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Basant Hindol
Basant Hindol conveys the freshness and happiness of a new start and expresses the type of contentment, which comes from working hard to make a change. This Raag is full of hope and creates a sense of being at ease and being satisfied because a new chapter is beginning.
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ਸਾਲ ਗ੍ਰਾਮ ਬਿਪ ਪੂਜਿ ਮਨਾਵਹੁ ਸੁਕ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਤੁਲਸੀ ਮਾਲਾ ॥
sāl grām bip pūj manāvah sukrit tulasī mālā .
O Brahmin, you worship and believe in your stone-god, and wear your ceremonial rosary beads.
ਸਾਹੁਰੜੀ ਵਥੁ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਸਾਝੀ ਪੇਵਕੜੈ ਧਨ ਵਖੇ ॥
sāhurarī vath sabh kish sājhī pēvakarai dhan vakhē .
In the House of the Husband Lord - in the world hereafter, everything is jointly owned; but in this world - in the house of the soul-bride's parents, the soul-bride owns them separately.
ਰਾਜਾ ਬਾਲਕੁ ਨਗਰੀ ਕਾਚੀ ਦੁਸਟਾ ਨਾਲਿ ਪਿਆਰੋ ॥
rājā bālak nagarī kāchī dusatā nāl piārō .
The king is just a boy, and his city is vulnerable. He is in love with his wicked enemies.
ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਹੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਮੇਲੇ ਭੁਖ ਗਵਾਏ ॥
sāchā sāh gurū sukhadātā har mēlē bhukh gavāē .
The Guru is the True Banker, the Giver of peace; He unites the mortal with the Lord, and satisfies his hunger.
ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਵਿਟਹੁ ਵਾਰਿਆ ਭਾਈ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦ ਵਿਟਹੁ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਈ ॥
gur kī bānī vitah vāriā bhāī gur sabad vitah bal jāī .
I am a sacrifice to the Word of the Guru's Bani, O Siblings of Destiny. I am devoted and dedicated to the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਤਨ ਕੋਠੜੀ ਗੜ ਮੰਦਰਿ ਏਕ ਲੁਕਾਨੀ ॥
rām nām ratan kōtharī gar mandar ēk lukānī .
The Lord's Name is a jewel, hidden in a chamber of the palace of the body-fortress.
ਤੁਮ੍ਹ ਵਡ ਪੁਰਖ ਵਡ ਅਗਮ ਗੁਸਾਈ ਹਮ ਕੀਰੇ ਕਿਰਮ ਤੁਮਨਛੇ ॥
tumh vad purakh vad agam gusāī ham kīrē kiram tumanashē .
You are the Great Supreme Being, the Vast and Inaccessible Lord of the World; I am a mere insect, a worm created by You.
ਮੇਰਾ ਇਕੁ ਖਿਨੁ ਮਨੂਆ ਰਹਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਨਿਤ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮ ਰਸਿ ਗੀਧੇ ॥
mērā ik khin manūā rah n sakai nit har har nām ras gīdhē .
My mind cannot survive, even for an instant, without the Lord. I drink in continually the sublime essence of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.
ਮਨੁ ਖਿਨੁ ਖਿਨੁ ਭਰਮਿ ਭਰਮਿ ਬਹੁ ਧਾਵੈ ਤਿਲੁ ਘਰਿ ਨਹੀ ਵਾਸਾ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
man khin khin bharam bharam bah dhāvai til ghar nahī vāsā pāīai .
Each and every moment, my mind roams and rambles, and runs all over the place. It does not stay in its own home, even for an instant.
ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣੁ ਭਇਆ ਦੁਖੁ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਦੇਹ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਸੁੰਞੀ ਸੁੰਞੁ ॥
āvan jān bhaiā dukh bikhiā dēh manamukh sunñī sunñ .
Coming and going, he suffers the pains of vice and corruption; the body of the self-willed manmukh is desolate and vacant.
ਹੋਇ ਇਕਤ੍ਰ ਮਿਲਹੁ ਮੇਰੇ ਭਾਈ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਦੂਰਿ ਕਰਹੁ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥
hōi ikatr milah mērē bhāī dubidhā dūr karah liv lāi .
Come and join together, O my Siblings of Destiny; dispel your sense of duality and let yourselves be lovingly absorbed in the Lord.
ਤੇਰੀ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਤੂਹੈ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਅਉਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ਜਾਣੈ ॥
tērī kudarat tūhai jānah aur n dūjā jānai .
You alone know Your Creative Power, O Lord; no one else knows it.