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Raamkalee, First Mehl, Sidh Gosht ~ Conversations With The Siddhas:
रामकली महला १ सिध गोसटि ॥
raamakalee mahalaa 1 sidh gosatt |
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One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ੴ सतिगुर प्रसादि ॥
ik oankaar satigur prasaad |
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The Siddhas formed an assembly; sitting in their Yogic postures, they shouted, "Salute this gathering of Saints."
सिध सभा करि आसणि बैठे संत सभा जैकारो ॥
sidh sabhaa kar aasan baitthe sant sabhaa jaikaaro |
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I offer my salutation to the One who is true, infinite and incomparably beautiful.
तिसु आगै रहरासि हमारी साचा अपर अपारो ॥
tis aagai raharaas hamaaree saachaa apar apaaro |
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I cut off my head, and offer it to Him; I dedicate my body and mind to Him.
मसतकु काटि धरी तिसु आगै तनु मनु आगै देउ ॥
masatak kaatt dharee tis aagai tan man aagai deo |
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O Nanak, meeting with the Saints, Truth is obtained, and one is spontaneously blessed with distinction. ||1||
नानक संतु मिलै सचु पाईऐ सहज भाइ जसु लेउ ॥१॥
naanak sant milai sach paaeeai sehaj bhaae jas leo |1|
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What is the use of wandering around? Purity comes only through Truth.
किआ भवीऐ सचि सूचा होइ ॥
kiaa bhaveeai sach soochaa hoe |
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Without the True Word of the Shabad, no one finds liberation. ||1||Pause||
साच सबद बिनु मुकति न कोइ ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
saach sabad bin mukat na koe |1| rahaau |
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Who are you? What is your name? What is your way? What is your goal?
कवन तुमे किआ नाउ तुमारा कउनु मारगु कउनु सुआओ ॥
kavan tume kiaa naau tumaaraa kaun maarag kaun suaao |
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We pray that you will answer us truthfully; we are a sacrifice to the humble Saints.
साचु कहउ अरदासि हमारी हउ संत जना बलि जाओ ॥
saach khau aradaas hamaaree hau sant janaa bal jaao |
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Where is your seat? Where do you live, boy? Where did you come from, and where are you going?
कह बैसहु कह रहीऐ बाले कह आवहु कह जाहो ॥
keh baisahu keh raheeai baale keh aavahu keh jaaho |
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Tell us, Nanak - the detached Siddhas wait to hear your reply. What is your path?" ||2||
नानकु बोलै सुणि बैरागी किआ तुमारा राहो ॥२॥
naanak bolai sun bairaagee kiaa tumaaraa raaho |2|
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He dwells deep within the nucleus of each and every heart. This is my seat and my home. I walk in harmony with the Will of the True Guru.
घटि घटि बैसि निरंतरि रहीऐ चालहि सतिगुर भाए ॥
ghatt ghatt bais nirantar raheeai chaaleh satigur bhaae |
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I came from the Celestial Lord God; I go wherever He orders me to go. I am Nanak, forever under the Command of His Will.
सहजे आए हुकमि सिधाए नानक सदा रजाए ॥
sahaje aae hukam sidhaae naanak sadaa rajaae |
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I sit in the posture of the eternal, imperishable Lord. These are the Teachings I have received from the Guru.
आसणि बैसणि थिरु नाराइणु ऐसी गुरमति पाए ॥
aasan baisan thir naaraaein aisee guramat paae |
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As Gurmukh, I have come to understand and realize myself; I merge in the Truest of the True. ||3||
गुरमुखि बूझै आपु पछाणै सचे सचि समाए ॥३॥
guramukh boojhai aap pachhaanai sache sach samaae |3|
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"The world-ocean is treacherous and impassable; how can one cross over?"
दुनीआ सागरु दुतरु कहीऐ किउ करि पाईऐ पारो ॥
duneea saagar dutar kaheeai kiau kar paaeeai paaro |
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Charpat the Yogi says, "O Nanak, think it over, and give us your true reply."
