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Raag Maaroo ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ

• ਚੜਿ ਬੋਹਿਥੈ ਚਾਲਸਉ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਲਹਰੀ ਦੇਇ ॥
  I get on board the boat and set out, but the ocean is churning with waves.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 1087 · 5 lines
• ਨਿਹਕੰਟਕ ਰਾਜੁ ਭੁੰਚਿ ਤੂ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਈ ॥
  Enjoy your kingdom of bliss; as Gurmukh, practice Truth.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1087 · 6 lines
• ਭੂਲੀ ਭੂਲੀ ਮੈ ਫਿਰੀ ਪਾਧਰੁ ਕਹੈ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
  Confused and deluded, I wander around, but no one shows me the way.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1087 · 5 lines
• ਆਪੇ ਕਰਣੀ ਕਾਰ ਆਪਿ ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਰਜਾਇ ॥
  He Himself is the Doer, and He is the deed; He Himself issues the Command.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1087 · 4 lines
• ਮਾਇਆ ਵੇਖਿ ਨ ਭੁਲੁ ਤੂ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮੂਰਖਾ ॥
  Don't be fooled by gazing at the riches of Maya, you foolish self-willed manmukh.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1087-1088 · 6 lines
• ਜਿਨਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਭੇਟਿਆ ਭੈ ਕੀ ਨਾਹੀ ਬਿੰਦ ॥
  Those who do not meet with the Guru, who have no Fear of God at all,
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1088 · 5 lines
• ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਢੂਢੀ ਸਜਣਾ ਹਉਮੈ ਬੁਰੀ ਜਗਤਿ ॥
  I have searched throughout the three worlds, O my friend; egotism is bad for the world.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1088 · 3 lines
• ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿਓਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਣੇ ॥
  The Lord Himself forgives the Gurmukhs; they are absorbed and immersed in the Lord's Name.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1088 · 6 lines
• ਮਹਲ ਕੁਚਜੀ ਮੜਵੜੀ ਕਾਲੀ ਮਨਹੁ ਕਸੁਧ ॥
  The rude, ill-mannered bride is encased in the body-tomb; she is blackened, and her mind is impure.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1088 · 3 lines
• ਸਾਚੁ ਸੀਲ ਸਚੁ ਸੰਜਮੀ ਸਾ ਪੂਰੀ ਪਰਵਾਰਿ ॥
  She has good conduct, true self-discipline, and a perfect family.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1088 · 3 lines
• ਆਪਣਾ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣਿਆ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
  One who realizes his own self, is blessed with the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1088 · 6 lines
• ਪਿਰ ਖੁਸੀਏ ਧਨ ਰਾਵੀਏ ਧਨ ਉਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥
  Her Husband Lord is pleased, and He enjoys His bride; the soul-bride adorns her heart with the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1088 · 3 lines
• ਸਸੁਰੈ ਪੇਈਐ ਕੰਤ ਕੀ ਕੰਤੁ ਅਗੰਮੁ ਅਥਾਹੁ ॥
  In her father-in-law's home hereafter, and in her parents' home in this world, she belongs to her Husband Lord. Her Husband is inaccessible and unfathomable.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1088 · 3 lines
• ਤਖਤਿ ਰਾਜਾ ਸੋ ਬਹੈ ਜਿ ਤਖਤੈ ਲਾਇਕ ਹੋਈ ॥
  That king sits upon the throne, who is worthy of that throne.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1088 · 6 lines
• ਸਭਨਾ ਕਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਪਿਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਖਾਲੀ ਨਾਹਿ ॥
  The One Lord is the Husband of all. No one is without the Husband Lord.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1088 · 3 lines
• ਮਨ ਕੇ ਅਧਿਕ ਤਰੰਗ ਕਿਉ ਦਰਿ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਛੁਟੀਐ ॥
  The mind is churning with so many waves of desire. How can one be emancipated in the Court of the Lord?
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1088 · 4 lines
• ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਮੋਲੁ ਹੈ ਕਿਉ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਕੀਜੈ ॥
  The Name of the Lord is priceless. How can its value be estimated?
