Which Shabad Has Affected Your Life The Most?

[Singh97]

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Reading and understanding gurbani changes how we see the world. We learn so much every day just by understanding it. Ever since I started reading it my life has positively changed so much. So that's why I'm wondering what shabad do you think has changed your life the most and which shabad have you personally learnt the most from?

Nanak Naam Jahaaz Hai
O

Nanak, the name of the Lord is like a ship

ChadeSo Uttray Paar


Whoever Boards It Crosses Over (The Life-Ocean).

Jo Shardha Kare Sevde


Those Who Meditate On Him with Faith and devotion,

Gur Paar, Utaaran Haar


The Guru Helps Them In crossing over."

[sat]

9th Patshaji ke shalok :respect:

[taran0]

Sukhmani Sahib........ vah vah vah.......

I was reading the bhagavad gita when I was 12 years old, desperate for some kind of spirituality and it started to help me .... i was about 3 quarters of the way through

when I came across an english translation of Sukhmani sahib that I had lying around for ages.

it blew me away ! - 20 years later I still haven't finished reading the gita as I never felt the need to go back to it.

[N30S1NGH]

Shalok Nuavan is amazing, full of bairaag, it puts everything we fight/argue over in our daily to daily life into perspective, and give us full reality check, meant for all to put all right into the path after all bairaag/non dual love are only thing goes all the way in the bhagti.

Sukhmani sahib is amazing, it has tat nichor/tat gyan of everything put together...vahiguroo...i am planning to do sehaj patt of sukhmani sahib and also deeply ponder on deeply the 21st asthapadi of sukhmani sahib by listening to sant gurbachan singh bhindranwale 45 minute katha on it....vahiguroo kirpa bakshan.

[jasdeepsingh2k125]

salok mahalla nauva is as neo veerji said full of bairaag daas means if u listen salok ji then mind settles a lot....sometimes when daas listens to salok mahalla nauva till dohra daas has tears in his eyes and satisfaction that u get reading bani of nauve patshah is beyond explanation

[THE WARRIOR]

Shalok Mahala Nuavan….Guru Tegh Bahadur jis Bani ….it’s so obvious of the human condition.... Should be read daily because this Bani will be read for you after you die while your ashes remain hot…. learn from it as you live!

[Mehtab Singh]

Back in my Hindu days, this is what blew me off years before I knew anything about Sikhi.

[TheFancyBanana]

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pauree:

ਜੀਵਦਿਆ ਮਰੁ ਮਾਰਿ ਨ ਪਛੋਤਾਈਐ ॥
While you are alive, conquer death, and you shall have no regrets in the end.

ਝੂਠਾ ਇਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਕਿਨਿ ਸਮਝਾਈਐ ॥
This world is false, but only a few understand this.

ਸਚਿ ਨ ਧਰੇ ਪਿਆਰੁ ਧੰਧੈ ਧਾਈਐ ॥
People do not enshrine love for the Truth; they chase after worldly affairs instead.

ਕਾਲੁ ਬੁਰਾ ਖੈ ਕਾਲੁ ਸਿਰਿ ਦੁਨੀਆਈਐ ॥
The terrible time of death and annihilation hovers over the heads of the world.

ਹੁਕਮੀ ਸਿਰਿ ਜੰਦਾਰੁ ਮਾਰੇ ਦਾਈਐ ॥
By the Hukam of the Lord's Command, the Messenger of Death smashes his club over their heads.

AND

ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
Siree Raag, First Mehl:

ਪਹਿਲੈ ਪਹਰੈ ਰੈਣਿ ਕੈ ਵਣਜਾਰਿਆ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾ ਬਾਲਕ ਬੁਧਿ ਅਚੇਤੁ ॥
In the first watch of the night, O my merchant friend, your innocent mind has a child-like understanding.

ਖੀਰੁ ਪੀਐ ਖੇਲਾਈਐ ਵਣਜਾਰਿਆ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾ ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਸੁਤ ਹੇਤੁ ॥
You drink milk, and you are fondled so gently, O my merchant friend, the mother and father love their child.

ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਸੁਤ ਨੇਹੁ ਘਨੇਰਾ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਸਬਾਈ ॥
The mother and father love their child so much, but in Maya, all are caught in emotional attachment.

