Doha 39
सुनहु असंतन्ह केर सुभाऊ। भूलेहुँ संगति करिअ न काऊ॥ तिन्ह कर संग सदा दुखदाई। जिमि कपिलहि घालइ हरहाई॥१॥
खलन्ह हृदयँ अति ताप बिसेषी। जरहिं सदा पर संपति देखी॥ जहँ कहुँ निंदा सुनहिं पराई। हरषहिं मनहुँ परी निधि पाई॥२॥
काम क्रोध मद लोभ परायन। निर्दय कपटी कुटिल मलायन॥ बयरु अकारन सब काहू सों। जो कर हित अनहित ताहू सों॥३॥
झूठइ लेना झूठइ देना। झूठइ भोजन झूठ चबेना॥ बोलहिं मधुर बचन जिमि मोरा। खाइ महा अहि हृदय कठोरा॥४॥
Meaning
“Now hear the characteristics of the impious, association with whom should be scrupulously avoided; for their company ever brings woe, even as a wicked cow ruins by her company a cow of noble breed. (1) “The heart of the wicked suffers terrible agony: for they ever burn at the sight of others’ prosperity. Wherever they hear others reviled, they feel delighted as though they had stumbled upon a treasure lying on the road. (2) “Devoted to sensuality, anger, arrogance and greed, they are merciless, deceitful, crooked and impure. They bear enmity towards all without rhyme or reason; nay, they behave inimically even with those who do good to them. (3) “They are false in their dealings (lying is their stock-in-trade); nay, falsehood is their meal and falsehood their breakfast (whatever they do is intended to deceive others). They speak honeyed words just like the peacock that has a stony heart and devours the most venomous snake. (4)
पर द्रोही पर दार रत पर धन पर अपबाद। ते नर पाँवर पापमय देह धरें मनुजाद॥३९॥
Meaning
“Malevolent by nature, they remain infatuated with others’ wives and others’ wealth and take delight in slandering others. Such vile and sinful men are demons in human garb. (39)
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