Sri Guru Granth Sahib JiAng 340 / 1430
ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਗੁਰ ਭੇਟਿ ਮਹਾ ਸੁਖ ਭ੍ਰਮਤ ਰਹੇ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਾਨਾਂ ॥੪॥੨੩॥੭੪॥
keh kabeer gur bhett mahaa sukh bhramat rahe man maanaanaan |4|23|74|
Says Kabeer, meeting the Guru, I have found absolute peace. My mind has ceased its wanderings I am happy. ||4||23||74||
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਪੂਰਬੀ ਬਾਵਨ ਅਖਰੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀਉ ਕੀ ॥
raag gaurree poorabee baavan akharee kabeer jeeo kee |
Raag Gauree Poorbee, Baawan Akhree Of Kabeer Jee:
ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik oankaar sat naam karataa purakh gur prasaad |
One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. By Guru's Grace:
ਬਾਵਨ ਅਛਰ ਲੋਕ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਸਭੁ ਕਛੁ ਇਨ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
baavan achhar lok trai sabh kachh in hee maeh |
Through these fifty-two letters, the three worlds and all things are described.
ਏ ਅਖਰ ਖਿਰਿ ਜਾਹਿਗੇ ਓਇ ਅਖਰ ਇਨ ਮਹਿ ਨਾਹਿ ॥੧॥
e akhar khir jaahige oe akhar in meh naeh |1|
These letters shall perish they cannot describe the Imperishable Lord. ||1||
ਜਹਾ ਬੋਲ ਤਹ ਅਛਰ ਆਵਾ ॥
jahaa bol teh achhar aavaa |
Wherever there is speech, there are letters.
ਜਹ ਅਬੋਲ ਤਹ ਮਨੁ ਨ ਰਹਾਵਾ ॥
jeh abol teh man na rahaavaa |
Where there is no speech, there, the mind rests on nothing.
ਬੋਲ ਅਬੋਲ ਮਧਿ ਹੈ ਸੋਈ ॥
bol abol madh hai soee |
He is in both speech and silence.
ਜਸ ਓਹੁ ਹੈ ਤਸ ਲਖੈ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥੨॥
jas ohu hai tas lakhai na koee |2|
No one can know Him as He is. ||2||
ਅਲਹ ਲਹਉ ਤਉ ਕਿਆ ਕਹਉ ਕਹਉ ਤ ਕੋ ਉਪਕਾਰ ॥
alah lhau tau kiaa khau khau ta ko upakaar |
If I come to know the Lord, what can I say what good does it do to speak?
ਬਟਕ ਬੀਜ ਮਹਿ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਜਾ ਕੋ ਤੀਨਿ ਲੋਕ ਬਿਸਥਾਰ ॥੩॥
battak beej meh rav rahio jaa ko teen lok bisathaar |3|
He is contained in the seed of the banyan-tree, and yet, His expanse spreads across the three worlds. ||3||
ਅਲਹ ਲਹੰਤਾ ਭੇਦ ਛੈ ਕਛੁ ਕਛੁ ਪਾਇਓ ਭੇਦ ॥
alah lahantaa bhed chhai kachh kachh paaeo bhed |
One who knows the Lord understands His mystery, and bit by bit, the mystery disappears.
ਉਲਟਿ ਭੇਦ ਮਨੁ ਬੇਧਿਓ ਪਾਇਓ ਅਭੰਗ ਅਛੇਦ ॥੪॥
aulatt bhed man bedhio paaeo abhang achhed |4|
Turning away from the world, one's mind is pierced through with this mystery, and one obtains the Indestructible, Impenetrable Lord. ||4||
ਤੁਰਕ ਤਰੀਕਤਿ ਜਾਨੀਐ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ॥
turak tareekat jaaneeai hindoo bed puraan |
The Muslim knows the Muslim way of life the Hindu knows the Vedas and Puraanas.
