ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
aasaa mahalaa 1 |
Aasaa, First Mehl:
ਕਰਮ ਕਰਤੂਤਿ ਬੇਲਿ ਬਿਸਥਾਰੀ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਫਲੁ ਹੂਆ ॥
karam karatoot bel bisathaaree raam naam fal hooaa |
The vine of good actions and character has spread out, and it bears the fruit of the Lord's Name.
ਤਿਸੁ ਰੂਪੁ ਨ ਰੇਖ ਅਨਾਹਦੁ ਵਾਜੈ ਸਬਦੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨਿ ਕੀਆ ॥੧॥
tis roop na rekh anaahad vaajai sabad niranjan keea |1|
The Name has no form or outline; it vibrates with the unstruck Sound Current; through the Word of the Shabad, the Immaculate Lord is revealed. ||1||
ਕਰੇ ਵਖਿਆਣੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਜੇ ਕੋਈ ॥
kare vakhiaan jaanai je koee |
One can speak on this only when he knows it.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਵੈ ਸੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
amrit peevai soee |1| rahaau |
He alone drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||
ਜਿਨੑ ਪੀਆ ਸੇ ਮਸਤ ਭਏ ਹੈ ਤੂਟੇ ਬੰਧਨ ਫਾਹੇ ॥
jina peea se masat bhe hai tootte bandhan faahe |
Those who drink it in are enraptured; their bonds and shackles are cut away.
ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਮਾਣੀ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਤਾ ਛੋਡੇ ਮਾਇਆ ਕੇ ਲਾਹੇ ॥੨॥
jotee jot samaanee bheetar taa chhodde maaeaa ke laahe |2|
When one's light blends into the Divine Light, then the desire for Maya is ended. ||2||
ਸਰਬ ਜੋਤਿ ਰੂਪੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਸਗਲ ਭਵਨ ਤੇਰੀ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
sarab jot roop teraa dekhiaa sagal bhavan teree maaeaa |
Among all lights, I behold Your Form; all the worlds are Your Maya.
ਰਾਰੈ ਰੂਪਿ ਨਿਰਾਲਮੁ ਬੈਠਾ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਵਿਚਿ ਛਾਇਆ ॥੩॥
raarai roop niraalam baitthaa nadar kare vich chhaaeaa |3|
Among the tumults and forms, He sits in serene detachment; He bestows His Glance of Grace upon those who are engrossed in the illusion. ||3||
ਬੀਣਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਵਜਾਵੈ ਜੋਗੀ ਦਰਸਨਿ ਰੂਪਿ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥
beenaa sabad vajaavai jogee darasan roop apaaraa |
The Yogi who plays on the instrument of the Shabad gains the Blessed Vision of the Infinitely Beautiful Lord.
ਸਬਦਿ ਅਨਾਹਦਿ ਸੋ ਸਹੁ ਰਾਤਾ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਕਹੈ ਵਿਚਾਰਾ ॥੪॥੮॥
sabad anaahad so sahu raataa naanak kahai vichaaraa |4|8|
He, the Lord, is immersed in the Unstruck Shabad of the Word, says Nanak, the humble and meek. ||4||8||
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
aasaa mahalaa 1 |
Aasaa, First Mehl:
ਮੈ ਗੁਣ ਗਲਾ ਕੇ ਸਿਰਿ ਭਾਰ ॥
mai gun galaa ke sir bhaar |
My virtue is that I carry the load of my words upon my head.
ਗਲੀ ਗਲਾ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰ ॥
galee galaa sirajanahaar |
The real words are the Words of the Creator Lord.
ਖਾਣਾ ਪੀਣਾ ਹਸਣਾ ਬਾਦਿ ॥
khaanaa peenaa hasanaa baad |
How useless are eating, drinking and laughing,
ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਨ ਆਵਹਿ ਯਾਦਿ ॥੧॥
jab lag ridai na aaveh yaad |1|
if the Lord is not cherished in the heart! ||1||
ਤਉ ਪਰਵਾਹ ਕੇਹੀ ਕਿਆ ਕੀਜੈ ॥
tau paravaah kehee kiaa keejai |
Why should someone care for anything else,
ਜਨਮਿ ਜਨਮਿ ਕਿਛੁ ਲੀਜੀ ਲੀਜੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
janam janam kichh leejee leejai |1| rahaau |
if throughout his life, he gathers in that which is truly worth gathering? ||1||Pause||
ਮਨ ਕੀ ਮਤਿ ਮਤਾਗਲੁ ਮਤਾ ॥
man kee mat mataagal mataa |
The intellect of the mind is like a drunken elephant.
ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਬੋਲੀਐ ਸਭੁ ਖਤੋ ਖਤਾ ॥
jo kichh boleeai sabh khato khataa |
Whatever one utters is totally false, the most false of the false.
ਕਿਆ ਮੁਹੁ ਲੈ ਕੀਚੈ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ॥
kiaa muhu lai keechai aradaas |
So what face should we put on to offer our prayer,
ਪਾਪੁ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਦੁਇ ਸਾਖੀ ਪਾਸਿ ॥੨॥
paap pun due saakhee paas |2|
when both virtue and vice are close at hand as witnesses? ||2||
ਜੈਸਾ ਤੂੰ ਕਰਹਿ ਤੈਸਾ ਕੋ ਹੋਇ ॥
jaisaa toon kareh taisaa ko hoe |
As You make us, so we become.
ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥
tujh bin doojaa naahee koe |
Without You, there is no other at all.
ਜੇਹੀ ਤੂੰ ਮਤਿ ਦੇਹਿ ਤੇਹੀ ਕੋ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
jehee toon mat dehi tehee ko paavai |
As is the understanding which You bestow, so do we receive.
ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਵੈ ਚਲਾਵੈ ॥੩॥
tudh aape bhaavai tivai chalaavai |3|
As it pleases Your Will, so do You lead us. ||3||
ਰਾਗ ਰਤਨ ਪਰੀਆ ਪਰਵਾਰ ॥
raag ratan pareea paravaar |
The divine crystalline harmonies, their consorts, and their celestial families
ਤਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਉਪਜੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਸਾਰ ॥
tis vich upajai amrit saar |
from them, the essence of Ambrosial Nectar is produced.
ਨਾਨਕ ਕਰਤੇ ਕਾ ਇਹੁ ਧਨੁ ਮਾਲੁ ॥
naanak karate kaa ihu dhan maal |
O Nanak, this is the wealth and property of the Creator Lord.
ਜੇ ਕੋ ਬੂਝੈ ਏਹੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥੪॥੯॥
je ko boojhai ehu beechaar |4|9|
If only this essential reality were understood! ||4||9||
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
aasaa mahalaa 1 |
Aasaa, First Mehl:
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਅਪਨੈ ਘਰਿ ਆਇਆ ਤਾ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਖੀਆ ਕਾਜੁ ਰਚਾਇਆ ॥
kar kirapaa apanai ghar aaeaa taa mil sakheea kaaj rachaaeaa |
When by His Grace He came to my home, then my companions met together to celebrate my marriage.
ਖੇਲੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਮਨਿ ਅਨਦੁ ਭਇਆ ਸਹੁ ਵੀਆਹਣ ਆਇਆ ॥੧॥
khel dekh man anad bheaa sahu veeaahan aaeaa |1|
Beholding this play, my mind became blissful; my Husband Lord has come to marry me. ||1||
ਗਾਵਹੁ ਗਾਵਹੁ ਕਾਮਣੀ ਬਿਬੇਕ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
gaavahu gaavahu kaamanee bibek beechaar |
So sing - yes, sing the songs of wisdom and reflection, O brides.
ਹਮਰੈ ਘਰਿ ਆਇਆ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਭਤਾਰੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
hamarai ghar aaeaa jagajeevan bhataar |1| rahaau |
My spouse, the Life of the world, has come into my home. ||1||Pause||
ਗੁਰੂ ਦੁਆਰੈ ਹਮਰਾ ਵੀਆਹੁ ਜਿ ਹੋਆ ਜਾਂ ਸਹੁ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਤਾਂ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥
guroo duaarai hamaraa veeaahu ji hoaa jaan sahu miliaa taan jaaniaa |
When I was married within the Gurdwara, the Guru's Gate, I met my Husband Lord, and I came to know Him.
ਤਿਹੁ ਲੋਕਾ ਮਹਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਰਵਿਆ ਹੈ ਆਪੁ ਗਇਆ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥੨॥
tihu lokaa meh sabad raviaa hai aap geaa man maaniaa |2|
The Word of His Shabad is pervading the three worlds; when my ego was quieted, my mind became happy. ||2||
ਆਪਣਾ ਕਾਰਜੁ ਆਪਿ ਸਵਾਰੇ ਹੋਰਨਿ ਕਾਰਜੁ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥
aapanaa kaaraj aap savaare horan kaaraj na hoee |
He Himself arranges His own affairs; His affairs cannot be arranged by anyone else.
