Without The Guru There is Pitch Darkness

Narayanjot Kaur · #1 (**permalink**) 23-May-2008, 10:22 AM

From raag Maagh, Ang 116, Guru Amar Das Dev ji speaks about purity, the Guru's seva, God's presence and His forgiveness, the attainment of higher consciousness, and mukhti.

ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
maajh mehalaa 3 ||
Maajh, Third Mehl:

ਤੇਰੀਆ ਖਾਣੀ ਤੇਰੀਆ ਬਾਣੀ ॥
thaereeaa khaanee thaereeaa baanee ||
The four sources of creation are Yours; the spoken word is Yours.

ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਸਭ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਣੀ ॥
bin naavai sabh bharam bhulaanee ||
Without the Name, all are deluded by doubt.

ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਤੇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥
gur saevaa thae har naam paaeiaa bin sathigur koe n paavaniaa ||1||
I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who focus their consciousness on the Lord.

ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥
ho vaaree jeeo vaaree har saethee chith laavaniaa ||
I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who focus their consciousness on the Lord.

ਹਰਿ ਸਚਾ ਗੁਰ ਭਗਤੀ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਹਜੇ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
har sachaa gur bhagathee paaeeai sehajae mann vasaavaniaa ||1|| rehaao ||
Through devotion to the Guru, the True One is found; He comes to abide in the mind, with intuitive ease. ||1||Pause||

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੇ ਤਾ ਸਭ ਕਿਛੁ ਪਾਏ ॥
sathigur saevae thaa sabh kishh paaeae ||
Serving the True Guru, all things are obtained.

ਜੇਹੀ ਮਨਸਾ ਕਰਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਤੇਹਾ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਏ ॥
jaehee manasaa kar laagai thaehaa fal paaeae ||
As are the desires one harbors, so are the rewards one receives.

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਸਭਨਾ ਵਥੂ ਕਾ ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥
sathigur dhaathaa sabhanaa vathhoo kaa poorai bhaag milaavaniaa ||2||
The True Guru is the Giver of all things; through perfect destiny, He is met. ||2||

ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਮੈਲਾ ਇਕੁ ਨ ਧਿਆਏ ॥
eihu man mailaa eik n dhhiaaeae ||
This mind is filthy and polluted; it does not meditate on the One.

ਅੰਤਰਿ ਮੈਲੁ ਲਾਗੀ ਬਹੁ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਏ ॥
anthar mail laagee bahu dhoojai bhaaeae ||
Deep within, it is soiled and stained by the love of duality.

ਤਟਿ ਤੀਰਥਿ ਦਿਸੰਤਰਿ ਭਵੈ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੀ ਹੋਰੁ ਵਧੇਰੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਲੁ ਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੩॥
thatt theerathh dhisanthar bhavai ahankaaree hor vadhhaerai houmai mal laavaniaa ||3||
The egotists may go on pilgrimages to holy rivers, sacred shrines and foreign lands, but they only gather more of the dirt of egotism. ||3||

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੇ ਤਾ ਮਲੁ ਜਾਏ ॥
sathigur saevae thaa mal jaaeae ||
Serving the True Guru, filth and pollution are removed.

ਜੀਵਤੁ ਮਰੈ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਏ ॥
jeevath marai har sio chith laaeae ||
Those who focus their consciousness on the Lord remain dead while yet alive.

ਹਰਿ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਸਚੁ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ਸਚਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਮੈਲੁ ਗਵਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥
har niramal sach mail n laagai sach laagai mail gavaavaniaa ||4||
The True Lord is Pure; no filth sticks to Him. Those who are attached to the True One have their filth washed away. ||4||

ਬਾਝੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਹੈ ਅੰਧ ਗੁਬਾਰਾ ॥
baajh guroo hai andhh gubaaraa ||
Without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness.

ਅਗਿਆਨੀ ਅੰਧਾ ਅੰਧੁ ਅੰਧਾਰਾ ॥
agiaanee andhhaa andhh andhhaaraa ||
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The ignorant ones are blind-there is only utter darkness for them.

