Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji

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ਬੈਸਨੋ ਅਨੰਨਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੰਨਿ ਸਾਲਗ੍ਰਾਮ ਸੇਵਾ ਗੀਤਾ ਭਾਗਵਤ ਸ੍ਰੋਤਾ ਏਕਾਕੀ ਕਹਾਵਈ ।
baisano anan brahaman saalagraam sevaa geetaa bhaagavat srotaa ekaakee kahaavee |

If someone is a worshipper of Vishnu, is brahmin by caste, worships (stone) and listens to the recitation of Geeta and Bhagwat in a secluded place;

ਤੀਰਥ ਧਰਮ ਦੇਵ ਜਾਤ੍ਰਾ ਕਉ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਪੂਛਿ ਕਰਤ ਗਵਨ ਸੁ ਮਹੂਰਤ ਸੋਧਾਵਈ ।
teerath dharam dev jaatraa kau panddit poochh karat gavan su mahoorat sodhaavee |

Have the auspicious time and date worked out by learned brahmins before proceeding on religious places or visiting the temples of gods and goddesses located on banks of rivers;

ਬਾਹਰਿ ਨਿਕਸਿ ਗਰਧਬ ਸ੍ਵਾਨ ਸਗਨੁ ਕੈ ਸੰਕਾ ਉਪਰਾਜਿ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਆਵਹੀ ।
baahar nikas garadhab svaan sagan kai sankaa uparaaj bahur ghar aavahee |

But when he sets out of the house and faces a dog or a donkey, he regards it inauspicious and a doubt arises in his mind forcing him to return home.

ਪਤਿਬ੍ਰਤ ਗਹਿ ਰਹਿ ਸਕਤ ਨ ਏਕਾ ਟੇਕ ਦੁਬਧਾ ਅਛਿਤ ਨ ਪਰੰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਵਹੀ ।੪੪੭।
patibrat geh reh sakat na ekaa ttek dubadhaa achhit na param pad paavahee |447|

Despite belonging to a Guru like a faithful wife, if a person does not acknowledge the support of his Guru firmly and wanders at the door of one god or the other, he cannot reach the supreme state of Oneness with God having been caught in duality. (447)