ਆਸਾ ਦੀ ਵਾਰ

ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥

mahalaa doojaa ||

Second Mehla:

ਜੇ ਸਉ ਚੰਦਾ ਉਗਵਹਿ ਸੂਰਜ ਚੜਹਿ ਹਜਾਰ ॥

je sau cha(n)dhaa ugaveh sooraj chaReh hajaar ||

If a hundred moons were to rise, and a thousand suns appeared,

ਏਤੇ ਚਾਨਣ ਹੋਦਿਆਂ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਘੋਰ ਅੰਧਾਰ ॥੨॥

ete chaanan hodhiaa(n) gur bin ghor a(n)dhaar ||2||

even with such light, there would still be pitch darkness without the Guru. ||2||

ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa pehilaa ||

First Mehla:

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰੂ ਨ ਚੇਤਨੀ ਮਨਿ ਆਪਣੈ ਸੁਚੇਤ ॥

naanak guroo na chetanee man aapanai suchet ||

O Nanak, those who do not think of the Guru, and who think of themselves as clever,

ਛੁਟੇ ਤਿਲ ਬੂਆੜ ਜਿਉ ਸੁੰਞੇ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਖੇਤ ॥

chhuTe til booaaR jiau su(n)n(j)e a(n)dhar khet ||

shall be left abandoned in the field, like the scattered sesame.

ਖੇਤੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਛੁਟਿਆ ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਉ ਨਾਹ ॥

khetai a(n)dhar chhuTiaa kahu naanak sau naeh ||

They are abandoned in the field, says Nanak, and they have a hundred masters to please.

ਫਲੀਅਹਿ ਫੁਲੀਅਹਿ ਬਪੁੜੇ ਭੀ ਤਨ ਵਿਚਿ ਸੁਆਹ ॥੩॥

fale'eeh fule'eeh bapuRe bhee tan vich suaaeh ||3||

The wretches bear fruit and flower, but within their bodies, they are filled with ashes. ||3||

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

pauRee ||

Pauree:

ਆਪੀਨੑੈ ਆਪੁ ਸਾਜਿਓ ਆਪੀਨੑੈ ਰਚਿਓ ਨਾਉ ॥

aapeen(h)ai aap saajio aapeen(h)ai rachio naau ||

He Himself created Himself; He Himself assumed His Name.

ਦੁਯੀ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਸਾਜੀਐ ਕਰਿ ਆਸਣੁ ਡਿਠੋ ਚਾਉ ॥

dhuyee kudharat saajeeaai kar aasan ddiTho chaau ||

Secondly, He fashioned the creation; seated within the creation, He beholds it with delight.

ਦਾਤਾ ਕਰਤਾ ਆਪਿ ਤੂੰ ਤੁਸਿ ਦੇਵਹਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਪਸਾਉ ॥

dhaataa karataa aap too(n) tus dheveh kareh pasaau ||

You Yourself are the Giver and the Creator; by Your Pleasure, You bestow Your Mercy.

ਤੂੰ ਜਾਣੋਈ ਸਭਸੈ ਦੇ ਲੈਸਹਿ ਜਿੰਦੁ ਕਵਾਉ ॥

too(n) jaanoiee sabhasai dhe laiseh ji(n)dh kavaau ||

You are the Knower of all; You give life, and take it away again with a word.

ਕਰਿ ਆਸਣੁ ਡਿਠੋ ਚਾਉ ॥੧॥

kar aasan ddiTho chaau ||1||

Seated within the creation, You behold it with delight. ||1||

ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥

salok mahalaa pehilaa ||

Shalok, First Mehla:

ਸਚੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਖੰਡ ਸਚੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੰਡ ॥

sache tere kha(n)dd sache brahama(n)dd ||

True are Your worlds, True are Your solar Systems.

ਸਚੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਲੋਅ ਸਚੇ ਆਕਾਰ ॥

sache tere loa sache aakaar ||

True are Your realms, True is Your creation.

ਸਚੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਕਰਣੇ ਸਰਬ ਬੀਚਾਰ ॥

sache tere karane sarab beechaar ||

True are Your actions, and all Your deliberations.

ਸਚਾ ਤੇਰਾ ਅਮਰੁ ਸਚਾ ਦੀਬਾਣੁ ॥

sachaa teraa amar sachaa dheebaan ||

True is Your Command, and True is Your Court.

ਸਚਾ ਤੇਰਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਸਚਾ ਫੁਰਮਾਣੁ ॥

sachaa teraa hukam sachaa furamaan ||

True is the Command of Your Will, True is Your Order.

ਸਚਾ ਤੇਰਾ ਕਰਮੁ ਸਚਾ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥

sachaa teraa karam sachaa neesaan ||

True is Your Mercy, True is Your Insignia.

ਸਚੇ ਤੁਧੁ ਆਖਹਿ ਲਖ ਕਰੋੜਿ ॥

sache tudh aakheh lakh karoR ||

Hundreds of thousands and millions call You True.

ਸਚੈ ਸਭਿ ਤਾਣਿ ਸਚੈ ਸਭਿ ਜੋਰਿ ॥

sachai sabh taan sachai sabh jor ||

In the True Lord is all power, in the True Lord is all might.

ਸਚੀ ਤੇਰੀ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਸਚੀ ਸਾਲਾਹ ॥

sachee teree sifat sachee saalaeh ||

True is Your Praise, True is Your Adoration.

ਸਚੀ ਤੇਰੀ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਸਚੇ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹ ॥

sachee teree kudharat sache paatisaeh ||

True is Your almighty creative power, True King.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਧਿਆਇਨਿ ਸਚੁ ॥

naanak sach dhiaain sach ||

O Nanak, true are those who meditate on the True One.

ਜੋ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮੇ ਸੁ ਕਚੁ ਨਿਕਚੁ ॥੧॥

jo mar ja(n)me su kach nikach ||1||

Those who are subject to birth and death are totally false. ||1||

ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa pehilaa ||

First Mehla:

ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਜਾ ਵਡਾ ਨਾਉ ॥

vaddee vaddiaaiee jaa vaddaa naau ||

Great is His greatness, as great as His Name.

ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਜਾ ਸਚੁ ਨਿਆਉ ॥

vaddee vaddiaaiee jaa sach niaau ||

Great is His greatness, as True is His justice.

ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਜਾ ਨਿਹਚਲ ਥਾਉ ॥

vaddee vaddiaaiee jaa nihachal thaau ||

Great is His greatness, as permanent as His Throne.

ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਲਾਉ ॥

vaddee vaddiaaiee jaanai aalaau ||

Great is His greatness, as He knows our utterances.

ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਬੁਝੈ ਸਭਿ ਭਾਉ ॥

vaddee vaddiaaiee bujhai sabh bhaau ||

Great is His greatness, as He understands all our affections.

ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਜਾ ਪੁਛਿ ਨ ਦਾਤਿ ॥

vaddee vaddiaaiee jaa puchh na dhaat ||

Great is His greatness, as He gives without being asked.

ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਜਾ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ॥

vaddee vaddiaaiee jaa aape aap ||

Great is His greatness, as He Himself is all-in-all.

ਨਾਨਕ ਕਾਰ ਨ ਕਥਨੀ ਜਾਇ ॥

naanak kaar na kathanee jai ||

O Nanak, His actions cannot be described.

ਕੀਤਾ ਕਰਣਾ ਸਰਬ ਰਜਾਇ ॥੨॥

keetaa karanaa sarab rajai ||2||

Whatever He has done, or will do, is all by His Own Will. ||2||

ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥

mahalaa doojaa ||

Second Mehla:

ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਸਚੈ ਕੀ ਹੈ ਕੋਠੜੀ ਸਚੇ ਕਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਵਾਸੁ ॥

eih jag sachai kee hai koThaRee sache kaa vich vaas ||

This world is the room of the True Lord; within it is the dwelling of the True Lord.

