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Raag Bihaagraa ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ

Angs 537-556 · 80 shabads · page 1 of 2

The mood of Bihagara is that of extreme sadness and pain, which gives rise to the need to find peace and understanding. The heightened emotional state of sadness is only harnessed by the craving for truth and meaning.

Read from Ang 537 to Ang 556.

ਦੂਤਨ ਸੰਗਰੀਆ ॥
To associate with your arch enemies,

Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 537 · 16 lines
ਛਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਰਾਉ ਰੰਕ ਕਉ ਕਰਈ ਰਾਉ ਰੰਕ ਕਰਿ ਡਾਰੇ ॥
No one knows the state of the Lord.

Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji · Ang 537 · 10 lines
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ਮੇਰੀ ਜਿੰਦੁੜੀਏ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਮੋਲੇ ਰਾਮ ॥
Meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my soul; as Gurmukh, meditate on the invaluable Name of the Lord.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 537-538 · 18 lines
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਹੈ ਮੇਰੀ ਜਿੰਦੁੜੀਏ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਪਾਏ ਰਾਮ ॥
The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is Ambrosial Nectar, O my soul; through the Guru's Teachings, this Nectar is obtained.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 538-539 · 17 lines
ਜਗਿ ਸੁਕ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਹੈ ਮੇਰੀ ਜਿੰਦੁੜੀਏ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਧਾਰੇ ਰਾਮ ॥
In this world, the best occupation is to sing the Praises of the Naam, O my soul. Singing the Praises of the Lord, the Lord is enshrined in the mind.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 539 · 17 lines
ਹਉ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਤਿਨੑ ਕਉ ਮੇਰੀ ਜਿੰਦੁੜੀਏ ਜਿਨੑ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਧਾਰੋ ਰਾਮ ॥
I am a sacrifice, O my soul, to those who take the Support of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 539-540 · 17 lines
ਜਿਨ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੇਤਿਓ ਮੇਰੀ ਜਿੰਦੁੜੀਏ ਤੇ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮੂੜ ਇਆਣੇ ਰਾਮ ॥
Those who do not remember the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my soul - those self-willed manmukhs are foolish and ignorant.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 540-541 · 17 lines
ਸਭਿ ਜੀਅ ਤੇਰੇ ਤੂੰ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਮੇਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੂੰ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਜੋ ਜੀਇ ਕਮਾਈਐ ਰਾਮ ॥
All beings are Yours - You permeate them all. O my Lord God, You know what they do in their hearts.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 541 · 17 lines
ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਏਕੁ ਅਚੰਭਉ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਮੇਰੇ ਲਾਲ ਜੀਉ ਜੋ ਕਰੇ ਸੁ ਧਰਮ ਨਿਆਏ ਰਾਮ ॥
I have seen one miracle of the Lord, O my Dear Beloved - whatever He does is righteous and just.

Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 541-542 · 26 lines
ਅਤਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਮਨ ਮੋਹਨਾ ਘਟ ਸੋਹਨਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਅਧਾਰਾ ਰਾਮ ॥
He is dear to me; He fascinates my mind; He is the ornament of my heart, the support of the breath of life.

Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 542-543 · 25 lines
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਗੁਰ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਪੂਰੇ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਖਾਣਾ ਰਾਮ ॥
Shower Your Mercy upon me, O Guru, O Perfect Supreme Lord God, that I might chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, night and day.

Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 543-544 · 25 lines
ਵਧੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਰੈਨੜੀਏ ਪ੍ਰਿਅ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੁ ਲਗਾ ॥
O peaceful night, grow longer - I have come to enshrine love for my Beloved.

Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 544 · 26 lines
ਹਰਿ ਚਰਣ ਸਰੋਵਰ ਤਹ ਕਰਹੁ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ਮਨਾ ॥
The Lord's Feet are the Pools of Ambrosial Nectar; your dwelling is there, O my mind.

Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 544-545 · 25 lines
ਖੋਜਤ ਸੰਤ ਫਿਰਹਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਅਧਾਰੇ ਰਾਮ ॥
The Saints go around, searching for God, the support of their breath of life.

Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 545-546 · 25 lines
ਅਨ ਕਾਏ ਰਾਤੜਿਆ ਵਾਟ ਦੁਹੇਲੀ ਰਾਮ ॥
Why are you imbued with the love of another? That path is very dangerous.

Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 546-547 · 31 lines
ਸੁਨਹੁ ਬੇਨੰਤੀਆ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਰਾਮ ॥
Listen to my prayer, O my Lord and Master.

Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 547 · 25 lines
ਬੋਲਿ ਸੁਧਰਮੀੜਿਆ ਮੋਨਿ ਕਤ ਧਾਰੀ ਰਾਮ ॥
O you of sublime faith, chant the Lord's Name; why do you remain silent?

Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 547-548 · 25 lines
ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਤੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਹੋਰ ਥੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਨ ਭਾਲਿ ॥
Serving the Guru, peace is obtained; do not search for peace anywhere else.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 548 · 6 lines
ਸਿਫਤਿ ਖਜਾਨਾ ਬਖਸ ਹੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਬਖਸੈ ਸੋ ਖਰਚੈ ਖਾਇ ॥
The treasure of the Lord's Praise is such a blessed gift; he alone obtains it to spend, unto whom the Lord bestows it.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 548 · 4 lines
ਸਭ ਤੇਰੀ ਤੂ ਸਭਸ ਦਾ ਸਭ ਤੁਧੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥
All are Yours, and You belong to all. You created all.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 548 · 6 lines
ਨਾਨਕ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਜਗੁ ਜੀਤਾ ਜਗਿ ਜੀਤਾ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥
O Nanak, the spiritually wise one has conquered all others.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 548-549 · 10 lines
ਤਿਨੑ ਭਉ ਸੰਸਾ ਕਿਆ ਕਰੇ ਜਿਨ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸਿਰਿ ਕਰਤਾਰੁ ॥
What can fear and doubt do to those, who have given their heads to the Creator, and to the True Guru?

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 549 · 5 lines
ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਸਭਿ ਤੇਰਿਆ ਤੂ ਸਭਨਾ ਰਾਸਿ ॥
All beings are Yours; You are the wealth of all.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 549 · 6 lines
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਚੈ ਭਾਵਦੇ ਦਰਿ ਸਚੈ ਸਚਿਆਰ ॥
The Gurmukhs are pleasing to the True Lord; they are judged to be true in the True Court.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 549 · 5 lines
ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਭੈ ਰਚਿ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਇ ॥
Serve the Guru, and wait upon Him; as you work, maintain the Fear of God.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 549 · 4 lines
ਤੇਰੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਤੂਹੈ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥
You alone know Your greatness - no one else is as great as You.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 549 · 6 lines
ਮਨਿ ਪਰਤੀਤਿ ਨ ਆਈਆ ਸਹਜਿ ਨ ਲਗੋ ਭਾਉ ॥
O mind, you have no faith, and you have not embraced love for the Celestial Lord;

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 549 · 4 lines
ਆਪਣਾ ਆਪੁ ਨ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਮੂੜਾ ਅਵਰਾ ਆਖਿ ਦੁਖਾਏ ॥
The fool does not understand his own self; he annoys others with his speech.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 549-550 · 12 lines
ਜਿਸ ਦੈ ਚਿਤਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਮੇਰਾ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਤਿਸ ਨੋ ਕਿਉ ਅੰਦੇਸਾ ਕਿਸੈ ਗਲੈ ਦਾ ਲੋੜੀਐ ॥
One whose consciousness is filled with my Lord Master - why should he feel anxious about anything?

