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Raag Gujri ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ

• ਐ ਜੀ ਜਨਮਿ ਮਰੈ ਆਵੈ ਫੁਨਿ ਜਾਵੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਗਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਕਾਈ ॥
  O Dear One, he is born, and then dies; he continues coming and going; without the Guru, he is not emancipated.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 504 · 19 lines
• ਐ ਜੀ ਨਾ ਹਮ ਉਤਮ ਨੀਚ ਨ ਮਧਿਮ ਹਰਿ ਸਰਣਾਗਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਲੋਗ ॥
  O Dear One, I am not high or low or in the middle. I am the Lord's slave, and I seek the Lord's Sanctuary.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 504-505 · 19 lines
• ਭਗਤਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਆਰਾਧਿਤੰ ਸਚੁ ਪਿਆਸ ਪਰਮ ਹਿਤੰ ॥
  The devotees worship the Lord in loving adoration. They thirst for the True Lord, with infinite affection.
  Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Ang 505-506 · 20 lines
• ਨਿਰਤਿ ਕਰੀ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਨਚਾਈ ॥
  I dance, and make this mind dance as well.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 506 · 25 lines
• ਹਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਜੀਅਰਾ ਰਹਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਜਿਉ ਬਾਲਕੁ ਖੀਰ ਅਧਾਰੀ ॥
  Without the Lord, my soul cannot survive, like an infant without milk.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 506-507 · 20 lines
• ਰਾਜਨ ਮਹਿ ਤੂੰ ਰਾਜਾ ਕਹੀਅਹਿ ਭੂਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਭੂਮਾ ॥
  Among kings, You are called the King. Among land-lords, You are the Land-lord.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 507-508 · 20 lines
• ਨਾਥ ਨਰਹਰ ਦੀਨ ਬੰਧਵ ਪਤਿਤ ਪਾਵਨ ਦੇਵ ॥
  O Lord, Man-lion Incarnate, Companion to the poor, Divine Purifier of sinners;
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 508 · 20 lines
• ਇਹੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਮਮਤਾ ਮੁਆ ਜੀਵਣ ਕੀ ਬਿਧਿ ਨਾਹਿ ॥
  This world perishing in attachment and possessiveness; no one knows the way of life.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 508 · 7 lines
• ਅੰਦਰਿ ਸਹਸਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਹੈ ਆਪੈ ਸਿਰਿ ਧੰਧੈ ਮਾਰ ॥
  Within the self is the pain of doubt; engrossed in worldly affairs, they are killing themselves.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 508-509 · 5 lines
• ਆਪਣਾ ਆਪੁ ਉਪਾਇਓਨੁ ਤਦਹੁ ਹੋਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥
  He created Himself - at that time, there was no other.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 509 · 6 lines
• ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਸਦਾ ਹੈ ਦਿਸੈ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਮਾਇ ॥
  My Master is eternal. He is seen by practicing the Word of the Shabad.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 509 · 7 lines
• ਸਚਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ਸਭੋ ਵਰਤੈ ਸਚੁ ॥
  Meditate on the True Name; the True Lord is pervading everywhere.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 509 · 4 lines
• ਸੰਜੋਗੁ ਵਿਜੋਗੁ ਉਪਾਇਓਨੁ ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟੀ ਕਾ ਮੂਲੁ ਰਚਾਇਆ ॥
  Creating union and separation, He laid the foundations of the Universe.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 509 · 6 lines
• ਸੋ ਜਪੁ ਸੋ ਤਪੁ ਜਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭਾਵੈ ॥
  That alone is chanting, and that alone is deep meditation, which is pleasing to the True Guru.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 509 · 4 lines
• ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸਿਖ ਕੋ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਲੇਵੈ ॥
  How rare are those who receive the Guru's Teachings.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 509 · 3 lines
• ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਅਗਿਆਨੁ ਹੈ ਬਿਖਮੁ ਅਤਿ ਭਾਰੀ ॥
  Emotional attachment to Maya is spiritual darkness; it is very difficult and such a heavy load.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 509 · 6 lines
• ਕਬੀਰ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਸੰਕੁੜਾ ਰਾਈ ਦਸਵੈ ਭਾਇ ॥
  O Kabeer, the gate of liberation is narrow, less than one-tenth of a mustard seed.