चरपटु बोलै अउधू नानक देहु सचा बीचारो ॥
charapatt bolai aaudhoo naanak dehu sachaa beechaaro |
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What answer can I give to someone, who claims to understand himself?
आपे आखै आपे समझै तिसु किआ उतरु दीजै ॥
aape aakhai aape samajhai tis kiaa utar deejai |
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I speak the Truth; if you have already crossed over, how can I argue with you? ||4||
साचु कहहु तुम पारगरामी तुझु किआ बैसणु दीजै ॥४॥
saach kahahu tum paaragaraamee tujh kiaa baisan deejai |4|
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The lotus flower floats untouched upon the surface of the water, and the duck swims through the stream;
जैसे जल महि कमलु निरालमु मुरगाई नै साणे ॥
jaise jal meh kamal niraalam muragaaee nai saane |
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with one's consciousness focused on the Word of the Shabad, one crosses over the terrifying world-ocean. O Nanak, chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
सुरति सबदि भव सागरु तरीऐ नानक नामु वखाणे ॥
surat sabad bhav saagar tareeai naanak naam vakhaane |
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One who lives alone, as a hermit, enshrining the One Lord in his mind, remaining unaffected by hope in the midst of hope,
रहहि इकांति एको मनि वसिआ आसा माहि निरासो ॥
raheh ikaant eko man vasiaa aasaa maeh niraaso |
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sees and inspires others to see the inaccessible, unfathomable Lord. Nanak is his slave. ||5||
अगमु अगोचरु देखि दिखाए नानकु ता का दासो ॥५॥
agam agochar dekh dikhaae naanak taa kaa daaso |5|
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"Listen, Lord, to our prayer. We seek your true opinion.
सुणि सुआमी अरदासि हमारी पूछउ साचु बीचारो ॥
sun suaamee aradaas hamaaree poochhau saach beechaaro |
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Don't be angry with us - please tell us: How can we find the Guru's Door?"
रोसु न कीजै उतरु दीजै किउ पाईऐ गुर दुआरो ॥
ros na keejai utar deejai kiau paaeeai gur duaaro |
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This fickle mind sits in its true home, O Nanak, through the Support of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
इहु मनु चलतउ सच घरि बैसै नानक नामु अधारो ॥
eihu man chaltau sach ghar baisai naanak naam adhaaro |
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The Creator Himself unites us in Union, and inspires us to love the Truth. ||6||
आपे मेलि मिलाए करता लागै साचि पिआरो ॥६॥
aape mel milaae karataa laagai saach piaaro |6|
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"Away from stores and highways, we live in the woods, among plants and trees.
हाटी बाटी रहहि निराले रूखि बिरखि उदिआने ॥
haattee baattee raheh niraale rookh birakh udiaane |
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For food, we take fruits and roots. This is the spiritual wisdom spoken by the renunciates.
कंद मूलु अहारो खाईऐ अउधू बोलै गिआने ॥
kand mool ahaaro khaaeeai aaudhoo bolai giaane |
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We bathe at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, and obtain the fruits of peace; not even an iota of filth sticks to us.
तीरथि नाईऐ सुखु फलु पाईऐ मैलु न लागै काई ॥
teerath naaeeai sukh fal paaeeai mail na laagai kaaee |
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Luhaareepaa, the disciple of Gorakh says, this is the Way of Yoga." ||7||
गोरख पूतु लोहारीपा बोलै जोग जुगति बिधि साई ॥७॥
gorakh poot lohaareepaa bolai jog jugat bidh saaee |7|
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In the stores and on the road, do not sleep; do not let your consciousness covet anyone else's home.
हाटी बाटी नीद न आवै पर घरि चितु न डुोलाई ॥
haattee baattee need na aavai par ghar chit na dduolaaee |
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Without the Name, the mind has no firm support; O Nanak, this hunger never departs.
