Sudhang

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Sudhang or Sudang is a poetry which is part of raag bani . It was written by Guru Ram Das Ji & it is written In raag Asa. In this an organism is treated as god's servant and he is eager to meet the god. He pointing towards god saying that he cant live without it. This shows that how a holy spirit is crying to meet the god. This shows Love To God. Sudhang is also a musical sign for the Ragees. This term appears once in the SGGS (page 369, Aasaa Raaga). Essentially it conveys direction to Raagees to sing the Shabad in its pure form. For example, when the Shabad is in Aasaa Raaga, then it must be sung in that Raaga (and Ghar). It is on page 369, started from line 10th with two stanzas in ghar 16 & 2 in raag asavaree. THe Bani is here under:

ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾਵਰੀ ਘਰੁ ੧੬ ਕੇ ੨ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ਸੁਧੰਗ
रागु आसावरी घरु १६ के २ महला ४ सुधंग
Rāg āsāvarī gẖar 16 kė 2 mehlā 4 suḏẖang
Raag Aasaavaree, 2 Of Sixteenth House, Fourth Mehl, Sudhang:

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ੴ सतिगुर प्रसादि ॥
Ikoaʼnkār saṯgur parsāḏ.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

ਹਉ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕੀਰਤਨੁ ਕਰਉ ॥
हउ अनदिनु हरि नामु कीरतनु करउ ॥
Hao anḏin har nām kīrṯan karao.
Night and day, I sing the Kirtan, the Praises of the Name of the Lord.

ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮੋ ਕਉ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਬਤਾਇਆ ਹਉ ਹਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਖਿਨੁ ਪਲੁ ਰਹਿ ਨ ਸਕਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
सतिगुरि मो कउ हरि नामु बताइआ हउ हरि बिनु खिनु पलु रहि न सकउ ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Saṯgur mo kao har nām baṯāiā hao har bin kẖin pal reh na sakao. ||1|| rahāo.
The True Guru has revealed to me the Name of the Lord; without the Lord, I cannot live, for a moment, even an instant. ||1||Pause||

ਹਮਰੈ ਸ੍ਰਵਣੁ ਸਿਮਰਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਰਤਨੁ ਹਉ ਹਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਰਹਿ ਨ ਸਕਉ ਹਉ ਇਕੁ ਖਿਨੁ ॥
हमरै स्रवणु सिमरनु हरि कीरतनु हउ हरि बिनु रहि न सकउ हउ इकु खिनु ॥
Hamrai sarvaṇ simran har kīrṯan hao har bin reh na sakao hao ik kẖin.
My ears hear the Lord's Kirtan, and I contemplate Him; without the Lord, I cannot live, even for an instant.

ਜੈਸੇ ਹੰਸੁ ਸਰਵਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਰਹਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਤੈਸੇ ਹਰਿ ਜਨੁ ਕਿਉ ਰਹੈ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਵਾ ਬਿਨੁ ॥੧॥
जैसे हंसु सरवर बिनु रहि न सकै तैसे हरि जनु किउ रहै हरि सेवा बिनु ॥१॥
Jaisė hans sarvar bin reh na sakai ṯaisė har jan kio rahai har sėvā bin. ||1||
As the swan cannot live without the lake, how can the Lord's slave live without serving Him? ||1||

ਕਿਨਹੂੰ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਲਾਈ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਉ ਰਿਦ ਧਾਰਿ ਕਿਨਹੂੰ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਲਾਈ ਮੋਹ ਅਪਮਾਨ ॥
किनहूं प्रीति लाई दूजा भाउ रिद धारि किनहूं प्रीति लाई मोह अपमान ॥
Kinhūʼn parīṯ lāī ḏūjā bẖāo riḏ ḏẖār kinhūʼn parīṯ lāī moh apmān.
Some enshrine love for duality in their hearts, and some pledge love for worldly attachments and ego.

