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Raag Maajh ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ

• ਮਾਘਿ ਮਜਨੁ ਸੰਗਿ ਸਾਧੂਆ ਧੂੜੀ ਕਰਿ ਇਸਨਾਨੁ ॥
  In the month of Maagh, let your cleansing bath be the dust of the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 135-136 · 9 lines
• ਫਲਗੁਣਿ ਅਨੰਦ ਉਪਾਰਜਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਸਜਣ ਪ੍ਰਗਟੇ ਆਇ ॥
  In the month of Phalgun, bliss comes to those, unto whom the Lord, the Friend, has been revealed.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 136 · 10 lines
• ਜਿਨਿ ਜਿਨਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਤਿਨ ਕੇ ਕਾਜ ਸਰੇ ॥
  Those who meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord-their affairs are all resolved.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 136 · 8 lines
• ਸੇਵੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਆਪਣਾ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਮਰੀ ਦਿਨ ਸਭਿ ਰੈਣ ॥
  I serve my True Guru, and meditate on Him all day and night.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 136-137 · 38 lines
• ਗੁਰੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਹਿਵੈ ਘਰੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਦੀਪਕੁ ਤਿਹ ਲੋਇ ॥
  The Guru is the Giver; the Guru is the House of ice. The Guru is the Light of the three worlds.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 137 · 5 lines
• ਪਹਿਲੈ ਪਿਆਰਿ ਲਗਾ ਥਣ ਦੁਧਿ ॥
  First, the baby loves mother's milk;
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 137-138 · 17 lines
• ਦਸ ਬਾਲਤਣਿ ਬੀਸ ਰਵਣਿ ਤੀਸਾ ਕਾ ਸੁੰਦਰੁ ਕਹਾਵੈ ॥
  At the age of ten, he is a child; at twenty, a youth, and at thirty, he is called handsome.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 138 · 6 lines
• ਤੂੰ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਅਗੰਮੁ ਹੈ ਆਪਿ ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਉਪਾਤੀ ॥
  You, O Creator Lord, are Unfathomable. You Yourself created the Universe,
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 138 · 9 lines
• ਜੀਉ ਪਾਇ ਤਨੁ ਸਾਜਿਆ ਰਖਿਆ ਬਣਤ ਬਣਾਇ ॥
  He placed the soul in the body which He had fashioned. He protects the Creation which He has created.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 138 · 7 lines
• ਦੇਂਦੇ ਥਾਵਹੁ ਦਿਤਾ ਚੰਗਾ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਐਸਾ ਜਾਣੀਐ ॥
  They prefer the gift, instead of the Giver; such is the way of the self-willed manmukhs.
  Guru Angad Dev Ji · Ang 138 · 8 lines
• ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਜਗਤੁ ਉਪਾਇ ਕੈ ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਧੰਧੈ ਲਾਇਆ ॥
  You Yourself created the world, and You Yourself put it to work.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 138-139 · 9 lines
• ਅਖੀ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਵੇਖਣਾ ਵਿਣੁ ਕੰਨਾ ਸੁਨਣਾ ॥
  To see without eyes; to hear without ears;
  Guru Angad Dev Ji · Ang 139 · 5 lines
• ਦਿਸੈ ਸੁਣੀਐ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਸਾਉ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥
  He is seen, heard and known, but His subtle essence is not obtained.
