Ang/ 1430

Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਸੂਹੀ

Raag Suhi·Shabad

Guru Nanak Dev Ji / Guru Arjan Dev Ji

Ang 766 of 1430

ਸਾਝ ਕਰੀਜੈ ਗੁਣਹ ਕੇਰੀ ਛੋਡਿ ਅਵਗਣ ਚਲੀਐ ॥

saajh kareejai guneh keree chhodd avagan chaleeaai ||

Let us form a partnership, and share our virtues; let us abandon our faults, and walk on the Path.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 1

ਪਹਿਰੇ ਪਟੰਬਰ ਕਰਿ ਅਡੰਬਰ ਆਪਣਾ ਪਿੜੁ ਮਲੀਐ ॥

pahire paTa(n)bar kar adda(n)bar aapanaa piR maleeaai ||

Let us wear our virtues like silk clothes; let us decorate ourselves, and enter the arena.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 2

ਜਿਥੈ ਜਾਇ ਬਹੀਐ ਭਲਾ ਕਹੀਐ ਝੋਲਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਜੈ ॥

jithai jai baheeaai bhalaa kaheeaai jhol a(n)mrit peejai ||

Let us speak of goodness, wherever we go and sit; let us skim off the Ambrosial Nectar, and drink it in.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 3

ਗੁਣਾ ਕਾ ਹੋਵੈ ਵਾਸੁਲਾ ਕਢਿ ਵਾਸੁ ਲਈਜੈ ॥੩॥

gunaa kaa hovai vaasulaa kadd vaas lieejai ||3||

One who has a basket of fragrant virtues, should enjoy its fragrance. ||3||

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 4

ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇ ਕਿਸੁ ਆਖੀਐ ਹੋਰੁ ਕਰੇ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥

aap kare kis aakheeaai hor kare na koiee ||

He Himself acts; unto whom should we complain? No one else does anything.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 5

ਆਖਣ ਤਾ ਕਉ ਜਾਈਐ ਜੇ ਭੂਲੜਾ ਹੋਈ ॥

aakhan taa kau jaieeaai je bhoolaRaa hoiee ||

Go ahead and complain to Him, if He makes a mistake.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 6

ਜੇ ਹੋਇ ਭੂਲਾ ਜਾਇ ਕਹੀਐ ਆਪਿ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਿਉ ਭੁਲੈ ॥

je hoi bhoolaa jai kaheeaai aap karataa kiau bhulai ||

If He makes a mistake, go ahead and complain to Him; but how can the Creator Himself make a mistake?

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 7

ਸੁਣੇ ਦੇਖੇ ਬਾਝੁ ਕਹਿਐ ਦਾਨੁ ਅਣਮੰਗਿਆ ਦਿਵੈ ॥

sune dhekhe baajh kahiaai dhaan anama(n)giaa dhivai ||

He sees, He hears, and without our asking, without our begging, He gives His gifts.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 8

ਦਾਨੁ ਦੇਇ ਦਾਤਾ ਜਗਿ ਬਿਧਾਤਾ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਸਚੁ ਸੋਈ ॥

dhaan dhei dhaataa jag bidhaataa naanakaa sach soiee ||

The Great Giver, the Architect of the Universe, gives His gifts. O Nanak, He is the True Lord.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 9

ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇ ਕਿਸੁ ਆਖੀਐ ਹੋਰੁ ਕਰੇ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥੪॥੧॥੪॥

aap kare kis aakheeaai hor kare na koiee ||4||1||4||

He Himself acts; unto whom should we complain? No one else does anything. ||4||1||4||

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 10

ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

soohee mahalaa pehilaa ||

Soohee, First Mehla:

Line 11

ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਤਾ ਗੁਣ ਰਵੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋਈ ॥

meraa man raataa gun ravai man bhaavai soiee ||

My mind is imbued with His Glorious Praises; I chant them, and He is pleasing to my mind.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 12

ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਪਉੜੀ ਸਾਚ ਕੀ ਸਾਚਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਈ ॥

gur kee pauRee saach kee saachaa sukh hoiee ||

Truth is the ladder to the Guru; climbing up to the True Lord, peace is obtained.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 13

ਸੁਖਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਆਵੈ ਸਾਚ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਚ ਕੀ ਮਤਿ ਕਿਉ ਟਲੈ ॥

sukh sahaj aavai saach bhaavai saach kee mat kiau Talai ||

Celestial peace comes; the Truth pleases me. How could these True Teachings ever be erased?

