Sukhmani Sahib

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ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਕਹਣਾ ਸੁ ਆਪੇ ਕਹੈ ॥

jo kichh kahanaa su aape kahai |

Whatever is said, He Himself says.

ਆਗਿਆ ਆਵੈ ਆਗਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥

aagiaa aavai aagiaa jaae |

By His Will we come, and by His Will we go.

ਨਾਨਕ ਜਾ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਾ ਲਏ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੬॥

naanak jaa bhaavai taa le samaae |6|

O Nanak, when it pleases Him, then He absorbs us into Himself. ||6||

ਇਸ ਤੇ ਹੋਇ ਸੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਬੁਰਾ ॥

eis te hoe su naahee buraa |

If it comes from Him, it cannot be bad.

ਓਰੈ ਕਹਹੁ ਕਿਨੈ ਕਛੁ ਕਰਾ ॥

orai kahahu kinai kachh karaa |

Other than Him, who can do anything?

ਆਪਿ ਭਲਾ ਕਰਤੂਤਿ ਅਤਿ ਨੀਕੀ ॥

aap bhalaa karatoot at neekee |

He Himself is good; His actions are the very best.

ਆਪੇ ਜਾਨੈ ਅਪਨੇ ਜੀ ਕੀ ॥

aape jaanai apane jee kee |

He Himself knows His Own Being.

ਆਪਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਧਾਰੀ ਸਭ ਸਾਚੁ ॥

aap saach dhaaree sabh saach |

He Himself is True, and all that He has established is True.

ਓਤਿ ਪੋਤਿ ਆਪਨ ਸੰਗਿ ਰਾਚੁ ॥

ot pot aapan sang raach |

Through and through, He is blended with His creation.

ਤਾ ਕੀ ਗਤਿ ਮਿਤਿ ਕਹੀ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

taa kee gat mit kahee na jaae |

His state and extent cannot be described.

ਦੂਸਰ ਹੋਇ ਤ ਸੋਝੀ ਪਾਇ ॥

doosar hoe ta sojhee paae |

If there were another like Him, then only he could understand Him.

ਤਿਸ ਕਾ ਕੀਆ ਸਭੁ ਪਰਵਾਨੁ ॥

tis kaa keea sabh paravaan |

His actions are all approved and accepted.

ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਇਹੁ ਜਾਨੁ ॥੭॥

guraprasaad naanak ihu jaan |7|

By Guru's Grace, O Nanak, this is known. ||7||

ਜੋ ਜਾਨੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

jo jaanai tis sadaa sukh hoe |

One who knows Him, obtains everlasting peace.

ਆਪਿ ਮਿਲਾਇ ਲਏ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸੋਇ ॥

aap milaae le prabh soe |

God blends that one into Himself.

ਓਹੁ ਧਨਵੰਤੁ ਕੁਲਵੰਤੁ ਪਤਿਵੰਤੁ ॥

ohu dhanavant kulavant pativant |

He is wealth and prosperous, and of noble birth.

ਜੀਵਨ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਜਿਸੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਭਗਵੰਤੁ ॥

jeevan mukat jis ridai bhagavant |

He is Jivan Mukta - liberated while yet alive; the Lord God abides in his heart.

ਧੰਨੁ ਧੰਨੁ ਧੰਨੁ ਜਨੁ ਆਇਆ ॥

dhan dhan dhan jan aaeaa |

Blessed, blessed, blessed is the coming of that humble being;

ਜਿਸੁ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਸਭੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਤਰਾਇਆ ॥

jis prasaad sabh jagat taraaeaa |

by his grace, the whole world is saved.

ਜਨ ਆਵਨ ਕਾ ਇਹੈ ਸੁਆਉ ॥

jan aavan kaa ihai suaau |

This is his purpose in life;