Ang 349
ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਇ ਨ ਕਹਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥
keemat paai na kahiaa jaai ||
No one can measure Your Worth, or describe You.
ਕਹਣੈ ਵਾਲੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਰਹੇ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥
kahanai vaale tere rahe samaai ||1||
Those who describe You, remain absorbed in You. ||1||
ਵਡੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਾਹਿਬਾ ਗਹਿਰ ਗੰਭੀਰਾ ਗੁਣੀ ਗਹੀਰਾ ॥
vade mere saahibaa gahir ga(n)bheeraa gunee gaheeraa ||
O my Great Lord and Master of Unfathomable Depth, You are the Ocean of Excellence.
ਕੋਈ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਤੇਰਾ ਕੇਤਾ ਕੇਵਡੁ ਚੀਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
koee na jaanai teraa ketaa kevad cheeraa ||1|| rahaau ||
No one knows the greatness of Your expanse. ||1||Pause||
ਸਭਿ ਸੁਰਤੀ ਮਿਲਿ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਕਮਾਈ ॥
sabh suratee mil surat kamaaee ||
All the contemplators met together and practiced contemplation;
ਸਭ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥
sabh keemat mil keemat paaee ||
all the appraisers met together and tried to appraise You.
ਗਿਆਨੀ ਧਿਆਨੀ ਗੁਰ ਗੁਰ ਹਾਈ ॥
giaanee dhiaanee gur gur haaee ||
The theologians, the meditators and the teachers of teachers
ਕਹਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ਤੇਰੀ ਤਿਲੁ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੨॥
kahan na jaaee teree til vadiaaee ||2||
could not express even an iota of Your Greatness. ||2||
ਸਭਿ ਸਤ ਸਭਿ ਤਪ ਸਭਿ ਚੰਗਿਆਈਆ ॥
sabh sat sabh tap sabh cha(n)giaaeeaa ||
All Truth, all austerities, all goodness,
ਸਿਧਾ ਪੁਰਖਾ ਕੀਆ ਵਡਿਆਈਆਂ ॥
sidhaa purakhaa keeaa vadiaaeeaa(n) ||
and the greatness of the Siddhas, the beings of perfect spiritual powers
ਤੁਧੁ ਵਿਣੁ ਸਿਧੀ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਈਆ ॥
tudh vin sidhee kinai na paaeeaa ||
without You, none has attained such spiritual powers.
ਕਰਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਠਾਕਿ ਰਹਾਈਆ ॥੩॥
karam milai naahee thaak rahaaeeaa ||3||
They are obtained by Your Grace; their flow cannot be blocked. ||3||
ਆਖਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਕਿਆ ਬੇਚਾਰਾ ॥
aakhan vaalaa kiaa bechaaraa ||
What can the helpless speaker do?
ਸਿਫਤੀ ਭਰੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਭੰਡਾਰਾ ॥
siphatee bhare tere bha(n)daaraa ||
Your bounties are overflowing with Your Praises.
ਜਿਸੁ ਤੂੰ ਦੇਹਿ ਤਿਸੈ ਕਿਆ ਚਾਰਾ ॥
jis too(n) dehi tisai kiaa chaaraa ||
And the one, unto whom You give - why should he think of any other?
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਸਵਾਰਣਹਾਰਾ ॥੪॥੧॥
naanak sach savaaranahaaraa ||4||1||
O Nanak, the True Lord is the Embellisher. ||4||1||
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
aasaa mahalaa 1 ||
Aasaa, First Mehl:
ਆਖਾ ਜੀਵਾ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਉ ॥
aakhaa jeevaa visarai mar jaau ||
Chanting the Name, I live; forgetting it, I die.
ਆਖਣਿ ਅਉਖਾ ਸਾਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥
aakhan aukhaa saachaa naau ||
It is so difficult to chant the True Name.
ਸਾਚੇ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਲਾਗੈ ਭੂਖ ॥
saache naam kee laagai bhookh ||
If someone feels hunger for the True Name,
ਤਿਤੁ ਭੂਖੈ ਖਾਇ ਚਲੀਅਹਿ ਦੂਖ ॥੧॥
tit bhookhai khaai chaleeahi dookh ||1||
then that hunger shall consume his pains. ||1||
ਸੋ ਕਿਉ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਮੇਰੀ ਮਾਇ ॥
so kiu visarai meree maai ||
So how could I ever forget Him, O my Mother?
ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
saachaa saahib saachai naai ||1|| rahaau ||
True is the Master, and True is His Name. ||1||Pause||
ਸਾਚੇ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਤਿਲੁ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥
saache naam kee til vadiaaee ||
People have grown weary of trying to appraise the greatness of the True Name,
ਆਖਿ ਥਕੇ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਈ ॥
aakh thake keemat nahee paaee ||
But they have not been able to appraise even an iota of it.
ਜੇ ਸਭਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਕੈ ਆਖਣ ਪਾਹਿ ॥
je sabh mil kai aakhan paahi ||
Even if they were all to meet together and recount them,
ਵਡਾ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ਘਾਟਿ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥੨॥
vadaa na hovai ghaat na jaai ||2||
You would not be made any greater or lesser. ||2||
ਨਾ ਓਹੁ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੋਗੁ ॥
naa ohu marai na hovai sog ||
He does not die - there is no reason to mourn.
ਦੇਂਦਾ ਰਹੈ ਨ ਚੂਕੈ ਭੋਗੁ ॥
de(n)daa rahai na chookai bhog ||
He continues to give, but His Provisions are never exhausted.
