ਮਾਇਆ ਰੰਗ ਬਿਰੰਗ ਕਰਤ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਮੋਹ ਕੈ ਕੂਪਿ ਗੁਬਾਰਿ ਪਰਿਓ ਹੈ ॥

maaeaa rang birang karat bhram moh kai koop gubaar pario hai |

The pleasures of Maya shall fade away. In doubt, the mortal falls into the deep dark pit of emotional attachment.

ਏਤਾ ਗਬੁ ਅਕਾਸਿ ਨ ਮਾਵਤ ਬਿਸਟਾ ਅਸ੍ਤ ਕ੍ਰਿਮਿ ਉਦਰੁ ਭਰਿਓ ਹੈ ॥

etaa gab akaas na maavat bisattaa ast krim udar bhario hai |

He is so proud, even the sky cannot contain him. His belly is filled with manure, bones and worms.

ਦਹ ਦਿਸ ਧਾਇ ਮਹਾ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਕਉ ਪਰ ਧਨ ਛੀਨਿ ਅਗਿਆਨ ਹਰਿਓ ਹੈ ॥

deh dis dhaae mahaa bikhiaa kau par dhan chheen agiaan hario hai |

He runs around in the ten directions, for the sake of the great poison of corruption. He steals the wealth of others, and in the end, he is destroyed by his own ignorance.

ਜੋਬਨ ਬੀਤਿ ਜਰਾ ਰੋਗਿ ਗ੍ਰਸਿਓ ਜਮਦੂਤਨ ਡੰਨੁ ਮਿਰਤੁ ਮਰਿਓ ਹੈ ॥

joban beet jaraa rog grasio jamadootan ddan mirat mario hai |

His youth passes away, the illnesses of old age seize him, and the Messenger of Death punishes him; such is the death he dies.

ਅਨਿਕ ਜੋਨਿ ਸੰਕਟ ਨਰਕ ਭੁੰਚਤ ਸਾਸਨ ਦੂਖ ਗਰਤਿ ਗਰਿਓ ਹੈ ॥

anik jon sankatt narak bhunchat saasan dookh garat gario hai |

He suffers the agony of hell in countless incarnations; he rots away in the pit of pain and condemnation.

ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਉਧਰਹਿ ਸੇ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਸੰਤੁ ਆਪਿ ਕਰਿਓ ਹੈ ॥੮॥

prem bhagat udhareh se naanak kar kirapaa sant aap kario hai |8|

O Nanak, those whom the Saint mercifully takes as his own, are carried across by their loving devotional worship. ||8||