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17: vySvw dy rUpk ivc mnmuK

Manmukh,a prostitute

ijau bhu imqI vysuAw siB kulKx pwp kmwvY ]

jiu bahu mitee vaysuaa sabhi kulakhan paap kamaavai

A prostitute having many lovers commits every species of sin.

lokhu dyshu bwhrI iqhu pKW kwlMk lgwvY ]

lokahu daysahu baaharee tihu pakhaan no aulagu laavai.

An outcast from her people and her country, she brings disgrace on all the three sides, i.e. her father's mother's and the family of father-in-law.

fubI fobY hornw mhurw imTw hoie pcwvY ]

doubee dobai horanaa mahuraa mitdaa hoi pachaavai.

Ruined herself, she ruines others and still goes on gulping and digesting poison.

GMfw hyVw imrg ijau dIpk hoie pqMg jlwvY ]

ghandaa hayrhaa mirag jiu deepak hoi patang jalaavai.

She is like the musical pipe which lures the deer, or lamp which burns the moth.

duhI srweI jrdrU pQr byVI pUr fubwvY ]

duhee saraaee jaradaroo padar bayrhee poor doubaavai.

Due to the sinful activities her face in both the worlds remains pale because she behaves like a boat of stone which drowns its passengers.

mnmuK mnu AT KMf hoie dustw sMgiq Brim BulwvY ]

manamoukh manu atd khand hoi dousataa sangati bharami bhulaavai.

Similar is the mind of apostate (manmukh), scattered and led astray by superstitions in the company of evil doers.

vysuAw puqu innwau sdwvY ]17]

vaysuaa poutu ninaau sadaavai ||17||

And similar to courtesan's son bearing no name of his father, the apostate is also not owned by anyone.