Jo Jo Desai So So Rogi - The True Guru is the Ultimate Healer

Written by Guru Arjan Dev Ji, the fifth Sikh Guru, this Shabad appears on Ang 1140 of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. In this Shabad, Guru Arjan Dev Ji teaches that the True Guru remains completely free of worldly illusion and acts as the ultimate healer.

Bhairao, Fifth Mehla – Guru Arjan Dev Ji – Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji – Ang 1140

ਭੈਰਉ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
ਹਉਮੈ ਰੋਗੁ ਮਾਨੁਖ ਕਉ ਦੀਨਾ ॥
ਕਾਮ ਰੋਗਿ ਮੈਗਲੁ ਬਸਿ ਲੀਨਾ ॥
ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਰੋਗਿ ਪਚਿ ਮੁਏ ਪਤੰਗਾ ॥
ਨਾਦ ਰੋਗਿ ਖਪਿ ਗਏ ਕੁਰੰਗਾ ॥੧॥
ਜੋ ਜੋ ਦੀਸੈ ਸੋ ਸੋ ਰੋਗੀ ॥
ਰੋਗ ਰਹਿਤ ਮੇਰਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਜੋਗੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
ਜਿਹਵਾ ਰੋਗਿ ਮੀਨੁ ਗ੍ਰਸਿਆਨੋ ॥
ਬਾਸਨ ਰੋਗਿ ਭਵਰੁ ਬਿਨਸਾਨੋ ॥
ਹੇਤ ਰੋਗ ਕਾ ਸਗਲ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥
ਤ੍ਰਿਬਿਧਿ ਰੋਗ ਮਹਿ ਬਧੇ ਬਿਕਾਰਾ ॥੨॥
ਰੋਗੇ ਮਰਤਾ ਰੋਗੇ ਜਨਮੈ ॥
ਰੋਗੇ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੋਨੀ ਭਰਮੈ ॥
ਰੋਗ ਬੰਧ ਰਹਨੁ ਰਤੀ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਰੋਗੁ ਕਤਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਵੈ ॥੩॥
ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮਿ ਜਿਸੁ ਕੀਨੀ ਦਇਆ ॥
ਬਾਹ ਪਕੜਿ ਰੋਗਹੁ ਕਢਿ ਲਇਆ ॥
ਤੂਟੇ ਬੰਧਨ ਸਾਧਸੰਗੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਿ ਰੋਗੁ ਮਿਟਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੭॥੨੦॥

bhairau mahalaa panjavaa ||
haumai rog maanukh kau dheenaa ||
kaam rog maigal bas leenaa ||
dhirasaT rog pach mue pata(n)gaa ||
naadh rog khap ge kura(n)gaa ||1||
jo jo dheesai so so rogee ||
rog rahit meraa satigur jogee ||1|| rahaau ||
jihavaa rog meen grasiaano ||
baasan rog bhavar binasaano ||
het rog kaa sagal sa(n)saaraa ||
tirabidh rog meh badhe bikaaraa ||2||
roge marataa roge janamai ||
roge fir fir jonee bharamai ||
rog ba(n)dh rahan ratee na paavai ||
bin satigur rog kateh na jaavai ||3||
paarabraham jis keenee dhiaa ||
baeh pakaR rogahu kadd liaa ||
tooTe ba(n)dhan saadhasa(n)g paiaa ||
kahu naanak gur rog miTaiaa ||4||7||20||

Bhairao, Fifth Mehla:
Mankind is afflicted with the disease of egotism.
The disease of sexual desire overwhelms the elephant.
Because of the disease of vision, the moth is burnt to death.
Because of the disease of the sound of the bell, the deer is lured to its death. ||1||
Whoever I see is diseased.
Only my True Guru, the True Yogi, is free of disease. ||1||Pause||
Because of the disease of taste, the fish is caught.
Because of the disease of smell, the bumble bee is destroyed.
The whole world is caught in the disease of attachment.
In the disease of the three qualities, corruption is multiplied. ||2||
In disease the mortals die, and in disease they are born.
In disease they wander in reincarnation again and again.
Entangled in disease, they cannot stay still, even for an instant.
Without the True Guru, the disease is never cured. ||3||
When the Supreme Lord God grants His Mercy,
He grabs hold of the mortal’s arm, and pulls him up and out of the disease.
Reaching the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the mortal’s bonds are broken.
Says Nanak, the Guru cures him of the disease. ||4||7||20||