Japji Sahib Pauri 1
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| sochai soch naa hov-a-ee jay sochee lakh vaar |
| By thinking and thinking again a hundred thousand times, one cannot find a solution |
| 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 |
| bhukhi-aa bhukh naa utree jay bannaa puree-aa bhaar |
| The hunger of the hungry cannot be quenched if food is carried as 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* |
| kiv sachi-aaraa ho-ee-ai kiv koorhai tutai paal |
| How then can one be purified? How can one throw away the falsehood? |
| hukam rajaa-ee chalnaa naanak likhi-aa naal |
| Says Nanak, By Abiding by the Command of God, which is written along with everyone! |
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Definition of Terms
Line 1
| Original tuk | ਸੋਚੈ ਸੋਚਿ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਜੇ ਸੋਚੀ ਲਖ ਵਾਰ ॥ sochai soch naa hov-a-ee jay sochee lakh vaar By thinking and thinking again a hundred thousand times, one cannot find a solution |
| Word | Meaning |
| 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 |
Line 2
| Original tuk | ਚਪੈ ਚਪ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਜੇ ਲਾਇ ਰਹਾ ਲਿਵ ਤਾਰ ॥ 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 |
| Word | Meaning |
| Chupai | to be quite |
| Chup | ‘silence’; quietness; 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’ |
Line 3
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
Line 4
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’
- Lakh – numeral. ‘100,000’
- Hoh – Hovaa – to have
- Taa – then; even then
- Ik – numeral 1 (one)
- Naa – negative adverb. ‘not, no’ : na…na ‘neither, nor’
- Chalai – to go; going; depart
- Naal – together; near; accompany; with
Line 5
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
- Kiv – How?
- Koorhai – ‘lie, falseness, untruth, wickedness, evil’
- Tutai/Thut – to break; be broken, break
- Paal – ‘boundary, barrier; dam, dyke; wall round tank; bridge’
Line 6
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
- naanak - Nanak referring to himself; directing this shabad to his own mind; guiding us to direct the shabad to our mind;
- Likhi-aa – is written; documented;
- Naal – together; near; accompany; with;
- 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."