ਸੰਜੋਗੀ ਆਇਆ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ਕਰਣੀ ਕਾਰ ਕਰਾਈ ॥
By the good fortune of good deeds done in the past, you have come, and now you perform actions to determine your future.

ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨੁ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ਬੂਡੀ ਦੂਜੈ ਹੇਤਿ ॥
Without the Lord's Name, liberation is not obtained, and you are drowned in the love of duality.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਪਹਿਲੈ ਪਹਰੈ ਛੂਟਹਿਗਾ ਹਰਿ ਚੇਤਿ ॥੧॥
Says Nanak, in the first watch of the night, O mortal, you shall be saved by remembering the Lord. ||1||

ਦੂਜੈ ਪਹਰੈ ਰੈਣਿ ਕੈ ਵਣਜਾਰਿਆ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾ ਭਰਿ ਜੋਬਨਿ ਮੈ ਮਤਿ ॥
In the second watch of the night, O my merchant friend, you are intoxicated with the wine of youth and beauty.

ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਕਾਮਿ ਵਿਆਪਿਆ ਵਣਜਾਰਿਆ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾ ਅੰਧੁਲੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਚਿਤਿ ॥
Day and night, you are engrossed in sexual desire, O my merchant friend, and your consciousness is blind to the Naam.

ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਘਟ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਹੋਰਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਰਸ ਕਸ ਮੀਠੇ ॥
The Lord's Name is not within your heart, but all sorts of other tastes seem sweet to you.

ਗਿਆਨੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਗੁਣ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਜਨਮਿ ਮਰਹੁਗੇ ਝੂਠੇ ॥
You have no wisdom at all, no meditation, no virtue or self-discipline; in falsehood, you are caught in the cycle of birth and death.

ਤੀਰਥ ਵਰਤ ਸੁਚਿ ਸੰਜਮੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਰਮੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਨਹੀ ਪੂਜਾ ॥
Pilgrimages, fasts, purification and self-discipline are of no use, nor are rituals, religious ceremonies or empty worship.

ਨਾਨਕ ਭਾਇ ਭਗਤਿ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਾ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਵਿਆਪੈ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੨॥
O Nanak, emancipation comes only by loving devotional worship; through duality, people are engrossed in duality. ||2||

ਤੀਜੈ ਪਹਰੈ ਰੈਣਿ ਕੈ ਵਣਜਾਰਿਆ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾ ਸਰਿ ਹੰਸ ਉਲਥੜੇ ਆਇ ॥
In the third watch of the night, O my merchant friend, the swans, the white hairs, come and land upon the pool of the head.

ਜੋਬਨੁ ਘਟੈ ਜਰੂਆ ਜਿਣੈ ਵਣਜਾਰਿਆ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾ ਆਵ ਘਟੈ ਦਿਨੁ ਜਾਇ ॥
Youth wears itself out, and old age triumphs, O my merchant friend; as time passes, your days diminish.

ਅੰਤਿ ਕਾਲਿ ਪਛੁਤਾਸੀ ਅੰਧੁਲੇ ਜਾ ਜਮਿ ਪਕੜਿ ਚਲਾਇਆ ॥
At the last moment, you repent-you are so blind!-when the Messenger of Death seizes you and carries you away.

ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਅਪੁਨਾ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਰਾਖਿਆ ਖਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਭਇਆ ਪਰਾਇਆ ॥
You kept all your things for yourself, but in an instant, they are all lost.

ਬੁਧਿ ਵਿਸਰਜੀ ਗਈ ਸਿਆਣਪ ਕਰਿ ਅਵਗਣ ਪਛੁਤਾਇ ॥
Your intellect left you, your wisdom departed, and now you repent for the evil deeds you committed.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਤੀਜੈ ਪਹਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਚੇਤਹੁ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥੩॥
Says Nanak, O mortal, in the third watch of the night, let your consciousness be lovingly focused on God. ||3||

ਚਉਥੈ ਪਹਰੈ ਰੈਣਿ ਕੈ ਵਣਜਾਰਿਆ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾ ਬਿਰਧਿ ਭਇਆ ਤਨੁ ਖੀਣੁ ॥
In the fourth watch of the night, O my merchant friend, your body grows old and weak.

