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Ang 686Raag DhanaasreeGuru Guru Nanak

ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

dhanaasaree mahalaa 1 |

Dhanaasaree, First Mehl:

ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥

sehaj milai miliaa paravaan |

That union with the Lord is acceptable, which is united in intuitive poise.

ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਮਰਣੁ ਨ ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣੁ ॥

naa tis maran na aavan jaan |

Thereafter, one does not die, and does not come and go in reincarnation.

ਠਾਕੁਰ ਮਹਿ ਦਾਸੁ ਦਾਸ ਮਹਿ ਸੋਇ ॥

tthaakur meh daas daas meh soe |

The Lord's slave is in the Lord, and the Lord is in His slave.

ਜਹ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਹ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੧॥

jeh dekhaa teh avar na koe |1|

Wherever I look, I see none other than the Lord. ||1||

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਸਹਜ ਘਰੁ ਪਾਈਐ ॥

guramukh bhagat sehaj ghar paaeeai |

The Gurmukhs worship the Lord, and find His celestial home.

ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਭੇਟੇ ਮਰਿ ਆਈਐ ਜਾਈਐ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

bin gur bhette mar aaeeai jaaeeai |1| rahaau |

Without meeting the Guru, they die, and come and go in reincarnation. ||1||Pause||

ਸੋ ਗੁਰੁ ਕਰਉ ਜਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਵੈ ॥

so gur krau ji saach drirraavai |

So make Him your Guru, who implants the Truth within you,

ਅਕਥੁ ਕਥਾਵੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲਾਵੈ ॥

akath kathaavai sabad milaavai |

who leads you to speak the Unspoken Speech, and who merges you in the Word of the Shabad.

ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਲੋਗ ਅਵਰ ਨਹੀ ਕਾਰਾ ॥

har ke log avar nahee kaaraa |

God's people have no other work to do;

ਸਾਚਉ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਸਾਚੁ ਪਿਆਰਾ ॥੨॥

saachau tthaakur saach piaaraa |2|

they love the True Lord and Master, and they love the Truth. ||2||

ਤਨ ਮਹਿ ਮਨੂਆ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਸਾਚਾ ॥

tan meh manooaa man meh saachaa |

The mind is in the body, and the True Lord is in the mind.

ਸੋ ਸਾਚਾ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਾਚੇ ਰਾਚਾ ॥

so saachaa mil saache raachaa |

Merging into the True Lord, one is absorbed into Truth.

ਸੇਵਕੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੈ ਲਾਗੈ ਪਾਇ ॥

sevak prabh kai laagai paae |

God's servant bows at His feet.

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਮਿਲੈ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੩॥

satigur pooraa milai milaae |3|

Meeting the True Guru, one meets with the Lord. ||3||

ਆਪਿ ਦਿਖਾਵੈ ਆਪੇ ਦੇਖੈ ॥

aap dikhaavai aape dekhai |

He Himself watches over us, and He Himself makes us see.

ਹਠਿ ਨ ਪਤੀਜੈ ਨਾ ਬਹੁ ਭੇਖੈ ॥

hatth na pateejai naa bahu bhekhai |

He is not pleased by stubborn-mindedness, nor by various religious robes.

ਘੜਿ ਭਾਡੇ ਜਿਨਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

gharr bhaadde jin amrit paaeaa |

He fashioned the body-vessels, and infused the Ambrosial Nectar into them;

ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਮਨੁ ਪਤੀਆਇਆ ॥੪॥

prem bhagat prabh man pateeaeaa |4|

God's Mind is pleased only by loving devotional worship. ||4||

ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਭੂਲਹਿ ਚੋਟਾ ਖਾਹਿ ॥

parr parr bhooleh chottaa khaeh |

Reading and studying, one becomes confused, and suffers punishment.

ਬਹੁਤੁ ਸਿਆਣਪ ਆਵਹਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥

bahut siaanap aaveh jaeh |

By great cleverness, one is consigned to coming and going in reincarnation.

ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪੈ ਭਉ ਭੋਜਨੁ ਖਾਇ ॥

naam japai bhau bhojan khaae |

One who chants the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and eats the food of the Fear of God

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੇਵਕ ਰਹੇ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੫॥

guramukh sevak rahe samaae |5|

becomes Gurmukh, the Lord's servant, and remains absorbed in the Lord. ||5||

ਪੂਜਿ ਸਿਲਾ ਤੀਰਥ ਬਨ ਵਾਸਾ ॥

pooj silaa teerath ban vaasaa |

He worships stones, dwells at sacred shrines of pilgrimage and in the jungles,

ਭਰਮਤ ਡੋਲਤ ਭਏ ਉਦਾਸਾ ॥

bharamat ddolat bhe udaasaa |

wanders, roams around and becomes a renunciate.

ਮਨਿ ਮੈਲੈ ਸੂਚਾ ਕਿਉ ਹੋਇ ॥

man mailai soochaa kiau hoe |

But his mind is still filthy - how can he become pure?

ਸਾਚਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਪਾਵੈ ਪਤਿ ਸੋਇ ॥੬॥

saach milai paavai pat soe |6|

One who meets the True Lord obtains honor. ||6||

ਆਚਾਰਾ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ਸਰੀਰਿ ॥

aachaaraa veechaar sareer |

One who embodies good conduct and contemplative meditation,

ਆਦਿ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਮਨੁ ਧੀਰਿ ॥

aad jugaad sehaj man dheer |

his mind abides in intuitive poise and contentment, since the beginning of time, and throughout the ages.

ਪਲ ਪੰਕਜ ਮਹਿ ਕੋਟਿ ਉਧਾਰੇ ॥

pal pankaj meh kott udhaare |

In the twinkling of an eye, he saves millions.

ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਮੇਲਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥੭॥

kar kirapaa gur mel piaare |7|

Have mercy on me, O my Beloved, and let me meet the Guru. ||7||

ਕਿਸੁ ਆਗੈ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੁਧੁ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ॥

kis aagai prabh tudh saalaahee |

Unto whom, O God, should I praise You?

ਤੁਧੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਮੈ ਕੋ ਨਾਹੀ ॥

tudh bin doojaa mai ko naahee |

Without You, there is no other at all.

ਜਿਉ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਉ ਰਾਖੁ ਰਜਾਇ ॥

jiau tudh bhaavai tiau raakh rajaae |

As it pleases You, keep me under Your Will.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਹਜਿ ਭਾਇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ॥੮॥੨॥

naanak sehaj bhaae gun gaae |8|2|

Nanak, with intuitive poise and natural love, sings Your Glorious Praises. ||8||2||