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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ
Angs 989-1106 · 322 shabads · page 6 of 7
ਜਾ ਛੁਟੇ ਤਾ ਖਾਕੁ ਤੂ ਸੁੰਞੀ ਕੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਹੀ ॥
When the soul leaves, you shall become dust, O vacant body; why do you not realize your Husband Lord?
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1097 · 3 lines
ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਸੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਘੜੀ ਨ ਜੀਵਣਾ ਵਿਸਰੇ ਸਰੈ ਨ ਬਿੰਦ ॥
O Nanak, without Him, you cannot survive, even for an instant; you cannot afford to forget Him, even for a moment.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1097 · 3 lines
ਰਤੇ ਰੰਗਿ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਕੈ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਅਤਿ ਗੁਲਾਲੁ ॥
Those who are imbued with the Love of the Supreme Lord God, their minds and bodies are colored deep crimson.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1097 · 3 lines
ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਜਾ ਤੂ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਿਤ੍ਰੁ ਹੈ ਤਾ ਕਿਆ ਮੈ ਕਾੜਾ ॥
O Dear Lord, when You are my friend, what sorrow can afflict me?
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1097-1098 · 9 lines
ਜਾ ਮੂੰ ਆਵਹਿ ਚਿਤਿ ਤੂ ਤਾ ਹਭੇ ਸੁਖ ਲਹਾਉ ॥
When You come into my consciousness, then I obtain all peace and comfort.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1098 · 3 lines
ਕਪੜ ਭੋਗ ਵਿਕਾਰ ਏ ਹਭੇ ਹੀ ਛਾਰ ॥
Enjoyment of clothes and corrupt pleasures - all these are nothing more than dust.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1098 · 3 lines
ਕਿਆ ਤਕਹਿ ਬਿਆ ਪਾਸ ਕਰਿ ਹੀਅੜੇ ਹਿਕੁ ਅਧਾਰੁ ॥
Why do you look in other directions? O my heart, take the Support of the Lord alone.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1098 · 3 lines
ਵਿਣੁ ਕਰਮਾ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਨੂਆ ਨ ਲਗੈ ॥
Without good karma, the Dear Lord is not found; without the True Guru, the mind is not joined to Him.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1098 · 9 lines
ਲੋੜੀਦੋ ਹਭ ਜਾਇ ਸੋ ਮੀਰਾ ਮੀਰੰਨ ਸਿਰਿ ॥
I have searched everywhere for the King over the heads of kings.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1098 · 3 lines
ਮਾਣਿਕੂ ਮੋਹਿ ਮਾਉ ਡਿੰਨਾ ਧਣੀ ਅਪਾਹਿ ॥
O my mother, the Master has blessed me with the jewel.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1098 · 3 lines
ਮੂ ਥੀਆਊ ਸੇਜ ਨੈਣਾ ਪਿਰੀ ਵਿਛਾਵਣਾ ॥
I have become the bed for my Beloved Husband Lord; my eyes have become the sheets.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1098 · 3 lines
ਮਨੁ ਲੋਚੈ ਹਰਿ ਮਿਲਣ ਕਉ ਕਿਉ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਪਾਈਆ ॥
My mind longs to meet the Lord; how can I obtain the Blessed Vision of His Darshan?
