Ang/ 1430

Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਮਲਾਰ

Raag Malar·Shabad

Guru Nanak Dev Ji / Guru Arjan Dev Ji

Ang 1277 of 1430

ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਮਨਿ ਵੇਖਹੁ ਕੋ ਪਤੀਆਇ ॥

bin satigur kinai na paio man vekhahu ko pateeaai ||

Without the True Guru, no one finds the Lord; anyone can try and see.

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ਹਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਭੇਟੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥

har kirapaa te satigur paieeaai bheTai sahaj subhai ||

By the Lord's Grace, the True Guru is found, and then the Lord is met with intuitive ease.

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ਮਨਮੁਖ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਾਗਾ ਹਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥੫॥

manmukh bharam bhulaiaa bin bhaagaa har dhan na pai ||5||

The self-willed manmukh is deluded by doubt; without good destiny, the Lord's wealth is not obtained. ||5||

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ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਸਭਾ ਧਾਤੁ ਹੈ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

trai gun sabhaa dhaat hai paR paR kareh veechaar ||

The three dispositions are completely distracting; people read and study and contemplate them.

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ਮੁਕਤਿ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਨਹੁ ਪਾਇਨਿੑ ਮੋਖ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥

mukat kadhe na hoviee nahu paini(h) mokh dhuaar ||

Those people are never liberated; they do not find the Door of Salvation.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਬੰਧਨ ਨ ਤੁਟਹੀ ਨਾਮਿ ਨ ਲਗੈ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥੬॥

bin satigur ba(n)dhan na tuTahee naam na lagai piaar ||6||

Without the True Guru, they are never released from bondage; they do not embrace love for the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||6||

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ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਮੋਨੀ ਥਕੇ ਬੇਦਾਂ ਕਾ ਅਭਿਆਸੁ ॥

paR paR pa(n)ddit monee thake bedhaa(n) kaa abhiaas ||

The Pandits, the religious scholars, and the silent sages, reading and studying the Vedas, have grown weary.

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ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਨਹ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਵਾਸੁ ॥

har naam chit na aaviee neh nij ghar hovai vaas ||

They do not even think of the Lord's Name; they do not dwell in the home of their own inner being.

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ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਸਿਰਹੁ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਕਪਟ ਵਿਣਾਸੁ ॥੭॥

jamakaal sirahu na utarai a(n)tar kapaT vinaas ||7||

The Messenger of Death hovers over their heads; they are ruined by the deceit within themselves. ||7||

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ਹਰਿ ਨਾਵੈ ਨੋ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਪਰਤਾਪਦਾ ਵਿਣੁ ਭਾਗਾਂ ਪਾਇਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

har naavai no sabh ko parataapadhaa vin bhaagaa(n) paiaa na jai ||

Everyone longs for the Name of the Lord; without good destiny, it is not obtained.

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ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟੀਐ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥

nadhar kare gur bheTeeaai har naam vasai man aai ||

When the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace, the mortal meets the True Guru, and the Lord's Name comes to dwell within the mind.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੇ ਹੀ ਪਤਿ ਊਪਜੈ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਰਹਾਂ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੮॥੨॥

naanak naame hee pat uoopajai har siau rahaa(n) samai ||8||2||

O Nanak, through the Name, honor wells up, and the mortal remains immersed in the Lord. ||8||2||

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ਮਲਾਰ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਅਸਟਪਦੀ ਘਰੁ ੨ ॥

malaar mahalaa teejaa asaTapadhee ghar doojaa ||

Malaar, Third Mehla, Ashtpadheeyaa, Second House:

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ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ikOankaar satigur prasaadh ||

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

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ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਕਾਰੈ ਲਾਏ ॥

har har kirapaa kare gur kee kaarai laae ||

When the Lord shows His Mercy, He enjoins the mortal to work for the Guru.

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ਦੁਖੁ ਪਲੑਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸਾਏ ॥

dhukh pal(h)r har naam vasaae ||

His pains are taken away, and the Lord's Name comes to dwell within.

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ਸਾਚੀ ਗਤਿ ਸਾਚੈ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਏ ॥

saachee gat saachai chit laae ||

True deliverance comes by focusing one's consciousness on the True Lord.

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ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਣਾਏ ॥੧॥

gur kee baanee sabadh sunaae ||1||

Listen to the Shabad, and the Word of the Guru's Bani. ||1||

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ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਿ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ॥

man mere har har sev nidhaan ||

O my mind, serve the Lord, Har, Har, the true treasure.

