ਜਿਸੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਪਾਰਿ ਉਤਾਰੈ ॥

jis gur milai tis paar utaarai |

One who meets the Guru is carried across.

ਅਵਗਣ ਮੇਟੈ ਗੁਣਿ ਨਿਸਤਾਰੈ ॥

avagan mettai gun nisataarai |

His sins are erased, and he is emancipated through virtue.

ਮੁਕਤਿ ਮਹਾ ਸੁਖ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥

mukat mahaa sukh gurasabad beechaar |

The supreme peace of liberation is attained, contemplating the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਹਾਰਿ ॥

guramukh kade na aavai haar |

The Gurmukh is never defeated.

ਤਨੁ ਹਟੜੀ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਵਣਜਾਰਾ ॥

tan hattarree ihu man vanajaaraa |

In the store of the body, this mind is the merchant;

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਹਜੇ ਸਚੁ ਵਾਪਾਰਾ ॥੩੯॥

naanak sahaje sach vaapaaraa |39|

O Nanak, it deals intuitively in Truth. ||39||

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬਾਂਧਿਓ ਸੇਤੁ ਬਿਧਾਤੈ ॥

guramukh baandhio set bidhaatai |

The Gurmukh is the bridge, built by the Architect of Destiny.

ਲੰਕਾ ਲੂਟੀ ਦੈਤ ਸੰਤਾਪੈ ॥

lankaa loottee dait santaapai |

The demons of passion which plundered Sri Lanka - the body - have been conquered.

ਰਾਮਚੰਦਿ ਮਾਰਿਓ ਅਹਿ ਰਾਵਣੁ ॥

raamachand maario eh raavan |

Ram Chand - the mind - has slaughtered Raawan - pride;

ਭੇਦੁ ਬਭੀਖਣ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਰਚਾਇਣੁ ॥

bhed babheekhan guramukh parachaaein |

the Gurmukh understands the secret revealed by Babheekhan.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਾਇਰਿ ਪਾਹਣ ਤਾਰੇ ॥

guramukh saaeir paahan taare |

The Gurmukh carries even stones across the ocean.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੋਟਿ ਤੇਤੀਸ ਉਧਾਰੇ ॥੪੦॥

guramukh kott tetees udhaare |40|

The Gurmukh saves millions of people. ||40||