24: ingurw pRwxI burw

Man without Guru is the worst

mW gBx jIA jwxdI puqu spuqu hovY suKdweI ]

maan gabhani jeea jaanadee poutu sapoutu hovai soukhadaaee.

A pregnant mother feels that a comfort giving worthy son will be born by her.

kpuqhuN DI cMgyrVI pr Gir jwie vswie n AweI ]

koupoutahu dhee changayrarhee par ghar jaai vasaai n aaee.

Better is a daughter than an unworthy son, she atleast would set up another' s home and would not come back (to put her mother to trouble).

kuDIAhuN sp skwrQw jwau jxyNdI jix jix KweI ]

dheeahu sap sakaaradaa jaau janayndee jani jani khaaee.

Than wicked daughter, a female snake is better who eats its progeny at its birth (so that more snakes will not be there to put others to harm).

mW fwiex DMn DMn hY kptI puqY Kwie AGweI ]

maan daain dhannu dhannu hai kapatee poutai khaai aghaaee.

Than female snake a witch is better who feels satiated after eating her treacherous son.

bwmHx gweI Kwie sp PiV gurmMqR pvwie ipVweI ]

baamhan gaaee khaai sapu dharhi gur mantr pavaai pirhaaee.

Even a snake, the biter of brahmins and cows, listening to the mantra of the Guru would quietly sit in a basket.

ingury quil n horu ko isrjxhwrY isriT aupweI ]

niguray tuli n horu ko sirajanahaarai siratdi oupaaee.

But none is comparable(in wickedness) to a Guruless man in the whole universe created by the Creator.

mwqw ipqw n guru srxweI ]24]

maataa pitaa n guru saranaaee ||24||

He never comes to the shelter of his parents or of the Guru.