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Raag Sorath ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ

• ਸੋਰਠਿ ਤਾਮਿ ਸੁਹਾਵਣੀ ਜਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਢੰਢੋਲੇ ॥
  Sorat'h is beautiful only when it leads the soul-bride to seek the Lord's Name.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 642 · 7 lines
• ਤੂ ਆਪੇ ਸਿਸਟਿ ਕਰਤਾ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰਿਆ ॥
  You Yourself are the Creator, the Fashioner of the world.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 642 · 6 lines
• ਹਉਮੈ ਜਲਤੇ ਜਲਿ ਮੁਏ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਆਏ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ॥
  In the flames of egotism, he is burnt to death; he wanders in doubt and the love of duality.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 643 · 5 lines
• ਸਫਲਿਓ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਧੰਨੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
  Service to the True Guru is fruitful and rewarding; blessed and acceptable is such a life.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 643 · 6 lines
• ਹਰਿ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ॥
  Serve the Immaculate Lord God, and meditate on the Lord's Name.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 643 · 6 lines
• ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਕਮਾਵਣਾ ਜਿ ਕਰਤੈ ਆਪਿ ਲਿਖਿਆਸੁ ॥
  He acts according to pre-ordained destiny, written by the Creator Himself.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 643 · 9 lines
• ਸੇ ਸੈਣ ਸੇ ਸਜਣਾ ਜਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਿਲਹਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥
  They alone are relatives, and they alone are friends, who, as Gurmukh, join together in love.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 643 · 6 lines
• ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਜਗਤੁ ਉਪਾਇ ਕੈ ਆਪਿ ਖੇਲੁ ਰਚਾਇਆ ॥
  You Yourself created the world, and You Yourself arranged the play of it.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 643 · 6 lines
• ਮਾਇਆ ਮਮਤਾ ਮੋਹਣੀ ਜਿਨਿ ਵਿਣੁ ਦੰਤਾ ਜਗੁ ਖਾਇਆ ॥
  The love of Maya is enticing; without teeth, it has eaten up the world.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 643-644 · 6 lines
• ਘਰ ਹੀ ਮਹਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਭਰਪੂਰੁ ਹੈ ਮਨਮੁਖਾ ਸਾਦੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
  The home within is filled with Ambrosial Nectar, but the self-willed manmukh does not get to taste it.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 644 · 9 lines
• ਸੋ ਹਰਿ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਅਗੰਮੁ ਹੈ ਕਹੁ ਕਿਤੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
  The Lord God is inaccessible; tell me, how can we find Him?
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 644 · 6 lines
• ਜਿਉ ਤਨੁ ਕੋਲੂ ਪੀੜੀਐ ਰਤੁ ਨ ਭੋਰੀ ਡੇਹਿ ॥
  It is as if my body has been crushed in the oil-press, without yielding even a drop of blood;
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 644 · 4 lines
• ਸਜਣੁ ਮੈਡਾ ਰੰਗੁਲਾ ਰੰਗੁ ਲਾਏ ਮਨੁ ਲੇਇ ॥
  My Friend is so full of joy and love; He colors my mind with the color of His Love,
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 644 · 4 lines
• ਹਰਿ ਆਪਿ ਵਰਤੈ ਆਪਿ ਹਰਿ ਆਪਿ ਬੁਲਾਇਦਾ ॥
  The Lord Himself is pervading everywhere; the Lord Himself causes us to chant His Name.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 644 · 6 lines
• ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਸਫਲੁ ਹੈ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਕਰੇ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥
  Service to the True Guru is fruitful and rewarding, if one performs it with his mind focused on it.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 644 · 6 lines
• ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮੰਨੁ ਅਜਿਤੁ ਹੈ ਦੂਜੈ ਲਗੈ ਜਾਇ ॥
  The mind of the self-willed manmukh is so very stubborn; it is stuck in the love of duality.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 644-645 · 11 lines
• ਏਹ ਭੂਪਤਿ ਰਾਣੇ ਰੰਗ ਦਿਨ ਚਾਰਿ ਸੁਹਾਵਣਾ ॥
  The pleasures of kings and emperors are pleasing, but they last for only a few days.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 645 · 6 lines
• ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਜੋ ਮੁਹ ਫਿਰੇ ਸੇ ਬਧੇ ਦੁਖ ਸਹਾਹਿ ॥
  Those who turn their faces away from the True Guru, suffer in sorrow and bondage.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 645 · 5 lines
• ਜੋ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਮੁਹ ਫਿਰੇ ਤਿਨਾ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਠਾਉ ॥
  Those who turn their faces away from the True Guru, shall find no place of rest or shelter.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 645 · 4 lines
• ਜੋ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਸਤਿ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ਸੇ ਭਵਜਲ ਤਰਿ ਗਇਆ ॥
  Those who serve the True Lord, the Destroyer of ego, cross over the terrifying world-ocean.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 645 · 6 lines
• ਥਾਲੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਤੈ ਵਸਤੂ ਪਈਓ ਹਰਿ ਭੋਜਨੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਸਾਰੁ ॥
  Upon the plate, three things have been placed; this is the sublime, ambrosial food of the Lord.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 645 · 7 lines
• ਜੋ ਧੁਰਿ ਮੇਲੇ ਸੇ ਮਿਲਿ ਰਹੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥
  Those whom the Primal Lord unites, remain in Union with Him; they focus their consciousness on the True Guru.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 645 · 4 lines
• ਬਹਿ ਸਖੀਆ ਜਸੁ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਗਾਵਣਹਾਰੀਆ ॥
  Sitting together, the companions sing the Songs of the Lord's Praises.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 645 · 6 lines
• ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਸਭਿ ਭਰਮਦੇ ਨਿਤ ਜਗਿ ਤੋਟਾ ਸੈਸਾਰਿ ॥
  Without the Name of the Lord, everyone wanders around the world, losing.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 645-646 · 4 lines
• ਸਹਜੇ ਜਾਗੈ ਸਹਜੇ ਸੋਵੈ ॥
  He wakes in peace, and he sleeps in peace.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 646 · 7 lines
• ਸੇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵਹਿ ਜੋ ਹਰਿ ਰਤਿਆ ॥
  They alone meditate on the Lord's Name, who are imbued with the Lord.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 646 · 6 lines
• ਅੰਤਰਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਨ ਆਇਓ ਜਿਤੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਸੋਝੀ ਪਾਇ ॥
  Spiritual wisdom, which would bring understanding, does not enter into his mind.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 646 · 4 lines
• ਇਕਾ ਬਾਣੀ ਇਕੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਇਕੋ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥
  There is One Bani; there is One Guru; there is one Shabad to contemplate.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 646 · 7 lines
• ਜਿਨਾ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਕੂੜੁ ਵਰਤੈ ਸਚੁ ਨ ਭਾਵਈ ॥
  Those who are permeated by falsehood, do not love the Truth.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 646 · 6 lines
• ਸੇਖਾ ਚਉਚਕਿਆ ਚਉਵਾਇਆ ਏਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਇਕਤੁ ਘਰਿ ਆਣਿ ॥
  O Shaykh, you wander in the four directions, blown by the four winds; bring your mind back to the home of the One Lord.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 646 · 7 lines
• ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਤੋਟਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਕਹਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
  There is no end to the Lord's Glorious Praises; His worth cannot be described.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 646 · 3 lines
• ਹਰਿ ਚੋਲੀ ਦੇਹ ਸਵਾਰੀ ਕਢਿ ਪੈਧੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਿ ॥
  The Lord has adorned the coat of the body; He has embroidered it with devotional worship.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 646 · 6 lines
• ਪਰਥਾਇ ਸਾਖੀ ਮਹਾ ਪੁਰਖ ਬੋਲਦੇ ਸਾਝੀ ਸਗਲ ਜਹਾਨੈ ॥
  Great men speak the teachings by relating them to individual situations, but the whole world shares in them.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 647 · 5 lines
• ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਨ ਲਾਇਓ ਅੰਤਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਹੁਤਾ ਆਇ ॥
