ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
sireeraag mahalaa 1 |
Siree Raag, First Mehl:
ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਿ ਮਨੁ ਬੇਧਿਆ ਅਵਰੁ ਕਿ ਕਰੀ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
raam naam man bedhiaa avar ki karee veechaar |
My mind is pierced through by the Name of the Lord. What else should I contemplate?
ਸਬਦ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਰਾਤਉ ਸੁਖ ਸਾਰੁ ॥
sabad surat sukh aoopajai prabh raatau sukh saar |
Focusing your awareness on the Shabad, happiness wells up. Attuned to God, the most excellent peace is found.
ਜਿਉ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਉ ਰਾਖੁ ਤੂੰ ਮੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਧਾਰੁ ॥੧॥
jiau bhaavai tiau raakh toon mai har naam adhaar |1|
As it pleases You, please save me, Lord. The Name of the Lord is my Support. ||1||
ਮਨ ਰੇ ਸਾਚੀ ਖਸਮ ਰਜਾਇ ॥
man re saachee khasam rajaae |
O mind, the Will of our Lord and Master is true.
ਜਿਨਿ ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਸਾਜਿ ਸੀਗਾਰਿਆ ਤਿਸੁ ਸੇਤੀ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jin tan man saaj seegaariaa tis setee liv laae |1| rahaau |
Focus your love upon the One who created and adorned your body and mind. ||1||Pause||
ਤਨੁ ਬੈਸੰਤਰਿ ਹੋਮੀਐ ਇਕ ਰਤੀ ਤੋਲਿ ਕਟਾਇ ॥
tan baisantar homeeai ik ratee tol kattaae |
If I cut my body into pieces, and burn them in the fire,
ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਸਮਧਾ ਜੇ ਕਰੀ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਅਗਨਿ ਜਲਾਇ ॥
tan man samadhaa je karee anadin agan jalaae |
and if I make my body and mind into firewood, and night and day burn them in the fire,
ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੈ ਤੁਲਿ ਨ ਪੁਜਈ ਜੇ ਲਖ ਕੋਟੀ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਇ ॥੨॥
har naamai tul na pujee je lakh kottee karam kamaae |2|
and if I perform hundreds of thousands and millions of religious rituals-still, all these are not equal to the Name of the Lord. ||2||
ਅਰਧ ਸਰੀਰੁ ਕਟਾਈਐ ਸਿਰਿ ਕਰਵਤੁ ਧਰਾਇ ॥
aradh sareer kattaaeeai sir karavat dharaae |
If my body were cut in half, if a saw was put to my head,
ਤਨੁ ਹੈਮੰਚਲਿ ਗਾਲੀਐ ਭੀ ਮਨ ਤੇ ਰੋਗੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
tan haimanchal gaaleeai bhee man te rog na jaae |
and if my body were frozen in the Himalayas-even then, my mind would not be free of disease.
ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੈ ਤੁਲਿ ਨ ਪੁਜਈ ਸਭ ਡਿਠੀ ਠੋਕਿ ਵਜਾਇ ॥੩॥
har naamai tul na pujee sabh dditthee tthok vajaae |3|
None of these are equal to the Name of the Lord. I have seen and tried and tested them all. ||3||
ਕੰਚਨ ਕੇ ਕੋਟ ਦਤੁ ਕਰੀ ਬਹੁ ਹੈਵਰ ਗੈਵਰ ਦਾਨੁ ॥
kanchan ke kott dat karee bahu haivar gaivar daan |
If I made a donation of castles of gold, and gave lots of fine horses and wondrous elephants in charity,
ਭੂਮਿ ਦਾਨੁ ਗਊਆ ਘਣੀ ਭੀ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਗਰਬੁ ਗੁਮਾਨੁ ॥
bhoom daan gaooaa ghanee bhee antar garab gumaan |
and if I made donations of land and cows-even then, pride and ego would still be within me.
ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਿ ਮਨੁ ਬੇਧਿਆ ਗੁਰਿ ਦੀਆ ਸਚੁ ਦਾਨੁ ॥੪॥
raam naam man bedhiaa gur deea sach daan |4|
The Name of the Lord has pierced my mind; the Guru has given me this true gift. ||4||
ਮਨਹਠ ਬੁਧੀ ਕੇਤੀਆ ਕੇਤੇ ਬੇਦ ਬੀਚਾਰ ॥
manahatth budhee keteea kete bed beechaar |
There are so many stubborn-minded intelligent people, and so many who contemplate the Vedas.
ਕੇਤੇ ਬੰਧਨ ਜੀਅ ਕੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮੋਖ ਦੁਆਰ ॥
kete bandhan jeea ke guramukh mokh duaar |
There are so many entanglements for the soul. Only as Gurmukh do we find the Gate of Liberation.
ਸਚਹੁ ਓਰੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਉਪਰਿ ਸਚੁ ਆਚਾਰੁ ॥੫॥
sachahu orai sabh ko upar sach aachaar |5|
Truth is higher than everything; but higher still is truthful living. ||5||
ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਊਚਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਨੀਚੁ ਨ ਦੀਸੈ ਕੋਇ ॥
sabh ko aoochaa aakheeai neech na deesai koe |
Call everyone exalted; no one seems lowly.
ਇਕਨੈ ਭਾਂਡੇ ਸਾਜਿਐ ਇਕੁ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਤਿਹੁ ਲੋਇ ॥
eikanai bhaandde saajiai ik chaanan tihu loe |
The One Lord has fashioned the vessels, and His One Light pervades the three worlds.
ਕਰਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਚੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਧੁਰਿ ਬਖਸ ਨ ਮੇਟੈ ਕੋਇ ॥੬॥
karam milai sach paaeeai dhur bakhas na mettai koe |6|
Receiving His Grace, we obtain Truth. No one can erase His Primal Blessing. ||6||
ਸਾਧੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਾਧੂ ਜਨੈ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਵਸੈ ਗੁਰ ਭਾਇ ॥
saadh milai saadhoo janai santokh vasai gur bhaae |
When one Holy person meets another Holy person, they abide in contentment, through the Love of the Guru.
ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਵੀਚਾਰੀਐ ਜੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥
akath kathaa veechaareeai je satigur maeh samaae |
They contemplate the Unspoken Speech, merging in absorption in the True Guru.
ਪੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਸੰਤੋਖਿਆ ਦਰਗਹਿ ਪੈਧਾ ਜਾਇ ॥੭॥
pee amrit santokhiaa darageh paidhaa jaae |7|
Drinking in the Ambrosial Nectar, they are contented; they go to the Court of the Lord in robes of honor. ||7||
ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਵਾਜੈ ਕਿੰਗੁਰੀ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥
ghatt ghatt vaajai kinguree anadin sabad subhaae |
In each and every heart the Music of the Lord's Flute vibrates, night and day, with sublime love for the Shabad.
ਵਿਰਲੇ ਕਉ ਸੋਝੀ ਪਈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਨੁ ਸਮਝਾਇ ॥
virale kau sojhee pee guramukh man samajhaae |
Only those few who become Gurmukh understand this by instructing their minds.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਵੀਸਰੈ ਛੂਟੈ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਮਾਇ ॥੮॥੧੪॥
naanak naam na veesarai chhoottai sabad kamaae |8|14|
O Nanak, do not forget the Naam. Practicing the Shabad you shall be saved. ||8||14||