Awid kau kvnu bIcwru kQIAly suMn khw Gr vwso ]

aadh ko kavan beechaar kathheealae sunn kehaa ghar vaaso ||

“What can you tell us about the beginning? In what home did the absolute dwell then?

igAwn kI mudRw kvn kQIAly Git Git kvn invwso ]

aucwrx mudRw: it`pI rihq bolo

giaan kee mudhraa kavan kathheealae ghatt ghatt kavan nivaaso ||

What are the ear-rings of spiritual wisdom? Who dwells in each and every heart?

kwl kw TIgw ikau jlweIAly ikau inrBau Gir jweIAY ]

aucwrx jlweI-Aly: polw bolo

kaal kaa theegaa kio jalaaeealae kio nirabho ghar jaaeeai ||

How can one avoid the attack of death? How can one enter the home of fearlessness?

shj sµqoK kw Awsxu jwxY ikau Cydy bYrweIAY ]

sehaj santhokh kaa aasan jaanai kio shhaedhae bairaaeeai ||

How can one know the posture of intuition and contentment, and overcome one's adversaries?”

gur kY sbid haumY ibKu mwrY qw inj Gir hovY vwso ]

gur kai sabadh houmai bikh maarai thaa nij ghar hovai vaaso ||

Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, egotism and corruption are conquered, and then one comes to dwell in the home of the self within.

ijin ric ricAw iqsu sbid pCwxY nwnku qw kw dwso ]21]

jin rach rachiaa this sabadh pashhaanai naanak thaa kaa dhaaso ||21||

One who realizes the Shabad of the One who created the creation - Nanak is his slave. ||21||

khw qy AwvY khw iehu jwvY khw iehu rhY smweI ]

kehaa thae aavai kehaa eihu jaavai kehaa eihu rehai samaaee ||

“Where did we come from? Where are we going? Where will we be absorbed?

eysu sbd kau jo ArQwvY iqsu gur iqlu n qmweI ]

eaes sabadh ko jo arathhaavai this gur thil n thamaaee ||

One who reveals the meaning of this Shabad is the Guru, who has no greed at all.

ikau qqY AivgqY pwvY gurmuiK lgY ipAwro ]

aucwrx Aiv-gqY: polw bolo

kio thathai avigathai paavai guramukh lagai piaaro ||

How can one find the essence of the unmanifest reality? How does one become Gurmukh, and enshrine love for the Lord?

Awpy surqw Awpy krqw khu nwnk bIcwro ]

aapae surathaa aapae karathaa kahu naanak beechaaro ||

He Himself is consciousness, He Himself is the Creator; share with us, Nanak, your wisdom.”

hukmy AwvY hukmy jwvY hukmy rhY smweI ]

hukamae aavai hukamae jaavai hukamae rehai samaaee ||

By His Command we come, and by His Command we go; by His Command, we merge in absorption.

pUry gur qy swcu kmwvY giq imiq sbdy pweI ]22]

poorae gur thae saach kamaavai gath mith sabadhae paaee ||22||

Through the Perfect Guru, live the Truth; through the Word of the Shabad, the state of dignity is attained. ||22||