igrµq igir piqq pwqwlµ jlµq dydIp´ bYsÍWqrh ]

aucwrx dydIp´: dy-dIipA bolo; bYsÍWqrh: bY-suAWqrh bolo

giranth gir pathith paathaalan jalanth dhaedheepy baisvaanthareh ||

You may drop down from the mountains, and fall into the nether regions of the underworld, or be burnt in the blazing fire,

bhµiq Agwh qoXµ qrµgµ duKMq gRh icMqw jnmM q mrxh ]

aucwrx qoXµ: qoieAM

behanth agaah thoyan tharangan dhukhanth greh chinthaa janaman th maraneh ||

Or swept away by the unfathomable waves of water; but the worst pain of all is household anxiety, which is the source of the cycle of death and rebirth.

Aink swDnµ n isD´qy nwnk ] AsQµBµ AsQµBµ AsQµBµ sbd swD sÍjnh ]17]

aucwrx isD´qy: isiDAqy bolo; sÍjnh: su-Ajnh bolo

anik saadhhanan n sidhhyathae naanak || asathhanbhan asathhanbhan asathhanbhan sabadh saadhh svajaneh ||17||

No matter what you do, you cannot break its bonds, O Nanak. || Man's only Support, Anchor and Mainstay is the Word of the Shabad, and the Holy, Friendly Saints. ||17||