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Summary of Question:	Meaning
Category:	General Sikhism
Date Posted:	Monday, 2/11/2002 7:01 PM MST

Hi I was wondering what the Shabad " Houn Papi Tu Bakhshanhaar " means?

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Sat Sri Akal,

This shabad is written by Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji and can be found on page 356. The translation is as follows:

Aasaa, First Mehl:

aap kurae such alukh apaar ||
He Himself does everything, the True, Invisible, Infinite Lord.

ho paapee thoo(n) bukhusunehaar ||1||
I am a sinner, You are the Forgiver. ||1||

thaeraa bhaanaa subh kishh hovai ||
By Your Will, everything come to pass.

munehat(h) keechai a(n)th vigovai ||1|| rehaao ||
One who acts in stubborn-mindedness is ruined in the end. ||1||Pause||

munumukh kee math koorr viaapee ||
The intellect of the self-willed manmukh is engrossed in falsehood.

bin har simurun paap su(n)thaapee ||2||
Without the meditative remembrance of the Lord, it suffers in sin. ||2||

dhurumath thiaag laahaa kishh laevuhu ||
Renounce evil-mindedness, and you shall reap the rewards.

jo oupujai so alukh abhaevuhu ||3||
Whoever is born, comes through the Unknowable and Mysterious Lord. ||3||

aisaa humuraa sukhaa sehaaee ||
Such is my Friend and Companion;

gur har miliaa bhugath dhrirraaee ||4||
meeting with the Guru, the Lord, devotion was implanted within me. ||4||

suguluuee soudhuuee thottaa aavai ||
In all other transactions, one suffers loss.

naanuk raam naam man bhaavai ||5||24||
The Name of the Lord is pleasing to Nanak's mind. ||5||24||

Gur Fateh,
HSD