sloku mÚ 4 ]

aucwrx sloku mh`lw cauQw

salok ma 4 ||

Shalok, Fourth Mehl:

ibnu siqgur syvy jIA ky bµDnw jyqy krm kmwih ]

bin sathigur saevae jeea kae bandhhanaa jaethae karam kamaahi ||

Without serving the True Guru, the deeds which are done are only chains binding the soul.

ibnu siqgur syvy Tvr n pwvhI mir jµmih Awvih jwih ]

bin sathigur saevae thavar n paavehee mar janmehi aavehi jaahi ||

Without serving the True Guru, they find no place of rest. They die, only to be born again - they continue coming and going.

ibnu siqgur syvy iPkw bolxw nwmu n vsY min Awie ]

bin sathigur saevae fikaa bolanaa naam n vasai man aae ||

Without serving the True Guru, their speech is insipid. They do not enshrine the Naam, the Name of the Lord, in the mind.

nwnk ibnu siqgur syvy jmpuir bDy mwrIAih muih kwlY auiT jwih ]1]

aucwrx b`Dy

naanak bin sathigur saevae jam pur badhhae maareeahi muhi kaalai outh jaahi ||1||

O Nanak, without serving the True Guru, they are bound and gagged, and beaten in the City of Death; they depart with blackened faces. ||1||