Ang 229
ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
gauRee mahalaa 1 ||
Gauree, First Mehl:
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਬੂਝਿ ਲੇ ਤਉ ਹੋਇ ਨਿਬੇਰਾ ॥
gur parasaadee boojh le tau hoi niberaa ||
By Guru's Grace, one comes to understand, and then, the account is settled.
ਘਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨਾ ਸੋ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਮੇਰਾ ॥੧॥
ghar ghar naam nira(n)janaa so thaakur meraa ||1||
In each and every heart is the Name of the Immaculate Lord; He is my Lord and Master. ||1||
ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰਸਬਦ ਨ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਵੀਚਾਰਾ ॥
bin gurasabad na chhooteeai dekhahu veechaaraa ||
Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, no one is emancipated. See this, and reflect upon it.
ਜੇ ਲਖ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵਹੀ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਅੰਧਿਆਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
je lakh karam kamaavahee bin gur a(n)dhiaaraa ||1|| rahaau ||
Even though you may perform hundreds of thousands of rituals, without the Guru, there is only darkness. ||1||Pause||
ਅੰਧੇ ਅਕਲੀ ਬਾਹਰੇ ਕਿਆ ਤਿਨ ਸਿਉ ਕਹੀਐ ॥
a(n)dhe akalee baahare kiaa tin siu kaheeai ||
What can you say, to one who is blind and without wisdom?
ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਪੰਥੁ ਨ ਸੂਝਈ ਕਿਤੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਨਿਰਬਹੀਐ ॥੨॥
bin gur pa(n)th na soojhaee kit bidh nirabaheeai ||2||
Without the Guru, the Path cannot be seen. How can anyone proceed? ||2||
ਖੋਟੇ ਕਉ ਖਰਾ ਕਹੈ ਖਰੇ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ॥
khote kau kharaa kahai khare saar na jaanai ||
He calls the counterfeit genuine, and does not know the value of the genuine.
ਅੰਧੇ ਕਾ ਨਾਉ ਪਾਰਖੂ ਕਲੀ ਕਾਲ ਵਿਡਾਣੈ ॥੩॥
a(n)dhe kaa naau paarakhoo kalee kaal vidaanai ||3||
The blind man is known as an appraiser; this Dark Age of Kali Yuga is so strange! ||3||
ਸੂਤੇ ਕਉ ਜਾਗਤੁ ਕਹੈ ਜਾਗਤ ਕਉ ਸੂਤਾ ॥
soote kau jaagat kahai jaagat kau sootaa ||
The sleeper is said to be awake, and those who are awake are like sleepers.
ਜੀਵਤ ਕਉ ਮੂਆ ਕਹੈ ਮੂਏ ਨਹੀ ਰੋਤਾ ॥੪॥
jeevat kau mooaa kahai mooe nahee rotaa ||4||
The living are said to be dead, and no one mourns for those who have died. ||4||
ਆਵਤ ਕਉ ਜਾਤਾ ਕਹੈ ਜਾਤੇ ਕਉ ਆਇਆ ॥
aavat kau jaataa kahai jaate kau aaiaa ||
One who is coming is said to be going, and one who is gone is said to have come.
ਪਰ ਕੀ ਕਉ ਅਪੁਨੀ ਕਹੈ ਅਪੁਨੋ ਨਹੀ ਭਾਇਆ ॥੫॥
par kee kau apunee kahai apuno nahee bhaaiaa ||5||
That which belongs to others, he calls his own, but he has no liking for that which is his. ||5||
ਮੀਠੇ ਕਉ ਕਉੜਾ ਕਹੈ ਕੜੂਏ ਕਉ ਮੀਠਾ ॥
meethe kau kauRaa kahai kaRooe kau meethaa ||
That which is sweet is said to be bitter, and the bitter is said to be sweet.
ਰਾਤੇ ਕੀ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਐਸਾ ਕਲਿ ਮਹਿ ਡੀਠਾ ॥੬॥
raate kee ni(n)daa karahi aisaa kal mahi deethaa ||6||
One who is imbued with the Lord's Love is slandered - this is what I have seen in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga. ||6||
ਚੇਰੀ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਦੀਸੈ ॥
cheree kee sevaa karahi thaakur nahee deesai ||
He serves the maid, and does not see his Lord and Master.
ਪੋਖਰੁ ਨੀਰੁ ਵਿਰੋਲੀਐ ਮਾਖਨੁ ਨਹੀ ਰੀਸੈ ॥੭॥
pokhar neer viroleeai maakhan nahee reesai ||7||
Churning the water in the pond, no butter is produced. ||7||
ਇਸੁ ਪਦ ਜੋ ਅਰਥਾਇ ਲੇਇ ਸੋ ਗੁਰੂ ਹਮਾਰਾ ॥
is pad jo arathaai lei so guroo hamaaraa ||
One who understands the meaning of this verse is my Guru.
