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Jap ਜਪੁ

Angs 1-8 · 39 shabads

Revealed by Guru Nanak Dev Ji in the 15th century, Jap Ji Sahib is the deepest exegesis of God. A universal hymn that opens with the Mool Mantar, has 38 pauries and 2 saloks, it describes God in the purest form.

Read from Ang 1 to Ang 8.

ਆਦਿ ਸਚੁ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਸਚੁ ॥
True In The Primal Beginning. True Throughout The Ages.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1 · 10 lines
ਹੁਕਮੀ ਹੋਵਨਿ ਆਕਾਰ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਕਹਿਆ ਜਾਈ ॥
By His Command, bodies are created; His Command cannot be described.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1 · 6 lines
ਗਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਤਾਣੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਕਿਸੈ ਤਾਣੁ ॥
Some sing of His Power-who has that Power?

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1-2 · 14 lines
ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਾਚੁ ਨਾਇ ਭਾਖਿਆ ਭਾਉ ਅਪਾਰੁ ॥
True is the Master, True is His Name-speak it with infinite love.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 2 · 7 lines
ਥਾਪਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ਕੀਤਾ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥
He cannot be established, He cannot be created.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 2 · 11 lines
ਤੀਰਥਿ ਨਾਵਾ ਜੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵਾ ਵਿਣੁ ਭਾਣੇ ਕਿ ਨਾਇ ਕਰੀ ॥
If I am pleasing to Him, then that is my pilgrimage and cleansing bath. Without pleasing Him, what good are ritual cleansings?

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 2 · 5 lines
ਜੇ ਜੁਗ ਚਾਰੇ ਆਰਜਾ ਹੋਰ ਦਸੂਣੀ ਹੋਇ ॥
Even if you could live throughout the four ages, or even ten times more,

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 2 · 7 lines
ਸੁਣਿਐ ਸਿਧ ਪੀਰ ਸੁਰਿ ਨਾਥ ॥
Listening-the Siddhas, the spiritual teachers, the heroic warriors, the yogic masters.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 2 · 6 lines
ਸੁਣਿਐ ਈਸਰੁ ਬਰਮਾ ਇੰਦੁ ॥
Listening-Shiva, Brahma and Indra.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 2-3 · 6 lines
ਸੁਣਿਐ ਸਤੁ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ॥
Listening-truth, contentment and spiritual wisdom.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 3 · 6 lines
ਸੁਣਿਐ ਸਰਾ ਗੁਣਾ ਕੇ ਗਾਹ ॥
Listening-dive deep into the ocean of virtue.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 3 · 6 lines
ਮੰਨੇ ਕੀ ਗਤਿ ਕਹੀ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
The state of the faithful cannot be described.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 3 · 6 lines
ਮੰਨੈ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਮਨਿ ਬੁਧਿ ॥
The faithful have intuitive awareness and intelligence.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 3 · 6 lines
ਮੰਨੈ ਮਾਰਗਿ ਠਾਕ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥
The path of the faithful shall never be blocked.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 3 · 6 lines
ਮੰਨੈ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਮੋਖੁ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥
The faithful find the Door of Liberation.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 3 · 6 lines
ਪੰਚ ਪਰਵਾਣ ਪੰਚ ਪਰਧਾਨੁ ॥
The chosen ones, the self-elect, are accepted and approved.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 3 · 24 lines
ਅਸੰਖ ਜਪ ਅਸੰਖ ਭਾਉ ॥
Countless meditations, countless loves.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 3-4 · 12 lines
ਅਸੰਖ ਮੂਰਖ ਅੰਧ ਘੋਰ ॥
Countless fools, blinded by ignorance.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 4 · 12 lines
ਅਸੰਖ ਨਾਵ ਅਸੰਖ ਥਾਵ ॥
Countless names, countless places.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 4 · 15 lines
ਭਰੀਐ ਹਥੁ ਪੈਰੁ ਤਨੁ ਦੇਹ ॥
When the hands and the feet and the body are dirty,

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 4 · 10 lines
ਤੀਰਥੁ ਤਪੁ ਦਇਆ ਦਤੁ ਦਾਨੁ ॥
Pilgrimages, austere discipline, compassion and charity