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 550 · 6 lines
ਸਾ ਰਸਨਾ ਜਲਿ ਜਾਉ ਜਿਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਸੁਆਉ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
Let that tongue, which has not tasted the Name of the Lord, be burnt.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 550 · 3 lines
ਸਾ ਰਸਨਾ ਜਲਿ ਜਾਉ ਜਿਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਉ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ॥
Let that tongue, which has forgotten the Name of the Lord, be burnt.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 550 · 3 lines
ਹਰਿ ਆਪੇ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਭਗਤੁ ਹਰਿ ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ॥
The Lord Himself is the Master, the servant and the devotee; the Lord Himself is the Cause of causes.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 550 · 6 lines
ਦਰਵੇਸੀ ਕੋ ਜਾਣਸੀ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਕੋ ਦਰਵੇਸੁ ॥
How rare is the dervish, the Saintly renunciate, who understands renunciation.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 550 · 5 lines
ਨਾਨਕ ਤਰਵਰੁ ਏਕੁ ਫਲੁ ਦੁਇ ਪੰਖੇਰੂ ਆਹਿ ॥
O Nanak, the tree has one fruit, but two birds are perched upon it.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 550 · 5 lines
ਆਪੇ ਧਰਤੀ ਆਪੇ ਹੈ ਰਾਹਕੁ ਆਪਿ ਜੰਮਾਇ ਪੀਸਾਵੈ ॥
He Himself is the field, and He Himself is the farmer. He Himself grows and grinds the corn.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 550-551 · 6 lines
ਕਰਮ ਧਰਮ ਸਭਿ ਬੰਧਨਾ ਪਾਪ ਪੁੰਨ ਸਨਬੰਧੁ ॥
Rituals and religions are all just entanglements; bad and good are bound up with them.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 551 · 5 lines
ਅੰਧੇ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਤਾ ਥੀਐ ਜਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਰਜਾਇ ॥
The blind receive the Divine Light, when they merge with the Will of the True Guru.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 551 · 5 lines
ਜਦਹੁ ਆਪੇ ਥਾਟੁ ਕੀਆ ਬਹਿ ਕਰਤੈ ਤਦਹੁ ਪੁਛਿ ਨ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਬੀਆ ॥
When the Creator, sitting all by Himself, created the Universe, he did not consult with any of His servants;

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 551 · 6 lines
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਸਦ ਸਾਚਾ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਪਿਆਰਿ ॥
The Gurmukhs serve God forever; night and day, they are steeped in the Love of the True Lord.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 551 · 5 lines
ਕਹਿਐ ਕਥਿਐ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਰਹੈ ਸਦਾ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ॥
By merely talking and speaking, He is not found. Night and day, sing His Glorious Praises continually.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 551 · 5 lines
ਆਪੇ ਵੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਣ ਸਭਿ ਸਾਸਤ ਆਪਿ ਕਥੈ ਆਪਿ ਭੀਜੈ ॥
He Himself is the Vedas, the Puraanas and all the Shaastras; He Himself chants them, and He Himself is pleased.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 551 · 6 lines
ਸੇਖਾ ਅੰਦਰਹੁ ਜੋਰੁ ਛਡਿ ਤੂ ਭਉ ਕਰਿ ਝਲੁ ਗਵਾਇ ॥
O Shaykh, abandon your cruel nature; live in the Fear of God and give up your madness.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 551 · 6 lines
ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਹੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਨ ਲਗੋ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥
The self-willed manmukh is emotionally attached to Maya - he has no love for the Naam.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 551-552 · 6 lines
ਆਪੇ ਖਾਣੀ ਆਪੇ ਬਾਣੀ ਆਪੇ ਖੰਡ ਵਰਭੰਡ ਕਰੇ ॥
He Himself created the four sources of creation, and He Himself fashioned speech; He Himself formed the worlds and solar systems.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 552 · 6 lines
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਸਫਲ ਹੈ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਕਰੇ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥
Fruitful is service to the True Guru, if one does so with a sincere mind.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 552 · 6 lines
ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਹੈ ਕਲਿਜੁਗ ਬੋਹਿਥੁ ਹੋਇ ॥
The True Guru is imbued with the Naam, the Name of the Lord; He is the boat in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 552 · 5 lines
ਆਪੇ ਪਾਰਸੁ ਆਪਿ ਧਾਤੁ ਹੈ ਆਪਿ ਕੀਤੋਨੁ ਕੰਚਨੁ ॥
He Himself is the Philosopher's Stone, He Himself is the metal, and He Himself is transformed into gold.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 552 · 6 lines
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੇ ਜੀਅ ਕੇ ਬੰਧਨਾ ਜੇਤੇ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਹਿ ॥
Without serving the True Guru, the deeds which are done are only chains binding the soul.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 552 · 5 lines
ਇਕਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੇ ਲਗੈ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥
Some wait upon and serve the True Guru; they embrace love for the Lord's Name.

Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 552 · 3 lines
ਆਪੇ ਚਾਟਸਾਲ ਆਪਿ ਹੈ ਪਾਧਾ ਆਪੇ ਚਾਟੜੇ ਪੜਣ ਕਉ ਆਣੇ ॥
He Himself is the school, He Himself is the teacher, and He Himself brings the students to be taught.

Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 552-553 · 6 lines