Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji

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ਜੈਸੇ ਜਲ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜੁਗੰਤਰ ਬਸੈ ਪਾਖਾਨ ਭਿਦੈ ਨ ਰਿਦੈ ਕਠੋਰ ਬੂਡੈ ਬਜ੍ਰ ਭਾਰ ਕੈ ।
jaise jal antar jugantar basai paakhaan bhidai na ridai katthor booddai bajr bhaar kai |

Just as a stone stays in water for ages, yet it never softens since it is hard-hearted. Because of its density and solid mass, it sinks;

ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਮਜਨ ਕਰੈ ਤੋਬਰੀ ਤਉ ਮਿਟਤ ਨ ਕਰਵਾਈ ਭੋਏ ਵਾਰ ਪਾਰ ਕੈ ।
atthasatth teerath majan karai tobaree tau mittat na karavaaee bhoe vaar paar kai |

Just as colocynth (Tumma) does not lose its bitterness even it is washed both from inside and outside at sixty-eight places of pilgrimage

ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਅਹਿ ਲਪਟਾਨੋ ਰਹੈ ਚੰਦਨਹਿ ਤਜਤ ਨ ਬਿਖੁ ਤਊ ਹਉਮੈ ਅਹੰਕਾਰ ਕੈ ।
ahinis eh lapattaano rahai chandaneh tajat na bikh taoo haumai ahankaar kai |

Just as a snake keeps entangled with the trunk of a Sandalwood tree all his life but because of the pride of long age, it does not shed its venom;

ਕਪਟ ਸਨੇਹ ਦੇਹ ਨਿਹਫਲ ਜਗਤ ਮੈ ਸੰਤਨ ਕੋ ਹੈ ਦੋਖੀ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਬਿਕਾਰ ਕੈ ।੩੨੯।
kapatt saneh deh nihafal jagat mai santan ko hai dokhee dubidhaa bikaar kai |329|

Similarly, he who is debased and spurious at heart, has deceitful and suspicious love. His life in the world is useless and futile. He is a slanderer of saintly and Guru-oriented persons and is caught in the mesh of vices and sins account of his 'mine' an