Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਪੂਛਤ ਪਥਕਿ ਤਿਹ ਮਾਰਗ ਨ ਧਾਰੈ ਪਗਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਕੈ ਦੇਸ ਕੈਸੇ ਬਾਤਨੁ ਕੇ ਜਾਈਐ ।
poochhat pathak tih maarag na dhaarai pag preetam kai des kaise baatan ke jaaeeai |One asks a wayfarer of the beloved Lord's abode, the path to Him but does not tread even a step on it. Without launching oneself on that path, how can one reach the abode of the beloved Lord by mere prattles?
ਪੂਛਤ ਹੈ ਬੈਦ ਖਾਤ ਅਉਖਦ ਨ ਸੰਜਮ ਸੈ ਕੈਸੇ ਮਿਟੈ ਰੋਗ ਸੁਖ ਸਹਜ ਸਮਾਈਐ ।
poochhat hai baid khaat aaukhad na sanjam sai kaise mittai rog sukh sahaj samaaeeai |One asks the physician the True Guru, the medicine of curing the malady of ego, but does not consume the medicine with dedicated discipline and precautions. Then how can the ailment of ego be cured and spiritual peace acquired.
ਪੂਛਤ ਸੁਹਾਗਨ ਕਰਮ ਹੈ ਦੁਹਾਗਨਿ ਕੈ ਰਿਦੈ ਬਿਬਿਚਾਰ ਕਤ ਸਿਹਜਾ ਬੁਲਾਈਐ ।
poochhat suhaagan karam hai duhaagan kai ridai bibichaar kat sihajaa bulaaeeai |One asks from the dear and beloveds of the Lord husband the way of meeting Him, but all her actions and deeds are like of wretched and discarded women. Then how can such a seeker wife with deceitful heart ever be called to the nuptial bed of the husband L
ਗਾਏ ਸੁਨੇ ਆਂਖੇ ਮੀਚੈ ਪਾਈਐ ਨ ਪਰਮਪਦੁ ਗੁਰ ਉਪਦੇਸੁ ਗਹਿ ਜਉ ਲਉ ਨ ਕਮਾਈਐ ।੪੩੯।
gaae sune aankhe meechai paaeeai na paramapad gur upades geh jau lau na kamaaeeai |439|Similarly without inhabiting the Lord in the heart, singing the praises, listening to His discourses and closing eyes for the beloved Lord cannot reach one to the higher spiritual state. Reaffirming of Guru's sermons in the heart and practicing them perpe