ਪਉੜੀ ੧੯
paurree 19
ਪੀਰ ਮੁਰੀਦੀ ਗਾਖੜੀ ਪੀਰਾਂ ਪੀਰੁ ਗੁਰਾਂ ਗੁਰੁ ਜਾਣੈ ।
peer mureedee gaakharree peeraan peer guraan gur jaanai |
Discipleship of the Guru is a difficult task; any pir or Guru of the Gurus knows it.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਦਾ ਉਪਦੇਸੁ ਲੈ ਵੀਹ ਇਕੀਹ ਉਲੰਘਿ ਸਿਞਾਣੈ ।
satigur daa upades lai veeh ikeeh ulangh siyaanai |
Accepting the teachings of the true Guru and going beyond the wordly illusions He identifies that Lord.
ਮੁਰਦਾ ਹੋਇ ਮੁਰੀਦ ਸੋ ਗੁਰੁ ਸਿਖ ਜਾਇ ਸਮਾਇ ਬਬਾਣੈ ।
muradaa hoe mureed so gur sikh jaae samaae babaanai |
Only that Sikh of the Guru absorbs his self into Baba (Nanak) who has become dead to his carnal desires.
ਪੈਰੀਂ ਪੈ ਪਾ ਖਾਕ ਹੋਇ ਤਿਸੁ ਪਾ ਖਾਕ ਪਾਕੁ ਪਤੀਆਣੈ ।
paireen pai paa khaak hoe tis paa khaak paak pateeaanai |
Falling at the Guru's feet he becomes the dust of his feet; people consider such dust of the feet of a humble Sikh as sacred.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪੰਥੁ ਅਗੰਮੁ ਹੈ ਮਰਿ ਮਰਿ ਜੀਵੈ ਜਾਇ ਪਛਾਣੈ ।
guramukh panth agam hai mar mar jeevai jaae pachhaanai |
Unapproachable is the way of gurmukhs; while being dead they remain alive (i.e. they make only their desires dead), and ultimately they identify the Lord.
ਗੁਰੁ ਉਪਦੇਸੁ ਅਵੇਸੁ ਕਰਿ ਕੀੜੀ ਭ੍ਰਿੰਗੀ ਵਾਂਗ ਵਿਡਾਣੈ ।
gur upades aves kar keerree bhringee vaang viddaanai |
Inspired by the teachings of the Guru and adopting the conduct of bhritigi insect (which transforms small ant into bhringt), he (the disciple) attains the grandeur and greatness of the Guru.
ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਕਉਣ ਆਖਿ ਵਖਾਣੈ ।੧੯।
akath kathaa kaun aakh vakhaanai |19|
Who, in fact, can describe this ineffable story?