O My Mind, Meditate On The One Who Is Always With You.

[Degha Singh]

ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

Ga­oṛī gu­ārėrī mehlā 5.

Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਜਪਿਓ ਭਗਵੰਤੁ ॥

Sāḏẖsang japi­o bẖagvanṯ.

In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I meditate on the Lord God.

ਕੇਵਲ ਨਾਮੁ ਦੀਓ ਗੁਰਿ ਮੰਤੁ ॥

Kėval nām ḏī­o gur manṯ.

The Guru has given me the Mantra of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

ਤਜਿ ਅਭਿਮਾਨ ਭਏ ਨਿਰਵੈਰ ॥

Ŧaj abẖimān bẖa­ė nirvair.

Shedding my ego, I have become free of hate.

ਆਠ ਪਹਰ ਪੂਜਹੁ ਗੁਰ ਪੈਰ ॥੧॥

Āṯẖ pahar pūjahu gur pair. ||1||

Twenty-four hours a day, I worship the Guru's Feet. ||1||

ਅਬ ਮਤਿ ਬਿਨਸੀ ਦੁਸਟ ਬਿਗਾਨੀ ॥

Ab maṯ binsī ḏusat bigānī.

Now, my evil sense of alienation is eliminated,

ਜਬ ਤੇ ਸੁਣਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਕਾਨੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

Jab ṯė suṇi­ā har jas kānī. ||1|| rahā­o.

since I have heard the Praises of the Lord with my ears. ||1||Pause||

ਸਹਜ ਸੂਖ ਆਨੰਦ ਨਿਧਾਨ ॥

Sahj sūkẖ ānanḏ niḏẖān.

The Savior Lord is the treasure of intuitive peace, poise and bliss.

ਰਾਖਨਹਾਰ ਰਖਿ ਲੇਇ ਨਿਦਾਨ ॥

Rākẖanhār rakẖ lė­ė niḏān.

He shall save me in the end.

ਦੂਖ ਦਰਦ ਬਿਨਸੇ ਭੈ ਭਰਮ ॥

Ḏūkẖ ḏaraḏ binsė bẖai bẖaram.

My pains, sufferings, fears and doubts have been erased.

ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣ ਰਖੇ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਮ ॥੨॥

Āvaṇ jāṇ rakẖė kar karam. ||2||

He has mercifully saved me from coming and going in reincarnation. ||2||

ਪੇਖੈ ਬੋਲੈ ਸੁਣੈ ਸਭੁ ਆਪਿ ॥

Pėkẖai bolai suṇai sabẖ āp.

He Himself beholds, speaks and hears all.

ਸਦਾ ਸੰਗਿ ਤਾ ਕਉ ਮਨ ਜਾਪਿ ॥

Saḏā sang ṯā ka­o man jāp.

O my mind, meditate on the One who is always with you.

ਸੰਤ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਭਇਓ ਪਰਗਾਸੁ ॥

Sanṯ parsāḏ bẖa­i­o pargās.

By the Grace of the Saints, the Light has dawned.

ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹੇ ਏਕੈ ਗੁਣਤਾਸੁ ॥੩॥

Pūr rahė ėkai guṇṯās. ||3||

The One Lord, the Treasure of Excellence, is perfectly pervading everywhere. ||3||

ਕਹਤ ਪਵਿਤ੍ਰ ਸੁਣਤ ਪੁਨੀਤ ॥

Kahaṯ paviṯar suṇaṯ punīṯ.

Pure are those who speak, and sanctified are those who hear,

ਗੁਣ ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਨਿਤ ਨੀਤ ॥

Guṇ govinḏ gāvahi niṯ nīṯ.

and sing forever and ever, the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਹੋਹੁ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲ ॥

Kaho Nānak jā ka­o hohu kirpāl.

Says Nanak, when the Lord bestows His Mercy,

ਤਿਸੁ ਜਨ ਕੀ ਸਭ ਪੂਰਨ ਘਾਲ ॥੪॥੨੩॥੯੨॥

Ŧis jan kī sabẖ pūran gẖāl. ||4||23||92||

all one's efforts are fulfilled. ||4||23||92||

Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji -Ang 183

[Tarrandeep Kaur]