ਪਉੜੀ ੧੬

paurree 16

ਜਿਉ ਘੁਣ ਖਾਧੀ ਲਕੜੀ ਵਿਣੁ ਤਾਣਿ ਨਿਤਾਣੀ ।

jiau ghun khaadhee lakarree vin taan nitaanee |

He (the apostate) becomes feeble and powerless as the weevil-eaten wood.

ਜਾਣੁ ਡਰਾਵਾ ਖੇਤ ਵਿਚਿ ਨਿਰਜੀਤੁ ਪਰਾਣੀ ।

jaan ddaraavaa khet vich nirajeet paraanee |

He is similar to the life-less scarecrow put up in the field to frighten (the birds).

ਜਿਉ ਧੂਅਰੁ ਝੜੁਵਾਲ ਦੀ ਕਿਉ ਵਰਸੈ ਪਾਣੀ ।

jiau dhooar jharruvaal dee kiau varasai paanee |

How out of clouds of smoke rain could take place.

ਜਿਉ ਥਣ ਗਲ ਵਿਚਿ ਬਕਰੀ ਦੁਹਿ ਦੁਧੁ ਨ ਆਣੀ ।

jiau than gal vich bakaree duhi dudh na aanee |

As the teat of a goat in the neck cannot give milk, likewise the grabber of religious earning of a religious place roams hither and thither in the craving of the same.

ਝਾਕੇ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਝਾਕਵਾਲੁ ਤਿਸ ਕਿਆ ਨੀਸਾਣੀ ।

jhaake andar jhaakavaal tis kiaa neesaanee |

What is the exact mark of such a man.

ਜਿਉ ਚਮੁ ਚਟੈ ਗਾਇ ਮਹਿ ਉਹ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਣੀ ।੧੬।

jiau cham chattai gaae meh uh bharam bhulaanee |16|

Such a man remains deluded like that cow who considering its dead offspiring alive goes on licking it