ਓਹੁ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਬਿਨਸਤ ਨਾਹੀ ॥
oh abhinaasee binsat naahee.
He is imperishable; He will never pass away.
ਨਾ ਕੋ ਆਵੈ ਨਾ ਕੋ ਜਾਹੀ ॥
naa ko aavai naa ko jaahee.
He does not come, and He does not go.
ਗੁਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਲੁ ਧੋਈ ॥
gur poorai ha-umai mal Dho-ee.
The Perfect Guru has washed away the filth of ego.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਮੇਰੀ ਪਰਮ ਗਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥੪॥੧॥
kaho naanak mayree param gat ho-ee. ||4||1||
Says Nanak, I have obtained the supreme status. ||4||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
This One never wears out and never fades away. It does not arrive and it does not leave — it simply is.
When the teacher's wisdom washes away the heavy dust of ego (haumai — the feeling that you are a separate self, cut off from everything), you settle into the deepest peace there is.
When ego's dust is washed away, the changeless One is all that is left.
oh abhinaasee — the imperishable; naa ko aavai naa ko jaahee — beyond coming and going. gur poorai ha-umai mal Dho-ee — the Perfect Guru washes the mal (dust/stain) of ego, and param gat (the supreme state) is simply what remains. Notice the direction: the peace is not built, it is uncovered.
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