Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਜੈਸੇ ਚੋਆ ਚੰਦਨੁ ਅਉ ਧਾਨ ਪਾਨ ਬੇਚਨ ਕਉ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਦਿਸਾ ਲੈ ਜਾਇ ਕੈਸੇ ਬਨਿ ਆਵੈ ਜੀ ।
jaise choaa chandan aau dhaan paan bechan kau poorab disaa lai jaae kaise ban aavai jee |Just as someone takes the products grown in the East like rice, betel, sandalwood to sell there, he cannot gain anything in their trading.
ਪਛਮ ਦਿਸਾ ਦਾਖ ਦਾਰਮ ਲੈ ਜਾਇ ਜੈਸੇ ਮ੍ਰਿਗ ਮਦ ਕੇਸੁਰ ਲੈ ਉਤਰਹਿ ਧਾਵੈ ਜੀ ।
pachham disaa daakh daaram lai jaae jaise mrig mad kesur lai utareh dhaavai jee |Just as someone takes the products grown in the West like grapes and pomegranates, and those commodities grown in the North like saffron and musk to the West and North respectively, what gain does he get out of such trading?
ਦਖਨ ਦਿਸਾ ਲੈ ਜਾਇ ਲਾਇਚੀ ਲਵੰਗ ਲਾਦਿ ਬਾਦਿ ਆਸਾ ਉਦਮ ਹੈ ਬਿੜਤੋ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ਜੀ ।
dakhan disaa lai jaae laaeichee lavang laad baad aasaa udam hai birrato na paavai jee |Just as someone takes commodities like cardamom and clove to South where these are grown, all his efforts of earning any profit would be futile.
ਤੈਸੇ ਗੁਨ ਨਿਧਿ ਗੁਰ ਸਾਗਰ ਕੈ ਬਿਦਿਮਾਨ ਗਿਆਨ ਗੁਨ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਿ ਕੈ ਬਾਵਰੋ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਜੀ ।੫੧੧।
taise gun nidh gur saagar kai bidimaan giaan gun pragatt kai baavaro kahaavai jee |511|Similarly if someone tries to display his traits and knowledge before the True Guru who Himself is ocean of knowledge and divine traits, such a person will be called a fool. (511)