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ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ
ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਦਖਣੀ ॥
prabhaatee mahalaa 1 dakhanee |

Prabhaatee, First Mehl, Dakhnee:

ਗੋਤਮੁ ਤਪਾ ਅਹਿਲਿਆ ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀ ਤਿਸੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੁ ਲੁਭਾਇਆ ॥
gotam tapaa ahiliaa isatree tis dekh indru lubhaaeaa |

Ahalyaa was the wife of Gautam the seer. Seeing her, Indra was enticed.

ਸਹਸ ਸਰੀਰ ਚਿਹਨ ਭਗ ਹੂਏ ਤਾ ਮਨਿ ਪਛੋਤਾਇਆ ॥੧॥
sehas sareer chihan bhag hooe taa man pachhotaaeaa |1|

When he received a thousand marks of disgrace on his body, then he felt regret in his mind. ||1||

ਕੋਈ ਜਾਣਿ ਨ ਭੂਲੈ ਭਾਈ ॥
koee jaan na bhoolai bhaaee |

O Siblings of Destiny, no one knowingly makes mistakes.

ਸੋ ਭੂਲੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਆਪਿ ਭੁਲਾਏ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਿਸੈ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
so bhoolai jis aap bhulaae boojhai jisai bujhaaee |1| rahaau |

He alone is mistaken, whom the Lord Himself makes so. He alone understands, whom the Lord causes to understand. ||1||Pause||

ਤਿਨਿ ਹਰੀ ਚੰਦਿ ਪ੍ਰਿਥਮੀ ਪਤਿ ਰਾਜੈ ਕਾਗਦਿ ਕੀਮ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥
tin haree chand prithamee pat raajai kaagad keem na paaee |

Harichand, the king and ruler of his land, did not appreciate the value of his pre-ordained destiny.

ਅਉਗਣੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਤ ਪੁੰਨ ਕਰੇ ਕਿਉ ਕਿਉ ਨੇਖਾਸਿ ਬਿਕਾਈ ॥੨॥
aaugan jaanai ta pun kare kiau kiau nekhaas bikaaee |2|

If he had known that it was a mistake, he would not have made such a show of giving in charity, and he would not have been sold in the market. ||2||

ਕਰਉ ਅਢਾਈ ਧਰਤੀ ਮਾਂਗੀ ਬਾਵਨ ਰੂਪਿ ਬਹਾਨੈ ॥
krau adtaaee dharatee maangee baavan roop bahaanai |

The Lord took the form of a dwarf, and asked for some land.

ਕਿਉ ਪਇਆਲਿ ਜਾਇ ਕਿਉ ਛਲੀਐ ਜੇ ਬਲਿ ਰੂਪੁ ਪਛਾਨੈ ॥੩॥
kiau peaal jaae kiau chhaleeai je bal roop pachhaanai |3|

If Bal the king has recognized Him, he would not have been deceived, and sent to the underworld. ||3||

ਰਾਜਾ ਜਨਮੇਜਾ ਦੇ ਮਤਂੀ ਬਰਜਿ ਬਿਆਸਿ ਪੜੑਾਇਆ ॥
raajaa janamejaa de matanee baraj biaas parraaeaa |

Vyaas taught and warned the king Janmayjaa not to do three things.

ਤਿਨਿੑ ਕਰਿ ਜਗ ਅਠਾਰਹ ਘਾਏ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਨ ਚਲੈ ਚਲਾਇਆ ॥੪॥
tina kar jag atthaarah ghaae kirat na chalai chalaaeaa |4|

But he performed the sacred feast and killed eighteen Brahmins; the record of one's past deeds cannot be erased. ||4||

ਗਣਤ ਨ ਗਣਂੀ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਪਛਾਣਾ ਬੋਲੀ ਭਾਇ ਸੁਭਾਈ ॥
ganat na gananee hukam pachhaanaa bolee bhaae subhaaee |

I do not try to calculate the account; I accept the Hukam of God's Command. I speak with intuitive love and respect.

ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਵਰਤੈ ਤੁਧੈ ਸਲਾਹਂੀ ਸਭ ਤੇਰੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੫॥
jo kichh varatai tudhai salaahanee sabh teree vaddiaaee |5|

No matter what happens, I will praise the Lord. It is all Your Glorious Greatness, O Lord. ||5||

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਲਿਪਤੁ ਲੇਪੁ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ਸਦਾ ਰਹੈ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥
guramukh alipat lep kade na laagai sadaa rahai saranaaee |

The Gurmukh remains detached; filth never attaches itself to him. He remains forever in God's Sanctuary.

ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਮੁਗਧੁ ਆਗੈ ਚੇਤੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਦੁਖਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਪਛੁਤਾਈ ॥੬॥
manamukh mugadh aagai chetai naahee dukh laagai pachhutaaee |6|

The foolish self-willed manmukh does not think of the future; he is overtaken by pain, and then he regrets. ||6||

ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ਕਰਤਾ ਜਿਨਿ ਏਹ ਰਚਨਾ ਰਚੀਐ ॥
aape kare karaae karataa jin eeh rachanaa racheeai |

The Creator who created this creation acts, and causes all to act.

