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Guru Nanak · Raag Prabhaatee

ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਦਖਣੀ ॥

prabhaatee mahalaa 1 dakhanee ||

Prabhaatee, First Mehl, Dakhnee:

ਗੋਤਮੁ ਤਪਾ ਅਹਿਲਿਆ ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀ ਤਿਸੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੁ ਲੁਭਾਇਆ ॥

gotam tapaa ahiliaa isatree tis dekh i(n)dr lubhaaiaa ||

Ahalyaa was the wife of Gautam the seer. Seeing her, Indra was enticed.

ਸਹਸ ਸਰੀਰ ਚਿਹਨ ਭਗ ਹੂਏ ਤਾ ਮਨਿ ਪਛੋਤਾਇਆ ॥੧॥

sahas sareer chihan bhag hooe taa man pachhotaaiaa ||1||

When he received a thousand marks of disgrace on his body, then he felt regret in his mind. ||1||

ਕੋਈ ਜਾਣਿ ਨ ਭੂਲੈ ਭਾਈ ॥

koee jaan na bhoolai bhaaee ||

O Siblings of Destiny, no one knowingly makes mistakes.

ਸੋ ਭੂਲੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਆਪਿ ਭੁਲਾਏ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਿਸੈ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

so bhoolai jis aap bhulaae boojhai jisai bujhaaee ||1|| rahaau ||

He alone is mistaken, whom the Lord Himself makes so. He alone understands, whom the Lord causes to understand. ||1||Pause||

ਤਿਨਿ ਹਰੀ ਚੰਦਿ ਪ੍ਰਿਥਮੀ ਪਤਿ ਰਾਜੈ ਕਾਗਦਿ ਕੀਮ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥

tin haree cha(n)d prithamee pat raajai kaagad keem na paaee ||

Harichand, the king and ruler of his land, did not appreciate the value of his pre-ordained destiny.

ਅਉਗਣੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਤ ਪੁੰਨ ਕਰੇ ਕਿਉ ਕਿਉ ਨੇਖਾਸਿ ਬਿਕਾਈ ॥੨॥

augan jaanai ta pu(n)n kare kiu kiu nekhaas bikaaee ||2||

If he had known that it was a mistake, he would not have made such a show of giving in charity, and he would not have been sold in the market. ||2||

ਕਰਉ ਅਢਾਈ ਧਰਤੀ ਮਾਂਗੀ ਬਾਵਨ ਰੂਪਿ ਬਹਾਨੈ ॥

karau adhaaee dharatee maa(n)gee baavan roop bahaanai ||

The Lord took the form of a dwarf, and asked for some land.

ਕਿਉ ਪਇਆਲਿ ਜਾਇ ਕਿਉ ਛਲੀਐ ਜੇ ਬਲਿ ਰੂਪੁ ਪਛਾਨੈ ॥੩॥

kiu paiaal jaai kiu chhaleeai je bal roop pachhaanai ||3||

If Bal the king has recognized Him, he would not have been deceived, and sent to the underworld. ||3||

ਰਾਜਾ ਜਨਮੇਜਾ ਦੇ ਮਤਂੀ ਬਰਜਿ ਬਿਆਸਿ ਪੜੑਾਇਆ ॥

raajaa janamejaa de mata(n)ee baraj biaas paRhaaiaa ||

Vyaas taught and warned the king Janmayjaa not to do three things.

ਤਿਨੑਿ ਕਰਿ ਜਗ ਅਠਾਰਹ ਘਾਏ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਨ ਚਲੈ ਚਲਾਇਆ ॥੪॥

tinhi kar jag athaarah ghaae kirat na chalai chalaaiaa ||4||

But he performed the sacred feast and killed eighteen Brahmins; the record of one's past deeds cannot be erased. ||4||

ਗਣਤ ਨ ਗਣਂੀ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਪਛਾਣਾ ਬੋਲੀ ਭਾਇ ਸੁਭਾਈ ॥

ganat na gana(n)ee hukam pachhaanaa bolee bhaai subhaaee ||

I do not try to calculate the account; I accept the Hukam of God's Command. I speak with intuitive love and respect.

ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਵਰਤੈ ਤੁਧੈ ਸਲਾਹਂੀ ਸਭ ਤੇਰੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੫॥

jo kichh varatai tudhai salaaha(n)ee sabh teree vadiaaee ||5||

No matter what happens, I will praise the Lord. It is all Your Glorious Greatness, O Lord. ||5||

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਲਿਪਤੁ ਲੇਪੁ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ਸਦਾ ਰਹੈ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥

guramukh alipat lep kade na laagai sadaa rahai saranaaee ||

The Gurmukh remains detached; filth never attaches itself to him. He remains forever in God's Sanctuary.

ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਮੁਗਧੁ ਆਗੈ ਚੇਤੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਦੁਖਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਪਛੁਤਾਈ ॥੬॥

manamukh mugadh aagai chetai naahee dukh laagai pachhutaaee ||6||

The foolish self-willed manmukh does not think of the future; he is overtaken by pain, and then he regrets. ||6||

ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ਕਰਤਾ ਜਿਨਿ ਏਹ ਰਚਨਾ ਰਚੀਐ ॥

aape kare karaae karataa jin eh rachanaa racheeai ||

The Creator who created this creation acts, and causes all to act.