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 14

ਇਸਨਾਨੁ ਦਾਨੁ ਸੁਗਿਆਨੁ ਮਜਨੁ ਆਪਿ ਅਛਲਿਓ ਕਿਉ ਛਲੈ ॥

eisanaan dhaan sugiaan majan aap achhalio kiau chhalai ||

He Himself is Undeceivable; how could He ever be deceived by cleansing baths, charity, spiritual wisdom or ritual bathings?

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 15

ਪਰਪੰਚ ਮੋਹ ਬਿਕਾਰ ਥਾਕੇ ਕੂੜੁ ਕਪਟੁ ਨ ਦੋਈ ॥

parapa(n)ch moh bikaar thaake kooR kapaT na dhoiee ||

Fraud, attachment and corruption are taken away, as are falsehood, hypocrisy and duality.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 16

ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਤਾ ਗੁਣ ਰਵੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋਈ ॥੧॥

meraa man raataa gun ravai man bhaavai soiee ||1||

My mind is imbued with His Glorious Praises; I chant them, and He is pleasing to my mind. ||1||

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 17

ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸੋ ਸਾਲਾਹੀਐ ਜਿਨਿ ਕਾਰਣੁ ਕੀਆ ॥

saahib so saalaaheeaai jin kaaran keeaa ||

So praise your Lord and Master, who created the creation.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 18

ਮੈਲੁ ਲਾਗੀ ਮਨਿ ਮੈਲਿਐ ਕਿਨੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਆ ॥

mail laagee man mailiaai kinai a(n)mrit peeaa ||

Filth sticks to the polluted mind; how rare are those who drink in the Ambrosial Nectar.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 19

ਮਥਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਆ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਦੀਆ ਗੁਰ ਪਹਿ ਮੋਲੁ ਕਰਾਇਆ ॥

math a(n)mrit peeaa ih man dheeaa gur peh mol karaiaa ||

Churn this Ambrosial Nectar, and drink it in; dedicate this mind to the Guru, and He will value it highly.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 20

ਆਪਨੜਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਪਛਾਤਾ ਜਾ ਮਨੁ ਸਾਚੈ ਲਾਇਆ ॥

aapanaRaa prabh sahaj pachhaataa jaa man saachai laiaa ||

I intuitively realized my God, when I linked my mind to the True Lord.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 21

ਤਿਸੁ ਨਾਲਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਾ ਜੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵਾ ਕਿਉ ਮਿਲੈ ਹੋਇ ਪਰਾਇਆ ॥

tis naal gun gaavaa je tis bhaavaa kiau milai hoi paraiaa ||

I will sing the Lord's Glorious Praises with Him, if it pleases Him; how could I meet Him by being a stranger to Him?

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 22

ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸੋ ਸਾਲਾਹੀਐ ਜਿਨਿ ਜਗਤੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥੨॥

saahib so saalaaheeaai jin jagat upaiaa ||2||

So praise your Lord and Master, who created the creation. ||2||

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 23

ਆਇ ਗਇਆ ਕੀ ਨ ਆਇਓ ਕਿਉ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਤਾ ॥

aai giaa kee na aaio kiau aavai jaataa ||

When He comes, what else remains behind? How can there be any coming or going then?

