16: iql bUAwV-gurmuK mnmuK

Manmukh is like a seedless sesame plant -

KyqY AMdir jMimkY sB dUM au`cw hoie ivKwly ]

khaytai andari janmi kai sabh doon ouchaa hoi vikhaalay.

Sesame plant growing in the field seems to be taller than all.

bUtu vfw kir PYldw hoie cuhcuhw Awpu smwly ]

bootu vadaa kari dhailadaa hoi chuhachuhaa aapu samaalay.

On growing further it spreads all around verdantly and sustains itself.

Kyiq sPl hoie lwvxI Cutin iqlu bUAwV inrwly ]

khayti saphal hoi laavanee chhoutani tilu booaarh niraalay.

On getting ripe when reaping begins, the seedless sesame plants are distinctly left out.

inhPl swry Kyq ivic ijau srvwV kmwd ivcwly ]

nihaphal saaray khayt vichi jiu saravaarh kamaad vichaalay.

They are sonsidered useless as the thick growth of elephant grass is known worthless in the fields of sugarcane.

swDsMgiq gur sbdu suix kpt snyhu krin byqwly ]

saadhasangati gur sabadu souni kapat sanayhu karani baytaalay.

Even listening to the word of the Guru in the holy congregation those who do not keep any discipline, move around like ghosts.

inhPl jnmu AkwrQw hliq pliq hovin muh kwly ]

nihaphal janamu akaaradaa halati palati hovani muh kaalay.

Their life becomes meaningless and they get their faces blackened here and in the hereafter.

jmpuir jm jMdwir hvwly ]16]

jam puri jam jandaari havaalay ||16||

In the abode of Yama (god of death) they are handed over the messengers of yama.