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Tek Ek Raghunath - Guru Tegh Bahadur

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਹਲਾ ੯ ॥
सलोक महला ९ ॥
Salok mėhlā 9.
Shalok, Ninth Mehl:

ਗੁਨ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਗਾਇਓ ਨਹੀ ਜਨਮੁ ਅਕਾਰਥ ਕੀਨੁ ॥
गुन गोबिंद गाइओ नही जनमु अकारथ कीनु ॥
Gun gobinḏ gā▫i▫o nahī janam akārath kīn.
If you do not sing the Praises of the Lord, your life is rendered useless.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਭਜੁ ਮਨਾ ਜਿਹ ਬਿਧਿ ਜਲ ਕਉ ਮੀਨੁ ॥੧॥
कहु नानक हरि भजु मना जिह बिधि जल कउ मीनु ॥१॥
Kaho Nānak har bẖaj manā jih biḏẖ jal ka▫o mīn. ||1||
Says Nanak, meditate, vibrate upon the Lord; immerse your mind in Him, like the fish in the water. ||1||
  
ਬਿਖਿਅਨ ਸਿਉ ਕਾਹੇ ਰਚਿਓ ਨਿਮਖ ਨ ਹੋਹਿ ਉਦਾਸੁ ॥
बिखिअन सिउ काहे रचिओ निमख न होहि उदासु ॥
Bikẖi▫an si▫o kāhe racẖi▫o nimakẖ na hohi uḏās.
Why are you engrossed in sin and corruption? You are not detached, even for a moment!

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਜੁ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਾ ਪਰੈ ਨ ਜਮ ਕੀ ਫਾਸ ॥੨॥
कहु नानक भजु हरि मना परै न जम की फास ॥२॥
Kaho Nānak bẖaj har manā parai na jam kī fās. ||2||
Says Nanak, meditate, vibrate upon the Lord, and you shall not be caught in the noose of death. ||2||

ਤਰਨਾਪੋ ਇਉ ਹੀ ਗਇਓ ਲੀਓ ਜਰਾ ਤਨੁ ਜੀਤਿ ॥
तरनापो इउ ही गइओ लीओ जरा तनु जीति ॥
Ŧarnāpo i▫o hī ga▫i▫o lī▫o jarā ṯan jīṯ.
Your youth has passed away like this, and old age has overtaken your body.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਜੁ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਾ ਅਉਧ ਜਾਤੁ ਹੈ ਬੀਤਿ ॥੩॥
कहु नानक भजु हरि मना अउध जातु है बीति ॥३॥
Kaho Nānak bẖaj har manā a▫oḏẖ jāṯ hai bīṯ. ||3||
Says Nanak, meditate, vibrate upon the Lord; your life is fleeting away! ||3||

ਬਿਰਧਿ ਭਇਓ ਸੂਝੈ ਨਹੀ ਕਾਲੁ ਪਹੂਚਿਓ ਆਨਿ ॥
बिरधि भइओ सूझै नही कालु पहूचिओ आनि ॥
Biraḏẖ bẖa▫i▫o sūjẖai nahī kāl pahūcẖi▫o ān.
You have become old, and you do not understand that death is overtaking you.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਰ ਬਾਵਰੇ ਕਿਉ ਨ ਭਜੈ ਭਗਵਾਨੁ ॥੪॥
कहु नानक नर बावरे किउ न भजै भगवानु ॥४॥
Kaho Nānak nar bāvre ki▫o na bẖajai bẖagvān. ||4||
Says Nanak, you are insane! Why do you not remember and meditate on God? ||4||

ਧਨੁ ਦਾਰਾ ਸੰਪਤਿ ਸਗਲ ਜਿਨਿ ਅਪੁਨੀ ਕਰਿ ਮਾਨਿ ॥
धनु दारा स्मपति सगल जिनि अपुनी करि मानि ॥
Ḏẖan ḏārā sampaṯ sagal jin apunī kar mān.
Your wealth, spouse, and all the possessions which you claim as your own -

ਇਨ ਮੈ ਕਛੁ ਸੰਗੀ ਨਹੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚੀ ਜਾਨਿ ॥੫॥
इन मै कछु संगी नही नानक साची जानि ॥५॥
In mai kacẖẖ sangī nahī Nānak sācẖī jān. ||5||
snone of these shall go along with you in the end. O Nanak, know this as true. ||5||

ਪਤਿਤ ਉਧਾਰਨ ਭੈ ਹਰਨ ਹਰਿ ਅਨਾਥ ਕੇ ਨਾਥ ॥
पतित उधारन भै हरन हरि अनाथ के नाथ ॥
Paṯiṯ uḏẖāran bẖai haran har anāth ke nāth.
He is the Saving Grace of sinners, the Destroyer of fear, the Master of the masterless.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਹ ਜਾਨੀਐ ਸਦਾ ਬਸਤੁ ਤੁਮ ਸਾਥਿ ॥੬॥
कहु नानक तिह जानीऐ सदा बसतु तुम साथि ॥६॥
Kaho Nānak ṯih jānī▫ai saḏā basaṯ ṯum sāth. ||6||
Says Nanak, realize and know Him, who is always with you. ||6||

ਤਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਜਿਹ ਤੋ ਕਉ ਦੀਓ ਤਾਂ ਸਿਉ ਨੇਹੁ ਨ ਕੀਨ ॥
तनु धनु जिह तो कउ दीओ तां सिउ नेहु न कीन ॥
Ŧan ḏẖan jih ṯo ka▫o ḏī▫o ṯāʼn si▫o nehu na kīn.
He has given you your body and wealth, but you are not in love with Him.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਰ ਬਾਵਰੇ ਅਬ ਕਿਉ ਡੋਲਤ ਦੀਨ ॥੭॥
कहु नानक नर बावरे अब किउ डोलत दीन ॥७॥
Kaho Nānak nar bāvre ab ki▫o dolaṯ ḏīn. ||7||
Says Nanak, you are insane! Why do you now shake and tremble so helplessly? ||7||

ਤਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਸੰਪੈ ਸੁਖ ਦੀਓ ਅਰੁ ਜਿਹ ਨੀਕੇ ਧਾਮ ॥
तनु धनु स्मपै सुख दीओ अरु जिह नीके धाम ॥
Ŧan ḏẖan sampai sukẖ ḏī▫o ar jih nīke ḏẖām.
He has given you your body, wealth, property, peace and beautiful mansions. 

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਨੁ ਰੇ ਮਨਾ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਕਾਹਿ ਨ ਰਾਮੁ ॥੮॥
कहु नानक सुनु रे मना सिमरत काहि न रामु ॥८॥
Kaho Nānak sun re manā simraṯ kāhi na rām. ||8||
Says Nanak, listen, mind: why don't you remember the Lord in meditation? ||8||

ਸਭ ਸੁਖ ਦਾਤਾ ਰਾਮੁ ਹੈ ਦੂਸਰ ਨਾਹਿਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
सभ सुख दाता रामु है दूसर नाहिन कोइ ॥
Sabẖ sukẖ ḏāṯā rām hai ḏūsar nāhin ko▫e.
The Lord is the Giver of all peace and comfort. There is no other at all.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਨਿ ਰੇ ਮਨਾ ਤਿਹ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਗਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥੯॥
कहु नानक सुनि रे मना तिह सिमरत गति होइ ॥९॥
Kaho Nānak sun re manā ṯih simraṯ gaṯ ho▫e. ||9||
Says Nanak, listen, mind: meditating in remembrance on Him, salvation is attained. ||9||

ਜਿਹ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਤਿਹ ਭਜੁ ਰੇ ਤੈ ਮੀਤ ॥
जिह सिमरत गति पाईऐ तिह भजु रे तै मीत ॥
Jih simraṯ gaṯ pā▫ī▫ai ṯih bẖaj re ṯai mīṯ.
Remembering Him in meditation, salvation is attained; vibrate and meditate on Him, O my friend.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਨੁ ਰੇ ਮਨਾ ਅਉਧ ਘਟਤ ਹੈ ਨੀਤ ॥੧੦॥
कहु नानक सुनु रे मना अउध घटत है नीत ॥१०॥
Kaho Nānak sun re manā a▫oḏẖ gẖataṯ hai nīṯ. ||10||
Says Nanak, listen, mind: your life is passing away! ||10||

ਪਾਂਚ ਤਤ ਕੋ ਤਨੁ ਰਚਿਓ ਜਾਨਹੁ ਚਤੁਰ ਸੁਜਾਨ ॥
पांच तत को तनु रचिओ जानहु चतुर सुजान ॥
Pāʼncẖ ṯaṯ ko ṯan racẖi▫o jānhu cẖaṯur sujān.
Your body is made up of the five elements; you are clever and wise - know this well.

