Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji

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ਜਉ ਪੈ ਦੇਖਿ ਦੀਪਕ ਪਤੰਗ ਪਛਮ ਨੋ ਤਾਕੈ ਜੀਵਨ ਜਨਮੁ ਕੁਲ ਲਾਛਨ ਲਗਾਵਈ ।
jau pai dekh deepak patang pachham no taakai jeevan janam kul laachhan lagaavee |

If a moth sees a lit lamp and turns his face away from it, he defiles his life, birth and family.

ਜਉ ਪੈ ਨਾਦ ਬਾਦ ਸੁਨਿ ਮ੍ਰਿਗ ਆਨ ਗਿਆਨ ਰਾਚੈ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਸੁਖ ਹੁਇ ਸਬਦ ਬੇਧੀ ਨ ਕਹਾਵਈ ।
jau pai naad baad sun mrig aan giaan raachai praan sukh hue sabad bedhee na kahaavee |

Hearing the voice of musical instruments, if a deer ignores it and engrosses himself in some other thought, he may save his life but he can no more be known to belong to the family who love the music of Ghanda Herha, (an instrument to the sound of which d

ਜਉ ਪੈ ਜਲ ਸੈ ਨਿਕਸ ਮੀਨ ਸਰਜੀਵ ਰਹੈ ਸਹੈ ਦੁਖ ਦੂਖਨਿ ਬਿਰਹੁ ਬਿਲਖਾਵਈ ।
jau pai jal sai nikas meen sarajeev rahai sahai dukh dookhan birahu bilakhaavee |

If a fish stays alive after coming out of water, she will have to bear the ignominy of stigmatising its clan, whimper and suffer pangs for having separated from its beloved water.

ਸੇਵਾ ਗੁਰ ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਤਜੈ ਭਜੈ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਕਉ ਸੰਗਤ ਮੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖ ਪਦਵੀ ਨ ਪਾਵਈ ।੪੧੨।
sevaa gur giaan dhiaan tajai bhajai dubidhaa kau sangat mai guramukh padavee na paavee |412|

Similarly, if a devoted Sikh renounces True Guru's service, His teachings and contemplation of His name, is engrossed in worldly quandary, he then cannot attain the status of an obedient disciple of the True Guru in the holy congregation of Guru. (412)