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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

eykMkwru iekWg iliK aUVw EAMkwru ilKwieAw ]

aykankaaru ikaang likhi oorhaa aoankaaru likhaaiaa.

That homogenous supreme reality (God) ) first was written as numeral one mulmantr – the credal formula) and then He was inscribed as Ura syllable of Gurmukhi, further pronounced as Oankar.

siqnwm krqw purKu inrBau huie inrvYru sdwieAw ]

satinaamu karataa purakhu nirabhau hoi niravairu sadaaiaa.

Then He was called satinamu, the truth by name. Kartapurakh, the creator Lord, nirbhau, the fearless one, and Nirvair, withou rancour.

Akwl mUriq prqiK hoie nwau AjUnI sYBM BwieAw ]

akaal moorati paratakhi hoi naau ajoonee saibhan bhaaiaa.

Then emerging as the timeless akal murati to caIled as unborn and self-existent.

gurprswid su Awid scu jugh jugMqru hoNdw AwieAw ]

guraparasaadi su aadi sachu jougah jougantari hondaa aaiaa.

Realized through the grace of Guru, the divine preceptor, the current of this primeval truth (God) has continuously moving since before the beginning and throughout the Ages.

hYBI hosI scu nwau scu drsx siqgurU idKwieAw ]

haibhee hosee sachu naau sachu darasanu satiguroo dikhaaiaa.

He is verily the truth and will continue to be the truth for ever.

sbdu suriq ilvlIxu huie guru cylw prcw prcwieAw ]

sabadu surati livaleenu hoi guru chaylaa parachaa parachaaiaa.

The true Guru has made available (for me) the glimpse of this truth.

guru cylw rhrwis kir vIh iekIh cVHwau cVHwieAw ]

guru chaylaa raharaasi kari veeh ikeeh charhhaau charhhaaiaa.

One who merging his iousness in the Word establishes a relationship of Guru and disciple, that disciple devoting himself to the Guru and progressing from worldliness attunes his consciousness in and with the Lord.

gurmuiK suK Plu AlK lKwieAw ]1]

guramoukhi soukh phalu alakhu lakhaaiaa ||1||

The gurmukhs had the glimpse of imperceptible Lord who is the fruit of delights