ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਘਰੁ ੧ ॥
raag maajh asattapadeea mahalaa 1 ghar 1 |
Raag Maajh, Ashtpadheeyaa: First Mehl, First House:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik oankaar satigur prasaad |
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਸਬਦਿ ਰੰਗਾਏ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸਬਾਏ ॥
sabad rangaae hukam sabaae |
By His Command, all are attuned to the Word of the Shabad,
ਸਚੀ ਦਰਗਹ ਮਹਲਿ ਬੁਲਾਏ ॥
sachee daragah mehal bulaae |
and all are called to the Mansion of His Presence, the True Court of the Lord.
ਸਚੇ ਦੀਨ ਦਇਆਲ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਾਹਿਬਾ ਸਚੇ ਮਨੁ ਪਤੀਆਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥
sache deen deaal mere saahibaa sache man pateeaavaniaa |1|
O my True Lord and Master, Merciful to the meek, my mind is pleased and appeased by the Truth. ||1||
ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਹਾਵਣਿਆ ॥
hau vaaree jeeo vaaree sabad suhaavaniaa |
I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who are adorned with the Word of the Shabad.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
amrit naam sadaa sukhadaataa guramatee man vasaavaniaa |1| rahaau |
The Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, is forever the Giver of Peace. Through the Guru's Teachings, it dwells in the mind. ||1||Pause||
ਨਾ ਕੋ ਮੇਰਾ ਹਉ ਕਿਸੁ ਕੇਰਾ ॥
naa ko meraa hau kis keraa |
No one is mine, and I am no one else's.
ਸਾਚਾ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣਿ ਮੇਰਾ ॥
saachaa tthaakur tribhavan meraa |
The True Lord and Master of the three worlds is mine.
ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਇ ਘਣੇਰੀ ਕਰਿ ਅਵਗਣ ਪਛੋਤਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥
haumai kar kar jaae ghaneree kar avagan pachhotaavaniaa |2|
Acting in egotism, so very many have died. After making mistakes, they later repent and regret. ||2||
ਹੁਕਮੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਸੁ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਵਖਾਣੈ ॥
hukam pachhaanai su har gun vakhaanai |
Those who recognize the Hukam of the Lord's Command chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord.
ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਨੀਸਾਣੈ ॥
gur kai sabad naam neesaanai |
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, they are glorified with the Naam.
ਸਭਨਾ ਕਾ ਦਰਿ ਲੇਖਾ ਸਚੈ ਛੂਟਸਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸੁਹਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥
sabhanaa kaa dar lekhaa sachai chhoottas naam suhaavaniaa |3|
Everyone's account is kept in the True Court, and through the Beauty of the Naam, they are saved. ||3||
ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਭੂਲਾ ਠਉਰੁ ਨ ਪਾਏ ॥
manamukh bhoolaa tthaur na paae |
The self-willed manmukhs are deluded; they find no place of rest.
ਜਮ ਦਰਿ ਬਧਾ ਚੋਟਾ ਖਾਏ ॥
jam dar badhaa chottaa khaae |
Bound and gagged at Death's Door, they are brutally beaten.
ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਸੰਗਿ ਨ ਸਾਥੀ ਮੁਕਤੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥
bin naavai ko sang na saathee mukate naam dhiaavaniaa |4|
Without the Name, there are no companions or friends. Liberation comes only by meditating on the Naam. ||4||
ਸਾਕਤ ਕੂੜੇ ਸਚੁ ਨ ਭਾਵੈ ॥
saakat koorre sach na bhaavai |
The false shaaktas, the faithless cynics, do not like the Truth.
ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਬਾਧਾ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਵੈ ॥
dubidhaa baadhaa aavai jaavai |
Bound by duality, they come and go in reincarnation.
ਲਿਖਿਆ ਲੇਖੁ ਨ ਮੇਟੈ ਕੋਈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਕਰਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥
likhiaa lekh na mettai koee guramukh mukat karaavaniaa |5|
No one can erase pre-recorded destiny; the Gurmukhs are liberated. ||5||
ਪੇਈਅੜੈ ਪਿਰੁ ਜਾਤੋ ਨਾਹੀ ॥
peeearrai pir jaato naahee |
In this world of her parents' house, the young bride did not know her Husband.
ਝੂਠਿ ਵਿਛੁੰਨੀ ਰੋਵੈ ਧਾਹੀ ॥
jhootth vichhunee rovai dhaahee |
Through falsehood, she has been separated from Him, and she cries out in misery.
ਅਵਗਣਿ ਮੁਠੀ ਮਹਲੁ ਨ ਪਾਏ ਅਵਗਣ ਗੁਣਿ ਬਖਸਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥
avagan mutthee mehal na paae avagan gun bakhasaavaniaa |6|
Defrauded by demerits, she does not find the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. But through virtuous actions, her demerits are forgiven. ||6||
ਪੇਈਅੜੈ ਜਿਨਿ ਜਾਤਾ ਪਿਆਰਾ ॥
peeearrai jin jaataa piaaraa |
She, who knows her Beloved in her parents' house,
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝੈ ਤਤੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਾ ॥
guramukh boojhai tat beechaaraa |
as Gurmukh, comes to understand the essence of reality; she contemplates her Lord.
ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣਾ ਠਾਕਿ ਰਹਾਏ ਸਚੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥
aavan jaanaa tthaak rahaae sachai naam samaavaniaa |7|
Her comings and goings cease, and she is absorbed in the True Name. ||7||
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝੈ ਅਕਥੁ ਕਹਾਵੈ ॥
guramukh boojhai akath kahaavai |
The Gurmukhs understand and describe the Indescribable.
ਸਚੇ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਸਾਚੋ ਭਾਵੈ ॥
sache tthaakur saacho bhaavai |
True is our Lord and Master; He loves the Truth.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਕਹੈ ਬੇਨੰਤੀ ਸਚੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੧॥
naanak sach kahai benantee sach milai gun gaavaniaa |8|1|
Nanak offers this true prayer: singing His Glorious Praises, I merge with the True One. ||8||1||