ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਮੋਖ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਕਿਉ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
gur bin mokh mukat ki-o paa-ee-ai.
Without the Guru, how can anyone be emancipated or liberated?
ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਿਉ ਧਿਆਈਐ ॥
bin gur raam naam ki-o Dhi-aa-ee-ai.
Without the Guru, how can anyone meditate on the Lord's Name?
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਲੇਹੁ ਤਰਹੁ ਭਵ ਦੁਤਰੁ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਭਏ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੯॥
gurmat layho tarahu bhav dutar mukat bha-ay sukh paa-i-aa. ||9||
Accepting the Guru's Teachings, cross over the arduous, terrifying world-ocean; you shall be emancipated, and find peace. ||9||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without the Guru, how would anyone find their way free?
Without the Guru, how would anyone hold the Name in mind?
Take the Guru's wisdom to heart and cross the great waters; you will come through into peace.
With the Guru, the hardest crossing becomes possible.
Two questions, and one answer: the Guru is the guide who makes freedom and remembrance possible. The great waters are crossed not by force but by taking wisdom to heart, and the far shore is peace.
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