Charitar 106
ਚੌਪਈ ॥
Chaupaee
ਚਾਰ ਯਾਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਮਤਾ ਪਕਾਯੋ ॥ ਹਮ ਕੌ ਭੂਖਿ ਅਧਿਕ ਸੰਤਾਯੋ ॥
Four thieves cooked up a plan, as they were feeling very hungry.
ਤਾ ਤੇ ਜਤਨ ਕਛੂ ਅਬ ਕਰਿਯੈ ॥ ਬਕਰਾ ਯਾ ਮੂਰਖ ਕੋ ਹਰਿਯੈ ॥੧॥
‘We should endeavour and steal a goat from an idiot.’(1)
ਕੋਸ ਕੋਸ ਲਗਿ ਠਾਢੇ ਭਝ ॥ ਮਨ ਮੈ ਇਹੈ ਬਿਚਾਰਤ ਭਝ ॥
They all went and stood at a crossing and thought ofthe strategy (to rob a passing by man with a goat on his shoulders).
ਵਹ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਆਗੇ ਹਵੈ ਆਯੋ ॥ ਤਿਨ ਤਾ ਸੋ ਇਹ ਭਾਤਿ ਸਨਾਯੋ ॥੨॥
‘Who-so-ever (thief) faced him, would say like that,(2)
ਕਹਾ ਸ ਝਹਿ ਕਾਧੋ ਪੈ ਲਯੋ ॥ ਕਾ ਤੋਰੀ ਮਤਿ ਕੋ ਹਵੈ ਗਯੋ ॥
‘What are you carrying on your shoulders? What has happened to your intelligence?
ਯਾ ਕੋ ਪਟਕਿ ਧਰਨਿ ਪਰ ਮਾਰੋ ॥ ਸਖ ਸੇਤੀ ਨਿਜ ਧਾਮ ਸਿਧਾਰੋ ॥੩॥
‘Throw it on the ground and go to your house peacefully.
ਦੋਹਰਾ ॥
Dohira
ਭਲੌ ਮਨਖ ਪਛਾਨਿ ਕੈ ਤੌ ਹਮ ਭਾਖਤ ਤੋਹਿ ॥
‘Acknowledging you as a wise man, we are advising you.
ਕੂਕਰ ਤੈ ਕਾਧੈ ਲਯੋ ਲਾਜ ਲਗਤ ਹੈ ਮੋਹਿ ॥੪॥
“You are carrying a dog on your shoulders and we feel ashamed of you.”
ਚੌਪਈ ॥
Chaupaee
ਚਾਰਿ ਕੋਸ ਮੂਰਖ ਜਬ ਆਯੋ ॥ ਚਹੂੰਅਨ ਯੌ ਬਚ ਭਾਖਿ ਸਨਾਯੋ ॥
When the foolish-man had travelled four miles, the four (thieves)repeated the same tactic.
ਸਾਚ ਸਮਝਿ ਲਾਜਤ ਚਿਤ ਭਯੋ ॥ ਬਕਰਾ ਸਵਾਨਿ ਜਾਨਿ ਤਜਿ ਦਯੋ ॥੫॥
He believed them to be true and threw down the goat deeming it to be dog.(5)
ਦੋਹਰਾ ॥
Dohira
ਤਿਨ ਚਾਰੌ ਗਹਿ ਤਿਹ ਲਯੋ ਭਖਿਯੋ ਤਾ ਕਹ ਜਾਇ ॥
The thieves captured that goat and took it home to cook and eat.
ਅਜਿ ਤਜ ਭਜਿ ਜੜਿ ਘਰ ਗਯੋ ਛਲ ਨਹਿ ਲਖਯੋ ਬਨਾਇ ॥੬॥
The blockhead had left the goat without perceiving the deceptive
ਇਤਿ ਸਰੀ ਚਰਿਤਰ ਪਖਯਾਨੇ ਪਰਖ ਚਰਿਤਰੇ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਭੂਪ ਸੰਬਾਦੇ ਇਕ ਸੌ ਛਟਿ ਚਰਿਤਰ ਸਮਾਪਤਮ ਸਤ ਸਭਮ ਸਤ ॥੧੦੬॥੧੯੬੮॥ਅਫਜੂੰ॥
106th Parable of Auspicious Chritars Conversation of the Raja and the Minister, Completed With Benediction. (106)(1966)
Moral
- The world will try to throw you down, by different tactics, if you have confidence you will get par but if you will loose your confidence you will definitely loose. Tomarrow if any one come and say you that god does not exist then you will act ignorantly then you are a fool. Gurbani also have same thing related like:
ਕਬੀਰ ਸੰਤ ਨ ਛਾਡੈ ਸੰਤਈ ਜਉ ਕੋਟਿਕ ਮਿਲਹਿ ਅਸੰਤ ॥
Kabeer, the Saint does not forsake his Saintly nature, even though he meets with millions of evil-doers.
ਮਲਿਆਗਰ ਭਯੰਗਮ ਬੇਢਿਓ ਤ ਸੀਤਲਤਾ ਨ ਤਜੰਤ ॥੧੭੪॥
Even when sandalwood is surrounded by snakes, it does not give up its cooling fragrance. ||174||
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