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ਸਵਯੇ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਮੁਖਬਾਕੵ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ - ੧

savaye sree mukhabaakaye mahalaa panjavaa - 1सवये स्री मुखबाक्य महला ५ - १

Raag: Svaiyay Mehl 5

Source: Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

There is but one God. True is His Name, Creative His personality and Immortal His form. He is without fear, sans enmity, beyond birth and self-illumined. By the Guru's grace He is obtained.

ਸਵਯੇ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਮੁਖਬਾਕੵ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

Saways recited in person by the sire, 5th Guru.

ਆਦਿ ਪੁਰਖ ਕਰਤਾਰ ਕਰਣ ਕਾਰਣ ਸਭ ਆਪੇ ॥

O my primal Lord, the Creator, Thou Thyself are the Doer of all the deeds.

ਸਰਬ ਰਹਿਓ ਭਰਪੂਰਿ ਸਗਲ ਘਟ ਰਹਿਓ ਬਿਆਪੇ ॥

Thou are fully filling all and are contained in all hearts.

ਬੵਾਪਤੁ ਦੇਖੀਐ ਜਗਤਿ ਜਾਨੈ ਕਉਨੁ ਤੇਰੀ ਗਤਿ ਸਰਬ ਕੀ ਰਖੵਾ ਕਰੈ ਆਪੇ ਹਰਿ ਪਤਿ ॥

O God, Thou are seen pervading the world. Who can know Thine state? Thou protect all and Thou Thyself are their Lord.

ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਅਬਿਗਤ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਉਤਪਤਿ ॥

O my Imperishable and Formless Lord, Thou are born of Thyself.

ਏਕੈ ਤੂਹੀ ਏਕੈ ਅਨ ਨਾਹੀ ਤੁਮ ਭਤਿ ॥

Thou are but One. None else is like Thee.

ਹਰਿ ਅੰਤੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰੁ ਕਉਨੁ ਹੈ ਕਰੈ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ਜਗਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਹੈ ਸ੍ਰਬ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਕੋ ਅਧਾਰੁ ॥

O Lord, Thou have no end and limit. Who can from Thine conception? Thou are the Father of the world and the support of all life.

ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਭਗਤੁ ਦਰਿ ਤੁਲਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਏਕ ਜੀਹ ਕਿਆ ਬਖਾਨੈ ॥

O Lord, how can Thy slave Nanak, recite with his one tongue the praise of the saint, who is poised at Thy door and is like Thee?

ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰਿ ॥੧॥

I am a sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice and ever a sacrifice unto him.

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਹ ਸਰਿ ਅਤੁਲ ਭੰਡਾਰ ਭਰਿ ਪਰੈ ਹੀ ਤੇ ਪਰੈ ਅਪਰ ਅਪਾਰ ਪਰਿ ॥

O Lord, the streams of Nectar flow at thy door, brimful are Thine unweighable treasures and Thou are Infinite, Beauteous, Sublime and the remotest of the remote.

ਆਪੁਨੋ ਭਾਵਨੁ ਕਰਿ ਮੰਤ੍ਰਿ ਨ ਦੂਸਰੋ ਧਰਿ ਓਪਤਿ ਪਰਲੌ ਏਕੈ ਨਿਮਖ ਤੁ ਘਰਿ ॥

Thou do what pleases Thee, take not the counsel of another and in Thy Home, creation and destruction occur in am instant.

ਆਨ ਨਾਹੀ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਉਜੀਆਰੋ ਨਿਰਮਰਿ ਕੋਟਿ ਪਰਾਛਤ ਜਾਹਿ ਨਾਮ ਲੀਏ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ॥

My Lord God, none else is equal to Thee, immaculate is Thy light and reciting Thy Name, millions of sins are washed off.

ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਭਗਤੁ ਦਰਿ ਤੁਲਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਏਕ ਜੀਹ ਕਿਆ ਬਖਾਨੈ ॥

O Lord, how can Thy slave Nanak recite with his one tongue, the praise of the saint, who is poised at Thy door and is like Thee?

ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰਿ ॥੨॥

I am a sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice, and ever a sacrifice unto him.

ਸਗਲ ਭਵਨ ਧਾਰੇ ਏਕ ਥੇਂ ਕੀਏ ਬਿਸਥਾਰੇ ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਸ੍ਰਬ ਮਹਿ ਆਪਿ ਹੈ ਨਿਰਾਰੇ ॥

Thou, O Lord, have installed all the world's from within Thee alone, Thou have extended them. Thou are fully contained amongst them all and yet Thou Thyself remain detached.

ਹਰਿ ਗੁਨ ਨਾਹੀ ਅੰਤ ਪਾਰੇ ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਸਭਿ ਥਾਰੇ ਸਗਲ ਕੋ ਦਾਤਾ ਏਕੈ ਅਲਖ ਮੁਰਾਰੇ ॥

O my Unique and Unseeable Lord, the Enemy of ago, Thou are the giver of all and there is no limit and end to Thine virtues. All the creatures belong to Thee.

