19: pIr murIdI
Master and discipleship
pIr murIdI gwKVI pIrW pIru gurW guru jwxY ]
peer mureedee gaakharhee peeraan peeru guraan guru jaanai.
Discipleship of the Guru is a difficult task; any pir or Guru of the Gurus knows it.
siqguru dw aupdysu lY vIh iekIh aulMiG is\wxY ]
satiguru daa oupadaysu lai veeh ikeeh ulaghi siaanai.
Accepting the teachings of the true Guru and going beyond the wordly illusions He identifies that Lord.
murdw hoie murId so guru isK jwie smwie bbwxY ]
muradaa hoi mureed so guru sikh jaai samaai babaanai.
Only that Sikh of the Guru absorbs his self into Baba (Nanak) who has become dead to his carnal desires.
pYrIN pY pwKwk hoie iqsu pwKwk pwku pqIAwxY ]
paireen pai paa khaak hoi tisu paa khaak paaku pateeaanai.
Falling at the Guru's feet he becomes the dust of his feet; people consider such dust of the feet of a humble Sikh as sacred.
gurmuiK pMQ AgMmu hY mir mir jIvY jwie pCwxY ]
guramoukhi pandu aganmu hai mari mari jeevai jaai pachhaanai.
Unapproachable is the way of gurmukhs; while being dead they remain alive (i.e. they make only their desires dead), and ultimately they identify the Lord.
guru aupdys Avysu kir kIVI iBRMgI vWg vKwxY ]
guru oupadaysu avaysu kari keerhee bhringee vaang vidaanai.
Inspired by the teachings of the Guru and adopting the conduct of bhritigi insect (which transforms small ant into bhringt), he (the disciple) attains the grandeur and greatness of the Guru.
AkQ kQw kaux AwiK vKwxY ]19]
akad kadaa kaoun aakhi vakhaanai ||19||
Who, in fact, can describe this ineffable story?