Ang/ 1430

Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਰਾਮਕਲੀ

Raag Ramkali·Shabad

Guru Nanak Dev Ji / Guru Amar Das Ji

Ang 902 of 1430

ਅਜਾਮਲ ਕਉ ਅੰਤ ਕਾਲ ਮਹਿ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ ਸੁਧਿ ਆਈ ॥

ajaamal kau a(n)t kaal meh naarain sudh aaiee ||

At the very last moment, Ajaamal became aware of the Lord;

Guru Tegh Bahaadur Ji·Line 1

ਜਾਂ ਗਤਿ ਕਉ ਜੋਗੀਸੁਰ ਬਾਛਤ ਸੋ ਗਤਿ ਛਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੨॥

jaa(n) gat kau jogeesur baachhat so gat chhin meh paiee ||2||

that state which even the supreme Yogis desire - he attained that state in an instant. ||2||

Guru Tegh Bahaadur Ji·Line 2

ਨਾਹਿਨ ਗੁਨੁ ਨਾਹਿਨ ਕਛੁ ਬਿਦਿਆ ਧਰਮੁ ਕਉਨੁ ਗਜਿ ਕੀਨਾ ॥

naahin gun naahin kachh bidhiaa dharam kaun gaj keenaa ||

The elephant had no virtue and no knowledge; what religious rituals has he performed?

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ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਰਦੁ ਰਾਮ ਕਾ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਅਭੈ ਦਾਨੁ ਤਿਹ ਦੀਨਾ ॥੩॥੧॥

naanak biradh raam kaa dhekhahu abhai dhaan teh dheenaa ||3||1||

O Nanak, behold the way of the Lord, who bestowed the gift of fearlessness. ||3||1||

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ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੯ ॥

raamakalee mahalaa nauvaa ||

Raamkalee, Ninth Mehla:

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ਸਾਧੋ ਕਉਨ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਅਬ ਕੀਜੈ ॥

saadho kaun jugat ab keejai ||

Holy people: what way should I now adopt,

Guru Tegh Bahaadur Ji·Line 6

ਜਾ ਤੇ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਸਗਲ ਬਿਨਾਸੈ ਰਾਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਮਨੁ ਭੀਜੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jaa te dhuramat sagal binaasai raam bhagat man bheejai ||1|| rahaau ||

by which all evil-mindedness may be dispelled, and the mind may vibrate in devotional worship to the Lord? ||1||Pause||

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ਮਨੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਹਿ ਉਰਝਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਹੈ ਬੂਝੈ ਨਹ ਕਛੁ ਗਿਆਨਾ ॥

man maiaa meh urajh rahio hai boojhai neh kachh giaanaa ||

My mind is entangled in Maya; it knows nothing at all of spiritual wisdom.

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ਕਉਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਗੁ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਸਿਮਰੈ ਪਾਵੈ ਪਦੁ ਨਿਰਬਾਨਾ ॥੧॥

kaun naam jag jaa kai simarai paavai padh nirabaanaa ||1||

What is that Name, by which the world, contemplating it, might attain the state of Nirvaanaa? ||1||

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ਭਏ ਦਇਆਲ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲ ਸੰਤ ਜਨ ਤਬ ਇਹ ਬਾਤ ਬਤਾਈ ॥

bhe dhiaal kirapaal sa(n)t jan tab ieh baat bataiee ||

When the Saints became kind and compassionate, they told me this.

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ਸਰਬ ਧਰਮ ਮਾਨੋ ਤਿਹ ਕੀਏ ਜਿਹ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਗਾਈ ॥੨॥

sarab dharam maano teh ke'ee jeh prabh keerat gaiee ||2||

Understand, that whoever sings the Kirtan of God's Praises, has performed all religious rituals. ||2||

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ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਰੁ ਨਿਸਿ ਬਾਸੁਰ ਮਹਿ ਨਿਮਖ ਏਕ ਉਰਿ ਧਾਰੈ ॥

raam naam nar nis baasur meh nimakh ek ur dhaarai ||

One who enshrines the Lord's Name in his heart night and day - even for an instant

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ਜਮ ਕੋ ਤ੍ਰਾਸੁ ਮਿਟੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਹ ਅਪੁਨੋ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਵਾਰੈ ॥੩॥੨॥

jam ko traas miTai naanak teh apuno janam savaarai ||3||2||

- has his fear of Death eradicated. O Nanak, his life is approved and fulfilled. ||3||2||

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ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੯ ॥

raamakalee mahalaa nauvaa ||

Raamkalee, Ninth Mehla:

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ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ ਸੁਧਿ ਲੇਹਿ ॥

praanee naarain sudh leh ||

O mortal, focus your thoughts on the Lord.

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ਛਿਨੁ ਛਿਨੁ ਅਉਧ ਘਟੈ ਨਿਸਿ ਬਾਸੁਰ ਬ੍ਰਿਥਾ ਜਾਤੁ ਹੈ ਦੇਹ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

chhin chhin aaudh ghaTai nis baasur birathaa jaat hai dheh ||1|| rahaau ||

Moment by moment, your life is running out; night and day, your body is passing away in vain. ||1||Pause||

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ਤਰਨਾਪੋ ਬਿਖਿਅਨ ਸਿਉ ਖੋਇਓ ਬਾਲਪਨੁ ਅਗਿਆਨਾ ॥

taranaapo bikhian siau khoio baalapan agiaanaa ||

You have wasted your youth in corrupt pleasures, and your childhood in ignorance.

