Ang 0940
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 940
Section: Ragas
ਕਿਤੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਆਸਾ ਮਨਸਾ ਖਾਈ ॥ kit bidh aasaa manasaa khaaee | How have you subdued your hopes and desires? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਿਤੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਤਰਿ ਪਾਈ ॥ kit bidh jot nirantar paaee | How have you found the Light deep within your nucleus? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬਿਨੁ ਦੰਤਾ ਕਿਉ ਖਾਈਐ ਸਾਰੁ ॥ bin dantaa kiau khaaeeai saar | Without teeth, how can you eat iron? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚਾ ਕਰਹੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥੧੯॥ naanak saachaa karahu beechaar |19| Give us your true opinion, Nanak.” ||19|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਜਨਮੇ ਗਵਨੁ ਮਿਟਾਇਆ ॥ satigur kai janame gavan mittaaeaa | Born into the House of the True Guru, my wandering in reincarnation ended. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਨਹਤਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਲਾਇਆ ॥ anahat raate ihu man laaeaa | My mind is attached and attuned to the unstruck sound current. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਮਨਸਾ ਆਸਾ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਈ ॥ manasaa aasaa sabad jalaaee | Through the Word of the Shabad, my hopes and desires have been burnt away. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਤਰਿ ਪਾਈ ॥ guramukh jot nirantar paaee | As Gurmukh, I found the Light deep within the nucleus of my self. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਮੇਟੇ ਖਾਈਐ ਸਾਰੁ ॥ trai gun mette khaaeeai saar | Eradicating the three qualities, one eats iron. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਤਾਰੇ ਤਾਰਣਹਾਰੁ ॥੨੦॥ naanak taare taaranahaar |20| O Nanak, the Emancipator emancipates. ||20|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਦਿ ਕਉ ਕਵਨੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ਕਥੀਅਲੇ ਸੁੰਨ ਕਹਾ ਘਰ ਵਾਸੋ ॥ aad kau kavan beechaar katheeale sun kahaa ghar vaaso | “What can you tell us about the beginning? In what home did the absolute dwell then? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗਿਆਨ ਕੀ ਮੁਦ੍ਰਾ ਕਵਨ ਕਥੀਅਲੇ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਕਵਨ ਨਿਵਾਸੋ ॥ giaan kee mudraa kavan katheeale ghatt ghatt kavan nivaaso | What are the ear-rings of spiritual wisdom? Who dwells in each and every heart? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਾਲ ਕਾ ਠੀਗਾ ਕਿਉ ਜਲਾਈਅਲੇ ਕਿਉ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਘਰਿ ਜਾਈਐ ॥ kaal kaa ttheegaa kiau jalaaeeale kiau nirbhau ghar jaaeeai | How can one avoid the attack of death? How can one enter the home of fearlessness? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਹਜ ਸੰਤੋਖ ਕਾ ਆਸਣੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਕਿਉ ਛੇਦੇ ਬੈਰਾਈਐ ॥ sehaj santokh kaa aasan jaanai kiau chhede bairaaeeai | How can one know the posture of intuition and contentment, and overcome one’s adversaries?” - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਮਾਰੈ ਤਾ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਵਾਸੋ ॥ gur kai sabad haumai bikh maarai taa nij ghar hovai vaaso | Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, egotism and corruption are conquered, and then one comes to dwell in the home of the self within. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜਿਨਿ ਰਚਿ ਰਚਿਆ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਤਾ ਕਾ ਦਾਸੋ ॥੨੧॥ jin rach rachiaa tis sabad pachhaanai naanak taa kaa daaso |21| One who realizes the Shabad of the One who created the creation - Nanak is his slave. ||21|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਹਾ ਤੇ ਆਵੈ ਕਹਾ ਇਹੁ ਜਾਵੈ ਕਹਾ ਇਹੁ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਈ ॥ kahaa te aavai kahaa ihu jaavai kahaa ihu rahai samaaee | “Where did we come from? Where are we going? Where will we be absorbed? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਏਸੁ ਸਬਦ ਕਉ ਜੋ ਅਰਥਾਵੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਗੁਰ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਤਮਾਈ ॥ es sabad kau jo arathaavai tis gur til na tamaaee | One who reveals the meaning of this Shabad is the Guru, who has no greed at all. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕਿਉ ਤਤੈ ਅਵਿਗਤੈ ਪਾਵੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਲਗੈ ਪਿਆਰੋ ॥ kiau tatai avigatai paavai guramukh lagai piaaro | How can one find the essence of the unmanifest reality? How does one become Gurmukh, and enshrine love for the Lord? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਪੇ ਸੁਰਤਾ ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਬੀਚਾਰੋ ॥ aape surataa aape karataa kahu naanak beechaaro | He Himself is consciousness, He Himself is the Creator; share with us, Nanak, your wisdom.” - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹੁਕਮੇ ਆਵੈ ਹੁਕਮੇ ਜਾਵੈ ਹੁਕਮੇ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਈ ॥ hukame aavai hukame jaavai hukame rahai samaaee | By His Command we come, and by His Command we go; by His Command, we merge in absorption. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਸਾਚੁ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਗਤਿ ਮਿਤਿ ਸਬਦੇ ਪਾਈ ॥੨੨॥ poore gur te saach kamaavai gat mit sabade paaee |22| Through the Perfect Guru, live the Truth; through the Word of the Shabad, the state of dignity is attained. ||22|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਦਿ ਕਉ ਬਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ਕਥੀਅਲੇ ਸੁੰਨ ਨਿਰੰਤਰਿ ਵਾਸੁ ਲੀਆ ॥ aad kau bisamaad beechaar katheeale sun nirantar vaas leea | We can only express a sense of wonder about the beginning. The absolute abided endlessly deep within Himself then. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਕਲਪਤ ਮੁਦ੍ਰਾ ਗੁਰ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੀਅਲੇ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਰਬ ਜੀਆ ॥ akalapat mudraa gur giaan beechaareeale ghatt ghatt saachaa sarab jeea | Consider freedom from desire to be the ear-rings of the Guru’s spiritual wisdom. The True Lord, the Soul of all, dwells within each and every heart. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਗੁਰ ਬਚਨੀ ਅਵਿਗਤਿ ਸਮਾਈਐ ਤਤੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਲਹੈ ॥ gur bachanee avigat samaaeeai tat niranjan sehaj lahai | Through the Guru’s Word, one merges in the absolute, and intuitively receives the immaculate essence. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਦੂਜੀ ਕਾਰ ਨ ਕਰਣੀ ਸੇਵੈ ਸਿਖੁ ਸੁ ਖੋਜਿ ਲਹੈ ॥ naanak doojee kaar na karanee sevai sikh su khoj lahai | O Nanak, that Sikh who seeks and finds the Way does not serve any other. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਹੁਕਮੁ ਬਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਜੀਅ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਸਚੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋਈ ॥ hukam bisamaad hukam pachhaanai jeea jugat sach jaanai soee | Wonderful and amazing is His Command; He alone realizes His Command and knows the true way of life of His creatures. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਪੁ ਮੇਟਿ ਨਿਰਾਲਮੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਜੋਗੀ ਕਹੀਐ ਸੋਈ ॥੨੩॥ aap mett niraalam hovai antar saach jogee kaheeai soee |23| One who eradicates his self-conceit becomes free of desire; he alone is a Yogi, who enshrines the True Lord deep within. ||23|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਅਵਿਗਤੋ ਨਿਰਮਾਇਲੁ ਉਪਜੇ ਨਿਰਗੁਣ ਤੇ ਸਰਗੁਣੁ ਥੀਆ ॥ avigato niramaaeil upaje niragun te saragun theea | From His state of absolute existence, He assumed the immaculate form; from formless, He assumed the supreme form. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪਰਚੈ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਾਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਮਾਇ ਲੀਆ ॥ satigur parachai param pad paaeeai saachai sabad samaae leea | By pleasing the True Guru, the supreme status is obtained, and one is absorbed in the True Word of the Shabad. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਏਕੇ ਕਉ ਸਚੁ ਏਕਾ ਜਾਣੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਦੂਜਾ ਦੂਰਿ ਕੀਆ ॥ eke kau sach ekaa jaanai haumai doojaa door keea | He knows the True Lord as the One and only; he sends his egotism and duality far away. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸੋ ਜੋਗੀ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਕਮਲੁ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸੁ ਥੀਆ ॥ so jogee gurasabad pachhaanai antar kamal pragaas theea | He alone is a Yogi, who realizes the Word of the Guru’s Shabad; the lotus of the heart blossoms forth within. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੀਵਤੁ ਮਰੈ ਤਾ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਸੂਝੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਸਰਬ ਦਇਆ ॥ jeevat marai taa sabh kichh soojhai antar jaanai sarab deaa | If one remains dead while yet alive, then he understands everything; he knows the Lord deep within himself, who is kind and compassionate to all. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਤਾ ਕਉ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਾਈ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਸਰਬ ਜੀਆ ॥੨੪॥ naanak taa kau milai vaddaaee aap pachhaanai sarab jeea |24| O Nanak, he is blessed with glorious greatness; he realizes himself in all beings. ||24|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਸਾਚੌ ਉਪਜੈ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ਸਾਚੇ ਸੂਚੇ ਏਕ ਮਇਆ ॥ saachau upajai saach samaavai saache sooche ek meaa | We emerge from Truth, and merge into Truth again. The pure being merges into the One True Lord. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਝੂਠੇ ਆਵਹਿ ਠਵਰ ਨ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਆਵਾ ਗਉਣੁ ਭਇਆ ॥ jhootthe aaveh tthavar na paaveh doojai aavaa gaun bheaa | The false come, and find no place of rest; in duality, they come and go. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਵਾ ਗਉਣੁ ਮਿਟੈ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਆਪੇ ਪਰਖੈ ਬਖਸਿ ਲਇਆ ॥ aavaa gaun mittai gurasabadee aape parakhai bakhas leaa | This coming and going in reincarnation is ended through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad; the Lord Himself analyzes and grants His forgiveness. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਏਕਾ ਬੇਦਨ ਦੂਜੈ ਬਿਆਪੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਸਾਇਣੁ ਵੀਸਰਿਆ ॥ ekaa bedan doojai biaapee naam rasaaein veesariaa | One who suffers from the disease of duality, forgets the Naam, the source of nectar. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji