All of us are fools, we ourself are not following our Guru.
Guru ji says:
mUrKY nwil n luJIAY ]19]
moorakhai naal n lujheeai ||19||
Don't argue with fools. ||19||
And we have spent hours arguing with Sukhdev.
This Shabad is by Guru Nanak Dev Ji in Raag Maajh on Pannaa 143
mÚ 1 sloku ]
ma 1 salok ||
First Mehla, Salok:
mCI qwrU ikAw kry pMKI ikAw Awkwsu ]
mashhee thaaroo kiaa karae pa(n)khee kiaa aakaas ||
What can deep water do to a fish? What can the vast sky do to a bird?
pQr pwlw ikAw kry Kusry ikAw Gr vwsu ]
pathhar paalaa kiaa karae khusarae kiaa ghar vaas ||
What can cold do to a stone? What is married life to a eunuch?
kuqy cMdnu lweIAY BI so kuqI Dwqu ]
kuthae cha(n)dhan laaeeai bhee so kuthee dhhaath ||
You may apply sandalwood oil to a dog, but he will still be a dog.
bolw jy smJweIAY pVIAih isMimRiq pwT ]
bolaa jae samajhaaeeai parreeahi si(n)mrith paat(h) ||
You may try to teach a deaf person by reading the Simritees to him, but how will he learn?
AMDw cwnix rKIAY dIvy blih pcws ]
a(n)dhhaa chaanan rakheeai dheevae balehi pachaas ||
You may place a light before a blind man and burn fifty lamps, but how will he see?
cauxy suienw pweIAY cuix cuix KwvY Gwsu ]
chounae sueinaa paaeeai chun chun khaavai ghaas ||
You may place gold before a herd of cattle, but they will pick out the grass to eat.
lohw mwrix pweIAY FhY n hoie kpws ]
lohaa maaran paaeeai dtehai n hoe kapaas ||
You may add flux to iron and melt it, but it will not become soft like cotton.
nwnk mUrK eyih gux boly sdw ivxwsu ]1]
naanak moorakh eaehi gun bolae sadhaa vinaas ||1||
O Nanak, this is the nature of a fool-everything he speaks is useless and wasted. ||1||