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Ang 378Chaubees AvtaarGuru Guru Gobind Singh

ਸੁਕ ਬਾਚ ਰਾਜਾ ਸੋ ॥

suk baach raajaa so |

Speech of Shuka addressed to the king:

ਸਵੈਯਾ ॥

savaiyaa |

SWAYYA

ਚਤੁਰਭੁਜ ਕੋ ਬਰੁ ਵਾਹਿ ਦਯੋ ਬਰੁ ਪਾਇ ਸੁਖੀ ਰਹੁ ਤਾਹਿ ਕਹੇ ॥

chaturabhuj ko bar vaeh dayo bar paae sukhee rahu taeh kahe |

The four-armed Krishna blessed her with the boon of living in happiness

ਹਰਿ ਬਾਕ ਕੇ ਹੋਵਤ ਪੈ ਤਿਨ ਹੂੰ ਅਮਰਾ ਪੁਰ ਕੇ ਫਲ ਹੈ ਸੁ ਲਹੇ ॥

har baak ke hovat pai tin hoon amaraa pur ke fal hai su lahe |

With the words of the Lord, the fruit of all the three worlds are obtained,

ਬਹੁ ਦੈ ਕਰਿ ਲਜਿਤ ਹੋਤ ਬਡੇ ਇਮ ਲੋਕ ਏ ਨੀਤਿ ਬਿਖੈ ਹੈ ਕਹੇ ॥

bahu dai kar lajit hot badde im lok e neet bikhai hai kahe |

But according to tradition, the great man after bestowing something, feels shy on thinking that he had bestowed nothing

ਹਰਿ ਜਾਨਿ ਕਿ ਮੈ ਇਹ ਥੋਰੋ ਦਯੋ ਤਿਹ ਤੇ ਮੁੰਡੀਆ ਨਿਹੁਰਾਇ ਰਹੇ ॥੮੨੪॥

har jaan ki mai ih thoro dayo tih te munddeea nihuraae rahe |824|

Krishna also knowing this that he had bestowed less, repented by nodding his head.824. End of the description of ‘the killing of the washerman and granting of boon to his wife’ in Bachittar Natak.