SGGS pp 343-345, Gaurri Thiti and Vaar Sat Kabir Ji (Complete).   Note: The composition Thiti refers to the numbering of days of the lunar cycle. There are two phases of the moon – waxing or increasing, and waning or decreasing size of the moon – each of fifteen days starting with Ekam or first. […]

SGGS pp 340-341 Gaurri Baavan Akhri Kabir Ji (1-23).   ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਪੂਰਬੀ ਬਾਵਨ ਅਖਰੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀਉ ਕੀ   ੴ ਸਤਿਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ Rāg ga▫oṛī pūrbī bāvan akẖrī Kabīr jī▫o kī   Ik▫oaʼnkār saṯnām karṯā purakẖ gurparsāḏ.   Bani (baavan akhree) fifty-two letters of Kabir Ji in Raga Gaurri Poorbi. Invoking One all-pervasive (satnaam) universal Truth, (karta purakh) the Creator, who may be known (gurprasaad-i) with the true guru’s grace/guidance.   ਬਾਵਨ ਅਛਰ ਲੋਕ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਸਭੁ ਕਛੁ ਇਨ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥   ਏ ਅਖਰ ਖਿਰਿ ਜਾਹਿਗੇ ਓਇ ਅਖਰ ਇਨ ਮਹਿ ਨਾਹਿ ॥੧॥ Bāvan acẖẖar […]

SGGS pp 338-339 Gaurri Kabir Ji (66-74).   Note: The Shabad below describes the fabled love the milkmaids of Gokul had for Krishna of the Mahabharata. It uses this as metaphor to describe a seeker’s love for the Divine.   ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ੧੧ ॥  ਆਸ ਪਾਸ ਘਨ ਤੁਰਸੀ ਕਾ ਬਿਰਵਾ ਮਾਝ ਬਨਾ ਰਸਿ ਗਾਊਂ ਰੇ ॥  ਉਆ ਕਾ ਸਰੂਪੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਮੋਹੀ ਗੁਆਰਨਿ ਮੋ ਕਉ ਛੋਡਿ ਨ ਆਉ ਨ ਜਾਹੂ ਰੇ ॥੧॥ Rāg ga▫oṛī 11.  Ās pās gẖan ṯursī kā birvā mājẖ banā ras gā▫ūʼn re.  U▫ā kā sarūp ḏekẖ mohī gu▫āran mo ka▫o cẖẖod na ā▫o na jāhū re. ||1||   […]

SGGS pp 336-338, Gaurri Kabir Ji (58-65).   ਗਉੜੀ ॥  ਅਗਨਿ ਨ ਦਹੈ ਪਵਨੁ ਨਹੀ ਮਗਨੈ ਤਸਕਰੁ ਨੇਰਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ॥  ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਧਨੁ ਕਰਿ ਸੰਚਉਨੀ ਸੋ ਧਨੁ ਕਤ ਹੀ ਨ ਜਾਵੈ ॥੧॥ Ga▫oṛī.  Agan na ḏahai pavan nahī magnai ṯaskar ner na āvai.  Rām nām ḏẖan kar sancẖ▫unī so ḏẖan kaṯ hī na jāvai. ||1||   Composition of Bhagat Kabir in Raga Gaurri. O mortal, (kar-i sanchauni = gather) accumulate (dhan-u) the wealth of imbibing (raam naam) Divine virtues and commands; (so) that (dhan-u) wealth does not (jaavai) go […]

SGGS pp 334-336, Gaurri Kabir Ji (51-57).   Note: In the Shabad below Bhagat Kabir Ji says that everyone claims his/her method of spiritual pursuit to be the best. He points out that all physical methods only create bondage to those methods and as a result the Creator is forgotten.   ਗਉੜੀ ॥  ਜੋਗੀ ਕਹਹਿ ਜੋਗੁ ਭਲ ਮੀਠਾ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਈ ॥   ਰੁੰਡਿਤ ਮੁੰਡਿਤ ਏਕੈ ਸਬਦੀ ਏਇ ਕਹਹਿ ਸਿਧਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੧॥ Ga▫oṛī.  Jogī kahėh jog bẖal […]

SGGS pp 332-334, Gaurri Kabir Ji (44-50).   ਗਉੜੀ ਚੇਤੀ   ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ Ga▫oṛī cẖeṯī   Ik▫oaʼnkār saṯgur parsāḏ.   Bani of Bhagat Kabir Ji in Raga Gaurri Cheyti. Invoking the One all-pervasive Creator who may be known by the true guru’s grace.   ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਸੁਨਹਿ ਨ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਨ ਗਾਵਹਿ ॥   ਬਾਤਨ ਹੀ ਅਸਮਾਨੁ ਗਿਰਾਵਹਿ ॥੧॥ Har jas sunėh na har gun gāvahi.   Bāṯan hī asmān girāvėh. ||1||   There are people who neither […]