ਅਖੀ ਅੰਧੁ ਨ ਦੀਸਈ ਵਣਜਾਰਿਆ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾ ਕੰਨੀ ਸੁਣੈ ਨ ਵੈਣ ॥
Your eyes go blind, and cannot see, O my merchant friend, and your ears do not hear any words.

ਅਖੀ ਅੰਧੁ ਜੀਭ ਰਸੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਰਹੇ ਪਰਾਕਉ ਤਾਣਾ ॥
Your eyes go blind, and your tongue is unable to taste; you live only with the help of others.

ਗੁਣ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਿਉ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵੈ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣਾ ॥
With no virtue within, how can you find peace? The self-willed manmukh comes and goes in reincarnation.

ਖੜੁ ਪਕੀ ਕੁੜਿ ਭਜੈ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਆਇ ਚਲੈ ਕਿਆ ਮਾਣੁ ॥
When the crop of life has matured, it bends, breaks and perishes; why take pride in that which comes and goes?

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਚਉਥੈ ਪਹਰੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਪਛਾਣੁ ॥੪॥
Says Nanak, O mortal, in the fourth watch of the night, the Gurmukh recognizes the Word of the Shabad. ||4||

ਓੜਕੁ ਆਇਆ ਤਿਨ ਸਾਹਿਆ ਵਣਜਾਰਿਆ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾ ਜਰੁ ਜਰਵਾਣਾ ਕੰਨਿ ॥
Your breath comes to its end, O my merchant friend, and your shoulders are weighed down by the tyrant of old age.

ਇਕ ਰਤੀ ਗੁਣ ਨ ਸਮਾਣਿਆ ਵਣਜਾਰਿਆ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾ ਅਵਗਣ ਖੜਸਨਿ ਬੰਨਿ ॥
Not one iota of virtue came into you, O my merchant friend; bound and gagged by evil, you are driven along.

ਗੁਣ ਸੰਜਮਿ ਜਾਵੈ ਚੋਟ ਨ ਖਾਵੈ ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਜੰਮਣੁ ਮਰਣਾ ॥
One who departs with virtue and self-discipline is not struck down, and is not consigned to the cycle of birth and death.

ਕਾਲੁ ਜਾਲੁ ਜਮੁ ਜੋਹਿ ਨ ਸਾਕੈ ਭਾਇ ਭਗਤਿ ਭੈ ਤਰਣਾ ॥
The Messenger of Death and his trap cannot touch him; through loving devotional worship, he crosses over the ocean of fear.

ਪਤਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਜਾਵੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ਸਗਲੇ ਦੂਖ ਮਿਟਾਵੈ ॥
He departs with honor, and merges in intuitive peace and poise; all his pains depart.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਛੂਟੈ ਸਾਚੇ ਤੇ ਪਤਿ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੫॥੨॥
Says Nanak, when the mortal becomes Gurmukh, he is saved and honored by the True Lord. ||5||2||

[tuhintuhin]

Back in my Hindu days, this is what blew me off years before I knew anything about Sikhi.

Mehtab veerji, if you don't mind, please share how you opted to go for sikhi, what were the situations, you had to go through etc? (sorry for being off topic)

[Singh97]

sireeraag mehlaa 5.

Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

jaa ka-o muskal at banai dho-ee ko-ay na day-ay.

When you are confronted with terrible hardships, and no one offers you any support,

laagoo ho-ay dusmanaa saak bhe bhaj khalay.

when your friends turn into enemies, and even your relatives have deserted you,

sabho bhajai aasraa chukai sabh asraa-o.

and when all support has given way, and all hope has been lost

chit aavai os paarbarahm lagai na tatee vaa-o. ||1||

-if you then come to remember the Supreme Lord God, even the hot wind shall not touch you. ||1||

saahib nitaani-aa kaa taan.

Our Lord and Master is the Power of the powerless.

aa-ay na jaa-ee thir sadaa gur sabdee sach jaan. ||1|| rahaa-o.

He does not come or go; He is Eternal and Permanent. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He is known as True. ||1||Pause||

jay ko hovai dublaa nang bhukh kee peer.

If you are weakened by the pains of hunger and poverty,

damrhaa palai naa pavai naa ko dayvai Dheer.

with no money in your pockets, and no one will give you any comfort,

su-aarath su-aa-o na ko karay naa kichh hovai kaaj.

and no one will satisfy your hopes and desires, and none of your works is accomplished

chit aavai os paarbarahm taa nihchal hovai raaj. ||2||

-if you then come to remember the Supreme Lord God, you shall obtain the eternal kingdom. ||2||

jaa ka-o chintaa bahut bahut dayhee vi-aapai rog.

