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13: kIqy ny krqw ivswirAw

The creation forgot the creator

lK lK bRhmy vyd piVH ieks AKr Bydu n jwqw ]

lakh lakh brahamay vayd parhhi ikas akhar bhaydu n jaataa.

Even after reading lakhs of Vedas, Brahma did not understand syllable (paramatama)

jog iDAwn mhys lK rUp n ryK n ByKu pCwqw ]

jog dhiaan mahays lakh roop n raykh n bhaykh pachhaataa.

Siva meditates through lakhs of methods (postures) but still could not recognise the form, hue and guise (of the Lord).

lK Avqwr Akwr kir iqlu vIcwru n ibsn pCwqw ]

lakh avataar akaar kari tilu vichaar n bisan pachhaataa.

Visnu incarnated himself through lakhs of creatures but he could not recognise even a bit of that Lord.

lK lK nauqn nwau lY lK lK syK ivsyK n qwqw ]

lakh lakh naoutan naau lai lakh lakh saykh visaykh n taataa.

Sesanag (the mythical snake) recited and remembered many a new name of the Lord but still could not know much about Him.

icr jIvnu bhu hMFxy drsn pMQ n sbdu is\wqw ]

chiru jeevanu bah handdhanay darasan pand n sabadu siaataa.

Many long-lived persons experienced life variously, but they all and many a philosopher could not understand Sabda, the Brahma.

dwiq luBwie ivswrin dwqw ]13]

daati loubhaai visaarani daataa ||13||

All got engrossed in the gifts of that Lord and that bestower has been forgotten.