Patti (Guru Amar Dass)
ਰਾਗ ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਪਟੀ(Raag Asa Mahla 3 Patti) are sacred hymnes of Guru Amardass present in Guru Granth Sahib. It's in Rag Asa under title ਰਾਗ ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਪਟੀ
History
ਰਾਗ ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਪਟੀ is chastening of Religious Scholar(ਪੰਡਿਤ, ਪਾਧਾ) by Guru Amar Das.
At that time, whole Preaching of the religion was in Hands of Scholars(ਪੰਡਿਤ, ਪਾਧਾ). They use to guide to common people about the religion But he was guiding wrong path for sake of money and one of victim of Ignorance Preachings of those scholars was Guru Amar Dass Himself. Guru Amardass was worshipper of Ganga, but When he met Guru Angad Dev and Got Gurmat Preachings(Gian ki Ganga - The Ganga of Wisdom from him. His intellection Level rises up and he himself oppose old and wrong preachings which was preached by Scholars.
The whole Bani is Message especially for Scholar people, that they should first have their character of gurmat before preaching it in publick.
It comprises eighteen stanzas, besides a couplet titled Rahao( or pause). Some of the stanzas begin with Gurmukhi letters and some with vowels as well as with compounds from Sanskrit. At the beginning are vowel forms of ayo and an, the latter expressing nasal sound. Then intervene the consonants k, kh, gh and the nasal n, followed by nri and laH, representing letters of Vedic Sanskrit ri, ri, Iri and Iri. Next come the rahdu or pause lines summing up the central idea: "0 my mind, what is the use of such calculations as thou hast learnt! The debt that thou owest is still on thy head" (GG, 434).
Bani
ਰਾਗ ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਪਟੀ
Raag Aasaa, Third Mehl, Patee - The Alphabet:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਅਯੋ ਅੰਙੈ ਸਭ ਜਗ ਆਇਆ ਕਾਖੈ ਘੰਙੈ ਕਾਲ ਭਇਆ ॥
Ayo, Angai: The whole world which was created - Kaahkai, Ghangai: It shall pass away.
ਰੀਰੀ ਲਲੀ ਪਾਪ ਕਮਾਣੇ ਪੜਿ ਅਵਗਣ ਗਣ ਵੀਸਰਿਆ ॥੧॥
Reeree, Laalee: People commit sins, and falling into vice, forget virtue. ||1||
ਮਨ ਝਸਾ ਲੇਖਾ ਤੂੰ ਕੀ ਪੜਿਆ ॥
O mortal, why have you studied such an account,
ਲੇਖਾ ਦੇਣਾ ਤੇਰੈ ਸਿਰਿ ਰਹਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
which shall call you to answer for payment? ||1||Pause||
ਸਿਧੰਙਾਇਝ ਸਿਮਰਹਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਨੰਨੈ ਨਾ ਤਧ ਨਾਮ ਲਇਆ ॥
Sidhan, Ngaayiyai: You do not remember the Lord. Nanna: You do not take the Lord's Name.
ਛਛੈ ਛੀਜਹਿ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਮੂੜੇ ਕਿਉ ਛੂਟਹਿ ਜਮਿ ਪਾਕੜਿਆ ॥੨॥
Chhachha: You are wearing away, every night and day; you fool, how will you find release? You are held in the grip of death. ||2||
ਬਬੈ ਬੂਝਹਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਮੂੜੇ ਭਰਮਿ ਭਲੇ ਤੇਰਾ ਜਨਮ ਗਇਆ ॥
Babba: You do not understand, you fool; deluded by doubt, you are wasting your life.
ਅਣਹੋਦਾ ਨਾਉ ਧਰਾਇਓ ਪਾਧਾ ਅਵਰਾ ਕਾ ਭਾਰ ਤਧ ਲਇਆ ॥੩॥
Without justification, you call yourself a teacher; thus you take on the loads of others. ||3||
ਜਜੈ ਜੋਤਿ ਹਿਰਿ ਲਈ ਤੇਰੀ ਮੂੜੇ ਅੰਤਿ ਗਇਆ ਪਛਤਾਵਹਿਗਾ ॥
Jajja: You have been robbed of your Light, you fool; in the end, you shall have to depart, and you shall regret and repent.
