mÚ 3 ]

aucwrx mh`lw qIjw

ma 3 ||

Third Mehl:

mnu kuMcru pIlku gurU igAwnu kuµfw jh iKMcy qh jwie ]

man kunchar peelak guroo giaan kunddaa jeh khinchae theh jaae ||

The mind is the elephant, the Guru is the elephant-driver, and knowledge is the whip. Wherever the Guru drives the mind, it goes.

nwnk hsqI kuµfy bwhrw iPir iPir auJiV pwie ]2]

naanak hasathee kunddae baaharaa fir fir oujharr paae ||2||

O Nanak, without the whip, the elephant wanders into the wilderness, again and again. ||2||