Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without the True Guru, no one has reached the highest state.
Go ahead and ask all the Vedas and Simritis, the old holy books.
People who follow only their own wanting do useless deeds.
They are like a house of sand that cannot stand.
Actions with nothing behind them are like a house of sand.
The verse says bin satgur kinai na paa-ee param gatay: without the True Guru, no one reaches the highest state. Then poochhahu sagal bayd simritay: go and ask all the Vedas and Simritis, the old holy books of India. They agree.
A manmukh, a person who follows only their own wants, does empty deeds. They are ji-o baaloo ghar, like a house of sand. Picture a sandcastle at the beach. You can shape it with great care. But nothing solid holds it up, so the first wave takes it.
What is something you built that had nothing solid underneath?
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