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ਬਿਰਧਿ ਭਇਓ ਅਜਹੂ ਨਹੀ ਸਮਝੈ ਕਉਨ ਕੁਮਤਿ ਉਰਝਾਨਾ ॥੧॥

biradh bhio ajahoo nahee samajhai kaun kumat urajhaanaa ||1||

You have grown old, and even now, you do not understand, the evil-mindedness in which you are entangled. ||1||

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ਮਾਨਸ ਜਨਮੁ ਦੀਓ ਜਿਹ ਠਾਕੁਰਿ ਸੋ ਤੈ ਕਿਉ ਬਿਸਰਾਇਓ ॥

maanas janam dheeo jeh Thaakur so tai kiau bisaraio ||

Why have you forgotten your Lord and Master, who blessed you with this human life?

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ਮੁਕਤੁ ਹੋਤ ਨਰ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਸਿਮਰੈ ਨਿਮਖ ਨ ਤਾ ਕਉ ਗਾਇਓ ॥੨॥

mukat hot nar jaa kai simarai nimakh na taa kau gaio ||2||

Remembering Him in meditation, one is liberated. And yet, you do not sing His Praises, even for an instant. ||2||

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ਮਾਇਆ ਕੋ ਮਦੁ ਕਹਾ ਕਰਤੁ ਹੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਨ ਕਾਹੂ ਜਾਈ ॥

maiaa ko madh kahaa karat hai sa(n)g na kaahoo jaiee ||

Why are you intoxicated with Maya? It will not go along with you.

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ਨਾਨਕੁ ਕਹਤੁ ਚੇਤਿ ਚਿੰਤਾਮਨਿ ਹੋਇ ਹੈ ਅੰਤਿ ਸਹਾਈ ॥੩॥੩॥੮੧॥

naanak kahat chet chi(n)taaman hoi hai a(n)t sahaiee ||3||3||81||

Says Nanak, think of Him, remember Him in your mind. He is the Fulfiller of desires, who will be your help and support in the end. ||3||3||81||

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ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ

raamakalee mahalaa pehilaa asaTapadheeaa

Raamkalee, First Mehla, Ashtpadheeyaa:

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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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ਸੋਈ ਚੰਦੁ ਚੜਹਿ ਸੇ ਤਾਰੇ ਸੋਈ ਦਿਨੀਅਰੁ ਤਪਤ ਰਹੈ ॥

soiee cha(n)dh chaReh se taare soiee dhineear tapat rahai ||

The same moon rises, and the same stars; the same sun shines in the sky.

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ਸਾ ਧਰਤੀ ਸੋ ਪਉਣੁ ਝੁਲਾਰੇ ਜੁਗ ਜੀਅ ਖੇਲੇ ਥਾਵ ਕੈਸੇ ॥੧॥

saa dharatee so paun jhulaare jug jeea khele thaav kaise ||1||

The earth is the same, and the same wind blows. The age in which we dwell affects living beings, but not these places. ||1||

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ਜੀਵਨ ਤਲਬ ਨਿਵਾਰਿ ॥

jeevan talab nivaar ||

Give up your attachment to life.

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ਹੋਵੈ ਪਰਵਾਣਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਧਿਙਾਣਾ ਕਲਿ ਲਖਣ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

hovai paravaanaa kareh dhin(g)aanaa kal lakhan veechaar ||1|| rahaau ||

Those who act like tyrants are accepted and approved - recognize that this is the sign of the Dark Age of Kali Yuga. ||1||Pause||

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ਕਿਤੈ ਦੇਸਿ ਨ ਆਇਆ ਸੁਣੀਐ ਤੀਰਥ ਪਾਸਿ ਨ ਬੈਠਾ ॥

kitai dhes na aaiaa suneeaai teerath paas na baiThaa ||

Kali Yuga has not been heard to have come to any country, or to be sitting at any sacred shrine.

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ਦਾਤਾ ਦਾਨੁ ਕਰੇ ਤਹ ਨਾਹੀ ਮਹਲ ਉਸਾਰਿ ਨ ਬੈਠਾ ॥੨॥

dhaataa dhaan kare teh naahee mahal usaar na baiThaa ||2||

It is not where the generous person gives to charities, nor seated in the mansion he has built. ||2||

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ਜੇ ਕੋ ਸਤੁ ਕਰੇ ਸੋ ਛੀਜੈ ਤਪ ਘਰਿ ਤਪੁ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥

je ko sat kare so chheejai tap ghar tap na hoiee ||

If someone practices Truth, he is frustrated; prosperity does not come to the home of the sincere.

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ਜੇ ਕੋ ਨਾਉ ਲਏ ਬਦਨਾਵੀ ਕਲਿ ਕੇ ਲਖਣ ਏਈ ॥੩॥

je ko naau le badhanaavee kal ke lakhan eiee ||3||

If someone chants the Lord's Name, he is scorned. These are the signs of Kali Yuga. ||3||

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ਜਿਸੁ ਸਿਕਦਾਰੀ ਤਿਸਹਿ ਖੁਆਰੀ ਚਾਕਰ ਕੇਹੇ ਡਰਣਾ ॥

jis sikadhaaree tiseh khuaaree chaakar kehe ddaranaa ||

Whoever is in charge, is humiliated. Why should the servant be afraid,

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ਜਾ ਸਿਕਦਾਰੈ ਪਵੈ ਜੰਜੀਰੀ ਤਾ ਚਾਕਰ ਹਥਹੁ ਮਰਣਾ ॥੪॥

jaa sikadhaarai pavai ja(n)jeeree taa chaakar hathahu maranaa ||4||

when the master is put in chains? He dies at the hands of his servant. ||4||

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Completed Ang 902

Advancing to Ang 903