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10: pwp dI rIs burI hY

It is always bad to imitate evil

pY KwjUrI jIvIAY ciVH KwjUrI JVau n koeI ]

pai khaajooree jeeveeai charhhi khaajooree jharhau n koee.

Surviving the fall from the palm tree does not mean that one should climb the tree to fall from it.

auJiV pieAw n mwrIAY auJV rwhu n cMgw hoeI ]

ujharhi paiaa n maareeai ujharh raahu n changaa hoee.

Even if one is not killed in desolete places and ways, moving on deserted places is not safe.

jy sp KwDw aubry spu n PVIAY AMiq ivgoeI ]

jay sap khaadhaa oubaray sapu n dharheeai anti vigoee.

One may survive even when bitten by a sanke even then catching the sanke will be harmful ultimately.

vhix vhMdw inklY ivxu qulhy fuib mrY BloeI ]

vahani vahandaa nikalai vinu tulahay doubi marai bhaloee.

Getting washed away by the current of river if someone comes out of it alone, even then in entering the river without a raft there is more possibility of drowning.

piqq auDwrxu AwKIAY ivrqIhwxu jwxu jwxoeI ]

patit udhaaranu aakheeai virateehaanu jaanu jaanoee.

People of all inclinations know very well that God is liberator of the fallen ones.

BwauBgiq gurmiq hY durmiq drgh lhY n FoeI ]

bhaau bhagati guramati hai duramati daragah lahai n ddhoee.

Precept of the Guru (Gurmat) is the loving devotion and the people having evil intellect do not get shelter in the court of the Lord.

AMiq kmwxw hoie sQoeI ]10]

anti kamaanaa hoi sadoee ||10||

The deeds done in life are the only companions in the end.