ਮਨ ਸਮਝਾਵਨ ਕਾਰਨੇ ਕਛੂਅਕ ਪੜੀਐ ਗਿਆਨ ॥੫॥
man samajhaavan kaarane kachhooak parreeai giaan |5|
To instruct their minds, people ought to study some sort of spiritual wisdom. ||5||
ਓਅੰਕਾਰ ਆਦਿ ਮੈ ਜਾਨਾ ॥
oankaar aad mai jaanaa |
I know only the One, the Universal Creator, the Primal Being.
ਲਿਖਿ ਅਰੁ ਮੇਟੈ ਤਾਹਿ ਨ ਮਾਨਾ ॥
likh ar mettai taeh na maanaa |
I do not believe in anyone whom the Lord writes and erases.
ਓਅੰਕਾਰ ਲਖੈ ਜਉ ਕੋਈ ॥
oankaar lakhai jau koee |
If someone knows the One, the Universal Creator,
ਸੋਈ ਲਖਿ ਮੇਟਣਾ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੬॥
soee lakh mettanaa na hoee |6|
he shall not perish, since he knows Him. ||6||
ਕਕਾ ਕਿਰਣਿ ਕਮਲ ਮਹਿ ਪਾਵਾ ॥
kakaa kiran kamal meh paavaa |
KAKKA: When the rays of Divine Light come into the heart-lotus,
ਸਸਿ ਬਿਗਾਸ ਸੰਪਟ ਨਹੀ ਆਵਾ ॥
sas bigaas sanpatt nahee aavaa |
the moon-light of Maya cannot enter the basket of the mind.
ਅਰੁ ਜੇ ਤਹਾ ਕੁਸਮ ਰਸੁ ਪਾਵਾ ॥
ar je tahaa kusam ras paavaa |
And if one obtains the subtle fragrance of that spiritual flower,
ਅਕਹ ਕਹਾ ਕਹਿ ਕਾ ਸਮਝਾਵਾ ॥੭॥
akah kahaa keh kaa samajhaavaa |7|
he cannot describe the indescribable he could speak, but who would understand? ||7||
ਖਖਾ ਇਹੈ ਖੋੜਿ ਮਨ ਆਵਾ ॥
khakhaa ihai khorr man aavaa |
KHAKHA: The mind has entered this cave.
ਖੋੜੇ ਛਾਡਿ ਨ ਦਹ ਦਿਸ ਧਾਵਾ ॥
khorre chhaadd na deh dis dhaavaa |
It does not leave this cave to wander in the ten directions.
ਖਸਮਹਿ ਜਾਣਿ ਖਿਮਾ ਕਰਿ ਰਹੈ ॥
khasameh jaan khimaa kar rahai |
Knowing their Lord and Master, people show compassion
ਤਉ ਹੋਇ ਨਿਖਿਅਉ ਅਖੈ ਪਦੁ ਲਹੈ ॥੮॥
tau hoe nikhiaau akhai pad lahai |8|
then, they become immortal, and attain the state of eternal dignity. ||8||
ਗਗਾ ਗੁਰ ਕੇ ਬਚਨ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥
gagaa gur ke bachan pachhaanaa |
GAGGA: One who understands the Guru's Word
ਦੂਜੀ ਬਾਤ ਨ ਧਰਈ ਕਾਨਾ ॥
doojee baat na dharee kaanaa |
does not listen to anything else.
ਰਹੈ ਬਿਹੰਗਮ ਕਤਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥
rahai bihangam kateh na jaaee |
He remains like a hermit and does not go anywhere,
ਅਗਹ ਗਹੈ ਗਹਿ ਗਗਨ ਰਹਾਈ ॥੯॥
agah gahai geh gagan rahaaee |9|
when he grasps the Ungraspable Lord and dwells in the sky of the Tenth Gate. ||9||
ਘਘਾ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਨਿਮਸੈ ਸੋਈ ॥
ghaghaa ghatt ghatt nimasai soee |
GHAGHA: He dwells in each and every heart.
ਘਟ ਫੂਟੇ ਘਟਿ ਕਬਹਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥
ghatt footte ghatt kabeh na hoee |
Even when the body-pitcher bursts, he does not diminish.
