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15: bymuK dI sMgq dw Pl

Result of the association of apostates

vVIAY kjl koTVI muhu kwlK BrIAY ]

varheeai kajal kotdarhee muhu kaalakh bhareeai.

If someone enters a room full of soot his face is sure to be blackened.

klir KyqI bIjIAY ikhu kwju nw srIAY ]

kalari khaytee beejeeai kihu kaaju n sareeai.

If seed be sown in the alkaline field, that will go useless.

tutI pINGY pINGIAY pY toey mrIAY ]

toutee peenghai peengheeai pai toay mareeai.

If somebody swings in a broken swing, he will fall and kill himself.

kMnw PiV mnqwrUAW ikau duqru qrIAY ]

kannaan dharhi manataarooaan kiu doutaru tareeai.

If a man who does not know how to swim, leans on the shoulders of another equally ignorant, how shall he cross a deep river?

Aig lwie mMdir svY iqsu nwil n PrIAY ]

agi laai mandari savai tisu naali n dhareeai.

Move not with him who sets fire to his own house and then goes to sleep.

iqauN Tg sMgiq bymuKW jIA joKhu frIAY ]15]

tioun tdag sangati baymoukhaan jeea jokhahu dareeai ||15||

Such is the society of the deceitful and apostates wherein man is ever in fear of his life.