Granth Sahib Quotes (1688 Quotes)

Now, the Merciful Lord has issued His Command. Let no one chase after and attack anyone else. Let all abide in peace, under this Benevolent Rule.

Through the Perfect Guru, I have found the Lord, who saves my honor, here and hereafter.

Blessed, rewarding and fruitful is the service of the True Guru through it, I chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and I have found peace.

The Teachings of the Guru are in my heart the Lord is the Source of nectar.

The One Light is all-pervading only a few know this. Serving the True Guru, this is revealed.

The mind is totally attached to Maya the mortal has forgotten his fear of old age and death. Gazing upon his family, he blossoms forth like the lotus flower the deceitful person watches and covets the homes of others.

Emotional attachment to Maya is created by my God He Himself misleads us through illusion and doubt.

On that day when the body perishes - at that time, she becomes a ghost.

when the Guru drives out doubt, then the soul-bride enters the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

You Yourself created the world, and You Yourself put it to work. Administering the drug of emotional attachment, You Yourself have led the world astray.

My mind obtains the dust of their feet, when the Lord God shows mercy.

Come and meet me, O Life of the World, my Beloved. Please bless me with Your Mercy, and enshrine Your Name, Har, Har, within my mind.

By washing, their pollution is not removed, even though they may wash hundreds of times.

Whoever comes into the world and indulges in ego, must depart.

When the powerful Messenger of Death comes, no one can stand against his awesome power.

What actions have the happy soul-brides performed They have obtained the fruit of their pre-ordained destiny. Casting His Glance of Grace, the Lord unites them with Himself.

The Guru's Word is always with the soul.

Within your conscious mind, O servant Nanak, meditate forever on the Name of the Lord, who shall deliver you in the end.

Within my mind and body, I meditate on God. I have obtained the fruits of my soul's desire. You are the Supreme Lord and Master, above the heads of kings.

See the Infinite Lord in the ten directions, and in all the variety of nature. Says Nanak, in this way, the One Lord shall carry you across.

They say, I shall tie up my enemy, and I shall cut him down. Who dares to set foot upon my land I am learned, I am clever and wise.

The tongue is asleep, in its desire for sweet flavors. The mind is asleep, fascinated by Maya.

The happy and pure soul-bride is noble she has infinite love for the Guru.

Yours is the Honor, God, and Yours is the Power. You are the True Lord and Master, the Ocean of Excellence. Servant Nanak utters this prayer, may I meditate on You twenty-four hours a day.

In this world, the only real profit is the Name of the One Lord it is earned by contemplating the Guru.

This emotional attachment to Maya shall not go with you it is false to fall in love with it.

You are So Great, O Giver, O Great Giver The treasure of Your devotional worship is never exhausted.

Those, whom True Guru has not blessed with Your Name, are poor idiots, who die and are reborn

He is the Giver of peace to the breath of life, the Giver of life to the soul how can one forget Him

The entire expanse of the Universe is in the Fear of God only the Creator Lord is without this Fear

He Himself is the True Guru He Himself is the Lord. He Himself unites in His Union. In His Kindness, He unites us with Himself, as we follow the Guru, the True Guru.

He is always close at hand - do not think that He is far away.

In the water, the creatures are created outside of the water they die. 1 O mind, how can you be saved without love

With the mind caught up in playful pleasures, involved in all sorts of amusements and sights that stagger the eyes, people are led astray. The emperors sitting on their thrones are consumed by anxiety.

Gathering the wealth of Maya, you earn an evil reputation. Those whom you work to please shall pass away along with you.

Actions are the paper, and the mind is the ink good and bad are both recorded upon it.

True love shall not be broken, if the True Guru is met. Obtaining the wealth of spiritual wisdom, the understanding of the three worlds is acquired.

The four Vedas speak only of the visible forms. They describe and explain the three states of mind, but the fourth state, union with the Lord, is known only through the True Guru.

The bumble bee is the teacher who continually teaches the lesson. But how can one understand, unless one is made to understand

I am the shop-keeper of the Lord. Your Name is my merchandise and trade.

With your tongue, repeat the True Name, and your mind and body shall become pure. Your mother and father and all your relations - without Him, there are none at all.

All beings belong to You all beings are Yours. O Lord and Master, how can You become angry with them Even if You, O Lord and Master, become angry with them, still, You are theirs, and they are Yours.

He is Beautiful in all places I do not see any other at all. Meeting with the True Guru, O Nanak, the doors are opened wide.

Their comings and goings in reincarnation do not end through death and rebirth, they are wasting away.

Without serving the True Guru, they find no peace they earn only pain and misery.

O Siblings of Destiny, this body and wealth shall not go along with you. The Lord's Name is the pure wealth through the Guru, God bestows this gift.

Our play is only for today or tomorrow. But those whom You unite, Lord, are united with You they obtain a seat in the Arena of Truth.

Forgetting the Primal Lord, O Nanak, people are born and die, over and over again. Mistaking it for musk, they have fallen into the stinking pit of filth.

Your devotees are forever hungry for You. O Lord, please fulfill my desires. Grant me the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan.

If one's clothes are stained with blood, the garment becomes polluted.