ਹਰਿ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ਜੀਅਹੁ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੇ ਪੈ ਪਚੀਐ ॥੭॥
har abhimaan na jaaee jeeahu abhimaane pai pacheeai |7|

O Lord, egotistical pride does not depart from the soul. Falling into egotistical pride, one is ruined. ||7||

ਭੁਲਣ ਵਿਚਿ ਕੀਆ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ਕਰਤਾ ਆਪਿ ਨ ਭੁਲੈ ॥
bhulan vich keea sabh koee karataa aap na bhulai |

Everyone makes mistakes; only the Creator does not make mistakes.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਾ ਕੋ ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਅਘੁਲੈ ॥੮॥੪॥
naanak sach naam nisataaraa ko gur parasaad aghulai |8|4|

O Nanak, salvation comes through the True Name. By Guru's Grace, one is released. ||8||4||

ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ
ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
prabhaatee mahalaa 1 |

Prabhaatee, First Mehl:

ਆਖਣਾ ਸੁਨਣਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਧਾਰੁ ॥
aakhanaa sunanaa naam adhaar |

To chant and listen to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is my Support.

ਧੰਧਾ ਛੁਟਕਿ ਗਇਆ ਵੇਕਾਰੁ ॥
dhandhaa chhuttak geaa vekaar |

Worthless entanglements are ended and gone.

ਜਿਉ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਪਤਿ ਖੋਈ ॥
jiau manamukh doojai pat khoee |

The self-willed manmukh, caught in duality, loses his honor.

ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਮੈ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥੧॥
bin naavai mai avar na koee |1|

Except for the Name, I have no other at all. ||1||

ਸੁਣਿ ਮਨ ਅੰਧੇ ਮੂਰਖ ਗਵਾਰ ॥
sun man andhe moorakh gavaar |

Listen, O blind, foolish, idiotic mind.

ਆਵਤ ਜਾਤ ਲਾਜ ਨਹੀ ਲਾਗੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਬੂਡੈ ਬਾਰੋ ਬਾਰ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
aavat jaat laaj nahee laagai bin gur booddai baaro baar |1| rahaau |

Aren't you ashamed of your comings and goings in reincarnation? Without the Guru, you shall drown, over and over again. ||1||Pause||

ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹਿ ਬਿਨਾਸੁ ॥
eis man maaeaa mohi binaas |

This mind is ruined by its attachment to Maya.

ਧੁਰਿ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਤਾਂ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਾਸੁ ॥
dhur hukam likhiaa taan kaheeai kaas |

The Command of the Primal Lord is pre-ordained. Before whom should I cry?

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਚੀਨੑੈ ਕੋਈ ॥
guramukh viralaa cheenai koee |

Only a few, as Gurmukh, understand this.

ਨਾਮ ਬਿਹੂਨਾ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੨॥
naam bihoonaa mukat na hoee |2|

Without the Naam, no one is liberated. ||2||

ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਡੋਲੈ ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀ ॥
bhram bhram ddolai lakh chauraasee |

People wander lost, staggering and stumbling through 8.4 million incarnations.

ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਬੂਝੇ ਜਮ ਕੀ ਫਾਸੀ ॥
bin gur boojhe jam kee faasee |

Without knowing the Guru, they cannot escape the noose of Death.

ਇਹੁ ਮਨੂਆ ਖਿਨੁ ਖਿਨੁ ਊਭਿ ਪਇਆਲਿ ॥
eihu manooaa khin khin aoobh peaal |

This mind, from one moment to the next, goes from the heavens to the underworld.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਛੂਟੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਮੑਾਲਿ ॥੩॥
guramukh chhoottai naam samaal |3|

The Gurmukh contemplates the Naam, and is released. ||3||

ਆਪੇ ਸਦੇ ਢਿਲ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥
aape sade dtil na hoe |

When God sends His Summons, there is no time to delay.

ਸਬਦਿ ਮਰੈ ਸਹਿਲਾ ਜੀਵੈ ਸੋਇ ॥
sabad marai sahilaa jeevai soe |

When one dies in the Word of the Shabad, he lives in peace.

ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਸੋਝੀ ਕਿਸੈ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥
bin gur sojhee kisai na hoe |

Without the Guru, no one understands.

ਆਪੇ ਕਰੈ ਕਰਾਵੈ ਸੋਇ ॥੪॥
aape karai karaavai soe |4|

The Lord Himself acts, and inspires all to act. ||4||

ਝਗੜੁ ਚੁਕਾਵੈ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ॥
jhagarr chukaavai har gun gaavai |

Inner conflict comes to an end, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

ਪੂਰਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥
pooraa satigur sehaj samaavai |

Through the Perfect True Guru, one is intuitively absorbed into the Lord.

ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਡੋਲਤ ਤਉ ਠਹਰਾਵੈ ॥
eihu man ddolat tau tthaharaavai |

This wobbling, unsteady mind is stabilized,

ਸਚੁ ਕਰਣੀ ਕਰਿ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਵੈ ॥੫॥
sach karanee kar kaar kamaavai |5|

and one lives the lifestyle of true actions. ||5||

ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜੂਠਾ ਕਿਉ ਸੁਚਿ ਹੋਇ ॥
antar jootthaa kiau such hoe |

If someone is false within his own self, then how can he be pure?

ਸਬਦੀ ਧੋਵੈ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਕੋਇ ॥
sabadee dhovai viralaa koe |

How rare are those who wash with the Shabad.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੋਈ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਵੈ ॥
guramukh koee sach kamaavai |

How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, live the Truth.

ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣਾ ਠਾਕਿ ਰਹਾਵੈ ॥੬॥
aavan jaanaa tthaak rahaavai |6|

Their comings and goings in reincarnation are over and done. ||6||

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