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Japji (Japu) — Guru Nanak

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Japji (Japu)

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Guru Nanak en un mural del gurdwara Baba Atal Rai
byGuru Nanak

It opens the Guru Granth Sahib with the Mul Mantar, the definition of God in one line, followed by thirty-eight stanzas (pauris) and a final salok. It traverses the impossibility of reaching God through ritual purity, silence or learning; obedience to the divine will (hukam); the power of hearing and accepting the Name; the immensity of creation, and the five realms of spiritual ascent up to the "realm of truth". Sikhs recite it every morning. The final salok recurs almost identically in a var by Guru Angad, so some attribute it to the second guru.

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Authorship note

A composition by Guru Nanak preserved in the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture compiled by Guru Arjan in 1604 from manuscript books handed down by the gurus; the attribution is marked by the heading "Mahala 1" ("first guru"). It is among the most secure attributions in Indian devotional literature.

Editions and translations

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English

  • Sikh Religion: Volume 1

    Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Library Collection), 2014

    Translation: Max Arthur Macauliffe

    ISBN 9781139506540

    Reimpresión.

  • The Name of My Beloved: Verses of the Sikh Gurus — Guru Nanak

    The Name of My Beloved: Verses of the Sikh Gurus

    Penguin Books, 2003

    Translation: Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh

    ISBN 9780141007656

    Antología que incluye el Japji.

  • Japji: The Path of Devotional Meditation — Guru Nanak

    Japji: The Path of Devotional Meditation

    Mount Meru Books, 1998

    Translation: Surinder Deol

    ISBN 9780966102703

  • The Jap Ji: The Message of Guru Nanak

    S. K. Publications (Sawan Spiritual Series), 1981

    Translation: Kirpal Singh

    ISBN 9780918224149

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  • The Sikh Religion, vol. 1 (contiene el Japji)

    Clarendon Press, 1909

    Translation: Max Arthur Macauliffe

    Texto en Wikisource.

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Other works by Guru Nanak

Sources

  • Srī Gurū Granth Sāhib (Ādi Granth). Compilado por Guru Arjan en 1604; recensión de Damdama, 1706. Edición estándar de 1.430 páginas (ang). Trad. inglesa de Manmohan Singh, 8 vols. Amritsar: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, 1962-1969.

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