ਹਉਮੈ ਮੋਹੁ ਉਪਜੈ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥
ha-umai moh upjai sansaaraa.
Out of egotism and attachment, the Universe welled up.
ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਾ ॥
sabh jag binsai naam visaaraa.
Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, all the world perishes.
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਚਾ ਜਗਿ ਲਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੬॥
bin satgur sayvay naam na paa-ee-ai naam sachaa jag laahaa hay. ||6||
Without serving the True Guru, the Naam is not obtained. The Naam is the True profit in this world. ||6||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
From the feeling of I and mine, the whole busy world rises up.
Forgetting the Naam, the whole world wears away.
Serving the True Guru, you find the Naam, the one true gain in this world.
The one gain that lasts is remembering the Naam.
Ego is the engine of the world's churn. The Naam is the true profit, what endures.
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