ਨਾਵਣ ਚਲੇ ਤੀਰਥੀ ਮਨਿ ਖੋਟੈ ਤਨਿ ਚੋਰ ॥

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म: १ ॥

First Mehl:

ਨਾਵਣ ਚਲੇ ਤੀਰਥੀ ਮਨਿ ਖੋਟੈ ਤਨਿ ਚੋਰ ॥

nāvaṇ chalē tīrthī mani khōṭai tani chōr ॥

नावण चले तीरथी मनि खोटै तनि चोर ॥

They go and bathe at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, but their minds are still evil, and their bodies are thieves.

ਇਕੁ ਭਾਉ ਲਥੀ ਨਾਤਿਆ ਦੁਇ ਭਾ ਚੜੀਅਸੁ ਹੋਰ ॥

iku bhāu lathī nātiā dui bhā chaṛīsu hōr ॥

इकु भाउ लथी नातिआ दुइ भा चड़ीअसु होर ॥

Some of their filth is washed off by these baths, but they only accumulate twice as much.

ਬਾਹਰਿ ਧੋਤੀ ਤੂਮੜੀ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਵਿਸੁ ਨਿਕੋਰ ॥

bāhri dhōtī tūmṛī andri visu nikōr ॥

बाहरि धोती तूमड़ी अंदरि विसु निकोर ॥

Like a gourd, they may be washed off on the outside, but on the inside, they are still filled with poison.

ਸਾਧ ਭਲੇ ਅਣਨਾਤਿਆ ਚੋਰ ਸਿ ਚੋਰਾ ਚੋਰ ॥੨॥

sādh bhalē aṇnātiā chōr si chōrā chōr ॥2॥

साध भले अणनातिआ चोर सि चोरा चोर ॥२॥

The holy man is blessed, even without such bathing, while a thief is a thief, no matter how much he bathes. ||2||