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Quotations from Adi Granth : Backbiting |
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Backbiting |
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1. O ye, people of the world, why do you backbite?
The backbiter is always exposed.
Ravidasji, Gauri Rag |
2. The corrupt man has no protection, The backbiter
has no honour,
Guru I, Gujri Rag |
3. The slanderer carries the great burden of sins,
Without payment he carries loads.
Guru III, Majh Rag |
4. Do not slander anyone, And thereby pick up a quarrel.
Guru I, Vadhans Rag |
5. He, who slanders is known as such, His actions
will go in vain.
Guru IV, Gauri Rag |
6. He, who backbites loses his own credit; The slanderer
only exposes himself.
Guru IV, Bilawal Rag |
7. He, who backbites us, Rids us of our sins.
Kabirji, Gauri Rag |
8. He, who slanders others, Cannot face anybody without shame.
Guru IV, Gauri Rag |
9. Day and night we talk ill of others, We are full
of malice and sins.
Guru I, Sri Rag |
10. All hail to the great God, Who listens not to
the backbiter.
Guru IV, Sri Rag |
11. The slanderer is cured not of his affiction,
Try as well as we may.
Guru V, Gauri Rag |
12. He, who talks sweetly in one's presence, And talks ill at one's
back,
Is evil of heart and has been separated from God.
Guru IV, Gauri Rag |
13. Do not talk ill of others and be not jealous;
Though educated thou hast no peace of mind.
Guru I, Maru Rag |
14. The slanderer cries in the wilderness, He forgets
the Lord and thus gets the fruit of his deeds.
Guru V, Asa Rag |
15. The slanderer removes the dirt of others, He,
the slave of mammon, eats that dirt.
Guru IV, Gujri Rag |
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