Benti Chaupai
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Benti Chaupai or Chaupai sahib is [Gurbani]] composed by by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, this Bani is one of the five Banis recited by the initiated Sikh every morning. It is also a part of main evening prayers of the Sikhs called Rehras sahib. The Benti Chaupee can be read at any time during the day to provide protection and energy. Chaupai is the short name for the Sikh prayer or Gurbani whose full name is Kabiobach Bainti Chaupai. The Chaupai is part of the second most important Sikh Holy Book called the Dasam Granth.
Below are the commencing 4 Couplets of 27 of this prayer: Kabiyo Baach Bayntee Chaupa-ee
- Please guard us with Your Hands. All my heart's desires are fulfilled. My mind is focused on Your Feet. Sustain us as Your Own.(1)
- Destroy all my enemies. With Your Hands protect me. In Bliss remains my household, servant, Sikh, O Creator! (2)
- Give me your personal protection. Restrain all my adversaries, today. You’ve fulfilled my Wishes. My Thirst for Your Worship grows. (3)
- Leaving You, may I never worship another. All my needs, I get from You. You save my Sikhs & Devotees. One-by-One you demolish my foes. (4)
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Dasam Granth:- Chapter 13 on pages 2259-2263 at sridasam.org www.sridasam.org
Method and Purpose
This bani is recited every morning by devoted Sikhs. It also forms part of the evening prayer called the Rehras Sahib, which Sikhs recite every evening.
The Bani offers protection and security and many Sikhs recite this Bani to gain spiritual safety and defence from external and internal enemies, worries and afflictions. The Gurmukhi text is very powerful and gives one self confidence and an upbeat feeling. This Bani gives one the feeling of reliability and dependability on the Lord. If one has negative feelings and a lack of confidence in the future, one should recite this Bani to get an instant boost.
Translation and Transliteration in English
PRAYER COMPOSED BY SRI GURU GOBIND SINGH JI
- Ik ou(n)kar sri vaheguroo jee kee fateh. Paatshaahee dasvee kabiyobaach bentee. chaupe-ee.
- God is One, All victory is the victory of God. A hymn by the tenth Guru. To be read like a poem.
- Hamree karo haath dai rachhaa. Pooran hoé chit kee ichhaa. Tav charnan man rehai hamaaraa. Apnaa jaan karo prat(i)paaraa. (1)
- Please guard us with Your Hands. All my heart's desires are fulfilled. My mind is focused on Your Feet. Sustain us as Your Own. (1)
- Hamré dustt sabhai tum ghaavho. aap haath dai mohé bachaavho. Sukhee basai moro parvaaraa. sevak sikh sabhai kartaaraa.(2)
- Destroy all my enemies*1. With Your Hands protect me. In Bliss remains my household*2, servants, sikh, O Creator! (2)
- Mo rachhaa nij kar dai kariyai. sabh bairan ko aaj sanghariyai. pooran hoé hamaari aasaa. tor bhajan kee rahai piaasaa.(3)
- Give me your personal protection. Restrain all my adversaries, Today. You’ve Fulfilled my Wishes. My Thirst for Your Worship grows. (3)
- Tumhé chhaad koee avar naa dhiyaaoo(n). jo bar chon so tum té paaoo(n). sevak sikh hamarai taareeahé. chun chun satr hamaaré maareeahé. (4)
- Leaving You, may I never worship another. All my needs, I get from You. You save my Sikhs & Devotees. One-by-One you demolish my foes. (4)
- Aap haath dai mujhai ubariyai. maran kaal ka traas nivariyai. hoojo sadaa hamaaré pachhaa. siree asdhuj joo kariyho rachhaa. (5)
- With your Hand guard me. destroy my fear of death. Always side with me. With your Sword protect me. (5)
- Raakh laiho muhé raakhanharai. saahib sant sahaaé piyaaré. deen bandhu dusttan ké hantaa. tumho puree chatur das kantaa.(6)
- Save me, Dear Saviour. Beloved, Helper of Saints.O Merciful, Destroyer of tyrants. You are Lord of fourteen worlds. (6)
- Kaal paaé brahmaa bap dharaa. kaal paaé shivjoo avtaraa. kaal paaé kar bisan prakaasaa. sakal kaal kaa keeaa tamaasaa. (7)
- Time came, Brahma was born, then Shiva was incarnated and then Visnu, Arose. It’s all Tricks of the Temporal Lord. (7)
