Guru Granth Sahib on alcohol
1. By drinking wine, one gets much misery.
2. By getting drunk, one cannot distinguish between friend and foe.
3. Being intoxicated with liquor, one commits many a sin.
4. The drinking of wine leads one to wicked deeds.
5. Avoid it with all your determination. Better to be intoxicated with the nectar of HIS remembrance.
to be Contd.
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ਜਿਤ ਪੀਤੈ ਖਸਮ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਦਰਗਹ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਜਾਇ ॥
जितढ़ पीतै खसमढ़ विसरै दरगह मिलै सजाइ ॥
Drinking it, he forgets his Lord and Master, and he is punished in the Court of the Lord.
ਝੂਠਾ ਮਦ ਮੂਲਿ ਨ ਪੀਚਈ ਜੇ ਕਾ ਪਾਰਿ ਵਸਾਇ ॥
झूठा मदढ़ मूलि न पीचई जे का पारि वसाइ ॥
Do not drink the false wine at all, if it is in your power.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰੀ ਸਚ ਮਦ ਪਾਈਝ ਸਤਿਗਰ ਮਿਲੈ ਜਿਸ ਆਇ ॥
नानक नदरी सचढ़ मदढ़ पाईझ सतिगढ़रढ़ मिलै जिसढ़ आइ ॥
O Nanak, the True Guru comes and meets the mortal; by His Grace, one obtains the True Wine.
ਸਦਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਕੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਹੈ ਮਹਲੀ ਪਾਵੈ ਥਾਉ ॥੧॥
सदा साहिब कै रंगि रहै महली पावै थाउ ॥१॥
He shall dwell forever in the Love of the Lord Master, and obtain a seat in the Mansion of His Presence. ||1||
ਅੰਮਰਿਤ ਕਾ ਵਾਪਾਰੀ ਹੋਵੈ ਕਿਆ ਮਦਿ ਛੂਛੈ ਭਾਉ ਧਰੇ ॥੨॥
अमढ़रित का वापारी होवै किआ मदि छूछै भाउ धरे ॥२॥
One who trades in this Nectar - how could he ever love the wine of the world? ||2||
ਗਰ ਕੀ ਸਾਖੀ ਅੰਮਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਪੀਵਤ ਹੀ ਪਰਵਾਣ ਭਇਆ ॥
गढ़र की साखी अमढ़रित बाणी पीवत ही परवाणढ़ भइआ ॥
The Teachings of the Guru, the Ambrosial Bani - drinking them in, one becomes acceptable and renowned.
One person brings a full bottle, and another fills his cup.
Drinking the sharaab, alcohol, his intelligence departs, and madness enters his mind; he cannot distinguish between his own and others, and he is struck
down by his Lord and Master.
Drinking it, he forgets his Lord and Master, and he is punished in the Court of the Lord. Do not drink the false wine at all, if it is in your power.
O Nanak, the True Guru comes and meets the mortal; by His Grace, one obtains the True Wine (of Naam). He shall dwell forever in the Love of the Lord Master, and obtain a seat (i.e. respect) in the Mansion of His Presence. (1)(P. 554, SGGS
