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10: sMF vW|U mnmuK

Manmukh like a barren women

rwjY dy sau rwxIAW syjY AwvY vwro vwrI ]

raajai day sau raaneeaa sayjai aavai vaaro vaaree.

The king keeps hundred of queens and turn by turn visit their beds.

sBy hI ptrwxIAW rwjy iekdUM iek ipAwrI ]

sabhay hee pataraaneeaa raajay ik doo ik piaaree.

For the king, all are principal queens and he loves them all much and more.

sBnw rwjw rwvxw suMdir mMdir syj svwrI ]

sabhanaa raajaa raavanaa soundari mandari sayj savaaree.

Decorating the chamber and the bed, they all enjoy coition with the king.

sMqiq sBnW rwxIAW iek ADkw sMiF ivcwrI ]

santati sabhanaa raaneeaan ik adhakaa sanddhi vichaaree.

All the queens conceive and one or two come out to be barren.

dos n rwjy rwxIAY pUrb ilKqu n imtY ilKwrI ]

dosu n raajay raaneeai poorab likhatu n mitai likhaaree.

For this, no king or queen is to be blamed; all this is due to the writ of previous births,

swDsMgiq gur sbdu suix guru aupdysu n min aurDwrI ]

saadhasangati gur sabadu souni guru oupadaysu n mani uradhaaree.

Those who after listening to the word of the Guru and the teachings of the Guru do not adopt it in their mind.

krmhIxu durmiq ihqkwrI ]10]

karam heenu duramati hitakaaree ||10||

They are of evil intellect and unfortunate.