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Guru Amardas · Raag Basant

ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਤਖਤਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੇ ਪਰਧਾਨ ਕੀਏ ॥

jin kau takhat milai vadiaaee guramukh se paradhaan keee ||

Those who are blessed with the glory of the Lord's Throne - those Gurmukhs are renowned as supreme.

ਪਾਰਸੁ ਭੇਟਿ ਭਏ ਸੇ ਪਾਰਸ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰ ਸੰਗਿ ਥੀਏ ॥੪॥੪॥੧੨॥

paaras bhet bhae se paaras naanak har gur sa(n)g theee ||4||4||12||

Touching the philosopher's stone, they themselves becomes the philosopher's stone; they become the companions of the Lord, the Guru. ||4||4||12||

ਬਸੰਤੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਘਰੁ ੧ ਦੁਤੁਕੇ ॥

basa(n)t mahalaa 3 ghar 1 dutuke ||

Basant, Third Mehl, First House, Dho-Thukay:

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ikOankaar satigur prasaad ||

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

ਮਾਹਾ ਰੁਤੀ ਮਹਿ ਸਦ ਬਸੰਤੁ ॥

maahaa rutee mahi sad basa(n)t ||

Throughout the months and the seasons, the Lord is always in bloom.

ਜਿਤੁ ਹਰਿਆ ਸਭੁ ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤੁ ॥

jit hariaa sabh jee ja(n)t ||

He rejuvenates all beings and creatures.

ਕਿਆ ਹਉ ਆਖਾ ਕਿਰਮ ਜੰਤੁ ॥

kiaa hau aakhaa kiram ja(n)t ||

What can I say? I am just a worm.

ਤੇਰਾ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਆਦਿ ਅੰਤੁ ॥੧॥

teraa kinai na paaiaa aad a(n)t ||1||

No one has found Your beginning or Your end, O Lord. ||1||

ਤੈ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਕੀ ਕਰਹਿ ਸੇਵ ॥

tai saahib kee karahi sev ||

Those who serve You, Lord,

ਪਰਮ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਆਤਮ ਦੇਵ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

param sukh paavahi aatam dev ||1|| rahaau ||

obtain the greatest peace; their souls are so divine. ||1||Pause||

ਕਰਮੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਤਾਂ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰੈ ॥

karam hovai taa(n) sevaa karai ||

If the Lord is merciful, then the mortal is allowed to serve Him.

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਜੀਵਤ ਮਰੈ ॥

gur parasaadee jeevat marai ||

By Guru's Grace, he remains dead while yet alive.

ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਾਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਉਚਰੈ ॥

anadin saach naam ucharai ||

Night and day, he chants the True Name;

ਇਨ ਬਿਧਿ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਦੁਤਰੁ ਤਰੈ ॥੨॥

in bidh praanee dutar tarai ||2||

in this way, he crosses over the treacherous world-ocean. ||2||

ਬਿਖੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਕਰਤਾਰਿ ਉਪਾਏ ॥

bikh a(n)mrit karataar upaae ||

The Creator created both poison and nectar.

ਸੰਸਾਰ ਬਿਰਖ ਕਉ ਦੁਇ ਫਲ ਲਾਏ ॥

sa(n)saar birakh kau dui phal laae ||

He attached these two fruits to the world-plant.

ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ॥

aape karataa kare karaae ||

The Creator Himself is the Doer, the Cause of all.

ਜੋ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਸੈ ਖਵਾਏ ॥੩॥

jo tis bhaavai tisai khavaae ||3||

He feeds all as He pleases. ||3||

ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥

naanak jis no nadar karei ||

O Nanak, when He casts His Glance of Grace,

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਆਪੇ ਦੇਇ ॥

a(n)mrit naam aape dei ||

He Himself bestows His Ambrosial Naam.

ਬਿਖਿਆ ਕੀ ਬਾਸਨਾ ਮਨਹਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥

bikhiaa kee baasanaa manahi karei ||

Thus, the desire for sin and corruption is ended.

ਅਪਣਾ ਭਾਣਾ ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥੪॥੧॥

apanaa bhaanaa aap karei ||4||1||

The Lord Himself carries out His Own Will. ||4||1||

ਬਸੰਤੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

basa(n)t mahalaa 3 ||

Basant, Third Mehl:

ਰਾਤੇ ਸਾਚਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਨਿਹਾਲਾ ॥

raate saach har naam nihaalaa ||

Those who are attuned to the True Lord's Name are happy and exalted.

ਦਇਆ ਕਰਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਦੀਨ ਦਇਆਲਾ ॥

daiaa karahu prabh deen daiaalaa ||

Take pity on me, O God, Merciful to the meek.

ਤਿਸੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਮੈ ਕੋਇ ॥

tis bin avar nahee mai koi ||

Without Him, I have no other at all.

ਜਿਉ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਉ ਰਾਖੈ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥

jiu bhaavai tiu raakhai soi ||1||

As it pleases His Will, He keeps me. ||1||

ਗੁਰ ਗੋਪਾਲ ਮੇਰੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਏ ॥

gur gopaal merai man bhaae ||

The Guru, the Lord, is pleasing to my mind.

