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iqnu iqnu myil jYsy Cwin CweIAq pun Agin pRgws qws Bsm krq hY ]

tinu tinu mayli jaisay chhaani chhaaeeat pouna , agani pragaas taas bhasam karat hai |

Just as a hut is built putting each straw and twig together but fire raises it to the ground in no time.

isMD ky knwr bwlU igRih bwlk rcq jYsy lhir aumig Bey DIr n Drq hY ]

sindh kay kanaar baaloo grihi baalak rachat jaisay , lahari oumagi bhaay dheer n dharat hai |

Just as children make houses of sand on the sea-shore, but with one wave of water all of them collapse and merge with the sand around.

jYsy bn ibKY iml bYTq Anyk imRg eyk imRgrwj gwjy rihE n prq hY ]

jaisay ban bikhai mil baitthat anayk mriga , ayk mrigaraaj gaajay rahiao n parat hai |

Just as many animals like deer etc. sit together but with one roar of the lion who comes there, all of them run away,

idRsit sbdu Aru suriq iDAwn igAwn pRgty pUrn pRym sgl rhq hY ]531]

drisati sabadu aru surati dhiaan giaana , pragatay pooran praym sagal rahat hai |531|

Similarly focusing of eyesight at a point, reciting an incantation repeatedly and absorbing the mind in many ways of meditation and contemplations and many other forms of spiritual practices collapse like mud walls with the emergence of complete love of t