ਮਹਾ ਉਦਿਆਨ ਪਾਵਕ ਸਾਗਰ ਭਏ ਹਰਖ ਸੋਗ ਮਹਿ ਬਸਨਾ ॥
mahaa udi-aan paavak saagar bha-ay harakh sog meh basnaa.
This world is a great wilderness, an ocean of fire, in which mortals abide, in pleasure and pain.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟਿ ਭਇਆ ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਜਪਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਨਾ ॥੨॥
satgur bhayt bha-i-aa man nirmal jap amrit har rasnaa. ||2||
Meeting with the True Guru, the mortal becomes immaculately pure; with his tongue, he chants the Ambrosial Name of the Lord. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
This world is a vast wilderness, an ocean of fire, where people live in pleasure and pain.
Meeting the true Guru, a person becomes spotless and chants the Ambrosial Name.
The world can be a trackless wilderness — the Guru is the guide who knows the way.
The world is "a great wilderness, an ocean of fire" — trackless and dangerous, where souls swing between "pleasure and pain." The way through is the Guru, who makes the soul "immaculately pure." The wilderness has no map of its own; the Guru is the guide.
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What helps you find your way when life feels trackless and dangerous?
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