Bhai Gurdas JiAng 33Bhai Gurdas Ji's VaarsVaar 338 linesBhai Gurdas Ji

6: dubwjrw dUeI ivBcwrx iesqRI

The fickle-minded and the adulteress woman

swhuru pIhru plrY hoie inlj n ljw DovY ]

saahuru peeharu palarai hoi nilaj n lajaa dhovai.

Abandoning both the families of father and father-in-laws, the shameless woman cares not for modesty and does not wish to wash away her immoral reputation.

rwvY jwru Bqwru qij iKMjoqwix KusI ikau hovY ]

raavai jaaru bhataaru taji khinjotaani khousee kiu hovai.

Deserting her husband, if she enjoys the company of her paramour, how can she, moving in different lustful directions, be happy?

smJweI nw smJhI mrxy prxy loku ivgovY ]

samajhaaee naa samajhaee maranay paranay loku vigovai.

No advice prevails upon her and she is despised at all social gatherings of mourning and rejoicing.

iDir iDir imldy myhxy huie srimMdI AMJU rovY ]

dhiri dhiri miladay mayhanay hui saramindee anjhoo rovai.

She weeps in contrition because she is disdaifully reproached at every door.

pwp kmwxy pkVIAY hwix kwix dIbwix KVovY ]

paap kamaanay pakarheeai haani kaani deebaani kharhovai.

For her sins, she is arrested and punished by the court where she loses every iota of honour that she had.

mrY n jIvY duK shY rhY n Gr ivic pr Gr jovY ]

marai n jeevai doukh sahai rahai n ghari vichi par ghar jovai.

She is miserable because now she is neither dead nor alive; she still looks for another house to ruin because she does not like to live in her own home.

duibDw Avgux hwru provY ]6]

doubidhaa aougoun haaru parovai ||6||

Similarly doubt or double-mindedness weaves for it the garland of vices.