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Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji · Ang 1 · Japji Sahib, Pauri 1 · Guru Nanak Dev Ji
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ਕਿਵ ਸਚਿਆਰਾ ਹੋਈਐ ਕਿਵ ਕੂੜੈ ਤੁਟੈ ਪਾਲਿ ॥ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਰਜਾਈ ਚਲਣਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਨਾਲਿ ॥੧॥

Kiv sachiaaraa hoeeai kiv koorrai tuttai paal. Hukam rajaaee chalanaa Naanak likhiaa naal.

Meaning · GurVichaar explanation, not a scholarly translation

How can we become truthful, and how can the wall of falsehood between us and the Divine be broken? By walking in harmony with the Will (Hukam) of the Divine — the order written into our very being.

ਅਸੀਂ ਸੱਚੇ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਬਣੀਏ, ਅਤੇ ਸਾਡੇ ਤੇ ਰੱਬ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਝੂਠ ਦੀ ਕੰਧ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਟੁੱਟੇ? ਰੱਬੀ ਰਜ਼ਾ (ਹੁਕਮ) ਨਾਲ ਇੱਕਸੁਰ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਚੱਲਣ ਨਾਲ — ਉਹ ਨਿਯਮ ਜੋ ਸਾਡੇ ਅਸਤਿਤਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ।

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11469–1539First Guruਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀGuru Nanak Dev JiThe founder — first of the ten GurusRead the story →21504–1552Second Guruਗੁਰੂ ਅੰਗਦ ਦੇਵ ਜੀGuru Angad Dev JiThe second Guru — giver of the Gurmukhi scriptRead the story →31479–1574Third Guruਗੁਰੂ ਅਮਰਦਾਸ ਜੀGuru Amar Das JiThe third Guru — organiser and reformerRead the story →41534–1581Fourth Guruਗੁਰੂ ਰਾਮਦਾਸ ਜੀGuru Ram Das JiThe fourth Guru — founder of AmritsarRead the story →51563–1606Fifth Guruਗੁਰੂ ਅਰਜਨ ਦੇਵ ਜੀGuru Arjan Dev JiThe fifth Guru — compiler of the Adi Granth and first Sikh martyrRead the story →61595–1644Sixth Guruਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜੀGuru Hargobind Sahib JiThe sixth Guru — Miri and PiriRead the story →71630–1661Seventh Guruਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਇ ਜੀGuru Har Rai JiThe seventh Guru — gentle keeper of the communityRead the story →81656–1664Eighth Guruਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਜੀGuru Har Krishan JiThe eighth Guru — the child Guru who served the sickRead the story →91621–1675Ninth Guruਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ ਬਹਾਦਰ ਜੀGuru Tegh Bahadur JiThe ninth Guru — martyr for freedom of conscienceRead the story →101666–1708Tenth Guruਗੁਰੂ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀGuru Gobind Singh JiThe tenth Guru — creator of the KhalsaRead the story →ੴ1708 – foreverThe eternal Guruਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜੀSri Guru Granth Sahib JiIn 1708 Guru Gobind Singh Ji passed the Guruship to the Shabad — the living Guru of the Sikhs.How the Guru Granth was compiled →
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