Bhai Gurdas JiAng 34Bhai Gurdas Ji's VaarsVaar 347 linesBhai Gurdas Ji

7: bymuK dI sMgq dw Pl

The result of company of an apostate

ByfY pUCil ligAW ikau pwir lMGIAY ]

bhaydai poochhali lagiaan kiu paari lagheeai.

How one could get across the water by catching hold of the tail of a sheep.

BUqY kyrI dosqI inq shsw jIAY ]

bhootai kayree dosatee nit sahasaa jeeai.

Friendship with a ghost is always a source of suspicious life.

ndI iknwrY ruKVw vyswhu nw kIAY ]

nadee kinaarai roukharhaa vaysaahu n keeai.

The tree on a river bank cannot have the faith (that the river will not perish it).

imrqk nwil vIAwhIAY sohwgu n QIAY ]

miratak naali veeaaheeai sohaagu n deeai.

How a woman married to a dead person could be said to be a suhagin, i.e one whose husband is alive.

ivsu hlwhl bIij kY ikau Aimau lhIAY ]

visu halaahal beeji kai kiu amiu laheeai.

How nectar could be obtained by sowing poison.

bymuK syqI iprhVI jm fMfu shIAY ]7]

baymoukh saytee piraharhee jam dandu saheeai ||7||

The friendship with an apostate brings the sufferings of the rod of Yama.