Sri Guru Granth Sahib

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ਲਿਖਿਆ ਹੋਵੈ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਰੇ ਸੁ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥
likhiaa hovai naanakaa karataa kare su hoe |1|

Whatever is predestined, happens, O Nanak; whatever the Creator does, comes to pass. ||1||

ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਰੰਨਾ ਹੋਈਆ ਬੋਧੀਆ ਪੁਰਸ ਹੋਏ ਸਈਆਦ ॥
ranaa hoeea bodheea puras hoe seeaad |

Women have become advisors, and men have become hunters.

ਸੀਲੁ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਸੁਚ ਭੰਨੀ ਖਾਣਾ ਖਾਜੁ ਅਹਾਜੁ ॥
seel sanjam such bhanee khaanaa khaaj ahaaj |

Humility, self-control and purity have run away; people eat the uneatable, forbidden food.

ਸਰਮੁ ਗਇਆ ਘਰਿ ਆਪਣੈ ਪਤਿ ਉਠਿ ਚਲੀ ਨਾਲਿ ॥
saram geaa ghar aapanai pat utth chalee naal |

Modesty has left her home, and honor has gone away with her.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚਾ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਅਉਰੁ ਨ ਸਚਾ ਭਾਲਿ ॥੨॥
naanak sachaa ek hai aaur na sachaa bhaal |2|

O Nanak, there is only One True Lord; do not bother to search for any other as true. ||2||

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurree |

Pauree:

ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭਸਮ ਲੇਪਨ ਕਰੇ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਗੁਬਾਰੀ ॥
baahar bhasam lepan kare antar gubaaree |

You smear your outer body with ashes, but within, you are filled with darkness.

ਖਿੰਥਾ ਝੋਲੀ ਬਹੁ ਭੇਖ ਕਰੇ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੀ ॥
khinthaa jholee bahu bhekh kare duramat ahankaaree |

You wear the patched coat and all the right clothes and robes, but you are still egotistical and proud.

ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਊਚਰੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ਪਸਾਰੀ ॥
saahib sabad na aoocharai maaeaa moh pasaaree |

You do not chant the Shabad, the Word of Your Lord and Master; you are attached to the expanse of Maya.

ਅੰਤਰਿ ਲਾਲਚੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਹੈ ਭਰਮੈ ਗਾਵਾਰੀ ॥
antar laalach bharam hai bharamai gaavaaree |

Within, you are filled with greed and doubt; you wander around like a fool.

ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੇਤਈ ਜੂਐ ਬਾਜੀ ਹਾਰੀ ॥੧੪॥
naanak naam na chetee jooaai baajee haaree |14|

Says Nanak, you never even think of the Naam; you have lost the game of life in the gamble. ||14||

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
salok mahalaa 1 |

Salok, First Mehl:

ਲਖ ਸਿਉ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਲਖ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਕਿਆ ਖੁਸੀਆ ਕਿਆ ਚਾਉ ॥
lakh siau preet hovai lakh jeevan kiaa khuseea kiaa chaau |

You may be in love with tens of thousands, and live for thousands of years; but what good are these pleasures and occupations?

ਵਿਛੁੜਿਆ ਵਿਸੁ ਹੋਇ ਵਿਛੋੜਾ ਏਕ ਘੜੀ ਮਹਿ ਜਾਇ ॥
vichhurriaa vis hoe vichhorraa ek gharree meh jaae |

And when you must separate from them, that separation is like poison, but they will be gone in an instant.

ਜੇ ਸਉ ਵਰ੍ਹਿਆ ਮਿਠਾ ਖਾਜੈ ਭੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਕਉੜਾ ਖਾਇ ॥
je sau varhiaa mitthaa khaajai bhee fir kaurraa khaae |

You may eat sweets for a hundred years, but eventually, you will have to eat the bitter as well.

ਮਿਠਾ ਖਾਧਾ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਕਉੜਤਣੁ ਧਾਇ ਜਾਇ ॥
mitthaa khaadhaa chit na aavai kaurratan dhaae jaae |

Then, you will not remember eating the sweets; bitterness will permeate you.

ਮਿਠਾ ਕਉੜਾ ਦੋਵੈ ਰੋਗ ॥
mitthaa kaurraa dovai rog |

The sweet and the bitter are both diseases.

ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਤਿ ਵਿਗੁਤੇ ਭੋਗ ॥
naanak ant vigute bhog |

O Nanak, eating them, you will come to ruin in the end.

ਝਖਿ ਝਖਿ ਝਖਣਾ ਝਗੜਾ ਝਾਖ ॥
jhakh jhakh jhakhanaa jhagarraa jhaakh |

It is useless to worry and struggle to death.