ਇਕਨੑਾ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸਮਾਇ ਲਏ ਇਕਨੑਾ ਹੁਕਮੇ ਕਰੇ ਵਿਣਾਸੁ ॥

eikan(h)aa hukam samai le ikan(h)aa hukame kare vinaas ||

By His Command, some are merged into Him, and some, by His Command, are destroyed.

ਇਕਨੑਾ ਭਾਣੈ ਕਢਿ ਲਏ ਇਕਨੑਾ ਮਾਇਆ ਵਿਚਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥

eikan(h)aa bhaanai kadd le ikan(h)aa maiaa vich nivaas ||

Some, by the Pleasure of His Will, are lifted up out of Maya, while others are made to dwell within it.

ਏਵ ਭਿ ਆਖਿ ਨ ਜਾਪਈ ਜਿ ਕਿਸੈ ਆਣੇ ਰਾਸਿ ॥

ev bh aakh na jaapiee j kisai aane raas ||

No one can say who will be rescued.

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇ ਪਰਗਾਸੁ ॥੩॥

naanak gurmukh jaaneeaai jaa kau aap kare paragaas ||3||

O Nanak, he alone is known as Gurmukh, unto whom the Lord reveals Himself. ||3||

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

pauRee ||

Pauree:

ਨਾਨਕ ਜੀਅ ਉਪਾਇ ਕੈ ਲਿਖਿ ਨਾਵੈ ਧਰਮੁ ਬਹਾਲਿਆ ॥

naanak jeea upai kai likh naavai dharam bahaaliaa ||

O Nanak, having created the souls, the Lord installed the Righteous Judge of Dharma to read and record their accounts.

ਓਥੈ ਸਚੇ ਹੀ ਸਚਿ ਨਿਬੜੈ ਚੁਣਿ ਵਖਿ ਕਢੇ ਜਜਮਾਲਿਆ ॥

othai sache hee sach nibaRai chun vakh kadde jajamaaliaa ||

There, only the Truth is judged true; the sinners are picked out and separated.

ਥਾਉ ਨ ਪਾਇਨਿ ਕੂੜਿਆਰ ਮੁਹ ਕਾਲੑੈ ਦੋਜਕਿ ਚਾਲਿਆ ॥

thaau na pain kooRiaar muh kaal(h)ai dhojak chaaliaa ||

The false find no place there, and they go to hell with their faces blackened.

ਤੇਰੈ ਨਾਇ ਰਤੇ ਸੇ ਜਿਣਿ ਗਏ ਹਾਰਿ ਗਏ ਸਿ ਠਗਣ ਵਾਲਿਆ ॥

terai nai rate se jin ge haar ge s Thagan vaaliaa ||

Those who are imbued with Your Name win, while the cheaters lose.

ਲਿਖਿ ਨਾਵੈ ਧਰਮੁ ਬਹਾਲਿਆ ॥੨॥

likh naavai dharam bahaaliaa ||2||

The Lord installed the Righteous Judge of Dharma to read and record the accounts. ||2||

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੧ ॥

salok mahalaa pehilaa ||

Shalok, First Mehla:

ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਨਾਦ ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਵੇਦ ॥

visamaadh naadh visamaadh vedh ||

Wonderful is the sound current of the Naad, wonderful is the knowledge of the Vedas.

ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਜੀਅ ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਭੇਦ ॥

visamaadh jeea visamaadh bhedh ||

Wonderful are the beings, wonderful are the species.

ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਰੂਪ ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਰੰਗ ॥

visamaadh roop visamaadh ra(n)g ||

Wonderful are the forms, wonderful are the colors.

ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਨਾਗੇ ਫਿਰਹਿ ਜੰਤ ॥

visamaadh naage fireh ja(n)t ||

Wonderful are the beings who wander around naked.