Ang/ 1430

Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਸੂਹੀ

Raag Suhi·Shabad

Guru Nanak Dev Ji / Guru Arjan Dev Ji

Ang 733 of 1430

ਜੇ ਸਉ ਲੋਚੈ ਰੰਗੁ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ਕੋਇ ॥੩॥

je sau lochai ra(n)g na hovai koi ||3||

Even if he wishes it a hundred times, he does not obtain the Lord's Love. ||3||

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ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥

nadhar kare taa satigur paavai ||

But if the Lord blesses him with His Glance of Grace, then he meets the True Guru.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੪॥੨॥੬॥

naanak har ras har ra(n)g samaavai ||4||2||6||

Nanak is absorbed into the subtle essence of the Lord's Love. ||4||2||6||

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ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥

soohee mahalaa chauthhaa ||

Soohee, Fourth Mehla:

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ਜਿਹਵਾ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਰਹੀ ਅਘਾਇ ॥

jihavaa har ras rahee aghai ||

My tongue remains satisfied with the subtle essence of the Lord.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪੀਵੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥

gurmukh peevai sahaj samai ||1||

The Gurmukh drinks it in, and merges in celestial peace. ||1||

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ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਜਨ ਚਾਖਹੁ ਜੇ ਭਾਈ ॥

har ras jan chaakhahu je bhaiee ||

If you taste the subtle essence of the Lord, O humble Siblings of Destiny,

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ਤਉ ਕਤ ਅਨਤ ਸਾਦਿ ਲੋਭਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

tau kat anat saadh lobhaiee ||1|| rahaau ||

then how can you be enticed by other flavors? ||1||Pause||

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ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਰਸੁ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਿ ॥

gurmat ras raakhahu ur dhaar ||

Under Guru's Instructions, keep this subtle essence enshrined in your heart.

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ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਰੰਗਿ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥੨॥

har ras raate ra(n)g muraar ||2||

Those who are imbued with the subtle essence of the Lord, are immersed in celestial bliss. ||2||

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ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਚਾਖਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

manmukh har ras chaakhiaa na jai ||

The self-willed manmukh cannot even taste the subtle essence of the Lord.

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ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰੈ ਬਹੁਤੀ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਜਾਇ ॥੩॥

haumai karai bahutee milai sajai ||3||

He acts out in ego, and suffers terrible punishment. ||3||

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ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥

nadhar kare taa har ras paavai ||

But if he is blessed with the Lord's Kind Mercy, then he obtains the subtle essence of the Lord.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ॥੪॥੩॥੭॥

naanak har ras har gun gaavai ||4||3||7||

O Nanak, absorbed in this subtle essence of the Lord, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||4||3||7||

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ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ਘਰੁ ੬

soohee mahalaa chauthhaa ghar chhayvaa

Soohee, Fourth Mehla, Sixth 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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ਨੀਚ ਜਾਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਪਤਿਆ ਉਤਮ ਪਦਵੀ ਪਾਇ ॥

neech jaat har japatiaa utam padhavee pai ||

When someone of low social class chants the Lord's Name, he obtains the state of highest dignity.

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ਪੂਛਹੁ ਬਿਦਰ ਦਾਸੀ ਸੁਤੈ ਕਿਸਨੁ ਉਤਰਿਆ ਘਰਿ ਜਿਸੁ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥

poochhahu bidhar dhaasee sutai kisan utariaa ghar jis jai ||1||

Go and ask Bidar, the son of a maid; Krishna himself stayed in his house. ||1||

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ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਜਨ ਭਾਈ ਜਿਤੁ ਸਹਸਾ ਦੂਖ ਭੂਖ ਸਭ ਲਹਿ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

har kee akath kathaa sunahu jan bhaiee jit sahasaa dhookh bhookh sabh leh jai ||1|| rahaau ||

Listen, O humble Siblings of Destiny, to the Unspoken Speech of the Lord; it removes all anxiety, pain and hunger. ||1||Pause||

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ਰਵਿਦਾਸੁ ਚਮਾਰੁ ਉਸਤਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਨਿਮਖ ਇਕ ਗਾਇ ॥

ravidhaas chamaar usatat kare har keerat nimakh ik gai ||

Ravi Daas, the leather-worker, praised the Lord, and sang the Kirtan of His Praises each and every instant.

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ਪਤਿਤ ਜਾਤਿ ਉਤਮੁ ਭਇਆ ਚਾਰਿ ਵਰਨ ਪਏ ਪਗਿ ਆਇ ॥੨॥

patit jaat utam bhiaa chaar varan pe pag aai ||2||

Although he was of low social status, he was exalted and elevated, and people of all four castes came and bowed at his feet. ||2||

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ਨਾਮਦੇਅ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਲਗੀ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਲੋਕੁ ਛੀਪਾ ਕਹੈ ਬੁਲਾਇ ॥

naamadhea preet lagee har setee lok chheepaa kahai bulai ||

Naam Dayv loved the Lord; the people called him a fabric dyer.

