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Raag Raamkalee ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ

• ਤੁਧੁ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਨਾਹਿ ਕਿਸੁ ਆਖਿ ਸੁਣਾਈਐ ॥
  You are the Great Giver; no other is as great as You. Unto whom should I speak and talk?
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 951 · 6 lines
• ਬਾਬਾਣੀਆ ਕਹਾਣੀਆ ਪੁਤ ਸਪੁਤ ਕਰੇਨਿ ॥
  The stories of one's ancestors make the children good children.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 951 · 6 lines
• ਗੁਰੂ ਜਿਨਾ ਕਾ ਅੰਧੁਲਾ ਸਿਖ ਭੀ ਅੰਧੇ ਕਰਮ ਕਰੇਨਿ ॥
  The disciples whose teacher is blind, act blindly as well.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 951 · 6 lines
• ਸਭ ਨਦਰੀ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਰਖਦਾ ਜੇਤੀ ਸਿਸਟਿ ਸਭ ਕੀਤੀ ॥
  He keeps all under His Gaze; He created the entire Universe.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 951 · 6 lines
• ਸਤੀ ਪਾਪੁ ਕਰਿ ਸਤੁ ਕਮਾਹਿ ॥
  Men of charity gather wealth by committing sins, and then give it away in donations to charity.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 951 · 21 lines
• ਹਿੰਦੂ ਕੈ ਘਰਿ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਆਵੈ ॥
  The Hindu comes to the house of a Hindu.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 951-952 · 21 lines
• ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਮੰਦਰੁ ਆਖੀਐ ਕਾਇਆ ਕੋਟੁ ਗੜੁ ॥
  The fortress of the body is called the Mansion of the Lord.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 952 · 6 lines
• ਨਾ ਸਤਿ ਦੁਖੀਆ ਨਾ ਸਤਿ ਸੁਖੀਆ ਨਾ ਸਤਿ ਪਾਣੀ ਜੰਤ ਫਿਰਹਿ ॥
  There is no Truth in suffering, there is no Truth in comfort. There is no Truth in wandering like animals through the water.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 952 · 10 lines
• ਸੋ ਗਿਰਹੀ ਜੋ ਨਿਗ੍ਰਹੁ ਕਰੈ ॥
  He alone is a householder, who restrains his passions
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 952 · 7 lines
• ਸੋ ਅਉਧੂਤੀ ਜੋ ਧੂਪੈ ਆਪੁ ॥
  He alone is a detached hermit, who burns away his self-conceit.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 952 · 7 lines
• ਸੋ ਉਦਾਸੀ ਜਿ ਪਾਲੇ ਉਦਾਸੁ ॥
  He alone is an Udasi, a shaven-headed renunciate, who embraces renunciation.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 952 · 7 lines
• ਸੋ ਪਾਖੰਡੀ ਜਿ ਕਾਇਆ ਪਖਾਲੇ ॥
  He alone is a Paakhandi, who cleanses his body of filth.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 952-953 · 7 lines
• ਸੋ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ਜਿ ਉਲਟੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ॥
  He alone is a Bairaagi, who turns himself toward God.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 953 · 7 lines
• ਕਿਉ ਮਰੈ ਮੰਦਾ ਕਿਉ ਜੀਵੈ ਜੁਗਤਿ ॥
  How is evil eradicated? How can the true way of life be found?
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 953 · 11 lines
• ਹਰਿ ਮੰਦਰੁ ਸੋਈ ਆਖੀਐ ਜਿਥਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਜਾਤਾ ॥
  That alone is said to be the Lord's temple, where the Lord is known.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 953 · 6 lines
• ਮੂਰਖੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੋ ਸੁਣੈ ਮੂਰਖ ਕਾ ਕਹਣਾ ॥
  Only a fool listens to the words of the fool.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 953 · 9 lines
• ਨਾਨਕੁ ਆਖੈ ਰੇ ਮਨਾ ਸੁਣੀਐ ਸਿਖ ਸਹੀ ॥
  Says Nanak, listen, O mind, to the True Teachings.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 953 · 7 lines
• ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਸਭੁ ਸਰੀਰੁ ਹੈ ਹਰਿ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਭੁ ਆਪੈ ॥
  The body and everything belongs to the Lord; the Lord Himself is all-pervading.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 953 · 6 lines
• ਸਹੰਸਰ ਦਾਨ ਦੇ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੁ ਰੋਆਇਆ ॥
  Branded with a thousand marks of disgrace, Indra cried in shame.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 953-954 · 23 lines
• ਜਪੁ ਤਪੁ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਮੰਨਿਐ ਅਵਰਿ ਕਾਰਾ ਸਭਿ ਬਾਦਿ ॥
  Meditation, austerity and everything come through belief in the Lord's Name. All other actions are useless.
