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12: s`cI lgn

The true devotion

dUjI Aws ivxwsu hY pUrI ikau hovY ]

doojee aas vinaasu hai pooree kiu hovai.

Other hopes (except Lord's) are ruination; how could they be accomplished.

dUjw moh su DRoh sBu Ehu AMiq ivgovY ]

doojaa moh su dhroh sabhu aohu anti vigovai.

Other infatuations are delusion which ultimately lead (man) astray.

dUjw krmu suBrm hY kir Avgux rovY ]

doojaa karamu soubharam hai kari avagoun rovai.

Other actions are deceits by which man cultivates demerits and suffers.

dUjw sMgu kuFMgu hY ikau BirAw DovY ]

doojaa sangu kuddhangu hai kiu bhariaa dhovai.

The company of the sense of otherness is a perfidious way of living; and how it could wash away the sinful life.

dUjw Bwau kudwau hY hwir jnmu KlovY ]

doojaa bhaau kudaau hai haari janamu khalovai.

The othemness is a wrong stake which ultimatley makes one lose the (battle of) life.

pIr murIdW iprhVI gux guxI provY ]12]

peer mureedaan piraharhee goun gounee parovai ||12||

The love between the Sikhs and the Guru, brings the meritorious people closer and makes them one (sangat).