nw kwsI miq aUpjY nw kwsI miq jwie ]
naa kaasee mat oopjai naa kaasee mat jaa-ay.
Wisdom is not produced in Benares, nor is wisdom lost in Benares.

siqgur imilAY miq aUpjY qw ieh soJI pwie ]1]
satgur mili-ai mat oopjai taa ih sojhee paa-ay. ||1||
Meeting the True Guru, wisdom is produced, and then, one obtains this understanding. ||1||

hir kQw qUM suix ry mn sbdu mMin vswie ]
har kathaa too^N sun ray man sabad man vasaa-ay.
Listen to the sermon of the Lord, O mind, and enshrine the Shabad of His Word within your mind.

ieh miq qyrI iQru rhY qW Brmu ivchu jwie ]1] rhwau ]
ih mat tayree thir rahai taa^N bharam vichahu jaa-ay. ||1|| rahaa-o.
If your intellect remains stable and steady, then doubt shall depart from within you. ||1||Pause||

hir crx irdY vswie qU iklivK hovih nwsu ]
har charan ridai vasaa-ay too kilvikh hoveh naas.
Enshrine the Lord's lotus feet within your heart, and your sins shall be erased.

pMc BU Awqmw vis krih qw qIrQ krih invwsu ]2]
panch bhoo aatmaa vas karahi taa tirath karahi nivaas. ||2||
If your soul overcomes the five elements, then you shall come to have a home at the true place of pilgrimage. ||2||

mnmuiK iehu mnu mugDu hY soJI ikCU n pwie ]
manmukh ih man mugaDh hai sojhee kichhoo na paa-ay.
This mind of the self-centered manmukh is so stupid; it does not obtain any understanding at all.

hir kw nwmu n buJeI AMiq gieAw pCuqwie ]3]
har kaa naam na bujh-ee ant ga-i-aa pachhutaa-ay. ||3||
It does not understand the Name of the Lord; it departs repenting in the end. ||3||

iehu mnu kwsI siB qIrQ isimRiq siqgur dIAw buJwie ]
ih man kaasee sabh tirath simrit satgur dee-aa bujhaa-ay.
In this mind are found Benares, all sacred shrines of pilgrimage and the Shaastras; the True Guru has explained this.

ATsiT qIrQ iqsu sMig rhih ijn hir ihrdY rihAw smwie ]4]
athsath tirath tis sang raheh jin har hirdai rahi-aa samaa-ay. ||4||
The sixty-eight places of pilgrimage remain with one, whose heart is filled with the Lord. ||4||

nwnk siqgur imilAY hukmu buiJAw eyku visAw min Awie ]
naanak satgur mili-ai hukam bujhi-aa ayk vasi-aa man aa-ay.
O Nanak, upon meeting the True Guru, the Order of the Lord's Will is understood, and the One Lord comes to dwell in the mind.

jo quDu BwvY sBu scu hY scy rhY smwie ]5]6]8]
jo tuDh bhaavai sabh sach hai sachay rahai samaa-ay. ||5||6||8||
Those who are pleasing to You, O True Lord, are true. They remain absorbed in You. ||5||6||8||