ਝਕ ਸਬਦ ਤੂੰ ਚੀਨਹਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੂਨੀ ਆਵਹਿਗਾ ॥੪॥
You have not remembered the One Word of the Shabad, and so you shall have to enter the womb over and over again. ||4||
ਤਧ ਸਿਰਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਸੋ ਪੜ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਅਵਰਾ ਨੋ ਨ ਸਿਖਾਲਿ ਬਿਖਿਆ ॥
Read that which is written on your forehead, O Pandit, and do not teach wickedness to others.
ਪਹਿਲਾ ਫਾਹਾ ਪਇਆ ਪਾਧੇ ਪਿਛੋ ਦੇ ਗਲਿ ਚਾਟੜਿਆ ॥੫॥
First, the teacher is tied down, and then, the noose is placed around the pupil's neck. ||5||
ਸਸੈ ਸੰਜਮ ਗਇਓ ਮੂੜੇ ਝਕ ਦਾਨ ਤਧ ਕਥਾਇ ਲਇਆ ॥
Sassa: You have lost your self-discipline, you fool, and you have accepted an offering under false pretenses.
ਸਾਈ ਪਤਰੀ ਜਜਮਾਨ ਕੀ ਸਾ ਤੇਰੀ ਝਤ ਧਾਨਿ ਖਾਧੈ ਤੇਰਾ ਜਨਮ ਗਇਆ ॥੬॥
The daughter of the alms-giver is just like your own; by accepting this payment for performing the wedding ceremony, you have cursed your own life. ||6||
ਮੰਮੈ ਮਤਿ ਹਿਰਿ ਲਈ ਤੇਰੀ ਮੂੜੇ ਹਉਮੈ ਵਡਾ ਰੋਗ ਪਇਆ ॥
Mamma: You have been cheated out your intellect, you fool, and you are afflicted with the great disease of ego.
ਅੰਤਰ ਆਤਮੈ ਬਰਹਮ ਨ ਚੀਨਹਹਿਆ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਾ ਮਹਤਾਜ ਭਇਆ ॥੭॥
Within your innermost self, you do not recognize God, and you compromise yourself for the sake of Maya. ||7||
ਕਕੈ ਕਾਮਿ ਕਰੋਧਿ ਭਰਮਿਓਹ ਮੂੜੇ ਮਮਤਾ ਲਾਗੇ ਤਧ ਹਰਿ ਵਿਸਰਿਆ ॥
Kakka: You wander around in sexual desire and anger, you fool; attached to possessiveness, you have forgotten the Lord.
ਪੜਹਿ ਗਣਹਿ ਤੂੰ ਬਹਤ ਪਕਾਰਹਿ ਵਿਣ ਬੂਝੇ ਤੂੰ ਡੂਬਿ ਮਆ ॥੮॥
You read, and reflect, and proclaim out loud, but without understanding, you are drowned to death. ||8||
ਤਤੈ ਤਾਮਸਿ ਜਲਿਓਹ ਮੂੜੇ ਥਥੈ ਥਾਨ ਭਰਿਸਟ ਹੋਆ ॥
Tatta: In anger, you are burnt, you fool. T'hat'ha: That place where you live, is cursed.
ਘਘੈ ਘਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਫਿਰਹਿ ਤੂੰ ਮੂੜੇ ਦਦੈ ਦਾਨ ਨ ਤਧ ਲਇਆ ॥੯॥
Ghagha: You go begging from door to door, you fool. Dadda: But still, you do not receive the gift. ||9||
ਪਪੈ ਪਾਰਿ ਨ ਪਵਹੀ ਮੂੜੇ ਪਰਪੰਚਿ ਤੂੰ ਪਲਚਿ ਰਹਿਆ ॥ Pappa: You shall not be able to swim across, you fool, since you are engrossed in worldly affairs.
ਸਚੈ ਆਪਿ ਖਆਇਓਹ ਮੂੜੇ ਇਹ ਸਿਰਿ ਤੇਰੈ ਲੇਖ ਪਇਆ ॥੧੦॥ The True Lord Himself has ruined you, you fool; this is the destiny written on your forehead. ||10||
ਭਭੈ ਭਵਜਲਿ ਡਬੋਹ ਮੂੜੇ ਮਾਇਆ ਵਿਚਿ ਗਲਤਾਨ ਭਇਆ ॥ Bhabha: You have drowned in the terrifying world-ocean, you fool, and you have become engrossed in Maya.
ਗਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਝਕੋ ਜਾਣੈ ਝਕ ਘੜੀ ਮਹਿ ਪਾਰਿ ਪਇਆ ॥੧੧॥ One who comes to know the One Lord, by Guru's Grace, is carried across in an instant. ||11||
ਵਵੈ ਵਾਰੀ ਆਈਆ ਮੂੜੇ ਵਾਸਦੇਉ ਤਧ ਵੀਸਰਿਆ ॥ Wawa: Your turn has come, you fool, but you have forgotten the Lord of Light.
ਝਹ ਵੇਲਾ ਨ ਲਹਸਹਿ ਮੂੜੇ ਫਿਰਿ ਤੂੰ ਜਮ ਕੈ ਵਸਿ ਪਇਆ ॥੧੨॥ This opportunity shall not come again, you fool; you shall fall under the power of the Messenger of Death. ||12||
ਝਝੈ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਝੂਰਹਿ ਮੂੜੇ ਸਤਿਗਰ ਕਾ ਉਪਦੇਸ ਸਣਿ ਤੂੰ ਵਿਖਾ ॥ Jhajha: You shall never have to regret and repent, you fool, if you listen to the Teachings of the True Guru, for even an instant.
ਸਤਿਗਰ ਬਾਝਹ ਗਰ ਨਹੀ ਕੋਈ ਨਿਗਰੇ ਕਾ ਹੈ ਨਾਉ ਬਰਾ ॥੧੩॥ Without the True Guru, there is no Guru at all; one who is without a Guru has a bad reputation. ||13||
ਧਧੈ ਧਾਵਤ ਵਰਜਿ ਰਖ ਮੂੜੇ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਤੇਰੈ ਨਿਧਾਨ ਪਇਆ ॥ Dhadha: Restrain your wandering mind, you fool; deep within you the treasure is to be found.
ਗਰਮਖਿ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਰਸ ਪੀਵਹਿ ਜਗਾ ਜਗੰਤਰਿ ਖਾਹਿ ਪਇਆ ॥੧੪॥ When one becomes Gurmukh, then he drinks in the sublime essence of the Lord; throughout the ages, he continues to drink it in. ||14||
ਗਗੈ ਗੋਬਿਦ ਚਿਤਿ ਕਰਿ ਮੂੜੇ ਗਲੀ ਕਿਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥ Gagga: Keep the Lord of the Universe in your mind, you fool; by mere words, no one has ever attained Him.
ਗਰ ਕੇ ਚਰਨ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਵਸਾਇ ਮੂੜੇ ਪਿਛਲੇ ਗਨਹ ਸਭ ਬਖਸਿ ਲਇਆ ॥੧੫॥ Enshrine the Guru's feet within your heart, you fool, and all your past sins shall be forgiven. ||15||
ਹਾਹੈ ਹਰਿ ਕਥਾ ਬੂਝ ਤੂੰ ਮੂੜੇ ਤਾ ਸਦਾ ਸਖ ਹੋਈ ॥ Haha: Understand the Lord's Sermon, you fool; only then shall you attain eternal peace.
ਮਨਮਖਿ ਪੜਹਿ ਤੇਤਾ ਦਖ ਲਾਗੈ ਵਿਣ ਸਤਿਗਰ ਮਕਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੧੬॥ The more the self-willed manmukhs read, the more pain they suffer. Without the True Guru, liberation is not obtained. ||16||
ਰਾਰੈ ਰਾਮ ਚਿਤਿ ਕਰਿ ਮੂੜੇ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਜਿਨਹਹ ਕੈ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਆ ॥ Rarra: Center your consciousness on the Lord, you fool; abide with those whose hearts are filled with the Lord.
ਗਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਜਿਨਹਹੀ ਰਾਮ ਪਛਾਤਾ ਨਿਰਗਣ ਰਾਮ ਤਿਨਹਹੀ ਬੂਝਿ ਲਹਿਆ ॥੧੭॥ By Guru's Grace, those who recognize the Lord, understand the absolute Lord. ||17||
ਤੇਰਾ ਅੰਤ ਨ ਜਾਈ ਲਖਿਆ ਅਕਥ ਨ ਜਾਈ ਹਰਿ ਕਥਿਆ ॥ Your limits cannot be known; the indescribable Lord cannot be described.
ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਨਹਹ ਕਉ ਸਤਿਗਰ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਤਿਨਹਹ ਕਾ ਲੇਖਾ ਨਿਬੜਿਆ ॥੧੮॥੧॥੨॥ O Nanak, whose who have met the True Guru, have their accounts settled. ||18||1||2||
