Var-36
One Oankar, the primal energy, realised through the grace of divine preceptor.
Pauri-1 Pretender is of black face.
Crane though living at a pilgrimage centre remains without faith. The rain bird goes on crying during rain but does not know how to drink water. Bamboo may be engrossed in sandalwood but cannot take its fragrance. So unfortunate is owl that it never beholds Sun. Though musk remains in the navel of deer, yet it goes on running around in search of it. The true Guru is the emperor and the faces of the dissemblers are blackened.
Pauri-2 Pretensions of dissemblers are exposed.
Once a jackal fell into a dyer’s vat and got dyed. Taking advantage of its changed colour, it went into jungle and started dissembling the animals there. Sitting arrogantly in its lair, it would frighten deer into serving it. Intoxicated by false pride it started ruling over animals with great pomp. As eructation indicates the eating of radish leaf, it also got exposed when after hearing the howls of other jackals started howling himself also. Thus, the dissembler out of his own hypocrisies is beaten hollow in the court of the God.
Pauri-3 A dissembler cannot create a holy congregation.
A thief commits thefts daily but ultimately has to suffer heavily. The ears and nose are chopped of a man who ravishes other’s wife. The position of losing gambler is similar to deer caught in a trap. A lame woman may not move properly, but being other’s wife she looks lovable. Bitches are being there in droves the dissemblers eat the carrion.
Pauri-4 Dissembler will ultimately go to hell.
The glow worm may glow as much as it likes but its shine cannot reach the brightness of moon. How it could be said that the ocean and drop of water are equal. An ant can never equal an elephant,its pride is false. A child describing his maternal grand father’s house to his mother is futile. O dissembler ! If you have totally forgotten that Lord who has given you body. And soul upon you,you will go straight to the abode of Yama.
Pauri-5 Association with the dissembler is bad as well as painful.
The bronze appears bright but inside it remains black. Baal weed plant in a field of sesame may be lush green but its fruit is worthless. The oleander bud has two aspects; externally it is beautiful but internally it is poisonous. Pelijha, the ripe fruit of wild caper looker looks colourful but if a man eats it he dies instantly. Prostitute looks very beautiful but she ensnares the mind and ultimately man stands finished. Likewise, the dissembler’s company causes suffering for their friends.
Pauri-6 The way of dissembler leads to hell.
As a hunter inveigles the deer with music and entraps it. As the fisherman putting meat on hook catches hold of the fish. As the lotus showing its blossomed face beguiles the black bee. As the flame of a lamp burns moth like an enemy. As the paper model of a female elephant makes the male counterpart erotomaniac. Likewise the way of brazen faced dissemblers leads towards hell.
Pauri-7 Dissembler’s association disappoints.
How can mirage in desert quench the thirst. People, in dreams enjoy by becoming kings but in morning they possess nothing. How can one hope that the shade of a tree would remain stationary. All this is a fake show like that of an acrobat. One who keeps association with dissemblers,ultimately goes from this world disappointed.
Pauri-8 Dissemblers are accursed by the Guru.
Crows and cuckoos however mixed, cannot be one. Similarly the slanderers are distinguished in the world by their cheap and low talk. How can a swan and a crane be equated by the same measurement. Similarly the apostates are picked up, separated, and stigmatized. What is the hallmark of dissemblers. They are like counterfeit coins of a fake mint. Shoe beating is given on their heads and the are cursed by the preceptor.
Pauri-9 Being without Guru but getting called the Guru.
Children play getting together in the evening. Someone disguised as King and the rest as subjects, they enact ridiculous scenes. Some of them leading the army rush from place to place and some getting defeated flee helter-skelter. The pay tax by offering pot shreds and thus becoming wise. Within few moments they ruin their game and run for their homes. Those who without merit call themselves Guru, are sluggish dissemblers.
Pauri-10 Disciples of persons without Guru get disappointed.
Tall, high and luxuriant, the silk cotton tree is seen in the garden. It is proud of its stout trunk and deep roots. Its beautiful green leaves enhance its spread. But because of its red flowers and insipid fruit it fructifies in vain. Seeing it, the chirping green parrot gets deluded. But repents afterwards because it gets no fruit on that tree.
Pauri-11 Impotent are they who are without Guru.
Wearing five garments one may assume the garb of a male person. He may have beautiful beard and moustaches and a slim body. Wielder of a hundred weapons he may be counted among prominent knights. He may be an adept courtier and widely known throughout the country. But without masculinity, of what use is he to a woman. Who would bow before those who are without merit and get themselves called Guru.
Pauri-12 Beloved is attained through service.
