Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਜਉ ਪੈ ਤੂੰਬਰੀ ਨ ਬੂਡੇ ਸਰਤ ਪਰਵਾਹ ਬਿਖੈ ਬਿਖਮੈ ਤਊ ਨ ਤਜਤ ਹੈ ਮਨ ਤੇ ।
jau pai toonbaree na boodde sarat paravaah bikhai bikhamai taoo na tajat hai man te |If a colocynth (Tumna) does not sink in fast flowing river and it does not shed its bitterness even in sweet cold water, then what good it is?
ਜਉ ਪੈ ਲਪਟੈ ਪਾਖਾਨ ਪਾਵਕ ਜਰੈ ਸੂਤ੍ਰ ਜਲ ਮੈ ਲੈ ਬੋਰਿਤ ਰਿਦੈ ਕਠੋਰਪਨ ਤੇ ।
jau pai lapattai paakhaan paavak jarai sootr jal mai lai borit ridai katthorapan te |If the flame of fire cannot burn the stone, and if due to its rigid nature sinks everything along with it, then what good it is ?
ਜਉ ਪੈ ਗੁਡੀ ਉਡੀ ਦੇਖੀਅਤ ਹੈ ਆਕਾਸਚਾਰੀ ਬਰਸਤ ਮੇਂਹ ਬਾਚੀਐ ਨ ਬਾਲਕਨ ਤੇ ।
jau pai guddee uddee dekheeat hai aakaasachaaree barasat menh baacheeai na baalakan te |A kite is seen flying in the sky like a bird, but when it starts raining it cannot be saved and retrieved by the children flying it.
ਤੈਸੇ ਰਿਧਿ ਸਿਧਿ ਭਾਉ ਦੁਤੀਆ ਤ੍ਰਿਗੁਨ ਖੇਲ ਗੁਰਮੁਖ ਸੁਖਫਲ ਨਾਹਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਤਘਨਿ ਤੇ ।੪੭੮।
taise ridh sidh bhaau duteea trigun khel guramukh sukhafal naeh kritaghan te |478|Similarly, acquiring miraculous powers like walking on the water, immunity of burning or floating in the sky is indulging in duality and is the influence of the three trait mammon (maya). (Acquiring these cannot free one from internal bitterness, nor can