Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਹਉਮੈ ਅਭਿਮਾਨ ਕੈ ਅਗਿਆਨਤਾ ਅਵਗਿਆ ਗੁਰ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਗੁਰ ਦਾਸਨ ਕੈ ਨਾਮ ਗੁਰਦਾਸ ਹੈ ।
haumai abhimaan kai agiaanataa avagiaa gur nindaa gur daasan kai naam guradaas hai |Under the influence of self-pride, ego and ignorance, I show scant respect to the Guru and indulge in slander of his servants. Yet I have named myself the slave of Guru.
ਮਹੁਰਾ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਮੀਠਾ ਗਈ ਸੋ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਆਈ ਰੂਠੀ ਕਉ ਕਹਤ ਤੁਠੀ ਹੋਤ ਉਪਹਾਸ ਹੈ ।
mahuraa kahaavai meetthaa gee so kahaavai aaee rootthee kau kahat tutthee hot upahaas hai |This is like poisonous root or tuber of Aconytum Ferox (Mitha Mauhra) that is called sweet or an infected eye that is called 'akh ai hai' and one who suffers from smallpox is said to have been visited and blessed by mother (Mata). This is a big joke.
ਬਾਂਝ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਸਪੂਤੀ ਦੁਹਾਗਨਿ ਸੁਹਾਗਨਿ ਕੁਰੀਤਿ ਸੁਰੀਤਿ ਕਾਟਿਓ ਨਕਟਾ ਕੋ ਨਾਸ ਹੈ ।
baanjh kahaavai sapootee duhaagan suhaagan kureet sureet kaattio nakattaa ko naas hai |Just out of fun a barren woman is called Saputi (one blessed with sons), an abandoned woman is called happily married, it is no different than calling an evil rite as auspicious or one with chopped nose as beautiful.
ਬਾਵਰੋ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਭੋਰੋ ਆਂਧਰੈ ਕਹੈ ਸੁਜਾਖੋ ਚੰਦਨ ਸਮੀਪ ਜੈਸੇ ਬਾਸੁ ਨ ਸੁਬਾਸ ਹੈ ।੧੯੧।
baavaro kahaavai bhoro aandharai kahai sujaakho chandan sameep jaise baas na subaas hai |191|Just as a crazy person is addressed as simpleton, or a blind person who can see are all a crazy and wrong expressions, Similarly a bamboo tree even if it thrives in the close proximity of a Sandalwood tree cannot acquire its fragrance, so would a person l