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Ang 1428Salok Ninth MehlGuru Guru Tegh Bahadur

ਨਰ ਚਾਹਤ ਕਛੁ ਅਉਰ ਅਉਰੈ ਕੀ ਅਉਰੈ ਭਈ ॥

nar chaahat kachh aaur aaurai kee aaurai bhee |

The man wishes for something, but something different happens.

ਚਿਤਵਤ ਰਹਿਓ ਠਗਉਰ ਨਾਨਕ ਫਾਸੀ ਗਲਿ ਪਰੀ ॥੩੮॥

chitavat rahio tthgaur naanak faasee gal paree |38|

He plots to deceive others, O Nanak, but he places the noose around his own neck instead. ||38||