Guru Ki Murat
chaupai
गुरु की मूरत मन में ध्यान। गुरु के शब्द मन्तर मनमान॥
guru kī mūrata mana meṃ dhyāna| guru ke śabda mantara manamāna||
गुरु के चरण हृदय लै धारो। गुरु पार ब्रह्मा सदा नमस्कार॥
guru ke caraṇa hṛdaya lai dhāro| guru pāra brahmā sadā namaskāra||
मत कोई भरम भूले संसार। गुरु बिन कोई न उतरिस पार॥
mata koī bharama bhūle saṃsāra| guru bina koī na utarisa pāra||
भूले को सतगुरु मारग पाया। अवर त्याग हरि भक्ति लाया॥
bhūle ko sataguru māraga pāyā| avara tyāga hari bhakti lāyā||
जन्म मरण की गुरु त्रास मिटाई। गुरु पूरे की बेअन्त वडिआई॥
janma maraṇa kī guru trāsa miṭāī| guru pūre kī beanta vaḍiāī||
गुरु प्रसाद उरघ कमल बिगास। अन्धकार में भयो प्रकाश॥
guru prasāda uragha kamala bigāsa| andhakāra meṃ bhayo prakāśa||
जिन कियो सो गुरु ते जानिया। गुरु कृपा ते मुग्ध मन मानिया॥
jina kiyo so guru te jāniyā| guru kṛpā te mugdha mana māniyā||
गुरु कर्ता सतगुरु करने जोग। गुरु परमेश्वर है भी होग॥
guru kartā sataguru karane joga| guru parameśvara hai bhī hoga||
कहो 'नानक' प्रभु एहो जनाई। गुरु बिन मुक्ति न पाइये भाई॥
kaho 'nānaka' prabhu eho janāī| guru bina mukti na pāiye bhāī||
Meaning
Hold the Guru's form in meditation within your mind; take the Guru's word as the mantra your mind embraces.
Enshrine the Guru's feet in your heart; the Guru is the Supreme Brahman — bow to Him always.
Let no one in this world wander lost in delusion; without the Guru, none can cross over to the far shore.
To one who had gone astray, the True Guru showed the path; renouncing all else, he was brought to devotion for the Lord.
The Guru has erased the torment of birth and death; boundless is the greatness of the Perfect Guru.
By the Guru's grace, the lotus of the heart turned upward and blossomed; light dawned amid the darkness.
Whoever attained this came to know it through the Guru; by the Guru's grace, even the bewildered mind came to accept it.
The Guru is the Doer, the True Guru is capable of all; the Guru is God — He is, and He shall ever be.
Says Nanak: this the Lord has made known — without the Guru, liberation is not attained, O brother.
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