Sat Nam;
Thank you so much for offering to work on Jaap Sahib.
That will be a very great help to me!
I have already typed the 25th Pauri of JapJi for some people that wanted it here in Eugene, so I will post that below. It is said that the 25th Pauri has the power to bring prosperity. People are reading it 11 times per day, perhaps for 40 days, and some for longer than that.
I will work on getting the rest of them into this format and post them one at a time, hopefully in the next few days.
After posting this I notice that the spacing I had done to match words to each other is not maintained by this posting method. I have this Pauri in several formats in MSWORD and can email it to any that provide me an address. One version has Gurmukhi alone, another has Gurmukhi and only transliteration, another is like below, transliteration and English.
Wahe Guru!
Nam Hari Kaur, Eugene, Oregon
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Bahutaa karm likhiaa naa jaae
Much mercy written not goes
The magnitude of God’s mercy cannot be expressed in words.
vadaa daataa til na tamaae
great Giver sesame seed no avarice
The great Giver gives without a single thought of return.
kete mangeh jodh apaar
many beg warriors infinite
Many saintly warriors ask of Him.
ketiaa ganat nahee veechaar
how many counting no deep reflection
There is no counting how many meditate on Him.
kete khap tuteh vekaar
Many unrighteous broken wretches
Many unrighteous bgroken wretches…
kete lai lai mukar paaeh
Many taking taking ingratitude obtain
Many take and take and become ungrateful.
kete moorakh khaahee khaaeh
Many foolish eaters eat
Many fools, eaters eat (consume).
ketiaa dookh bhookh sad maar
so many sufferings hungers always beat
Pain and hunger always strike so many people
eh bhi daat teree daataar
These also gifts Thy Giver
These are also Thy gifts, Giver.
band khalaasee bhaanai hoe
From bondage shall be liberated by will is
By God’s will one is liberated or enslaved.
hor aakh na sakai koe
More speak not able anyone
No one can say more about it.
je ko khaaik aakhan paae
If anyone fool to speak gets
If a fool speaks otherwise,
oh jaanai jeteeaa moeh khaae
He knows how many in the face(mouth) he eats.
He will know how many blows he gets in the face.
aape jaanai aape de;
Himself knows Himself gives.
He Himself knows, He Himself gives.
aakheh se bhe ke-ee ke
They speak them(that) even a few a few
Even that only a few people speak about.
jisano bakhase siphat saalaaho
to whom He blesses good advice good qualities.
Unto whom He blesses with his good advice and good qualities
naanak paatisaahee paatisaaho!
Oh Nanak! of kings king!
Oh Nanak, he is the king of kings!
