ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਘਰੁ ੧ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ ॥
sireeraag mahalaa 3 ghar 1 asattapadeea |
Siree Raag, Third Mehl, First House, Ashtpadheeyaa:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik oankaar satigur prasaad |
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਭਗਤਿ ਕੀਜੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥
guramukh kripaa kare bhagat keejai bin gur bhagat na hoe |
By God's Grace, the Gurmukh practices devotion; without the Guru, there is no devotional worship.
ਆਪੈ ਆਪੁ ਮਿਲਾਏ ਬੂਝੈ ਤਾ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਕੋਇ ॥
aapai aap milaae boojhai taa niramal hovai koe |
One who merges his own self into Him understands, and so becomes pure.
ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਸਚਾ ਸਚੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਾ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥
har jeeo sachaa sachee baanee sabad milaavaa hoe |1|
The Dear Lord is True, and True is the Word of His Bani. Through the Word of the Shabad, Union with Him is obtained. ||1||
ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਭਗਤਿਹੀਣੁ ਕਾਹੇ ਜਗਿ ਆਇਆ ॥
bhaaee re bhagatiheen kaahe jag aaeaa |
O Siblings of Destiny, without devotion, why have people even come into the world?
ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵ ਨ ਕੀਨੀ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
poore gur kee sev na keenee birathaa janam gavaaeaa |1| rahaau |
They have not served the Perfect Guru; they have wasted their lives in vain. ||1||Pause||
ਆਪੇ ਹਰਿ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥
aape har jagajeevan daataa aape bakhas milaae |
The Lord Himself, the Life of the World, is the Giver. He Himself forgives, and unites us with Himself.
ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਏ ਕਿਆ ਵੇਚਾਰੇ ਕਿਆ ਕੋ ਆਖਿ ਸੁਣਾਏ ॥
jeea jant e kiaa vechaare kiaa ko aakh sunaae |
What are these poor beings and creatures? What can they speak and say?
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਪੇ ਦੇ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਆਪੇ ਸੇਵ ਕਰਾਏ ॥੨॥
guramukh aape de vaddiaaee aape sev karaae |2|
God Himself grants glory to the Gurmukhs; He joins them to His Service. ||2||
ਦੇਖਿ ਕੁਟੰਬੁ ਮੋਹਿ ਲੋਭਾਣਾ ਚਲਦਿਆ ਨਾਲਿ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥
dekh kuttanb mohi lobhaanaa chaladiaa naal na jaaee |
Beholding your family, you are lured away by emotional attachment, but when you leave, they will not go with you.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਗੁਣ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਤਿਸ ਕੀ ਕੀਮ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥
satigur sev gun nidhaan paaeaa tis kee keem na paaee |
Serving the True Guru, I have found the Treasure of Excellence. Its value cannot be estimated.
ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਖਾ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਮੇਰਾ ਅੰਤੇ ਹੋਇ ਸਖਾਈ ॥੩॥
prabh sakhaa har jeeo meraa ante hoe sakhaaee |3|
The Dear Lord God is my Best Friend. In the end, He shall be my Companion and Support. ||3||
ਪੇਈਅੜੈ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਪਤਿ ਗਵਾਈ ॥
peeearrai jagajeevan daataa manamukh pat gavaaee |
In this world of my father's home, the Great Giver is the Life of the World. The self-willed manmukhs have lost their honor.
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੋ ਮਗੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਅੰਧੇ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਕਾਈ ॥
bin satigur ko mag na jaanai andhe tthaur na kaaee |
Without the True Guru, no one knows the Way. The blind find no place of rest.
ਹਰਿ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਮਨਿ ਨਹੀ ਵਸਿਆ ਅੰਤਿ ਗਇਆ ਪਛੁਤਾਈ ॥੪॥
har sukhadaataa man nahee vasiaa ant geaa pachhutaaee |4|
If the Lord, the Giver of Peace, does not dwell within the mind, then they shall depart with regret in the end. ||4||
ਪੇਈਅੜੈ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਇਆ ॥
peeearrai jagajeevan daataa guramat man vasaaeaa |
In this world of my father's house, through the Guru's Teachings, I have cultivated within my mind the Great Giver, the Life of the World.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਮੋਹੁ ਚੁਕਾਇਆ ॥
anadin bhagat kareh din raatee haumai mohu chukaaeaa |
Night and day, performing devotional worship, day and night, ego and emotional attachment are removed.
ਜਿਸੁ ਸਿਉ ਰਾਤਾ ਤੈਸੋ ਹੋਵੈ ਸਚੇ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥੫॥
jis siau raataa taiso hovai sache sach samaaeaa |5|
And then, attuned to Him, we become like Him, truly absorbed in the True One. ||5||
ਆਪੇ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਭਾਉ ਲਾਏ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥
aape nadar kare bhaau laae gurasabadee beechaar |
Bestowing His Glance of Grace, He gives us His Love, and we contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਸਹਜੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਮਾਰਿ ॥
satigur seviai sehaj aoopajai haumai trisanaa maar |
Serving the True Guru, intuitive peace wells up, and ego and desire die.
ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣਦਾਤਾ ਸਦ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਸਚੁ ਰਖਿਆ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਿ ॥੬॥
har gunadaataa sad man vasai sach rakhiaa ur dhaar |6|
The Lord, the Giver of Virtue, dwells forever within the minds of those who keep Truth enshrined within their hearts. ||6||
ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਸਦਾ ਨਿਰਮਲਾ ਮਨਿ ਨਿਰਮਲਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥
prabh meraa sadaa niramalaa man niramal paaeaa jaae |
My God is forever Immaculate and Pure; with a pure mind, He can be found.
ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਸਭੁ ਜਾਇ ॥
naam nidhaan har man vasai haumai dukh sabh jaae |
If the Treasure of the Name of the Lord abides within the mind, egotism and pain are totally eliminated.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਸੁਣਾਇਆ ਹਉ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੈ ਜਾਉ ॥੭॥
satigur sabad sunaaeaa hau sad balihaarai jaau |7|
The True Guru has instructed me in the Word of the Shabad. I am forever a sacrifice to Him. ||7||
ਆਪਣੈ ਮਨਿ ਚਿਤਿ ਕਹੈ ਕਹਾਏ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਆਪੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥
aapanai man chit kahai kahaae bin gur aap na jaaee |
Within your own conscious mind, you may say anything, but without the Guru, selfishness and conceit are not eradicated.
ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਭਗਤਿ ਵਛਲੁ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਈ ॥
har jeeo bhagat vachhal sukhadaataa kar kirapaa man vasaaee |
The Dear Lord is the Lover of His devotees, the Giver of Peace. By His Grace, He abides within the mind.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋਭਾ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਦੇਇ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਆਪੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਦੇ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੮॥੧॥੧੮॥
naanak sobhaa surat dee prabh aape guramukh de vaddiaaee |8|1|18|
O Nanak, God blesses us with the sublime awakening of consciousness; He Himself grants glorious greatness to the Gurmukh. ||8||1||18||