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Guru Amardas · Siree Raag · Raag Siree

ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਜਮੁ ਜੋਹਿ ਨ ਸਾਕੈ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥

guramatee jam johi na saakai saachai naam samaaiaa ||

Following the Guru's Teachings, I cannot be touched by the Messenger of Death. I am absorbed in the True Name.

ਸਭੁ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਵਰਤੈ ਕਰਤਾ ਜੋ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋ ਨਾਇ ਲਾਇਆ ॥

sabh aape aap varatai karataa jo bhaavai so naai laaiaa ||

The Creator Himself is All-pervading everywhere; He links those with whom He is pleased to His Name.

ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਲਏ ਤਾ ਜੀਵੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਖਿਨੁ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਇਆ ॥੨॥

jan naanak naam lae taa jeevai bin naavai khin mar jaaiaa ||2||

Servant Nanak chants the Naam, and so he lives. Without the Name, he would die in an instant. ||2||

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

pauRee ||

Pauree:

ਜੋ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਦੀਬਾਣ ਸਿਉ ਸੋ ਸਭਨੀ ਦੀਬਾਣੀ ਮਿਲਿਆ ॥

jo miliaa har deebaan siu so sabhanee deebaanee miliaa ||

One who is accepted at the Court of the Lord shall be accepted in courts everywhere.

ਜਿਥੈ ਓਹੁ ਜਾਇ ਤਿਥੈ ਓਹੁ ਸੁਰਖਰੂ ਉਸ ਕੈ ਮੁਹਿ ਡਿਠੈ ਸਭ ਪਾਪੀ ਤਰਿਆ ॥

jithai ohu jaai tithai ohu surakharoo us kai muhi dithai sabh paapee tariaa ||

Wherever he goes, he is recognized as honorable. Seeing his face, all sinners are saved.

ਓਸੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹੈ ਨਾਮੋ ਪਰਵਰਿਆ ॥

os a(n)tar naam nidhaan hai naamo paravariaa ||

Within him is the Treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Through the Naam, he is exalted.

ਨਾਉ ਪੂਜੀਐ ਨਾਉ ਮੰਨੀਐ ਨਾਇ ਕਿਲਵਿਖ ਸਭ ਹਿਰਿਆ ॥

naau poojeeai naau ma(n)neeai naai kilavikh sabh hiriaa ||

He worships the Name, and believes in the Name; the Name erases all his sinful mistakes.

ਜਿਨੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਇਕ ਮਨਿ ਇਕ ਚਿਤਿ ਸੇ ਅਸਥਿਰੁ ਜਗਿ ਰਹਿਆ ॥੧੧॥

jinee naam dhiaaiaa ik man ik chit se asathir jag rahiaa ||11||

Those who meditate on the Name, with one-pointed mind and focused consciousness, remain forever stable in the world. ||11||

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mah 3 ||

Salok, Third Mehl:

ਆਤਮਾ ਦੇਉ ਪੂਜੀਐ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥

aatamaa deu poojeeai gur kai sahaj subhaai ||

Worship the Divine, Supreme Soul, with the intuitive peace and poise of the Guru.

ਆਤਮੇ ਨੋ ਆਤਮੇ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਤਿ ਹੋਇ ਤਾ ਘਰ ਹੀ ਪਰਚਾ ਪਾਇ ॥

aatame no aatame dee prateet hoi taa ghar hee parachaa paai ||

If the individual soul has faith in the Supreme Soul, then it shall obtain realization within its own home.

ਆਤਮਾ ਅਡੋਲੁ ਨ ਡੋਲਈ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਭਾਇ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥

aatamaa adol na dolaee gur kai bhaai subhaai ||

The soul becomes steady, and does not waver, by the natural inclination of the Guru's Loving Will.

ਗੁਰ ਵਿਣੁ ਸਹਜੁ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਲੋਭੁ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਜਾਇ ॥

gur vin sahaj na aavaee lobh mail na vichahu jaai ||

Without the Guru, intuitive wisdom does not come, and the filth of greed does not depart from within.

ਖਿਨੁ ਪਲੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਸਭ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਨਾਇ ॥

khin pal har naam man vasai sabh athasath teerath naai ||

If the Lord's Name abides within the mind, for a moment, even for an instant, it is like bathing at all the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

ਸਚੇ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਲਗਈ ਮਲੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ॥

sache mail na lagaee mal laagai doojai bhaai ||

Filth does not stick to those who are true, but filth attaches itself to those who love duality.

ਧੋਤੀ ਮੂਲਿ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਜੇ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਨਾਇ ॥

dhotee mool na utarai je athasath teerath naai ||

This filth cannot be washed off, even by bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

ਮਨਮੁਖ ਕਰਮ ਕਰੇ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੀ ਸਭੁ ਦੁਖੋ ਦੁਖੁ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

manamukh karam kare aha(n)kaaree sabh dukho dukh kamaai ||

The self-willed manmukh does deeds in egotism; he earns only pain and more pain.

