ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਜੋ ਦੂਜੈ ਲਾਗੇ ॥
bin satgur jo doojai laagay.
Without the True Guru, those who are attached to duality
ਆਵਹਿ ਜਾਹਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਮਰਹਿ ਅਭਾਗੇ ॥
aavahi jaahi bharam mareh abhaagay.
come and go, and wander in reincarnation; these unfortunate ones die.
ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਨ ਕੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਗਤਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਜਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਹਹਿ ਸਰਣਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੪॥
naanak tin kee fir gat hovai je gurmukh raheh sarnaa-ee hay. ||4||
O Nanak, even after they are emancipated, those who become Gurmukh remain in the Guru's Sanctuary. ||4||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without the True Guru, those caught up in this-and-that keep coming and going. They wander lost and die, these unlucky ones.
Nanak says: those who turn toward the Guru and stay in the Guru's shelter are set free.
Staying in the Guru's shelter ends the wandering of a split heart.
Doojai, duality, means being split between the One and a thousand other pulls. Without the Guru, that split keeps a person coming and going, wandering until death. Those who stay in the Guru's shelter (gurmukh raheh sarnaa-ee) find release.
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