बिनु नावै मनु टेक न टिकई नानक भूख न जाई ॥
bin naavai man ttek na ttikee naanak bhookh na jaaee |
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The Guru has revealed the stores and the city within the home of my own heart, where I intuitively carry on the true trade.
हाटु पटणु घरु गुरू दिखाइआ सहजे सचु वापारो ॥
haatt pattan ghar guroo dikhaaeaa sahaje sach vaapaaro |
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Sleep little, and eat little; O Nanak, this is the essence of wisdom. ||8||
खंडित निद्रा अलप अहारं नानक ततु बीचारो ॥८॥
khanddit nidraa alap ahaaran naanak tat beechaaro |8|
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"Wear the robes of the sect of Yogis who follow Gorakh; put on the ear-rings, begging wallet and patched coat.
दरसनु भेख करहु जोगिंद्रा मुंद्रा झोली खिंथा ॥
darasan bhekh karahu jogindraa mundraa jholee khinthaa |
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Among the twelve schools of Yoga, ours is the highest; among the six schools of philosophy, ours is the best path.
बारह अंतरि एकु सरेवहु खटु दरसन इक पंथा ॥
baarah antar ek sarevahu khatt darasan ik panthaa |
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This is the way to instruct the mind, so you will never suffer beatings again."
इन बिधि मनु समझाईऐ पुरखा बाहु���ि चोट न खाईऐ ॥
ein bidh man samajhaaeeai purakhaa baahurr chott na khaaeeai |
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Nanak speaks: the Gurmukh understands; this is the way that Yoga is attained. ||9||
नानकु बोलै गुरमुखि बूझै जोग जुगति इव पाईऐ ॥९॥
naanak bolai guramukh boojhai jog jugat iv paaeeai |9|
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Let constant absorption in the Word of the Shabad deep within be your ear-rings; eradicate egotism and attachment.
अंतरि सबदु निरंतरि मुद्रा हउमै ममता दूरि करी ॥
antar sabad nirantar mudraa haumai mamataa door karee |
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Discard sexual desire, anger and egotism, and through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, attain true understanding.
कामु क्रोधु अहंकारु निवारै गुर कै सबदि सु समझ परी ॥
kaam krodh ahankaar nivaarai gur kai sabad su samajh paree |
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For your patched coat and begging bowl, see the Lord God pervading and permeating everywhere; O Nanak, the One Lord will carry you across.
खिंथा झोली भरिपुरि रहिआ नानक तारै एकु हरी ॥
khinthaa jholee bharipur rahiaa naanak taarai ek haree |
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True is our Lord and Master, and True is His Name. Analyze it, and you shall find the Word of the Guru to be True. ||10||
साचा साहिबु साची नाई परखै गुर की बात खरी ॥१०॥
saachaa saahib saachee naaee parakhai gur kee baat kharee |10|
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Let your mind turn away in detachment from the world, and let this be your begging bowl. Let the lessons of the five elements be your cap.
ऊंधउ खपरु पंच भू टोपी ॥
aoondhau khapar panch bhoo ttopee |
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Let the body be your meditation mat, and the mind your loin cloth.
कांइआ कड़ासणु मनु जागोटी ॥
kaaneaa karraasan man jaagottee |
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Let truth, contentment and self-discipline be your companions.
सतु संतोखु संजमु है नालि ॥
sat santokh sanjam hai naal |
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O Nanak, the Gurmukh dwells on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||11||
नानक गुरमुखि नामु समालि ॥११॥
naanak guramukh naam samaal |11|
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"Who is hidden? Who is liberated?
कवनु सु गुपता कवनु सु मुकता ॥
kavan su gupataa kavan su mukataa |
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Who is united, inwardly and outwardly?
कवनु सु अंतरि बाहरि जुगता ॥
kavan su antar baahar jugataa |
