ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਪੜਿਆ ਹੋਵੈ ਗੁਨਹਗਾਰੁ ਤਾ ਓਮੀ ਸਾਧੁ ਨ ਮਾਰੀਐ ॥

parriaa hovai gunahagaar taa omee saadh na maareeai |

If an educated person is a sinner, then the illiterate holy man is not to be punished.

ਜੇਹਾ ਘਾਲੇ ਘਾਲਣਾ ਤੇਵੇਹੋ ਨਾਉ ਪਚਾਰੀਐ ॥

jehaa ghaale ghaalanaa teveho naau pachaareeai |

As are the deeds done, so is the reputation one acquires.

ਐਸੀ ਕਲਾ ਨ ਖੇਡੀਐ ਜਿਤੁ ਦਰਗਹ ਗਇਆ ਹਾਰੀਐ ॥

aisee kalaa na kheddeeai jit daragah geaa haareeai |

So do not play such a game, which will bring you to ruin at the Court of the Lord.

ਪੜਿਆ ਅਤੈ ਓਮੀਆ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ਅਗੈ ਵੀਚਾਰੀਐ ॥

parriaa atai omeea veechaar agai veechaareeai |

The accounts of the educated and the illiterate shall be judged in the world hereafter.

ਮੁਹਿ ਚਲੈ ਸੁ ਅਗੈ ਮਾਰੀਐ ॥੧੨॥

muhi chalai su agai maareeai |12|

One who stubbornly follows his own mind shall suffer in the world hereafter. ||12||