10: gur is`K dI ivSyKqw

Especiality of the Sikh of Guru

cMdn vws vxwspiq bwvn cMdin cMdn hoeI ]

chandan vaasu vanaasapati baavan chandani chandanu hoee.

With the fragrance of sandalwood the whole vegetation becomes sandal.

Pl ivxu cMdnu bwvnw Awid Anwid ibAMqu sdoeI ]

phal vinu chandanu baavanaa aadi anaadi biantu sadoee.

Though itself the sandal is without fruit but it is always considered as costly.

cMdnu bwvn cMdnhuN cMdn vwsu n cMdnu koeI ]

chandanu baavan chandanahu chandan vaasu n chandanu koee.

But the plant, which becomes sandal through the fragrance of sandal, cannot make any other plant sandal.

AstuDwqu ieku Dwqu hoie pwrs prsy kMcn joeI ]

asatudhaatu iku dhaatu hoi paaras parasay kanchanu joee.

Eight metals touching the philosopher’s stone becomes gold but that gold cannot produce further gold.

kMcn hoie n kMcnhuN vrqmwn vrqY siB loeI ]

kanchan hoi n kanchanahu varatamaan varatai sabhi loee.

All this is performed in the present only (but the Sikh of Guru makes many like himself; they further become competent to transform others into a Sikh way of life).

ndIAW nwly gMg sMig swgr sMgim Kwrw soeI ]

nadeeaa naalay gang sangi saagar sangami khaaraa soee.

Rivers, streams and even the Ganges become brackish in the company of ocean.

bgulw hMsu n hoveI mwn srovr jwie KloeI ]

bagulaa hansu n hovaee maan sarovari jaai khaloee.

The crane never becomes swan even if it sits at Manasarovar.

vIhW dY vrqwrY EeI ]10]

veehaan dai varataarai aoee ||10||

It so happens because an ordinary person remains always involved in the counts of twenties and more i.e. money.