SGGS pp 315-317, Gaurri Ki Vaar M: 4, Paurris 30 to 33 (final).   Note: The Slok below describes the actions of self-professed holy people who are on the lookout for money. It takes the example of a (Tapaa) a self-avowed ascetic, who is attached to materialism.   ਸਲੋਕ ਮ: ੪ ॥  ਤਪਾ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ਅੰਦ੍ਰਹੁ ਲੋਭੀ ਨਿਤ ਮਾਇਆ ਨੋ ਫਿਰੈ ਜਜਮਾਲਿਆ ॥  ਅਗੋ ਦੇ ਸਦਿਆ ਸਤੈ ਦੀ ਭਿਖਿਆ ਲਏ ਨਾਹੀ ਪਿਛੋ ਦੇ ਪਛੁਤਾਇ ਕੈ ਆਣਿ ਤਪੈ ਪੁਤੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਬਹਾਲਿਆ ॥ Salok mėhlā 4.  Ŧapā na […]

SGGS pp 313-315, Gaurri Ki Vaar M: 4, Paurris 24 to 29.   ਸਲੋਕ ਮ: ੪ ॥   ਮੈ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਖੋਜਿ ਖੋਜੇਦਿਆ ਸੋ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਲਧਾ ਲੋੜਿ ॥  ਵਿਸਟੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਮੈ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਿਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਦਿਤਾ ਜੋੜਿ ॥੧॥ Salok mėhlā 4.   Mai man ṯan kẖoj kẖojeḏi▫ā so parabẖ laḏẖā loṛ.  visat gurū mai pā▫i▫ā jin har parabẖ ḏiṯā joṛ. ||1||   Slok of the fourth Guru. While (khoj-i khojeydia) searching my (man-u) mind and (tan) body, I (ladha) found (so = that) the One (prabh) the Creator […]

SGGS pp 311-313, Gauri Ki Vaar M: 4, Pauris 20 -23.   Note: Most of the Baani (compositions) in Sri Guru Granth Sahib is in 31 Ragas or Indian musical meters. However, in the Indian system, there are offshoots of each Raga which are called their Raaginis or wives and Putr or sons. In Sri […]

SGGS 309-311, Gauri Ki Vaar M: 4, Paurris 16-19.   ਸਲੋਕ ਮ: ੪ ॥   ਜੋ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੇ ਕੀ ਸੁ ਅਉਖਾ ਜਗ ਮਹਿ ਹੋਇਆ ॥  ਨਰਕ ਘੋਰੁ ਦੁਖ ਖੂਹੁ ਹੈ ਓਥੈ ਪਕੜਿ ਓਹੁ ਢੋਇਆ ॥ Salok mėhlā 4.   Jo ninḏā kare saṯgur pūre kī so a▫ukẖā jag mėh ho▫i▫ā.  Narak gẖor ḏukẖ kẖūhu hai othai pakaṛ oh dẖo▫i▫ā.   Slok of the fourth Guru. (Jo) one who (ninda karey) slanders (poorey) the perfect guru, (s-u) that person (hoia = happens) faces (aukha = difficult) hard times (mah-i) […]

SGGS pp 306-309   ਸਲੋਕ ਮ: ੪ ॥ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰੂ ਧਿਆਇਦਾ ਵਡੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥ Salok mėhlā 4. Anṯar har gurū ḏẖi▫ā▫iḏā vadī vadi▫ā▫ī.   Prologue of the fourth Guru. (Vaddi) the great (vadiaa-i) virtue and glory of the third Guru, Amar Das, is because that he (dhiaaida) remembers (har-i) the Almighty (antar) within and  obeys.   Page 307   ਤੁਸਿ ਦਿਤੀ ਪੂਰੈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਘਟੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਇਕੁ ਤਿਲੁ ਕਿਸੈ ਦੀ ਘਟਾਈ ॥ Ŧus ḏiṯī pūrai saṯgurū gẖatai nāhī ik ṯil kisai ḏī gẖatā▫ī. The Almighty […]

SGGS pp 304-306, Gaurri Ki Vaar M: 4, Paurris 10-12.   ਸਲੋਕ ਮ: ੪ ॥   ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਨਿਰਮਲੀ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਜਨੁ ਹੋਇ ਸੁ ਸੇਵਾ ਘਾਲੇ ॥  ਜਿਨ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਕਪਟੁ ਵਿਕਾਰੁ ਝੂਠੁ ਓਇ ਆਪੇ ਸਚੈ ਵਖਿ ਕਢੇ ਜਜਮਾਲੇ ॥ Salok mėhlā 4.   Saṯgur kī sevā nirmalī nirmal jan ho▫e so sevā gẖāle.  Jin anḏar kapat vikār jẖūṯẖ o▫e āpe sacẖai vakẖ kadẖe jajmāle.   Slok of the fourth Guru. (Seyva) service/obedience (ki) of the guru is (nirmali = pure) virtuous; only (jan-u) a person who (hoey) is (nirmal) clean/truthful […]

SGGS pp 302-304, Gauri Ki Vaar, M: 4, Paurris 7-9.   ਸਲੋਕ ਮ: ੪ ॥   ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਧਰਤੀ ਧਰਮ ਹੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਜੇਹਾ ਕੋ ਬੀਜੇ ਤੇਹਾ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਏ ॥ Salok mėhlā 4   Saṯgur ḏẖarṯī ḏẖaram hai ṯis vicẖ jehā ko bīje ṯehā fal pā▫e   (Slok) prologue of the fourth Guru (Sat guru) the true guru is (dharti) the soil of (dharam) natural law in which (jeyha) whatever (ko) someone (beejey) sows (teyha) so (paaey = receives,  phal = fruit) […]

SGGS pp 300-302, Gauri Ki Vaar, M: 4, Paurris 1-6.   ਗਉੜੀ ਕੀ ਵਾਰ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥ Ga▫oṛī kī vār mėhlā 4.   (Vaar) composition of (pauris) stanzas by the fourth Guru in Raga Gauri.   Note: The following composition is called ਵਾਰ (Vaar). A Vaar is a ballad composed in praise of someone like a warrior. Gurbani uses such compositions to praise […]

SGGS pp 298-300, Gaurri Thiti M: 5, Paurris 10-17.     ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥ ਦਸ ਦਿਸ ਖੋਜਤ ਮੈ ਫਿਰਿਓ ਜਤ ਦੇਖਉ ਤਤ ਸੋਇ ॥ ਮਨੁ ਬਸਿ ਆਵੈ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਜੇ ਪੂਰਨ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਹੋਇ ॥੧੦॥ Salok. Ḏas ḏis kẖojaṯ mai firi▫o jaṯ ḏekẖ▫a▫u ṯaṯ so▫e. Man bas āvai nānkā je pūran kirpā ho▫e. ||10||   (Slok) prologue. (Mai) I (phirio) wandered in (dah) ten (dis) directions – four sides, four corners, above and below – i.e. all over looking for God, and found (jat) wherever (deykhau) I […]

SGGS pp 296-298, Thiti Gaurri M: 5, Paurris 1-9.   Note: The expression Thiti refers to days of the lunar cycle. There are two phases of the moon – waxing/increasing and waning/decreasing of illumination of the moon – each of fourteen days starting with Ekam or first. Distinction between the two is made by the […]