ਝਖਿ ਝਖਿ ਜਾਹਿ ਝਖਹਿ ਤਿਨੑ ਪਾਸਿ ॥੧॥
jhakh jhakh jaeh jhakheh tina paas |1|

Entangled in worries and struggles, people exhaust themselves. ||1||

ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਕਾਪੜੁ ਕਾਠੁ ਰੰਗਾਇਆ ਰਾਂਗਿ ॥
kaaparr kaatth rangaaeaa raang |

They have fine clothes and furniture of various colors.

ਘਰ ਗਚ ਕੀਤੇ ਬਾਗੇ ਬਾਗ ॥
ghar gach keete baage baag |

Their houses are painted beautifully white.

ਸਾਦ ਸਹਜ ਕਰਿ ਮਨੁ ਖੇਲਾਇਆ ॥
saad sahaj kar man khelaaeaa |

In pleasure and poise, they play their mind games.

ਤੈ ਸਹ ਪਾਸਹੁ ਕਹਣੁ ਕਹਾਇਆ ॥
tai sah paasahu kahan kahaaeaa |

When they approach You, O Lord, they shall be spoken to.

ਮਿਠਾ ਕਰਿ ਕੈ ਕਉੜਾ ਖਾਇਆ ॥
mitthaa kar kai kaurraa khaaeaa |

They think it is sweet, so they eat the bitter.

ਤਿਨਿ ਕਉੜੈ ਤਨਿ ਰੋਗੁ ਜਮਾਇਆ ॥
tin kaurrai tan rog jamaaeaa |

The bitter disease grows in the body.

ਜੇ ਫਿਰਿ ਮਿਠਾ ਪੇੜੈ ਪਾਇ ॥
je fir mitthaa perrai paae |

If, later on, they receive the sweet,

ਤਉ ਕਉੜਤਣੁ ਚੂਕਸਿ ਮਾਇ ॥
tau kaurratan chookas maae |

then their bitterness shall be gone, O mother.

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਵੈ ਸੋਇ ॥
naanak guramukh paavai soe |

O Nanak, the Gurmukh is blessed to receive

ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥
jis no praapat likhiaa hoe |2|

what he is predestined to receive. ||2||

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurree |

Pauree:

ਜਿਨ ਕੈ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਮੈਲੁ ਕਪਟੁ ਹੈ ਬਾਹਰੁ ਧੋਵਾਇਆ ॥
jin kai hiradai mail kapatt hai baahar dhovaaeaa |

Those whose hearts are filled with the filth of deception, may wash themselves on the outside.

ਕੂੜੁ ਕਪਟੁ ਕਮਾਵਦੇ ਕੂੜੁ ਪਰਗਟੀ ਆਇਆ ॥
koorr kapatt kamaavade koorr paragattee aaeaa |

They practice falsehood and deception, and their falsehood is revealed.

ਅੰਦਰਿ ਹੋਇ ਸੁ ਨਿਕਲੈ ਨਹ ਛਪੈ ਛਪਾਇਆ ॥
andar hoe su nikalai nah chhapai chhapaaeaa |

That which is within them, comes out; it cannot be concealed by concealment.

ਕੂੜੈ ਲਾਲਚਿ ਲਗਿਆ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੂਨੀ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
koorrai laalach lagiaa fir joonee paaeaa |

Attached to falsehood and greed, the mortal is consigned to reincarnation over and over again.

ਨਾਨਕ ਜੋ ਬੀਜੈ ਸੋ ਖਾਵਣਾ ਕਰਤੈ ਲਿਖਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੧੫॥
naanak jo beejai so khaavanaa karatai likh paaeaa |15|

O Nanak, whatever the mortal plants, he must eat. The Creator Lord has written our destiny. ||15||

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੨ ॥
salok mahalaa 2 |

Salok, Second Mehl:

ਕਥਾ ਕਹਾਣੀ ਬੇਦਂੀ ਆਣੀ ਪਾਪੁ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
kathaa kahaanee bedanee aanee paap pun beechaar |

The Vedas bring forth stories and legends, and thoughts of vice and virtue.

ਦੇ ਦੇ ਲੈਣਾ ਲੈ ਲੈ ਦੇਣਾ ਨਰਕਿ ਸੁਰਗਿ ਅਵਤਾਰ ॥
de de lainaa lai lai denaa narak surag avataar |

What is given, they receive, and what is received, they give. They are reincarnated in heaven and hell.

ਉਤਮ ਮਧਿਮ ਜਾਤੀਂ ਜਿਨਸੀ ਭਰਮਿ ਭਵੈ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥
autam madhim jaateen jinasee bharam bhavai sansaar |

High and low, social class and status - the world wanders lost in superstition.

