ਹੰਸਹੁ ਹੰਸ ੋਿਗਆਨ ਕਰਿ ਦੁਧੈ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਕਢੈ ਪਾਣੀ॥

ਹੰਸਹੁ ਹੰਸ ੋਿਗਆਨ ਕਰਿ ਦੁਧੈ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਕਢੈ ਪਾਣੀ॥

haṃshu haṃs igaān kari dudhai vichhu kaḍhai pāṇī॥

हंसहु हंस ोिगआन करि दुधै विचहु कढै पाणी॥

The gurmukhs are those swans who on the basis of their knowledge sift water (falsehood) from milk (truth).

ਕਛਹੁ ਕਛੁ ਧਿਆਨਿ ਧਰਿ ਲਹਰਿ ਨ ਵਿਆਪੈ ਘੁੰਮਣਵਾਣੀ॥

kachhhu kachhu dhiāni dhari lahri na viāpai ghummaṇvāṇī॥

कछहु कछु धिआनि धरि लहरि न विआपै घुंमणवाणी॥

Among turtles, they are such ones who remain uninfluenced by waves and whirlpools.

ਕੂੰਜਹੁ ਕੂੰਜੁ ਵਖਾਣੀਐ ਸਿਮਰਣੁ ਕਰਿ ਉਡੈ ਅਸਮਾਣੀ॥

kūñjhu kūñju vakhāṇīai simraṇu kari uḍai asmāṇī॥

कूंजहु कूंजु वखाणीऐ सिमरणु करि उडै असमाणी॥

They are like siberian cranes who go on remembering the Lord while flying high.

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਚੈ ਗੁਰ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਗਿਆਨਿ ਧਿਆਨਿ ਸਿਮਰਣਿ ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ॥

gur parchai gur jāṇīai giāni dhiāni simraṇi gurbāṇī॥

गुर परचै गुर जाणीऐ गिआनि धिआनि सिमरणि गुरबाणी॥

Only by loving the Guru, the Sikh knows, understands and learns the knowledge, meditation and Gurbani, the holy hymns.

ਗੁਰ ਸਿਖ ਲੈ ਗੁਰਸਿਖ ਹੋਣਿ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਜਗ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਜਾਣੀ॥

gur sikh lai gursikh hōṇi sādhsaṅgti jag andri jāṇī॥

गुर सिख लै गुरसिख होणि साधसंगति जग अंदरि जाणी॥

Having adopted the teachings of the Guru, the Sikhs become gursikhs, the Sikhs of the Guru, and join the holy congregation wherever they find it.

ਪੈਰੀ ਪੈ ਪਾਖਾਕ ਹੋਇ ਗਰਬੁ ਨਿਵਾਰਿ ਗਰੀਬੀ ਆਣੀ॥

pairī pai pākhāk hōi garbu nivāri garībī āṇī॥

पैरी पै पाखाक होइ गरबु निवारि गरीबी आणी॥

The humility could be cultivated only by bowing at the feet, becoming the dust of feet of the Guru and by deleting ego from the self.

ਪੀ ਚਰਣੋਦਕੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਵਾਣੀ ॥੨੨॥

pī charṇōdku ammriti vāṇī ॥22॥

पी चरणोदकु अंम्रिति वाणी ॥२२॥

Only such persons take feet-wash of the Guru and their speech becomes nectar (for others).