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Raag Aasaa ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ

• ਜਲ ਦੁਧ ਨਿਆਈ ਰੀਤਿ ਅਬ ਦੁਧ ਆਚ ਨਹੀ ਮਨ ਐਸੀ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਹਰੇ ॥
  Just like water, which loves milk so much that it will not let it burn - O my mind, so love the Lord.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 454-455 · 25 lines
• ਬਨੁ ਬਨੁ ਫਿਰਤੀ ਖੋਜਤੀ ਹਾਰੀ ਬਹੁ ਅਵਗਾਹਿ ॥
  From forest to forest, I wandered searching; I am so tired of taking baths at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 455 · 4 lines
• ਜਾ ਕਉ ਖੋਜਹਿ ਅਸੰਖ ਮੁਨੀ ਅਨੇਕ ਤਪੇ ॥
  Countless silent sages and innumerable ascetics seek Him;
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 455-456 · 25 lines
• ਉਦਮੁ ਕਰਹੁ ਵਡਭਾਗੀਹੋ ਸਿਮਰਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਇ ॥
  Make the effort, O very fortunate ones, and meditate on the Lord, the Lord King.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 456 · 4 lines
• ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਤ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਨਹ ਅਲਸਾਈਐ ॥
  Chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord of the Universe; don't be lazy.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 456-457 · 25 lines
• ਥਿਰੁ ਸੰਤਨ ਸੋਹਾਗੁ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਜਾਵਏ ॥
  The Husband Lord of the Saints is eternal; He does not die or go away.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 457 · 25 lines
• ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪੰਤਿਆ ਕਛੁ ਨ ਕਹੈ ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ॥
  If you chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the Messenger of Death will have nothing to say to you.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 457 · 4 lines
• ਮਿਲਉ ਸੰਤਨ ਕੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਮੋਹਿ ਉਧਾਰਿ ਲੇਹੁ ॥
  Let me join the Society of the Saints - save me, Lord!
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 457-458 · 25 lines
• ਪੁਰਖ ਪਤੇ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਤਾ ਕੀ ਸਰਣਿ ਗਹੀ ॥
  The Primal Lord is the Lord God of all beings. I have taken to His Sanctuary.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 458-459 · 25 lines
• ਸੁਭ ਚਿੰਤਨ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਰਮਣ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਸਾਧੂ ਸੰਗ ॥
  It is the most sublime contemplation, to speak of the Lord of the Universe in the pure Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 459 · 5 lines
• ਭਿੰਨੀ ਰੈਨੜੀਐ ਚਾਮਕਨਿ ਤਾਰੇ ॥
  The night is wet with dew, and the stars twinkle in the heavens.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 459 · 25 lines
• ਉਠਿ ਵੰਞੁ ਵਟਾਊੜਿਆ ਤੈ ਕਿਆ ਚਿਰੁ ਲਾਇਆ ॥
  Rise up and go forth, O traveller; why do you delay?
