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jYsy jl AMqir jugMqr bsY pwKwn iBdY n irdY kTor bUfY bjR Bwr kY ]

jaisay jal antari jougantar basai paakhaana , bhidai n ridai katthor boodai bajr bhaar kai |

Just as a stone stays in water for ages, yet it never softens since it is hard-hearted. Because of its density and solid mass, it sinks;

ATsiT qIrQ mjn krY qobrI qau imtq n krvweI Boey vwr pwr kY ]

atthasatthi teerad majan karai tobaree tau , mitat n karavaaee bhoay vaar paar kai |

Just as colocynth (Tumma) does not lose its bitterness even it is washed both from inside and outside at sixty-eight places of pilgrimage

Aihinis Aih lptwno rhY cMdnih qjq n ibKu qaU haumY AhMkwr kY ]

ahinisi ahi lapataano rahai chandanahi , tajat n bikhu taoo haoumai ahankaar kai |

Just as a snake keeps entangled with the trunk of a Sandalwood tree all his life but because of the pride of long age, it does not shed its venom;

kpt snyh dyh inhPl jgq mY sMqn ko hY doKI duibDw ibkwr kY ]329]

kapat sanayh dayh nihadhal jagat mai , santan ko hai dokhee doubidhaa bikaar kai |329|

Similarly, he who is debased and spurious at heart, has deceitful and suspicious love. His life in the world is useless and futile. He is a slanderer of saintly and Guru-oriented persons and is caught in the mesh of vices and sins account of his 'mine' an