Asa Ki Var

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ਸਚੀ ਤੇਰੀ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਸਚੇ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹ ॥

sachee teree kudarat sache paatisaah |

True is Your almighty creative power, True King.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਧਿਆਇਨਿ ਸਚੁ ॥

naanak sach dhiaaein sach |

O Nanak, true are those who meditate on the True One.

ਜੋ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮੇ ਸੁ ਕਚੁ ਨਿਕਚੁ ॥੧॥

jo mar jame su kach nikach |1|

Those who are subject to birth and death are totally false. ||1||

ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਜਾ ਵਡਾ ਨਾਉ ॥

vaddee vaddiaaee jaa vaddaa naau |

Great is His greatness, as great as His Name.

ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਜਾ ਸਚੁ ਨਿਆਉ ॥

vaddee vaddiaaee jaa sach niaau |

Great is His greatness, as True is His justice.

ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਜਾ ਨਿਹਚਲ ਥਾਉ ॥

vaddee vaddiaaee jaa nihachal thaau |

Great is His greatness, as permanent as His Throne.

ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਲਾਉ ॥

vaddee vaddiaaee jaanai aalaau |

Great is His greatness, as He knows our utterances.

ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਬੁਝੈ ਸਭਿ ਭਾਉ ॥

vaddee vaddiaaee bujhai sabh bhaau |

Great is His greatness, as He understands all our affections.

ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਜਾ ਪੁਛਿ ਨ ਦਾਤਿ ॥

vaddee vaddiaaee jaa puchh na daat |

Great is His greatness, as He gives without being asked.

ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਜਾ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ॥

vaddee vaddiaaee jaa aape aap |

Great is His greatness, as He Himself is all-in-all.

ਨਾਨਕ ਕਾਰ ਨ ਕਥਨੀ ਜਾਇ ॥

naanak kaar na kathanee jaae |

O Nanak, His actions cannot be described.

ਕੀਤਾ ਕਰਣਾ ਸਰਬ ਰਜਾਇ ॥੨॥

keetaa karanaa sarab rajaae |2|

Whatever He has done, or will do, is all by His Own Will. ||2||

ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥

mahalaa 2 |

Second Mehl:

ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਸਚੈ ਕੀ ਹੈ ਕੋਠੜੀ ਸਚੇ ਕਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਵਾਸੁ ॥

eihu jag sachai kee hai kottharree sache kaa vich vaas |

This world is the room of the True Lord; within it is the dwelling of the True Lord.

ਇਕਨੑਾ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸਮਾਇ ਲਏ ਇਕਨੑਾ ਹੁਕਮੇ ਕਰੇ ਵਿਣਾਸੁ ॥

eikanaa hukam samaae le ikanaa hukame kare vinaas |

By His Command, some are merged into Him, and some, by His Command, are destroyed.

ਇਕਨੑਾ ਭਾਣੈ ਕਢਿ ਲਏ ਇਕਨੑਾ ਮਾਇਆ ਵਿਚਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥

eikanaa bhaanai kadt le ikanaa maaeaa vich nivaas |

Some, by the Pleasure of His Will, are lifted up out of Maya, while others are made to dwell within it.

ਏਵ ਭਿ ਆਖਿ ਨ ਜਾਪਈ ਜਿ ਕਿਸੈ ਆਣੇ ਰਾਸਿ ॥

ev bhi aakh na jaapee ji kisai aane raas |

No one can say who will be rescued.

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇ ਪਰਗਾਸੁ ॥੩॥

naanak guramukh jaaneeai jaa kau aap kare paragaas |3|

O Nanak, he alone is known as Gurmukh, unto whom the Lord reveals Himself. ||3||

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree: