ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

One Oankar, the primal energy realized through the grace of divine preceptor

ਪਉੜੀ ੧

paurree 1

ਪੀਰ ਮੁਰੀਦੀ ਗਾਖੜੀ ਕੋ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਜਾਣੈ ।

peer mureedee gaakharree ko viralaa jaanai |

Discipleship of the Guru is such a difficult task that only a rare one can understand it.

ਪੀਰਾ ਪੀਰੁ ਵਖਾਣੀਐ ਗੁਰੁ ਗੁਰਾਂ ਵਖਾਣੈ ।

peeraa peer vakhaaneeai gur guraan vakhaanai |

He, who knows it, becomes guide of spiritual guides and chief Guru of Gurus.

ਗੁਰੁ ਚੇਲਾ ਚੇਲਾ ਗੁਰੂ ਕਰਿ ਚੋਜ ਵਿਡਾਣੈ ।

gur chelaa chelaa guroo kar choj viddaanai |

In this stage the wonderful feat of becoming Guru by the disciple and vice-versa is enacted.

ਸੋ ਗੁਰੁ ਸੋਈ ਸਿਖੁ ਹੈ ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਮਾਣੈ ।

so gur soee sikh hai jotee jot samaanai |

Externally the Sikh and Guru remain as they were, but internally, the light of the one permeates the other.

ਇਕੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਇਕੁ ਸਿਖੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਿਞਾਣੈ ।

eik gur ik sikh hai gur sabad siyaanai |

Becoming the Sikh of the One Guru, the disciple understands the word of the Guru.

ਮਿਹਰ ਮੁਹਬਤਿ ਮੇਲੁ ਕਰਿ ਭਉ ਭਾਉ ਸੁ ਭਾਣੈ ।੧।

mihar muhabat mel kar bhau bhaau su bhaanai |1|

Grace of the Guru and love of the disciple meeting together in the divine order join each other in the form of the love of the Guru and fear in the mind of the disciple to create a balanced and handsome personality.