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ਖਤ੍ਰੀ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ ਪਿਠਿ ਦੇ ਛੋਡੇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਦੇਉ ਲੀਆ ਮੁਖਿ ਲਾਇ ॥੩॥

khatree braahaman piTh dhe chhodde har naamadheau leeaa mukh lai ||3||

The Lord turned His back on the high-class Kh'shaatriyas and Brahmins, and showed His face to Naam Dayv. ||3||

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ਜਿਤਨੇ ਭਗਤ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਕਾ ਮੁਖਿ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਤਿਨ ਤਿਲਕੁ ਕਢਾਇ ॥

jitane bhagat har sevakaa mukh aThasaTh teerath tin tilak kaddai ||

All of the devotees and servants of the Lord have the tilak, the ceremonial mark, applied to their foreheads at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

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ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਪਰਸੇ ਜੇ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਇ ॥੪॥੧॥੮॥

jan naanak tin kau anadhin parase je kirapaa kare har rai ||4||1||8||

Servant Nanak shall touch their feet night and day, if the Lord, the King, grants His Grace. ||4||1||8||

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ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥

soohee mahalaa chauthhaa ||

Soohee, Fourth Mehla:

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ਤਿਨੑੀ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਆਰਾਧਿਆ ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਧੁਰਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਲਿਖਤੁ ਲਿਲਾਰਾ ॥

tin(h)ee a(n)tar har aaraadhiaa jin kau dhur likhiaa likhat lilaaraa ||

They alone worship and adore the Lord deep within, who are blessed with such pre-ordained destiny from the very beginning of time.

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ਤਿਨ ਕੀ ਬਖੀਲੀ ਕੋਈ ਕਿਆ ਕਰੇ ਜਿਨ ਕਾ ਅੰਗੁ ਕਰੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਹਰਿ ਕਰਤਾਰਾ ॥੧॥

tin kee bakheelee koiee kiaa kare jin kaa a(n)g kare meraa har karataaraa ||1||

What can anyone do to undermine them? My Creator Lord is on their side. ||1||

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ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਇ ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਮਨ ਧਿਆਇ ਹਰਿ ਜਨਮ ਜਨਮ ਕੇ ਸਭਿ ਦੂਖ ਨਿਵਾਰਣਹਾਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

har har dhiaai man mere man dhiaai har janam janam ke sabh dhookh nivaaranahaaraa ||1|| rahaau ||

So meditate on the Lord, Har, Har, O my mind. Meditate on the Lord, O mind; He is the Eliminator of all the pains of reincarnation. ||1||Pause||

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ਧੁਰਿ ਭਗਤ ਜਨਾ ਕਉ ਬਖਸਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਭਗਤਿ ਭੰਡਾਰਾ ॥

dhur bhagat janaa kau bakhasiaa har a(n)mirat bhagat bha(n)ddaaraa ||

In the very beginning, the Lord blessed His devotees with the Ambrosial Nectar, the treasure of devotion.

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ਮੂਰਖੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੁ ਉਨ ਕੀ ਰੀਸ ਕਰੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਹਲਤਿ ਪਲਤਿ ਮੁਹੁ ਕਾਰਾ ॥੨॥

moorakh hovai su un kee rees kare tis halat palat muh kaaraa ||2||

Anyone who tries to compete with them is a fool; his face shall be blackened here and hereafter. ||2||

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ਸੇ ਭਗਤ ਸੇ ਸੇਵਕਾ ਜਿਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਿਆਰਾ ॥

se bhagat se sevakaa jinaa har naam piaaraa ||

They alone are devotees, and they alone are selfless servants, who love the Lord's Name.

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ਤਿਨ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਤੇ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਿਰਿ ਨਿੰਦਕ ਕੈ ਪਵੈ ਛਾਰਾ ॥੩॥

tin kee sevaa te har paieeaai sir ni(n)dhak kai pavai chhaaraa ||3||

By their selfless service, they find the Lord, while ashes fall on the heads of the slanderers. ||3||

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ਜਿਸੁ ਘਰਿ ਵਿਰਤੀ ਸੋਈ ਜਾਣੈ ਜਗਤ ਗੁਰ ਨਾਨਕ ਪੂਛਿ ਕਰਹੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਾ ॥

jis ghar viratee soiee jaanai jagat gur naanak poochh karahu beechaaraa ||

He alone knows this, who experiences it within the home of his own self. Ask Guru Nanak, the Guru of the world, and reflect upon it.

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ਚਹੁ ਪੀੜੀ ਆਦਿ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਬਖੀਲੀ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਕ ਭਾਇ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਾ ॥੪॥੨॥੯॥

chahu peeRee aadh jugaadh bakheelee kinai na paio har sevak bhai nisataaraa ||4||2||9||

Throughout the four generations of the Gurus, from the beginning of time and throughout the ages, no one has ever found the Lord by back-biting and undermining. Only by serving the Lord with love, is one emancipated. ||4||2||9||

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ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥

soohee mahalaa chauthhaa ||

Soohee, Fourth Mehla:

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ਜਿਥੈ ਹਰਿ ਆਰਾਧੀਐ ਤਿਥੈ ਹਰਿ ਮਿਤੁ ਸਹਾਈ ॥

jithai har aaraadheeaai tithai har mit sahaiee ||

Wherever the Lord is worshipped in adoration, there the Lord becomes one's friend and helper.

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Completed Ang 733

Advancing to Ang 734