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 […]