  Those who do not focus their consciousness on the Lord, as Gurmukh, suffer pain and grief in the end.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 647 · 9 lines
• ਹਰਿ ਸਜਣ ਮੇਲਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਮਿਲਿ ਪੰਥੁ ਦਸਾਈ ॥
  O Beloved, lead me to meet my True Friend; meeting with Him, I shall ask Him to show me the Path.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 647 · 6 lines
• ਪੰਡਿਤ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਚੁਕਈ ਜੇ ਵੇਦ ਪੜੈ ਜੁਗ ਚਾਰਿ ॥
  O Pandit, O religious scholar, your filth shall not be erased, even if you read the Vedas for four ages.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 647 · 8 lines
• ਮਨਮੁਖ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਗਾ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਆਇ ॥
  The self-willed manmukh does not serve the Lord's Name, and so he suffers in horrible pain.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 647 · 6 lines
• ਹਰਿ ਰਸਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਗਾਵੈ ਖਰੀ ਸੁਹਾਵਣੀ ॥
  The tongue which sings the Lord's Praises, is so very beautiful.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 647 · 6 lines
• ਹਸਤੀ ਸਿਰਿ ਜਿਉ ਅੰਕਸੁ ਹੈ ਅਹਰਣਿ ਜਿਉ ਸਿਰੁ ਦੇਇ ॥
  The elephant offers its head to the reins, and the anvil offers itself to the hammer;
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 647-648 · 5 lines
• ਜਿਨ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਆਏ ਤੇ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
  Blessed and approved is the coming into the world, of those Gurmukhs who meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 648 · 3 lines
• ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਖੀਆ ਸਿਖ ਗੁਰੂ ਮੇਲਾਈਆ ॥
  The Guru unites His Sikhs, the Gurmukhs, with the Lord.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 648 · 6 lines
• ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੇਤਨੀ ਅਗਿਆਨੀ ਅੰਧੁਲੇ ਅਵਰੇ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਹਿ ॥
  O Nanak, the blind, ignorant fools do not remember the Naam, the Name of the Lord; they involve themselves in other activities.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 648 · 3 lines
• ਨਾਨਕ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਆਪਣਾ ਸੇ ਜਨ ਸਚੇ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
  O Nanak, those humble beings are true and approved, who serve their True Guru.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 648 · 3 lines
• ਧਨੁ ਸੰਪੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਸੰਚੀਐ ਅੰਤੇ ਦੁਖਦਾਈ ॥
  Gathering the wealth and property of Maya, brings only pain in the end.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 648 · 6 lines
• ਬਿਨੁ ਕਰਮੈ ਨਾਉ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਪੂਰੈ ਕਰਮਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥
  Without the karma of good actions, the Name is not obtained; it can be obtained only by perfect good karma.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 648 · 3 lines
• ਇਕ ਦਝਹਿ ਇਕ ਦਬੀਅਹਿ ਇਕਨਾ ਕੁਤੇ ਖਾਹਿ ॥
  Some are cremated, and some are buried; some are eaten by dogs.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 648 · 4 lines
• ਤਿਨ ਕਾ ਖਾਧਾ ਪੈਧਾ ਮਾਇਆ ਸਭੁ ਪਵਿਤੁ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਨਾਮਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਤੇ ॥
  The food and clothes, and all the worldly possessions of those who are attuned to the Lord's Name are sacred.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 648 · 6 lines
• ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਵਹੁ ਘੁਥਿਆ ਹਲਤੁ ਪਲਤੁ ਸਭੁ ਜਾਇ ॥
  O Nanak, forsaking the Name, he loses everything, in this world and the next.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 648 · 4 lines
• ਸੰਤਾ ਨਾਲਿ ਵੈਰੁ ਕਮਾਵਦੇ ਦੁਸਟਾ ਨਾਲਿ ਮੋਹੁ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥
  They inflict their hatred upon the Saints, and they love the wicked sinners.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 649 · 6 lines
• ਜੋ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਦੇ ਸੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਮਨ ਮਾਹੀ ॥
  Those who meditate on the Lord's Name, are imbued with the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, in their minds.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 649 · 6 lines