- Javan kaal jogee siv kee’o. bedraaj brahmaa joo thee’o. javan kaal sabh lok savaaraa. namaskaar hai taahé hamaaraa. (8)
- Temporal Lord created Yogi Shiva; Brahma, the Utterer of Vedas. Temporal Lord, fashioned the entire Universe. I salute Him alone. (8)
- Javan kaal sabh jagat banaio. dev dait jachhan upjaayo. aad ant eikai avtaaraa. soee guru samjhiyaho hamara. (9)
- Creator of Time made the Universe; the angels, demons and yakshas. Start & End only with Him. He alone is My Guru. (9)
- Namaskaar tis hee ko hamaaree. sakal prijaa jin aap savaaree. sivkan ko sivgun sukh dee’o. satran ko pal mo badh kee’o. (10)
- I bow only to Him. Creator of all entities & subjects. Gives all merits & tranquillity to His devotees. Destroys enemies at once. (10)
- ghatt ghatt ké antar kee jaanat. bhale bure kee peer pachanat. cheetee té kunchar asthoolaa. sabh par kripaa dristt kar phoola. (11)
- Intimate Knower of all our feelings. Recognises the anguish of all creatures, good or bad. From ant to elephant, He protects and cares for all.(11)
- Santan dukh paae té dukhee. sukh paae saadhan ké sukhee. eik eik kee peer pachanai. ghatt ghatt ké patt patt kee janai. (12)
- When His saints suffer He is pained, and feels happiness when they are happy. Each ones pain he recognises. Everyone’s, every feeling He Knows. (12)
- jub oodkrkh kra kartara. prja dhrt tab dai apara. jub aakrkh kart ho kabhoon. tum mai milat dai dhr sbhhoon (13)
- When the Creator, projected Himself, His creations appeared in physical forms. Whenever, Creation is dissolved, all physical forms merge back into Him. (13)
- jaitai bdan sirsti sbh dharai. aap aapni boojh oocharai. tum sabh hi tai reht niralm. jant baid bhaid ar aalm. (14)
- created numerous forms and bodies. They utter Him as they can think, what He is. You remain detached from them all. This distinction the wise ones and the religious books know. (14)
- nirankar niribkar nirmunbh. adi anil anadi asunbh. ta ka moorh oochrut bhida. ja ko bhiv na pavat baida. (15)
- Formless, Stainless and Self-reliant. Primal, Blemish-less, Endless and birth-less. Only a Fool can discuss your bound. Your Limits even the Vedas do not know. (15)
- ta ko kar pahn anumant. maha moorh kcho bhaid na jant. mahadaiv ko keht sda siv. nirankar ka chint neh bhiv. (16)
- The fools consider Him a stone, for He does not know the Profound Mystery that is God. He calls Shiva, The Eternal Lord, and does not know the secret of the Formless Lord. (16)
- aap aapni budhi hai jaiti. barnt bhinun bhinun taiti. tumra lkha na jaeh psara. keh bidhi prthm sunsara. (17)
- Every one according to his understanding, describes You differently. The limits of Your creation cannot be known, nor how in the beginning You created the Universes. (17)
- aikai roop anoop sroopa. runk bhyo rav kehi bhoopa. audj jairj saitj kini. ootbhuj khani bhor rchi deeni .(18)
- You are One, manifest in varied forms, as a poor man, rich manor, a king. You create being that are egg born, the sweat born, earth born and the foetus born. (18)
- kahoon phool raja hvai baitha. kahoon simit bhio sunkr aikaitha. sgri sirsti dikhaeh achunbhv. adi jugadi sroop suyunbhv. (19)
- Sometime You joyfully appear in the form of Brahma expanding the creation, and some time in the form of contracting and dissolving Shiva. He shows His miraculous deeds to all His creation of the Universe. He, the Primal Power, born of Himself is since the beginning of beginning. (19)
- ab rchcha mairi tum kro. sikh oobari asikh soghro. dust jitai oothvat ootpata. skal mlaich kro run ghata. (20)
- O Lord, now keep me under Your protection, encourage my followers to flourish [in intellect and wisdom] and destroy my enemies (negative thinking). All the evil doers who arise (in my mind), fight with them and destroy them there and then. (20)
- jai asidhuj tav sarni parai. tin kai dusht dukhit hvai mrai. purkh jvan pug parai tiharai. tin kai tum sunkt sabh tarai. (21)
