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ikonkaar satigur prasaadi ||

One Oankar, the primal energy, realized through the grace of divine preceptor

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ikonkaar satigur prasaadi ||

One Oankar, the primal energy, realized through the grace of divine preceptor

siqgur nwnk dyau Awpu aupwieAw ]

satigur naanak dayu aapu oupaaiaa.

God himself created the true Guru Nanak.

gur AMgdu gurisKu bbwxy AwieAw ]

gur angadu gurasikhu babaanay aaiaa.

Becoming Sikh of the Guru, Guru Angad joined this family.

gurisKu hY gur Amru siqgur BwieAw ]

gurasikhu hai gur amaru satigur bhaaiaa.

Liked by the true Guru, Guru Amar Das became Sikh of the Guru.

rwmdwsu gurisKu gur sdvwieAw ]

raamadaasu gurasikhu guru sadavaaiaa.

Then Ram Das, the Sikh of the Guru came to be known as the Guru.

guru Arjnu gurisKu prgtI AwieAw ]

guru arajanu gurasikhu paragatee aaiaa.

Thereafter came Guru Arjan as the disciple of the Guru (and got established as the Guru).

gurisKu hirgoivMdu n lukY lukwieAw ]1]

gurasikhu harigovindu n loukai loukaaiaa ||1||

Hargobind, the Sikh of the Guru cannot remain concealed even if somebody wishes to (and this further means that all the Gurus had the same light).