ਨਾਨਕ ਮੈਲਾ ਊਜਲੁ ਤਾ ਥੀਐ ਜਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥

naanak mailaa oojal taa theeai jaa satigur maahi samaai ||1||

O Nanak, the filthy ones become clean only when they meet and surrender to the True Guru. ||1||

ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mah 3 ||

Third Mehl:

ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਲੋਕੁ ਸਮਝਾਈਐ ਕਦਹੁ ਸਮਝਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥

manamukh lok samajhaaeeai kadahu samajhaaiaa jaai ||

The self-willed manmukhs may be taught, but how can they really be taught?

ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਰਲਾਇਆ ਨਾ ਰਲੈ ਪਇਐ ਕਿਰਤਿ ਫਿਰਾਇ ॥

manamukh ralaaiaa naa ralai paiai kirat phiraai ||

The manmukhs do not fit in at all. Because of their past actions, they are condemned to the cycle of reincarnation.

ਲਿਵ ਧਾਤੁ ਦੁਇ ਰਾਹ ਹੈ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

liv dhaat dui raah hai hukamee kaar kamaai ||

Loving attention to the Lord and attachment to Maya are the two separate ways; all act according to the Hukam of the Lord's Command.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਪਣਾ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰਿਆ ਸਬਦਿ ਕਸਵਟੀ ਲਾਇ ॥

guramukh aapanaa man maariaa sabad kasavatee laai ||

The Gurmukh has conquered his own mind, by applying the Touchstone of the Shabad.

ਮਨ ਹੀ ਨਾਲਿ ਝਗੜਾ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਨਾਲਿ ਸਥ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮੰਝਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥

man hee naal jhagaRaa man hee naal sath man hee ma(n)jh samaai ||

He fights with his mind, he settles with his mind, and he is at peace with his mind.

ਮਨੁ ਜੋ ਇਛੇ ਸੋ ਲਹੈ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥

man jo ichhe so lahai sachai sabad subhaai ||

All obtain the desires of their minds, through the Love of the True Word of the Shabad.

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਦ ਭੁੰਚੀਐ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

a(n)mrit naam sad bhu(n)cheeai guramukh kaar kamaai ||

They drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam forever; this is how the Gurmukhs act.

ਵਿਣੁ ਮਨੈ ਜਿ ਹੋਰੀ ਨਾਲਿ ਲੁਝਣਾ ਜਾਸੀ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇ ॥

vin manai j horee naal lujhanaa jaasee janam gavaai ||

Those who struggle with something other than their own mind, shall depart having wasted their lives.

ਮਨਮੁਖੀ ਮਨਹਠਿ ਹਾਰਿਆ ਕੂੜੁ ਕੁਸਤੁ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

manamukhee manahath haariaa kooR kusat kamaai ||

The self-willed manmukhs, through stubborn-mindedness and the practice of falsehood, lose the game of life.

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਮਨੁ ਜਿਣੈ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥

gur parasaadee man jinai har setee liv laai ||

Those who conquer their own mind, by Guru's Grace, lovingly focus their attention on the Lord.

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੨॥

naanak guramukh sach kamaavai manamukh aavai jaai ||2||

O Nanak, the Gurmukhs practice Truth, while the self-willed manmukhs continue coming and going in reincarnation. ||2||

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

pauRee ||

Pauree:

ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਸੰਤ ਸੁਣਹੁ ਜਨ ਭਾਈ ਹਰਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਇਕ ਸਾਖੀ ॥

har ke sa(n)t sunahu jan bhaaee har satigur kee ik saakhee ||

O Saints of the Lord, O Siblings of Destiny, listen, and hear the Lord's Teachings, through the True Guru.

ਜਿਸੁ ਧੁਰਿ ਭਾਗੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਮੁਖਿ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਤਿਨਿ ਜਨਿ ਲੈ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਰਾਖੀ ॥

jis dhur bhaag hovai mukh masatak tin jan lai hiradai raakhee ||

Those who have good destiny pre-ordained and inscribed on their foreheads, grasp it and keep it enshrined in the heart.

ਹਰਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਕਥਾ ਸਰੇਸਟ ਊਤਮ ਗੁਰ ਬਚਨੀ ਸਹਜੇ ਚਾਖੀ ॥

har a(n)mrit kathaa saresat ootam gur bachanee sahaje chaakhee ||

Through the Guru's Teachings, they intuitively taste the sublime, exquisite and ambrosial sermon of the Lord.

ਤਹ ਭਇਆ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸੁ ਮਿਟਿਆ ਅੰਧਿਆਰਾ ਜਿਉ ਸੂਰਜ ਰੈਣਿ ਕਿਰਾਖੀ ॥

tah bhaiaa pragaas mitiaa a(n)dhiaaraa jiu sooraj rain kiraakhee ||

The Divine Light shines in their hearts, and like the sun which removes the darkness of night, it dispels the darkness of ignorance.

ਅਦਿਸਟੁ ਅਗੋਚਰੁ ਅਲਖੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਸੋ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਖੀ ॥੧੨॥

adisat agochar alakh nira(n)jan so dekhiaa guramukh aakhee ||12||

As Gurmukh, they behold with their eyes the Unseen, Imperceptible, Unknowable, Immaculate Lord. ||12||

ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੩ ॥

salok mah 3 ||

Salok, Third Mehl:

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