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਤਤੁ ਵਖਾਣੀ ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਵਿਚਿ ਆਈ ॥
amrit baanee tat vakhaanee giaan dhiaan vich aaee |

The Ambrosial Word of Gurbani proclaims the essence of reality. Spiritual wisdom and meditation are contained within it.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਖੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਤੀ ਸੁਰਤਂੀ ਕਰਮਿ ਧਿਆਈ ॥
guramukh aakhee guramukh jaatee suratanee karam dhiaaee |

The Gurmukhs chant it, and the Gurmukhs realize it. Intuitively aware, they meditate on it.

ਹੁਕਮੁ ਸਾਜਿ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਰਖੈ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ॥
hukam saaj hukamai vich rakhai hukamai andar vekhai |

By the Hukam of His Command, He formed the Universe, and in His Hukam, He keeps it. By His Hukam, He keeps it under His Gaze.

ਨਾਨਕ ਅਗਹੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਤੁਟੈ ਤਾਂ ਕੋ ਲਿਖੀਐ ਲੇਖੈ ॥੧॥
naanak agahu haumai tuttai taan ko likheeai lekhai |1|

O Nanak, if the mortal shatters his ego before he departs, as it is pre-ordained, then he is approved. ||1||

ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਬੇਦੁ ਪੁਕਾਰੇ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਪਾਪੁ ਸੁਰਗ ਨਰਕ ਕਾ ਬੀਉ ॥
bed pukaare pun paap surag narak kaa beeo |

The Vedas proclaim that vice and virtue are the seeds of heaven and hell.

ਜੋ ਬੀਜੈ ਸੋ ਉਗਵੈ ਖਾਂਦਾ ਜਾਣੈ ਜੀਉ ॥
jo beejai so ugavai khaandaa jaanai jeeo |

Whatever is planted, shall grow. The soul eats the fruits of its actions, and understands.

ਗਿਆਨੁ ਸਲਾਹੇ ਵਡਾ ਕਰਿ ਸਚੋ ਸਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥
giaan salaahe vaddaa kar sacho sachaa naau |

Whoever praises spiritual wisdom as great, becomes truthful in the True Name.

ਸਚੁ ਬੀਜੈ ਸਚੁ ਉਗਵੈ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਾਈਐ ਥਾਉ ॥
sach beejai sach ugavai daragah paaeeai thaau |

When Truth is planted, Truth grows. In the Court of the Lord, you shall find your place of honor.


Index (1 - 1430)
Jap Page: 1 - 8
So Dar Page: 8 - 10
So Purakh Page: 10 - 12
Sohila Page: 12 - 13
Siree Raag Page: 14 - 93
Raag Maajh Page: 94 - 150
Raag Gauree Page: 151 - 346
Raag Aasaa Page: 347 - 488
Raag Gujri Page: 489 - 526
Raag Dayv Gandhaaree Page: 527 - 536
Raag Bihaagraa Page: 537 - 556
Raag Vadhans Page: 557 - 594
Raag Sorath Page: 595 - 659
Raag Dhanaasree Page: 660 - 695
Raag Jaithsree Page: 696 - 710
Raag Todee Page: 711 - 718
Raag Bairaaree Page: 719 - 720
Raag Tilang Page: 721 - 727
Raag Soohee Page: 728 - 794
Raag Bilaaval Page: 795 - 858
Raag Gond Page: 859 - 875
Raag Raamkalee Page: 876 - 974
Raag Nat Naaraayan Page: 975 - 983
Raag Maalee Gauraa Page: 984 - 988
Raag Maaroo Page: 989 - 1106
Raag Tukhaari Page: 1107 - 1117
Raag Kaydaaraa Page: 1118 - 1124
Raag Bhairao Page: 1125 - 1167
Raag Basant Page: 1168 - 1196
Raag Saarang Page: 1197 - 1253
Raag Malaar Page: 1254 - 1293
Raag Kaanraa Page: 1294 - 1318
Raag Kalyaan Page: 1319 - 1326
Raag Prabhaatee Page: 1327 - 1351
Raag Jaijaavantee Page: 1352 - 1359
Salok Sehshkritee Page: 1353 - 1360
Gaathaa Fifth Mehl Page: 1360 - 1361
Phunhay Fifth Mehl Page: 1361 - 1663
Chaubolas Fifth Mehl Page: 1363 - 1364
Salok Kabeer Jee Page: 1364 - 1377
Salok Fareed Jee Page: 1377 - 1385
Svaiyay Sri Mukhbak Mehl 5 Page: 1385 - 1389
Svaiyay First Mehl Page: 1389 - 1390
Svaiyay Second Mehl Page: 1391 - 1392
Svaiyay Third Mehl Page: 1392 - 1396
Svaiyay Fourth Mehl Page: 1396 - 1406
Svaiyay Fifth Mehl Page: 1406 - 1409
Salok Vaaran Thay Vadheek Page: 1410 - 1426
Salok Ninth Mehl Page: 1426 - 1429
Mundhaavanee Fifth Mehl Page: 1429 - 1429
Raagmala Page: 1430 - 1430