  SGGS pp 329-331 Gaurri Kabir Ji (34-43).   ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਦੁਪਦੇ ॥   ਨਾ ਮੈ ਜੋਗ ਧਿਆਨ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਆ ॥   ਬਿਨੁ ਬੈਰਾਗ ਨ ਛੂਟਸਿ ਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ Ga▫oṛī Kabīr jī ḏupḏe.   Nā mai jog ḏẖi▫ān cẖiṯ lā▫i▫ā.   Bin bairāg na cẖẖūtas mā▫i▫ā. ||1||   Bani of Bhagat Kabir Ji in Raga Gaurri, compositions (dupadey) of two stanzas. I have not (laaia) applied (dhiaan) attention of my (chit-u) mind to attaining (jog) union with the Creator. But influence of temptations […]

SGGS pp 328-29, Gaurri Kabir Ji (26-33).   ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥  ਜੋ ਜਨ ਲੇਹਿ ਖਸਮ ਕਾ ਨਾਉ ॥   ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੈ ਜਾਉ ॥੧॥ Ga▫oṛī Kabīr jī.  Jo jan lehi kẖasam kā nā▫o.   Ŧin kai saḏ balihārai jā▫o. ||1||   Bani of Bhagat Kabir Ji in Raga Gaurri. (Jan) devotees (jo) who (leyh-i = take) assimilate (naau, naam) virtues and commands of (khasam) the Master – and conform to them I (sad) ever (balihaarai jaau […]

SGGS pp 327-328, Gaurri Kabir Ji, (19-25).   ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਤਿਪਦੇ_15 ॥ Ga▫oṛī Kabīr jī ṯipḏe 15.   Bani of Bhagat Kabir Ji in Raga Gaurri, (tipadey) compositions of three stanzas, totalling 15.   ਕੰਚਨ ਸਿਉ ਪਾਈਐ ਨਹੀ ਤੋਲਿ ॥   ਮਨੁ ਦੇ ਰਾਮੁ ਲੀਆ ਹੈ ਮੋਲਿ ॥੧॥ Kancẖan si▫o pā▫ī▫ai nahī ṯol.   Man ḏe rām lī▫ā hai mol. ||1||   One cannot (paaeeai) obtain/find the Creator by weighing against (kanchan) gold i.e. one cannot find the […]

SGGS pp 325-327, Gauri Kabir Ji (10-18).   Note: In the Shabad below Bhagat Kabir Ji points out that there is no place called heaven. It is in the holy congregation or the mind where the Creator is remembered/praised.   ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥ ਜੋ ਜਨ ਪਰਮਿਤਿ ਪਰਮਨੁ ਜਾਨਾ ॥   ਬਾਤਨ ਹੀ ਬੈਕੁੰਠ ਸਮਾਨਾ ॥੧॥ Ga▫oṛī Kabīr jī  Jo jan parmiṯ parman jānā   Bāṯan hī baikunṯẖ samānā ||1||   Bani of Bhagat Kabir Ji in […]

SGGS pp 323-325, Gaurri Kabir Ji (1-9).   ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਭਗਤਾਂ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ Rāg ga▫oṛī bẖagṯāʼn kī baṇī   Compositions of (bhagta) saints in Raga Gaurri   ੴ ਸਤਿਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ Ik▫oaʼnkār saṯnām karṯā purakẖ gur parsāḏ   One all-pervasive Almighty with (satinaam-u = with eternal naam) inevitable Hukam/commands/laws, (karta purakh-u) the Creator (gur prasaad-i) who may be known by the guru’s grace.   ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀਉ ਕੇ ਚਉਪਦੇ ੧੪ ॥ Ga▫oṛī gu▫ārerī sarī Kabīr […]

SGGS pp 320-323, Gauri Ki Vaar M: 5, Pauris 11 to 21 (final).   ਸਲੋਕ ਮ: ੫ ॥  ਕਾਮੁ ਨ ਕਰਹੀ ਆਪਣਾ ਫਿਰਹਿ ਅਵਤਾ ਲੋਇ ॥   ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਇ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਐ ਸੁਖੁ ਕਿਨੇਹਾ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥ Salok mėhlā 5  Kām na karhī āpṇā firėh avṯā lo▫e   Nānak nā▫e visāri▫ai sukẖ kinehā ho▫e ||1||   Slok of the fifth Guru. A self-willed person (na karahi) does not carry out (aapna = own) his/her (kaam) job that is allotted to him/her, but (phirah-i) wanders […]

SGGS pp 318-320 Gaurri Ki Vaar M: 5 Paurris 1-10.   Note: The Vaar below is the second in Raga Gaurri and is by the fifth Guru; the one just completed above was that of the fourth Guru. Out of the 31 Ragas in Sri Guru Granth Sahib, only 17 have Vaars of the gurus; […]

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 […]