Raag Gauri

Aisi Bhagat Na Hoye Re Bhai

ਐਸੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ਰੇ ਭਾਈ। ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨ ਜੋ ਕਛੁ ਕਰੀਏ ਸੋ ਸਬ ਭਰਮ ਕਹਾਈ ॥ਟੇਕ॥ Read this Shabad by Shri Guru Ravidass Ji Maharaj in Punjabi (Gurmukhi) with English pronunciation and meaning.

Punjabi (Gurmukhi)

ਐਸੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ਰੇ ਭਾਈ।

ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨ ਜੋ ਕਛੁ ਕਰੀਏ ਸੋ ਸਬ ਭਰਮ ਕਹਾਈ ॥ਟੇਕ॥

ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਰਸ ਦਾਨ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਕਥੈ ਗਿਆਨ।

ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਬਨ ਮੇਂ ਗੁਫਾ ਖੁਦਾਈ ॥੧॥

ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਐਸੀ ਹਾਂਸੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਆਸਾ ਪਾਸੀ।

ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਕੁਲ ਕਾਨ ਗਵਾਈ ॥੨॥

ਭਗਤਿ ਨਾ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ ਬਾਂਧੈ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਜੋਗ ਸਾਧੈ।

ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਅਹਾਰ ਘਟਾਈ ਯੇ ਸਬ ਕਰਮ ਕਹਾਈ ॥੩॥

ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਨਿਦ੍ਰਾ ਸਾਧੈ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਬੈਰਾਗ ਬਾਂਧੈ।

ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਯੇ ਸਬ ਬੇਦ ਬੜਾਈ ॥੪॥

ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਮੂਡ ਮੁਡਾਏ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਮਾਲਾ ਦਿਖਾਏ।

ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਚਰਨ ਧੁਆਏ ਯੇ ਸਭ ਗੁਨੀ ਜਨ ਗਾਈ ॥੫॥

ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਤੌ ਲੌ ਜਾਨੀ ਜੌ ਲੌ ਆਪ ਕੋ ਆਪ ਬਖਾਨੀ।

ਜੋਈ ਜੋਈ ਕਰੈ ਸੋ ਸੋ ਕਰਮ ਬੜਾਈ ॥੬॥

ਆਪਾ ਗਯੋ ਤਬ ਭਗਤਿ ਪਾਈ ਐਸੀ ਹੈ ਭਗਤਿ ਭਾਈ।

ਰਾਮ ਮਿਲਿਯੋ ਅਪਨੇ ਗੁਨ ਖੋਇਓ ਰਿਧਿ ਸਿਧਿ ਸਭੈ ਜੋ ਗੰਵਾਈ ॥੭॥

ਕਹਿ ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ਛੂਟੀ ਸਬ ਆਸ ਤਬ ਹਰਿ ਤਾਹੀ ਕੇ ਪਾਸ।

ਆਤਮਾ ਥਿਰ ਭਈ ਤਬਹੀ ਨਿਧਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੮॥

Romanized (English Pronunciation)

Aisi bhagat na hoye re bhai.

Ram nam bin jo kuch kariai so sabh bharam kahayi ॥tek॥

Bhagat na ras daan bhagat na kathai gian.

Bhagat na ban main gufa khudayi ॥1॥

Bhagat na aise haansi bhagat na aassa paasi.

Bhagat na kul kaan gawayi ॥2॥

Bhagat naa indri bandhai bhagat na jog sahdai.

Bhagat na ahaar ghtayi ye sab karam kahayi ॥3॥

Bhagat na nindra sahdai bhagat na bairag bandhai.

Bhagat na yai sabh bed brrahi ॥4॥

Bhagat na moodh mudhai bhagat na mala dikhaye.

Bhagat na charan dhuaye ye sabh guni jan gayi ॥5॥

Bhagat na toh loh jaani jou loun aap ko aap bakhani.

Joyi joyi karai so so karam barraye ॥6॥

Apaa gayo tab bhagat payi aisi hai bhagat bhai.

Ram miliyo apne gun khoyio ridh sidh sabhai jo gawayi ॥7॥

Keh Ravidass chuti sabh aas tab har tahi ke paas.

Aatmaa thir bhayi tabhi nidh paai ॥8॥

Meaning (English)

O brother! Performing rituals is not the worship of God. Everything, without the Name of God is illusion.

Neither singing a tasteful and sweet song nor describing and elaborating knowledge is worship. Going to forest and staying in the caves of mountains is not worship.

Neither worship is a joke nor is it a game of dice. Worship is not to forget the traditional customs of dynasty.

To control your senses to practise ascetic exercises or observe fast cannot be called worship. All these are false rituals. Like this worship is not to control your sleep. To renounce the worldly affairs is not worship. Worship is not to explain the important writings of Veds.

The recitation by counting the beads of rosary or become a clean shaven is not worship.

The intellectuals make you understand that worship is also not to wash the feet of an idol. A man cannot understand worship, till he speaks proudly, because under the influence of pride, he sings his own praise.

The true worship can only be achieved by renouncing arrogance. When a man achieves true worship then all his immoral deeds come to an end. His state of affluence and spiritual power also come to an end. Ravidass says a man after renouncing his desires can absorb in the God.