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Ang 1Vaar 24Bhai Gurdas

ਪਉੜੀ ੫

paurree 5

ਅੰਗਹੁ ਅੰਗੁ ਉਪਾਇਓਨੁ ਗੰਗਹੁ ਜਾਣੁ ਤਰੰਗੁ ਉਠਾਇਆ ।

angahu ang upaaeon gangahu jaan tarang utthaaeaa |

Guru Nanak created him ( Guru Angad) from his limbs as the waves are produced by Ganges out of itself.

ਗਹਿਰ ਗੰਭੀਰੁ ਗਹੀਰੁ ਗੁਣੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਗੋਬਿੰਦੁ ਸਦਾਇਆ ।

gahir ganbheer gaheer gun guramukh gur gobind sadaaeaa |

Embodied with deep and sublime attributes he (Angad) was known by gurmukhs as the form of the (imperceptible) supreme soul (paramatman).

ਦੁਖ ਸੁਖ ਦਾਤਾ ਦੇਣਿਹਾਰੁ ਦੁਖ ਸੁਖ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਲੇਪੁ ਨ ਲਾਇਆ ।

dukh sukh daataa denihaar dukh sukh samasar lep na laaeaa |

He himself is bestower of pleasures and pains but remains always without any blot.

ਗੁਰ ਚੇਲਾ ਚੇਲਾ ਗੁਰੂ ਗੁਰੁ ਚੇਲੇ ਪਰਚਾ ਪਰਚਾਇਆ ।

gur chelaa chelaa guroo gur chele parachaa parachaaeaa |

The love between the Guru and the disciple was such that the disciple became Guru and the Guru disciple.

ਬਿਰਖਹੁ ਫਲੁ ਫਲ ਤੇ ਬਿਰਖੁ ਪਿਉ ਪੁਤਹੁ ਪੁਤੁ ਪਿਉ ਪਤੀਆਇਆ ।

birakhahu fal fal te birakh piau putahu put piau pateeaeaa |

It happened in the same manner as tree creates fruit and from fruit is created tree, or as father becomes happy over son and son feels happy in obeying the orders of father.

ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਪੂਰਨੁ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਲਿਵ ਅਲਖ ਲਖਾਇਆ ।

paarabraham pooran braham sabad surat liv alakh lakhaaeaa |

His consiconsness merged into word and the perfect transcendental Brahm made him see the imperceptible (Lord).

ਬਾਬਾਣੇ ਗੁਰ ਅੰਗਦ ਆਇਆ ।੫।

baabaane gur angad aaeaa |5|

Now Guru Angad got established as ( the extended form of) Baba Nanak.