Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਦਾਦਰ ਸਰੋਜ ਬਾਸ ਬਾਵਨ ਮਰਾਲ ਬਗ ਪਾਰਸ ਬਖਾਨ ਬਿਖੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸੰਜੋਗ ਹੈ ।
daadar saroj baas baavan maraal bag paaras bakhaan bikh amrit sanjog hai |A frog and lotus flower, a bamboo and sandalwood tree, a crane and a swan, an ordinary stone and a philosopher-stone, nectar and poison may come together, yet do not adopt each other's characteristics.
ਮ੍ਰਿਗ ਮ੍ਰਿਗਮਦ ਅਹਿ ਮਨਿ ਮਧੁ ਮਾਖੀ ਸਾਖੀ ਬਾਝ ਬਧੂ ਨਾਹ ਨੇਹ ਨਿਹਫਲ ਭੋਗ ਹੈ ।
mrig mrigamad eh man madh maakhee saakhee baajh badhoo naah neh nihafal bhog hai |Deer has musk in its naval, a cobra has a pearl in its hood, a bee lives with honey, a sterile woman gets to meet with her husband with love but all in vain.
ਦਿਨਕਰ ਜੋਤਿ ਉਲੂ ਬਰਖੈ ਸਮੈ ਜਵਾਸੋ ਅਸਨ ਬਸਨ ਜੈਸੇ ਬ੍ਰਿਥਾਵੰਤ ਰੋਗ ਹੈ ।
dinakar jot uloo barakhai samai javaaso asan basan jaise brithaavant rog hai |Just as Sun's light for an owl, rain for a wild herb (javran-alhogi maunosum) and clothes and food for a patient are like disease.
ਤੈਸੇ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਬੀਜ ਜਮਤ ਨ ਕਾਲਰ ਮੈ ਅੰਕੁਰ ਉਦੋਤ ਹੋਤ ਨਾਹਿਨ ਬਿਓਗ ਹੈ ।੨੯੯।
taise guramat beej jamat na kaalar mai ankur udot hot naahin biog hai |299|Similarly sullied and vice-ridden hearts cannot be fertile to the seeds of Guru's sermons and teachings. It just does not sprout. Such a person remains separated from his God. (299)