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15: sÍWqI bUMd qy is`p

The svati drop and the shell

Gxhr bUMd suhwvxI nIvI hoie Agwshu AwvY ]

ghanahar boond suhaavanee neevee hoi agaasahu aavai.

A lovely drop of cloud falls from the sky and mitigating its ego goes into the mouth of a shell in sea.

Awpu gvwie smuMdu vyiK ispY dy muh ivic smwvY ]

aapu gavaai samoundu vaykhi sipai day muhi vichi samaavai.

The shell, at once, closing its mouth dives down and hides itself in the underworld.

lYdo hI muih bUMd ispu cuMBI mwir pqwil lukwvY ]

laido hee muhi boond sipu chounbhee maari pataali loukaavai.

The shell, at once, closing its mouth dives down and hides itself in the underworld.

PiV kFY mrujIvVw pr kwrj no Awpu PVwvY ]

dharhi kaddhai marujeevarhaa par kaaraj no aapu dharhaavai.

The diver catches hold of it and it also allows itself to be caught for the sale of altruistic sense.

prvis praupkwr no pr hiQ pQr dMd BnwvY ]

paravasi paraoupakaar no par hadi padar dand bhanaavai.

Controlled by the sense of benevolence it gets itself broken on stone.

Buil ABuil Amulu dy moqI dwn n pCoqwvY ]

bhuli abhuli amulu day motee daan n pachhotaavai.

Knowing well or unknowingly it bestows a free gift and never repents.

sPl jnmu koeI vruswvY ]15]

saphal janamu koee varousaavai ||15||

Any rare one gets such a blest life.