ਜਿਤੁ ਕਾਰਜਿ ਸਤੁ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਦਇਆ ਧਰਮੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝੈ ਕੋਈ ॥੩॥
jit kaaraj sat santokh deaa dharam hai guramukh boojhai koee |3|
By the affair of this marriage, truth, contentment, mercy and faith are produced; but how rare is that Gurmukh who understands it! ||3||
ਭਨਤਿ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਸਭਨਾ ਕਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਏਕੋ ਸੋਇ ॥
bhanat naanak sabhanaa kaa pir eko soe |
Says Nanak, that Lord alone is the Husband of all.
ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਸਾ ਸੋਹਾਗਣਿ ਹੋਇ ॥੪॥੧੦॥
jis no nadar kare saa sohaagan hoe |4|10|
She, upon whom He casts His Glance of Grace, becomes the happy soul-bride. ||4||10||
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
aasaa mahalaa 1 |
Aasaa, First Mehl:
ਗ੍ਰਿਹੁ ਬਨੁ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥
grihu ban samasar sehaj subhaae |
Home and forest are the same, for one who dwells in the balance of intuitive peace and poise.
ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਗਤੁ ਭਈ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਠਾਇ ॥
duramat gat bhee keerat tthaae |
His evil-mindedness departs, and the Praises of God take its place.
ਸਚ ਪਉੜੀ ਸਾਚਉ ਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਂਉ ॥
sach paurree saachau mukh naanau |
To chant the True Name with one's mouth is the true ladder.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਪਾਏ ਨਿਜ ਥਾਉ ॥੧॥
satigur sev paae nij thaau |1|
Serving the True Guru, one finds one's own place within the self. ||1||
ਮਨ ਚੂਰੇ ਖਟੁ ਦਰਸਨ ਜਾਣੁ ॥
man choore khatt darasan jaan |
To conquer the mind is the knowledge of the six Shaastras.
ਸਰਬ ਜੋਤਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਭਗਵਾਨੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
sarab jot pooran bhagavaan |1| rahaau |
The Divine Light of the Lord God is perfectly pervading. ||1||Pause||
ਅਧਿਕ ਤਿਆਸ ਭੇਖ ਬਹੁ ਕਰੈ ॥
adhik tiaas bhekh bahu karai |
Excessive thirst for Maya makes people wear all sorts of religious robes.
ਦੁਖੁ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਸੁਖੁ ਤਨਿ ਪਰਹਰੈ ॥
dukh bikhiaa sukh tan paraharai |
The pain of corruption destroys the body's peace.
ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਹਿਰੈ ॥
kaam krodh antar dhan hirai |
Sexual desire and anger steal the wealth of the self within.
ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਛੋਡਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਨਿਸਤਰੈ ॥੨॥
dubidhaa chhodd naam nisatarai |2|
But by abandoning duality, one is emancipated through the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||2||
ਸਿਫਤਿ ਸਲਾਹਣੁ ਸਹਜ ਅਨੰਦ ॥
sifat salaahan sehaj anand |
In the Lord's Praise and adoration is intuitive peace, poise and bliss.
ਸਖਾ ਸੈਨੁ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੁ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ॥
sakhaa sain prem gobind |
The Love of the Lord God is one's family and friends.
ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿੰਦੁ ॥
aape kare aape bakhasind |
He Himself is the Doer, and He Himself is the Forgiver.
ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਪਹਿ ਆਗੈ ਜਿੰਦੁ ॥੩॥
tan man har peh aagai jind |3|
My body and mind belong to the Lord; my life is at His Command. ||3||
ਝੂਠ ਵਿਕਾਰ ਮਹਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਦੇਹ ॥
jhootth vikaar mahaa dukh deh |
Falsehood and corruption cause terrible suffering.
ਭੇਖ ਵਰਨ ਦੀਸਹਿ ਸਭਿ ਖੇਹ ॥
bhekh varan deeseh sabh kheh |
All the religious robes and social classes look just like dust.
ਜੋ ਉਪਜੈ ਸੋ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥
jo upajai so aavai jaae |
Whoever is born, continues to come and go.
ਨਾਨਕ ਅਸਥਿਰੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਜਾਇ ॥੪॥੧੧॥
naanak asathir naam rajaae |4|11|
O Nanak, only the Naam and the Lord's Command are eternal and everlasting. ||4||11||