  Bhagat Kabir Ji · Ang 509 · 5 lines
• ਨਾਨਕ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਅਤਿ ਨੀਕਾ ਨਾਨੑਾ ਹੋਇ ਸੁ ਜਾਇ ॥
  O Nanak, the gate of liberation is very narrow; only the very tiny can pass through.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 509-510 · 5 lines
• ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਉਪਾਇ ਕੈ ਵਸਿ ਆਪਣੈ ਕੀਤਾ ॥
  God created the Universe, and He keeps it under His power.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 510 · 6 lines
• ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਨ ਲਾਇਓ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਵਸਿਓ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥
  One who has not focused his consciousness on the True Guru, and into whose mind the Naam does not come
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 510 · 9 lines
• ਮਾਇਆ ਹੋਈ ਨਾਗਨੀ ਜਗਤਿ ਰਹੀ ਲਪਟਾਇ ॥
  Maya is a serpent, clinging to the world.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 510 · 5 lines
• ਢਾਢੀ ਕਰੇ ਪੁਕਾਰ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਸੁਣਾਇਸੀ ॥
  The minstrel cries out, and God hears him.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 510 · 6 lines
• ਸਭਨਾ ਕਾ ਸਹੁ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਸਦ ਹੀ ਰਹੈ ਹਜੂਰਿ ॥
  There is One Lord God of all; He remains ever-present.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 510 · 5 lines
• ਰੈਣਿ ਸਬਾਈ ਜਲਿ ਮੁਈ ਕੰਤ ਨ ਲਾਇਓ ਭਾਉ ॥
  She who does not love her Husband Lord, burns and wastes away all through the night of her life.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 510 · 3 lines
• ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਫਿਰਿ ਮੈ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਇਕੋ ਦਾਤਾ ॥
  Roaming over the entire world, I have seen that the Lord is the only Giver.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 510 · 6 lines
• ਕਾਇਆ ਹੰਸ ਕਿਆ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਹੈ ਜਿ ਪਇਆ ਹੀ ਛਡਿ ਜਾਇ ॥
  What love is this between the body and soul, which ends when the body falls?
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 510-511 · 6 lines
• ਏਕੋ ਨਿਹਚਲ ਨਾਮ ਧਨੁ ਹੋਰੁ ਧਨੁ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥
  The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the only permanent wealth; all other wealth comes and goes.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 511 · 6 lines
• ਮੇਰਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਅਤਿ ਵਡਾ ਸਚੁ ਗਹਿਰ ਗੰਭੀਰਾ ॥
  My Master is so very great, true, profound and unfathomable.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 511 · 6 lines
• ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਤਿਨੑਾ ਦਾ ਜੀਵਿਆ ਜੋ ਹਰਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਰਹਰਿ ਤਿਆਗਦੇ ਦੁਖੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਪਾਪ ਕਮਾਇ ॥
  Cursed is the life of those who forsake and throw away the peace of the Lord's Name, and suffer pain instead by practicing ego and sin.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 511 · 6 lines
• ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਊਧਾ ਕਉਲੁ ਹੈ ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਨਾਉ ॥
  The self-willed manmukh is like the inverted lotus; he has neither devotional worship, nor the Lord's Name.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 511 · 6 lines
• ਬਿਨੁ ਬੂਝੇ ਵਡਾ ਫੇਰੁ ਪਇਆ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਈ ॥
  Without understanding, one must wander around the cycle of reincarnation, and continue coming and going.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 511 · 6 lines
• ਜਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਤਿਸ ਨੋ ਪੂਜੇ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥
  One who serves his True Guru, is worshipped by everyone.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 511 · 5 lines
• ਏ ਮਨ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸਿਖ ਸੁਣਿ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਗੁਣੀ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ॥
  O mind, listen to the Guru's Teachings, and you shall obtain the treasure of virtue.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 511-512 · 4 lines
• ਸਤੁ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਸਭੁ ਸਚੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਵਿਤਾ ॥
  The Gurmukh is totally truthful, content and pure.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 512 · 6 lines
• ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬਿੰਦੇ ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣੁ ਕਹੀਐ ਜਿ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਏ ॥
  One who understands God, who lovingly centers his mind on the Lord night and day, is called a Brahmin.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 512 · 6 lines
• ਅੰਤਰਿ ਕਪਟੁ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਅਗਿਆਨੀ ਰਸਨਾ ਝੂਠੁ ਬੋਲਾਇ ॥
  Within the ignorant self-willed manmukh is deception; with his tongue, he speaks lies.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 512 · 8 lines
• ਜਿਨਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਮਨਾਇਓਨੁ ਤੇ ਪੂਰੇ ਸੰਸਾਰਿ ॥
  Those who obey the Hukam of the Lord's Command, are the perfect persons in the world.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 512 · 6 lines
• ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਧਿਆਨ ਸਹਜ ਧੁਨਿ ਉਪਜੈ ਸਚਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਆ ॥
  The Gurmukh meditates on the Lord; the celestial sound-current resounds within him, and he focuses his consciousness on the True Name.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 512 · 6 lines
• ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਜਿਨਾ ਨ ਸੇਵਿਓ ਸਬਦਿ ਨ ਲਗੋ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥
  Those who do not serve the True Guru do not embrace love for the Word of the Shabad.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 512-513 · 6 lines
• ਭਗਤ ਸਚੈ ਦਰਿ ਸੋਹਦੇ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਰਹਾਏ ॥
  The devotees look beauteous in the True Court of the Lord; they abide in the True Word of the Shabad.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 513 · 6 lines
• ਕਲਿਜੁਗ ਮਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਭਗਤੀ ਖਟਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਉਤਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
  In the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the devotees earn the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord; they obtain the supreme status of the Lord.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 513 · 7 lines
• ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਮਾਇਆ ਵੇਖਿ ਭੁਲੇ ਜਿਉ ਦੇਖਿ ਦੀਪਕਿ ਪਤੰਗ ਪਚਾਇਆ ॥
  Beholding Maya with her three dispositions, he goes astray; he is like the moth, which sees the flame, and is consumed.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 513 · 8 lines
• ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਪਰੇਤੁ ਹੈ ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਅਹੰਕਾਰਾ ॥
  Emotional attachment to Maya, sexual desire, anger and egotism are demons.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 513 · 6 lines
• ਹਉਮੈ ਮਮਤਾ ਮੋਹਣੀ ਮਨਮੁਖਾ ਨੋ ਗਈ ਖਾਇ ॥
  By egotism and pride, the self-willed manmukhs are enticed, and consumed.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 513 · 6 lines
• ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਕੇਤੜਿਆ ਜੁਗ ਭਰਮਿਆ ਥਿਰੁ ਰਹੈ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥
  This mind has wandered through so many ages; it has not remained stable - it continues coming and going.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 513-514 · 5 lines
• ਕਾਇਆ ਕੋਟੁ ਅਪਾਰੁ ਹੈ ਮਿਲਣਾ ਸੰਜੋਗੀ ॥
  The body is the fortress of the Infinite Lord; it is obtained only by destiny.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 514 · 6 lines
• ਵਾਹੁ ਵਾਹੁ ਆਪਿ ਅਖਾਇਦਾ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਸਚੁ ਸੋਇ ॥
  Waaho! Waaho! The Lord Himself causes us to praise Him, through the True Word of the Guru's Shabad.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 514 · 5 lines
• ਵਾਹੁ ਵਾਹੁ ਕਰਤੀ ਰਸਨਾ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਹਾਈ ॥
  Chanting Waaho! Waaho! the tongue is adorned with the Word of the Shabad.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 514 · 6 lines
• ਬਜਰ ਕਪਾਟ ਕਾਇਆ ਗੜੑ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਕੂੜੁ ਕੁਸਤੁ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੀ ॥
  Within the fortress of body, are the hard and rigid doors of falsehood, deception and pride.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 514 · 6 lines
• ਵਾਹੁ ਵਾਹੁ ਕਰਤਿਆ ਰੈਣਿ ਸੁਖਿ ਵਿਹਾਇ ॥
  Chanting Waaho! Waaho! the night of one's life passes in peace.
  Guru Amardas Ji · Ang 514 · 7 lines