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 4-5 · 18 lines
ਪਾਤਾਲਾ ਪਾਤਾਲ ਲਖ ਆਗਾਸਾ ਆਗਾਸ ॥
There are nether worlds beneath nether worlds, and hundreds of thousands of heavenly worlds above.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 5 · 5 lines
ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ਸਾਲਾਹਿ ਏਤੀ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਨ ਪਾਈਆ ॥
The praisers praise the Lord, but they do not obtain intuitive understanding

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 5 · 4 lines
ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਸਿਫਤੀ ਕਹਣਿ ਨ ਅੰਤੁ ॥
Endless are His Praises, endless are those who speak them.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 5 · 16 lines
ਬਹੁਤਾ ਕਰਮੁ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਨਾ ਜਾਇ ॥
His Blessings are so abundant that there can be no written account of them.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 5 · 17 lines
ਅਮੁਲ ਗੁਣ ਅਮੁਲ ਵਾਪਾਰ ॥
Priceless are His Virtues, Priceless are His Dealings.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 5-6 · 26 lines
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ ਕੇਹਾ ਸੋ ਘਰੁ ਕੇਹਾ ਜਿਤੁ ਬਹਿ ਸਰਬ ਸਮਾਲੇ ॥
Where is that Gate, and where is that Dwelling, in which You sit and take care of all?

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 6 · 22 lines
ਮੁੰਦਾ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਸਰਮੁ ਪਤੁ ਝੋਲੀ ਧਿਆਨ ਕੀ ਕਰਹਿ ਬਿਭੂਤਿ ॥
Make contentment your ear-rings, humility your begging bowl, and meditation the ashes you apply to your body.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 6 · 5 lines
ਭੁਗਤਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਦਇਆ ਭੰਡਾਰਣਿ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਵਾਜਹਿ ਨਾਦ ॥
Let spiritual wisdom be your food, and compassion your attendant. The Sound-current of the Naad vibrates in each and every heart.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 6-7 · 5 lines
ਏਕਾ ਮਾਈ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਵਿਆਈ ਤਿਨਿ ਚੇਲੇ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
The One Divine Mother conceived and gave birth to the three deities.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 7 · 6 lines
ਆਸਣੁ ਲੋਇ ਲੋਇ ਭੰਡਾਰ ॥
On world after world are His Seats of Authority and His Storehouses.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 7 · 6 lines
ਇਕ ਦੂ ਜੀਭੌ ਲਖ ਹੋਹਿ ਲਖ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਲਖ ਵੀਸ ॥
If I had 100,000 tongues, and these were then multiplied twenty times more, with each tongue,

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 7 · 5 lines
ਆਖਣਿ ਜੋਰੁ ਚੁਪੈ ਨਹ ਜੋਰੁ ॥
No power to speak, no power to keep silent.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 7 · 8 lines
ਰਾਤੀ ਰੁਤੀ ਥਿਤੀ ਵਾਰ ॥
Nights, days, weeks and seasons;

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 7 · 11 lines
ਧਰਮ ਖੰਡ ਕਾ ਏਹੋ ਧਰਮੁ ॥
This is righteous living in the realm of Dharma.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 7 · 10 lines
ਗਿਆਨ ਖੰਡ ਮਹਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਪਰਚੰਡੁ ॥
In the realm of wisdom, spiritual wisdom reigns supreme.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 7-8 · 8 lines
ਕਰਮ ਖੰਡ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਜੋਰੁ ॥
In the realm of karma, the Word is Power.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 8 · 18 lines
ਜਤੁ ਪਾਹਾਰਾ ਧੀਰਜੁ ਸੁਨਿਆਰੁ ॥
Let self-control be the furnace, and patience the goldsmith.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 8 · 7 lines
ਪਵਣੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਪਾਣੀ ਪਿਤਾ ਮਾਤਾ ਧਰਤਿ ਮਹਤੁ ॥
Air is the Guru, Water is the Father, and Earth is the Great Mother of all.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 8 · 7 lines