ਬਿਸਟਾ ਕੇ ਕੀੜੇ ਬਿਸਟਾ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਬਿਸਟਾ ਮਾਹਿ ਪਚਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥
bisattaa kae keerrae bisattaa kamaavehi fir bisattaa maahi pachaavaniaa ||5||
The maggots in manure do filthy deeds, and in filth they rot and putrefy. ||5||

ਮੁਕਤੇ ਸੇਵੇ ਮੁਕਤਾ ਹੋਵੈ ॥
mukathae saevae mukathaa hovai ||
Serving the Lord of Liberation, liberation is achieved.

ਹਉਮੈ ਮਮਤਾ ਸਬਦੇ ਖੋਵੈ ॥
houmai mamathaa sabadhae khovai ||
The Word of the Shabad eradicates egotism and possessiveness.

ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਸਚਾ ਸੇਵੀ ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥
anadhin har jeeo sachaa saevee poorai bhaag gur paavaniaa ||6||
So serve the Dear True Lord, night and day. By perfect good destiny, the Guru is found. ||6||

ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥
aapae bakhasae mael milaaeae ||
He Himself forgives and unites in His Union.

ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਿ ਪਾਏ ॥
poorae gur thae naam nidhh paaeae ||
From the Perfect Guru, the Treasure of the Naam is obtained.

ਸਚੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਦਾ ਮਨੁ ਸਚਾ ਸਚੁ ਸੇਵੇ ਦੁਖੁ ਗਵਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥
sachai naam sadhaa man sachaa sach saevae dhukh gavaavaniaa ||7||
By the True Name, the mind is made true forever. Serving the True Lord, sorrow is driven out. ||7||

ਸਦਾ ਹਜੂਰਿ ਦੂਰਿ ਨ ਜਾਣਹੁ ॥
sadhaa hajoor dhoor n jaanahu ||
He is always close at hand-do not think that He is far away.

ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਪਛਾਣਹੁ ॥
gur sabadhee har anthar pashhaanahu ||
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, recognize the Lord deep within your own being.

ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੧੧॥੧੨॥
naanak naam milai vaddiaaee poorae gur thae paavaniaa ||8||11||12||
O Nanak, through the Naam, glorious greatness is received. Through the Perfect Guru, the Naam is obtained. ||8||11||12||

A little background for Guru Amar Das

...His brother Manak Chand lived nearby his house, Manak Chand's wife Bibi Amro use to sing Guru Nanak's hymns. Bhai Amar Das (Later Guru) must have heard her singing many times before. He engquired whose hymns she was singing and immediately made up his mind to call on Guru Angad. It was in 1541, when Amardas was 62 years old. Guru Amardas ji were on Guruship from 1552 to 1574, he moved to Goindwal from Khadur to avoid conflict with Guru Angad's son's., elder of whom named Datu had declared himself as a Guru.

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As an anti-caste and anti-pollution measure, he made it incumbent that no one, irrespective of his status or caste, could see him unless he had first partaken, along with others, of the food cooked at the common kitchen. Emperor Akbar had also to dine at the langar before he met the Guru.

In his time, ascetics and recluses again made an attempt to enter the Guru's flock. But the Guru issued a final injunction that no recluse or ascetic could be a Sikh. He also denounced the system of sati and of purdah among women.

According to the Guru, the human body was the temple of God. He, therefore, laid emphasis on keeping it healthy and sound to the end. For the same reason, he denounced the ascetic practices of torturing the body. The Guru felt that the health of the body could not be divorced from moral and spiritual well-being.
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Source Guru Amardas ji

Narayanjot Kaur · #2 (**permalink**) 23-May-2008, 10:35 AM

In a story of continuous illumination, Bhai Gurdas tells of the passing of the jyoti from Guru Nanak Dev ji to Guru Angaad Dev, and then to Guru Amar Das.

Vaar 1, Pauree 46

ਸੋ ਟਿਕਾ ਸੋ ਛਤ੍ਰ ਸਿਰਿ ਸੋਈ ਸਚਾ ਤਖਤੁ ਟਿਕਾਈ ।
so tikaa so chhatr siri soee sachaa takhatu tikaaee|
With the same mark (on the forehead), the same canopy he radiated on the Throne.

ਗੁਰ ਨਾਨਕ ਹੰਦੀ ਮੁਹਰਿ ਹਥਿ ਗੁਰ ਅੰਗਦ ਦੀ ਦੋਹੀ ਫਿਰਾਈ ।
gur naanak handee muhari hadi gur angad dee dohee dhiraaee|
The power Guru Nanak had is now with Guru Angad was publically proclaimed all around.