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1098 · 9 lines
ਮੂ ਥੀਆਊ ਤਖਤੁ ਪਿਰੀ ਮਹਿੰਜੇ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹ ॥
I have become the throne for my Beloved Lord King.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1098 · 3 lines
ਪਿਰੀਆ ਸੰਦੜੀ ਭੁਖ ਮੂ ਲਾਵਣ ਥੀ ਵਿਥਰਾ ॥
If my Beloved becomes hungry, I will become food, and place myself before Him.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1098 · 3 lines
ਠਗਾ ਨੀਹੁ ਮਤ੍ਰੋੜਿ ਜਾਣੁ ਗੰਧ੍ਰਬਾ ਨਗਰੀ ॥
Break off your love with the cheaters; realize that it is a mirage.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1098 · 3 lines
ਅਕਲ ਕਲਾ ਨਹ ਪਾਈਐ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਅਲਖ ਅਲੇਖੰ ॥
God is not found by intellectual devices; He is unknowable and unseen.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1098-1099 · 9 lines
ਸੋ ਨਿਵਾਹੂ ਗਡਿ ਜੋ ਚਲਾਊ ਨ ਥੀਐ ॥
Focus on that which will not pass away.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1099 · 3 lines
ਹਭ ਸਮਾਣੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਘਟਾਊ ਚੰਦ੍ਰਮਾ ॥
God's Light is permeating all, like the moon reflected in the water.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1099 · 3 lines
ਮੁਖ ਸੁਹਾਵੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਚਉ ਆਠ ਪਹਰ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਉ ॥
One's face becomes beautiful, chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and singing His Glorious Praises, twenty-four hours a day.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1099 · 3 lines
ਬਾਹਰ ਭੇਖਿ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਅੰਤਰਜਾਮੀ ॥
By wearing religious robes outwardly, God, the Inner-knower is not found.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1099 · 9 lines
ਮੁਖਹੁ ਅਲਾਏ ਹਭ ਮਰਣੁ ਪਛਾਣੰਦੋ ਕੋਇ ॥
All speak with their mouths, but rare are those one who realize death.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1099 · 3 lines
ਜਾਣੁ ਵਸੰਦੋ ਮੰਝਿ ਪਛਾਣੂ ਕੋ ਹੇਕੜੋ ॥
Know that He dwells within all; rare are those who realize this.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1099 · 3 lines
ਮਤੜੀ ਕਾਂਢਕੁ ਆਹ ਪਾਵ ਧੋਵੰਦੋ ਪੀਵਸਾ ॥
I drink in the water which has washed the feet of those who share the Teachings.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1099 · 3 lines
ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਨਾਲਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਰਚਾ ॥
Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Fearless Lord, he becomes attached to Maya.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1099 · 9 lines
ਪਰਭਾਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਿ ਗੁਰ ਕੇ ਚਰਣ ਧਿਆਇ ॥
In the early hours of the morning, chant the Name of God, and meditate on the Feet of the Guru.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1099 · 3 lines
ਦੇਹ ਅੰਧਾਰੀ ਅੰਧੁ ਸੁੰਞੀ ਨਾਮ ਵਿਹੂਣੀਆ ॥
The body is dark, blind and empty, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1099 · 3 lines
ਲੋਇਣ ਲੋਈ ਡਿਠ ਪਿਆਸ ਨ ਬੁਝੈ ਮੂ ਘਣੀ ॥
With my eyes, I have seen the Light; my great thirst for Him is not quenched.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1099-1100 · 3 lines
ਜਿਨਿ ਜਨਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਤਿਨਿ ਸਭਿ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਈ ॥
That humble being, who, as Gurmukh, serves the Lord, obtains all peace and pleasure.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1100 · 9 lines
ਸਚੁ ਸੁਹਾਵਾ ਕਾਢੀਐ ਕੂੜੈ ਕੂੜੀ ਸੋਇ ॥
The true person is said to be beautiful; false is the reputation of the false.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1100 · 3 lines
ਸਜਣ ਮੁਖੁ ਅਨੂਪੁ ਅਠੇ ਪਹਰ ਨਿਹਾਲਸਾ ॥
The face of my friend, the Lord, is incomparably beautiful; I would watch Him, twenty-four hours a day.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1100 · 3 lines
ਸਜਣ ਸਚੁ ਪਰਖਿ ਮੁਖਿ ਅਲਾਵਣੁ ਥੋਥਰਾ ॥
O my friend, realize the True Lord. Just to talk about Him is useless.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1100 · 3 lines
