ਇੰਦ੍ਰ ਇੰਦ੍ਰਾਸਣਿ ਬੈਠੇ ਜਮ ਕਾ ਭਉ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥
indar indaraasan baithay jam kaa bha-o paavahi.
Even Indra, seated upon his throne, is caught in the fear of death.
ਜਮੁ ਨ ਛੋਡੈ ਬਹੁ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ॥
jam na chhodai baho karam kamaaveh.
The Messenger of Death will not spare them, even though they try all sorts of things.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟੈ ਤਾ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਨਾ ਪੀਜੈ ਹੇ ॥੧੧॥
satgur bhaytai taa mukat paa-ee-ai har har rasnaa peejai hay. ||11||
When one meets with the True Guru, one is liberated, drinking in and savoring the sublime essence of the Lord, Har, Har. ||11||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Even great Indra, high on his shining throne, feels the fear of endings.
No amount of power lets anyone step around that doorway.
But meet the Guru, and the fear itself lifts, and one drinks in the sweetness of the One.
Even the mightiest meet the same doorway; the Guru takes away the fear.
Indra, king of the old heavens, sits high on his throne, and even he meets the doorway of endings. Satgur bhaytai, meeting the Guru, lifts the fear and brings freedom (mukat).
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