Ang 661
ਅੰਗ ੬੬੧
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- Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
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- Raag Dhanaasree
- Written by
- Guru Nanak Dev Ji
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- 54
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ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਰਹੀਐ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਿਛੁ ਸੁਣੀਐ ਕਿਛੁ ਕਹੀਐ ॥
jab lag dhuneeaa raheeaai naanak kichh suneeaai kichh kaheeaai ||
As long as we are in this world, O Nanak, we should listen, and speak of the Lord.
ਭਾਲਿ ਰਹੇ ਹਮ ਰਹਣੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਜੀਵਤਿਆ ਮਰਿ ਰਹੀਐ ॥੫॥੨॥
bhaal rahe ham rahan na paiaa jeevatiaa mar raheeaai ||5||2||
I have searched, but I have found no way to remain here; so, remain dead while yet alive. ||5||2||
ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ਦੂਜਾ
dhanaasaree mahalaa pehilaa ghar dhoojaa
Dhanaasaree, First Mehla, Second House:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ikOankaar satigur prasaadh ||
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਕਿਉ ਸਿਮਰੀ ਸਿਵਰਿਆ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਇ ॥
kiau simaree sivariaa nahee jai ||
How can I remember the Lord in meditation? I cannot meditate on Him in remembrance.
ਤਪੈ ਹਿਆਉ ਜੀਅੜਾ ਬਿਲਲਾਇ ॥
tapai hiaau jeeaRaa bilalai ||
My heart is burning, and my soul is crying out in pain.
ਸਿਰਜਿ ਸਵਾਰੇ ਸਾਚਾ ਸੋਇ ॥
siraj savaare saachaa soi ||
The True Lord creates and adorns.
ਤਿਸੁ ਵਿਸਰਿਐ ਚੰਗਾ ਕਿਉ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥
tis visariaai cha(n)gaa kiau hoi ||1||
Forgetting Him, how can one be good? ||1||
ਹਿਕਮਤਿ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥
hikamat hukam na paiaa jai ||
By clever tricks and commands, He cannot be found.
ਕਿਉ ਕਰਿ ਸਾਚਿ ਮਿਲਉ ਮੇਰੀ ਮਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
kiau kar saach milau meree mai ||1|| rahaau ||
How am I to meet my True Lord, O my mother? ||1||Pause||
ਵਖਰੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਦੇਖਣ ਕੋਈ ਜਾਇ ॥
vakhar naam dhekhan koiee jai ||
How rare is the one who goes out, and searches for the merchandise of the Naam.
ਨਾ ਕੋ ਚਾਖੈ ਨਾ ਕੋ ਖਾਇ ॥
naa ko chaakhai naa ko khai ||
No one tastes it, and no one eats it.
ਲੋਕਿ ਪਤੀਣੈ ਨਾ ਪਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥
lok pateenai naa pat hoi ||
Honor is not obtained by trying to please other people.
ਤਾ ਪਤਿ ਰਹੈ ਰਾਖੈ ਜਾ ਸੋਇ ॥੨॥
taa pat rahai raakhai jaa soi ||2||
One's honor is preserved, only if the Lord preserves it. ||2||
ਜਹ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਹ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਇ ॥
jeh dhekhaa teh rahiaa samai ||
Wherever I look, there I see Him, pervading and permeating.
ਤੁਧੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਜੀ ਨਾਹੀ ਜਾਇ ॥
tudh bin dhoojee naahee jai ||
Without You, I have no other place of rest.
ਜੇ ਕੋ ਕਰੇ ਕੀਤੈ ਕਿਆ ਹੋਇ ॥
je ko kare keetai kiaa hoi ||
He may try, but what can anyone do by his own doing?
ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਬਖਸੇ ਸਾਚਾ ਸੋਇ ॥੩॥
jis no bakhase saachaa soi ||3||
He alone is blessed, whom the True Lord forgives. ||3||
ਹੁਣਿ ਉਠਿ ਚਲਣਾ ਮੁਹਤਿ ਕਿ ਤਾਲਿ ॥
hun uTh chalanaa muhat k taal ||
Now, I shall have to get up and depart, in an instant, in the clapping of hands.
ਕਿਆ ਮੁਹੁ ਦੇਸਾ ਗੁਣ ਨਹੀ ਨਾਲਿ ॥
kiaa muh dhesaa gun nahee naal ||
What face will I show the Lord? I have no virtue at all.
ਜੈਸੀ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤੈਸਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
jaisee nadhar kare taisaa hoi ||
As is the Lord's Glance of Grace, so it is.
ਵਿਣੁ ਨਦਰੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥੪॥੧॥੩॥
vin nadharee naanak nahee koi ||4||1||3||
Without His Glance of Grace, O Nanak, no one is blessed. ||4||1||3||
ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
dhanaasaree mahalaa pehilaa ||
Dhanaasaree, First Mehla:
ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਾ ਸਿਮਰਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥
nadhar kare taa simariaa jai ||
If the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace, then one remembers Him in meditation.
ਆਤਮਾ ਦ੍ਰਵੈ ਰਹੈ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥
aatamaa dhravai rahai liv lai ||
The soul is softened, and he remains absorbed in the Lord's Love.
