ਇਕਿ ਮੂਰਖ ਅੰਧੇ ਮੁਗਧ ਗਵਾਰ ॥
ik moorakh anDhay mugaDh gavaar.
Some are foolish, blind, stupid and ignorant.
ਇਕਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਭੈ ਨਾਮ ਅਧਾਰ ॥
ik satgur kai bhai naam aDhaar.
Some, through fear of the True Guru, take the Support of the Naam.
ਸਾਚੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਮੀਠੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਧਾਰ ॥
saachee banee meethee amrit Dhaar.
The True Word of His Bani is sweet, the source of ambrosial nectar.
ਜਿਨਿ ਪੀਤੀ ਤਿਸੁ ਮੋਖ ਦੁਆਰ ॥੫॥
jin peetee tis mokh du-aar. ||5||
Whoever drinks it in, finds the Door of Salvation. ||5||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Some people are foolish and blind, lost and not knowing.
Some, in awe of the True Guru, lean on the Naam.
The true Bani is sweet, a stream of nectar. Whoever drinks it in finds the door to freedom.
The teaching is sweet water — whoever drinks it finds the door swing open.
The Guru's words are sweet as nectar, and drinking them in opens the door to freedom.
The verse sees two kinds of people. Some go through life without seeing — moorakh, andhay, foolish and blind — a heart that has not yet woken up. Others, in bhai, awe of the Guru, lean on the Naam. The Bani is amrit, nectar, sweet and healing. Whoever drinks it finds mokh duaar, the door of freedom.
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