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ਗੁਰ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਹਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਧਿਆਨੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

gur kirapaa te har dhan paieeaai anadhin laagai sahaj dhiaan ||1|| rahaau ||

By Guru's Grace, the wealth of the Lord is obtained. Night and day, focus your meditation on the Lord. ||1||Pause||

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ਬਿਨੁ ਪਿਰ ਕਾਮਣਿ ਕਰੇ ਸਂੀਗਾਰੁ ॥

bin pir kaaman kare sa(n)eegaar ||

The soul-bride who adorns herself without her Husband Lord,

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ਦੁਹਚਾਰਣੀ ਕਹੀਐ ਨਿਤ ਹੋਇ ਖੁਆਰੁ ॥

dhuhachaaranee kaheeaai nit hoi khuaar ||

is ill-mannered and vile, wasted away into ruin.

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ਮਨਮੁਖ ਕਾ ਇਹੁ ਬਾਦਿ ਆਚਾਰੁ ॥

manmukh kaa ih baadh aachaar ||

This is the useless way of life of the self-willed manmukh.

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ਬਹੁ ਕਰਮ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਵਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ॥੨॥

bahu karam dhiraRaaveh naam visaar ||2||

Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he performs all sorts of empty rituals. ||2||

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਾਮਣਿ ਬਣਿਆ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥

gurmukh kaaman baniaa seegaar ||

The bride who is Gurmukh is beautifully embellished.

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ਸਬਦੇ ਪਿਰੁ ਰਾਖਿਆ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਿ ॥

sabadhe pir raakhiaa ur dhaar ||

Through the Word of the Shabad, she enshrines her Husband Lord within her heart.

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ਏਕੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ॥

ek pachhaanai haumai maar ||

She realizes the One Lord, and subdues her ego.

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ਸੋਭਾਵੰਤੀ ਕਹੀਐ ਨਾਰਿ ॥੩॥

sobhaava(n)tee kaheeaai naar ||3||

That soul-bride is virtuous and noble. ||3||

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ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਦਾਤੇ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

bin gur dhaate kinai na paiaa ||

Without the Guru, the Giver, no one finds the Lord.

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ਮਨਮੁਖ ਲੋਭਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਲੋਭਾਇਆ ॥

manmukh lobh dhoojai lobhaiaa ||

The greedy self-willed manmukh is attracted and engrossed in duality.

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ਐਸੇ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਬੂਝਹੁ ਕੋਇ ॥

aaise giaanee boojhahu koi ||

Only a few spiritual teachers realize this,

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ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਭੇਟੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੪॥

bin gur bheTe mukat na hoi ||4||

that without meeting the Guru, liberation is not obtained. ||4||

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ਕਹਿ ਕਹਿ ਕਹਣੁ ਕਹੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥

keh keh kahan kahai sabh koi ||

Everyone tells the stories told by others.

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ਬਿਨੁ ਮਨ ਮੂਏ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥

bin man mooe bhagat na hoi ||

Without subduing the mind, devotional worship does not come.

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ਗਿਆਨ ਮਤੀ ਕਮਲ ਪਰਗਾਸੁ ॥

giaan matee kamal paragaas ||

When the intellect achieves spiritual wisdom, the heart-lotus blossoms forth.

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ਤਿਤੁ ਘਟਿ ਨਾਮੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੫॥

tit ghaT naamai naam nivaas ||5||

The Naam, the Name of the Lord, comes to abide in that heart. ||5||

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ਹਉਮੈ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥

haumai bhagat kare sabh koi ||

In egotism, everyone can pretend to worship God with devotion.

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ਨਾ ਮਨੁ ਭੀਜੈ ਨਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

naa man bheejai naa sukh hoi ||

But this does not soften the mind, and it does not bring peace.

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ਕਹਿ ਕਹਿ ਕਹਣੁ ਆਪੁ ਜਾਣਾਏ ॥

keh keh kahan aap jaanaae ||

By speaking and preaching, the mortal only shows off his self-conceit.

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ਬਿਰਥੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਸਭੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਏ ॥੬॥

birathee bhagat sabh janam gavaae ||6||

His devotional worship is useless, and his life is a total waste. ||6||

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ਸੇ ਭਗਤ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਏ ॥

se bhagat satigur man bhaae ||

They alone are devotees, who are pleasing to the Mind of the True Guru.

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ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਹੇ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਏ ॥

anadhin naam rahe liv laae ||

Night and day, they remain lovingly attuned to the Name.

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ਸਦ ਹੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਵੇਖਹਿ ਹਜੂਰਿ ॥

sadh hee naam vekheh hajoor ||

They behold the Naam, the Name of the Lord, ever-present, near at hand.

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Completed Ang 1277

Advancing to Ang 1278