Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਜੈਸੇ ਰਾਜਾ ਰਵਤ ਅਨੇਕ ਰਵਨੀ ਸਹੇਤ ਸਕਲ ਸਪੂਤੀ ਏਕ ਬਾਂਝ ਨ ਸੰਤਾਨ ਹੈ ।
jaise raajaa ravat anek ravanee sahet sakal sapootee ek baanjh na santaan hai |Just as a king loves many queens who all bear him a son, but there may be one who is barren, who cannot bear any issue.
ਸੀਚਤ ਸਲਿਲ ਜੈਸੇ ਸਫਲ ਸਕਲ ਦ੍ਰੁਮ ਨਿਹਫਲ ਸੇਂਬਲ ਸਲਿਲ ਨਿਰਬਾਨਿ ਹੈ ।
seechat salil jaise safal sakal drum nihafal senbal salil nirabaan hai |Just as irrigating the trees help them bear fruits but the cotton silk tree remains fruitless. It does not accept the influence of water.
ਦਾਦਰ ਕਮਲ ਜੈਸੇ ਏਕ ਸਰਵਰ ਬਿਖੈ ਉਤਮ ਅਉ ਨੀਚ ਕੀਚ ਦਿਨਕਰਿ ਧਿਆਨ ਹੈ ।
daadar kamal jaise ek saravar bikhai utam aau neech keech dinakar dhiaan hai |Just as a frog and a lotus flower live in one pond but lotus is supreme since it faces Sun and frog is low since it remains engrossed in mud.
ਤੈਸੇ ਗੁਰ ਚਰਨ ਸਰਨਿ ਹੈ ਸਕਲ ਜਗੁ ਚੰਦਨ ਬਨਾਸਪਤੀ ਬਾਂਸ ਉਨਮਾਨ ਹੈ ।੫੧੯।
taise gur charan saran hai sakal jag chandan banaasapatee baans unamaan hai |519|Similarly the whole world comes into the refuge of the True Guru. Devoted Sikhs of the True Guru who expel sandalwood-like fragrance obtain the elixir-like Naam from Him and become fragrant too. But a bamboo-like arrogant, knotty and self wise person rema