Ang 1191
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 1191
Section: Ragas
ਲਬੁ ਅਧੇਰਾ ਬੰਦੀਖਾਨਾ ਅਉਗਣ ਪੈਰਿ ਲੁਹਾਰੀ ॥੩॥ lab adheraa bandeekhaanaa aaugan pair luhaaree |3| Greed is the dark dungeon, and demerits are the shackles on his feet. ||3|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਪੂੰਜੀ ਮਾਰ ਪਵੈ ਨਿਤ ਮੁਦਗਰ ਪਾਪੁ ਕਰੇ ਕੋੁਟਵਾਰੀ ॥ poonjee maar pavai nit mudagar paap kare kuottavaaree | His wealth constantly batters him, and sin acts as the police officer. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਭਾਵੈ ਚੰਗਾ ਭਾਵੈ ਮੰਦਾ ਜੈਸੀ ਨਦਰਿ ਤੁਮੑਾਰੀ ॥੪॥ bhaavai changaa bhaavai mandaa jaisee nadar tumaaree |4| Whether the mortal is good or bad, he is as You look upon him, O Lord. ||4|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਆਦਿ ਪੁਰਖ ਕਉ ਅਲਹੁ ਕਹੀਐ ਸੇਖਾਂ ਆਈ ਵਾਰੀ ॥ aad purakh kau alahu kaheeai sekhaan aaee vaaree | The Primal Lord God is called Allah. The Shaykh’s turn has now come. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਦੇਵਲ ਦੇਵਤਿਆ ਕਰੁ ਲਾਗਾ ਐਸੀ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਚਾਲੀ ॥੫॥ deval devatiaa kar laagaa aisee keerat chaalee |5| The temples of the gods are subject to taxes; this is what it has come to. ||5|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਕੂਜਾ ਬਾਂਗ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਮੁਸਲਾ ਨੀਲ ਰੂਪ ਬਨਵਾਰੀ ॥ koojaa baang nivaaj musalaa neel roop banavaaree | The Muslim devotional pots, calls to prayer, prayers and prayer mats are everywhere; the Lord appears in blue robes. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਘਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਮੀਆ ਸਭਨਾਂ ਜੀਆਂ ਬੋਲੀ ਅਵਰ ਤੁਮਾਰੀ ॥੬॥ ghar ghar meea sabhanaan jeean bolee avar tumaaree |6| In each and every home, everyone uses Muslim greetings; your speech has changed, O people. ||6|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਜੇ ਤੂ ਮੀਰ ਮਹੀਪਤਿ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਉਣ ਹਮਾਰੀ ॥ je too meer maheepat saahib kudarat kaun hamaaree | You, O my Lord and Master, are the King of the earth; what power do I have to challenge You? - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਚਾਰੇ ਕੁੰਟ ਸਲਾਮੁ ਕਰਹਿਗੇ ਘਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਤੁਮੑਾਰੀ ॥੭॥ chaare kuntt salaam karahige ghar ghar sifat tumaaree |7| In the four directions, people bow in humble adoration to You; Your Praises are sung in each and every heart. ||7|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਤੀਰਥ ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਪੁੰਨ ਦਾਨ ਕਿਛੁ ਲਾਹਾ ਮਿਲੈ ਦਿਹਾੜੀ ॥ teerath sinmrit pun daan kichh laahaa milai dihaarree | Making pilgrimages to sacred shrines, reading the Simritees and giving donations in charity - these do bring any profit. - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਮੇਕਾ ਘੜੀ ਸਮੑਾਲੀ ॥੮॥੧॥੮॥ naanak naam milai vaddiaaee mekaa gharree samaalee |8|1|8| O Nanak, glorious greatness is obtained in an instant, remembering the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||8||1||8|| - Guru Nanak Dev Ji
ਬਸੰਤੁ ਹਿੰਡੋਲੁ ਘਰੁ ੨ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥ basant hinddol ghar 2 mahalaa 4 | Basant Hindol, Second House, Fourth Mehl: - Guru Ramdas Ji
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ ik oankaar satigur prasaad | One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਕਾਂਇਆ ਨਗਰਿ ਇਕੁ ਬਾਲਕੁ ਵਸਿਆ ਖਿਨੁ ਪਲੁ ਥਿਰੁ ਨ ਰਹਾਈ ॥ kaaneaa nagar ik baalak vasiaa khin pal thir na rahaaee | Within the body-village there lives a child who cannot hold still, even for an instant. - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਅਨਿਕ ਉਪਾਵ ਜਤਨ ਕਰਿ ਥਾਕੇ ਬਾਰੰ ਬਾਰ ਭਰਮਾਈ ॥੧॥ anik upaav jatan kar thaake baaran baar bharamaaee |1| It makes so many efforts, and grows weary, but still, it wanders restlessly again and again. ||1|| - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਮੇਰੇ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਬਾਲਕੁ ਇਕਤੁ ਘਰਿ ਆਣੁ ॥ mere tthaakur baalak ikat ghar aan | O my Lord and Master, Your child has come home, to be one with You. - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤ ਪੂਰਾ ਪਾਈਐ ਭਜੁ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ satigur milai ta pooraa paaeeai bhaj raam naam neesaan |1| rahaau | Meeting the True Guru, he finds the Perfect Lord. Meditating and vibrating on the Name of the Lord, he receives the Insignia of the Lord. ||1||Pause|| - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਇਹੁ ਮਿਰਤਕੁ ਮੜਾ ਸਰੀਰੁ ਹੈ ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਜਿਤੁ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਹੀ ਵਸਿਆ ॥ eihu miratak marraa sareer hai sabh jag jit raam naam nahee vasiaa | These are dead corpses, these bodies of all the people of the world; the Name of the Lord does not dwell in them. - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਗੁਰਿ ਉਦਕੁ ਚੁਆਇਆ ਫਿਰਿ ਹਰਿਆ ਹੋਆ ਰਸਿਆ ॥੨॥ raam naam gur udak chuaaeaa fir hariaa hoaa rasiaa |2| The Guru leads us to taste the water of the Lord’s Name, and then we savor and enjoy it, and our bodies are rejuvenated. ||2|| - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਮੈ ਨਿਰਖਤ ਨਿਰਖਤ ਸਰੀਰੁ ਸਭੁ ਖੋਜਿਆ ਇਕੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਚਲਤੁ ਦਿਖਾਇਆ ॥ mai nirakhat nirakhat sareer sabh khojiaa ik guramukh chalat dikhaaeaa | I have examined and studied and searched my entire body, and as Gurmukh, I behold a miraculous wonder. - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਬਾਹਰੁ ਖੋਜਿ ਮੁਏ ਸਭਿ ਸਾਕਤ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਘਰਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੩॥ baahar khoj mue sabh saakat har guramatee ghar paaeaa |3| All the faithless cynics searched outside and died, but following the Guru’s Teachings, I have found the Lord within the home of my own heart. ||3|| - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਦੀਨਾ ਦੀਨ ਦਇਆਲ ਭਏ ਹੈ ਜਿਉ ਕ੍ਰਿਸਨੁ ਬਿਦਰ ਘਰਿ ਆਇਆ ॥ deenaa deen deaal bhe hai jiau krisan bidar ghar aaeaa | God is Merciful to the meekest of the meek; Krishna came to the house of Bidar, a devotee of low social status. - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਮਿਲਿਓ ਸੁਦਾਮਾ ਭਾਵਨੀ ਧਾਰਿ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਆਗੈ ਦਾਲਦੁ ਭੰਜਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥੪॥ milio sudaamaa bhaavanee dhaar sabh kichh aagai daalad bhanj samaaeaa |4| Sudama loved God, who came to meet him; God sent everything to his home, and ended his poverty. ||4|| - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਪੈਜ ਵਡੇਰੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਠਾਕੁਰਿ ਆਪਿ ਰਖਾਈ ॥ raam naam kee paij vadderee mere tthaakur aap rakhaaee | Great is the glory of the Name of the Lord. My Lord and Master Himself has enshrined it within me. - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਜੇ ਸਭਿ ਸਾਕਤ ਕਰਹਿ ਬਖੀਲੀ ਇਕ ਰਤੀ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਘਟਾਈ ॥੫॥ je sabh saakat kareh bakheelee ik ratee til na ghattaaee |5| Even if all the faithless cynics continue slandering me, it is not diminished by even one iota. ||5|| - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਜਨ ਕੀ ਉਸਤਤਿ ਹੈ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਾ ਦਹ ਦਿਸਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਪਾਈ ॥ jan kee usatat hai raam naamaa deh dis sobhaa paaee | The Lord’s Name is the praise of His humble servant. It brings him honor in the ten directions. - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਨਿੰਦਕੁ ਸਾਕਤੁ ਖਵਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਤਿਲੁ ਅਪਣੈ ਘਰਿ ਲੂਕੀ ਲਾਈ ॥੬॥ nindak saakat khav na sakai til apanai ghar lookee laaee |6| The slanderers and the faithless cynics cannot endure it at all; they have set fire to their own houses. ||6|| - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਜਨ ਕਉ ਜਨੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਪਾਵੈ ਗੁਣ ਮਹਿ ਗੁਣ ਪਰਗਾਸਾ ॥ jan kau jan mil sobhaa paavai gun meh gun paragaasaa | The humble person meeting with another humble person obtains honor. In the glory of the Lord, their glory shines forth. - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਮੇਰੇ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਕੇ ਜਨ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਜੋ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਦਾਸਨਿ ਦਾਸਾ ॥੭॥ mere tthaakur ke jan preetam piaare jo hoveh daasan daasaa |7| The servants of my Lord and Master are loved by the Beloved. They are the slaves of His slaves. ||7|| - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਆਪੇ ਜਲੁ ਅਪਰੰਪਰੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਵੈ ॥ aape jal aparanpar karataa aape mel milaavai | The Creator Himself is the Water; He Himself unites us in His Union. - Guru Ramdas Ji
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ਜਿਉ ਜਲੁ ਜਲਹਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੮॥੧॥੯॥ naanak guramukh sehaj milaae jiau jal jaleh samaavai |8|1|9| O Nanak, the Gurmukh is absorbed in celestial peace and poise, like water blending with water. ||8||1||9|| - Guru Ramdas Ji