ਜਿਹ ਤੇ ਉਪਜਿਓ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਲੀਨ ਤਾਹਿ ਮੈ ਮਾਨੁ ॥੧੧॥
जिह ते उपजिओ नानका लीन ताहि मै मानु ॥११॥
Jih ṯe upji▫o nānkā līn ṯāhi mai mān. ||11||
Believe it - you shall merge once again into the One, O Nanak, from whom you originated. ||11||

ਘਟ ਘਟ ਮੈ ਹਰਿ ਜੂ ਬਸੈ ਸੰਤਨ ਕਹਿਓ ਪੁਕਾਰਿ ॥
घट घट मै हरि जू बसै संतन कहिओ पुकारि ॥
Gẖat gẖat mai har jū basai sanṯan kahi▫o pukār.
The Dear Lord abides in each and every heart; the Saints proclaim this as true.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਹ ਭਜੁ ਮਨਾ ਭਉ ਨਿਧਿ ਉਤਰਹਿ ਪਾਰਿ ॥੧੨॥
कहु नानक तिह भजु मना भउ निधि उतरहि पारि ॥१२॥
Kaho Nānak ṯih bẖaj manā bẖa▫o niḏẖ uṯrėh pār. ||12||
Says Nanak, meditate and vibrate upon Him, and you shall cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||12||

ਸੁਖੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਜਿਹ ਪਰਸੈ ਨਹੀ ਲੋਭੁ ਮੋਹੁ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ॥
सुखु दुखु जिह परसै नही लोभु मोहु अभिमानु ॥
Sukẖ ḏukẖ jih parsai nahī lobẖ moh abẖimān.
One who is not touched by pleasure or pain, greed, emotional attachment and egotistical pride -

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਨੁ ਰੇ ਮਨਾ ਸੋ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਭਗਵਾਨ ॥੧੩॥
कहु नानक सुनु रे मना सो मूरति भगवान ॥१३॥
Kaho Nānak sun re manā so mūraṯ bẖagvān. ||13||
says Nanak, listen, mind: he is the very image of God. ||13||

ਉਸਤਤਿ ਨਿੰਦਿਆ ਨਾਹਿ ਜਿਹਿ ਕੰਚਨ ਲੋਹ ਸਮਾਨਿ ॥
उसतति निंदिआ नाहि जिहि कंचन लोह समानि ॥
Usṯaṯ ninḏi▫ā nāhi jihi kancẖan loh samān.
One who is beyond praise and slander, who looks upon gold and iron alike -

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਨਿ ਰੇ ਮਨਾ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਤਾਹਿ ਤੈ ਜਾਨਿ ॥੧੪॥
कहु नानक सुनि रे मना मुकति ताहि तै जानि ॥१४॥
Kaho Nānak sun re manā mukaṯ ṯāhi ṯai jān. ||14||
says Nanak, listen, mind: know that such a person is liberated. ||14||

ਹਰਖੁ ਸੋਗੁ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਨਹੀ ਬੈਰੀ ਮੀਤ ਸਮਾਨਿ ॥
हरखु सोगु जा कै नही बैरी मीत समानि ॥
Harakẖ sog jā kai nahī bairī mīṯ samān.
One who is not affected by pleasure or pain, who looks upon friend and enemy alike -

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਨਿ ਰੇ ਮਨਾ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਤਾਹਿ ਤੈ ਜਾਨਿ ॥੧੫॥
कहु नानक सुनि रे मना मुकति ताहि तै जानि ॥१५॥
Kaho Nānak sun re manā mukaṯ ṯāhi ṯai jān. ||15||
says Nanak, listen, mind: know that such a person is liberated. ||15||

ਭੈ ਕਾਹੂ ਕਉ ਦੇਤ ਨਹਿ ਨਹਿ ਭੈ ਮਾਨਤ ਆਨ ॥
भै काहू कउ देत नहि नहि भै मानत आन ॥
Bẖai kāhū ka▫o ḏeṯ nėh nėh bẖai mānaṯ ān.
One who does not frighten anyone, and who is not afraid of anyone else -

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਨਿ ਰੇ ਮਨਾ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਤਾਹਿ ਬਖਾਨਿ ॥੧੬॥
कहु नानक सुनि रे मना गिआनी ताहि बखानि ॥१६॥
Kaho Nānak sun re manā gi▫ānī ṯāhi bakẖān. ||16||
says Nanak, listen, mind: call him spiritually wise. ||16||

ਜਿਹਿ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਸਗਲੀ ਤਜੀ ਲੀਓ ਭੇਖ ਬੈਰਾਗ ॥
जिहि बिखिआ सगली तजी लीओ भेख बैराग ॥
Jihi bikẖi▫ā saglī ṯajī lī▫o bẖekẖ bairāg.
One who has forsaken all sin and corruption, who wears the robes of neutral detachment -

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਨੁ ਰੇ ਮਨਾ ਤਿਹ ਨਰ ਮਾਥੈ ਭਾਗੁ ॥੧੭॥
कहु नानक सुनु रे मना तिह नर माथै भागु ॥१७॥
Kaho Nānak sun re manā ṯih nar māthai bẖāg. ||17||
says Nanak, listen, mind: good destiny is written on his forehead. ||17||

ਜਿਹਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਮਤਾ ਤਜੀ ਸਭ ਤੇ ਭਇਓ ਉਦਾਸੁ ॥
जिहि माइआ ममता तजी सभ ते भइओ उदासु ॥
Jihi mā▫i▫ā mamṯā ṯajī sabẖ ṯe bẖa▫i▫o uḏās.
One who renounces Maya and possessiveness and is detached from everything -

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਨੁ ਰੇ ਮਨਾ ਤਿਹ ਘਟਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੧੮॥
कहु नानक सुनु रे मना तिह घटि ब्रहम निवासु ॥१८॥
Kaho Nānak sun re manā ṯih gẖat barahm nivās. ||18||
says Nanak, listen, mind: God abides in his heart. ||18||

ਜਿਹਿ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਤਜੀ ਕਰਤਾ ਰਾਮੁ ਪਛਾਨਿ ॥
जिहि प्रानी हउमै तजी करता रामु पछानि ॥
Jihi parānī ha▫umai ṯajī karṯā rām pacẖẖān.
That mortal, who forsakes egotism, and realizes the Creator Lord -

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਵਹੁ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨਰੁ ਇਹ ਮਨ ਸਾਚੀ ਮਾਨੁ ॥੧੯॥
कहु नानक वहु मुकति नरु इह मन साची मानु ॥१९॥
Kaho Nānak vahu mukaṯ nar ih man sācẖī mān. ||19||
says Nanak, that person is liberated; O mind, know this as true. ||19||

ਭੈ ਨਾਸਨ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਹਰਨ ਕਲਿ ਮੈ ਹਰਿ ਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ॥
भै नासन दुरमति हरन कलि मै हरि को नामु ॥
Bẖai nāsan ḏurmaṯ haran kal mai har ko nām.
In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Name of the Lord is the Destroyer of fear, the Eradicator of evil-mindedness.

ਨਿਸਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਜੋ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਜੈ ਸਫਲ ਹੋਹਿ ਤਿਹ ਕਾਮ ॥੨੦॥
निसि दिनु जो नानक भजै सफल होहि तिह काम ॥२०॥
Nis ḏin jo Nānak bẖajai safal hohi ṯih kām. ||20||
Night and day, O Nanak, whoever vibrates and meditates on the Lord's Name, sees all of his works brought to fruition. ||20||

ਜਿਹਬਾ ਗੁਨ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਭਜਹੁ ਕਰਨ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ॥
जिहबा गुन गोबिंद भजहु करन सुनहु हरि नामु ॥
Jihbā gun gobinḏ bẖajahu karan sunhu har nām.
Vibrate with your tongue the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe; with your ears, hear the Lord's Name.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਨਿ ਰੇ ਮਨਾ ਪਰਹਿ ਨ ਜਮ ਕੈ ਧਾਮ ॥੨੧॥
कहु नानक सुनि रे मना परहि न जम कै धाम ॥२१॥
Kaho Nānak sun re manā parėh na jam kai ḏẖām. ||21||
Says Nanak, listen, man: you shall not have to go to the house of Death. ||21||

ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਮਮਤਾ ਤਜੈ ਲੋਭ ਮੋਹ ਅਹੰਕਾਰ ॥
जो प्रानी ममता तजै लोभ मोह अहंकार ॥
Jo parānī mamṯā ṯajai lobẖ moh ahaʼnkār.
That mortal who renounces possessiveness, greed, emotional attachment and egotism -

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਆਪਨ ਤਰੈ ਅਉਰਨ ਲੇਤ ਉਧਾਰ ॥੨੨॥
कहु नानक आपन तरै अउरन लेत उधार ॥२२॥
Kaho Nānak āpan ṯarai a▫uran leṯ uḏẖār. ||22||
says Nanak, he himself is saved, and he saves many others as well. ||22||

ਜਿਉ ਸੁਪਨਾ ਅਰੁ ਪੇਖਨਾ ਐਸੇ ਜਗ ਕਉ ਜਾਨਿ ॥
जिउ सुपना अरु पेखना ऐसे जग कउ जानि ॥
Ji▫o supnā ar pekẖnā aise jag ka▫o jān.
Like a dream and a show, so is this world, you must know.

