Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਤਰੁਵਰੁ ਗਿਰੇ ਪਾਤ ਬਹੁਰੋ ਨ ਜੋਰੇ ਜਾਤ ਐਸੋ ਤਾਤ ਮਾਤ ਸੁਤ ਭ੍ਰਾਤ ਮੋਹ ਮਾਯਾ ਕੋ ।
taruvar gire paat bahuro na jore jaat aaiso taat maat sut bhraat moh maayaa ko |Just as leaves broken from the branches of a tree cannot be re-attached, similarly; father, mother, son, brother are relations that came into being due to chance of previous births. Like the leaves of a tree they will not re-unite again. None of these wil
ਜੈਸੇ ਬੁਦਬੁਦਾ ਓਰਾ ਪੇਖਤ ਬਿਲਾਇ ਜਾਇ ਐਸੋ ਜਾਨ ਤ੍ਯਾਗਹੁ ਭਰੋਸੇ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਕਾਯਾ ਕੋ ।
jaise budabudaa oraa pekhat bilaae jaae aaiso jaan tayaagahu bharose bhram kaayaa ko |Just as a bubble of water and a hail perishes in no time, similarly, give up the belief and illusion that this body will stay for long or forever.
ਤ੍ਰਿਣ ਕੀ ਅਗਨਿ ਜਰਿ ਬੂਝਤ ਨਬਾਰ ਲਾਗੈ ਐਸੀ ਆਵਾ ਔਧਿ ਜੈਸੇ ਨੇਹੁ ਦ੍ਰੁਮ ਛਾਯਾ ਕੋ ।
trin kee agan jar boojhat nabaar laagai aaisee aavaa aauadh jaise nehu drum chhaayaa ko |The fire of hay takes no time to extinguish, and just as developing attachment with the shade of a tree is futile, so is the period of our life. Loving it is worthless.
ਜਨਮ ਜੀਵਨ ਅੰਤਕਾਲ ਕੇ ਸੰਗਾਤੀ ਰਾਚਹੁ ਸਫਲ ਔਸਰ ਜਗ ਤਬ ਹੀ ਤਉ ਆਇਆ ਕੋ ।੫੯੨।
janam jeevan antakaal ke sangaatee raachahu safal aauasar jag tab hee tau aaeaa ko |592|Therefore, absorb yourself in the Naam of the True Lord throughout your life-span since this is the only asset that will go with you and is the companion for ever. Only then should you consider your birth in this world a success.