  Guru Angad Dev Ji · Ang 139 · 5 lines
• ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਤੂੰ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਤੁਧੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਖੇਲੁ ਰਚਾਇਆ ॥
  Forever and ever, You are the only One; You set the play of duality in motion.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 139 · 9 lines
• ਸੁਇਨੇ ਕੈ ਪਰਬਤਿ ਗੁਫਾ ਕਰੀ ਕੈ ਪਾਣੀ ਪਇਆਲਿ ॥
  I may make a cave, in a mountain of gold, or in the water of the nether regions;
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 139 · 7 lines
• ਵਸਤ੍ਰ ਪਖਾਲਿ ਪਖਾਲੇ ਕਾਇਆ ਆਪੇ ਸੰਜਮਿ ਹੋਵੈ ॥
  They wash their clothes, and scrub their bodies, and try to practice self-discipline.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 139 · 7 lines
• ਕਾਇਆ ਹੰਸਿ ਸੰਜੋਗੁ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ॥
  Destiny has brought together and united the body and the soul-swan.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 139 · 9 lines
• ਕੂੜੁ ਬੋਲਿ ਮੁਰਦਾਰੁ ਖਾਇ ॥
  Telling lies, they eat dead bodies.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 139-140 · 5 lines
• ਜਿਸ ਦੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਸਚੁ ਹੈ ਸੋ ਸਚਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਸਚੁ ਅਲਾਏ ॥
  Those, within whom the Truth dwells, obtain the True Name; they speak only the Truth.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 140 · 7 lines
• ਇਕਿ ਕੰਦ ਮੂਲੁ ਚੁਣਿ ਖਾਹਿ ਵਣ ਖੰਡਿ ਵਾਸਾ ॥
  Some pick and eat fruits and roots, and live in the wilderness.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 140 · 9 lines
• ਜੇ ਰਤੁ ਲਗੈ ਕਪੜੈ ਜਾਮਾ ਹੋਇ ਪਲੀਤੁ ॥
  If one's clothes are stained with blood, the garment becomes polluted.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 140 · 5 lines
• ਜਾ ਹਉ ਨਾਹੀ ਤਾ ਕਿਆ ਆਖਾ ਕਿਹੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਿਆ ਹੋਵਾ ॥
  Since I am no one, what can I say? Since I am nothing, what can I be?
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 140 · 6 lines
• ਮਾਹਾ ਰੁਤੀ ਸਭ ਤੂੰ ਘੜੀ ਮੂਰਤ ਵੀਚਾਰਾ ॥
  Through all the months and the seasons, the minutes and the hours, I dwell upon You, O Lord.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 140 · 9 lines
• ਮਿਹਰ ਮਸੀਤਿ ਸਿਦਕੁ ਮੁਸਲਾ ਹਕੁ ਹਲਾਲੁ ਕੁਰਾਣੁ ॥
  Let mercy be your mosque, faith your prayer-mat, and honest living your Koran.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 140 · 5 lines
• ਹਕੁ ਪਰਾਇਆ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਉਸੁ ਸੂਅਰ ਉਸੁ ਗਾਇ ॥
  : To take what rightfully belongs to another, is like a Muslim eating pork, or a Hindu eating beef.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 141 · 6 lines
• ਪੰਜਿ ਨਿਵਾਜਾ ਵਖਤ ਪੰਜਿ ਪੰਜਾ ਪੰਜੇ ਨਾਉ ॥
  There are five prayers and five times of day for prayer; the five have five names.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 141 · 6 lines
• ਇਕਿ ਰਤਨ ਪਦਾਰਥ ਵਣਜਦੇ ਇਕਿ ਕਚੈ ਦੇ ਵਾਪਾਰਾ ॥
  Some trade in priceless jewels, while others deal in mere glass.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 141 · 9 lines
• ਮੁਸਲਮਾਣੁ ਕਹਾਵਣੁ ਮੁਸਕਲੁ ਜਾ ਹੋਇ ਤਾ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਣੁ ਕਹਾਵੈ ॥
  It is difficult to be called a Muslim; if one is truly a Muslim, then he may be called one.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 141 · 6 lines
• ਪਰਹਰਿ ਕਾਮ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਝੂਠੁ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਤਜਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੁ ਚੁਕਾਵੈ ॥
  Renounce sexual desire, anger, falsehood and slander; forsake Maya and eliminate egotistical pride.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 141 · 5 lines
• ਰਾਜੇ ਰਯਤਿ ਸਿਕਦਾਰ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਰਹਸੀਓ ॥
  Neither the kings, nor their subjects, nor the leaders shall remain.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 141 · 9 lines