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1088-1089 · 6 lines
• ਨਾ ਮੈਲਾ ਨਾ ਧੁੰਧਲਾ ਨਾ ਭਗਵਾ ਨਾ ਕਚੁ ॥
  Neither dirty, nor dull, nor saffron, nor any color that fades.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1089 · 3 lines
• ਸਹਜਿ ਵਣਸਪਤਿ ਫੁਲੁ ਫਲੁ ਭਵਰੁ ਵਸੈ ਭੈ ਖੰਡਿ ॥
  The bumble bee intuitively and fearlessly dwells among the vegetation, flowers and fruits.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1089 · 3 lines
• ਜੋ ਜਨ ਲੂਝਹਿ ਮਨੈ ਸਿਉ ਸੇ ਸੂਰੇ ਪਰਧਾਨਾ ॥
  Those humble beings who struggle with their minds are brave and distinguished heroes.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1089 · 6 lines
• ਜੋਗੀ ਹੋਵਾ ਜਗਿ ਭਵਾ ਘਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਭੀਖਿਆ ਲੇਉ ॥
  If I were to become a Yogi, and wander around the world, begging from door to door,
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1089 · 6 lines
• ਜਿਤੁ ਦਰਿ ਲੇਖਾ ਮੰਗੀਐ ਸੋ ਦਰੁ ਸੇਵਿਹੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
  Through that door, you will be called to account; do not serve at that door.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1089 · 8 lines
• ਸੂਰੇ ਏਹਿ ਨ ਆਖੀਅਹਿ ਅਹੰਕਾਰਿ ਮਰਹਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥
  They are not called heroes, who die of egotism, suffering in pain.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1089 · 6 lines
• ਕਾਗਉ ਹੋਇ ਨ ਊਜਲਾ ਲੋਹੇ ਨਾਵ ਨ ਪਾਰੁ ॥
  The crow does not become white, and an iron boat does not float across.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1089 · 5 lines
• ਮਾਰੂ ਮਾਰਣ ਜੋ ਗਏ ਮਾਰਿ ਨ ਸਕਹਿ ਗਵਾਰ ॥
  The ignorant people who go to the desert to conquer their minds, are not able to conquer them.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1089 · 5 lines
• ਦੋਵੈ ਤਰਫਾ ਉਪਾਈਓਨੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਸਕਤਿ ਸਿਵ ਵਾਸਾ ॥
  He created both sides; Shiva dwells within Shakti (the soul dwells within the material universe).
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1090 · 6 lines
• ਹੋਵਾ ਪੰਡਿਤੁ ਜੋਤਕੀ ਵੇਦ ਪੜਾ ਮੁਖਿ ਚਾਰਿ ॥
  I might become a Pandit, a religious scholar, or an astrologer, and recite the four Vedas with my mouth;
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1090 · 5 lines
• ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਏ ਕਰੇ ਆਪਿ ਆਪੇ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
  He Himself creates and He Himself acts; He bestows His Glance of Grace.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1090 · 3 lines
• ਕੰਟਕੁ ਕਾਲੁ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਹੋਰੁ ਕੰਟਕੁ ਨ ਸੂਝੈ ॥
  Only death is painful; I cannot conceive of anything else as painful.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1090 · 6 lines
• ਹੁਕਮਿ ਰਜਾਈ ਸਾਖਤੀ ਦਰਗਹ ਸਚੁ ਕਬੂਲੁ ॥
  Submit to the Will of the Lord Commander; in His Court, only Truth is accepted.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1090 · 5 lines
• ਅਲਗਉ ਜੋਇ ਮਧੂਕੜਉ ਸਾਰੰਗਪਾਣਿ ਸਬਾਇ ॥
  One who is unattached like the bumble bee, sees the Lord of the world everywhere.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1090 · 3 lines
• ਮਨਮੁਖ ਕਾਲੁ ਵਿਆਪਦਾ ਮੋਹਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਲਾਗੇ ॥
  The self-willed manmukhs are afflicted by death; they cling to Maya in emotional attachment.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1090 · 6 lines
• ਸਰਬੇ ਜੋਇ ਅਗਛਮੀ ਦੂਖੁ ਘਨੇਰੋ ਆਥਿ ॥
  See the imperishable Lord everywhere; attachment to wealth brings only great pain.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1090 · 3 lines
• ਪੂੰਜੀ ਸਾਚਉ ਨਾਮੁ ਤੂ ਅਖੁਟਉ ਦਰਬੁ ਅਪਾਰੁ ॥
  My capital is Your True Name, O Lord; this wealth is inexhaustible and infinite.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1090 · 3 lines
• ਪੂਰਬ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਪਿਰਾਣਿ ਲੈ ਮੋਟਉ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਮਾਣਿ ॥
