Bhai Gurdas JiAng 238Bhai Gurdas Ji's Kabit SwaiyeKabit Savaiye4 linesBhai Gurdas Ji

kpt snyh jYsy FoklI invwvY sIsu qw kY bis hoie jlu bMDn mY AwveI ]

kapat sanayh jaisay ddhokalee nivaavai seesu , taa kai basi hoi jalu bandhan mai aavaee |

Just as Dhekuli (an improvised bag like contraption made of leather in which a long log is used as a lever to drag water from shallow wells) bends displaying false humility seeing which the water is entrapped in its love;

fwir dyq Kyq huie pRPuilq sPl qw qy Awip inhPl pwCy boJ aukqwveI ]

daari dayt khayt hui pradhulit sadhal taa tay , aapi nihadhal paachhay bojh oukataavaee |

It spills the water in the field and as a result of benevolent nature of the water, the crop becomes green and fruit bearing, but Dhekuli of fake humility remains empty and itself lifting its own weight;

ArD aurD huie AnukRm kY praupkwr Aau ibkwr n imtwveI ]

aradh uradh hui anoukram kai , paraoupakaar au bikaar n mitaavaee |

Thus the Dhekuli keeps going up and down continuo the water does not shed its benevolent nature nor does Dhekuli leave its nature of displaying fake love.

qYsy hI AswD swD sMgiq suBwv giq gurmiq durmiq suK duK pwveI ]238]

taisay hee asaadh saadh sangati soubhaav gati , gurmati duramati soukh doukh paavaee |238|

So would we face distress in the company of se1f-orien! self-willed people while association with Guru-conscious people enlightens the mind with Guru's wisdom which highly comforting. (238)