When you are plagued by great and excessive anxiety, and diseases of the body;

garisat kutamb palayti-aa kaday harakh kaday sog.

when you are wrapped up in the attachments of household and family, sometimes feeling joy, and then other times sorrow;

ga-on karay chahu kunt kaa gharhee na baisan so-ay.

when you are wandering around in all four directions, and you cannot sit or sleep even for a moment

chit aavai os paarbarahm tan man seetal ho-ay. ||3||

-if you come to remember the Supreme Lord God, then your body and mind shall be cooled and soothed. ||3||

kaam karoDh mohi vas kee-aa kirpan lobh pi-aar.

When you are under the power of sexual desire, anger and worldly attachment, or a greedy miser in love with your wealth;

chaaray kilvikh un agh kee-ay ho- aa asur sanghaar.

if you have committed the four great sins and other mistakes; even if you are a murderous fiend

pothee geet kavit kichh kaday na karan Dhari-aa.

who has never taken the time to listen to sacred books, hymns and poetry

chit aavai os paarbarahm taa nimakh simrat tari-aa. ||4||

-if you then come to remember the Supreme Lord God, and contemplate Him, even for a moment, you shall be saved.

||4||

saasat simrit bayd chaar mukhaagar bichray.

People may recite by heart the Shaastras, the Simritees and the four Vedas;

tapay tapeesar jogee-aa tirath gavan karay.

they may be ascetics, great, self-disciplined Yogis; they may visit sacred shrines of pilgrimage

khat karmaa tay dugunai poojaa kartaa naa-ay.

and perform the six ceremonial rituals, over and over again, performing worship services and ritual bathings.

rang na lagee paarbarahm taa sarpar narkay jaa-ay. ||5||

Even so, if they have not embraced love for the Supreme

Lord God, then they shall surely go to hell. ||5||

raaj milak sikdaaree-aa ras bhogan bisthaar.

You may possess empires, vast estates, authority over others, and the enjoyment of myriads of pleasures;

baag suhaavay sohnay chalai hukam afaar.

you may have delightful and beautiful gardens, and issue unquestioned commands;

rang tamaasay baho biDhee chaa- ay lag rahi-aa.

you may have enjoyments and entertainments of all sorts and kinds, and continue to enjoy exciting pleasures

bahut Dhanaadh achaarvant sobhaa nirmal reet.

You may possess vast riches, maintain virtuous conduct, have a spotless reputation and observe religious customs;

maat pitaa sut bhaa-ee-aa saajan sang pareet.

you may have the loving affections of mother, father, children, siblings and friends;

laskar tarkasband band jee-o jee-o saglee keet.

you may have armies well-equipped with weapons, and all may salute you with respect;

chit na aa-i-o paarbarahm taa kharh rasaatal deet. ||7||

But still, if you do not come to remember the Supreme Lord God, then you shall be taken and consigned to the most hideous hell! ||7||

kaa-i-aa rog na chhidar kichh naa kichh kaarhaa sog.

You may have a body free of disease and deformity, and have no worries or grief at all;

mirat na aavee chit tis ahinis bhogai bhog.

you may be unmindful of death, and night and day revel in pleasures;

sabh kichh keeton aapnaa jee-ay na sank Dhari-aa.

you may take everything as your own, and have no fear in your mind at all;

chit na aa-i-o paarbarahm jamkankar vas pari-aa. ||8||

but still, if you do not come to remember the Supreme Lord God, you shall fall under the power of the Messenger of Death. ||8||

kirpaa karay jis paarbarahm hovai saaDhoo sang.

The Supreme Lord showers His Mercy, and we find the

Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

ji-o ji-o oh vaDhaa-ee-ai ti-o ti-o har si-o rang.

The more time we spend there, the more we come to love the Lord.

duhaa siri-aa kaa khasam aap avar na doojaa thaa-o.

The Lord is the Master of both worlds; there is no other place of rest.

satgur tuthai paa-i-aa naanak sachaa naa-o. ||9||1||26||

When the True Guru is pleased and satisfied, O Nanak, the

True Name is obtained. ||9||1||26||