Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਸਲਿਲ ਸੁਭਾਵ ਜੈਸੇ ਨਿਵਨ ਗਵਨ ਗੁਨ ਸੀਚੀਅਤ ਉਪਬਨ ਬਿਰਵਾ ਲਗਾਇ ਕੈ ।
salil subhaav jaise nivan gavan gun seecheeat upaban biravaa lagaae kai |Just as the nature of water is to flow downward, and that enables it to irrigate the plants and saplings planted in the garden,
ਜਲਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਬਿਰਖਹਿ ਕਰਤ ਉਰਧ ਤਪ ਸਾਖਾ ਨਏ ਸਫਲ ਹੁਇ ਝਖ ਰਹੈ ਆਇ ਕੈ ।
jal mil birakheh karat uradh tap saakhaa ne safal hue jhakh rahai aae kai |On meeting with water, even the tree goes through the rigours of penance by standing erect and with new branches sprouting and fruit appearing, it bows downward, (its union with water makes it humble).
ਪਾਹਨ ਹਨਤ ਫਲਦਾਈ ਕਾਟੇ ਹੋਇ ਨਉਕਾ ਲੋਸਟ ਕੈ ਛੇਦੈ ਭੇਦੇ ਬੰਧਨ ਬਧਾਇ ਕੈ ।
paahan hanat faladaaee kaatte hoe naukaa losatt kai chhedai bhede bandhan badhaae kai |Having acquired humility with its association with water, it yields fruit to even those who throw stones at it. When cut, a boat is made of its wood which takes people from one bank of the river to the other. The wood is first cut with steel and then nail
ਪ੍ਰਬਲ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਹ ਸੁਤ ਸਤ੍ਰ ਗਹਿ ਪਾਰਿ ਪਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਿਖ ਦੋਖੀ ਤਾਰੈ ਸਮਝਾਇ ਕੈ ।੪੨੬।
prabal pravaah sut satr geh paar pare satigur sikh dokhee taarai samajhaae kai |426|The rapid flow of water brings the wood, its reared son along with its enemy (iron) and takes it across to the other bank. Like the humble and philanthropic nature of water, the True Guru does not deliberate on the vices of the slanderers of the Guru's Si