ਆਤਮਾ ਪਰਾਤਮਾ ਏਕੋ ਕਰੈ ॥
aatamaa paraatamaa eko karai ||
His soul and the Supreme Soul become one.
ਅੰਤਰ ਕੀ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਮਰੈ ॥੧॥
a(n)tar kee dhubidhaa a(n)tar marai ||1||
The duality of the inner mind is overcome. ||1||
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥
gur parasaadhee paiaa jai ||
By Guru's Grace, God is found.
ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਖਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
har siau chit laagai fir kaal na khai ||1|| rahaau ||
One's consciousness is attached to the Lord, and so Death does not devour him. ||1||Pause||
ਸਚਿ ਸਿਮਰਿਐ ਹੋਵੈ ਪਰਗਾਸੁ ॥
sach simariaai hovai paragaas ||
Remembering the True Lord in meditation, one is enlightened.
ਤਾ ਤੇ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਮਹਿ ਰਹੈ ਉਦਾਸੁ ॥
taa te bikhiaa meh rahai udhaas ||
Then, in the midst of Maya, he remains detached.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਐਸੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥
satigur kee aaisee vaddiaaiee ||
Such is the Glory of the True Guru;
ਪੁਤ੍ਰ ਕਲਤ੍ਰ ਵਿਚੇ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੨॥
putr kalatr viche gat paiee ||2||
in the midst of children and spouses, they attain emancipation. ||2||
ਐਸੀ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰੈ ॥
aaisee sevak sevaa karai ||
Such is the service which the Lord's servant performs,
ਜਿਸ ਕਾ ਜੀਉ ਤਿਸੁ ਆਗੈ ਧਰੈ ॥
jis kaa jeeau tis aagai dharai ||
that he dedicates his soul to the Lord, to whom it belongs.
ਸਾਹਿਬ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
saahib bhaavai so paravaan ||
One who is pleasing to the Lord and Master is acceptable.
ਸੋ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਾਵੈ ਮਾਣੁ ॥੩॥
so sevak dharageh paavai maan ||3||
Such a servant obtains honor in the Court of the Lord. ||3||
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਵਸਾਏ ॥
satigur kee moorat hiradhai vasaae ||
He enshrines the image of the True Guru in his heart.
ਜੋ ਇਛੈ ਸੋਈ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਏ ॥
jo ichhai soiee fal paae ||
He obtains the rewards which he desires.
ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰੈ ॥
saachaa saahib kirapaa karai ||
The True Lord and Master grants His Grace;
ਸੋ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਜਮ ਤੇ ਕੈਸਾ ਡਰੈ ॥੪॥
so sevak jam te kaisaa ddarai ||4||
how can such a servant be afraid of death? ||4||
ਭਨਤਿ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਕਰੇ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
bhanat naanak kare veechaar ||
Prays Nanak, practice contemplation,
ਸਾਚੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਿਉ ਧਰੇ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥
saachee baanee siau dhare piaar ||
and enshrine love for the True Word of His Bani.
ਤਾ ਕੋ ਪਾਵੈ ਮੋਖ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥
taa ko paavai mokh dhuaar ||
Then, you shall find the Gate of Salvation.
ਜਪੁ ਤਪੁ ਸਭੁ ਇਹੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਹੈ ਸਾਰੁ ॥੫॥੨॥੪॥
jap tap sabh ih sabadh hai saar ||5||2||4||
This Shabad is the most excellent of all chanting and austere meditations. ||5||2||4||
ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
dhanaasaree mahalaa pehilaa ||
Dhanaasaree, First Mehla:
ਜੀਉ ਤਪਤੁ ਹੈ ਬਾਰੋ ਬਾਰ ॥
jeeau tapat hai baaro baar ||
My soul burns, over and over again.
ਤਪਿ ਤਪਿ ਖਪੈ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬੇਕਾਰ ॥
tap tap khapai bahut bekaar ||
Burning and burning, it is ruined, and it falls into evil.
ਜੈ ਤਨਿ ਬਾਣੀ ਵਿਸਰਿ ਜਾਇ ॥
jai tan baanee visar jai ||
That body, which forgets the Word of the Guru's Bani,
ਜਿਉ ਪਕਾ ਰੋਗੀ ਵਿਲਲਾਇ ॥੧॥
jiau pakaa rogee vilalai ||1||
cries out in pain, like a chronic patient. ||1||
ਬਹੁਤਾ ਬੋਲਣੁ ਝਖਣੁ ਹੋਇ ॥
bahutaa bolan jhakhan hoi ||
To speak too much and babble is useless.
ਵਿਣੁ ਬੋਲੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਸਭੁ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
vin bole jaanai sabh soi ||1|| rahaau ||
Even without our speaking, He knows everything. ||1||Pause||
ਜਿਨਿ ਕਨ ਕੀਤੇ ਅਖੀ ਨਾਕੁ ॥
jin kan keete akhee naak ||
He created our ears, eyes and nose.
ਜਿਨਿ ਜਿਹਵਾ ਦਿਤੀ ਬੋਲੇ ਤਾਤੁ ॥
jin jihavaa dhitee bole taat ||
He gave us our tongue to speak so fluently.
End of Ang 661
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