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13: auho hI

Without true Guru hard times are there

suK swgru guru Cif kY Bvjl AMdir BMBlBUsy ]

soukhu saagaru guroo chhadi kai bhavajal andari bhanbhalabhoosay.

Leaving the Guru, the Pleasure Ocean, one tosses up and down in the world-ocean of delusions and deceptions.

lhrI nwil pCwVIAin haumY AgnI AMdr lUsy ]

laharee naali pachhaarheeani haoumai aganee andari loosay.

The stroke of the waves of the world-ocean tosses and the fire of ego continuously burns the inner self.

jm dir bDy mwrIAin jmdUqw dy Dky DUsy ]

jam dari badhay maareeani jamadootaan day dhakay dhoosay.

Tied and beaten at the door of death, one receives the kicks of the messengers of death.

goieil vwsw cwir idn nwau Drwiein eIsy mUsy ]

goili vaasaa chaari din naau dharaaini eesay moosay.

May be some one has named himself after Christ or Moses, but in this world all are to stay for a few days.

Git n koie AKwiedw Awpo DwpI hYrq hUsy ]

ghati n koi akhaaidaa aapo paapee hairat hoosay.

Here none deems himself lesser one and all are engrossed in the rat race for selfish ends to find themselves shocked ultimately.

swier dy mrjIvVy krin mjUrI Kycl KUsy ]

saair day marajeevarhay karani majooree khaychal khoosay.

Those who are divers of the pleasure-ocean existing in the form of Guru, only they remain happy in the labour (of spiritual discipline).

guru pUry ivxu fWg fMgUsy ]13]

guroo pooray vinu daang dangoosay ||13||

Without the true Guru, all are always at loggerheads.