ਇਨ ਮੈ ਕਛੁ ਸਾਚੋ ਨਹੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਗਵਾਨ ॥੨੩॥
इन मै कछु साचो नही नानक बिनु भगवान ॥२३॥
In mai kacẖẖ sācẖo nahī Nānak bin bẖagvān. ||23||
None of this is true, O Nanak, without God. ||23||

ਨਿਸਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਾਰਨੇ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਡੋਲਤ ਨੀਤ ॥
निसि दिनु माइआ कारने प्रानी डोलत नीत ॥
Nis ḏin mā▫i▫ā kārne parānī dolaṯ nīṯ.
Night and day, for the sake of Maya, the mortal wanders constantly.

ਕੋਟਨ ਮੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਕੋਊ ਨਾਰਾਇਨੁ ਜਿਹ ਚੀਤਿ ॥੨੪॥
कोटन मै नानक कोऊ नाराइनु जिह चीति ॥२४॥
Kotan mai Nānak ko▫ū nārā▫in jih cẖīṯ. ||24||
Among millions, O Nanak, there is scarcely anyone, who keeps the Lord in his consciousness. ||24||

ਜੈਸੇ ਜਲ ਤੇ ਬੁਦਬੁਦਾ ਉਪਜੈ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਨੀਤ ॥
जैसे जल ते बुदबुदा उपजै बिनसै नीत ॥
Jaise jal ṯe buḏbuḏā upjai binsai nīṯ.
As the bubbles in the water well up and disappear again,

ਜਗ ਰਚਨਾ ਤੈਸੇ ਰਚੀ ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਨਿ ਮੀਤ ॥੨੫॥
जग रचना तैसे रची कहु नानक सुनि मीत ॥२५॥
Jag racẖnā ṯaise racẖī kaho Nānak sun mīṯ. ||25||
so is the universe created; says Nanak, listen, O my friend! ||25||

ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਕਛੂ ਨ ਚੇਤਈ ਮਦਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਕੈ ਅੰਧੁ ॥
प्रानी कछू न चेतई मदि माइआ कै अंधु ॥
Parānī kacẖẖū na cẖeṯ▫ī maḏ mā▫i▫ā kai anḏẖ.
The mortal does not remember the Lord, even for a moment; he is blinded by the wine of Maya.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਭਜਨ ਪਰਤ ਤਾਹਿ ਜਮ ਫੰਧ ॥੨੬॥
कहु नानक बिनु हरि भजन परत ताहि जम फंध ॥२६॥
Kaho Nānak bin har bẖajan paraṯ ṯāhi jam fanḏẖ. ||26||
Says Nanak, without meditating on the Lord, he is caught by the noose of Death. ||26||

ਜਉ ਸੁਖ ਕਉ ਚਾਹੈ ਸਦਾ ਸਰਨਿ ਰਾਮ ਕੀ ਲੇਹ ॥
जउ सुख कउ चाहै सदा सरनि राम की लेह ॥
Ja▫o sukẖ ka▫o cẖāhai saḏā saran rām kī leh.
If you yearn for eternal peace, then seek the Sanctuary of the Lord.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਨਿ ਰੇ ਮਨਾ ਦੁਰਲਭ ਮਾਨੁਖ ਦੇਹ ॥੨੭॥
कहु नानक सुनि रे मना दुरलभ मानुख देह ॥२७॥
Kaho Nānak sun re manā ḏurlabẖ mānukẖ ḏeh. ||27||
Says Nanak, listen, mind: this human body is difficult to obtain. ||27||

ਮਾਇਆ ਕਾਰਨਿ ਧਾਵਹੀ ਮੂਰਖ ਲੋਗ ਅਜਾਨ ॥
माइआ कारनि धावही मूरख लोग अजान ॥
Mā▫i▫ā kāran ḏẖāvhī mūrakẖ log ajān.
For the sake of Maya, the fools and ignorant people run all around.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਭਜਨ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਰਾਨ ॥੨੮॥
कहु नानक बिनु हरि भजन बिरथा जनमु सिरान ॥२८॥
Kaho Nānak bin har bẖajan birthā janam sirān. ||28||
Says Nanak, without meditating on the Lord, life passes away uselessly. ||28||

ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਨਿਸਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਭਜੈ ਰੂਪ ਰਾਮ ਤਿਹ ਜਾਨੁ ॥
जो प्रानी निसि दिनु भजै रूप राम तिह जानु ॥
Jo parānī nis ḏin bẖajai rūp rām ṯih jān.
That mortal who meditates and vibrates upon the Lord night and day - know him to be the embodiment of the Lord.

ਹਰਿ ਜਨ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਤਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚੀ ਮਾਨੁ ॥੨੯॥
हरि जन हरि अंतरु नही नानक साची मानु ॥२९॥
Har jan har anṯar nahī Nānak sācẖī mān. ||29||
There is no difference between the Lord and the humble servant of the Lord; O Nanak, know this as true. ||29||

ਮਨੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੈ ਫਧਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਬਿਸਰਿਓ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਨਾਮੁ ॥
मनु माइआ मै फधि रहिओ बिसरिओ गोबिंद नामु ॥
Man mā▫i▫ā mai faḏẖ rahi▫o bisri▫o gobinḏ nām.
The mortal is entangled in Maya; he has forgotten the Name of the Lord of the Universe.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਭਜਨ ਜੀਵਨ ਕਉਨੇ ਕਾਮ ॥੩੦॥
कहु नानक बिनु हरि भजन जीवन कउने काम ॥३०॥
Kaho Nānak bin har bẖajan jīvan ka▫une kām. ||30||
Says Nanak, without meditating on the Lord, what is the use of this human life? ||30||

ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਰਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੇਤਈ ਮਦਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਕੈ ਅੰਧੁ ॥
प्रानी रामु न चेतई मदि माइआ कै अंधु ॥
Parānī rām na cẖeṯ▫ī maḏ mā▫i▫ā kai anḏẖ.
The mortal does not think of the Lord; he is blinded by the wine of Maya.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਭਜਨ ਬਿਨੁ ਪਰਤ ਤਾਹਿ ਜਮ ਫੰਧ ॥੩੧॥
कहु नानक हरि भजन बिनु परत ताहि जम फंध ॥३१॥
Kaho Nānak har bẖajan bin paraṯ ṯāhi jam fanḏẖ. ||31||
Says Nanak, without meditating on the Lord, he is caught in the noose of Death. ||31||

ਸੁਖ ਮੈ ਬਹੁ ਸੰਗੀ ਭਏ ਦੁਖ ਮੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
सुख मै बहु संगी भए दुख मै संगि न कोइ ॥
Sukẖ mai baho sangī bẖa▫e ḏukẖ mai sang na ko▫e.
In good times, there are many companions around, but in bad times, there is no one at all.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਭਜੁ ਮਨਾ ਅੰਤਿ ਸਹਾਈ ਹੋਇ ॥੩੨॥
कहु नानक हरि भजु मना अंति सहाई होइ ॥३२॥
Kaho Nānak har bẖaj manā anṯ sahā▫ī ho▫e. ||32||
Says Nanak, vibrate, and meditate on the Lord; He shall be your only Help and Support in the end. ||32||

ਜਨਮ ਜਨਮ ਭਰਮਤ ਫਿਰਿਓ ਮਿਟਿਓ ਨ ਜਮ ਕੋ ਤ੍ਰਾਸੁ ॥
जनम जनम भरमत फिरिओ मिटिओ न जम को त्रासु ॥
Janam janam bẖarmaṯ firi▫o miti▫o na jam ko ṯarās.
Mortals wander lost and confused through countless lifetimes; their fear of death is never removed.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਭਜੁ ਮਨਾ ਨਿਰਭੈ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਬਾਸੁ ॥੩੩॥
कहु नानक हरि भजु मना निरभै पावहि बासु ॥३३॥
Kaho Nānak har bẖaj manā nirbẖai pāvahi bās. ||33||
Says Nanak, vibrate and meditate on the Lord, and you shall dwell in the Fearless Lord. ||33||

ਜਤਨ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਮੈ ਕਰਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਮਿਟਿਓ ਨ ਮਨ ਕੋ ਮਾਨੁ ॥
जतन बहुतु मै करि रहिओ मिटिओ न मन को मानु ॥
Jaṯan bahuṯ mai kar rahi▫o miti▫o na man ko mān.
I have tried so many things, but the pride of my mind has not been dispelled.

ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਿਉ ਨਾਨਕ ਫਧਿਓ ਰਾਖਿ ਲੇਹੁ ਭਗਵਾਨ ॥੩੪॥
दुरमति सिउ नानक फधिओ राखि लेहु भगवान ॥३४॥
Ḏurmaṯ si▫o Nānak faḏẖi▫o rākẖ leho bẖagvān. ||34||
I am engrossed in evil-mindedness, Nanak. O God, please save me! ||34||

ਬਾਲ ਜੁਆਨੀ ਅਰੁ ਬਿਰਧਿ ਫੁਨਿ ਤੀਨਿ ਅਵਸਥਾ ਜਾਨਿ ॥
बाल जुआनी अरु बिरधि फुनि तीनि अवसथा जानि ॥
Bāl ju▫ānī ar biraḏẖ fun ṯīn avasthā jān.
Childhood, youth and old age - know these as the three stages of life.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਭਜਨ ਬਿਨੁ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਸਭ ਹੀ ਮਾਨੁ ॥੩੫॥
कहु नानक हरि भजन बिनु बिरथा सभ ही मानु ॥३५॥
Kaho Nānak har bẖajan bin birthā sabẖ hī mān. ||35||
Says Nanak, without meditating on the Lord, everything is useless; you must appreciate this. ||35||

ਕਰਣੋ ਹੁਤੋ ਸੁ ਨਾ ਕੀਓ ਪਰਿਓ ਲੋਭ ਕੈ ਫੰਧ ॥
करणो हुतो सु ना कीओ परिओ लोभ कै फंध ॥
Karṇo huṯo so nā kī▫o pari▫o lobẖ kai fanḏẖ.
You have not done what you should have done; you are entangled in the web of greed.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਮਿਓ ਰਮਿ ਗਇਓ ਅਬ ਕਿਉ ਰੋਵਤ ਅੰਧ ॥੩੬॥
नानक समिओ रमि गइओ अब किउ रोवत अंध ॥३६॥
Nānak sami▫o ram ga▫i▫o ab ki▫o rovaṯ anḏẖ. ||36||
Nanak, your time is past and gone; why are you crying now, you blind fool? ||36||

ਮਨੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੈ ਰਮਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਨਿਕਸਤ ਨਾਹਿਨ ਮੀਤ ॥
मनु माइआ मै रमि रहिओ निकसत नाहिन मीत ॥
Man mā▫i▫ā mai ram rahi▫o niksaṯ nāhin mīṯ.
The mind is absorbed in Maya - it cannot escape it, my friend.

ਨਾਨਕ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਚਿਤ੍ਰ ਜਿਉ ਛਾਡਿਤ ਨਾਹਿਨ ਭੀਤਿ ॥੩੭॥
नानक मूरति चित्र जिउ छाडित नाहिन भीति ॥३७॥
Nānak mūraṯ cẖiṯar ji▫o cẖẖādiṯ nāhin bẖīṯ. ||37||
Nanak, it is like a picture painted on the wall - it cannot leave it. ||37||

ਨਰ ਚਾਹਤ ਕਛੁ ਅਉਰ ਅਉਰੈ ਕੀ ਅਉਰੈ ਭਈ ॥
नर चाहत कछु अउर अउरै की अउरै भई ॥
Nar cẖāhaṯ kacẖẖ a▫or a▫urai kī a▫urai bẖa▫ī.
The man wishes for something, but something different happens.

ਚਿਤਵਤ ਰਹਿਓ ਠਗਉਰ ਨਾਨਕ ਫਾਸੀ ਗਲਿ ਪਰੀ ॥੩੮॥
चितवत रहिओ ठगउर नानक फासी गलि परी ॥३८॥
Cẖiṯvaṯ rahi▫o ṯẖaga▫ur Nānak fāsī gal parī. ||38||
He plots to deceive others, O Nanak, but he places the noose around his own neck instead. ||38||

ਜਤਨ ਬਹੁਤ ਸੁਖ ਕੇ ਕੀਏ ਦੁਖ ਕੋ ਕੀਓ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
जतन बहुत सुख के कीए दुख को कीओ न कोइ ॥
Jaṯan bahuṯ sukẖ ke kī▫e ḏukẖ ko kī▫o na ko▫e.
People make all sorts of efforts to find peace and pleasure, but no one tries to earn pain.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਨਿ ਰੇ ਮਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋ ਹੋਇ ॥੩੯॥
कहु नानक सुनि रे मना हरि भावै सो होइ ॥३९॥
Kaho Nānak sun re manā har bẖāvai so ho▫e. ||39||
Says Nanak, listen, mind: whatever pleases God comes to pass. ||39||

ਜਗਤੁ ਭਿਖਾਰੀ ਫਿਰਤੁ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਕੋ ਦਾਤਾ ਰਾਮੁ ॥
जगतु भिखारी फिरतु है सभ को दाता रामु ॥
Jagaṯ bẖikẖārī firaṯ hai sabẖ ko ḏāṯā rām.
The world wanders around begging, but the Lord is the Giver of all.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਨ ਸਿਮਰੁ ਤਿਹ ਪੂਰਨ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਕਾਮ ॥੪੦॥
कहु नानक मन सिमरु तिह पूरन होवहि काम ॥४०॥
Kaho Nānak man simar ṯih pūran hovėh kām. ||40||
Says Nanak, meditate in remembrance on Him, and all your works will be successful. ||40||

ਝੂਠੈ ਮਾਨੁ ਕਹਾ ਕਰੈ ਜਗੁ ਸੁਪਨੇ ਜਿਉ ਜਾਨੁ ॥
झूठै मानु कहा करै जगु सुपने जिउ जानु ॥
Jẖūṯẖai mān kahā karai jag supne ji▫o jān.
Why do you take such false pride in yourself? You must know that the world is just a dream.

ਇਨ ਮੈ ਕਛੁ ਤੇਰੋ ਨਹੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਹਿਓ ਬਖਾਨਿ ॥੪੧॥
इन मै कछु तेरो नही नानक कहिओ बखानि ॥४१॥
In mai kacẖẖ ṯero nahī Nānak kahi▫o bakẖān. ||41||
None of this is yours; Nanak proclaims this truth. ||41||

ਗਰਬੁ ਕਰਤੁ ਹੈ ਦੇਹ ਕੋ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਛਿਨ ਮੈ ਮੀਤ ॥
गरबु करतु है देह को बिनसै छिन मै मीत ॥
Garab karaṯ hai ḏeh ko binsai cẖẖin mai mīṯ.
You are so proud of your body; it shall perish in an instant, my friend.

ਜਿਹਿ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਕਹਿਓ ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਹਿ ਜਗੁ ਜੀਤਿ ॥੪੨॥
जिहि प्रानी हरि जसु कहिओ नानक तिहि जगु जीति ॥४२॥
Jihi parānī har jas kahi▫o Nānak ṯihi jag jīṯ. ||42||
That mortal who chants the Praises of the Lord, O Nanak, conquers the world. ||42||

ਜਿਹ ਘਟਿ ਸਿਮਰਨੁ ਰਾਮ ਕੋ ਸੋ ਨਰੁ ਮੁਕਤਾ ਜਾਨੁ ॥
जिह घटि सिमरनु राम को सो नरु मुकता जानु ॥
Jih gẖat simran rām ko so nar mukṯā jān.
That person, who meditates in remembrance on the Lord in his heart, is liberated - know this well.

