Salok Vaaraan Te Vadheek (Mehl 5), Salok 139 — churned like milk
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those who do wrong make bad karma, and then they cry, "Oh no, oh no!"
Nanak says: just as the churning stick churns the milk, the Judge of what is right churns them.
What a person does wrong comes back and stirs them up.
paapee karam kamaavday — people who do wrong make bad karma. Then karday haa-ay haa-ay — they cry "oh no, oh no" over what they made.
Then comes a kitchen picture. ji-o mathan maaDhaanee-aa — just as a churning stick whirls milk round and round. In the same way, Dharam raa-ay, the Judge of what is right, churns them. The picture is strong: a person whirled about by their own wrong deeds.
When has something you did wrong kept churning inside you?
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