Could
Nanak ji not have procliamed:
'I am the way and the truth and the light, and nobody comes to the father, but through me.'
Without fear of contradiction? I belive that he could have, don't you?
On the contrary, you will NOT find such egotistical statements made by the Guru.
For example, this is what you'll get to read and hear:-
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
मः १ ॥
Mėhlā 1.
First Mehl:
ਚਿਲਿਮਿਲਿ ਬਿਸੀਆਰ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਫਾਨੀ ॥
चिलिमिलि बिसीआर दुनीआ फानी ॥
Cẖilimil bisī▫ār ḏunī▫ā fānī.
The extravagant glamour of the world is a passing show.
ਕਾਲੂਬਿ ਅਕਲ ਮਨ ਗੋਰ ਨ ਮਾਨੀ ॥
कालूबि अकल मन गोर न मानी ॥
Kālūb akal man gor na mānī.
My twisted mind does not believe that it will end up in a grave.
ਮਨ ਕਮੀਨ ਕਮਤਰੀਨ ਤੂ ਦਰੀਆਉ ਖੁਦਾਇਆ ॥
मन कमीन कमतरीन तू दरीआउ खुदाइआ ॥
Man kamīn kamaṯrīn ṯū ḏarī▫ā▫o kẖuḏā▫i▫ā.
I am meek and lowly; You are the great river.
ਏਕੁ ਚੀਜੁ ਮੁਝੈ ਦੇਹਿ ਅਵਰ ਜਹਰ ਚੀਜ ਨ ਭਾਇਆ ॥
एकु चीजु मुझै देहि अवर जहर चीज न भाइआ ॥
Ėk cẖīj mujẖai ḏėh avar jahar cẖīj na bẖā▫i▫ā.
Please, bless me with the one thing; everything else is poison, and does not tempt me.
ਪੁਰਾਬ ਖਾਮ ਕੂਜੈ ਹਿਕਮਤਿ ਖੁਦਾਇਆ ॥
पुराब खाम कूजै हिकमति खुदाइआ ॥
Purāb kẖām kūjai hikmaṯ kẖuḏā▫i▫ā.
You filled this fragile body with the water of life, O Lord, by Your Creative Power.
ਮਨ ਤੁਆਨਾ ਤੂ ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਆਇਆ ॥
मन तुआना तू कुदरती आइआ ॥
Man ṯu▫ānā ṯū kuḏraṯī ā▫i▫ā.
By Your Omnipotence, I have become powerful.
ਸਗ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੀਬਾਨ ਮਸਤਾਨਾ ਨਿਤ ਚੜੈ ਸਵਾਇਆ ॥
सग नानक दीबान मसताना नित चड़ै सवाइआ ॥
Sag Nānak ḏībān masṯānā niṯ cẖaṛai savā▫i▫ā.
Nanak is a dog in the Court of the Lord, intoxicated more and more, all the time.
ਆਤਸ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਖੁਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਖੁਦਾਇਆ ॥੨॥
आतस दुनीआ खुनक नामु खुदाइआ ॥२॥
Āṯas ḏunī▫ā kẖunak nām kẖuḏā▫i▫ā. ||2||
The world is on fire; the Name of the Lord is cooling and soothing. ||2||
