Japji Sahib Pauri 1

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Definition of Terms

sochai soch naa hov-a-ee jay sochee lakh vaar
By thinking and thinking again a hundred thousand times, one cannot find a solution

• Sochai/ Sochee - To think ; By thinking; the process of thinking
• Soch – (present first person singular) transitive verb. ‘think, ponder’; to achieve a thought
• Naa – negative adverb. ‘not, no’ : na…na ‘neither, nor’
• hov-a-ee - to happen; happens
• Jay - if
• Lakh – numeral. ‘100,000’
• Vaar – times, turn; delay, repeat

chupai chup naa hov-a-ee jay laa-i rahaa liv taar
By being quiet, peace cannot be found even if poised deep in meditation forever

• Chupai – to be quite
• Chup – ‘silence’; quite; calmness
• Laa-i – ‘apply, fix (esp. of mind); attach, fix, plant (esp. of love, devotion); set, employ, engage; assemble; levy (tax)’
• Rahaa – to continue; to remain in a state
• Liv – ‘absorption, deep meditation; devotion, adoration; love, desire; constant repition (of God’s name)
• Taar – ‘fixity’ usually as in liva tara ‘unbroken adoration’ or locana tara ‘the eyes (maintain their) fixed look’

bhukhi-aa bhukh naa utree jay bannaa puree-aa bhaar
The hunger of the hungry cannot be quenched if food is carried as baggage

• Bhukhi-aa – the starving; the hungry
• Bhukh – ‘hunger’;
• Utree – ‘take off, be appeased’
• Bannaa – to tie;‘boundary (as of field, marked by ridge of earth)’
• Puree-aa – a type of bread; ‘all the (sacred) cities, the entire world’
• Bhaar – ‘load, burden, weight; load of goods; burden of sins; a weight’; baggage

sehas si-aanpaa lakh hoh taa ik naa chalai naal
One may possess a hundred thousand clever ideas, but even one will not accompany him/her*

• Sehas – numeral. ‘1000’; many
• Si-aanp – ‘cleverness’
• Hoh – Hovaa – to have
• Taa – then; even then
• Ik – numeral 1 (one)
• Chalai – to go; going; depart
• Naal – together; near; accompany; with

kiv sachi-aaraa ho-ee-ai kiv koorhai tutai paal
How then can one be purified? How can one throw away the falsehood?

• Kiv – How?
• Sachi-aaraa – to become pure;
• Ho-ee-ai – become; to be
• Koorhai – ‘lie, falseness, untruth, wickedness, evil’
• Tutai/Thut – to break; be broken, break
• Paal – ‘boundary, barrier; dam, dyke; wall round tank; bridge’

hukam rajaa-ee chalnaa naanak likhi-aa naal
Says Nanak, By Abiding by the Command of God, which is written along with everyone!

• Hukum – from Arabic, and is found in the Koran to mean God’s cosmic order; command
• Rajaa-ee – from the Arabic Raza, the divine pleasure; by His permission;
• Chalnaa – to go; go (together); leave; depart
• Likhi-aa – is written; documented;

• Likhi-aa Naal – the original likhiya naal does not mean ‘as is set forth herewith’ but 'as ingrained within' see Guru Arjan Dev Ji, Raag Gauri: "Dwell thou on Govind who is ingrained in thy body and mind."