SGGS pp 477-479, Aasa Kabir Ji, Shabads 7-13.   Note: The Yogis try to display their being connected with the Almighty by physical symbolism. The Shabad below describes how union with the Master may actually be attained.   ਆਸਾ ॥ ਬਟੂਆ ਏਕੁ ਬਹਤਰਿ ਆਧਾਰੀ ਏਕੋ ਜਿਸਹਿ ਦੁਆਰਾ ॥ ਨਵੈ ਖੰਡ ਕੀ ਪ੍ਰਿਥਮੀ ਮਾਗੈ ਸੋ ਜੋਗੀ [...]

SGGS pp 474-475, Asa Di Vaar Pauris 22-24 (completed). Note: The set of five sloks below are on the subject of management. The first teaches how to maintain an amicable employer-employee relationship. This is used as the metaphor for the relationship between the Almighty Master and a human being for the latter to be successful [...]

SGGS pp 473-474, Aasa Di Vaar Pauris 19-21.   ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮ: ੧ ॥ ਪਹਿਲਾ ਸੁਚਾ ਆਪਿ ਹੋਇ ਸੁਚੈ ਬੈਠਾ ਆਇ ॥ ਸੁਚੇ ਅਗੈ ਰਖਿਓਨੁ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਭਿਟਿਓ ਜਾਇ ॥ Salok mėhlā 1. Pahilā sucẖā āp ho▫e sucẖai baiṯẖā ā▫e. Sucẖe agai rakẖi▫on ko▫e na bẖiti▫o jā▫e.   (Slok M: 1) prologue by the first Guru. (Fahila) first the Brahmin (sucha ho-e) having purified (aap-i) himself (aa-e) comes and (baittha) sits (suchai) at a clean [...]

SGGS 471-473, Aasa Di Vaar Pauris 16-18.   Note: The Slok below is about how the Hindus, in awe of the Muslim rulers inIndia, started following Muslim customs in order to be accepted by them.   ਸਲੋਕ ਮ: ੧ ॥ ਗਊ ਬਿਰਾਹਮਣ ਕਉ ਕਰੁ ਲਾਵਹੁ ਗੋਬਰਿ ਤਰਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥ ਧੋਤੀ ਟਿਕਾ ਤੈ ਜਪਮਾਲੀ ਧਾਨੁ [...]

  SGGS pp 470-471, Aasa Di Vaar, Pauris 13-15.   Note: The first line in the Slok below refers to ਮੇਰੁ (m-er-u). The top bead in a rosary is given this name. Different rosaries have different number of beads strung on a thread or cord. However in all of them, both ends of the thread [...]

SGGS pp 460-462, Asa M: 5, Chhants 12-14.   ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥ Āsā mėhlā 5.   Baani of the fifth Guru in Raag Aasa.   ਵੰਞੁ ਮੇਰੇ ਆਲਸਾ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਸਿ ਬੇਨੰਤੀ ॥  ਰਾਵਉ ਸਹੁ ਆਪਨੜਾ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸੰਗਿ ਸੋਹੰਤੀ ॥ vañ mere ālsā har pās benanṯī.  Rāva▫o saho āpnaṛā parabẖ sang sohanṯī. behove glory   (Vanjn-u = go) leave, (m-er-e) my (aalsa = laziness) indifference, I must (b-enanti) make supplication (paas-i = [...]

SGGS pp 468-470, Aasa Di Vaar Pauris 10-12.   Note: In the first Slok below Guru Nanak talks of relationships in the world-play calling them (koorr = false) transitory – which may break during one’s life-time and certainly on death. Such relationships are real but transitory, so one should maintain, but not get attached, to [...]

SGGS pp 464-466, Aasa Di Vaar Pauris 4-6.   Note: The first Slok below states that every thing in nature functions according to Divine commands or laws of nature. It ends by saying that the Almighty alone is beyond commands.   ਸਲੋਕ ਮ: ੧ ॥ ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਪਵਣੁ ਵਹੈ ਸਦਵਾਉ ॥ ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਚਲਹਿ ਲਖ ਦਰੀਆਉ ॥ Salok mėhlā 1.  Bẖai vicẖ pavaṇ vahai saḏvā▫o.  Bẖai vicẖ cẖalėh lakẖ ḏarī▫ā▫o. [...]

ੴ ਸਤਿਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ Ik▫oaʼnkār saṯnām karṯā purakẖ nirbẖa▫o nirvair akāl mūraṯ ajūnī saibẖaʼn gur parsāḏ. One all pervasive Creator with eternal virtues, Creator, beyond fear or jealousy, timeless and deathless, unborn, self existent, whose virtues may be known with the true Guru‘s grace.   ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ ਵਾਰ ਸਲੋਕਾ ਨਾਲਿ ਸਲੋਕ ਭੀ ਮਹਲੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਕੇ ਲਿਖੇ ਟੁੰਡੇ ਅਸ ਰਾਜੈ ਕੀ ਧੁਨੀ ॥ Āsā mėhlā 1.  vār salokā nāl salok bẖī mahle pahile ke likẖe [...]

ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥ Āsā mėhlā 5. Baani of the fifth Guru in Raag Aasa. ਪੁਰਖ ਪਤੇ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਤਾ ਕੀ ਸਰਣਿ ਗਹੀ ॥ਨਿਰਭਉ ਭਏ ਪਰਾਨ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਸਗਲ ਲਹੀ ॥ Purakẖ paṯe bẖagvān ṯā kī saraṇ gahī. Nirbẖa▫o bẖa▫e parān cẖinṯā sagal lahī. (Purakh) the all-pervasive (bhagvaan) Almighty is (pat-e/pati) the Master of all; one who [...]

ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ Āsā mėhlā 1. Baani of the first Guru in Raag Aasa.Note: This Shabad uses the example of a prospective bride. If she is careless while in the parental house and does not prepare herself for life with her future husband, she may not be liked and vice-versa. This is used as [...]

ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ Āsā mėhlā 1. Baani of the first Guru in Raag Aasa.Note: This Shabad mentions the rituals practiced in the Hindu faith and advises what should be done instead. ਕਾਇਆ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਮਨੁ ਹੈ ਧੋਤੀ ॥ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਜਨੇਊ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਕੁਸਪਾਤੀ ॥ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਾ ਜਸੁ ਜਾਚਉ ਨਾਉ ॥ ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਿ ਸਮਾਉ ॥੧॥ Kā▫i▫ā [...]

ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ Āsā mėhlā 1. Baani of the first Guru in Raag Aasa. ਜੋ ਤਿਨਿ ਕੀਆ ਸੋ ਸਚੁ ਥੀਆ ॥ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਦੀਆ ॥ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਮਨਿ ਭੰਗੁ ॥ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਲਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਸੰਗੁ ॥੧॥ Jo ṯin kī▫ā so sacẖ thī▫ā. Amriṯ nām saṯgur ḏī▫ā. Hirḏai nām nāhī man bẖang. An▫ḏin nāl [...]

ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ ਕਰਮ ਕਰਤੂਤਿ ਬੇਲਿ ਬਿਸਥਾਰੀ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਫਲੁ ਹੂਆ ॥ ਤਿਸੁ ਰੂਪੁ ਨ ਰੇਖ ਅਨਾਹਦੁ ਵਾਜੈ ਸਬਦੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨਿ ਕੀਆ ॥੧॥ Āsā mėhlā 1. Karam karṯūṯ bel bisthārī rām nām fal hū▫ā. Ŧis rūp na rekẖ anāhaḏ vājai sabaḏ niranjan kī▫ā. ||1|| The Creator has (bisthaari = spread) grown a (b-el) creeper to [...]

ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ Āsā mėhlā 1. Baani of the first Guru in Raag Aasa.ਜੇ ਦਰਿ ਮਾਂਗਤੁ ਕੂਕ ਕਰੇ ਮਹਲੀ ਖਸਮੁ ਸੁਣੇ ॥ ਭਾਵੈ ਧੀਰਕ ਭਾਵੈ ਧਕੇ ਏਕ ਵਡਾਈ ਦੇਇ ॥੧॥ Je ḏar māʼngaṯ kūk kare mahlī kẖasam suṇe. Bẖāvai ḏẖīrak bẖāvai ḏẖake ek vadā▫ī ḏe▫e. ||1|| (J-e) if a beggar comes (dari) to the [...]

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਚਉਪਦੇ ਘਰੁ ੨ ॥ Ik▫oaʼnkār saṯgur parsāḏ. Rāg āsā mėhlā 1 cẖa▫upḏe gẖar 2. Invoking the One all-pervasive Creator who may be known with the true guru’s grace. Bani of the first Guru in Raag Aasa, (chaupad-e) composition of four stanzas, to be sung in the second [...]

Note: The Shabad of the fourth Guru below, uses certain words twice. This is the style of the Fourth Guru and usually used to emphasize those expressions and is found in many of his his compositions. In fact some times the same word is used many times continuously in the same verse. Note: This Shabad [...]

ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ Ik▫oaʼnkār saṯ nām karṯā purakẖ nirbẖa▫o nirvair akāl mūraṯ ajūnī saibẖaʼn gur parsāḏ.(1 Oankaar) One all pervasive (sat naam) Universal Truth i.e with eternal virtues, (karta purakh) Creator, (nirbhau) beyond fear (nir-vair = without enmity) or jealousy, (akaal moorat) timeless and [...]