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Sikhism · Guru Granth Sahib

Raag Aasaa 16Ang 362

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Sikhism · Guru Granth Sahib

Raag Aasaa 16

Ang 362

GurmukhiPunjabi (Gurmukhi)
KhalsaEnglish
ਜੋ ਮਨਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗੁ ਲਾਇ ॥
Those being whose minds are imbued and drenched with the Lord's Love
ਤਿਨ ਕਾ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਥਾ ਤੇ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਗਹ ਮਿਲੇ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
- their pains of birth and death are taken away. They are automatically ushered into the Court of the Lord. ||1||Pause||
ਸਬਦੁ ਚਾਖੈ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਦੁ ਪਾਏ ॥
One who has tasted the Shabad, obtains the true flavor.
ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਏ ॥
The Name of the Lord abides within his mind.
ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਦਾ ਰਹਿਆ ਭਰਪੂਰਿ ॥
The Lord God is Eternal and All-pervading.
ਆਪੇ ਨੇੜੈ ਆਪੇ ਦੂਰਿ ॥੨॥
He Himself is near, and He Himself is far away. ||2||
ਆਖਣਿ ਆਖੈ ਬਕੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥
Everyone talks and speaks through speech;
ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ਸੋਇ ॥
the Lord Himself forgives, and unites us with Himself.
ਕਹਣੈ ਕਥਨਿ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥
By merely speaking and talking, He is not obtained.
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥੩॥
By Guru's Grace, He comes to abide in the mind. ||3||
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇ ॥
The Gurmukh eradicates his self-conceit from within.
ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਮੋਹੁ ਚੁਕਾਇ ॥
He is imbued with the Lord's Love, having discarded worldly attachment.
ਅਤਿ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਗੁਰਸਬਦ ਵੀਚਾਰ ॥
He contemplates the utterly Immaculate Word of the Guru's Shabad.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਵਾਰਣਹਾਰ ॥੪॥੪॥੪੩॥
O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is our Salvation. ||4||4||43||
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
Aasaa, Third Mehl:
ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਲਗੇ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
Attached to the love of duality, one only incurs pain.
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥
Without the Word of the Shabad, one's life is wasted away in vain.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੈ ਸੋਝੀ ਹੋਇ ॥
Serving the True Guru, understanding is obtained,
ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ਕੋਇ ॥੧॥
and then, one is not attached to the love of duality. ||1||
ਮੂਲਿ ਲਾਗੇ ਸੇ ਜਨ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
Those who hold fast to their roots, become acceptable.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਿ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਹਰਿ ਏਕੋ ਜਾਣੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Night and day, they meditate within their hearts on the Lord's Name; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they know the One Lord. ||1||Pause||
ਡਾਲੀ ਲਾਗੈ ਨਿਹਫਲੁ ਜਾਇ ॥
One who is attached to the branch, does not receive the fruits.
ਅੰਧਂੀ ਕੰਮੀ ਅੰਧ ਸਜਾਇ ॥
For blind actions, blind punishment is received.
ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਅੰਧਾ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥
The blind, self-willed manmukh finds no place of rest.
ਬਿਸਟਾ ਕਾ ਕੀੜਾ ਬਿਸਟਾ ਮਾਹਿ ਪਚਾਇ ॥੨॥
He is a maggot in manure, and in manure he shall rot away. ||2||
ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ॥
Serving the Guru, everlasting peace is obtained.
ਸੰਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਏ ॥
Joining the True Congregation, the Sat Sangat, the Glorious Praises of the Lord are sung.
ਨਾਮੇ ਨਾਮਿ ਕਰੇ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
One who contemplates the Naam, the Name of the Lord,
ਆਪਿ ਤਰੈ ਕੁਲ ਉਧਰਣਹਾਰੁ ॥੩॥
saves himself, and his family as well. ||3||
ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਨਾਮਿ ਵਜਾਏ ॥
Through the Word of the Guru's Bani, the Naam resounds;
ਨਾਨਕ ਮਹਲੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਘਰੁ ਪਾਏ ॥
O Nanak, through the Word of the Shabad, one finds the Mansion of the Lord's Presence within the home of the heart.
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਤ ਸਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਲਿ ਨਾਇਆ ॥
Under Guru's Instruction, bathe in the Pool of Truth, in the Water of the Lord;
ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਮੈਲੁ ਸਭੁ ਦੁਰਤੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੫॥੪੪॥
thus the filth of evil-mindedness and sin shall all be washed away. ||4||5||44||
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
Aasaa, Third Mehl:
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮਰਹਿ ਮਰਿ ਮਰਣੁ ਵਿਗਾੜਹਿ ॥
The self-willed manmukhs are dying; they are wasting away in death.
ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਆਤਮ ਸੰਘਾਰਹਿ ॥
In the love of duality, they murder their own souls.
ਮੇਰਾ ਮੇਰਾ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਵਿਗੂਤਾ ॥
Crying out, Mine, mine!, they are ruined.
ਆਤਮੁ ਨ ਚੀਨੑੈ ਭਰਮੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਸੂਤਾ ॥੧॥
They do not remember their souls; they are asleep in superstition. ||1||
ਮਰੁ ਮੁਇਆ ਸਬਦੇ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਇ ॥
He alone dies a real death, who dies in the Word of the Shabad.
ਉਸਤਤਿ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਗੁਰਿ ਸਮ ਜਾਣਾਈ ਇਸੁ ਜੁਗ ਮਹਿ ਲਾਹਾ ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਲੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
The Guru has inspired me to realize, that praise and slander are one and the same; in this world, the profit is obtained by chanting the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||
ਨਾਮ ਵਿਹੂਣ ਗਰਭ ਗਲਿ ਜਾਇ ॥
Those who lack the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are dissolved within the womb.
ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਦੂਜੈ ਲੋਭਾਇ ॥
Useless is the birth of those who are lured by duality.
ਨਾਮ ਬਿਹੂਣੀ ਦੁਖਿ ਜਲੈ ਸਬਾਈ ॥
Without the Naam, all are burning in pain.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਬੂਝ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥੨॥
The Perfect True Guru has given me this understanding. ||2||
ਮਨੁ ਚੰਚਲੁ ਬਹੁ ਚੋਟਾ ਖਾਇ ॥
The fickle mind is struck down so many times.
ਏਥਹੁ ਛੁੜਕਿਆ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥
Having lost this opportunity, no place of rest shall be found.
ਗਰਭ ਜੋਨਿ ਵਿਸਟਾ ਕਾ ਵਾਸੁ ॥
Cast into the womb of reincarnation, the mortal lives in manure;
ਤਿਤੁ ਘਰਿ ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਕਰੇ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੩॥
in such a home, the self-willed manmukh takes up residence. ||3||
ਅਪੁਨੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕਉ ਸਦਾ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਈ ॥
I am forever a sacrifice to my True Guru;
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਮਿਲਾਈ ॥
the light of the Gurmukh blends with the Divine Light of the Lord.
ਨਿਰਮਲ ਬਾਣੀ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ॥
Through the Immaculate Bani of the Word, the mortal dwells within the home of his own inner self.
ਨਾਨਕ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰੇ ਸਦਾ ਉਦਾਸਾ ॥੪॥੬॥੪੫॥
O Nanak, he conquers his ego, and remains forever detached. ||4||6||45||
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
Aasaa, Third Mehl:
ਲਾਲੈ ਆਪਣੀ ਜਾਤਿ ਗਵਾਈ ॥
The Lord's slave sets aside his own social status.

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Sources & credits: Gurmukhi · Khalsa

Gurmukhi — ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ (Gurmukhi) (1708). Public Domain. Gurmukhi text from the Shabad OS database via Open Granth. Source

Khalsa — Sri Guru Granth Sahib (Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa) (1995). Freely distributed (no formal licence). English translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, via the Shabad OS database and Open Granth. Source