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 459-460 · 25 lines
• ਵੰਞੁ ਮੇਰੇ ਆਲਸਾ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਸਿ ਬੇਨੰਤੀ ॥
  Be gone, O my laziness, that I may pray to the Lord.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 460-461 · 25 lines
• ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤਿ ਕਮਾਇਅੜੋ ਸੋ ਆਇਓ ਮਾਥੈ ॥
  Those actions you perform, day and night, are recorded upon your forehead.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 461 · 25 lines
• ਕਮਲਾ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਭੀਤਿ ਕਮਲਾ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਭੀਤਿ ਹੇ ਤੀਖਣ ਮਦ ਬਿਪਰੀਤਿ ਹੇ ਅਵਧ ਅਕਾਰਥ ਜਾਤ ॥
  Maya is the wall of doubt - Maya is the wall of doubt. It is such a powerful and destructive intoxicant; it corrupts and wastes away one's life.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 461-462 · 26 lines
• ਵਾਰ ਸਲੋਕਾ ਨਾਲਿ ਸਲੋਕ ਭੀ ਮਹਲੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਕੇ ਲਿਖੇ ਟੁੰਡੇ ਅਸ ਰਾਜੈ ਕੀ ਧੁਨੀ ॥
  Vaar With Saloks, And Saloks Written By The First Mehl. To Be Sung To The Tune Of 'Tunda-Asraajaa':
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 462 · 6 lines
• ਜੇ ਸਉ ਚੰਦਾ ਉਗਵਹਿ ਸੂਰਜ ਚੜਹਿ ਹਜਾਰ ॥
  If a hundred moons were to rise, and a thousand suns appeared,
  Guru Angad Dev Ji · Ang 463 · 3 lines
• ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰੂ ਨ ਚੇਤਨੀ ਮਨਿ ਆਪਣੈ ਸੁਚੇਤ ॥
  O Nanak, those who do not think of the Guru, and who think of themselves as clever,
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 463 · 5 lines
• ਆਪੀਨੑੈ ਆਪੁ ਸਾਜਿਓ ਆਪੀਨੑੈ ਰਚਿਓ ਨਾਉ ॥
  He Himself created Himself; He Himself assumed His Name.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 463 · 6 lines
• ਸਚੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਖੰਡ ਸਚੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੰਡ ॥
  True are Your worlds, True are Your solar Systems.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 463 · 13 lines
• ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਜਾ ਵਡਾ ਨਾਉ ॥
  Great is His greatness, as great as His Name.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 463 · 10 lines
• ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਸਚੈ ਕੀ ਹੈ ਕੋਠੜੀ ਸਚੇ ਕਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਵਾਸੁ ॥
  This world is the room of the True Lord; within it is the dwelling of the True Lord.
  Guru Angad Dev Ji · Ang 463 · 6 lines
• ਨਾਨਕ ਜੀਅ ਉਪਾਇ ਕੈ ਲਿਖਿ ਨਾਵੈ ਧਰਮੁ ਬਹਾਲਿਆ ॥
  O Nanak, having created the souls, the Lord installed the Righteous Judge of Dharma to read and record their accounts.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 463 · 6 lines
• ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਨਾਦ ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਵੇਦ ॥
  Wonderful is the sound current of the Naad, wonderful is the knowledge of the Vedas.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 463-464 · 17 lines
• ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਦਿਸੈ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਸੁਣੀਐ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਭਉ ਸੁਖ ਸਾਰੁ ॥
  By His Power we see, by His Power we hear; by His Power we have fear, and the essence of happiness.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 464 · 10 lines
• ਆਪੀਨੑੈ ਭੋਗ ਭੋਗਿ ਕੈ ਹੋਇ ਭਸਮੜਿ ਭਉਰੁ ਸਿਧਾਇਆ ॥
  Enjoying his pleasures, one is reduced to a pile of ashes, and the soul passes away.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 464 · 6 lines
• ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਪਵਣੁ ਵਹੈ ਸਦਵਾਉ ॥
  In the Fear of God, the wind and breezes ever blow.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 464 · 15 lines
• ਨਾਨਕ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੁ ਹੋਰਿ ਕੇਤੇ ਰਾਮ ਰਵਾਲ ॥
  O Nanak, the Lord is fearless and formless; myriads of others, like Rama, are mere dust before Him.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 464-465 · 10 lines
• ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਜੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਤਾ ਨਦਰੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
  If the Merciful Lord shows His Mercy, then the True Guru is found.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 465 · 6 lines
• ਘੜੀਆ ਸਭੇ ਗੋਪੀਆ ਪਹਰ ਕੰਨੑ ਗੋਪਾਲ ॥
  All the hours are the milk-maids, and the quarters of the day are the Krishnas.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 465 · 5 lines
• ਵਾਇਨਿ ਚੇਲੇ ਨਚਨਿ ਗੁਰ ॥
  The disciples play the music, and the gurus dance.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 465 · 27 lines
• ਨਾਉ ਤੇਰਾ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੁ ਹੈ ਨਾਇ ਲਇਐ ਨਰਕਿ ਨ ਜਾਈਐ ॥
  Your Name is the Fearless Lord; chanting Your Name, one does not have to go to hell.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 465 · 6 lines
• ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨਾ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਸਰੀਅਤਿ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
  The Muslims praise the Islamic law; they read and reflect upon it.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 465-466 · 15 lines
• ਮਿਟੀ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ਕੀ ਪੇੜੈ ਪਈ ਕੁਮੑਿਆਰ ॥
  The clay of the Muslim's grave becomes clay for the potter's wheel.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 466 · 5 lines
• ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
  Without the True Guru, no one has obtained the Lord; without the True Guru, no one has obtained the Lord.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 466 · 6 lines
• ਹਉ ਵਿਚਿ ਆਇਆ ਹਉ ਵਿਚਿ ਗਇਆ ॥
  In ego they come, and in ego they go.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 466 · 19 lines
• ਹਉਮੈ ਏਹਾ ਜਾਤਿ ਹੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਹਿ ॥
  This is the nature of ego, that people perform their actions in ego.