• ਨਦੀਆ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਧੇਣਵਾ ਸੁੰਮ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਦੁਧੁ ਘੀਉ ॥
  If the rivers became cows, giving milk, and the spring water became milk and ghee;
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 141-142 · 5 lines
• ਭਾਰ ਅਠਾਰਹ ਮੇਵਾ ਹੋਵੈ ਗਰੁੜਾ ਹੋਇ ਸੁਆਉ ॥
  If all the eighteen loads of vegetation became fruits,
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 142 · 4 lines
• ਜੇ ਦੇਹੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਈਐ ਪਾਪ ਗਰਹ ਦੁਇ ਰਾਹੁ ॥
  If my body were afflicted with pain, under the evil influence of unlucky stars;
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 142 · 4 lines
• ਅਗੀ ਪਾਲਾ ਕਪੜੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਖਾਣਾ ਹੋਵੈ ਵਾਉ ॥
  If fire and ice were my clothes, and the wind was my food;
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 142 · 4 lines
• ਬਦਫੈਲੀ ਗੈਬਾਨਾ ਖਸਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਈ ॥
  The foolish demon, who does evil deeds, does not know his Lord and Master.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 142 · 9 lines
• ਸੋ ਜੀਵਿਆ ਜਿਸੁ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਸੋਇ ॥
  They alone are truly alive, whose minds are filled with the Lord.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 142 · 9 lines
• ਕਿਆ ਖਾਧੈ ਕਿਆ ਪੈਧੈ ਹੋਇ ॥
  What good is food, and what good are clothes,
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 142 · 7 lines
• ਜਾਤੀ ਦੈ ਕਿਆ ਹਥਿ ਸਚੁ ਪਰਖੀਐ ॥
  What good is social class and status? Truthfulness is measured within.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 142 · 9 lines
• ਜਾ ਪਕਾ ਤਾ ਕਟਿਆ ਰਹੀ ਸੁ ਪਲਰਿ ਵਾੜਿ ॥
  When the crop is ripe, then it is cut down; only the stalks are left standing.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 142 · 5 lines
• ਵੇਖੁ ਜਿ ਮਿਠਾ ਕਟਿਆ ਕਟਿ ਕੁਟਿ ਬਧਾ ਪਾਇ ॥
  Look, and see how the sugar-cane is cut down. After cutting away its branches, its feet are bound together into bundles,
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 142-143 · 6 lines
• ਇਕਨਾ ਮਰਣੁ ਨ ਚਿਤਿ ਆਸ ਘਣੇਰਿਆ ॥
  Some do not think of death; they entertain great hopes.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 143 · 9 lines
• ਮਛੀ ਤਾਰੂ ਕਿਆ ਕਰੇ ਪੰਖੀ ਕਿਆ ਆਕਾਸੁ ॥
  What can deep water do to a fish? What can the vast sky do to a bird?
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 143 · 9 lines
• ਕੈਹਾ ਕੰਚਨੁ ਤੁਟੈ ਸਾਰੁ ॥
  When pieces of bronze or gold or iron break,
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 143 · 15 lines
• ਆਪੇ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਸਾਜਿ ਕੈ ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
  He Himself created and adorned the Universe, and He Himself contemplates it.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 143 · 9 lines
• ਹਮ ਜੇਰ ਜਿਮੀ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਪੀਰਾ ਮਸਾਇਕਾ ਰਾਇਆ ॥
  All the spiritual teachers, their disciples and the rulers of the world shall be buried under the ground.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 143 · 4 lines
• ਨ ਦੇਵ ਦਾਨਵਾ ਨਰਾ ॥
  Neither the angels, nor the demons, nor human beings,
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 143-144 · 5 lines
• ਨ ਦਾਦੇ ਦਿਹੰਦ ਆਦਮੀ ॥
  Neither the just, nor the generous, nor any humans at all,
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 144 · 5 lines
• ਨ ਸੂਰ ਸਸਿ ਮੰਡਲੋ ॥
  Neither the sun, nor the moon, nor the planets,
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 144 · 5 lines
• ਨ ਰਿਜਕੁ ਦਸਤ ਆ ਕਸੇ ॥
  Our sustenance is not in the hands of any person.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 144 · 5 lines
• ਪਰੰਦਏ ਨ ਗਿਰਾਹ ਜਰ ॥
  The birds have no money in their pockets.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 144 · 5 lines