If mere chatter could help meet the beloved, why should a parrot remain engaged. He is not attained by over cleverness and the clever crow ultimately eat faeces. The power also does not win , the intellect wins, as a hare caused a lion killed by showing its reflection and making it jump into the well. The beloved is not lured by lyrics and poems, otherwise why should minstrels adopt the garb of sanyasis. He is not attracted by youth and beauty because the colour of safflower is not permanent. Without service to the Lord and His creation, this soul is deserted woman and the beloved is not attained by merely laughing foolishly. He is attained through service.
Pauri-13 All the means of liberation are useless.
If bowing only could grant liberation then the bats in the forests hanging from trees upside down would get it. If liberation was achieved in the loneliness of cremation grounds then rats would get it in their holes. Longevity also does not bring liberation as snake during its whole long life goes on smouldering in its own poison. If dirt could make it attainable, asses and swines would get it as they always remain dirty and muddy. If relishing over tubers and roots could provide it then herd of cattle go on hauling and eating them would have attained liberation. As a house is useless without a door similarly one cannot attain liberation without Guru.
Pauri-14 No liberation through austerities, guises, and asceticism.
If one could attain liberation by taking bath at pilgrimage centres then frogs would have got it long ago as they always live in water. If growing long hair could get it then the banyan tree would have got it long ago as it has long roots hanging from it. If going naked gets it, all the deer in the forest can be called detached ones. If it is attained by smearing ash on body, the ass always rolls in dust. If muteness could bring it, the animals and inert objects are certainly speechless. No liberation is attained without Guru and bondages are shattered only after meeting the Guru.
Pauri-15 One’s own means are of no use for liberation.
If herbal medicines could keep one alive, then why did Dhanvantri die. Conjurers know many tantras and mantras yet they roam here and there in the country. If worship of trees could help in getting liberation, why should trees themselves get burnt by their own fire. Adoration of evil and ferocious spirits also does not bring liberation as there is no basic difference between a thief and a cheat. Liberation cannot be attained through sleepless nights as criminals too remain awake at night wandering here and there. Without Guru no liberation is achieved and Gurmukhs become immortal and makes others immortal also.
Pauri-16 Liberation impossible without Guru.
Rats got a bell made so that it could be hung around the neck of the cat but it could not materialise. The flies thought of taking bath in ghee but all got killed. The defilement of worms and moths never ends then how should they spend their time. Insects keep hovering over water surfaces in Savan howsoever one might try to drive them away. As in the month of Vaisakh migratory heron birds fly over foreign lands. Man without the Guru is not liberated and suffers transmigration.
Pauri17 The lie is hollow.
A cricket sitting on the heap of cloth does not make it a draper. If a money belt is tied around the neck of a dog, it does not make it a gold merchant. Tying of rubies and jewels around the neck of monkey does not make it behave like a jeweller. Laden with sandalwood, the donkey cannot be called a perfumer. If per chance a fly goes into the mouth of a spider, the latter does not become a hawk. The truth is always true and the falsehood always false.
Pauri-18 Fool is he who though devoid of virtues counts his merits.
Pride an account of a neighbour’s son who has come to your courtyard is false and vain. A cowherd grazing animals cannot consider them as his property. A bonded labourer carrying a bag full of money on his head would still remain poor and wonder struck. As caretaker of the crop is not its owner, similarly the guest who considers other’s house as his own is a stupid one. He is the biggest ignorant fool who having nothing of his own pretends to be master of everything.
Pauri19 Same as above
An ant cannot bear the weight of an elephant. How can a fly turning and twisting its limbs be a killer of lions. Mosquito’s sting can never equate itself with the poison of a serpent. How can even millions of large black ants hunt a leopard. Owner of a quilt infected with millions of lice cannot be called their King or master. He who devoid of everything still pretends to have everything is the biggest fool.
Pauri-20 Truth is the test of a Guru.
A son is given birth in closed room but all the people outside come to know about it. The wealth even buried in the earth is revealed through facial expressions of the owner. Even an ordinary person can tell that it has already rained. All bow towards it as the new moon rises. Gorakh has a patched blanket around his neck but the world knows him as nath- the great master. Knowledge of Guru is called the Guru; only the truth identifies the truth.
Pauri-21 I have all the 20 demerits.
I am a criminal, a sinner, evil and apostate. I am a thief, adulterer, gambler, who always keeps his eye on other’s household. I am a slanderer, knave, venal and a swindler who goes on cheating the whole world. I feel proud of my sexual urges, anger, greed, infatuation and other intoxications. I am a treacherous and ungrateful; none likes to keep with him. Remember O Singing disciple! that the true Guru alone is competent to grant pardon to your sins.
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