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20: kUV dw AMq burw huMdw hY

The end of the falsehood is very bad

scu suBwau mjIT dw shY Avtx rMgu cVHwey ]

sachu soubhaau majeetd daa sahai avatan rangu charhhaaay.

The nature of truth is like madder which itself bears the heat of boiling but makes the dye fast.

sx ijau kUVu suBwau hY Kl kFwie vtwie bnwey ]

san jiu koorhu soubhaau hai khal kaddhaai vataai banaaay.

The nature of falsehood is like that of jute whose skin is peeled off and then twisting it, its ropes are prepared.

cMnx praupkwr kir APl sPl ivic vwsu vswey ]

channan paraoupakaaru kari aphal saphal vichi vaasu vasaaay.

Sandal being benevolent makes all the trees, be they with or without fruits, fragrant.

vfw ivkwrI vWsu hY haumY jlY gvWFu jlwey ]

vadaa vikaaree vaansu hai haoumai jalai gavaanddhu jalaaay.

Bamboo being full of evil, bums in its own ego and at the out break of fire, bums its other neighbourly trees also.

jwx AimE rsu kwlkUtu KwDY mrY muey jIvwey ]

jaan amiao rasu kaalakootu khaadhai marai muay jeevaaay.

The nectar makes the dead alive and deadly poison kills the living.

drgh scu kbUlu hY kUVhu drgh imlY sjwey ]

daragah sachu kaboolu hai koorhahu daragah milai sajaaay.

Truth is accepted in the court of the Lord, but, the falshood is punished in the same court.

jo bIjY soeI Plu Kwey ]20]30]

jo beejai soee phalu khaaay ||20||30|| teeha ||

One reaps what one sows.