ਧਰਤਿ ਆਕਾਸੁ ਪਾਤਾਲੁ ਹੈ ਚੰਦੁ ਸੂਰੁ ਬਿਨਾਸੀ ॥
The earth, the Akaashic ethers of the sky, the nether regions of the underworld, the moon and the sun shall pass away.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1100 · 9 lines
ਡਿਠੀ ਹਭ ਢੰਢੋਲਿ ਹਿਕਸੁ ਬਾਝੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
I have seen and examined all; without the One Lord, there is none at all.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1100 · 3 lines
ਆਸਕੁ ਆਸਾ ਬਾਹਰਾ ਮੂ ਮਨਿ ਵਡੀ ਆਸ ॥
The lover is without hope, but within my mind, there is great hope.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1100 · 3 lines
ਵਿਛੋੜਾ ਸੁਣੇ ਡੁਖੁ ਵਿਣੁ ਡਿਠੇ ਮਰਿਓਦਿ ॥
Even if I just hear of separation from You, I am in pain; without seeing You, O Lord, I die.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1100 · 3 lines
ਤਟ ਤੀਰਥ ਦੇਵ ਦੇਵਾਲਿਆ ਕੇਦਾਰੁ ਮਥੁਰਾ ਕਾਸੀ ॥
River-banks, sacred shrines, idols, temples, and places of pilgrimage like Kaydarnaat'h, Mat'huraa and Benares,
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1100 · 9 lines
ਸੈ ਨੰਗੇ ਨਹ ਨੰਗ ਭੁਖੇ ਲਖ ਨ ਭੁਖਿਆ ॥
Hundreds of times naked does not make the person naked; tens of thousands of hungers do not make him hungry;
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1100 · 3 lines
ਸੁਖ ਸਮੂਹਾ ਭੋਗ ਭੂਮਿ ਸਬਾਈ ਕੋ ਧਣੀ ॥
Even if one were to enjoy all pleasures, and be master of the entire earth,
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1101 · 3 lines
ਹਿਕਸ ਕੂੰ ਤੂ ਆਹਿ ਪਛਾਣੂ ਭੀ ਹਿਕੁ ਕਰਿ ॥
Yearn for the One Lord, and make Him your friend.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1101 · 3 lines
ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਏਕੁ ਨਰਾਇਣੋ ਹਰਿ ਅਗਮ ਅਗਾਧਾ ॥
The One and only Lord is eternal, imperishable, inaccessible and incomprehensible.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1101 · 9 lines
ਜੋ ਡੁਬੰਦੋ ਆਪਿ ਸੋ ਤਰਾਏ ਕਿਨੑ ਖੇ ॥
One who himself has drowned - how can he carry anyone else across?
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1101 · 3 lines
ਜਿਥੈ ਕੋਇ ਕਥੰਨਿ ਨਾਉ ਸੁਣੰਦੋ ਮਾ ਪਿਰੀ ॥
Wherever someone speaks and hears the Name of my Beloved Lord,
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1101 · 3 lines
ਮੇਰੀ ਮੇਰੀ ਕਿਆ ਕਰਹਿ ਪੁਤ੍ਰ ਕਲਤ੍ਰ ਸਨੇਹ ॥
You are in love with your children and your wife; why do you keep calling them your own?
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1101 · 3 lines
ਨੈਨੀ ਦੇਖਉ ਗੁਰ ਦਰਸਨੋ ਗੁਰ ਚਰਣੀ ਮਥਾ ॥
With my eyes, I gaze upon the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan; I touch my forehead to the Guru's feet.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1101 · 9 lines
ਲਗੜੀਆ ਪਿਰੀਅੰਨਿ ਪੇਖੰਦੀਆ ਨਾ ਤਿਪੀਆ ॥
I am centered and focused on my Beloved, but I am not satisfied, even by seeing Him.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1101 · 3 lines
ਕਥੜੀਆ ਸੰਤਾਹ ਤੇ ਸੁਖਾਊ ਪੰਧੀਆ ॥
The sayings of the Saints are the paths of peace.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1101 · 3 lines
ਡੂੰਗਰਿ ਜਲਾ ਥਲਾ ਭੂਮਿ ਬਨਾ ਫਲ ਕੰਦਰਾ ॥
He is totally permeating the mountains, oceans, deserts, lands, forests, orchards, caves,
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1101 · 4 lines
ਹਰਿ ਜੀ ਮਾਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਜੀ ਪਿਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਪਾਲਕ ॥
The Dear Lord is my mother, the Dear Lord is my father; the Dear Lord cherishes and nurtures me.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1101-1102 · 9 lines
ਨਾਨਕ ਕਚੜਿਆ ਸਿਉ ਤੋੜਿ ਢੂਢਿ ਸਜਣ ਸੰਤ ਪਕਿਆ ॥
O Nanak, break away from the false, and seek out the Saints, your true friends.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1102 · 3 lines
ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਜੁਲੀਆ ਚਮਕੰਨਿ ਘੁਰਨੑਿ ਘਟਾ ਅਤਿ ਕਾਲੀਆ ॥
O Nanak, the lightning flashes, and thunder echoes in the dark black clouds.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 1102 · 3 lines
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