ਤਿਹਿ ਨਰ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਤਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚੀ ਮਾਨੁ ॥੪੩॥
तिहि नर हरि अंतरु नही नानक साची मानु ॥४३॥
Ŧihi nar har anṯar nahī Nānak sācẖī mān. ||43||
There is no difference between that person and the Lord: O Nanak, accept this as the Truth. ||43||

ਏਕ ਭਗਤਿ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਜਿਹ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਕੈ ਨਾਹਿ ਮਨਿ ॥
एक भगति भगवान जिह प्रानी कै नाहि मनि ॥
Ėk bẖagaṯ bẖagvān jih parānī kai nāhi man.
That person, who does not feel devotion to God in his mind -

ਜੈਸੇ ਸੂਕਰ ਸੁਆਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਾਨੋ ਤਾਹਿ ਤਨੁ ॥੪੪॥
जैसे सूकर सुआन नानक मानो ताहि तनु ॥४४॥
Jaise sūkar su▫ān Nānak māno ṯāhi ṯan. ||44||
O Nanak, know that his body is like that of a pig, or a dog. ||44||

ਸੁਆਮੀ ਕੋ ਗ੍ਰਿਹੁ ਜਿਉ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਆਨ ਤਜਤ ਨਹੀ ਨਿਤ ॥
सुआमी को ग्रिहु जिउ सदा सुआन तजत नही नित ॥
Su▫āmī ko garihu ji▫o saḏā su▫ān ṯajaṯ nahī niṯ.
A dog never abandons the home of his master.

ਨਾਨਕ ਇਹ ਬਿਧਿ ਹਰਿ ਭਜਉ ਇਕ ਮਨਿ ਹੁਇ ਇਕ ਚਿਤਿ ॥੪੫॥
नानक इह बिधि हरि भजउ इक मनि हुइ इक चिति ॥४५॥
Nānak ih biḏẖ har bẖaja▫o ik man hu▫e ik cẖiṯ. ||45||
O Nanak, in just the same way, vibrate, and meditate on the Lord, single-mindedly, with one-pointed consciousness. ||45||

ਤੀਰਥ ਬਰਤ ਅਰੁ ਦਾਨ ਕਰਿ ਮਨ ਮੈ ਧਰੈ ਗੁਮਾਨੁ ॥
तीरथ बरत अरु दान करि मन मै धरै गुमानु ॥
Ŧirath baraṯ ar ḏān kar man mai ḏẖarai gumān.
Those who make pilgrimages to sacred shrines, observe ritualistic fasts and make donations to charity while still taking pride in their minds -

ਨਾਨਕ ਨਿਹਫਲ ਜਾਤ ਤਿਹ ਜਿਉ ਕੁੰਚਰ ਇਸਨਾਨੁ ॥੪੬॥
नानक निहफल जात तिह जिउ कुंचर इसनानु ॥४६॥
Nānak nihfal jāṯ ṯih ji▫o kuncẖar isnān. ||46||
O Nanak, their actions are useless, like the elephant, who takes a bath, and then rolls in the dust. ||46||

ਸਿਰੁ ਕੰਪਿਓ ਪਗ ਡਗਮਗੇ ਨੈਨ ਜੋਤਿ ਤੇ ਹੀਨ ॥
सिरु क्मपिओ पग डगमगे नैन जोति ते हीन ॥
Sir kampi▫o pag dagmage nain joṯ ṯe hīn.
The head shakes, the feet stagger, and the eyes become dull and weak.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਇਹ ਬਿਧਿ ਭਈ ਤਊ ਨ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਲੀਨ ॥੪੭॥
कहु नानक इह बिधि भई तऊ न हरि रसि लीन ॥४७॥
Kaho Nānak ih biḏẖ bẖa▫ī ṯa▫ū na har ras līn. ||47||
Says Nanak, this is your condition. And even now, you have not savored the sublime essence of the Lord. ||47||

ਨਿਜ ਕਰਿ ਦੇਖਿਓ ਜਗਤੁ ਮੈ ਕੋ ਕਾਹੂ ਕੋ ਨਾਹਿ ॥
निज करि देखिओ जगतु मै को काहू को नाहि ॥
Nij kar ḏekẖi▫o jagaṯ mai ko kāhū ko nāhi.
I had looked upon the world as my own, but no one belongs to anyone else.

ਨਾਨਕ ਥਿਰੁ ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਹੈ ਤਿਹ ਰਾਖੋ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥੪੮॥
नानक थिरु हरि भगति है तिह राखो मन माहि ॥४८॥
Nānak thir har bẖagaṯ hai ṯih rākẖo man māhi. ||48||
O Nanak, only devotional worship of the Lord is permanent; enshrine this in your mind. ||48||

ਜਗ ਰਚਨਾ ਸਭ ਝੂਠ ਹੈ ਜਾਨਿ ਲੇਹੁ ਰੇ ਮੀਤ ॥
जग रचना सभ झूठ है जानि लेहु रे मीत ॥
Jag racẖnā sabẖ jẖūṯẖ hai jān leho re mīṯ.
The world and its affairs are totally false; know this well, my friend.

ਕਹਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਥਿਰੁ ਨਾ ਰਹੈ ਜਿਉ ਬਾਲੂ ਕੀ ਭੀਤਿ ॥੪੯॥
कहि नानक थिरु ना रहै जिउ बालू की भीति ॥४९॥
Kahi Nānak thir nā rahai ji▫o bālū kī bẖīṯ. ||49||
Says Nanak, it is like a wall of sand; it shall not endure. ||49||

ਰਾਮੁ ਗਇਓ ਰਾਵਨੁ ਗਇਓ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਬਹੁ ਪਰਵਾਰੁ ॥
रामु गइओ रावनु गइओ जा कउ बहु परवारु ॥
Rām ga▫i▫o rāvan ga▫i▫o jā ka▫o baho parvār.
Raam Chand passed away, as did Raawan, even though he had lots of relatives.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਥਿਰੁ ਕਛੁ ਨਹੀ ਸੁਪਨੇ ਜਿਉ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥੫੦॥
कहु नानक थिरु कछु नही सुपने जिउ संसारु ॥५०॥
Kaho Nānak thir kacẖẖ nahī supne ji▫o sansār. ||50||
Says Nanak, nothing lasts forever; the world is like a dream. ||50||

ਚਿੰਤਾ ਤਾ ਕੀ ਕੀਜੀਐ ਜੋ ਅਨਹੋਨੀ ਹੋਇ ॥
चिंता ता की कीजीऐ जो अनहोनी होइ ॥
Cẖinṯā ṯā kī kījī▫ai jo anhonī ho▫e.
People become anxious, when something unexpected happens.

ਇਹੁ ਮਾਰਗੁ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਕੋ ਨਾਨਕ ਥਿਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥੫੧॥
इहु मारगु संसार को नानक थिरु नही कोइ ॥५१॥
Ih mārag sansār ko Nānak thir nahī ko▫e. ||51||
This is the way of the world, O Nanak; nothing is stable or permanent. ||51||

ਜੋ ਉਪਜਿਓ ਸੋ ਬਿਨਸਿ ਹੈ ਪਰੋ ਆਜੁ ਕੈ ਕਾਲਿ ॥
जो उपजिओ सो बिनसि है परो आजु कै कालि ॥
Jo upji▫o so binas hai paro āj kai kāl.
Whatever has been created shall be destroyed; everyone shall perish, today or tomorrow.

ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਨ ਗਾਇ ਲੇ ਛਾਡਿ ਸਗਲ ਜੰਜਾਲ ॥੫੨॥
नानक हरि गुन गाइ ले छाडि सगल जंजाल ॥५२॥
Nānak har gun gā▫e le cẖẖād sagal janjāl. ||52||
O Nanak, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and give up all other entanglements. ||52||

ਦੋਹਰਾ ॥
दोहरा ॥
Ḏohrā.
Dohraa:

ਬਲੁ ਛੁਟਕਿਓ ਬੰਧਨ ਪਰੇ ਕਛੂ ਨ ਹੋਤ ਉਪਾਇ ॥
बलु छुटकिओ बंधन परे कछू न होत उपाइ ॥
Bal cẖẖutki▫o banḏẖan pare kacẖẖū na hoṯ upā▫e.
My strength is exhausted, and I am in bondage; I cannot do anything at all.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਅਬ ਓਟ ਹਰਿ ਗਜ ਜਿਉ ਹੋਹੁ ਸਹਾਇ ॥੫੩॥
कहु नानक अब ओट हरि गज जिउ होहु सहाइ ॥५३॥
Kaho Nānak ab ot har gaj ji▫o hohu sahā▫e. ||53||
Says Nanak, now, the Lord is my Support; He will help me, as He did the elephant. ||53||

ਬਲੁ ਹੋਆ ਬੰਧਨ ਛੁਟੇ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਹੋਤ ਉਪਾਇ ॥
बलु होआ बंधन छुटे सभु किछु होत उपाइ ॥
Bal ho▫ā banḏẖan cẖẖute sabẖ kicẖẖ hoṯ upā▫e.
My strength has been restored, and my bonds have been broken; now, I can do everything.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਤੁਮਰੈ ਹਾਥ ਮੈ ਤੁਮ ਹੀ ਹੋਤ ਸਹਾਇ ॥੫੪॥
नानक सभु किछु तुमरै हाथ मै तुम ही होत सहाइ ॥५४॥
Nānak sabẖ kicẖẖ ṯumrai hāth mai ṯum hī hoṯ sahā▫e. ||54||
Nanak: everything is in Your hands, Lord; You are my Helper and Support. ||54||

