ਗਉੜੀ

ਨਰ ਨਿਹਕੇਵਲ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਾਉ ॥

nar nihakeval nirabhau naau ||

The Name makes a man pure and fearless.

ਅਨਾਥਹ ਨਾਥ ਕਰੇ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਉ ॥

anaatheh naath kare bal jaau ||

It makes the masterless become the master of all. I am a sacrifice to him.

ਪੁਨਰਪਿ ਜਨਮੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਉ ॥੫॥

punarap janam naahee gun gaau ||5||

Such a person is not reincarnated again; he sings the Glories of God. ||5||

ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਏਕੋ ਜਾਣੈ ॥

a(n)tar baahar eko jaanai ||

Inwardly and outwardly, he knows the One Lord;

ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦੇ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ॥

gur kai sabadhe aap pachhaanai ||

through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he realizes himself.

ਸਾਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਦਰਿ ਨੀਸਾਣੈ ॥੬॥

saachai sabadh dhar neesaanai ||6||

He bears the Banner and Insignia of the True Shabad in the Lord's Court. ||6||

ਸਬਦਿ ਮਰੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ॥

sabadh marai tis nij ghar vaasaa ||

One who dies in the Shabad abides in his own home within.

ਆਵੈ ਨ ਜਾਵੈ ਚੂਕੈ ਆਸਾ ॥

aavai na jaavai chookai aasaa ||

He does not come or go in reincarnation, and his hopes are subdued.

ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਕਮਲੁ ਪਰਗਾਸਾ ॥੭॥

gur kai sabadh kamal paragaasaa ||7||

Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, his heart-lotus blossoms forth. ||7||

ਜੋ ਦੀਸੈ ਸੋ ਆਸ ਨਿਰਾਸਾ ॥

jo dheesai so aas niraasaa ||

Whoever is seen, is driven by hope and despair,

ਕਾਮ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਬਿਖੁ ਭੂਖ ਪਿਆਸਾ ॥

kaam karodh bikh bhookh piaasaa ||

by sexual desire, anger, corruption, hunger and thirst.

ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਰਲੇ ਮਿਲਹਿ ਉਦਾਸਾ ॥੮॥੭॥

naanak birale mileh udhaasaa ||8||7||

O Nanak, those detached recluses who meet the Lord are so very rare. ||8||7||

ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

gauRee mahalaa pehilaa ||

Gauree, First Mehla:

ਐਸੋ ਦਾਸੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਈ ॥

aaiso dhaas milai sukh hoiee ||

Meeting such a slave, peace is obtained.

ਦੁਖੁ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਪਾਵੈ ਸਚੁ ਸੋਈ ॥੧॥

dhukh visarai paavai sach soiee ||1||

Pain is forgotten, when the True Lord is found. ||1||

ਦਰਸਨੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਭਈ ਮਤਿ ਪੂਰੀ ॥

dharasan dhekh bhiee mat pooree ||

Beholding the blessed vision of his darshan, my understanding has become perfect.

ਅਠਸਠਿ ਮਜਨੁ ਚਰਨਹ ਧੂਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

aThasaTh majan charaneh dhooree ||1|| rahaau ||

The cleansing baths at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage are in the dust of his feet. ||1||Pause||

ਨੇਤ੍ਰ ਸੰਤੋਖੇ ਏਕ ਲਿਵ ਤਾਰਾ ॥

netr sa(n)tokhe ek liv taaraa ||

My eyes are contented with the constant love of the One Lord.

ਜਿਹਵਾ ਸੂਚੀ ਹਰਿ ਰਸ ਸਾਰਾ ॥੨॥

jihavaa soochee har ras saaraa ||2||

My tongue is purified by the most sublime essence of the Lord. ||2||

ਸਚੁ ਕਰਣੀ ਅਭ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸੇਵਾ ॥

sach karanee abh a(n)tar sevaa ||

True are my actions, and deep within my being, I serve Him.

ਮਨੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਾਸਿਆ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵਾ ॥੩॥

man tirapataasiaa alakh abhevaa ||3||

My mind is satisfied by the Inscrutable, Mysterious Lord. ||3||

ਜਹ ਜਹ ਦੇਖਉ ਤਹ ਤਹ ਸਾਚਾ ॥

jeh jeh dhekhau teh teh saachaa ||

Wherever I look, there I find the True Lord.

ਬਿਨੁ ਬੂਝੇ ਝਗਰਤ ਜਗੁ ਕਾਚਾ ॥੪॥

bin boojhe jhagarat jag kaachaa ||4||

Without understanding, the world argues in falsehood. ||4||

ਗੁਰੁ ਸਮਝਾਵੈ ਸੋਝੀ ਹੋਈ ॥

gur samajhaavai sojhee hoiee ||

When the Guru instructs, understanding is obtained.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਬੂਝੈ ਕੋਈ ॥੫॥

gurmukh viralaa boojhai koiee ||5||

How rare is that Gurmukh who understands. ||5||

ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਰਖਵਾਲੇ ॥

kar kirapaa raakhahu rakhavaale ||

Show Your Mercy, and save me, O Savior Lord!

ਬਿਨੁ ਬੂਝੇ ਪਸੂ ਭਏ ਬੇਤਾਲੇ ॥੬॥

bin boojhe pasoo bhe betaale ||6||

Without understanding, people become beasts and demons. ||6||

ਗੁਰਿ ਕਹਿਆ ਅਵਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਦੂਜਾ ॥

gur kahiaa avar nahee dhoojaa ||

The Guru has said that there is no other at all.

ਕਿਸੁ ਕਹੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਕਰਉ ਅਨ ਪੂਜਾ ॥੭॥

kis kahu dhekh karau an poojaa ||7||

So tell me, who should I see, and who should I worship? ||7||

ਸੰਤ ਹੇਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਧਾਰੇ ॥

sa(n)t het prabh tirabhavan dhaare ||

For the sake of the Saints, God has established the three worlds.

ਆਤਮੁ ਚੀਨੈ ਸੁ ਤਤੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ॥੮॥

aatam cheenai su tat beechaare ||8||

One who understands his own soul, contemplates the essence of reality. ||8||

ਸਾਚੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਸਚੁ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਨਿਵਾਸ ॥

saach ridhai sach prem nivaas ||

One whose heart is filled with Truth and true love

ਪ੍ਰਣਵਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਮ ਤਾ ਕੇ ਦਾਸ ॥੯॥੮॥

pranavat naanak ham taa ke dhaas ||9||8||

- prays Nanak, I am his servant. ||9||8||

ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

gauRee mahalaa pehilaa ||

Gauree, First Mehla:

ਬ੍ਰਹਮੈ ਗਰਬੁ ਕੀਆ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥

brahamai garab keeaa nahee jaaniaa ||

Brahma acted in pride, and did not understand.

ਬੇਦ ਕੀ ਬਿਪਤਿ ਪੜੀ ਪਛੁਤਾਨਿਆ ॥

bedh kee bipat paRee pachhutaaniaa ||

Only when he was faced with the downfall of the Vedas did he repent.

ਜਹ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਿਮਰੇ ਤਹੀ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥੧॥

jeh prabh simare tahee man maaniaa ||1||

Remembering God in meditation, the mind is conciliated. ||1||

ਐਸਾ ਗਰਬੁ ਬੁਰਾ ਸੰਸਾਰੈ ॥

aaisaa garab buraa sa(n)saarai ||

Such is the horrible pride of the world.

ਜਿਸੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਗਰਬੁ ਨਿਵਾਰੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jis gur milai tis garab nivaarai ||1|| rahaau ||

The Guru eliminates the pride of those who meet Him. ||1||Pause||

ਬਲਿ ਰਾਜਾ ਮਾਇਆ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੀ ॥

bal raajaa maiaa aha(n)kaaree ||

Bal the King, in Maya and egotism,

ਜਗਨ ਕਰੈ ਬਹੁ ਭਾਰ ਅਫਾਰੀ ॥

jagan karai bahu bhaar afaaree ||

held his ceremonial feasts, but he was puffed up with pride.

ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਪੂਛੇ ਜਾਇ ਪਇਆਰੀ ॥੨॥

bin gur poochhe jai piaaree ||2||

Without the Guru's advice, he had to go to the underworld. ||2||

ਹਰੀਚੰਦੁ ਦਾਨੁ ਕਰੈ ਜਸੁ ਲੇਵੈ ॥

hareecha(n)dh dhaan karai jas levai ||

Hari Chand gave in charity, and earned public praise.

ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇ ਅਭੇਵੈ ॥

bin gur a(n)t na pai abhevai ||

But without the Guru, he did not find the limits of the Mysterious Lord.

ਆਪਿ ਭੁਲਾਇ ਆਪੇ ਮਤਿ ਦੇਵੈ ॥੩॥

aap bhulai aape mat dhevai ||3||

The Lord Himself misleads people, and He Himself imparts understanding. ||3||

ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਹਰਣਾਖਸੁ ਦੁਰਾਚਾਰੀ ॥

dhuramat haranaakhas dhuraachaaree ||

The evil-minded Harnaakhash committed evil deeds.

ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਨਾਰਾਇਣੁ ਗਰਬ ਪ੍ਰਹਾਰੀ ॥

prabh naarain garab prahaaree ||

God, the Lord of all, is the Destroyer of pride.

ਪ੍ਰਹਲਾਦ ਉਧਾਰੇ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਧਾਰੀ ॥੪॥

prahalaadh udhaare kirapaa dhaaree ||4||

He bestowed His Mercy, and saved Prahlaad. ||4||

ਭੂਲੋ ਰਾਵਣੁ ਮੁਗਧੁ ਅਚੇਤਿ ॥

bhoolo raavan mugadh achet ||

Raawan was deluded, foolish and unwise.

ਲੂਟੀ ਲੰਕਾ ਸੀਸ ਸਮੇਤਿ ॥

looTee la(n)kaa sees samet ||

Sri Lanka was plundered, and he lost his head.

ਗਰਬਿ ਗਇਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਹੇਤਿ ॥੫॥

garab giaa bin satigur het ||5||

He indulged in ego, and lacked the love of the True Guru. ||5||

ਸਹਸਬਾਹੁ ਮਧੁ ਕੀਟ ਮਹਿਖਾਸਾ ॥

sahasabaahu madh keeT mahikhaasaa ||

The Lord killed the thousand-armed Arjun, and the demons Madhu-keetab and Meh-khaasaa.

ਹਰਣਾਖਸੁ ਲੇ ਨਖਹੁ ਬਿਧਾਸਾ ॥

haranaakhas le nakhahu bidhaasaa ||

He seized Harnaakhash and tore him apart with his nails.

ਦੈਤ ਸੰਘਾਰੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਅਭਿਆਸਾ ॥੬॥

dhait sa(n)ghaare bin bhagat abhiaasaa ||6||

The demons were slain; they did not practice devotional worship. ||6||

ਜਰਾਸੰਧਿ ਕਾਲਜਮੁਨ ਸੰਘਾਰੇ ॥

jaraasa(n)dh kaalajamun sa(n)ghaare ||

The demons Jaraa-sandh and Kaal-jamun were destroyed.

ਰਕਤਬੀਜੁ ਕਾਲੁਨੇਮੁ ਬਿਦਾਰੇ ॥

rakatabeej kaalunem bidhaare ||

Rakat-beej and Kaal-naym were annihilated.

ਦੈਤ ਸੰਘਾਰਿ ਸੰਤ ਨਿਸਤਾਰੇ ॥੭॥

dhait sa(n)ghaar sa(n)t nisataare ||7||

Slaying the demons, the Lord saved His Saints. ||7||

ਆਪੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ॥

aape satigur sabadh beechaare ||

He Himself, as the True Guru, contemplates the Shabad.