ਪਉੜੀ ੯

paurree 9

ਸਚੁ ਸਮਾਇਣੁ ਦੁਧ ਵਿਚਿ ਕੂੜ ਵਿਗਾੜੁ ਕਾਂਜੀ ਦੀ ਚੁਖੈ ।

sach samaaein dudh vich koorr vigaarr kaanjee dee chukhai |

The truth is the rennet in the milk whereas falsehood is like the spoiling vinegar.

ਸਚੁ ਭੋਜਨੁ ਮੁਹਿ ਖਾਵਣਾ ਇਕੁ ਦਾਣਾ ਨਕੈ ਵਲਿ ਦੁਖੈ ।

sach bhojan muhi khaavanaa ik daanaa nakai val dukhai |

The truth is like eating the food through mouth but the falsehood s painful as if a grain has gone into the nose.

ਫਲਹੁ ਰੁਖ ਰੁਖਹੁ ਸੁ ਫਲੁ ਅੰਤਿ ਕਾਲਿ ਖਉ ਲਾਖਹੁ ਰੁਖੈ ।

falahu rukh rukhahu su fal ant kaal khau laakhahu rukhai |

From fruit emerges tree and nom tree the fruit; but if shellac attacks the tree, the latter is destroyed (similarly falsehood decimates the individual).

ਸਉ ਵਰਿਆ ਅਗਿ ਰੁਖ ਵਿਚਿ ਭਸਮ ਕਰੈ ਅਗਿ ਬਿੰਦਕੁ ਧੁਖੈ ।

sau variaa ag rukh vich bhasam karai ag bindak dhukhai |

For hundreds of years, the fire remains latent in the tree, but enraged by a small spark, it destroys the ree (similarly the falsehood ever remaining in the mind, ultimately destroys the man).

ਸਚੁ ਦਾਰੂ ਕੂੜੁ ਰੋਗੁ ਹੈ ਵਿਣੁ ਗੁਰ ਵੈਦ ਵੇਦਨਿ ਮਨਮੁਖੈ ।

sach daaroo koorr rog hai vin gur vaid vedan manamukhai |

The truth is medicine whereas the falsehood is a disease which inflicts the manmukhs who are without physician in the form of Guru.

ਸਚੁ ਸਥੋਈ ਕੂੜ ਠਗੁ ਲਗੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਨ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸੁਖੈ ।

sach sathoee koorr tthag lagai dukh na guramukh sukhai |

Truth is companion and the falsehood a cheat who cannot make the gurmukh suffer (because they ever abide in the pleasure of truth).

ਕੂੜੁ ਪਚੈ ਸਚੈ ਦੀ ਭੁਖੈ ।੯।

koorr pachai sachai dee bhukhai |9|

Falsehood perishes and the truth is ever desired.