ਦਿਤਾ ਛੋੜਿ ਕਰਤਾਰ ਪੁਰੁ ਬੈਠਿ ਖਡੂਰੇ ਜੋਤਿ ਜਗਾਈ ।
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=21672
ditaa chhorhi karataar puru baitdi khadooray joti jagaaee|
Guru Angad left Kartarpur and scattered his light while sitting at Khadur.

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ਜੰਮੇ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਬੀਜਿਆ ਵਿਚਿ ਵਿਚਿ ਹੋਰੁ ਕੂੜੀ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ।
janmay poorabi beejiaa vichi vichi horu koorhee chaturaaee|
Action seeds of the previous births sprout; all other ingenuinities are false.

ਲਹਣੇ ਪਾਈ ਨਾਨਕੋ ਦੇਣੀ ਅਮਰਦਾਸਿ ਘਰਿ ਆਈ ।
lahanay paaee naanako daynee amaradaasi ghari aaee|
Whatever Lahina got from Guru Nanak now came to the house of (Guru) Amar Das.

ਗੁਰੁ ਬੈਠਾ ਅਮਰੁ ਸਰੂਪ ਹੋਇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਈ ਦਾਦਿ ਇਲਾਹੀ ।
guru baitdaa amaru saroop hoi guramukhi paaee daadi ilaahee|
Having received the celestial gift from Guru Angad, the Guru, in the form of Amar Das is seated.

ਫੇਰਿ ਵਸਾਇਆ ਗੋਇੰਦਵਾਲੁ ਅਚਰਜੁ ਖੇਲੁ ਨ ਲਖਿਆ ਜਾਈ ।
dhayri vasaaiaa goindavaalu acharaju khaylu n|akhiaa jaaee|
Guru Amar Das founded Goindval. The wondorous play could was beyond sight.

ਦਾਤਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਖਸਮੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੪੬॥
daati joti khasamai vadiaaee ॥46॥
Gift received from the earlier Gurus further enhanced the grandeur of the Light.

pk70 · #3 (**permalink**) 24-May-2008, 06:46 AM

aad0002Ji,
I have come across another Guru Shabad that adds more to the thread you have started. I am posting it just to share with all readers and you, here it is, very crystal clear Guru Message

ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
सूही महला १ ॥
Sūhī mehlā 1.
Suhi 1st Guru.
ਸੂਹੀ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਪਾਤਿਸ਼ਾਹੀ।

ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਭਾਂਡੈ ਭਾਉ ਤਿਨਾ ਸਵਾਰਸੀ ॥
जिन कउ भांडै भाउ तिना सवारसी ॥
Jin ka*o bẖāŉdai bẖā*o ṯinā savārasī.
They, within whose vessel (mind) is the Lord's love; them the Lord regenerates.
ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾ ਦੇ ਬਰਤਨ (ਮਨ) ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਹੈ, ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਰੂਹਾਨੀ-ਜੀਵਨ ਬਖਸ਼ਦਾ ਹੈ।

ਸੂਖੀ ਕਰੈ ਪਸਾਉ ਦੂਖ ਵਿਸਾਰਸੀ ॥
सूखी करै पसाउ दूख विसारसी ॥
Sūkẖī karai pasā*o ḏūkẖ visārasī.
He gives them the gift of peace and makes them forget distress.
ਉਹ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਠੰਢ ਚੈਨ ਦੀ ਦਾਤ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਤਕਲੀਫ ਭੁਲਾ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ।

ਸਹਸਾ ਮੂਲੇ ਨਾਹਿ ਸਰਪਰ ਤਾਰਸੀ ॥੧॥
सहसा मूले नाहि सरपर तारसी ॥१॥
Sahsā mūlė nāhi sarpar ṯārsī. ||1||
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There is absolutely no doubt, that He will assuredly save them.
ਅਸਲੋਂ ਹੀ ਕੋਈ ਸੰਦੇਹ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਨਿਸਚਿਤ ਹੀ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਪਾਰ ਉਤਾਰਾ ਕਰ ਦੇਵੇਗਾ।

ਤਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹਾ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਗੁਰੁ ਆਇ ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਲੀਖਿਆ ॥
तिन्हा मिलिआ गुरु आइ जिन कउ लीखिआ ॥
Ŧinĥā mili*ā gur ā*ė jin ka*o līkẖi*ā.
The Guru comes to meet those, for whom such destiny is recorded.
ਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਆ ਕੇ ਮਿਲਦੇ ਹਨ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਇਹੋ ਜਿਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਲਭਧ ਲਿਖੀ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ।

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਉ ਦੇਵੈ ਦੀਖਿਆ ॥
अम्रितु हरि का नाउ देवै दीखिआ ॥
Amriṯ har kā nā*o ḏėvai ḏīkẖi*ā.
He blesses them with the instruction of the God's Nectar-Name.
ਉਹ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਦੇ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਮਈ ਨਾਮ ਦਾ ਉਪਦੇਸ਼ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ।

ਚਾਲਹਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭਾਇ ਭਵਹਿ ਨ ਭੀਖਿਆ ॥੨॥
चालहि सतिगुर भाइ भवहि न भीखिआ ॥२॥
Cẖāleh saṯgur bẖā*ė bẖaveh na bẖīkẖi*ā. ||2||
They who walk in the True Guru's will never wander begging.
ਜੇ ਸੱਚੇ ਗੁਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਭਾਣੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਟੁਰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਉਹ ਕਦਾਚਿਤ ਮੰਗਦੇ ਪਿੰਨਦੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਫਿਰਦੇ।

ਜਾ ਕਉ ਮਹਲੁ ਹਜੂਰਿ ਦੂਜੇ ਨਿਵੈ ਕਿਸੁ ॥
जा कउ महलु हजूरि दूजे निवै किसु ॥
Jā ka*o mahal hajūr ḏūjė nivai kis.
He, who lives close to his Lord's mansion; why should he bow to another?
ਜੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਦੇ ਮੰਦਰ ਦੇ ਨੇੜੇ ਵਸਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਹੋਰਸ ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਉਂ ਨਕਸਕਾਰ ਕਰੇ?

ਦਰਿ ਦਰਵਾਣੀ ਨਾਹਿ ਮੂਲੇ ਪੁਛ ਤਿਸੁ ॥
दरि दरवाणी नाहि मूले पुछ तिसु ॥
Ḏar ḏarvāṇī nāhi mūlė pucẖẖ ṯis.
The porter at the Lord's gate, asks him absolutely no question.
ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਦੇ ਦੁਆਰੇ ਦਾ ਦੁਆਰਪਾਲ, ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਅਸਲੋਂ ਹੀ ਕੋਈ ਸੁਆਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਪੁੱਛਦਾ।

ਛੁਟੈ ਤਾ ਕੈ ਬੋਲਿ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਨਦਰਿ ਜਿਸੁ ॥੩॥
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छुटै ता कै बोलि साहिब नदरि जिसु ॥३॥
Cẖẖutai ṯā kai bol sāhib naḏar jis. ||3||
One is redeemed at the bidding of him on whom is the Lord's grace.
ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਆਖਣ ਤੇ ਬੰਦਖਲਾਸ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਉਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਦੀ ਰਹਿਮਤ ਹੈ।

ਘਲੇ ਆਣੇ ਆਪਿ ਜਿਸੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਦੂਜਾ ਮਤੈ ਕੋਇ ॥
घले आणे आपि जिसु नाही दूजा मतै कोइ ॥
Gẖalė āṇė āp jis nāhī ḏūjā maṯai ko*ė.
The Lord Himself sends and recalls the mortals. There is none else to counsel Him.
ਸਾਹਿਬ ਖੁਦ ਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਭੇਜਦਾ ਅਤੇ ਵਾਪਸ ਬੁਲਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਹੋਰ ਕੋਈ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਮਸ਼ਵਰਾ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਨਹੀਂ।

ਢਾਹਿ ਉਸਾਰੇ ਸਾਜਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਸਭ ਸੋਇ ॥
ढाहि उसारे साजि जाणै सभ सोइ ॥
Dẖāhi usārė sāj jāṇai sabẖ so*ė.
He Himself demolishes, constructs and creates. He the Lord, knows everything.
ਉਹ ਖੁਦ ਹੀ ਢਾਹ ਢੇਰੀ ਕਰਦਾ, ਬਣਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਜਦਾ ਹੈ। ਉਹ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਸਾਰਾ ਕੁਛ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹੈ।

