17: kYNhW Ar sMK qoN mnmuK

Manmukh is like bronze and conch

aujl kYhW iclkxw QwlI jyvix jUTI hovY ]

ujal kaihaan chilakanaa daalee jayvani jootdee hovay.

The bronze appears shining and bright. After the food eaten from the bronze-plate, it becomes impure.

jUiT suAwhU mWjIAY gMgw jl AMdir lY DovY ]

jootdi suaahoo maanjeeai gangaa jal andari lai dhovai.

Its impurity is cleaned by ashes and then it is washed in the water of Ganges.

bwhru sucw DoiqAW AMdir kwlK AMiq ivgovY ]

baaharu souchaa dhotiaan andari kaalakh anti vigovai.

Washing cleans externally but the blackness goes on to remain inside the inner core of heat.

min jUTy qin jUiT hY Quik pvY muih vjY rovY ]

mani jootday tani jootdi hai douki pavai muhi vajai rovai.

The conch is impure outwardly and internally both because when blown, the spit goes in it. When it chimes, in fact it weeps because of the impurities in it.

swDsMgiq gur sbdu suix kpt snyhI glW govY ]

saadh sangati gur sabadu souni kapat sanayhee galaan govai.

Listening to the Word in the holy congregation the cheat talks nonsensically.

glI iqRpiq n hoveI KMfu KMfu kir swau n BovY ]

galee tripati n hovaee khandu khandu kari saau n bhovai.

But by mere talking, none gets satisfied, as by mere uttering word sugar one cannot have his mouth sweet.

mKnu Kwie n nIru ivlovY ]17]

makhanu khaai n neeru vilovai ||17||

If one is to eat butter, one should not go churning water, i.e. mere talks cannot produce the right results.