Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The whole world is tangled this way; only the one with the perfect Guru is saved.
Says Nanak: I have crossed the terrifying ocean, and my body has become sanctified.
The whole world is tied up in these knots, and the Guru is the one who untangles them.
"The entire world is entangled in this way." Everyone gets their loyalties mixed up. "He alone is saved, who has the Perfect Guru."
Think of a big tangle of headphone wires. Pulling harder only makes it worse. Someone with patient hands has to undo it. The Guru untangles the mixed-up soul and carries it across the ocean of the world. Nanak says he has crossed over, and even his body has become pure.
Who could help you untangle a knot you can't undo alone?
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