ਗਉੜੀ

ਹਉਮੈ ਬੰਧਨ ਬੰਧਿ ਭਵਾਵੈ ॥

haumai ba(n)dhan ba(n)dh bhavaavai ||

Egotism binds people in bondage, and causes them to wander around lost.

ਨਾਨਕ ਰਾਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੮॥੧੩॥

naanak raam bhagat sukh paavai ||8||13||

O Nanak, peace is obtained through devotional worship of the Lord. ||8||13||

ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

gauRee mahalaa pehilaa ||

Gauree, First Mehla:

ਪ੍ਰਥਮੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਕਾਲੈ ਘਰਿ ਆਇਆ ॥

prathame brahamaa kaalai ghar aaiaa ||

First, Brahma entered the house of Death.

ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਕਮਲੁ ਪਇਆਲਿ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

braham kamal piaal na paiaa ||

Brahma entered the lotus, and searched the nether regions, but he did not find the end of it.

ਆਗਿਆ ਨਹੀ ਲੀਨੀ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ॥੧॥

aagiaa nahee leenee bharam bhulaiaa ||1||

He did not accept the Lord's Order - he was deluded by doubt. ||1||

ਜੋ ਉਪਜੈ ਸੋ ਕਾਲਿ ਸੰਘਾਰਿਆ ॥

jo upajai so kaal sa(n)ghaariaa ||

Whoever is created, shall be destroyed by Death.

ਹਮ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਖੇ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

ham har raakhe gur sabadh beechaariaa ||1|| rahaau ||

But I am protected by the Lord; I contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||Pause||

ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੇ ਦੇਵੀ ਸਭਿ ਦੇਵਾ ॥

maiaa mohe dhevee sabh dhevaa ||

All the gods and goddesses are enticed by Maya.

ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਛੋਡੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ॥

kaal na chhoddai bin gur kee sevaa ||

Death cannot be avoided, without serving the Guru.

ਓਹੁ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵਾ ॥੨॥

oh abinaasee alakh abhevaa ||2||

That Lord is Imperishable, Invisible and Inscrutable. ||2||

ਸੁਲਤਾਨ ਖਾਨ ਬਾਦਿਸਾਹ ਨਹੀ ਰਹਨਾ ॥

sulataan khaan baadhisaeh nahee rahanaa ||

The sultans, emperors and kings shall not remain.

ਨਾਮਹੁ ਭੂਲੈ ਜਮ ਕਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਸਹਨਾ ॥

naamahu bhoolai jam kaa dhukh sahanaa ||

Forgetting the Name, they shall endure the pain of death.

ਮੈ ਧਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਿਉ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਰਹਨਾ ॥੩॥

mai dhar naam jiau raakhahu rahanaa ||3||

My only Support is the Naam, the Name of the Lord; as He keeps me, I survive. ||3||

ਚਉਧਰੀ ਰਾਜੇ ਨਹੀ ਕਿਸੈ ਮੁਕਾਮੁ ॥

chaudharee raaje nahee kisai mukaam ||

The leaders and kings shall not remain.

ਸਾਹ ਮਰਹਿ ਸੰਚਹਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਦਾਮ ॥

saeh mareh sa(n)cheh maiaa dhaam ||

The bankers shall die, after accumulating their wealth and money.

ਮੈ ਧਨੁ ਦੀਜੈ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ॥੪॥

mai dhan dheejai har a(n)mirat naam ||4||

Grant me, O Lord, the wealth of Your Ambrosial Naam. ||4||

ਰਯਤਿ ਮਹਰ ਮੁਕਦਮ ਸਿਕਦਾਰੈ ॥

rayat mahar mukadham sikadhaarai ||

The people, rulers, leaders and chiefs

ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਦਿਸੈ ਸੰਸਾਰੈ ॥

nihachal koi na dhisai sa(n)saarai ||

none of them shall be able to remain in the world.

ਅਫਰਿਉ ਕਾਲੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਸਿਰਿ ਮਾਰੈ ॥੫॥

afariau kaal kooR sir maarai ||5||

Death is inevitable; it strikes the heads of the false. ||5||

ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਏਕੁ ਸਚਾ ਸਚੁ ਸੋਈ ॥

nihachal ek sachaa sach soiee ||

Only the One Lord, the Truest of the True, is permanent.

ਜਿਨਿ ਕਰਿ ਸਾਜੀ ਤਿਨਹਿ ਸਭ ਗੋਈ ॥

jin kar saajee tineh sabh goiee ||

He who created and fashioned everything, shall destroy it.

ਓਹੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਪੈ ਤਾਂ ਪਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥੬॥

oh gurmukh jaapai taa(n) pat hoiee ||6||

One who becomes Gurmukh and meditates on the Lord is honored. ||6||

ਕਾਜੀ ਸੇਖ ਭੇਖ ਫਕੀਰਾ ॥

kaajee sekh bhekh fakeeraa ||

The Qazis, Shaykhs and Fakeers in religious robes

ਵਡੇ ਕਹਾਵਹਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਤਨਿ ਪੀਰਾ ॥

vadde kahaaveh haumai tan peeraa ||

call themselves great; but through their egotism, their bodies are suffering in pain.

ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਛੋਡੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਧੀਰਾ ॥੭॥

kaal na chhoddai bin satigur kee dheeraa ||7||

Death does not spare them, without the Support of the True Guru. ||7||

ਕਾਲੁ ਜਾਲੁ ਜਿਹਵਾ ਅਰੁ ਨੈਣੀ ॥

kaal jaal jihavaa ar nainee ||

The trap of Death is hanging over their tongues and eyes.

ਕਾਨੀ ਕਾਲੁ ਸੁਣੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਬੈਣੀ ॥

kaanee kaal sunai bikh bainee ||

Death is over their ears, when they hear talk of evil.

ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਮੂਠੇ ਦਿਨੁ ਰੈਣੀ ॥੮॥

bin sabadhai mooThe dhin rainee ||8||

Without the Shabad, they are plundered, day and night. ||8||

ਹਿਰਦੈ ਸਾਚੁ ਵਸੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇ ॥ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਜੋਹਿ ਸਕੈ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ॥

hiradhai saach vasai har nai || kaal na joh sakai gun gai ||

Death cannot touch those whose hearts are filled with the True Name of the Lord, and who sing the Glories of God.

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੯॥੧੪॥

naanak gurmukh sabadh samai ||9||14||

O Nanak, the Gurmukh is absorbed in the Word of the Shabad. ||9||14||

ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

gauRee mahalaa pehilaa ||

Gauree, First Mehla:

ਬੋਲਹਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਮਿਥਿਆ ਨਹੀ ਰਾਈ ॥

boleh saach mithiaa nahee raiee ||

They speak the Truth - not an iota of falsehood.

ਚਾਲਹਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਰਜਾਈ ॥

chaaleh gurmukh hukam rajaiee ||

The Gurmukhs walk in the Way of the Lord's Command.

ਰਹਹਿ ਅਤੀਤ ਸਚੇ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥੧॥

raheh ateet sache saranaiee ||1||

They remain unattached, in the Sanctuary of the True Lord. ||1||

ਸਚ ਘਰਿ ਬੈਸੈ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਜੋਹੈ ॥

sach ghar baisai kaal na johai ||

They dwell in their true home, and Death does not touch them.

ਮਨਮੁਖ ਕਉ ਆਵਤ ਜਾਵਤ ਦੁਖੁ ਮੋਹੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

manmukh kau aavat jaavat dhukh mohai ||1|| rahaau ||

The self-willed manmukhs come and go, in the pain of emotional attachment. ||1||Pause||

ਅਪਿਉ ਪੀਅਉ ਅਕਥੁ ਕਥਿ ਰਹੀਐ ॥

apiau peeaau akath kath raheeaai ||

So, drink deeply of this Nectar, and speak the Unspoken Speech.

ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਬੈਸਿ ਸਹਜ ਘਰੁ ਲਹੀਐ ॥

nij ghar bais sahaj ghar laheeaai ||

Dwelling in the home of your own being within, you shall find the home of intuitive peace.

ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਮਾਤੇ ਇਹੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਕਹੀਐ ॥੨॥

har ras maate ih sukh kaheeaai ||2||

One who is imbued with the Lord's sublime essence, is said to experience this peace. ||2||

ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਚਾਲ ਨਿਹਚਲ ਨਹੀ ਡੋਲੈ ॥

gurmat chaal nihachal nahee ddolai ||

Following the Guru's Teachings, one becomes perfectly stable, and never wavers.

ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਹਰਿ ਬੋਲੈ ॥

gurmat saach sahaj har bolai ||

Following the Guru's Teachings, one intuitively chants the Name of the True Lord.

ਪੀਵੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਤਤੁ ਵਿਰੋਲੈ ॥੩॥

peevai a(n)mrit tat virolai ||3||

Drinking in this Ambrosial Nectar, and churning it, the essential reality is discerned. ||3||

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਦੀਖਿਆ ਲੀਨੀ ॥

satigur dhekhiaa dheekhiaa leenee ||

Beholding the True Guru, I have received His Teachings.

ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਅਰਪਿਓ ਅੰਤਰ ਗਤਿ ਕੀਨੀ ॥

man tan arapio a(n)tar gat keenee ||

I have offered my mind and body, after searching deep within my own being.

ਗਤਿ ਮਿਤਿ ਪਾਈ ਆਤਮੁ ਚੀਨੀ ॥੪॥

gat mit paiee aatam cheenee ||4||

I have come to realize the value of understanding my own soul. ||4||

ਭੋਜਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਸਾਰੁ ॥

bhojan naam nira(n)jan saar ||

The Naam, the Name of the Immaculate Lord, is the most excellent and sublime food.

ਪਰਮ ਹੰਸੁ ਸਚੁ ਜੋਤਿ ਅਪਾਰ ॥

param ha(n)s sach jot apaar ||

The pure swan-souls see the True Light of the Infinite Lord.

ਜਹ ਦੇਖਉ ਤਹ ਏਕੰਕਾਰੁ ॥੫॥

jeh dhekhau teh eka(n)kaar ||5||

Wherever I look, I see the One and Only Lord. ||5||

ਰਹੈ ਨਿਰਾਲਮੁ ਏਕਾ ਸਚੁ ਕਰਣੀ ॥

rahai niraalam ekaa sach karanee ||

One who remains pure and unblemished and practices only true deeds,

ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸੇਵਾ ਗੁਰ ਚਰਣੀ ॥

param padh paiaa sevaa gur charanee ||

obtains the supreme status, serving at the Guru's Feet.

ਮਨ ਤੇ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ਚੂਕੀ ਅਹੰ ਭ੍ਰਮਣੀ ॥੬॥

man te man maaniaa chookee aha(n) bhramanee ||6||

The mind is reconciliated with the mind, and the ego's wandering ways come to an end. ||6||

ਇਨ ਬਿਧਿ ਕਉਣੁ ਕਉਣੁ ਨਹੀ ਤਾਰਿਆ ॥

ein bidh kaun kaun nahee taariaa ||

In this way, who - who has not been saved?

ਹਰਿ ਜਸਿ ਸੰਤ ਭਗਤ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਿਆ ॥

har jas sa(n)t bhagat nisataariaa ||

The Lord's Praises have saved His Saints and devotees.