Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਜੈਸੇ ਮਾਂਝ ਬੈਠੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਬੋਹਿਥਾ ਨ ਪਾਰ ਪਰੈ ਪਾਰਸ ਪਰਸੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਧਾਤ ਨ ਕਨਿਕ ਹੈ ।
jaise maanjh baitthe bin bohithaa na paar parai paaras parasai bin dhaat na kanik hai |Just as without embarking a ship, ocean cannot be crossed and without the touch of philosopher-stone, iron, copper or other metals cannot be turned into gold.
ਜੈਸੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੰਗਾ ਨ ਪਾਵਨ ਆਨ ਜਲੁ ਹੈ ਨਾਰ ਨ ਭਤਾਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਸੁਤਨ ਅਨਿਕ ਹੈ ।
jaise bin gangaa na paavan aan jal hai naar na bhataar bin sutan anik hai |Just as no water is considered sacred other than the water of .river Ganges, and no child can be born without conjugal union of husband and wife.
ਜੈਸੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਬੀਜ ਬੋਏ ਨਿਪਜੈ ਨ ਧਾਨ ਧਾਰਾ ਸੀਪ ਸ੍ਵਾਂਤ ਬੂੰਦ ਬਿਨੁ ਮੁਕਤਾ ਨ ਮਾਨਕ ਹੈ ।
jaise bin beej boe nipajai na dhaan dhaaraa seep svaant boond bin mukataa na maanak hai |Just as without sowing seeds, no crop can grow and no pearl can be formed in an oyster unless the swati drop of rain falls on it.
ਤੈਸੇ ਗੁਰ ਚਰਨ ਸਰਨਿ ਗੁਰ ਭੇਟੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਨ ਮੇਟਿ ਜਨ ਨ ਜਨ ਕਹੈ ।੫੩੮।
taise gur charan saran gur bhette bin janam maran mett jan na jan kahai |538|Similarly without taking refuge and consecration of True Guru, there is no other method or force that can end the repeated cycle of birth and death. One who is without the divine word of the Guru cannot be called a human being. (538)