8: ASt sMK´w gurmuK

Eightsome-gurmukh

ATY isDI swiD kY swiDk isD smwiD PlweI ]

abhai sidhee saadhi kai saadhik sidh samaadhi phalaaee.

Accomplishing eight siddhis (powers) the gurmukh has attained the fruit of adept trance (siddh samadhi).

Ast kulI ibKu swDnw ismrix syK n kImiq pweI ]

asat kulee bikhu saadhanaa simarani saykh n keemati paaee.

The practices by the eight ancestoral family houses of Sesanag could not understand His mystery.

mxu huie AT pYsyrIAw pMjU ATy cwlIh BweI ]

manu hoi atd paisayreeaa panjoo atday chaaleeh bhaaee.

One maund (old Indian weighing unit) consists of eight panseris (about five kilograms), and five multiplied by eight is equal to forty.

ijau crKw AT KMBIAw iekqu sUiq rhY ilvlweI ]

jiu charakhaa atd khanbheeaa ikatu sooti rahai liv laaee.

The spinning wheel having eight spokes keeps its consciousness concentrated in a single thread.

A`T pihr AstWg jogu cwvl rqI mwsw rweI ]

atd pahir asataangu jogu chaaval ratee maasaa raaee.

Eight watches, eight limbed yoga, chaval (rice), ratti, rais, masa (all old Indian measuring units of time and weight) have among themselves the relationship of eight i.e. eight rais = one chaval, eight chavals = one ratti and eight rattis = one masa.

AT kwTw mnu vs kir Ast Dwqu ieku Dwqu krweI ]

atd kaatdaa manu vas kari asat dhaatu iku dhaatu karaaee.

Controlling the mind comprising eight inclinations, the gurmukh has made it homogenous as the eight metals after mixing become one metal.

swDsMgiq vfI vifAweI ]8]

saadhasangati vadee vadiaaee ||8||

Great is the glory of the holy congregation.