This Shabad is composed by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Raag Maajh and is on page 102 in Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
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maajh mehalaa 5 |
Maajh, Fifth Mehl:
sabh kish ghar mehi baahar naahee |
Everything is within the home of the self; there is nothing beyond.
baahar ttolai so bharam bhulaahee |
One who searches outside is deluded by doubt.
gur parasaadhee jinee anthar paaeiaa so anthar baahar suhaelaa jeeo |1|
By Guru’s Grace, one who has found the Lord within is happy, inwardly and outwardly. ||1||
jhim jhim varasai anmrith dhaaraa |
Slowly, gently, drop by drop, the stream of nectar trickles down within.
man peevai sun sabadh beechaaraa |
The mind drinks it in, hearing and reflecting on the Word of the Shabad.
anadh binodh karae dhin raathee sadhaa sadhaa har kaelaa jeeo |2|
It enjoys bliss and ecstasy day and night, and plays with the Lord forever and ever. ||2||
janam janam kaa vishurriaa miliaa |
I have now been united with the Lord after having been separated and cut off from Him for so many lifetimes;
saadh kirapaa thae sookaa hariaa |
by the Grace of the Holy Saint, the dried-up branches have blossomed forth again in their greenery.
sumath paaeae naam dhiaaeae guramukh hoeae maelaa jeeo |3|
I have obtained this sublime understanding, and I meditate on the Naam; as Gurmukh, I have met the Lord. ||3||
jal tharang jio jalehi samaaeiaa |
As the waves of water merge again with the water,
thio jothee sang joth milaaeiaa |
so does my light merge again into the Light.
kahu naanak bhram kattae kivaarraa bahurr n hoeeai joulaa jeeo |4|19|26|
Says Nanak, the veil of illusion has been cut away, and I shall not go out wandering any more. ||4||19||26||
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Guru Arjan Dev Ji or Guru Arjun Dev Ji (Punjabi: ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਅਰਜੁਨ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ) (15 April 1563 — 30 May 1606) was the fifth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism. He was born in Goindval, Punjab, India, the youngest son of Guru Ram Das and Bibi Bhani. He became the Guru of the Sikhs on 1 September 1581 after the death of his father Guru Ram Das. Guru Arjan Dev died in Lahore, Punjab, (now in Pakistan). .
Guru Arjan was head of Sikhism for a quarter of a century and accomplished a lot during his regime. He completed the construction of Amritsar and founded other cities such as Taran Taran and Kartarpur. He constructed a Baoli at Lahore. The most important work of Arjan Dev was the compilation of Adi Granth. He collected all the work of the first four Gurus and dictated it in the form of verses in 1604. It is, perhaps, the only book of a scriptural nature which still exists in the form first published (a hand-written manuscript) by the Guru. It and the Guru Granth Sahib which includes the writing of the later Gurus have managed to avoid the embellishments, additions and alterations that have plagued the original writing of other more ancient religious texts.[2]
Guru Arjan organised the Masand system, a group of representatives who taught and spread the teachings of the Gurus and also collected the Dasvand, one-tenth of a Sikh’s income (in money, goods or service) that Sikhs paid to support the building of Gurdwara Sahib, the all important Guru ka Langars (free communal kitchens) originally intended to share with sense of love, respect and equality, still an important element today in any Gurdwara. The Langars were open to any visitors and were designed from the start to stress the idea of equality and a casteless society. The land that Amritsar is built upon is believed to be a jagir (estates gifted to individuals under the Mughal system which included one or more villages and often a portion of the crops produced on the land) given as a gift by the Emperor Akbar, who was impressed by the practice, after sharing a meal in the Guru’s communal kitchen, seated on the floor among commoners.
