ਪੂਰਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਆਪਿ ਨ ਅਲਖੁ ਲਖਾਵਈ ।

pooraa satigur aap na alakh lakhaavee |

Lord Himself is the true Guru who is imperceptible.

ਦੇਖੈ ਥਾਪਿ ਉਥਾਪਿ ਜਿਉ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵਈ ।

dekhai thaap uthaap jiau tis bhaavee |

Of His own will He Establishes or uproots.

ਲੇਪੁ ਨ ਪੁੰਨਿ ਨ ਪਾਪਿ ਉਪਾਇ ਸਮਾਵਈ ।

lep na pun na paap upaae samaavee |

The sin and virtue of creation and destruction do not touch Him at all.

ਲਾਗੂ ਵਰੁ ਨ ਸਰਾਪ ਨ ਆਪ ਜਣਾਵਈ ।

laagoo var na saraap na aap janaavee |

He never makes anybody notice Him and boons and curses do not stick to Him.

ਗਾਵੈ ਸਬਦੁ ਅਲਾਪਿ ਅਕਥੁ ਸੁਣਾਵਈ ।

gaavai sabad alaap akath sunaavee |

The true Guru recites the Word and unfolds the grandeur of that indescribable Lord.

ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਜਪੁ ਜਾਪਿ ਨ ਜਗਤੁ ਕਮਾਵਈ ।

akath kathaa jap jaap na jagat kamaavee |

Eulogosong the ineffable (Lord) he does not indulge in hypocrisy and guile.

ਪੂਰੈ ਗੁਰ ਪਰਤਾਪਿ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਵਈ ।

poorai gur parataap aap gavaavee |

The effulgence of the perfect Guru finishes off the ego of the seekers of knowledge.

ਲਾਹੇ ਤਿਨੇ ਤਾਪਿ ਸੰਤਾਪਿ ਘਟਾਵਈ ।

laahe tine taap santaap ghattaavee |

The Guru effacing the three suferings (god-sent, physical and spiritual) lessens the anxieties of the people.

ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਮਨ ਧ੍ਰਾਪਿ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਆਵਈ ।੭।

gurabaanee man dhraap nij ghar aavee |7|

Getting satiated by the teachings of such a Guru, the individual stays in his innate nature.