ਹਰਿ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ਜੀਅਹੁ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੇ ਪੈ ਪਚੀਐ ॥੭॥

har abhimaan na jaaee jeeahu abhimaane pai pacheeai ||7||

O Lord, egotistical pride does not depart from the soul. Falling into egotistical pride, one is ruined. ||7||

ਭੁਲਣ ਵਿਚਿ ਕੀਆ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ਕਰਤਾ ਆਪਿ ਨ ਭੁਲੈ ॥

bhulan vich keeaa sabh koee karataa aap na bhulai ||

Everyone makes mistakes; only the Creator does not make mistakes.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਾ ਕੋ ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਅਘੁਲੈ ॥੮॥੪॥

naanak sach naam nisataaraa ko gur parasaad aghulai ||8||4||

O Nanak, salvation comes through the True Name. By Guru's Grace, one is released. ||8||4||

ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

prabhaatee mahalaa 1 ||

Prabhaatee, First Mehl:

ਆਖਣਾ ਸੁਨਣਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਧਾਰੁ ॥

aakhanaa sunanaa naam adhaar ||

To chant and listen to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is my Support.

ਧੰਧਾ ਛੁਟਕਿ ਗਇਆ ਵੇਕਾਰੁ ॥

dha(n)dhaa chhutak gaiaa vekaar ||

Worthless entanglements are ended and gone.

ਜਿਉ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਪਤਿ ਖੋਈ ॥

jiu manamukh doojai pat khoee ||

The self-willed manmukh, caught in duality, loses his honor.

ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਮੈ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥੧॥

bin naavai mai avar na koee ||1||

Except for the Name, I have no other at all. ||1||

ਸੁਣਿ ਮਨ ਅੰਧੇ ਮੂਰਖ ਗਵਾਰ ॥

sun man a(n)dhe moorakh gavaar ||

Listen, O blind, foolish, idiotic mind.

ਆਵਤ ਜਾਤ ਲਾਜ ਨਹੀ ਲਾਗੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਬੂਡੈ ਬਾਰੋ ਬਾਰ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

aavat jaat laaj nahee laagai bin gur boodai baaro baar ||1|| rahaau ||

Aren't you ashamed of your comings and goings in reincarnation? Without the Guru, you shall drown, over and over again. ||1||Pause||

ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਬਿਨਾਸੁ ॥

is man maaiaa mohi binaas ||

This mind is ruined by its attachment to Maya.

ਧੁਰਿ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਤਾਂ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਾਸੁ ॥

dhur hukam likhiaa taa(n) kaheeai kaas ||

The Command of the Primal Lord is pre-ordained. Before whom should I cry?

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਚੀਨੑੈ ਕੋਈ ॥

guramukh viralaa cheenhai koee ||

Only a few, as Gurmukh, understand this.

ਨਾਮ ਬਿਹੂਨਾ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੨॥

naam bihoonaa mukat na hoee ||2||

Without the Naam, no one is liberated. ||2||

ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਡੋਲੈ ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀ ॥

bhram bhram dolai lakh chauraasee ||

People wander lost, staggering and stumbling through 8.4 million incarnations.

ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਬੂਝੇ ਜਮ ਕੀ ਫਾਸੀ ॥

bin gur boojhe jam kee phaasee ||

Without knowing the Guru, they cannot escape the noose of Death.

ਇਹੁ ਮਨੂਆ ਖਿਨੁ ਖਿਨੁ ਊਭਿ ਪਇਆਲਿ ॥

ihu manooaa khin khin oobh paiaal ||

This mind, from one moment to the next, goes from the heavens to the underworld.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਛੂਟੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਮੑਾਲਿ ॥੩॥

guramukh chhootai naam samhaal ||3||

The Gurmukh contemplates the Naam, and is released. ||3||

ਆਪੇ ਸਦੇ ਢਿਲ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥

aape sade dhil na hoi ||

When God sends His Summons, there is no time to delay.

ਸਬਦਿ ਮਰੈ ਸਹਿਲਾ ਜੀਵੈ ਸੋਇ ॥

sabad marai sahilaa jeevai soi ||

When one dies in the Word of the Shabad, he lives in peace.

ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਸੋਝੀ ਕਿਸੈ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥

bin gur sojhee kisai na hoi ||

Without the Guru, no one understands.

ਆਪੇ ਕਰੈ ਕਰਾਵੈ ਸੋਇ ॥੪॥

aape karai karaavai soi ||4||

The Lord Himself acts, and inspires all to act. ||4||

ਝਗੜੁ ਚੁਕਾਵੈ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ॥

jhagaR chukaavai har gun gaavai ||

Inner conflict comes to an end, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

ਪੂਰਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥

pooraa satigur sahaj samaavai ||

Through the Perfect True Guru, one is intuitively absorbed into the Lord.

ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਡੋਲਤ ਤਉ ਠਹਰਾਵੈ ॥

ihu man dolat tau thaharaavai ||

This wobbling, unsteady mind is stabilized,

ਸਚੁ ਕਰਣੀ ਕਰਿ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਵੈ ॥੫॥

sach karanee kar kaar kamaavai ||5||

and one lives the lifestyle of true actions. ||5||

ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜੂਠਾ ਕਿਉ ਸੁਚਿ ਹੋਇ ॥

a(n)tar joothaa kiu such hoi ||

If someone is false within his own self, then how can he be pure?

ਸਬਦੀ ਧੋਵੈ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਕੋਇ ॥

sabadee dhovai viralaa koi ||

How rare are those who wash with the Shabad.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੋਈ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਵੈ ॥

guramukh koee sach kamaavai ||

How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, live the Truth.

ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣਾ ਠਾਕਿ ਰਹਾਵੈ ॥੬॥

aavan jaanaa thaak rahaavai ||6||

Their comings and goings in reincarnation are over and done. ||6||

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