14: pUjw dw Dwn

Earnings of worship

ivgVY cwtw duD dw kWjI dI cuKY ]

vigarhai chaataa dudh daa kaanjee dee choukhai.

The full pot of milk gets spoiled by a drop of vinegar.

shs mxw rUeI jlY icxgwrI DuKY ]

sahas manaa rooee jalai chinagaaree dhoukhai.

The thousand mounds of cotton are burnt by one spark.

bUru ivxwhy pwxIAY Kau lwKhu ruKY ]

booru vinaahay paaneeai khau laakhahu roukhai.

The water gossamer spoils water and the shellac becomes the reason for the destruction of the tree.

ijau audmwdI AqIswru KeI rogu mnuKY ]

jiu udamaadee ateesaaru khaee rogu manoukhai.

The mad man is mined by diarrhoea and the common man is destroyed by tuberculosis (consumption).

ijau jwil pMKyrU Pwsdy cugx dI BuKY ]

jiu jaali pankhayroo dhaasaday chougan dee bhoukhai.

As the birds get entangled in the net out of their greed for seeds,

iqau Ajru Jwk BMfwr dI ivAwpy vymuKY ]14]

tiu ajaru jhaak bhandaar dee viaapay vaymoukhai ||14||

The desire for the storage of unendurable (earning from the religious place) persists in the heart of the apostate.