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ਜਿਸ ਕੀ ਬਸਤੁ ਤਿਸੁ ਆਗੈ ਰਾਖੈ ॥ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਮਾਨੈ ਮਾਥੈ ॥

Jis kee basat tis aagai raakhai. Prabh kee aagiaa maanai maathai.

Meaning Transliteration
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji · Ang 268 · Sukhmani Sahib · Raag Gauri · Guru Arjan Dev Ji
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ਜਿਸ ਕੀ ਬਸਤੁ ਤਿਸੁ ਆਗੈ ਰਾਖੈ ॥ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਮਾਨੈ ਮਾਥੈ ॥

Jis kee basat tis aagai raakhai. Prabh kee aagiaa maanai maathai.

Meaning · GurVichaar explanation, not a scholarly translation

When one places a thing back before its Owner, and accepts the Divine command with a bowed head —

ਜਦੋਂ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਕੋਈ ਚੀਜ਼ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਮਾਲਕ ਅੱਗੇ ਵਾਪਸ ਰੱਖ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਰੱਬੀ ਹੁਕਮ ਨੂੰ ਸਿਰ ਝੁਕਾ ਕੇ ਮੰਨ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ —

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Context

This line is by Guru Arjan Dev Ji.

It is from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 268, in Sukhmani Sahib, Raag Gauri.

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Sources

  1. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 268
  2. Gurmukhi text and Ang checked against BaniDB (Khalis Foundation) on 2026-09-27

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