ਸੰਗ ਸਖਾ ਸਭਿ ਤਜਿ ਗਏ ਕੋਊ ਨ ਨਿਬਹਿਓ ਸਾਥਿ ॥
संग सखा सभि तजि गए कोऊ न निबहिओ साथि ॥
Sang sakẖā sabẖ ṯaj ga▫e ko▫ū na nib▫hi▫o sāth.
My associates and companions have all deserted me; no one remains with me.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਇਹ ਬਿਪਤਿ ਮੈ ਟੇਕ ਏਕ ਰਘੁਨਾਥ ॥੫੫॥
कहु नानक इह बिपति मै टेक एक रघुनाथ ॥५५॥
Kaho Nānak ih bipaṯ mai tek ek ragẖunāth. ||55||
Says Nanak, in this tragedy, the Lord alone is my Support. ||55||

ਨਾਮੁ ਰਹਿਓ ਸਾਧੂ ਰਹਿਓ ਰਹਿਓ ਗੁਰੁ ਗੋਬਿੰਦੁ ॥
नामु रहिओ साधू रहिओ रहिओ गुरु गोबिंदु ॥
Nām rahi▫o sāḏẖū rahi▫o rahi▫o gur gobinḏ.
The Naam remains; the Holy Saints remain; the Guru, the Lord of the Universe, remains.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਇਹ ਜਗਤ ਮੈ ਕਿਨ ਜਪਿਓ ਗੁਰ ਮੰਤੁ ॥੫੬॥
कहु नानक इह जगत मै किन जपिओ गुर मंतु ॥५६॥
Kaho Nānak ih jagaṯ mai kin japi▫o gur manṯ. ||56||
Says Nanak, how rare are those who chant the Guru's Mantra in this world. ||56||

ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਉਰ ਮੈ ਗਹਿਓ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਸਮ ਨਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥
राम नामु उर मै गहिओ जा कै सम नही कोइ ॥
Rām nām ur mai gahi▫o jā kai sam nahī ko▫e.
I have enshrined the Lord's Name within my heart; there is nothing equal to it.

ਜਿਹ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਸੰਕਟ ਮਿਟੈ ਦਰਸੁ ਤੁਹਾਰੋ ਹੋਇ ॥੫੭॥੧॥
जिह सिमरत संकट मिटै दरसु तुहारो होइ ॥५७॥१॥
Jih simraṯ sankat mitai ḏaras ṯuhāro ho▫e. ||57||1||
Meditating in remembrance on it, my troubles are taken away; I have received the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan. ||57||1||
ਹਲੇ ਯਾਰਾਂ ਹਲੇ ਯਾਰਾਂ ਖੁਸਿਖਬਰੀ ॥
ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਂਉ ਹਉ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਂਉ ॥
ਨੀਕੀ ਤੇਰੀ ਬਿਗਾਰੀ ਆਲੇ ਤੇਰਾ ਨਾਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

ਕੁਜਾ ਆਮਦ ਕੁਜਾ ਰਫਤੀ ਕੁਜਾ ਮੇ ਰਵੀ ॥
ਦ੍ਵਾਰਿਕਾ ਨਗਰੀ ਰਾਸਿ ਬੁਗੋਈ ॥੧॥

ਖੂਬੁ ਤੇਰੀ ਪਗਰੀ ਮੀਠੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਬੋਲ ॥
ਦ੍ਵਾਰਿਕਾ ਨਗਰੀ ਕਾਹੇ ਕੇ ਮਗੋਲ ॥੨॥

ਚੰਦੀ ਹਜਾਰ ਆਲਮ ਏਕਲ ਖਾਨਾਂ ॥
ਹਮ ਚਿਨੀ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹ ਸਾਂਵਲੇ ਬਰਨਾਂ ॥੩॥

ਅਸਪਤਿ ਗਜਪਤਿ ਨਰਹ ਨਰਿੰਦ ॥
ਨਾਮੇ ਕੇ ਸ੍ਵਾਮੀ ਮੀਰ ਮੁਕੰਦ ॥੪॥੨॥੩॥


ਹਲੇ ਯਾਰਾਂ ਹਲੇ ਯਾਰਾਂ ਖੁਸਿਖਬਰੀ ॥
ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਂਉ ਹਉ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਂਉ ॥
ਨੀਕੀ ਤੇਰੀ ਬਿਗਾਰੀ ਆਲੇ ਤੇਰਾ ਨਾਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

Listen my friend Listen
I have good news.  
I am in love with you. 
Your gifts are good. 
Your name is great.

Bigaari could mean one of two things. It could come from "Bigaarna" which means "undoing" or "breaking" or "deconstructing" or "creating obstacles" - it has a negative connotation.  So then the line could mean, "Even when you create obstacles, the result is good."  But I don't like this translation. It assumes that God is undoing something good, which is not congruent with the "Nirvair" principle of Gurbani.  Some scholars have said that "Bigaari" comes from "Bhikhaari" - or begging.  This is one of those words where the root of the word is similar in latin. Bigari could literally mean Beggary which makes it a noun -- even closer to the Gurbani than the modern noun of Bhikhari which is Bheekh.  In that sense, the line means, "Begging for you is good."  That makes a little more sense. But what God is giving us is gift. So two alternative translations are: "Your gifts are good/Your name is great." or "Begging for you is good/Chanting your name is great."

ਕੁਜਾ ਆਮਦ ਕੁਜਾ ਰਫਤੀ ਕੁਜਾ ਮੇ ਰਵੀ ॥
ਦ੍ਵਾਰਿਕਾ ਨਗਰੀ ਰਾਸਿ ਬੁਗੋਈ ॥੧॥

Where are you coming from, where are you, and where will you go?
In the city at the door of heaven, you are commanded to play.

"raas" - Garba - it is a kind of play. Or it could be "truth".  I think it is play. Namdev is talking about Gujrat and is using some of the colloquial language.

Bugoyi - means saying. Guru Nanak uses "bugoyad" in one of his Farsi shabads. I think here it refers to God and means commanding. "raas bugoyi" thereby means - Paramatma commands, and atma plays. Supersoul commands and the soul plays. God commands and the soul plays.

Dwarka literally means door of heaven. So Dwarka nagri literally means the city at the door of heaven. Any heavenly place is Dwarka Nagri.  It could be this life, this body, this gurdwara, and even this earth. It can be anything. It doesn't matter where you have come from. But now you are at the door of heaven. Dwarka Nagri. Isn't it great news that you are at the door of heaven?


Dwarka is a place - its the city at the gate of heaven.

Dwarka - can be earth. It can be the temple, the dharamsaala that God has created for us. The gate of heaven.

Aape Takhat Rachayon, Akaas Paataala
Aape Dharti Saajiyan Sachi Dharamsaala
Aap Upaye Khapaayenda Sache Deen Dayaala
Sabna Rijak Sabaheda Tera Hukam Niraala
Aape Aap Varatada Aape Pritpaalaa

Dwarka can also mean our body, the temple that God has again created for us -- an instrument for us to get to him. Again, a gate of heaven.

Dwarka can also be the Guru. Another way for us to get to God. Another gateway to heaven. So its better to think of Dwarka as a gateway to heaven.

ਖੂਬੁ ਤੇਰੀ ਪਗਰੀ ਮੀਠੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਬੋਲ ॥
ਦ੍ਵਾਰਿਕਾ ਨਗਰੀ ਕਾਹੇ ਕੇ ਮਗੋਲ ॥੨॥

Your turban is wonderful. Your words are sweet.
In the city at the door of heaven, what can the enemies do?

Turban here is a symbol of royalty. Something that is worn by a king as an external show of his excellence. Don't wear your turban slant. Make it good. Make it wonderful. Don't make your words sharp. Make them sweet.  Look good and be good.

Two ballad singers Natha (Nath Mal) and Abdulla (contemporaries of the sixth Guru in the 17th century) used to sing in his court. While describing the two swords of Miri and Piri and the elegance of the turban of Guru Hargobind Sahib, they ranked his turban much higher than that of the Mir (Emperor Jahangir). Before sitting on the throne, Jahangir had to kill his son. His turban had his son's blood on it. Guru Sahib's turban had kesar that was sprinkled on him by the holy congregation. People would bow before both Jahangir and Gur Hargobind. But before Jahangir people were full of fear. Before Guru Hargobind people were full of love.