ਤਾ ਘਟ ਮਾਹਿ ਘਾਟ ਜਉ ਪਾਵਾ ॥
taa ghatt maeh ghaatt jau paavaa |
When someone finds the Path to the Lord within his own heart,
ਸੋ ਘਟੁ ਛਾਡਿ ਅਵਘਟ ਕਤ ਧਾਵਾ ॥੧੦॥
so ghatt chhaadd avaghatt kat dhaavaa |10|
why should he abandon that Path to follow some other path? ||10||
ਙੰਙਾ ਨਿਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਸਨੇਹੁ ਕਰਿ ਨਿਰਵਾਰੋ ਸੰਦੇਹ ॥
ngangaa nigreh sanehu kar niravaaro sandeh |
NGANGA: Restrain yourself, love the Lord, and dismiss your doubts.
ਨਾਹੀ ਦੇਖਿ ਨ ਭਾਜੀਐ ਪਰਮ ਸਿਆਨਪ ਏਹ ॥੧੧॥
naahee dekh na bhaajeeai param siaanap eh |11|
Even if you do not see the Path, do not run away this is the highest wisdom. ||11||
ਚਚਾ ਰਚਿਤ ਚਿਤ੍ਰ ਹੈ ਭਾਰੀ ॥
chachaa rachit chitr hai bhaaree |
CHACHA: He painted the great picture of the world.
ਤਜਿ ਚਿਤ੍ਰੈ ਚੇਤਹੁ ਚਿਤਕਾਰੀ ॥
taj chitrai chetahu chitakaaree |
Forget this picture, and remember the Painter.
ਚਿਤ੍ਰ ਬਚਿਤ੍ਰ ਇਹੈ ਅਵਝੇਰਾ ॥
chitr bachitr ihai avajheraa |
This wondrous painting is now the problem.
ਤਜਿ ਚਿਤ੍ਰੈ ਚਿਤੁ ਰਾਖਿ ਚਿਤੇਰਾ ॥੧੨॥
taj chitrai chit raakh chiteraa |12|
Forget this picture and focus your consciousness on the Painter. ||12||
ਛਛਾ ਇਹੈ ਛਤ੍ਰਪਤਿ ਪਾਸਾ ॥
chhachhaa ihai chhatrapat paasaa |
CHHACHHA: The Sovereign Lord of the Universe is here with you.
ਛਕਿ ਕਿ ਨ ਰਹਹੁ ਛਾਡਿ ਕਿ ਨ ਆਸਾ ॥
chhak ki na rahahu chhaadd ki na aasaa |
Why are you so unhappy? Why don't you abandon your desires?
ਰੇ ਮਨ ਮੈ ਤਉ ਛਿਨ ਛਿਨ ਸਮਝਾਵਾ ॥
re man mai tau chhin chhin samajhaavaa |
O my mind, each and every moment I try to instruct you,
ਤਾਹਿ ਛਾਡਿ ਕਤ ਆਪੁ ਬਧਾਵਾ ॥੧੩॥
taeh chhaadd kat aap badhaavaa |13|
but you forsake Him, and entangle yourself with others. ||13||
ਜਜਾ ਜਉ ਤਨ ਜੀਵਤ ਜਰਾਵੈ ॥
jajaa jau tan jeevat jaraavai |
JAJJA: If someone burns his body while he is still alive,
ਜੋਬਨ ਜਾਰਿ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਸੋ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
joban jaar jugat so paavai |
and burns away the desires of his youth, then he finds the right way.
ਅਸ ਜਰਿ ਪਰ ਜਰਿ ਜਰਿ ਜਬ ਰਹੈ ॥
as jar par jar jar jab rahai |
When he burns his desire for his own wealth, and that of others,
ਤਬ ਜਾਇ ਜੋਤਿ ਉਜਾਰਉ ਲਹੈ ॥੧੪॥
tab jaae jot ujaarau lahai |14|
then he finds the Divine Light. ||14||