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9: bwlk ivcwr hInqw

Child's thoughtlessness

lUlw pYrI hodeI tMgW mwir n auiT KloAw ]

loolaa pairee honvadee tangaan maari n outdi khaloaa.

Though with feet, a child (man) is cripple and cannot stand upon his legs.

hQo hQu ncweIAY Awsw bMDI hwru proAw ]

hado hadu nachaaeeai aasaa bandhee haaru paroaa.

Weamig the garland of hopes and desises he dances in the arms of others.

audm aukiq n AwveI dyih ibdyih n nvW inroAw ]

udam oukati n aavaee dayhi bidayhi n navaan niroaa.

He knows neither technique nor enterprise, and being careless toward the body, he does not keep fit and healthy.

hgx mUqx Cfxw rogu sogu ivic duKIAw roAw ]

hagan mootan chhadanaa rogu sogu vichi doukheeaa roaa.

Having no control over his excretory organs of uinating and defecation he cries of disease and suffering.

GutI pIAY n KusI hoih sphuM riKAVw AxKoAw ]

ghoutee peeai n khousee hoi sapahoun rakhiaarhaa anakhoaa.

He does not take the first food (of the name of the Lord) happily and goes on catching snakes (in the form of passions and desires) stubbornly.

guxu Avgux n ivcwrdw n aupkwru ivkwru AloAw ]

gounu avagoun n vichaaradaa n oupakaaru vikaaru aloaa.

Never pondering upon merits and demerits and not becoming benevolent, he always looks at evil propensities.

smsr iqsu hQIAwru sMjoAw ]9]

samasari tisu hadeeaaru sanjoaa ||9||

For such a (foolish) person, the weapon and the armour are identical.