ਗੁਣੁ ਏਹੋ ਹੋਰੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥
gun eho hor naahee koi ||
This Glorious Virtue is His alone - no one else is like Him;
ਨਾ ਕੋ ਹੋਆ ਨਾ ਕੋ ਹੋਇ ॥੩॥
naa ko hoaa naa ko hoi ||3||
there has never been anyone like Him, and there never shall be. ||3||
ਜੇਵਡੁ ਆਪਿ ਤੇਵਡ ਤੇਰੀ ਦਾਤਿ ॥
jevad aap tevad teree daat ||
As Great as You Yourself are, so Great are Your Gifts.
ਜਿਨਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਕਰਿ ਕੈ ਕੀਤੀ ਰਾਤਿ ॥
jin din kar kai keetee raat ||
It is You who created day and night as well.
ਖਸਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਹਿ ਤੇ ਕਮਜਾਤਿ ॥
khasam visaarahi te kamajaat ||
Those who forget their Lord and Master are vile and despicable.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਵੈ ਬਾਝੁ ਸਨਾਤਿ ॥੪॥੨॥
naanak naavai baajh sanaat ||4||2||
O Nanak, without the Name, people are wretched outcasts. ||4||2||
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
aasaa mahalaa 1 ||
Aasaa, First Mehl:
ਜੇ ਦਰਿ ਮਾਂਗਤੁ ਕੂਕ ਕਰੇ ਮਹਲੀ ਖਸਮੁ ਸੁਣੇ ॥
je dar maa(n)gat kook kare mahalee khasam sune ||
If a beggar cries out at the door, the Master hears it in His Mansion.
ਭਾਵੈ ਧੀਰਕ ਭਾਵੈ ਧਕੇ ਏਕ ਵਡਾਈ ਦੇਇ ॥੧॥
bhaavai dheerak bhaavai dhake ek vadaaee dei ||1||
Whether He receives him or pushes him away, it is the Gift of the Lord's Greatness. ||1||
ਜਾਣਹੁ ਜੋਤਿ ਨ ਪੂਛਹੁ ਜਾਤੀ ਆਗੈ ਜਾਤਿ ਨ ਹੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jaanahu jot na poochhahu jaatee aagai jaat na he ||1|| rahaau ||
Recognize the Lord's Light within all, and do not consider social class or status; there are no classes or castes in the world hereafter. ||1||Pause||
ਆਪਿ ਕਰਾਏ ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
aap karaae aap karei ||
He Himself acts, and He Himself inspires us to act.
ਆਪਿ ਉਲਾਮੑੇ ਚਿਤਿ ਧਰੇਇ ॥
aap ulaamhe chit dharei ||
He Himself considers our complaints.
ਜਾ ਤੂੰ ਕਰਣਹਾਰੁ ਕਰਤਾਰੁ ॥
jaa too(n) karanahaar karataar ||
Since You, O Creator Lord, are the Doer,
ਕਿਆ ਮੁਹਤਾਜੀ ਕਿਆ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥੨॥
kiaa muhataajee kiaa sa(n)saar ||2||
why should I submit to the world? ||2||
ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਏ ਆਪੇ ਦੇਇ ॥
aap upaae aape dei ||
You Yourself created and You Yourself give.
ਆਪੇ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਮਨਹਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
aape duramat manahi karei ||
You Yourself eliminate evil-mindedness;
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥
gur parasaad vasai man aai ||
by Guru's Grace, You come to abide in our minds,
ਦੁਖੁ ਅਨੑੇਰਾ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਜਾਇ ॥੩॥
dukh anheraa vichahu jaai ||3||
and then, pain and darkness are dispelled from within. ||3||
ਸਾਚੁ ਪਿਆਰਾ ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
saach piaaraa aap karei ||
He Himself infuses love for the Truth.
ਅਵਰੀ ਕਉ ਸਾਚੁ ਨ ਦੇਇ ॥
avaree kau saach na dei ||
Unto others, the Truth is not bestowed.
ਜੇ ਕਿਸੈ ਦੇਇ ਵਖਾਣੈ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਆਗੈ ਪੂਛ ਨ ਲੇਇ ॥੪॥੩॥
je kisai dei vakhaanai naanak aagai poochh na lei ||4||3||
If He bestows it upon someone, says Nanak, then, in the world hereafter, that person is not called to account. ||4||3||
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
aasaa mahalaa 1 ||
Aasaa, First Mehl:
ਤਾਲ ਮਦੀਰੇ ਘਟ ਕੇ ਘਾਟ ॥
taal madeere ghat ke ghaat ||
The urges of the heart are like cymbals and ankle-bells;
ਦੋਲਕ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਵਾਜਹਿ ਵਾਜ ॥
dolak duneeaa vaajahi vaaj ||
the drum of the world resounds with the beat.
ਨਾਰਦੁ ਨਾਚੈ ਕਲਿ ਕਾ ਭਾਉ ॥
naarad naachai kal kaa bhaau ||
Naarad dances to the tune of the Dark Age of Kali Yuga;
ਜਤੀ ਸਤੀ ਕਹ ਰਾਖਹਿ ਪਾਉ ॥੧॥
jatee satee kah raakhahi paau ||1||
where can the celibates and the men of truth place their feet? ||1||
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਵਿਟਹੁ ਕੁਰਬਾਣੁ ॥
naanak naam vitahu kurabaan ||
Nanak is a sacrifice to the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
ਅੰਧੀ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਜਾਣੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
a(n)dhee duneeaa saahib jaan ||1|| rahaau ||
The world is blind; our Lord and Master is All-seeing. ||1||Pause||
ਗੁਰੂ ਪਾਸਹੁ ਫਿਰਿ ਚੇਲਾ ਖਾਇ ॥
guroo paasahu phir chelaa khaai ||
The disciple feeds on the Guru;
ਤਾਮਿ ਪਰੀਤਿ ਵਸੈ ਘਰਿ ਆਇ ॥
taam pareet vasai ghar aai ||
out of love for bread, he comes to dwell in his home.