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paurree 24

ਮਾਂ ਗਭਣਿ ਜੀਅ ਜਾਣਦੀ ਪੁਤੁ ਸਪੁਤੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੁਖਦਾਈ ।

maan gabhan jeea jaanadee put saput hovai sukhadaaee |

A pregnant mother feels that a comfort giving worthy son will be born by her.

ਕੁਪੁਤਹੁਂ ਧੀ ਚੰਗੇਰੜੀ ਪਰ ਘਰ ਜਾਇ ਵਸਾਇ ਨ ਆਈ ।

kuputahun dhee changerarree par ghar jaae vasaae na aaee |

Better is a daughter than an unworthy son, she atleast would set up another' s home and would not come back (to put her mother to trouble).

ਧੀਅਹੁਂ ਸਪ ਸਕਾਰਥਾ ਜਾਉ ਜਣੇਂਦੀ ਜਣਿ ਜਣਿ ਖਾਈ ।

dheeahun sap sakaarathaa jaau janendee jan jan khaaee |

Than wicked daughter, a female snake is better who eats its progeny at its birth (so that more snakes will not be there to put others to harm).

ਮਾਂ ਡਾਇਣ ਧੰਨੁ ਧੰਨੁ ਹੈ ਕਪਟੀ ਪੁਤੈ ਖਾਇ ਅਘਾਈ ।

maan ddaaein dhan dhan hai kapattee putai khaae aghaaee |

Than female snake a witch is better who feels satiated after eating her treacherous son.

ਬਾਮ੍ਹਣ ਗਾਈ ਖਾਇ ਸਪੁ ਫੜਿ ਗੁਰ ਮੰਤ੍ਰ ਪਵਾਇ ਪਿੜਾਈ ।

baamhan gaaee khaae sap farr gur mantr pavaae pirraaee |

Even a snake, the biter of brahmins and cows, listening to the mantra of the Guru would quietly sit in a basket.

ਨਿਗੁਰੇ ਤੁਲਿ ਨ ਹੋਰੁ ਕੋ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰੈ ਸਿਰਠਿ ਉਪਾਈ ।

nigure tul na hor ko sirajanahaarai siratth upaaee |

But none is comparable(in wickedness) to a Guruless man in the whole universe created by the Creator.

ਮਾਤਾ ਪਿਤਾ ਨ ਗੁਰੁ ਸਰਣਾਈ ।੨੪।

maataa pitaa na gur saranaaee |24|

He never comes to the shelter of his parents or of the Guru.