18: prmySur dw lKwauxw

The true Guru has shown the imperceptible

pwrbRhmu pUrn bRhmu inrMkwir Awkwru bxwieAw ]

paarabrahamu pooran brahamu nirankaari aakaaru banaaiaa.

The transecental Brahm is the perfect Brahm and that very formless (Lord) has created all the forms of universe.

Aibgiq giq AwgwiD boD gur mUriq huie AlKu lKwieAw ]

abigati gati aagaadhi bodh gur moorit hoi alakhu lakhaaiaa.

He is ummanifest, unfathomable and imperceptible for intellect, but Guru, the icon of beauty, has made me behold the Lord.

swDsMgiq scKMf ivic Bgiq vCl hoie ACl ClwieAw ]

saadhasangati sachakhand vichi bhagati vachhal hoi achhal chhalaaiaa.

In holy congregation, the abode of the truth, He emerges as tender towards devotees and deludes even those who never get deluded.

cwir vrin iek vrn huie Awid purK Awdysu krwieAw ]

chaari varan ik varan hui aadi purakh aadaysu karaaiaa.

The Guru alone unites all the four varnas to make them one and further makes them bow before the Lord.

iDAwn mUl drsnu gurU iCA drsn drsn ivic AwieAw ]

dhiaan moolu darasanu guroo chhia darasan darasan vichi aaiaa.

At the base of all ascetic disciplines is the philosophy of the Guru in which all the six philosophies (of Indian tradition) get subsumed.

Awpy Awip n Awpu jxwieAw ]18]

aapay aapi n aapu janaaiaa ||18||

He himself is everything but never makes Himself noticed by anyone.