Gauri - Bhagtah Ki Bani (Teachings Of The Saints)
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Saint KabirGauri SorathAng 331Gauri - Bhagtah Ki Bani (Teachings Of The Saints)

ਜਲਿ ਹੈ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਥਲਿ ਹੈ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਸੂਤਕ ਓਪਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥

jal hai sūtak thal hai sūtak sūtak ōpat hōī .

There is pollution in the water, and pollution on the land; whatever is born is polluted.

ਜਨਮੇ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਮੂਏ ਫੁਨਿ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਸੂਤਕ ਪਰਜ ਬਿਗੋਈ ॥੧॥

janamē sūtak mūē phun sūtak sūtak paraj bigōī .1.

There is pollution in birth, and more pollution in death; all beings are ruined by pollution. ||1||

ਕਹੁ ਰੇ ਪੰਡੀਆ ਕਉਨ ਪਵੀਤਾ ॥

kah rē pandīā kaun pavītā .

Tell me, O Pandit, O religious scholar: who is clean and pure?

ਐਸਾ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਜਪਹੁ ਮੇਰੇ ਮੀਤਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

aisā giān japah mērē mītā .1. rahāu .

Meditate on such spiritual wisdom, O my friend. ||1||Pause||

ਨੈਨਹੁ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਬੈਨਹੁ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਸ੍ਰਵਨੀ ਹੋਈ ॥

nainah sūtak bainah sūtak sūtak sravanī hōī .

There is pollution in the eyes, and pollution in speech; there is pollution in the ears as well.

ਊਠਤ ਬੈਠਤ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਪਰੈ ਰਸੋਈ ॥੨॥

ūthat baithat sūtak lāgai sūtak parai rasōī .2.

Standing up and sitting down, one is polluted; one's kitchen is polluted as well. ||2||

ਫਾਸਨ ਕੀ ਬਿਧਿ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਊ ਜਾਨੈ ਛੂਟਨ ਕੀ ਇਕੁ ਕੋਈ ॥

phāsan kī bidh sabh kōū jānai shūtan kī ik kōī .

Everyone knows how to be caught, but hardly anyone knows how to escape.

ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਰਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਬਿਚਾਰੈ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਤਿਨੈ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੩॥੪੧॥

kah kabīr rām ridai bichārai sūtak tinai n hōī .3.41.

Says Kabeer, those who meditate on the Lord within their hearts, are not polluted. ||3||41||

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