  Guru Angad Dev Ji · Ang 954 · 3 lines
• ਕਾਇਆ ਹੰਸ ਧੁਰਿ ਮੇਲੁ ਕਰਤੈ ਲਿਖਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
  The union of the body and the soul-swan was pre-ordained by the Creator Lord.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 954 · 6 lines
• ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਧਾ ਹੋਇ ਕੈ ਰਤਨਾ ਪਰਖਣ ਜਾਇ ॥
  O Nanak, the blind man may go to appraise the jewels,
  Guru Angad Dev Ji · Ang 954 · 3 lines
• ਰਤਨਾ ਕੇਰੀ ਗੁਥਲੀ ਰਤਨੀ ਖੋਲੀ ਆਇ ॥
  The Jeweller has come, and opened up the bag of jewels.
  Guru Angad Dev Ji · Ang 954 · 5 lines
• ਨਉ ਦਰਵਾਜੇ ਕਾਇਆ ਕੋਟੁ ਹੈ ਦਸਵੈ ਗੁਪਤੁ ਰਖੀਜੈ ॥
  The fortress of the body has nine gates; the tenth gate is kept hidden.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 954 · 6 lines
• ਅੰਧੇ ਕੈ ਰਾਹਿ ਦਸਿਐ ਅੰਧਾ ਹੋਇ ਸੁ ਜਾਇ ॥
  He is truly blind, who follows the way shown by the blind man.
  Guru Angad Dev Ji · Ang 954 · 5 lines
• ਸਾਹਿਬਿ ਅੰਧਾ ਜੋ ਕੀਆ ਕਰੇ ਸੁਜਾਖਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
  One whom the Lord has made blind - the Lord can make him see again.
  Guru Angad Dev Ji · Ang 954 · 5 lines
• ਸੋ ਕਿਉ ਅੰਧਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਜਿ ਹੁਕਮਹੁ ਅੰਧਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
  How can someone be called blind, if he was made blind by the Lord's Command?
  Guru Angad Dev Ji · Ang 954 · 3 lines
• ਕਾਇਆ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਗੜੁ ਕੋਟੁ ਹੈ ਸਭਿ ਦਿਸੰਤਰ ਦੇਸਾ ॥
  Deep within the body is the fortress of the Lord, and all lands and countries.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 955 · 6 lines
• ਸਾਵਣੁ ਰਾਤਿ ਅਹਾੜੁ ਦਿਹੁ ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਦੁਇ ਖੇਤ ॥
  Night is the summer season, and day is the winter season; sexual desire and anger are the two fields planted.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 955 · 5 lines
• ਭਉ ਭੁਇ ਪਵਿਤੁ ਪਾਣੀ ਸਤੁ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਬਲੇਦ ॥
  Make the Fear of God the farm, purity the water, truth and contentment the cows and bulls,
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 955 · 5 lines
• ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਮੋਹੁ ਗੁਬਾਰੁ ਹੈ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਬੋਲੈ ॥
  The self-willed manmukh is trapped in the darkness of emotional attachment; in the love of duality he speaks.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 955 · 6 lines
• ਨਾਨਕ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਮਤਿ ਕਰਹੁ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਤਿਸ ਹੀ ਹੇਇ ॥
  O Nanak, don't be anxious; the Lord will take care of you.