  Guru Angad Dev Ji · Ang 466 · 8 lines
• ਸੇਵ ਕੀਤੀ ਸੰਤੋਖੀਈਂ ਜਿਨੑੀ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ॥
  Those who serve are content. They meditate on the Truest of the True.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 466-467 · 6 lines
• ਪੁਰਖਾਂ ਬਿਰਖਾਂ ਤੀਰਥਾਂ ਤਟਾਂ ਮੇਘਾਂ ਖੇਤਾਂਹ ॥
  Men, trees, sacred shrines of pilgrimage, banks of sacred rivers, clouds, fields,
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 467 · 10 lines
• ਲਖ ਨੇਕੀਆ ਚੰਗਿਆਈਆ ਲਖ ਪੁੰਨਾ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
  Hundreds of thousands of virtues and good actions, and hundreds of thousands of blessed charities,
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 467 · 7 lines
• ਸਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਏਕੁ ਤੂੰ ਜਿਨਿ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਵਰਤਾਇਆ ॥
  You alone are the True Lord. The Truth of Truths is pervading everywhere.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 467 · 6 lines
• ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਗਡੀ ਲਦੀਅਹਿ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਭਰੀਅਹਿ ਸਾਥ ॥
  You may read and read loads of books; you may read and study vast multitudes of books.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 467 · 6 lines
• ਲਿਖਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਪੜਿਆ ॥ ਤੇਤਾ ਕੜਿਆ ॥
  The more one write and reads, the more one burns.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 467-468 · 19 lines
• ਭਗਤ ਤੇਰੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵਦੇ ਦਰਿ ਸੋਹਨਿ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਗਾਵਦੇ ॥
  Your devotees are pleasing to Your Mind, Lord. They look beautiful at Your door, singing Your Praises.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 468 · 6 lines
• ਕੂੜੁ ਰਾਜਾ ਕੂੜੁ ਪਰਜਾ ਕੂੜੁ ਸਭੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥
  False is the king, false are the subjects; false is the whole world.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 468 · 10 lines
• ਸਚੁ ਤਾ ਪਰੁ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਜਾ ਰਿਦੈ ਸਚਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
  One knows the Truth only when the Truth is in his heart.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 468 · 13 lines
• ਦਾਨੁ ਮਹਿੰਡਾ ਤਲੀ ਖਾਕੁ ਜੇ ਮਿਲੈ ਤ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਲਾਈਐ ॥
  The gift I seek is the dust of the feet of the Saints; if I were to obtain it, I would apply it to my forehead.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 468 · 6 lines
• ਸਚਿ ਕਾਲੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਕਲਿ ਕਾਲਖ ਬੇਤਾਲ ॥
  There is a famine of Truth; falsehood prevails, and the blackness of the Dark Age of Kali Yuga has turned men into demons.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 468 · 7 lines
• ਲਬੁ ਪਾਪੁ ਦੁਇ ਰਾਜਾ ਮਹਤਾ ਕੂੜੁ ਹੋਆ ਸਿਕਦਾਰੁ ॥
  Greed and sin are the king and prime minister; falsehood is the treasurer.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 468-469 · 11 lines
• ਵਦੀ ਸੁ ਵਜਗਿ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਸਚਾ ਵੇਖੈ ਸੋਇ ॥
  Evil actions become publicly known; O Nanak, the True Lord sees everything.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 469 · 5 lines