Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji

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ਨਵਨ ਗਵਨ ਜਲ ਸੀਤਲ ਅਮਲ ਜੈਸੇ ਅਗਨਿ ਉਰਧ ਮੁਖ ਤਪਤ ਮਲੀਨ ਹੈ ।
navan gavan jal seetal amal jaise agan uradh mukh tapat maleen hai |

Just as water flowing downward remains cool and clear of contamination but fire that goes upward causes heat and pollution;

ਸਫਲ ਹੁਇ ਆਂਬ ਝੁਕੇ ਰਹਤ ਹੈ ਚਿਰੰਕਾਲ ਨਿਵੈ ਨ ਅਰਿੰਡੁ ਤਾਂ ਤੇ ਆਰਬਲਾ ਛੀਨ ਹੈ ।
safal hue aanb jhuke rahat hai chirankaal nivai na arindd taan te aarabalaa chheen hai |

Just as a mango tree bends down when it yields fruit, and lives a long life, but a castor oil seed plant does not bend. It would break if we bend it, it breaks. Thus it has a short span of life.

ਚੰਦਨ ਸੁਬਾਸ ਜੈਸੇ ਬਾਸੀਐ ਬਨਾਸਪਤੀ ਬਾਸੁ ਤਉ ਬਡਾਈ ਬੂਡਿਓ ਸੰਗ ਲਿਵਲੀਨ ਹੈ ।
chandan subaas jaise baaseeai banaasapatee baas tau baddaaee booddio sang livaleen hai |

Just as the sweet smell of a small sized sandalwood tree gets infused in the vegetation around it, but a tall and high bamboo plant arrogant of its size absorbs no fragrance of the sandalwood tree.

ਤੈਸੇ ਹੀ ਅਸਾਧ ਸਾਧ ਅਹੰਬੁਧਿ ਨਿੰਮ੍ਰਤਾ ਕੈ ਸਨ ਅਉ ਮਜੀਠ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਪ ਪੁੰਨ ਕੀਨ ਹੈ ।੩੦੬।
taise hee asaadh saadh ahanbudh ninmrataa kai san aau majeetth gat paap pun keen hai |306|

Similarly evil and apostate people bound by their pride and ego commit sins. On the contrary those good people who live in the way of the Guru and are humble, do good work like Rubia munjista (Majith). (The fibre for making a rope grows high up and is use