Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਕਉਡਾ ਪੈਸਾ ਰੁਪਈਆ ਸੁਨਈਆ ਕੋ ਬਨਜ ਕਰੈ ਰਤਨ ਪਾਰਖੁ ਹੋਇ ਜਉਹਰੀ ਕਹਾਵਈ ।
kauddaa paisaa rupeea suneea ko banaj karai ratan paarakh hoe jauharee kahaavee |Just as one starts dealing in shells in the beginning, then in money, gold coins and then becomes evaluator of diamonds and precious stones. He is then called a jeweller.
ਜਉਹਰੀ ਕਹਾਇ ਪੁਨ ਕਉਡਾ ਕੋ ਬਨਜੁ ਕਰੈ ਪੰਚ ਪਰਵਾਨ ਮੈ ਪਤਸਿਟਾ ਘਟਾਵਈ ।
jauharee kahaae pun kauddaa ko banaj karai panch paravaan mai patasittaa ghattaavee |But after becoming famous as a jeweller, one starts dealing in shells, he loses his respect among the elite people.
ਆਨ ਦੇਵ ਸੇਵ ਗੁਰਦੇਵ ਕੋ ਸੇਵਕ ਹੁਇ ਲੋਕ ਪਰਲੋਕ ਬਿਖੈ ਊਚ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਵਈ ।
aan dev sev guradev ko sevak hue lok paralok bikhai aooch pad paavee |Similarly, if a follower of some god comes into the service of True Guru, he acquires high status in this and the world beyond.
ਛਾਡਿ ਗੁਰਦੇਵ ਸੇਵ ਆਨ ਦੇਵ ਸੇਵਕ ਹੁਇ ਨਿਹਫਲ ਜਨਮੁ ਕਪੂਤ ਹੁਇ ਹਸਾਵਈ ।੪੭੯।
chhaadd guradev sev aan dev sevak hue nihafal janam kapoot hue hasaavee |479|But if someone leaves the service of the True Guru, and becomes a follower of some other god, then he wastes away his human life and he is laughed at by others being known as a bad son. (479)