Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji

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ਹਸਤ ਹਸਤ ਪੂਛੈ ਹਸਿ ਹਸਿ ਕੈ ਹਸਾਇ ਰੋਵਤ ਰੋਵਤ ਪੂਛੈ ਰੋਇ ਅਉ ਰੁਵਾਇ ਕੈ ।
hasat hasat poochhai has has kai hasaae rovat rovat poochhai roe aau ruvaae kai |

A laughing person merrily asks a happy and laughing person various things that can make them laugh. Similarly a crying person asks another crying person matters that causes crying.

ਬੈਠੈ ਬੈਠੈ ਪੂਛੈ ਬੈਠਿ ਬੈਠਿ ਕੈ ਨਿਕਟਿ ਜਾਇ ਚਾਲਤ ਚਾਲਤ ਪੂਛੈ ਦਹਦਿਸ ਧਾਇ ਕੈ ।
baitthai baitthai poochhai baitth baitth kai nikatt jaae chaalat chaalat poochhai dahadis dhaae kai |

A settled person will share with another settled person means of settling down. A person treading a path will ask another on the right path, things that would lead one to the right path.

ਲੋਗ ਪੂਛੇ ਲੋਗਾਚਾਰ ਬੇਦ ਪੂਛੈ ਬੇਦ ਬਿਧਿ ਜੋਗੀ ਭੋਗੀ ਜੋਗ ਭੋਗ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਜੁਗਾਇ ਕੈ ।
log poochhe logaachaar bed poochhai bed bidh jogee bhogee jog bhog jugat jugaae kai |

A worldly person asks the other worldly persons various aspects of worldly affairs. One who studies Vedas would ask about Vedas from another who has the knowledge of Vedas.

ਜਨਮ ਮਰਨ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਕਾਹੂ ਨ ਮਿਟਾਏ ਸਾਕਿਓ ਨਿਹਿਚਲ ਭਏ ਗੁਰ ਚਰਨ ਸਮਾਇ ਕੈ ।੪੩੮।
janam maran bhram kaahoo na mittaae saakio nihichal bhe gur charan samaae kai |438|

All the above do satiate the addiction of a person, but no one has been able to end the birth-death cycle of anyone by such prattles. Those who unite their attention in the holy feet of the Lord, only those obedient disciples of the Guru are able to end t