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Ang 489Raag GujriGuru Guru Nanak

ਗੂਜਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

goojaree mahalaa 1 |

Goojaree, First Mehl:

ਨਾਭਿ ਕਮਲ ਤੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਉਪਜੇ ਬੇਦ ਪੜਹਿ ਮੁਖਿ ਕੰਠਿ ਸਵਾਰਿ ॥

naabh kamal te brahamaa upaje bed parreh mukh kantth savaar |

From the lotus of Vishnu's navel, Brahma was born; He chanted the Vedas with a melodious voice.

ਤਾ ਕੋ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ਲਖਣਾ ਆਵਤ ਜਾਤ ਰਹੈ ਗੁਬਾਰਿ ॥੧॥

taa ko ant na jaaee lakhanaa aavat jaat rahai gubaar |1|

He could not find the Lord's limits, and he remained in the darkness of coming and going. ||1||

ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਕਿਉ ਬਿਸਰਹਿ ਮੇਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਅਧਾਰ ॥

preetam kiau bisareh mere praan adhaar |

Why should I forget my Beloved? He is the support of my very breath of life.

ਜਾ ਕੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਜਨ ਪੂਰੇ ਮੁਨਿ ਜਨ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਗੁਰ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jaa kee bhagat kareh jan poore mun jan seveh gur veechaar |1| rahaau |

The perfect beings perform devotional worship to Him. The silent sages serve Him through the Guru's Teachings. ||1||Pause||

ਰਵਿ ਸਸਿ ਦੀਪਕ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣਿ ਏਕਾ ਜੋਤਿ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥

rav sas deepak jaa ke tribhavan ekaa jot muraar |

His lamps are the sun and the moon; the One Light of the Destroyer of ego fills the three worlds.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਇ ਸੁ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਰੈਣਿ ਅੰਧਾਰਿ ॥੨॥

guramukh hoe su ahinis niramal manamukh rain andhaar |2|

One who becomes Gurmukh remains immaculately pure, day and night, while the self-willed manmukh is enveloped by the darkness of night. ||2||

ਸਿਧ ਸਮਾਧਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਨਿਤ ਝਗਰਾ ਦੁਹੁ ਲੋਚਨ ਕਿਆ ਹੇਰੈ ॥

sidh samaadh kareh nit jhagaraa duhu lochan kiaa herai |

The Siddhas in Samaadhi are continually in conflict; what can they see with their two eyes?

ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਧੁਨਿ ਜਾਗੈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਝਗਰੁ ਨਿਬੇਰੈ ॥੩॥

antar jot sabad dhun jaagai satigur jhagar niberai |3|

One who has the Divine Light within his heart, and is awakened to the melody of the Word of the Shabad - the True Guru settles his conflicts. ||3||

ਸੁਰਿ ਨਰ ਨਾਥ ਬੇਅੰਤ ਅਜੋਨੀ ਸਾਚੈ ਮਹਲਿ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥

sur nar naath beant ajonee saachai mehal apaaraa |

O Lord of angels and men, infinite and unborn, Your True Mansion is incomparable.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲੇ ਜਗਜੀਵਨ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰਹੁ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਾ ॥੪॥੨॥

naanak sehaj mile jagajeevan nadar karahu nisataaraa |4|2|

Nanak merges imperceptibly into the Life of the world; shower Your mercy upon him, and save him. ||4||2||