  Guru Angad Dev Ji · Ang 955 · 8 lines
• ਨਾਨਕ ਇਹੁ ਜੀਉ ਮਛੁਲੀ ਝੀਵਰੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਕਾਲੁ ॥
  O Nanak, this soul is the fish, and death is the hungry fisherman.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 955 · 5 lines
• ਸੇ ਜਨ ਸਾਚੇ ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਜਿਨੀ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਪੀਤਾ ॥
  They are true, forever true, who drink in the sublime essence of the Lord.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 955 · 6 lines
• ਵੇਲਿ ਪਿੰਞਾਇਆ ਕਤਿ ਵੁਣਾਇਆ ॥
  The cotton is ginned, woven and spun;
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 955-956 · 9 lines
• ਸਚ ਕੀ ਕਾਤੀ ਸਚੁ ਸਭੁ ਸਾਰੁ ॥
  The knife is Truth, and its steel is totally True.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 956 · 9 lines
• ਕਮਰਿ ਕਟਾਰਾ ਬੰਕੁੜਾ ਬੰਕੇ ਕਾ ਅਸਵਾਰੁ ॥
  A beautiful dagger hangs by your waist, and you ride such a beautiful horse.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 956 · 3 lines
• ਸੋ ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਜੋ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਚਲੈ ॥
  They alone walk as Gurmukh, who receive the Shabad in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 956 · 6 lines
• ਆਸਾ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਕੋਇ ਨਿਰਾਸਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
  Everyone is filled with hope; hardly anyone is free of hope.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 956 · 3 lines
• ਨਾ ਕਿਛੁ ਆਸਾ ਹਥਿ ਹੈ ਕੇਉ ਨਿਰਾਸਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
  Nothing is in the hands of hope. How can one become free of hope?
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 956 · 3 lines
• ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਸਚੇ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨੁ ॥
  Cursed is the life in this world, without the True Name.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 956 · 6 lines
• ਸਰਵਰ ਹੰਸ ਧੁਰੇ ਹੀ ਮੇਲਾ ਖਸਮੈ ਏਵੈ ਭਾਣਾ ॥
  The union between the lake of the True Guru, and the swan of the soul, was pre-ordained from the very beginning, by the Pleasure of the Lord's Will.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 956 · 7 lines
• ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਉਜਲਾ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਚਿਤਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
  My Lord and Master is immaculate, as are those who think of Him.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 956 · 5 lines
• ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਆਪਿ ਤਾੜੀ ਲਾਈਅਨੁ ॥
  He Himself is all-pervading; He Himself is absorbed in the profound state of Samaadhi.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 956 · 6 lines
• ਜੈਸਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੁਣੀਦਾ ਤੈਸੋ ਹੀ ਮੈ ਡੀਠੁ ॥
  As I have heard of the True Guru, so I have seen Him.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 957 · 7 lines
• ਇਕੁ ਸਜਣੁ ਸਭਿ ਸਜਣਾ ਇਕੁ ਵੈਰੀ ਸਭਿ ਵਾਦਿ ॥
  If the One Lord is my Friend, then all are my friends. If the One Lord is my enemy, then all fight with me.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 957 · 5 lines
• ਥਟਣਹਾਰੈ ਥਾਟੁ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਥਟਿਆ ॥
  The Creator Lord created the Creation.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 957 · 9 lines
• ਸੁਣਿ ਸਜਣ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਮੇਰਿਆ ਮੈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਦੇਹੁ ਦਿਖਾਲਿ ॥
  Listen, O my beloved friend: please show me the True Guru.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 957 · 5 lines
• ਮੇਰੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਲੋਚਾ ਮਿਲਣ ਕੀ ਕਿਉ ਪਾਵਾ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੋਹਿ ॥
  Deep within me is the longing to meet You; how can I find You, God?
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 957 · 5 lines
• ਦੇਵਣਹਾਰੁ ਦਾਤਾਰੁ ਕਿਤੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਸਾਲਾਹੀਐ ॥
  He is the Great Giver, the Generous Lord; with what mouth can I praise Him?
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 957 · 9 lines