ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਆਵੈ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਵੈ ॥
manmukh aavai manmukh jaavai.
The self-willed manmukh comes, and the self-willed manmukh goes.
ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਚੋਟਾ ਖਾਵੈ ॥
manmukh fir fir chotaa khaavai.
The manmukh suffers beatings again and again.
ਜਿਤਨੇ ਨਰਕ ਸੇ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਭੋਗੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਲੇਪੁ ਨ ਮਾਸਾ ਹੇ ॥੧੨॥
jitnay narak say manmukh bhogai gurmukh layp na maasaa hay. ||12||
The manmukh endures as many hells as there are; the Gurmukh is not even touched by them. ||12||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A heart turned only toward its own wants comes and goes, and takes knocks again and again.
It goes through every dark place there is. The one who faces the Guru is not touched by even a speck of it.
Facing the Guru, not a speck of the trouble sticks to you.
manmukh (self-facing) comes, goes, and takes knocks; jitnay narak — every dark place there is — falls to the manmukh. gurmukh (Guru-facing) is layp na maasaa — not even a speck sticks.
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