Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਜੈਸੇ ਜਲ ਕੂਪ ਨਿਕਸਤ ਜਤਨ ਕੀਏ ਸੀਚੀਅਤ ਖੇਤ ਏਕੈ ਪਹੁਚਤ ਨ ਆਨ ਕਉ ।
jaise jal koop nikasat jatan kee seecheeat khet ekai pahuchat na aan kau |Just as water from a well can be drawn by different methods, such as bucket and rope, Persian wheel etc. and then it is directed to irrigate a field and it goes nowhere else.
ਪਥਿਕ ਪਪੀਹਾ ਪਿਆਸੇ ਆਸ ਲਗਿ ਢਿਗ ਬੈਠਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਨੁ ਭਾਂਜਨ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਿ ਕਤ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਕਉ ।
pathik papeehaa piaase aas lag dtig baitth bin gun bhaanjan tripat kat praan kau |A traveller and a rain-bird may keep on sitting thirsty near a well but cannot quench their thirst without means to draw water from the well and therefore cannot assuage their thirst.
ਤੈਸੇ ਹੀ ਸਕਲ ਦੇਵ ਟੇਵ ਸੈ ਟਰਤ ਨਾਹਿ ਸੇਵਾ ਕੀਏ ਦੇਤ ਫਲ ਕਾਮਨਾ ਸਮਾਨਿ ਕਉ ।
taise hee sakal dev ttev sai ttarat naeh sevaa kee det fal kaamanaa samaan kau |Likewise, all gods and goddesses can do something within their power. They can reward a devotee for his services only to that extent and that too of worldly desires.
ਪੂਰਨ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਗੁਰ ਬਰਖਾ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਹਿਤਿ ਬਰਖ ਹਰਖਿ ਦੇਤ ਸਰਬ ਨਿਧਾਨ ਕਉ ।੪੫੧।
pooran braham gur barakhaa amrit hit barakh harakh det sarab nidhaan kau |451|But the complete and perfect God-like True Guru showers the spiritual pleasure-giving ambrosial nectar of Naam, the treasure-house of all the happiness and comforts. (The service of gods and goddesses is trivial in benefits whereas that of True Guru bless