Guru Granth Sahib 1350

Shabad by Kabir ji:
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Row Guide
* 1: Original Text
* 2: Transliteration in English
* 3: Translation by Dr Sant Singh Khalsa
* 4: Translation by Bhai Manmohan Singh
* 5: Translation by Dr Gopal Singh
* 6 onwards: Word by Word translation (various Sources used)
ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ ॥ parbhaatee. Parbhati.
Line 1: ਬੇਦ ਕਤੇਬ ਕਹਹੁ ਮਤ ਝੂਠੇ ਝੂਠਾ ਜੋ ਨ ਬਿਚਾਰੈ ॥
bayd katayb kahhu mat jhoothay jhoothaa jo na bichaarai.
Do not say that the Vedas, the Bible and the Koran are false. Those who do not contemplate them are false.
Say not that the Vedas and Muslim books are false. False is he, who reflects not on them.
Call not false the Vedas or the Semitic Texts : for, false is he who gives not thought to them.
bayd = Vedas	katayb =The Books - Bible & Koran	kahhu =Say
mat = Never 	jhoothay = False 	jhoothaa =Wrong
jo = Those 	na = don't 	bichaarai. = reflect / analyse
Line 2: ਜਉ ਸਭ ਮਹਿ ਏਕੁ ਖੁਦਾਇ ਕਹਤ ਹਉ ਤਉ ਕਿਉ ਮੁਰਗੀ ਮਾਰੈ ॥੧॥
ja-o sabh meh ayk khudaa-ay kahat ha-o ta-o ki-o murgee maarai.
You say that the One Lord is in all, so why do you kill chickens?
When thou say that one God abides in all, then why kill thou a hen?
He is like the one who says God is in all, and yet slaughters life6 (for food). [1]
ja-o means If / when	sabh = all 	meh = within
ayk = one 	khudaa-ay = God	kahat = say
ha-o = that 	ta-o = then 	ki-o = why
murgee = chicken 	maarai = kill 	
Line 3:ਮੁਲਾਂ ਕਹਹੁ ਨਿਆਉ ਖੁਦਾਈ ॥
mulaaN kahhu ni-aa-o khudaa-ee.
O Mullah, tell me: is this God's Justice?
O Mullah, say thou, if this is the God's justice?
O Mullah, say thou, if this is the Justice of thy God:
mulaaN = Mullah	kahhu = What	ni-aa-o = Justice	khudaa-ee. = God
Line 4:ਤੇਰੇ ਮਨ ਕਾ ਭਰਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
tayray man kaa bharam na jaa-ee.
The doubts of your mind have not been dispelled.
The mind's doubt is dispelled not. Pause.
Nay, nay, only thou art rid not of the complexes of the mind.
tayray=your	man =mind	kaa = of	bharam = doubt	na = no/not	jaa-ee = dispelled
Line 5:ਪਕਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਆਨਿਆ ਦੇਹ ਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਮਾਟੀ ਕਉ ਬਿਸਮਿਲਿ ਕੀਆ ॥
pakar jee-o aani-aa dayh binaasee maatee ka-o bismil kee-aa.
You seize a living creature, and then bring it home and kill its body; you have killed only the clay.
Thou seize and bring a living being and kill its body. Thou has merely killed the clay and not the soul.
Thou seizest life and killest the 'dust' of its body and callest it pure food
pakar= catch/seize	jee-o =life form 	aani-aa = bring
dayh = body 	binaasee = destruction/diaster	maatee = Dust
ka-o = make 	bismil = slayed/slaughtered 	kee-aa. = do/done
Line 6:ਜੋਤਿ ਸਰੂਪ ਅਨਾਹਤ ਲਾਗੀ ਕਹੁ ਹਲਾਲੁ ਕਿਆ ਕੀਆ ॥੨॥
jot saroop anaahat laagee kaho halaal ki-aa kee-aa.
The light of the soul passes into another form. So tell me, what have you killed?
Its imperishable soul is attached to another body. Say then, what has thou slaughtered.
But, the undying, pure Soul, Mergeth in God : then dost thou partake of the pure, or the impure part of it?
jot = soul/light	saroop = body 	anaahat = ever live / without end	laagee = join
kaho = say/speak	halaal =slaughtered	ki-aa = what for 	kee-aa. = do/done
Line 7:ਕਿਆ ਉਜੂ ਪਾਕੁ ਕੀਆ ਮੁਹੁ ਧੋਇਆ ਕਿਆ ਮਸੀਤਿ ਸਿਰੁ ਲਾਇਆ ॥
ki-aa ujoo paak kee-aa muhu Dho-i-aa ki-aa maseet sir laa-i-aa.
And what good are your purifications? Why do you bother to wash your face? And 
why do you bother to bow your head in the mosque?
And, what is the use of the purification of thine hands, feet and mouth and the washing of thy face and What use thy head's prostration in the mosque?
What use is it to purify thyself through ablutions, and to bow down to thy God in the mosque?
ki-aa =what	ujoo =wash hands & feet	paak = pure 	kee-aa = do/done
muhu = face	Dho-i-aa = wash 	ki-aa = what for	maseet =mosque
sir =head 	laa-i-aa.=touch 	 	
Line 8:ਜਉ ਦਿਲ ਮਹਿ ਕਪਟੁ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਗੁਜਾਰਹੁ ਕਿਆ ਹਜ ਕਾਬੈ ਜਾਇਆ ॥੩॥
ja-o dil meh kapat nivaaj gujaarahu ki-aa haj kaabai jaa-i-aa.
Your heart is full of hypocrisy; what good are your prayers or your pilgrimage to Mecca?
What avails thee to say prayer and to go the pilgrimage of Mecca, when there is malice in thy mind?
When thy heart is Impure; and while thou sayest the five prayers, these avail thee not, nay, not even thy pilgrimage to the Kaaba.
ja-o= If / when	dil = heart 	meh= in 	kapat = deceit/fraud/hypocrisy
nivaaj = reside	gujaarahu = 5 Prayers	ki-aa = what for	haj = pilgrimage
kaabai = Kaaba 	jaa-i-aa.= go 	 	
Line 9:ਤੂੰ ਨਾਪਾਕੁ ਪਾਕੁ ਨਹੀ ਸੂਝਿਆ ਤਿਸ ਕਾ ਮਰਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥
tooN naapaak paak nahee soojhi-aa tis kaa maram na jaani-aa.
You are impure; you do not understand the Pure Lord. You do not know His Mystery.
Thou are impure and understand not the pure Lord. His mystery thou know not.
Thou art impure from within, and Knowest not the mystery of thy Pure, Immaculate God.
tooN=you 	naapaak=impure 	paak =pure	nahee=not
soojhi-aa = realise	tis = that/it/he/she	kaa = of 	maram =mystery
na = not 	jaani-aa.= know 	 	
Line 10:ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਭਿਸਤਿ ਤੇ ਚੂਕਾ ਦੋਜਕ ਸਿਉ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥੪॥੪॥
kahi kabeer bhisat tay chookaa dojak si-o man maani-aa.
Says Kabeer, you have missed out on paradise; your mind is set on hell.
Says Kabir, thou has missed paradise and thy soul is reconciled with hell.
Sayeth Kabir: "Thiswise thou hast missed entry into thy Lord's Heaven, for, thy mind is pleased with Hell". [4-4]
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==See Also==
* SGGS on meat
Category:SGGS