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Ang 904CharitropakhyanGuru Guru Gobind Singh

ਕਬਿਤੁ ॥

kabit |

Kabit

ਘੋਰਾ ਕਹੂੰ ਭਯੋ ਕਹੂੰ ਹਾਥੀ ਹ੍ਵੈ ਕੈ ਗਯੋ ਕਹੂੰ ਪੰਛੀ ਰੂਪ ਲਯੋ ਕਹੂੰ ਫਲ ਫੂਲ ਰਹਿਯੋ ਹੈ ॥

ghoraa kahoon bhayo kahoon haathee hvai kai gayo kahoon panchhee roop layo kahoon fal fool rahiyo hai |

‘Sometimes He manifests in horses, sometimes in elephants, and sometimes in cows, ‘Sometimes He is there in birds and sometimes in flora,

ਪਾਵਕ ਹ੍ਵੈ ਦਹਿਯੋ ਕਹੂੰ ਪੌਨ ਰੂਪ ਕਹਿਯੋ ਕਹੂੰ ਚੀਤ ਹ੍ਵੈ ਕੈ ਗਹਿਯੋ ਕਹੂੰ ਪਾਨੀ ਹ੍ਵੈ ਕੈ ਬਹਿਯੋ ਹੈ ॥

paavak hvai dahiyo kahoon pauan roop kahiyo kahoon cheet hvai kai gahiyo kahoon paanee hvai kai bahiyo hai |

‘He burns in the shape of fire and then comes over as air, ‘Sometimes he dwells in the minds and sometimes flows in the shape of water.

ਅੰਬਰ ਉਤਾਰੇ ਰਾਵਨਾਦਿਕ ਸੰਘਾਰੇ ਕਹੂੰ ਬਨ ਮੈ ਬਿਹਾਰੇ ਐਸੇ ਬੇਦਨ ਮੈ ਕਹਿਯੋ ਹੈ ॥

anbar utaare raavanaadik sanghaare kahoon ban mai bihaare aise bedan mai kahiyo hai |

‘Sometimes comes down from heaven to annihilate Rawana (devil), ‘In the jungles, which is described in Vedas too.

ਪੁਰਖ ਹ੍ਵੈ ਆਪੁ ਕਹੂੰ ਇਸਤ੍ਰਿਨ ਕੋ ਰੂਪ ਧਰਿਯੋ ਮੂਰਖਨ ਭੇਦ ਤਾ ਕੋ ਨੈਕ ਹੂੰ ਨ ਲਹਿਯੋ ਹੈ ॥੧੮॥

purakh hvai aap kahoon isatrin ko roop dhariyo moorakhan bhed taa ko naik hoon na lahiyo hai |18|

‘Somewhere He is a man and somewhere He takes the shape of woman. ‘Only the fools cannot perceive his mysteries.(18)