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Ang 1Vaar 36Bhai Gurdas

ਪਉੜੀ ੨੦

paurree 20

ਪੁਤੁ ਜਣੈ ਵੜਿ ਕੋਠੜੀ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਜਗੁ ਜਾਣੈ ।

put janai varr kottharree baahar jag jaanai |

A son is given birth in a closed room but all the people outside come to know of it.

ਧਨੁ ਧਰਤੀ ਵਿਚਿ ਦਬੀਐ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਪਰਵਾਣੈ ।

dhan dharatee vich dabeeai masatak paravaanai |

The wealth even buried in the earth is revealed through facial expressions of the owner.

ਵਾਟ ਵਟਾਊ ਆਖਦੇ ਵੁਠੈ ਇੰਦ੍ਰਾਣੈ ।

vaatt vattaaoo aakhade vutthai indraanai |

Even an ordinary passerby can tell that it has already rained.

ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਸੀਸੁ ਨਿਵਾਇਦਾ ਚੜ੍ਹਿਐ ਚੰਦ੍ਰਾਣੈ ।

sabh ko sees nivaaeidaa charrhiai chandraanai |

All bow towards it as the new moon rises.

ਗੋਰਖ ਦੇ ਗਲਿ ਗੋਦੜੀ ਜਗੁ ਨਾਥੁ ਵਖਾਣੈ ।

gorakh de gal godarree jag naath vakhaanai |

Gorakh has a patched blanket around his neck but the world knows him as nath, the great master.

ਗੁਰ ਪਰਚੈ ਗੁਰੁ ਆਖੀਐ ਸਚਿ ਸਚੁ ਸਿਾਣੈ ।੨੦।

gur parachai gur aakheeai sach sach siaanai |20|

Knowledge of the Guru is called the Guru; only the truth identifies the truth.