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gaU muK bwGu jYsy bsY imRgmwl ibKY kMgn pihir ijau ibleIAw Kg moheI ]

gaoo moukh baaghu jaisay basai mrigamaal bikhai , kangan pahiri jiu bilaeeaa khag mohaee |

Just as a lion posing cow-like innocence enters a herd of deer, or a cat deceives the birds impressing upon them that she has just returned from pilgrimage and thus holy,

jYsy bg iDAwn Dwir krq Ahwr mIn ginkw isMgwr swij ibiBcwr joheI ]

jaisay bag dhiaan dhaari karat ahaar meena , ganikaa singaar saaji bibhichaar johaee |

Just as a heron shows himself contemplating standing on one leg in water but pounces on small fish as these come near him, a whore adores herself like married Woman and waits for a lust-filled person to visit her,

pMc btvwro ByKDwrI ijau sGwqI hoie AMiq PwsI fwir mwrY dRoh kr dRoheI ]

panch batavaaro bhaykhadhaaree jiu saghaatee hoi , anti dhaasee daari maarai droh kar drohaee |

Just as a dacoit adopts the garb of a noble person and become a murderer and kills others with a noose around their neck, turning out to be untrusting and treacherous.

kpt snyh kY imlq swDsMgiq mY cMdn sugMD bWs gTIlo n boheI ]240]

kapat sanayh kai milat saadhasangati mai , chandan sougandh baans gattheelo n bohaee |240|

Similarly, if a person with mock and fake love comes to the company of saintly persons, he does not acquire or assimilate the good influence of the holy congregation, just as a knotted bamboo tree acquire no fragrance despite growing in the near proximity