Ang/ 1430

Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਸੁਖਮਨੀ ਸਾਹਿਬ

Sukhmani Sahib·Bani / Ashtpadi

Guru Arjan Dev Ji

Ang 346 of 1430

ਹਉ ਬਨਜਾਰੋ ਰਾਮ ਕੋ ਸਹਜ ਕਰਉ ਬੵਾਪਾਰੁ ॥

hau banajaaro raam ko sahaj karau bayeaapaar ||

I am the merchant of the Lord; I deal in spiritual wisdom.

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 1

ਮੈ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਧਨੁ ਲਾਦਿਆ ਬਿਖੁ ਲਾਦੀ ਸੰਸਾਰਿ ॥੨॥

mai raam naam dhan laadhiaa bikh laadhee sa(n)saar ||2||

I have loaded the Wealth of the Lord's Name; the world has loaded poison. ||2||

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 2

ਉਰਵਾਰ ਪਾਰ ਕੇ ਦਾਨੀਆ ਲਿਖਿ ਲੇਹੁ ਆਲ ਪਤਾਲੁ ॥

auravaar paar ke dhaaneeaa likh leh aal pataal ||

O you who know this world and the world beyond: write whatever nonsense you please about me.

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 3

ਮੋਹਿ ਜਮ ਡੰਡੁ ਨ ਲਾਗਈ ਤਜੀਲੇ ਸਰਬ ਜੰਜਾਲ ॥੩॥

moh jam dda(n)dd na laagiee tajeele sarab ja(n)jaal ||3||

The club of the Messenger of Death shall not strike me, since I have cast off all entanglements. ||3||

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 4

ਜੈਸਾ ਰੰਗੁ ਕਸੁੰਭ ਕਾ ਤੈਸਾ ਇਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥

jaisaa ra(n)g kasu(n)bh kaa taisaa ih sa(n)saar ||

Love of this world is like the pale, temporary color of the safflower.

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 5

ਮੇਰੇ ਰਮਈਏ ਰੰਗੁ ਮਜੀਠ ਕਾ ਕਹੁ ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ਚਮਾਰ ॥੪॥੧॥

mere ramie'ee ra(n)g majeeTh kaa kahu ravidhaas chamaar ||4||1||

The color of my Lord's Love, however, is permanent, like the dye of the madder plant. So says Ravi Daas, the tanner. ||4||1||

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 6

ਗਉੜੀ ਪੂਰਬੀ ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ਜੀਉ

gauRee poorabee ravidhaas jeeau

Gauree Poorbee, Ravi Daas Jee:

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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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ਕੂਪੁ ਭਰਿਓ ਜੈਸੇ ਦਾਦਿਰਾ ਕਛੁ ਦੇਸੁ ਬਿਦੇਸੁ ਨ ਬੂਝ ॥

koop bhario jaise dhaadhiraa kachh dhes bidhes na boojh ||

The frog in the deep well knows nothing of its own country or other lands;

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 9

ਐਸੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਬਿਮੋਹਿਆ ਕਛੁ ਆਰਾ ਪਾਰੁ ਨ ਸੂਝ ॥੧॥

aaise meraa man bikhiaa bimohiaa kachh aaraa paar na soojh ||1||

just so, my mind, infatuated with corruption, understands nothing about this world or the next. ||1||

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 10

ਸਗਲ ਭਵਨ ਕੇ ਨਾਇਕਾ ਇਕੁ ਛਿਨੁ ਦਰਸੁ ਦਿਖਾਇ ਜੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

sagal bhavan ke naikaa ik chhin dharas dhikhai jee ||1|| rahaau ||

O Lord of all worlds: reveal to me, even for an instant, the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan. ||1||Pause||

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 11

ਮਲਿਨ ਭਈ ਮਤਿ ਮਾਧਵਾ ਤੇਰੀ ਗਤਿ ਲਖੀ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

malin bhiee mat maadhavaa teree gat lakhee na jai ||

My intellect is polluted; I cannot understand Your state, O Lord.

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 12

ਕਰਹੁ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਚੂਕਈ ਮੈ ਸੁਮਤਿ ਦੇਹੁ ਸਮਝਾਇ ॥੨॥

karahu kirapaa bhram chookiee mai sumat dheh samajhai ||2||

Take pity on me, dispel my doubts, and teach me true wisdom. ||2||

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ਜੋਗੀਸਰ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਨਹੀ ਤੁਅ ਗੁਣ ਕਥਨੁ ਅਪਾਰ ॥

jogeesar paaveh nahee tua gun kathan apaar ||

Even the great Yogis cannot describe Your Glorious Virtues; they are beyond words.

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 14

ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਕੈ ਕਾਰਣੈ ਕਹੁ ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ਚਮਾਰ ॥੩॥੧॥

prem bhagat kai kaaranai kahu ravidhaas chamaar ||3||1||

I am dedicated to Your loving devotional worship, says Ravi Daas the tanner. ||3||1||

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 15

ਗਉੜੀ ਬੈਰਾਗਣਿ

gauRee bairaagan

Gauree Bairaagan:

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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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ਸਤਜੁਗਿ ਸਤੁ ਤੇਤਾ ਜਗੀ ਦੁਆਪਰਿ ਪੂਜਾਚਾਰ ॥

satajug sat tetaa jagee dhuaapar poojaachaar ||

In the Golden Age of Sat Yuga, was Truth; in the Silver Age of Trayta Yuga, charitable feasts; in the Brass Age of Dwaapar Yuga, there was worship.