ਰਹਿ ਨ ਸਕਉ ਦਰਸਨ ਦੇਖੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲਉ ਗੁਰੁ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

rahi na sakau darasan dekhe bin sahaj milau gur mel milaae ||1|| rahaau ||

I cannot even survive, without the Blessed Vision of His Darshan. But I shall easily unite with the Guru, if He unites me in His Union. ||1||Pause||

ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਲੋਭੀ ਲੋਭਿ ਲੁਭਾਨਾ ॥

ihu man lobhee lobh lubhaanaa ||

The greedy mind is enticed by greed.

ਰਾਮ ਬਿਸਾਰਿ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਪਛੁਤਾਨਾ ॥

raam bisaar bahur pachhutaanaa ||

Forgetting the Lord, it regrets and repents in the end.

ਬਿਛੁਰਤ ਮਿਲਾਇ ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵ ਰਾਂਗੇ ॥

bichhurat milaai gur sev raa(n)ge ||

The separated ones are reunited, when they are inspired to serve the Guru.

ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦੀਓ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਵਡਭਾਗੇ ॥੨॥

har naam deeo masatak vadabhaage ||2||

They are blessed with the Lord's Name - such is the destiny written on their foreheads. ||2||

ਪਉਣ ਪਾਣੀ ਕੀ ਇਹ ਦੇਹ ਸਰੀਰਾ ॥

paun paanee kee ih deh sareeraa ||

This body is built of air and water.

ਹਉਮੈ ਰੋਗੁ ਕਠਿਨ ਤਨਿ ਪੀਰਾ ॥

haumai rog kathin tan peeraa ||

The body is afflicted with the terribly painful illness of egotism.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਦਾਰੂ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇਆ ॥

guramukh raam naam daaroo gun gaaiaa ||

The Gurmukh has the Medicine: singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord's Name.

ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਗੁਰਿ ਰੋਗੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥੩॥

kar kirapaa gur rog gavaaiaa ||3||

Granting His Grace, the Guru has cured the illness. ||3||

ਚਾਰਿ ਨਦੀਆ ਅਗਨੀ ਤਨਿ ਚਾਰੇ ॥

chaar nadeeaa aganee tan chaare ||

The four evils are the four rivers of fire flowing through the body.

ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਜਲਤ ਜਲੇ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੇ ॥

trisanaa jalat jale aha(n)kaare ||

It is burning in desire, and burning in egotism.

ਗੁਰਿ ਰਾਖੇ ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਤਾਰੇ ॥

gur raakhe vadabhaagee taare ||

Those whom the Guru protects and saves are very fortunate.

ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਉਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਧਾਰੇ ॥੪॥੨॥

jan naanak ur har a(n)mrit dhaare ||4||2||

Servant Nanak enshrines the Ambrosial Name of the Lord in his heart. ||4||2||

ਬਸੰਤੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

basa(n)t mahalaa 3 ||

Basant, Third Mehl:

ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵੇ ਸੋ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਲੋਗੁ ॥

har seve so har kaa log ||

One who serves the Lord is the Lord's person.

ਸਾਚੁ ਸਹਜੁ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੋਗੁ ॥

saach sahaj kade na hovai sog ||

He dwells in intuitive peace, and never suffers in sorrow.

ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮੁਏ ਨਾਹੀ ਹਰਿ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥

manamukh mue naahee har man maahi ||

The self-willed manmukhs are dead; the Lord is not within their minds.

ਮਰਿ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮਹਿ ਭੀ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥੧॥

mar mar ja(n)mahi bhee mar jaahi ||1||

They die and die again and again, and are reincarnated, only to die once more. ||1||

ਸੇ ਜਨ ਜੀਵੇ ਜਿਨ ਹਰਿ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥

se jan jeeve jin har man maahi ||

They alone are alive, whose minds are filled with the Lord.

ਸਾਚੁ ਸਮੑਾਲਹਿ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਮਾਹਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

saach samhaalahi saach samaahi ||1|| rahaau ||

They contemplate the True Lord, and are absorbed in the True Lord. ||1||Pause||

ਹਰਿ ਨ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਤੇ ਹਰਿ ਤੇ ਦੂਰਿ ॥

har na sevahi te har te door ||

Those who do not serve the Lord are far away from the Lord.

ਦਿਸੰਤਰੁ ਭਵਹਿ ਸਿਰਿ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਧੂਰਿ ॥

disa(n)tar bhavahi sir paavahi dhoor ||

They wander in foreign lands, with dust thrown on their heads.

ਹਰਿ ਆਪੇ ਜਨ ਲੀਏ ਲਾਇ ॥

har aape jan leee laai ||

The Lord Himself enjoins His humble servants to serve Him.

ਤਿਨ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੈ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਤਮਾਇ ॥੨॥

tin sadaa sukh hai til na tamaai ||2||

They live in peace forever, and have no greed at all. ||2||

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