Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without serving the True Guru, there is no yoga.
Without meeting the True Guru, no one is freed.
Without meeting the True Guru, the Naam cannot be found.
Without meeting the True Guru, you suffer great pain.
Without meeting the True Guru, there is only the thick darkness of pride.
Nanak says: without the Guru, you die having lost the chance this life gave you.
Without the True Guru, the chance this life offers can slip away.
Six lines, each with bin satgur, without the True Guru. Garab gubaar is the fog of pride. Janam haar, losing this birth, is a sober warning: a human life is a rare chance, and it can be spent without ever finding the Naam.
Who has helped you not sleep through something important?
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