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15: dubwjry dw AMq

The end of the dual-minded

dUjw Bwau dubwjrw mn pwtY KrbwVU KIrw ]

doojaa bhaau doubaajaraa man paatai kharabaarhoo kheeraa.

Mind of the dual-faced is like useless sour milk.

Aghu imTw hoie imlY ipChu kauVw doKu srIrw ]

agahu mitdaa hoi milai pichhahu kaurhaa dokhu sareeraa.

On drinking it at first it tastes sweet but then its taste is bitter and it makes body diseased.

ijau bhu imqw kvl Pulu bhu rMgI bMinH ipMfu AhIrw ]

jiu bahu mitaa kaval phulu bahu rangee bannhi pindu aheeraa.

The double talker is that black bee which is friend of flowers but like fools supposes those flowers to be its permanent home.

hirAw iqlu bUAwV ijau klI knyr durMg n DIrw ]

hariaa tilu booaarh jiu kalee kanayr durang n dheeraa.

Green but internally hallo sesame seed and the oleander bud have neither true beauty and colour nor any sensible person considers them of any use.

jy sau hQw nVu vDY AMdru KwlI vwju nPIrw ]

jay sau hadaa narhu vadhai andaru khaalee vaaju nadheeraa.

If reed grows up to the lenght of hundred hands even then it remains hollow internally producing noisy sound.

cMnx vws n bohIAin Kih Kih vWs jlin bypIrw ]

channan vaas n boheeani khahi khahi vaans jalani baypeeraa.

Despite their juxtaposition with sandal wood tree bamboos donot become fragrant, and destroy themselves by their mutual friction.

jm dr cotw shw vhIrw ]15]

jam dar chotaa sahaa vaheeraa ||15||

Such person at the door of Yama, the god of death, bear many a stroke of his rod.