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 24

ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਸਿਉ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਰਾਤਾ ॥

preetam siau man maaniaa har setee raataa ||

When the mind is reconciled with its Beloved Lord, it is blended with Him.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 25

ਸਾਹਿਬ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤਾ ਸਚ ਕੀ ਬਾਤਾ ਜਿਨਿ ਬਿੰਬ ਕਾ ਕੋਟੁ ਉਸਾਰਿਆ ॥

saahib ra(n)g raataa sach kee baataa jin bi(n)b kaa koT usaariaa ||

True is the speech of one who is imbued with the Love of his Lord and Master, who fashioned the body fortress from a mere bubble.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 26

ਪੰਚ ਭੂ ਨਾਇਕੋ ਆਪਿ ਸਿਰੰਦਾ ਜਿਨਿ ਸਚ ਕਾ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਸਵਾਰਿਆ ॥

pa(n)ch bhoo naiko aap sira(n)dhaa jin sach kaa pi(n)dd savaariaa ||

He is the Master of the five elements; He Himself is the Creator Lord. He embellished the body with Truth.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 27

ਹਮ ਅਵਗਣਿਆਰੇ ਤੂ ਸੁਣਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਚੁ ਸੋਈ ॥

ham avaganiaare too sun piaare tudh bhaavai sach soiee ||

I am worthless; please hear me, O my Beloved! Whatever pleases You is True.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 28

ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣਾ ਨਾ ਥੀਐ ਸਾਚੀ ਮਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥੩॥

aavan jaanaa naa theeaai saachee mat hoiee ||3||

One who is blessed with true understanding, does not come and go. ||3||

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 29

ਅੰਜਨੁ ਤੈਸਾ ਅੰਜੀਐ ਜੈਸਾ ਪਿਰ ਭਾਵੈ ॥

a(n)jan taisaa a(n)jeeaai jaisaa pir bhaavai ||

Apply such an ointment to your eyes, which is pleasing to your Beloved.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 30

ਸਮਝੈ ਸੂਝੈ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਜੇ ਆਪਿ ਜਾਣਾਵੈ ॥

samajhai soojhai jaaneeaai je aap jaanaavai ||

I realize, understand and know Him, only if He Himself causes me to know Him.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 31

ਆਪਿ ਜਾਣਾਵੈ ਮਾਰਗਿ ਪਾਵੈ ਆਪੇ ਮਨੂਆ ਲੇਵਏ ॥

aap jaanaavai maarag paavai aape manooaa leve ||

He Himself shows me the Way, and He Himself leads me to it, attracting my mind.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 32

ਕਰਮ ਸੁਕਰਮ ਕਰਾਏ ਆਪੇ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਕਉਣ ਅਭੇਵਏ ॥

karam sukaram karaae aape keemat kaun abheve ||

He Himself causes us to do good and bad deeds; who can know the value of the Mysterious Lord?

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 33

ਤੰਤੁ ਮੰਤੁ ਪਾਖੰਡੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਾ ਰਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥

ta(n)t ma(n)t paakha(n)dd na jaanaa raam ridhai man maaniaa ||

I know nothing of Tantric spells, magical mantras and hypocritical rituals; enshrining the Lord within my heart, my mind is satisfied.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 34

ਅੰਜਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਤਿਸੈ ਤੇ ਸੂਝੈ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਸਚੁ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥੪॥

a(n)jan naam tisai te soojhai gur sabadhee sach jaaniaa ||4||

The ointment of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is only understood by one who realizes the Lord, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||4||

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 35

ਸਾਜਨ ਹੋਵਨਿ ਆਪਣੇ ਕਿਉ ਪਰ ਘਰ ਜਾਹੀ ॥

saajan hovan aapane kiau par ghar jaahee ||

I have my own friends; why should I go to the home of a stranger?

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 36

ਸਾਜਨ ਰਾਤੇ ਸਚ ਕੇ ਸੰਗੇ ਮਨ ਮਾਹੀ ॥

saajan raate sach ke sa(n)ge man maahee ||

My friends are imbued with the True Lord; He is with them, in their minds.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 37

ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਾਜਨ ਕਰਹਿ ਰਲੀਆ ਕਰਮ ਧਰਮ ਸਬਾਇਆ ॥ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਪੁੰਨ ਪੂਜਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਭਾਇਆ ॥

man maeh saajan kareh raleeaa karam dharam sabaiaa || aThasaTh teerath pu(n)n poojaa naam saachaa bhaiaa ||

In their minds, these friends celebrate in happiness; all good karma, righteousness and Dharma, the sixty-eight holy places of pilgrimage, charity and worship, are found in the love of the True Name.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji·Line 38

Completed Ang 766

Advancing to Ang 767