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 18

ਤੀਨੌ ਜੁਗ ਤੀਨੌ ਦਿੜੇ ਕਲਿ ਕੇਵਲ ਨਾਮ ਅਧਾਰ ॥੧॥

teenau jug teenau dhiRe kal keval naam adhaar ||1||

In those three ages, people held to these three ways. But in the Iron Age of Kali Yuga, the Name of the Lord is your only Support. ||1||

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ਪਾਰੁ ਕੈਸੇ ਪਾਇਬੋ ਰੇ ॥

paar kaise paibo re ||

How can I swim across?

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 20

ਮੋ ਸਉ ਕੋਊ ਨ ਕਹੈ ਸਮਝਾਇ ॥

mo sau kouoo na kahai samajhai ||

No one has explained to me,

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 21

ਜਾ ਤੇ ਆਵਾ ਗਵਨੁ ਬਿਲਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jaa te aavaa gavan bilai ||1|| rahaau ||

so that I might understand how I can escape reincarnation. ||1||Pause||

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 22

ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਧਰਮ ਨਿਰੂਪੀਐ ਕਰਤਾ ਦੀਸੈ ਸਭ ਲੋਇ ॥

bahu bidh dharam niroopeeaai karataa dheesai sabh loi ||

So many forms of religion have been described; the whole world is practicing them.

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 23

ਕਵਨ ਕਰਮ ਤੇ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਜਿਹ ਸਾਧੇ ਸਭ ਸਿਧਿ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥

kavan karam te chhooTeeaai jeh saadhe sabh sidh hoi ||2||

What actions will bring emancipation, and total perfection? ||2||

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 24

ਕਰਮ ਅਕਰਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੀਐ ਸੰਕਾ ਸੁਨਿ ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ॥

karam akaram beechaareeaai sa(n)kaa sun bedh puraan ||

One may distinguish between good and evil actions, and listen to the Vedas and the Puraanas,

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 25

ਸੰਸਾ ਸਦ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਬਸੈ ਕਉਨੁ ਹਿਰੈ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ॥੩॥

sa(n)saa sadh hiradhai basai kaun hirai abhimaan ||3||

but doubt still persists. Skepticism continually dwells in the heart, so who can eradicate egotistical pride? ||3||

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ਬਾਹਰੁ ਉਦਕਿ ਪਖਾਰੀਐ ਘਟ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਬਿਬਿਧਿ ਬਿਕਾਰ ॥

baahar udhak pakhaareeaai ghaT bheetar bibidh bikaar ||

Outwardly, he washes with water, but deep within, his heart is tarnished by all sorts of vices.

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 27

ਸੁਧ ਕਵਨ ਪਰ ਹੋਇਬੋ ਸੁਚ ਕੁੰਚਰ ਬਿਧਿ ਬਿਉਹਾਰ ॥੪॥

sudh kavan par hoibo such ku(n)char bidh biauhaar ||4||

So how can he become pure? His method of purification is like that of an elephant, covering himself with dust right after his bath! ||4||

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 28

ਰਵਿ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸ ਰਜਨੀ ਜਥਾ ਗਤਿ ਜਾਨਤ ਸਭ ਸੰਸਾਰ ॥

rav pragaas rajanee jathaa gat jaanat sabh sa(n)saar ||

With the rising of the sun, the night is brought to its end; the whole world knows this.

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 29

ਪਾਰਸ ਮਾਨੋ ਤਾਬੋ ਛੁਏ ਕਨਕ ਹੋਤ ਨਹੀ ਬਾਰ ॥੫॥

paaras maano taabo chhue kanak hot nahee baar ||5||

It is believed that with the touch of the Philosopher's Stone, copper is immediately transformed into gold. ||5||

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 30

ਪਰਮ ਪਰਸ ਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟੀਐ ਪੂਰਬ ਲਿਖਤ ਲਿਲਾਟ ॥

param paras gur bheTeeaai poorab likhat lilaaT ||

When one meets the Supreme Philosopher's Stone, the Guru, if such pre-ordained destiny is written on one's forehead,

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 31

ਉਨਮਨ ਮਨ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮਿਲੇ ਛੁਟਕਤ ਬਜਰ ਕਪਾਟ ॥੬॥

aunaman man man hee mile chhuTakat bajar kapaaT ||6||

then the soul blends with the Supreme Soul, and the stubborn doors are opened wide. ||6||

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 32

ਭਗਤਿ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਮਤਿ ਸਤਿ ਕਰੀ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਬੰਧਨ ਕਾਟਿ ਬਿਕਾਰ ॥

bhagat jugat mat sat karee bhram ba(n)dhan kaaT bikaar ||

Through the way of devotion, the intellect is imbued with Truth; doubts, entanglements and vices are cut away.

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 33

ਸੋਈ ਬਸਿ ਰਸਿ ਮਨ ਮਿਲੇ ਗੁਨ ਨਿਰਗੁਨ ਏਕ ਬਿਚਾਰ ॥੭॥

soiee bas ras man mile gun niragun ek bichaar ||7||

The mind is restrained, and one attains joy, contemplating the One Lord, who is both with and without qualities. ||7||

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 34

ਅਨਿਕ ਜਤਨ ਨਿਗ੍ਰਹ ਕੀਏ ਟਾਰੀ ਨ ਟਰੈ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਫਾਸ ॥

anik jatan nigreh ke'ee Taaree na Tarai bhram faas ||

I have tried many methods, but by turning it away, the noose of doubt is not turned away.

Bhagat Ravi Daas Ji·Line 35

ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਊਪਜੈ ਤਾ ਤੇ ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ਉਦਾਸ ॥੮॥੧॥

prem bhagat nahee uoopajai taa te ravidhaas udhaas ||8||1||

Love and devotion have not welled up within me, and so Ravi Daas is sad and depressed. ||8||1||

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Completed Ang 346

Advancing to Ang 347