Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਚਤੁਰ ਪਹਰ ਦਿਨ ਜਗਤਿ ਚਤੁਰ ਜੁਗ ਨਿਸਿ ਮਹਾ ਪਰਲੈ ਸਮਾਨਿ ਦਿਨ ਪ੍ਰਤਿ ਹੈ ।
chatur pahar din jagat chatur jug nis mahaa paralai samaan din prat hai |In the four epoch world, consider the four quarters of day of life and the four quarters of night as great calamity, a game that is being played regularly.
ਉਤਮ ਮਧਿਮ ਨੀਚ ਤ੍ਰਿਗੁਣ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਗਤਿ ਲੋਗ ਬੇਦ ਗਿਆਨ ਉਨਮਾਨ ਆਸਕਤਿ ਹੈ ।
autam madhim neech trigun sansaar gat log bed giaan unamaan aasakat hai |Like the dice of Chaoparh-a black-gammon like game, the progress of the worldly game is sometimes supreme, modest or low. People living in the three traits of maya are entangled in debating about the worldly and spiritual knowledge.
ਰਜਿ ਤਮਿ ਸਤਿ ਗੁਨ ਅਉਗਨ ਸਿਮ੍ਰਤ ਚਿਤ ਤ੍ਰਿਗੁਨ ਅਤੀਤ ਬਿਰਲੋਈ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਹੈ ।
raj tam sat gun aaugan simrat chit trigun ateet biraloee guramat hai |A rare Guru-oriented, Guru follower holds these three traits of maya (Rajas, Tamas and Satv) as evil and strives to get rid of them.
ਚਤੁਰ ਬਰਨ ਸਾਰ ਚਉਪਰ ਕੋ ਖੇਲ ਜਗ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਜੁਗਲ ਹੋਇ ਜੀਵਨ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਹੈ ।੧੫੭।
chatur baran saar chaupar ko khel jag saadhasang jugal hoe jeevan mukat hai |157|The world is a game of four coloured dice. As in the game of Chaoparh where two dice are used and often fall favourably, one can achieve salvation from repeated births by keeping and adopting the company of godly men. (157)