8: AYsw is`K gurU nwl AByd

Indenticalness of the Sikh with the Guru

rwg nwd ivsmwdu hoie gux gihr gMBIrw ]

raag naad visamaadu hoi goun gahir ganbheeraa.

Elated in the music and sound (of the word), the disciple of the Guru becomes full of serene qualities.

sbd suriq ilvlIx hoie Anhd Duin DIrw ]

sabad surati liv leen hoi anahadi dhouni dheeraa.

His consciousness gets merged into the Word and his mind stabilizes in the unstruck melody.

jMqRRI jMqRR vjwiedw min aunmin cIrw ]

jantree jantr vajaaidaa manni ounimani cheeraa.

The Guru plays upon the instrument of sermon, listening to which the mind dones clothes of the highest state of equipoise (to dance before the Lord).

vij vjwie smwie lY gur sbd vjIrw ]

vaji vajaai samaai lai gur sabad vajeeraa.

The Sikh of the Guru, getting attuned to the instrument of teaching ultimately turns out himself to be a player of the Guru Word.

AMqirjwmI jwxIAY AMqirgiq pIrw ]

antarijaamee jaaneeai antarigati peeraa.

Now the omniscient Lord understands his pangs of separation.

gur cylw cylw gurU byiD hIrY hIrw ]8]

gur chaylaa chaylaa guroo baydhi heerai heeraa ||8||

The disciple transforms into Guru and the guru into disciple in the same manner, as the diamond cutter in fact is also a diamond.