  Know and enjoy the primal, eternal Love of the Great Lord and Master.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1090 · 3 lines
• ਆਪੇ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਸਵਾਰਿਓਨੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਨਵ ਨਿਧਿ ਨਾਮੁ ॥
  He Himself has embellished the body, and placed the nine treasures of the Naam within it.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1090 · 6 lines
• ਭੋਲਤਣਿ ਭੈ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਹੇਕੈ ਪਾਧਰ ਹੀਡੁ ॥
  The Fear of God abides in the mind of the innocent; this is the straight path to the One Lord.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1090-1091 · 3 lines
• ਮਾਂਦਲੁ ਬੇਦਿ ਸਿ ਬਾਜਣੋ ਘਣੋ ਧੜੀਐ ਜੋਇ ॥
  The drum of the Vedas vibrates, bringing dispute and divisiveness.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1091 · 3 lines
• ਸਾਗਰੁ ਗੁਣੀ ਅਥਾਹੁ ਕਿਨਿ ਹਾਥਾਲਾ ਦੇਖੀਐ ॥
  The world-ocean of the three qualities is unfathomably deep; how can its bottom be seen?
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1091 · 5 lines
• ਜਿਨੀ ਅੰਦਰੁ ਭਾਲਿਆ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਹਾਵੈ ॥
  Those who search their inner beings, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, are exalted and adorned.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1091 · 6 lines
• ਸੁਣੀਐ ਏਕੁ ਵਖਾਣੀਐ ਸੁਰਗਿ ਮਿਰਤਿ ਪਇਆਲਿ ॥
  Listen to and speak the Name of the One Lord, who permeates the heavens, this world and the nether regions of the underworld.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1091 · 5 lines
• ਹਉ ਮੁਆ ਮੈ ਮਾਰਿਆ ਪਉਣੁ ਵਹੈ ਦਰੀਆਉ ॥
  In egotism, he dies; possessiveness kills him, and the breath flows out like a river.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 1091 · 6 lines
• ਇਸੁ ਜੁਗ ਮਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹੈ ਨਾਮੋ ਨਾਲਿ ਚਲੈ ॥
  In this age, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the treasure. Only the Naam goes along in the end.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1091 · 6 lines
• ਮਨਮੁਖ ਵਾਪਾਰੈ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਬਿਖੁ ਵਿਹਾਝਹਿ ਬਿਖੁ ਸੰਗ੍ਰਹਹਿ ਬਿਖ ਸਿਉ ਧਰਹਿ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥
  The self-willed manmukh does not appreciate the excellence of trading in Truth. He deals in poison, collects poison, and is in love with poison.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1091 · 7 lines
• ਦੁਖੁ ਲਗਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਮੰਨੇ ਦੁਖੁ ਜਾਇ ॥
  Without serving the Lord, he suffers in pain; accepting the Hukam of God's Command, pain is gone.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1091 · 4 lines
• ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਜਗਤੁ ਹੈ ਨਿਰਧਨੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਿ ਨਾਹੀ ॥
  Without the Lord's Name, the world is poor. Without the Name, no one is satisfied.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1091-1092 · 6 lines
• ਇਸੁ ਜਗ ਮਹਿ ਸੰਤੀ ਧਨੁ ਖਟਿਆ ਜਿਨਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਆਇ ॥
  In this world, the Saints earn the wealth; they come to meet God through the True Guru.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1092 · 11 lines
• ਜਿਨਿ ਉਪਾਈ ਮੇਦਨੀ ਸੋਈ ਸਾਰ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
  The One who created the world, takes care of it.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1092 · 8 lines
• ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜਪੁ ਤਪੁ ਸੰਜਮੋ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਜਾਪੈ ॥
  Deep within the self are meditation and austere self-discipline, when one realizes the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1092 · 6 lines
• ਲੋਕੁ ਅਵਗਣਾ ਕੀ ਬੰਨੑੈ ਗੰਠੜੀ ਗੁਣ ਨ ਵਿਹਾਝੈ ਕੋਇ ॥
  People tie up bundles of demerits; no one deals in virtue.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 1092 · 4 lines