ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਮਾਰਗੁ ਗੁਰ ਸੰਤਿ ਬਤਾਇਓ ਗੁਰਿ ਚਾਲ ਦਿਖਾਈ ਹਰਿ ਚਾਲ ॥
har kaa maarag gur sant bataa-i-o gur chaal dikhaa-ee har chaal.
The Guru, the Saint, has shown me the Lord's Path. The Guru has shown me the way to walk on the Lord's Path.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਕਪਟੁ ਚੁਕਾਵਹੁ ਮੇਰੇ ਗੁਰਸਿਖਹੁ ਨਿਹਕਪਟ ਕਮਾਵਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਹਰਿ ਘਾਲ ਨਿਹਾਲ ਨਿਹਾਲ ਨਿਹਾਲ ॥੧॥
antar kapat chukaavahu mayray gursikhahu nihakpat kamaavahu har kee har ghaal nihaal nihaal nihaal. ||1||
Cast out deception from within yourself, O my Gursikhs, and without deception, serve the Lord. You shall be enraptured, enraptured, enraptured. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Wisdom showed me the good path and how to walk it.
Let go of any pretending, and serve honestly — and joy pours in.
Let go of pretending — serve honestly and sincerely, and real joy pours in.
The verse gives a clear, practical teaching: "cast out deception from within yourself, O my Gursikhs, and without deception, serve the Lord. You shall be enraptured." Kapat — trickery, pretending, being two-faced — is what to drop; honest, sincere service is what fills you with joy. Serve truly, not for show. For a child: let go of pretending, serve honestly and sincerely — and real joy pours in.
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