- O Mighty Lord of the Sword (Knowledge)+, whosoever seeks Your protection, his enemies (evil passions) suffer pain and are destroyed. The persons, who fall on Your Feet, You remove all their afflictions and maladies. (21)
- jo kal ko eik bar dhiaai hai. ta kai kal nikti neh aai hai. rchcha hoeh taeh sabh kala. dust arist train tatkala. (22)
- Those who meditate even once (with complete devotion) on You, the Supreme Destroyer, the Death cannot come near them. They remain protected at all times. All their enemies and sorrows are removed instantaneously. (22)
- kirpa diristi tun jaeh nihriho. ta kai tap tnak mo herho. ridhdhi sidhdhi ghar mo sabh hoei. dust chah chvai skai na koei. (23)
- With your blessing & compassion, Bliss is obtained. All their Sins are removed. They are blessed with all the earthly and spiritual treasures, and no evil doer [deadly passions and sickly instinctual drives] can even touch their shadows. (23)
- aik bar jin tumai sunbhara. kal phas tai taeh oobara. jin nar nam tiharo kaha. darid dust dokh tai raha. (24)
- If once they remember You. You remove the noose of Death. Whosoever meditates on Your Name. They are spared Poverty, suffering and adversity. (24)
- kharag kait mai sarni tehari. aap hath dai laio oobari. sarb thor mo hohu sahaei. dust dokh tai laiho bchaei. (25)
- O The Lord of Sword, I seek Your protection. With Your Hands you have guarded me. At All Times be my Support. Save me from wickedness and pain. (25).
- Kirpa karee hamh per jag mata. Granth kar'a puran sab rata. kilbik sagal dah ko harta. Doost dokeyan ko cha karta. (26)
- The Mother of the world has been kind towards me and I have completed the book this auspicious night; The Lord is the destroyer of all the sins of the body and all the malicious and wicked persons.402.
- Sri astuj jab phay deyala. Puran karah granth tatkala. Manh banchat fahl pavah sohee. Dukh na bea-apat kohe. (27)
- When Mahakal became kind, He immediately caused me to complete this book; He will obtain the fruit desired by the mind (who will read or listen to this book) and no suffering will occur to him.403.
ARRIL
- sunaa gung jo ayah rasna pave. Sunaa murah chet laee chturta ayvee. Dukh darad pho nekat na teen nher ka rhah. Ho jo yakey ek baar chopayee ko kaha. (28)
- The dumb, who will listen to it, will be blessed with the tongue to speak; the fool, who will listen to it attentively, will get wisdom; The suffering, pain and fear of the person will depart who recite Chaupai even once.(28)
CHAUPAI
- sanbt satrh sahs bhnja. ardh sahs phunh tehn kaheja. phadrv sudee ashtmee rava vara. thir satudrv granth sudahra. (29)
- It was Bikrami Samvat 1753; This book was competed on the banks of Sutlej on Sunday, the eighth Sudi of the month of Bhadon.
SWAYYA
- Pae gae jab ta tumra tb ta khu anth tara nehee aneeyo. Ram rahim Puran kuran, anak kahy ma'th eek na maneyo. Simrat shastr badh sabh bohu padh kahaa ha'm ek na janeyo. Sri aspanh kirpa tumree karh maa na kheyo sab tohay bkhanyo. (30)
- O God ! Since I have held your feet, none other has entered my vision; Ram, Rahim, Puranas, Quran and many others recite, but I don't believe in even one. The Simritis, Shastras and Vedas describe many mysteries, but I don't recognise even one of them; O Sword-wielder God! All this I write, with your blessings, is not what I know but what you have shown me.
DOHRA
- Sagal duar ko chadh ka gahyo tuharo duarr. Ba'h gaha ke laj aas Gobind das tuhar.
- O Lord ! I have forsaken all other doors and chosen your door. O Govind, you have taken my arm; cared and protect your servant's honour.864
- 1 diseased passions, instincts, impulses, evil thoughts, etc.
- 2 mind
- 3 Intellect and varied other organs
See also
External Links
- Bainti Chaupai with English Translation & Transliteration
- Read Beynti Choupai online
- Benti Chaupai in Dasam Granth
Video Links
Audio Links
- Harbans Singh (Jagadhari Wale) - Nitnem - Chaupai Pathshahi
- Ravinder Singh (Hazoori Ragi Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar) - Sajjan Mere Rangle - Choupai Sakhi
- Dya Singh (Australia) - Khalsa 300 Years - Benti Chaupayi
- Rajnarind Kaur - Bani Pro 1
