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Ang 65Siree RaagGuru Guru Amardas

ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

sireeraag mahalaa 3 |

Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵਦੇ ਜਮਡੰਡੁ ਲਗੈ ਤਿਨ ਆਇ ॥

haumai karam kamaavade jamaddandd lagai tin aae |

Those who go around acting in egotism are struck down by the Messenger of Death with his club.

ਜਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਨਿ ਸੇ ਉਬਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥੧॥

ji satigur sevan se ubare har setee liv laae |1|

Those who serve the True Guru are uplifted and saved, in love with the Lord. ||1||

ਮਨ ਰੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ॥

man re guramukh naam dhiaae |

O mind, become Gurmukh, and meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

ਧੁਰਿ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਕਰਤੈ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਤਿਨਾ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

dhur poorab karatai likhiaa tinaa guramat naam samaae |1| rahaau |

Those who are so pre-destined by the Creator are absorbed into the Naam, through the Guru's Teachings. ||1||Pause||

ਵਿਣੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪਰਤੀਤਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਨਾਮਿ ਨ ਲਾਗੋ ਭਾਉ ॥

vin satigur parateet na aavee naam na laago bhaau |

Without the True Guru, faith does not come, and love for the Naam is not embraced.

ਸੁਪਨੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਨ ਪਾਵਈ ਦੁਖ ਮਹਿ ਸਵੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੨॥

supanai sukh na paavee dukh meh savai samaae |2|

Even in dreams, they find no peace; they sleep immersed in pain. ||2||

ਜੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਚੈ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਲੋਚੀਐ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਨ ਮੇਟਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥

je har har keechai bahut locheeai kirat na mettiaa jaae |

Even if you chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, with great longing, your past actions are still not erased.

ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਭਾਣਾ ਭਗਤੀ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਸੇ ਭਗਤ ਪਏ ਦਰਿ ਥਾਇ ॥੩॥

har kaa bhaanaa bhagatee maniaa se bhagat pe dar thaae |3|

The Lord's devotees surrender to His Will; those devotees are accepted at His Door. ||3||

ਗੁਰੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਦਿੜਾਵੈ ਰੰਗ ਸਿਉ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਲਇਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

gur sabad dirraavai rang siau bin kirapaa leaa na jaae |

The Guru has lovingly implanted the Word of His Shabad within me. Without His Grace, it cannot be attained.

ਜੇ ਸਉ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਨੀਰੀਐ ਭੀ ਬਿਖੁ ਫਲੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਧਾਇ ॥੪॥

je sau amrit neereeai bhee bikh fal laagai dhaae |4|

Even if the poisonous plant is watered with ambrosial nectar a hundred times, it will still bear poisonous fruit. ||4||

ਸੇ ਜਨ ਸਚੇ ਨਿਰਮਲੇ ਜਿਨ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਨਾਲਿ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥

se jan sache niramale jin satigur naal piaar |

Those humble beings who are in love with the True Guru are pure and true.

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਭਾਣਾ ਕਮਾਵਦੇ ਬਿਖੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਤਜਿ ਵਿਕਾਰੁ ॥੫॥

satigur kaa bhaanaa kamaavade bikh haumai taj vikaar |5|

They act in harmony with the Will of the True Guru; they shed the poison of ego and corruption. ||5||

ਮਨਹਠਿ ਕਿਤੈ ਉਪਾਇ ਨ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਸਿਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਸਾਸਤ੍ਰ ਸੋਧਹੁ ਜਾਇ ॥

manahatth kitai upaae na chhootteeai simrit saasatr sodhahu jaae |

Acting in stubborn-mindedness, no one is saved; go and study the Simritees and the Shaastras.

ਮਿਲਿ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਸਾਧੂ ਉਬਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਮਾਇ ॥੬॥

mil sangat saadhoo ubare gur kaa sabad kamaae |6|

Joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and practicing the Shabads of the Guru, you shall be saved. ||6||

ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰੁ ॥

har kaa naam nidhaan hai jis ant na paaraavaar |

The Name of the Lord is the Treasure, which has no end or limitation.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੇਈ ਸੋਹਦੇ ਜਿਨ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਤਾਰੁ ॥੭॥

guramukh seee sohade jin kirapaa kare karataar |7|

The Gurmukhs are beauteous; the Creator has blessed them with His Mercy. ||7||

ਨਾਨਕ ਦਾਤਾ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਦੂਜਾ ਅਉਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥

naanak daataa ek hai doojaa aaur na koe |

O Nanak, the One Lord alone is the Giver; there is no other at all.

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਪਾਈਐ ਕਰਮਿ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥੮॥੨॥੧੯॥

gur parasaadee paaeeai karam paraapat hoe |8|2|19|

By Guru's Grace, He is obtained. By His Mercy, He is found. ||8||2||19||