Do talvaareen badheeyan ik miri di ik piri di.
Ik azmat di ik raaj di ik raakhi karay vaziri di
Himmat baahaan kot gahrr darvaza balakh bakhir di
Naal sipahi neer nal naal dushtaan karay tabir di
Pagg teri ke jahaangir di


The path of love is too long. You cannot just use your feet. You have to walk with your head. You have to walk with your mind.

Sochai Soch Na Hovai, Je Sochi Lakh vaar

You cannot become beautiful by using soap. Your mind has to become beautiful. Your words have to be beautiful. And your deeds have to be beautiful. Words are important -- they form the connection between mind and action.  You have to think about doing something, and even to do that you need words. So making your words sweet is bigger than just speaking sweetly. When Guru Nanak says "Aakhan Jeevan" he implies actions. When he is serving food to the hungry travelers, he is "saying" the name of God. Making your words means making your thoughts sweet and making your actions sweet.

Wearing Pagri is external. Words are internal. Both make you beautiful. But words are even more important than the pagri. Having a mind is important but heart is essential.

Dwarka is the lost city of Indian mythology. Much like Atlantis for Greek mythology. The difference being Atlantis was a city of enemies ... an antagonist naval power that besieges ancient Athens. In contrast, Dwarka is the city built by Krishna, the avatar of God - Vishnu.  This is a city of beauty, a city of peace, a city of splendor made in gold.  It is attacked at least seven times by enemies and each time the attack is repelled and the city emerges stronger and more beautiful.

There is a city called Dwarka now in Gujrat. But the real Dwarka was different. Some say it was mythical. Others say that it drowned in the ocean once Krishna died.  Dwarka was the city that Krishna settled after he left M?  This city was meant to be invincible. This city was meant to be beautiful. It is said that the city was attacked 7 times, but it remained beautiful, a center of spirituality, and therefore invincible.

You are here in the temple of your body, the beautiful city of Dwarika for play for a while.  And while you are here, be inspired by the beautiful to be beautiful. Don a beautiful turban. Have self respect. Make use of your mind. But remember to not fall victim to enemies who will try to bring you down. Beware of the invaders of peace ... the five thieves, the kaam, krodh, lobh, moh, ahankaar. Remain invincible and beautiful like Dwarka. And how you will stay that way, is not only by using your mind - which can make you smart and intelligent, but also by using your heart. Your heart makes you sweet. Strive to be the best human you possibly can become but remember to balance your beautiful pagdi with sweet words. Balance the rightness of your intellect with sweetness of your heart.

The five thieves will come to look you. Greed will try to drown you in this ocean of life. Anger will try to overtake your goodness. But you have to repel these attacks. You have to come out the victor. You have to remain good. Shubh Karman Tay Kabhun na taron.  Two abilities have been given to you. And you must use these. One is your mind. You have to use it. Use it too much and you will be too full of your self. You will not remain sweet. The other is your heart. Use it too much and you will not be able to do any good for others.  So you have to achieve a balance.

ਚੰਦੀ ਹਜਾਰ ਆਲਮ ਏਕਲ ਖਾਨਾਂ ॥
ਹਮ ਚਿਨੀ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹ ਸਾਂਵਲੇ ਬਰਨਾਂ ॥੩॥

One caretaker of thousands of worlds
Such is my king in his wheatish skin

Not just this city, my emperor, the one in the dark clothes is the provider of the countless lives on thousands of worlds. All lives are his and he is the protector.

Vision

If you don't 
see God everywhere
You see God ... nowhere!

If you don't
See God in all ...
You don't see God at all!

Paataala Paataal Lakh Aagaasaa Aagaas
Udak Udak Bhal Thakey Ved Kehen Ik Vaat
(Guru Nanak: Japji 22)


Why is Krishna blue:

According to Sadhguru: "Blue is the color of all-inclusiveness. You will see in the existence, anything that is vast and beyond your perception generally tends to be blue, whether it is the ocean or the sky. Anything which is larger than your perception tends to be blue because blue is the basis of all-inclusiveness. It is based on this that so many gods in India are shown as blue-skinned. Shiva has a blue skin, Krishna has a blue skin, Rama has a blue skin. It is not that their skin was blue. They were referred to as blue gods because they had a blue aura."

The dark qualities of Krishna - Depth like the ocean or the sky, and infinity of the same, and also the unknown nature. It may also depict his ordinary nature. The fact that he is present everywhere and within everyone, making him ordinary and average or Saavla. Saavla is not black nor fair, it is "medium."  This fits with this ordinary theory. Thus I felt like dark skinned could potentially be called "ordinary". The extraordinary in an ordinary package.


ਅਸਪਤਿ ਗਜਪਤਿ ਨਰਹ ਨਰਿੰਦ ॥
ਨਾਮੇ ਕੇ ਸ੍ਵਾਮੀ ਮੀਰ ਮੁਕੰਦ ॥੪॥੨॥੩॥

Lord of all horses, Lord of all elephants, and Lord of all men
Namdev's lord is the generous one that gives freedom to all

If you don't see God in all
you don't see God at all.

Prabh Paas Jan Ki Ardaas Tu Sachha Sayeen
Tu Rakhvaala Sadaa Sadaa Haun Tudh Dhyaayeen
Jee Jant Sab Tereya, Tu Raheya Samayeen



Its about sovereignity.

Dwarka

Come here my friend
I have news for you

Once
I asked
In this city
at the gate of heaven

Where from I come
and where shall I go?
What game I'll play
and will I know

Now
I see you
Donning a great turban
and speaking sweet words
Disguised in simple clothes
ruling upon thousands of worlds
commanding everything
ordering all horses
ruling elephants,
and all men
in this
city

What business
remains for enslavers,
the five thieves of my soul,
in this body at the gate of heaven?

Come here
Come here my friend
Come and rejoice with me

Lets celebrate this good news
for in all's sovereignty
we are all free
in this city

to open
the gates
of heaven




Play 

The play is happening and our purpose is to find the truth, to find happiness, to find love. And we can get all that and more if we can see the sovereignty and benevolence of the creator. We recognize that he is donning a beautiful turban, that he is in complete control and we don't need to worry about anything, and that his words are always sweet. Then we are not entangled by those who seem like enemies. The Mogals of the body are Kam, Krodh, Lobh, Moh, Ahankar.


Prabh paas jan ki ardaas tu sachcha sayeen
Tu rakhwaala sadaa sadaa haun tudh dhyayeen
Jee Jant Sabh Tereya Tu Rehyaa Samayeen
Jo das tere ki ninda karai tis maar pachayeen
Chinta Chhad Achint Raho Naanak Lag Payeen

Narayan Narpat Namaskaarai
Aise Gur Kao Bal Bal Jaiyeh
Aap Mukat Mohe Tarai

As we grow older and wise, we become able to make our own decisions.  We don a turban of responsibility, a turban of sovereignty.  Our turbans come in different colors and different shades, different styles. Some people like their turbans, and their decisions, and their sovereignty, and their freedom in one style, one shade, one color.  But we do get to wear this turban of sovereignty. We become free. The bonds are broken and the soul is freed. Bandhan Todai Mukat Hoye.

This freedom does not come for free. We have to fight for it. The kind of fight that Guru Gobind describes in Deh Shiva Bar Mohe.

The 10th Master's Prayer

Let me not shirk from what is good
Let me not fear when fight I should
Let me well learn how prayer is done
Let me sure make my victory is won
And in the end ...  I pray my God ...
Let me die fighting, when my time has come
And in the end ...  I pray my God ...
Let me die fighting, when my time has come

But while we are fighting for freedom, wearing a turban remembering the sovereignty that we borrow from the emperor of the world, we should remember how prayer is done. We should remember to win the battle with the five thieves.  We have to win this battle or else we do not become complete. We remain incomplete. Puran Purakh is the goal for every human. The destiny of every human is Godliness. And Godliness becomes complete by matching your turban with your sweetness.  

More important than matching the color of your turban with your clothes, is matching the Guru Gobind Singh's turban with his sweetness, with his love. The destiny is achieved only through love. Everyone can wear a turban, but only a few can love. In fact a lot of charlatons are wearing turbans these days. The difference between your turban and the others is that your turban needs to be balanced with sweetness. 

There is old saying in India - when a tree is laden with fruit it bows down.  You become fruitful doning this turban. But if you think too much of your greatness you will crack.  Sweetness is the only balance to the turban, and you have to remember that.  

We are not sitting in heaven. We are sitting at the gate to heaven. We can choose to open the gate to this heaven. The gate is opened with sweetness. 

Khushkhabri

So what is this khushkhabri in the end. What is this good news. The good news is realization. God realization. 