ਨਾਉ ਨਾਨਕ ਬਖਸੀਸ ਨਦਰੀ ਕਰਮੁ ਹੋਇ ॥੪॥੩॥੫॥
नाउ नानक बखसीस नदरी करमु होइ ॥४॥३॥५॥
Nā*o Nānak bakẖsīs naḏrī karam ho*ė. ||4||3||5||
Nanak, the Name is the gift, which the Merciful Master makes unto him, to whom He extends His mercy.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਇਕ ਦਾਤ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਮਿਹਰਬਾਨ ਮਾਲਕ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜਿਸ ਉਤੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਰਹਿਮਤ ਧਾਰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Narayanjot Kaur · #4 (**permalink**) 26-May-2008, 09:15 AM

pk70 ji

It is interesting how Guru's Shabad aligns darkness with distress. Another reminder how we are children and He is the parent. Some of us remember when we were very small being terrified of the darkness at night, thinking monsters were under the bed and in the closet. And a loving parent would come to quiet us down, open the closet door to see if there really was a monster there.
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So we have Waheguru to calm our nerves always -- no matter what the circumstances. I think of those Sikh soldiers in Europe during the second World War marching through battlefields of the dead and camping at night without knowing what the light would bring. And they sang kirtaan in their shelters and foxholes.

ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਨਾ ਥੀਐ ਪਿਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਖੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥
bin sabadhai sukh naa thheeai pir bin dhookh n jaae ||1||
Without the Word of the Shabad, peace does not come. Without her Husband Lord, her suffering does not end. ||1||

Narayanjot Kaur · #5 (**permalink**) 26-May-2008, 09:18 AM

Guru Naanak is telling us in Sri Raag that the Word of the Shabad brings peace and ends suffering. It is the best covering for the soul. Through the shabad the Lord prepares us to receive the seed of his wisdom and virtue. In giving up self-will we overcome our blindness to His grace. The darkness ends. Coming and going ends.

ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਨਾ ਥੀਐ ਪਿਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਖੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥
bin sabadhai sukh naa thheeai pir bin dhookh n jaae ||1||
Without the Word of the Shabad, peace does not come. Without her Husband Lord, her suffering does not end. ||1|

ਮੁੰਧੇ ਪਿਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਿਆ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥
mundhhae pir bin kiaa seegaar ||
O soul-bride, without your Husband Lord, what good are your decorations?

ਦਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਢੋਈ ਨ ਲਹੈ ਦਰਗਹ ਝੂਠੁ ਖੁਆਰੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
dhar ghar dtoee n lehai dharageh jhooth khuaar ||1|| rehaao ||
In this world, you shall not find any shelter; in the world hereafter, being false, you shall suffer. ||1||Pause||
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ਆਪਿ ਸੁਜਾਣੁ ਨ ਭੁਲਈ ਸਚਾ ਵਡ ਕਿਰਸਾਣੁ ॥
aap sujaan n bhulee sachaa vadd kirasaan ||
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The True Lord Himself knows all; He makes no mistakes. He is the Great Farmer of the Universe.

ਹਿਲਾ ਧਰਤੀ ਸਾਧਿ ਕੈ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਦੇ ਦਾਣੁ ॥
pehilaa dhharathee saadhh kai sach naam dhae dhaan ||
First, He prepares the ground, and then He plants the Seed of the True Name.

ਨਉ ਨਿਧਿ ਉਪਜੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਏਕੁ ਕਰਮਿ ਪਵੈ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥੨॥
no nidhh oupajai naam eaek karam pavai neesaan ||2||
The nine treasures are produced from Name of the One Lord. By His Grace, we obtain His Banner and Insignia. ||2||

ਗੁਰ ਕਉ ਜਾਣਿ ਨ ਜਾਣਈ ਕਿਆ ਤਿਸੁ ਚਜੁ ਅਚਾਰੁ ॥
gur ko jaan n jaanee kiaa this chaj achaar ||
Some are very knowledgeable, but if they do not know the Guru, then what is the use of their lives?

ਅੰਧੁਲੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਅੰਧ ਗੁਬਾਰੁ ॥
andhhulai naam visaariaa manamukh andhh gubaar ||
The blind have forgotten the Naam, the Name of the Lord. The self-willed manmukhs are in utter darkness.

ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣੁ ਨ ਚੁਕਈ ਮਰਿ ਜਨਮੈ ਹੋਇ ਖੁਆਰੁ ॥੩॥
aavan jaan n chukee mar janamai hoe khuaar ||3||
Their comings and goings in reincarnation do not end; through death and rebirth, they are wasting away. ||3||

Guru Naanak
SriRaag
Ang 19/20

Narayanjot Kaur · #6 (**permalink**) 05-Jun-2008, 11:55 AM

pk70 ji,

This part is very beautiful,

ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਭਾਂਡੈ ਭਾਉ ਤਿਨਾ ਸਵਾਰਸੀ ॥

Jin ka*o bẖāŉdai bẖā*o ṯinā savārasī.
They, within whose vessel (mind) is the Lord's love; them the Lord regenerates.

ਸੂਖੀ ਕਰੈ ਪਸਾਉ ਦੂਖ ਵਿਸਾਰਸੀ ॥

Sūkẖī karai pasā*o ḏūkẖ visārasī.
He gives them the gift of peace and makes them forget distress.

ਸਹਸਾ ਮੂਲੇ ਨਾਹਿ ਸਰਪਰ ਤਾਰਸੀ

Sahsā mūlė nāhi sarpar ṯārsī. ||1||
There is absolutely no doubt, that He will assuredly save them.

I found myself wondering about the reasons and causes of cruelty today. And found Guruji's answer about an hour ago. Cruelty springs from anger and attachment. It is self-plundering says Guruji. It is intoxicating and loses us in darkness.

Ang 1226

ਸਾਰੰਗ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਚਉਪਦੇ ਘਰੁ ੫

Sārang mehlā 5 cẖa*upḏė gẖar 5
Saarang, Fifth Mehl, Chau-Padas, Fifth House:

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

Ik*oaŉkār saṯgur parsāḏ.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

ਹਰਿ ਭਜਿ ਆਨ ਕਰਮ ਬਿਕਾਰ ॥

Har bẖaj ān karam bikār.
Meditate, vibrate on the Lord; other actions are corrupt.

ਮਾਨ ਮੋਹੁ ਨ ਬੁਝਤ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਕਾਲ ਗ੍ਰਸ ਸੰਸਾਰ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

Mān moh na bujẖaṯ ṯarisnā kāl garas sansār. ||1|| rahā*o.
Pride, attachment and desire are not quenched; the world is in the grip of death. ||1||Pause||

ਖਾਤ ਪੀਵਤ ਹਸਤ ਸੋਵਤ ਅਉਧ ਬਿਤੀ ਅਸਾਰ ॥

Kẖāṯ pīvaṯ hasaṯ sovaṯ a*oḏẖ biṯī asār.
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Eating, drinking, laughing and sleeping, life passes uselessly.

ਨਰਕ ਉਦਰਿ ਭ੍ਰਮੰਤ ਜਲਤੋ ਜਮਹਿ ਕੀਨੀ ਸਾਰ ॥੧॥

Narak uḏar bẖarmanṯ jalṯo jameh kīnī sār. ||1||
The mortal wanders in reincarnation, burning in the hellish environment of the womb; in the end, he is destroyed by death. ||1||

ਪਰ ਦ੍ਰੋਹ ਕਰਤ ਬਿਕਾਰ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਪਾਪ ਰਤ ਕਰ ਝਾਰ ॥

Par ḏaroh karaṯ bikār ninḏā pāp raṯ kar jẖār.
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He practices fraud, cruelty and slander against others; he sins, and washes his hands.

ਬਿਨਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਬੂਝ ਨਾਹੀ ਤਮ ਮੋਹ ਮਹਾਂ ਅੰਧਾਰ ॥੨॥

Binā saṯgur būjẖ nāhī ṯam moh mahāŉ anḏẖār. ||2||
Without the True Guru, he has no understanding; he is lost in the utter darkness of anger and attachment. ||2||

ਬਿਖੁ ਠਗਉਰੀ ਖਾਇ ਮੂਠੋ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਸਿਰਜਨਹਾਰ ॥

Bikẖ ṯẖag*urī kẖā*ė mūṯẖo cẖiṯ na sirjanhār.
He takes the intoxicating drugs of cruelty and corruption, and is plundered. He is not conscious of the Creator Lord God.

ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਗੁਪਤ ਹੋਇ ਰਹਿਓ ਨਿਆਰੋ ਮਾਤੰਗ ਮਤਿ ਅਹੰਕਾਰ ॥੩॥

Gobinḏ gupaṯ ho*ė rahi*o ni*āro māṯang maṯ ahaŉkār. ||3||
The Lord of the Universe is hidden and unattached. The mortal is like a wild elephant, intoxicated with the wine of egotism. ||3||

ਕਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸੰਤ ਰਾਖੇ ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਅਧਾਰ ॥

Kar kirpā parabẖ sanṯ rākẖė cẖaran kamal aḏẖār.
In His Mercy, God saves His Saints; they have the Support of His Lotus Feet.

ਕਰ ਜੋਰਿ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਸਰਨਿ ਆਇਓ ਗਪਾਲ ਪੁਰਖ ਅਪਾਰ ॥੪॥੧॥੧੨੯॥

Kar jor Nānak saran ā*i*o gopāl purakẖ apār. ||4||1||129||
With his palms pressed together, Nanak has come to the Sanctuary of the Primal Being, the Infinite Lord God. ||4||1||129||

Astroboy · #7 (**permalink**) 05-Jun-2008, 16:01 PM

ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥
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महला २ ॥
Mehlā 2.
Second Mehl:

ਜੇ ਸਉ ਚੰਦਾ ਉਗਵਹਿ ਸੂਰਜ ਚੜਹਿ ਹਜਾਰ ॥
जे सउ चंदा उगवहि सूरज चड़हि हजार ॥
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Jė sa*o cẖanḏā ugvahi sūraj cẖaṛeh hajār.
If a hundred moons were to rise, and a thousand suns appeared,

ਏਤੇ ਚਾਨਣ ਹੋਦਿਆਂ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਘੋਰ ਅੰਧਾਰ ॥੨॥
एते चानण होदिआं गुर बिनु घोर अंधार ॥२॥
Ėṯė cẖānaṇ hiḏi*āŉ gur bin gẖor anḏẖār. ||2||
even with such light, there would still be pitch darkness without the Guru. ||2||

Astroboy · #8 (**permalink**) 27-Aug-2008, 22:26 PM

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ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਮਾਰਗੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਚੂਕੈ ਮੋਹੁ ਗੁਬਾਰੁ ॥
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गुर ते मारगु पाईऐ चूकै मोहु गुबारु ॥
Gur ṯė mārag pā*ī*ai cẖūkai moh gubār.
Through the Guru, the Path is found, and the darkness of emotional attachment is dispelled.
Guru Amar Das - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok

Narayanjot Kaur · #9 (**permalink**) 28-Aug-2008, 07:16 AM

by Guru's Grace, You come to abide in our minds,

ਜਾ ਤੂੰ ਕਰਣਹਾਰੁ ਕਰਤਾਰੁ ॥
jaa thoon karanehaar karathaar ||
Since You, O Creator Lord, are the Doer,

ਕਿਆ ਮੁਹਤਾਜੀ ਕਿਆ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥੨॥
kiaa muhathaajee kiaa sansaar ||2||
why should I submit to the world? ||2||

ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਏ ਆਪੇ ਦੇਇ ॥
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aap oupaaeae aapae dhaee ||
You Yourself created and You Yourself give.

ਆਪੇ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਮਨਹਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
aapae dhuramath manehi karaee ||
You Yourself eliminate evil-mindedness;

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਵਸੈ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥
gur parasaadh vasai man aae ||
by Guru's Grace, You come to abide in our minds,

ਦੁਖੁ ਅਨ੍ਹ੍ਹੇਰਾ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਜਾਇ ॥੩॥
dhukh anhaeraa vichahu jaae ||3||
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and then, pain and darkness are dispelled from within. ||3||

ਸਾਚੁ ਪਿਆਰਾ ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
saach piaaraa aap karaee ||
He Himself infuses love for the Truth.

ਅਵਰੀ ਕਉ ਸਾਚੁ ਨ ਦੇਇ ॥
avaree ko saach n dhaee ||
Unto others, the Truth is not bestowed.

Guru Nanak Dev ji
Raag Aasaa

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