ਆਪ ਹੀ ਧਾਰਨ ਧਾਰੇ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਹੈ ਦੇਖਾਰੇ ਬਰਨੁ ਚਿਹਨੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਮੁਖ ਨ ਮਸਾਰੇ ॥

The Lord Himself upholds the universe and shows His Omnipotence, He has no hue, form, mouth and bread.

ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਭਗਤੁ ਦਰਿ ਤੁਲਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਏਕ ਜੀਹ ਕਿਆ ਬਖਾਨੈ ॥

O Lord, how can Thy slave Nanak recite with his one tongue the praises of that saint, who is poised at Thy door and is like Thee?

ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰਿ ॥੩॥

I am a sacrifice, yea, a sacrifice, and ever a sacrifice unto him.

ਸਰਬ ਗੁਣ ਨਿਧਾਨੰ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਨ ਗੵਾਨੰ ਧੵਾਨੰ ਊਚੇ ਤੇ ਊਚੌ ਜਾਨੀਜੈ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੇਰੋ ਥਾਨੰ ॥

My Lord, Thou are the treasure of all virtues. No one can know the worth of Thine divine wisdom and meditation. The highest of the high is known to be Thy seat.

ਮਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਤੇਰੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੰ ਏਕੈ ਸੂਤਿ ਹੈ ਜਹਾਨੰ ਕਵਨ ਉਪਮਾ ਦੇਉ ਬਡੇ ਤੇ ਬਡਾਨੰ ॥

My Lord, my soul, riches and vital-breath belong to Thee. Thou have strung the world in the one thread of Thy system. What praise should I attribute to Thee? Thou are the greatest of the great.

ਜਾਨੈ ਕਉਨੁ ਤੇਰੋ ਭੇਉ ਅਲਖ ਅਪਾਰ ਦੇਉ ਅਕਲ ਕਲਾ ਹੈ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਰਬ ਕੋ ਧਾਨੰ ॥

O My Incomprehensible and Infinite Luminous Lord, who can know Thy secret? Inconceivable is Thy power and Thou are the mainstay of all.

ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਭਗਤੁ ਦਰਿ ਤੁਲਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਏਕ ਜੀਹ ਕਿਆ ਬਖਾਨੈ ॥

O Lord, how can Thy slave Nanak, with his one tongue, recite the praise of that saint who is poised at Thy door and is like Thee.

ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰਿ ॥੪॥

I ma a sacrifice, yea, a sacrifice, and ever a sacrifice unto him.

ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੁ ਆਕਾਰ ਅਛਲ ਪੂਰਨ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ॥

My Lord, Thou are Formless, Undeceivable, Perfect, and Imperishable,

ਹਰਖਵੰਤ ਆਨੰਤ ਰੂਪ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਬਿਗਾਸੀ ॥

and Ever in bliss, Ever in bloom, Illimitable, Beauteous, and Immaculate are Thou.

ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਬੇਅੰਤ ਅੰਤੁ ਇਕੁ ਤਿਲੁ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਸੀ ॥

Countless are those who sing Thine praises, however, they know not even a bit of Thy limit.

ਜਾ ਕਉ ਹੋਂਹਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲ ਸੁ ਜਨੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੁਮਹਿ ਮਿਲਾਸੀ ॥

He, unto whom Thou are merciful, O Lord, that person meets with Thee.

ਧੰਨਿ ਧੰਨਿ ਤੇ ਧੰਨਿ ਜਨ ਜਿਹ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਭਯਉ ॥

Blest, blest, and blest are the persons, on whom the Lord God has become merciful.

ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਿਨ ਪਰਸਿਅਉ ਸਿ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਦੁਹ ਥੇ ਰਹਿਓ ॥੫॥

Whosoever meets with the Divine Guru Nanak, he is rid of both birth and death.

ਸਤਿ ਸਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਸਤਿ ਸਤਿ ਸਤੇ ਸਤਿ ਭਣੀਐ ॥

True, abidingly true and the truest of the true, my God is said to be.

ਦੂਸਰ ਆਨ ਨ ਅਵਰੁ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਪਊਰਾਤਨੁ ਸੁਣੀਐ ॥

He alone is heard to be the primal Lord, There is not another second like him.

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਹਰਿ ਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਲੈਤ ਮਨਿ ਸਭ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਏ ॥

Reciting the ambrosial Name of God, man is blessed with all the comforts.

ਜੇਹ ਰਸਨ ਚਾਖਿਓ ਤੇਹ ਜਨ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਿ ਅਘਾਏ ॥

They, who taste if with their tongue; those persons are sated and satiated.

ਜਿਹ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਸੁਪ੍ਰਸੰਨੁ ਭਯੋੁ ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਤਿਹ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥

He, with whom the Lord becomes pleased, he loves he congregation of the saints.

ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਿਨੑ ਪਰਸਿਓ ਤਿਨੑ ਸਭ ਕੁਲ ਕੀਓ ਉਧਾਰੁ ॥੬॥

Whosoever meets with the God-incarnate Guru Nanak, he emancipates his entire lineage.

ਸਚੁ ਸਭਾ ਦੀਬਾਣੁ ਸਚੁ ਸਚੇ ਪਹਿ ਧਰਿਓ ॥

True is the Lord's congregation and His court. He has placed His True Name with the True Guru.

ਸਚੈ ਤਖਤਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ਸਚੁ ਤਪਾਵਸੁ ਕਰਿਓ ॥

Sitting on the True Throne, He administers true justice.

ਸਚਿ ਸਿਰਜੵਿਉ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਆਪਿ ਆਭੁਲੁ ਨ ਭੁਲਉ ॥

The True Lord, of Himself, has created the world. He is infallible and errs not.

ਰਤਨ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਪਾਰੁ ਕੀਮ ਨਹੁ ਪਵੈ ਅਮੁਲਉ ॥

Priceless like the jewel is the Name of the Infinite Lord. The worth of the invaluable Name can be prized not.

ਜਿਹ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਹੋਯਉ ਗੋੁਬਿੰਦੁ ਸਰਬ ਸੁਖ ਤਿਨਹੂ ਪਾਏ ॥

On whomsoever the world-Lord becomes merciful, he alone obtains all the comfort.

ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਿਨੑ ਪਰਸਿਓ ਤੇ ਬਹੁੜਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੋਨਿ ਨ ਆਏ ॥੭॥

They who touch the feet of Divine Guru Nanak, they are cast not into existences afterwards again.

ਕਵਨੁ ਜੋਗੁ ਕਉਨੁ ਗੵਾਨੁ ਧੵਾਨੁ ਕਵਨ ਬਿਧਿ ਉਸ੍ਤਤਿ ਕਰੀਐ ॥

What is the 'yoga, ' what the knowledge and contemplation and what the way, by which we can praise our Lord?

ਸਿਧ ਸਾਧਿਕ ਤੇਤੀਸ ਕੋਰਿ ਤਿਰੁ ਕੀਮ ਨ ਪਰੀਐ ॥

The adepts, the strivers and the thirty-three millions of gods, can find not even an iota of the Lord's worth.

ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾਦਿਕ ਸਨਕਾਦਿ ਸੇਖ ਗੁਣ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਏ ॥

Neither Brahma, nor Sanak nor the serpent-king, know the limit of His praises.

ਅਗਹੁ ਗਹਿਓ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਇ ਪੂਰਿ ਸ੍ਰਬ ਰਹਿਓ ਸਮਾਏ ॥

The Unseizable Lord can be seized not although, He is fully contained amongst all.

ਜਿਹ ਕਾਟੀ ਸਿਲਕ ਦਯਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਸੇਇ ਜਨ ਲਗੇ ਭਗਤੇ ॥

They, whose noose the merciful Master has cut off, those persons are attached to His meditation.

ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਿਨੑ ਪਰਸਿਓ ਤੇ ਇਤ ਉਤ ਸਦਾ ਮੁਕਤੇ ॥੮॥

They, who meet with God and Guru Nanak, are ever emancipated here and hereafter.

ਪ੍ਰਭ ਦਾਤਉ ਦਾਤਾਰ ਪਰੵਿਉ ਜਾਚਕੁ ਇਕੁ ਸਰਨਾ ॥

I, the mumper, have sought the refuge of Lord, the Donor of the donors.

ਮਿਲੈ ਦਾਨੁ ਸੰਤ ਰੇਨ ਜੇਹ ਲਗਿ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਤਰਨਾ ॥

Bless Thou me with the bounty of the dust of the saints feet, attached to which I shall cross the dreadful world ocean.

ਬਿਨਤਿ ਕਰਉ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਜੇ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਭਾਵੈ ॥

If it pleases Thee, O Lord, hearken Thou to my prayer and supplication.

ਦੇਹੁ ਦਰਸੁ ਮਨਿ ਚਾਉ ਭਗਤਿ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਠਹਰਾਵੈ ॥

My mind's yearning is that thou may bless me with Thy vision, O Lord, this soul of mine abides in Thine meditation.

ਬਲਿਓ ਚਰਾਗੁ ਅੰਧੵਾਰ ਮਹਿ ਸਭ ਕਲਿ ਉਧਰੀ ਇਕ ਨਾਮ ਧਰਮ ॥

The Name's lamp is kindled in the midst of spiritual darkness. All the men of the Darkage are saved with the aid of the One Name.

ਪ੍ਰਗਟੁ ਸਗਲ ਹਰਿ ਭਵਨ ਮਹਿ ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥੯॥

The Guru-God, slave Nanak has become manifest in all the worlds of the Lord.

ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਪਾਠ ਦਾ ਮਹੱਤਵ ਅਤੇ ਰੂਹਾਨੀ ਲਾਭ

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