ਨਾਨਕ ਚੀਨੈ ਆਪ ਕਉ ਸੋ ਅਪਰ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥੮॥
naanak cheenai aap kau so apar apaaraa ||8||
O Nanak, one who knows his own self, is infinite and incomparable. ||8||
ਸਭੁ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਆਪੇ ਭਰਮਾਇਆ ॥
sabh aape aap varatadaa aape bharamaaiaa ||
He Himself is All-pervading; He Himself misleads the people.
ਗੁਰ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਬੂਝੀਐ ਸਭੁ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥੯॥੨॥੧੮॥
gur kirapaa te boojheeai sabh braham samaaiaa ||9||2||18||
By Guru's Grace, one comes to understand, that God is contained in all. ||9||2||18||
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ ॥
raag gauRee guaareree mahalaa 3 asatapadeeaa ||
Raag Gauree Gwaarayree, Third Mehl, Ashtpadheeyaa:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ikOankaar satigur prasaad ||
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਮਨ ਕਾ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਉ ॥
man kaa sootak doojaa bhaau ||
The pollution of the mind is the love of duality.
ਭਰਮੇ ਭੂਲੇ ਆਵਉ ਜਾਉ ॥੧॥
bharame bhoole aavau jaau ||1||
Deluded by doubt, people come and go in reincarnation. ||1||
ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਕਬਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
manamukh sootak kabahi na jaai ||
The pollution of the self-willed manmukhs will never go away,
ਜਿਚਰੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਹਰਿ ਕੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jichar sabad na bheejai har kai naai ||1|| rahaau ||
as long as they do not dwell on the Shabad, and the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||
ਸਭੋ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਜੇਤਾ ਮੋਹੁ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥
sabho sootak jetaa mohu aakaar ||
All the created beings are contaminated by emotional attachment;
ਮਰਿ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮੈ ਵਾਰੋ ਵਾਰ ॥੨॥
mar mar ja(n)mai vaaro vaar ||2||
they die and are reborn, only to die over and over again. ||2||
ਸੂਤਕੁ ਅਗਨਿ ਪਉਣੈ ਪਾਣੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
sootak agan paunai paanee maahi ||
Fire, air and water are polluted.
ਸੂਤਕੁ ਭੋਜਨੁ ਜੇਤਾ ਕਿਛੁ ਖਾਹਿ ॥੩॥
sootak bhojan jetaa kichh khaahi ||3||
The food which is eaten is polluted. ||3||
ਸੂਤਕਿ ਕਰਮ ਨ ਪੂਜਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
sootak karam na poojaa hoi ||
The actions of those who do not worship the Lord are polluted.
ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਹੋਇ ॥੪॥
naam rate man niramal hoi ||4||
Attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the mind becomes immaculate. ||4||
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਜਾਇ ॥
satigur seviai sootak jaai ||
Serving the True Guru, pollution is eradicated,
ਮਰੈ ਨ ਜਨਮੈ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਖਾਇ ॥੫॥
marai na janamai kaal na khaai ||5||
and then, one does not suffer death and rebirth, or get devoured by death. ||5||
ਸਾਸਤ ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਸੋਧਿ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਕੋਇ ॥
saasat si(n)mrit sodh dekhahu koi ||
You may study and examine the Shaastras and the Simritees,
ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੬॥
vin naavai ko mukat na hoi ||6||
but without the Name, no one is liberated. ||6||
ਜੁਗ ਚਾਰੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਉਤਮੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥
jug chaare naam utam sabad beechaar ||
Throughout the four ages, the Naam is the ultimate; reflect upon the Word of the Shabad.
ਕਲਿ ਮਹਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰਿ ॥੭॥
kal mahi guramukh utaras paar ||7||
In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, only the Gurmukhs cross over. ||7||
ਸਾਚਾ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥
saachaa marai na aavai jaai ||
The True Lord does not die; He does not come or go.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੮॥੧॥
naanak guramukh rahai samaai ||8||1||
O Nanak, the Gurmukh remains absorbed in the Lord. ||8||1||
ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
gauRee mahalaa 3 ||
Gauree, Third Mehl:
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੇਵਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਅਧਾਰਾ ॥
guramukh sevaa praan adhaaraa ||
Selfless service is the support of the breath of life of the Gurmukh.
ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਾ ॥
har jeeu raakhahu hiradai ur dhaaraa ||
Keep the Dear Lord enshrined in your heart.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਸਾਚ ਦੁਆਰਾ ॥੧॥
guramukh sobhaa saach duaaraa ||1||
The Gurmukh is honored in the Court of the True Lord. ||1||
ਪੰਡਿਤ ਹਰਿ ਪੜੁ ਤਜਹੁ ਵਿਕਾਰਾ ॥
pa(n)dit har paR tajahu vikaaraa ||
O Pandit, O religious scholar, read about the Lord, and renounce your corrupt ways.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਉਤਰਹੁ ਪਾਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
guramukh bhaujal utarahu paaraa ||1|| rahaau ||
The Gurmukh crosses over the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||