Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਮਨ ਮ੍ਰਿਗ ਮ੍ਰਿਗਮਦ ਅਛਤ ਅੰਤਰਗਤਿ ਭੂਲਿਓ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਖੋਜਤ ਫਿਰਤ ਬਨ ਮਾਹੀ ਜੀ ।
man mrig mrigamad achhat antaragat bhoolio bhram khojat firat ban maahee jee |Human mind is like a fast running deer who has Naam-like musk within him. But under various doubts and misgivings, he keeps searching it in forest.
ਦਾਦਰ ਸਰੋਜ ਗਤਿ ਏਕੈ ਸਰਵਰ ਬਿਖੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਦਿਸੰਤਰ ਹੁਇ ਸਮਝੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਜੀ ।
daadar saroj gat ekai saravar bikhai antar disantar hue samajhai naahee jee |Frog and lotus flower live in the same pond but despite that the frog-like mind does not know lotus as if he is residing in a foreign land. The frog eats moss and not lotus flower. Such is the state of mind who is not aware of the Naam Amrit co-existing w
ਜੈਸੇ ਬਿਖਿਆਧਰ ਤਜੈ ਨ ਬਿਖਿ ਬਿਖਮ ਕਉ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਬਾਵਨ ਬਿਰਖ ਲਪਟਾਹੀ ਜੀ ।
jaise bikhiaadhar tajai na bikh bikham kau ahinis baavan birakh lapattaahee jee |As a snake never sheds his venom although he keeps coiled around a sandalwood tree so is the state of that person who does not shed his vices even in the holy congregation.
ਜੈਸੇ ਨਰਪਤਿ ਸੁਪਨੰਤਰ ਭੇਖਾਰੀ ਹੋਇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਗਤ ਮੈ ਭਰਮ ਮਿਟਾਹੀ ਜੀ ।੨੨੩।
jaise narapat supanantar bhekhaaree hoe guramukh jagat mai bharam mittaahee jee |223|The state of our wandering mind is like a king who becomes a beggar in his dream. But the mind of a Sikh of the Guru dispels all his doubts and misgivings with the power of Naam Simran and recognising his self, lives a purposeful, contented and a happy li