16: Drmswl JwkIAW dw l`Cx

The marks of the religious-earning-grabbers

ijau Gux KwDI lkVI ivxu qwix inqwxI ]

jiu ghoun khaadhee lakarhee vinu taani nitaanee.

He (the apostate) becomes feeble and powerless as the weevil-eaten wood.

jwxu frwvw Kyq ivic inrjIau prwxI ]

jaanu daraavaa khayt vichi nirajeetu paraanee.

He is similar to the life-less scarecrow put up in the field to frighten (the birds).

ijau DUAru JVuvwl dI ikau vrsY pwxI ]

jiu dhooaru jharhuvaal dee kiu varasai paanee.

How out of clouds of smoke rain could take place.

ijau Qx gl ivic bkrI duih duDu nw AwxI ]

jiu dan gal vichi bakaree duhi dudhu n aanee.

As the teat of a goat in the neck cannot give milk, likewise the grabber of religious earning of a religious place roams hither and thither in the craving of the same.

Jwky AMdir Jwkvwlu iqs ikAw nIswxI ]

jhaakay andari jhaakavaalu tis kiaa neesaanee.

What is the exact mark of such a man.

ijau cmuctY gwie mih auh Brim BulwxI ]16]

jiu chamu chatai gaai mahi uh bharami bhulaanee ||16||

Such a man remains deluded like that cow who considering its dead offspiring alive goes on licking it