jYsy ibnu pvnu kvn gun cMdn sY ibnu milAwgr pvn kq bwis hY ]

jaisay binu pavanu kavan goun chandan sai , binu maliaagar pavan kat baasi hai |

Just as a sandalwood tree cannot impart its fragrance to others without breeze and without the air of malay mountain, how can the atmosphere become fragranced,

jYsy ibnu bYd AvKd gun goip hoq AvKd ibnu bYd rogih n gRws hY ]

jaisay binu baid avakhad goun gopi hota , avakhad binu baid rogahi n graas hai |

Just as a physician know the merit of every herb or medicine and without medicine, no physician can cure an ailing person,

jYsy ibnu boihQn pwir prY Kyvt sY Kyvt ibhUMn kq boihQ ibsÍwsu hY ]

jaisay binu bohidan paari parai khayvat sai , khayvat bihoonn kat bohid bisvaasu hai |

Just as no one can cross the ocean without sailor nor can it be crossed without a ship,

qYsy gur nwmu ibnu gMm n prmpdu ibnu gur nwm inhkwm n pRgws hY ]516]

taisay gur naamu binu ganm n paramapadu , binu gur naam nihakaam n pragaas hai |516|

Similarly without the boon of Lord's name given by the True Guru, God cannot be realised. And without Naam the liberator from the worldly desires and blessed by the True Guru, no one can acquire spiritual effulgence. (516)