ਹਰਿ ਜਨ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਲਾਈ ਹਰਿ ਨਿਰਬਾਣ ਪਦ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਭਗਵਾਨ ॥੨॥੧੪॥੬੬॥
हरि जन प्रीति लाई हरि निरबाण पद नानक सिमरत हरि हरि भगवान ॥२॥१४॥६६॥
Har jan parīṯ lāī har nirbāṇ paḏ Nānak simraṯ har har bẖagvān. ||2||14||66||
The Lord's servant embraces love for the Lord and the state of Nirvaanaa; Nanak contemplates the Lord, the Lord God. ||2||14||66||

ਆਸਾਵਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
आसावरी महला ४ ॥
Āsāvarī mehlā 4.
Aasaavaree, Fourth Mehl:

ਮਾਈ ਮੋਰੋ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮੁ ਰਾਮੁ ਬਤਾਵਹੁ ਰੀ ਮਾਈ ॥
माई मोरो प्रीतमु रामु बतावहु री माई ॥
Māī moro parīṯam rām baṯāvhu rī māī.
O mother, my mother, tell me about my Beloved Lord.

ਹਉ ਹਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਖਿਨੁ ਪਲੁ ਰਹਿ ਨ ਸਕਉ ਜੈਸੇ ਕਰਹਲੁ ਬੇਲਿ ਰੀਝਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
हउ हरि बिनु खिनु पलु रहि न सकउ जैसे करहलु बेलि रीझाई ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Hao har bin kẖin pal reh na sakao jaisė karhal bėl rījẖāī. ||1|| rahāo.
Without the Lord, I cannot live for a moment, even an instant; I love Him, like the camel loves the vine. ||1||Pause||

ਹਮਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਬੈਰਾਗ ਬਿਰਕਤੁ ਭਇਓ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਸਨ ਮੀਤ ਕੈ ਤਾਈ ॥
हमरा मनु बैराग बिरकतु भइओ हरि दरसन मीत कै ताई ॥
Hamrā man bairāg birkaṯ bẖaio har ḏarsan mīṯ kai ṯāī.
My mind has become sad and distant, longing for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, my Friend.

ਜੈਸੇ ਅਲਿ ਕਮਲਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਰਹਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਤੈਸੇ ਮੋਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਰਹਨੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥੧॥
जैसे अलि कमला बिनु रहि न सकै तैसे मोहि हरि बिनु रहनु न जाई ॥१॥
Jaisė al kamlā bin reh na sakai ṯaisė mohi har bin rahan na jāī. ||1||
As the bumblebee cannot live without the lotus, I cannot live without the Lord. ||1||

ਰਾਖੁ ਸਰਣਿ ਜਗਦੀਸੁਰ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਮੋਹਿ ਸਰਧਾ ਪੂਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਸਾਈ ॥
राखु सरणि जगदीसुर पिआरे मोहि सरधा पूरि हरि गुसाई ॥
Rākẖ saraṇ jagḏīsur piārė mohi sarḏẖā pūr har gusāī.
Keep me under Your Protection, O Beloved Master of the Universe; fulfill my faith, O Lord of the World.

ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਕੈ ਮਨਿ ਅਨਦੁ ਹੋਤ ਹੈ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਨਿਮਖ ਦਿਖਾਈ ॥੨॥੩੯॥੧੩॥੧੫॥੬੭॥
जन नानक कै मनि अनदु होत है हरि दरसनु निमख दिखाई ॥२॥३९॥१३॥१५॥६७॥
Jan Nānak kai man anaḏ hoṯ hai har ḏarsan nimakẖ ḏikẖāī. ||2||39||13||15||67||
Servant Nanak's mind is filled with bliss, when he beholds the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, even for an instant. ||2||39||13||15||67||

The above states : There is but one God. By True Guru's grace He is obtained. Night and day, I sing the praise of God's Name. The True Guru has informed me of the Lord's Name and without God, I cannot live even for an instant or a moment. Pause. I hear and contemplate upon God's praise. Without God, I cannot sustain life even for a trice.As a swan cannot live without a tank, similarly how can God's slave live without Lord's service? Some cherish love for duality and place it in their heart and some profess affection for worldly attachment and pride. God's serf embraces affection for Lord's Immortal status and he (Nanak) meditates on Lord God, the Supreme Master. Mother, O my Mother, tell me of my Beloved Lord.Without God, I cannot live even for a moment and trice for I love Him as the camel does the creeper. Pause. For the sake of the sight of God, the Friend, my soul has become sad and unattached. As the black-face-bee cannot live without lotus, so I cannot live without God. Keep me under Thine protection O Beloved Master of the Universe and fulfil my faith, O God the World-Lord. Slave Nanak's mind is filled with bliss, when he sees God's sight even for an instant.