Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without the Naam of the One, everything is false.
Without the Perfect Guru, no one finds freedom. In the True Court, the one cut off from the One is robbed and left with empty hands.
Without the Naam, everything washes away; the Perfect Guru opens the way to freedom.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad, the line to stop on and think about most.
Har kay naam binaa sabh jhooth — without the Naam of the One, everything is jhooth, false. It is like cheap paint that washes off in the first rain.
Bin gur pooray mukat na paa-ee-ai — without the Perfect Guru, freedom is not found. Mukat means being set free from what traps us.
The last part speaks of the saakat. That is a person who feels cut off from the One. In the True Court, such a person is mooth, robbed. They arrive with empty hands, having lost track of what was true.
How can you tell the difference between something true and something just for show?
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