Source of Life

Yogis Question

Kavan mul kavan mat vela

What is the source of life?
To what period belongeth thy system?
Who is thy guru of who thou art the disciple?
What gospel keepeth thee detached?
Tell us all this, my child.

Nanak Answers

Pavan armabh satgur mat vela

From the air orginated life;
My system belongs to the time of the true guru.

The true guru is the Word,
And the soul is its disciple.

What keepeth me in my detachment
Is meditating on the unutterable gospel;*

My master is the cherisher of the world
Age after age.

It is through the Word
That one realizes the gospel,
And the gurumukh quenches the fire of the ego.

Literal Translation

Pavan – air
Armabh – start
Satgur – who teaches the lessons ( system )
Mat vela – to become ( must ) lost in the joy

Note in this contenxt air is relating to vibrations.