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Ang 69Siree RaagGuru Guru Amardas

ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

sireeraag mahalaa 3 |

Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਫੇਰੁ ਨ ਪਵੈ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਦੁਖੁ ਜਾਇ ॥

satigur miliai fer na pavai janam maran dukh jaae |

Meeting with the True Guru, you shall not have to go through the cycle of reincarnation again; the pains of birth and death will be taken away.

ਪੂਰੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਭ ਸੋਝੀ ਹੋਈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੈ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥

poorai sabad sabh sojhee hoee har naamai rahai samaae |1|

Through the Perfect Word of the Shabad, all understanding is obtained; remain absorbed in the Name of the Lord. ||1||

ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥

man mere satigur siau chit laae |

O my mind, focus your consciousness on the True Guru.

ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਦ ਨਵਤਨੋ ਆਪਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

niramal naam sad navatano aap vasai man aae |1| rahaau |

The Immaculate Naam itself, ever-fresh, comes to abide within the mind. ||1||Pause||

ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਅਪੁਨੀ ਸਰਣਾਈ ਜਿਉ ਰਾਖਹਿ ਤਿਉ ਰਹਣਾ ॥

har jeeo raakhahu apunee saranaaee jiau raakheh tiau rahanaa |

O Dear Lord, please protect and preserve me in Your Sanctuary. As You keep me, so do I remain.

ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਜੀਵਤੁ ਮਰੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਭਵਜਲੁ ਤਰਣਾ ॥੨॥

gur kai sabad jeevat marai guramukh bhavajal taranaa |2|

Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Gurmukh remains dead while yet alive, and swims across the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

ਵਡੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਨਾਉ ਪਾਈਐ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਹਾਈ ॥

vaddai bhaag naau paaeeai guramat sabad suhaaee |

By great good fortune, the Name is obtained. Following the Guru's Teachings, through the Shabad, you shall be exalted.

ਆਪੇ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਸਹਜੇ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਈ ॥੩॥

aape man vasiaa prabh karataa sahaje rahiaa samaaee |3|

God, the Creator Himself, dwells within the mind; remain absorbed in the state of intuitive balance. ||3||

ਇਕਨਾ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਭਾਵੈ ਬੰਧਨਿ ਬੰਧਿ ਭਵਾਇਆ ॥

eikanaa manamukh sabad na bhaavai bandhan bandh bhavaaeaa |

Some are self-willed manmukhs; they do not love the Word of the Shabad. Bound in chains, they wander lost in reincarnation.

ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵੈ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥੪॥

lakh chauraaseeh fir fir aavai birathaa janam gavaaeaa |4|

Through 8.4 million lifetimes, they wander over and over again; they waste away their lives in vain. ||4||

ਭਗਤਾ ਮਨਿ ਆਨੰਦੁ ਹੈ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ॥

bhagataa man aanand hai sachai sabad rang raate |

In the minds of the devotees there is bliss; they are attuned to the Love of the True Word of the Shabad.

ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਸਦ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਸਹਜੇ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਤੇ ॥੫॥

anadin gun gaaveh sad niramal sahaje naam samaate |5|

Night and day, they constantly sing the Glories of the Immaculate Lord; with intuitive ease, they are absorbed into the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||5||

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਬੋਲਹਿ ਸਭ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮੁ ਪਛਾਣੀ ॥

guramukh amrit baanee boleh sabh aatam raam pachhaanee |

The Gurmukhs speak the Ambrosial Bani; they recognize the Lord, the Supreme Soul in all.

ਏਕੋ ਸੇਵਨਿ ਏਕੁ ਅਰਾਧਹਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਕਥ ਕਹਾਣੀ ॥੬॥

eko sevan ek araadheh guramukh akath kahaanee |6|

They serve the One; they worship and adore the One. The Gurmukhs speak the Unspoken Speech. ||6||

ਸਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸੇਵੀਐ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

sachaa saahib seveeai guramukh vasai man aae |

The Gurmukhs serve their True Lord and Master, who comes to dwell in the mind.

ਸਦਾ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਸਚ ਸਿਉ ਅਪੁਨੀ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੭॥

sadaa rang raate sach siau apunee kirapaa kare milaae |7|

They are forever attuned to the Love of the True One, who bestows His Mercy and unites them with Himself. ||7||

ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ਆਪੇ ਇਕਨਾ ਸੁਤਿਆ ਦੇਇ ਜਗਾਇ ॥

aape kare karaae aape ikanaa sutiaa dee jagaae |

He Himself does, and He Himself causes others to do; He wakes some from their sleep.

ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਇਦਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੮॥੭॥੨੪॥

aape mel milaaeidaa naanak sabad samaae |8|7|24|

He Himself unites us in Union; Nanak is absorbed in the Shabad. ||8||7||24||