੪੪॥ vin satagur gun na jaapanee jichar sabad na kare beechaar |44| Without the True Guru, he does not see God’s Virtues; he does not chant the Glorious Virtues of God. ||44|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਲਸਕਰੀਆ ਘਰ ਸੰਮਲੇ ਆਏ ਵਜਹੁ ਲਿਖਾਇ ॥ lasakareea ghar samale aae vajahu likhaae | God’s soldiers take care of their homes; their pay is pre-ordained, before they come into the world. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ਸਿਰਿ ਧਣੀ ਲਾਹਾ ਪਲੈ ਪਾਇ ॥ kaar kamaaveh sir dhanee laahaa palai paae | They serve their Supreme Lord and Master, and obtain the profit. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਲਬੁ ਲੋਭੁ ਬੁਰਿਆਈਆ ਛੋਡੇ ਮਨਹੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ॥ lab lobh buriaaeea chhodde manahu visaar | They renounce greed, avarice and evil, and forget them from their minds. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੜਿ ਦੋਹੀ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹ ਕੀ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਹਾਰਿ ॥ garr dohee paatisaah kee kade na aavai haar | In the fortress of the body, they announce the victory of their Supreme King; they are never ever vanquished. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਚਾਕਰੁ ਕਹੀਐ ਖਸਮ ਕਾ ਸਉਹੇ ਉਤਰ ਦੇਇ ॥ chaakar kaheeai khasam kaa sauhe utar dee | One who calls himself a servant of his Lord and Master, and yet speaks defiantly to Him, - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਜਹੁ ਗਵਾਏ ਆਪਣਾ ਤਖਤਿ ਨ ਬੈਸਹਿ ਸੇਇ ॥ vajahu gavaae aapanaa takhat na baiseh see | shall forfeit his pay, and not be seated upon the throne. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਹਥਿ ਵਡਿਆਈਆ ਜੈ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੈ ਦੇਇ ॥ preetam hath vaddiaaeea jai bhaavai tai dee | Glorious greatness rests in the hands of my Beloved; He gives, according to the Pleasure of His Will. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇ ਕਿਸੁ ਆਖੀਐ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ਕਰੇਇ ॥੪੫॥ aap kare kis aakheeai avar na koe karee |45| He Himself does everything; who else should we address? No one else does anything. ||45|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬੀਜਉ ਸੂਝੈ ਕੋ ਨਹੀ ਬਹੈ ਦੁਲੀਚਾ ਪਾਇ ॥ beejau soojhai ko nahee bahai duleechaa paae | I cannot conceive of any other, who could be seated upon the royal cushions. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਰਕ ਨਿਵਾਰਣੁ ਨਰਹ ਨਰੁ ਸਾਚਉ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਇ ॥ narak nivaaran narah nar saachau saachai naae | The Supreme Man of men eradicates hell; He is True, and True is His Name. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਵਣੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਣੁ ਢੂਢਤ ਫਿਰਿ ਰਹੀ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਕਰਉ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ van trin dtoodtat fir rahee man meh krau beechaar | I wandered around searching for Him in the forests and meadows; I contemplate Him within my mind. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਲਾਲ ਰਤਨ ਬਹੁ ਮਾਣਕੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਹਾਥਿ ਭੰਡਾਰੁ ॥ laal ratan bahu maanakee satigur haath bhanddaar | The treasures of myriads of pearls, jewels and emeralds are in the hands of the True Guru. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਊਤਮੁ ਹੋਵਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਇਕ ਮਨਿ ਏਕੈ ਭਾਇ ॥ aootam hovaa prabh milai ik man ekai bhaae | Meeting with God, I am exalted and elevated; I love the One Lord single-mindedly. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਰਸਿ ਮਿਲੇ ਲਾਹਾ ਲੈ ਪਰਥਾਇ ॥ naanak preetam ras mile laahaa lai parathaae | O Nanak, one who lovingly meets with his Beloved, earns profit in the world hereafter. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਰਚਨਾ ਰਾਚਿ ਜਿਨਿ ਰਚੀ ਜਿਨਿ ਸਿਰਿਆ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥ rachanaa raach jin rachee jin siriaa aakaar | He who created and formed the creation, made your form as well. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੇਅੰਤੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰੁ ॥੪੬॥ guramukh beant dhiaaeeai ant na paaraavaar |46| As Gurmukh, meditate on the Infinite Lord, who has no end or limitation. ||46|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ੜਾੜੈ ਰੂੜਾ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਸੋਈ ॥ rraarrai roorraa har jeeo soee | Rharha: The Dear Lord is beautiful; - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤਿਸੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਰਾਜਾ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥ tis bin raajaa avar na koee | There is no other king, except Him. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ੜਾੜੈ ਗਾਰੁੜੁ ਤੁਮ ਸੁਣਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥ rraarrai gaarurr tum sunahu har vasai man maeh | Rharha: Listen to the spell, and the Lord will come to dwell in your mind. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਮਤੁ ਕੋ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਹਿ ॥ gur parasaadee har paaeeai mat ko bharam bhulaeh | By Guru’s Grace, one finds the Lord; do not be deluded by doubt. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੋ ਸਾਹੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਜਿਸੁ ਹਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਰਾਸਿ ॥ so saahu saachaa jis har dhan raas | He alone is the true banker, who has the capital of the wealth of the Lord. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪੂਰਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਾਬਾਸਿ ॥ guramukh pooraa tis saabaas | The Gurmukh is perfect - applaud him! - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਰੂੜੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥ roorree baanee har paaeaa gurasabadee beechaar | Through the beautiful Word of the Guru’s Bani, the Lord is obtained; contemplate the Word of the Guru’s Shabad. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji