Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਬਨਜ ਬਿਉਹਾਰ ਬਿਖੈ ਰਤਨ ਪਾਰਖ ਹੋਇ ਰਤਨ ਜਨਮ ਕੀ ਪਰੀਖਿਆ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਈ ਹੈ ।
banaj biauhaar bikhai ratan paarakh hoe ratan janam kee pareekhiaa nahee paaee hai |In the profession of trading, a man can assess and evaluate pearls and diamonds but has not been able to evaluate this precious human birth and his aim of coming to this world.
ਲੇਖੇ ਚਿਤ੍ਰਗੁਪਤ ਸੇ ਲੇਖਕਿ ਲਿਖਾਰੀ ਭਏ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਨ ਕੀ ਅਸੰਕਾ ਨ ਮਿਟਾਈ ਹੈ ।
lekhe chitragupat se lekhak likhaaree bhe janam maran kee asankaa na mittaaee hai |One can be a good accountant and expert in keeping accounts but has not been able to erase the repeated cycle of his birth and death.
ਬੀਰ ਬਿਦਿਆ ਮਹਾਬਲੀ ਭਏ ਹੈ ਧਨੁਖਧਾਰੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ਸਕੀ ਨ ਸਹਜਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਈ ਹੈ ।
beer bidiaa mahaabalee bhe hai dhanukhadhaaree haumai maar sakee na sahaj liv laaee hai |In the profession of fighting in the battlefields, a man may become very brave, strong and powerful, acquire sound knowledge of archery, but has failed to overpower his internal enemies of ego and pride so as to acquire spiritual stability through the tea
ਪੂਰਨ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਗੁਰਦੇਵ ਸੇਵ ਕਲੀ ਕਾਲ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੈ ਉਦਾਸੀ ਗੁਰਸਿਖਨ ਜਤਾਈ ਹੈ ।੪੫੫।
pooran braham guradev sev kalee kaal maaeaa mai udaasee gurasikhan jataaee hai |455|Living in the world of maya (mammon), the disciples of the Guru who have remained unsoiled of it have learnt that in this dark eons, the meditation on the name of God-like True Guru is supreme. (455)