The good news is that Namdev is in love. The good news is that Namdev realizes that God's gifts are great. The good news is that Namdev has realized that the essence of God is great. The good news is that Namdev now knows where he has come from, where he is and where he is going. From God, with God and to God. He realizes that God has arranged this play for him on earth, which is the gateway to heaven.  The good news is the realization that God has sovereignity, yet God is sweet. The good news is the realization that the gateway to heaven is attained when your enemies -- the five theives of the soul -- are vanquished. The good news is the realization the extraordinary god can be found in ordinary things. The good news is that the realization of the lord of all can lead to freedom. The good news is that we are sitting at the doorstep of happiness, love and freedom.  Provided we can balance the realization of both the qualities of the sovereign - having the ability to make a difference, and being sweet to everyone. In the end the good news is about finding the royalty of the excellence within yourself - replete with a turban, symbolizing exterior beauty and sweet words symbolizing internal beauty. 

May 30, 2017
Listening to Sant Sujan Singh




15 minutes is when katha starts ...

धीरज धरम मित्र अरु नारी |
आपद काल परखिये चारी || 
- तुलसीकृत रामायण

Dheeraj dharam mitra aru naari 
aapad kal parakhiye chari ! 
- Ramayan by Tulsidas

Meaning: In the time of crisis are the (deep waters) of patience, religion (karma~deeds), friends and women (wife/partner) tested!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq97pOec6Io


When I first invited Rajhesh Vaidhya ji for playing Veena with me, it took several months of planning and booking a studio.  On the day of the recording, the engineers were setting up the microphones, I went to Rajhesh ji to explain he would need to have his head covered because we would be recording Gurbani. I didn't expect many issues because I assumed he was an Indian musician who would know (I generally tell non-Indian musicians in advance about Gurbani). But, to my dismay, he said he was not comfortable putting anything on his head during the recording. 

I came out of the green room thinking about what to do. One option that came to my mind was to cancel the recording.  The other option was to go with the flow and not think about it.  Then I was reminded of what my grandfather would have done when he was confused: he would ask the Guru. I opened a random shabad from my Gurbani app on my phone. The following shabad appeared: 

ਭਾਦੁਇ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਣੀਆ ਦੂਜੈ ਲਗਾ ਹੇਤੁ ॥
भादुइ भरमि भुलाणीआ दूजै लगा हेतु ॥
Bẖāḏue bẖaram bẖulāṇīā ḏūjai lagā heṯ.
In the month of Bhaadon, she is deluded by doubt, because of her attachment to duality.

ਲਖ ਸੀਗਾਰ ਬਣਾਇਆ ਕਾਰਜਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੇਤੁ ॥
लख सीगार बणाइआ कारजि नाही केतु ॥
Lakẖ sīgār baṇāiā kāraj nāhī keṯ.
She may wear thousands of ornaments, but they are of no use at all.

ਜਿਤੁ ਦਿਨਿ ਦੇਹ ਬਿਨਸਸੀ ਤਿਤੁ ਵੇਲੈ ਕਹਸਨਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਤੁ ॥
जितु दिनि देह बिनससी तितु वेलै कहसनि प्रेतु ॥
Jiṯ ḏin ḏeh binsasī ṯiṯ velai kahsan pareṯ.
On that day when the body perishes-at that time, she becomes a ghost.

ਪਕੜਿ ਚਲਾਇਨਿ ਦੂਤ ਜਮ ਕਿਸੈ ਨ ਦੇਨੀ ਭੇਤੁ ॥
पकड़ि चलाइनि दूत जम किसै न देनी भेतु ॥
Pakaṛ cẖalāin ḏūṯ jam kisai na ḏenī bẖeṯ.
The Messenger of Death seizes and holds her, and does not tell anyone his secret.

ਛਡਿ ਖੜੋਤੇ ਖਿਨੈ ਮਾਹਿ ਜਿਨ ਸਿਉ ਲਗਾ ਹੇਤੁ ॥
छडि खड़ोते खिनै माहि जिन सिउ लगा हेतु ॥
Cẖẖad kẖaṛoṯe kẖinai māhi jin sio lagā heṯ.
And her loved ones-in an instant, they move on, leaving her all alone.

ਹਥ ਮਰੋੜੈ ਤਨੁ ਕਪੇ ਸਿਆਹਹੁ ਹੋਆ ਸੇਤੁ ॥
हथ मरोड़ै तनु कपे सिआहहु होआ सेतु ॥
Hath maroṛai ṯan kape siāhhu hoā seṯ.
She wrings her hands, her body writhes in pain, and she turns from black to white.

ਜੇਹਾ ਬੀਜੈ ਸੋ ਲੁਣੈ ਕਰਮਾ ਸੰਦੜਾ ਖੇਤੁ ॥
जेहा बीजै सो लुणै करमा संदड़ा खेतु ॥
Jehā bījai so luṇai karmā sanḏṛā kẖeṯ.
As she has planted, so does she harvest; such is the field of karma.

ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਰਣਾਗਤੀ ਚਰਣ ਬੋਹਿਥ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਦੇਤੁ ॥
नानक प्रभ सरणागती चरण बोहिथ प्रभ देतु ॥
Nānak parabẖ sarṇāgaṯī cẖaraṇ bohith parabẖ ḏeṯ.
Nanak seeks God's Sanctuary; God has given him the Boat of His Feet.

ਸੇ ਭਾਦੁਇ ਨਰਕਿ ਨ ਪਾਈਅਹਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਰਖਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਹੇਤੁ ॥੭॥
से भादुइ नरकि न पाईअहि गुरु रखण वाला हेतु ॥७॥
Se bẖāḏue narak na pāīah gur rakẖaṇ vālā heṯ. ||7||
Those who love the Guru, the Protector and Savior, in Bhaadon, shall not be thrown down into hell. ||7||

My takeaway here was that we are deluded that respect comes from wearing head coverings, wearing shoes, sitting on chairs and bowing down. When the Guru reminds us so many time in Gurbani that what is important is love and our action.  

The ulitimate check for anything I do is "How would Guru Nanak handle this?" Would he not feed the Sadhu in langar who did not have his head covered? Would he not let someone sing in sangat if they were wearing shoes? Did he himself not sing while he was walking with his shoes on? Did he himself not sing when he was taking a head bath in the rivulets?  The obvious answer to all these questions is No! However much we would like this or not, love matters not clothes. 

Since then I have heard back from Vaidhya ji how much he enjoys the shabad recording we did.  I think he genuinely respects and Gurbani and the composition we created. He does not need a head covering to love and respect what we did. 

I do not do kirtan without covering my head, and give the musicians the advice of covering their head. I have stopped worrying much about how others are dressed. I do not force musicians to wear head coverings if they are not comfortable.  How would that be different from forcibly converting someone's religion. The words of the Guru are equal for everyone, for Black and White, Hindu and Sikh, Muslim and Christian, poor and rich, big and small ... and yes, ones who dress in a certain way and the ones who don't. 

This is a rather liberal view of Sikh Kirtan.  I apologize to those who I have hurt feelings.  But I am confident the Guru is with me on this one.  May the Guru of all Guru's always guide us in the right direction. 



Doston ke naam yaad aane lage
Talkh-o-sheereen jaam yaad aane lage

Waqt jyon jyon raayegaan hota gaya
Zindagi ko kaam yaad aane lage

Khoobsoorat tohmaten chubhne lagin
Dilnasheen ilzaam yaad aane lage

Phir khayaal aate hi shaam-e-hijr ka
Marmari ajsaam yaad aane lage

Bhoolna chaaha tha unko ae 'Adam'
Phir wo subah-o-shaam yaad aane lage

-Abdul Hameed Adam



दोस्तों के नाम याद आने लगे
तल्ख़-ओ-शीरीं जाम याद आने लगे

(तल्ख़-ओ-शीरीं = कड़वे और मीठे)

वक़्त ज्यूँ ज्यूँ रायगाँ होता गया
ज़िन्दगी को काम याद आने लगे

(रायगाँ = व्यर्थ)

खूबसूरत तोहमतें चुभने लगीं
दिलनशीं इलज़ाम याद आने लगे

फिर ख़याल आते ही शाम-ए-हिज्र का
मरमरी अज्साम याद आने लगे

(शाम-ए-हिज्र = जुदाई की शाम), (मरमरी = संगमरमर जैसा), (अज्साम  = जिस्म का बहुवचन)

भूलना चाहा था उनको ऐ 'अदम'
फिर वो सुबह-ओ-शाम याद आने लगे

-अब्दुल हामिद अदम






Amazing singing by Dr. Deshpande -

Bindiya le gayi hamar machhariya
Jaye kaho koi e more chhote devar se
Ganga main naav le aave

The fish has taken my bindi
Go tell my young brother in law
Go and dive in the Ganges and get it



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