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Ang 1Vaar 2Bhai Gurdas

ਗਾਈ ਰੰਗ ਬਿਰੰਗ ਬਹੁ ਦੁਧੁ ਉਜਲੁ ਵਰਣਾ ।

gaaee rang birang bahu dudh ujal varanaa |

Cows are of different hues but the milk of all is white.

ਦੁਧਹੁ ਦਹੀ ਜਮਾਈਐ ਕਰਿ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਧਰਣਾ ।

dudhahu dahee jamaaeeai kar nihachal dharanaa |

For making curd Some rennet is added into it and then it is placed undistributed.

ਦਹੀ ਵਿਲੋਇ ਅਲੋਈਐ ਛਾਹਿ ਮਖਣ ਤਰਣਾ ।

dahee viloe aloeeai chhaeh makhan taranaa |

By churning curd one finds butter over the butter milk.

ਮਖਣੁ ਤਾਇ ਅਉਟਾਇ ਕੈ ਘਿਉ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਕਰਣਾ ।

makhan taae aauttaae kai ghiau niramal karanaa |

The butter boiled properly is transformed into ghee – clarified butter.

ਹੋਮ ਜਗ ਨਈਵੇਦ ਕਰਿ ਸਭ ਕਾਰਜ ਸਰਣਾ ।

hom jag neeved kar sabh kaaraj saranaa |

Then that ghee is used as burnt offering and him yajn(rituals) and other oblation are performed.

ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਇ ਜਰਣਾ ।੧੩।

aape aap varatadaa guramukh hoe jaranaa |13|

Gurmukh knows that the Lord is all pervading but to reach Him one has to have spiritual quest as well as the sense of contentment.