Salok Vaaraan Te Vadheek (Mehl 5), Salok 144 — not fooled by the mirage
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Seeing a mirage, people are fooled, like those who think they see a city floating in the sky.
Nanak says: those who worship the True One are beautiful in mind and body.
The world shows us mirages; loving the True One makes a person beautiful.
marig tisnaa — the deer's thirst, an old name for a mirage. A thirsty deer sees shining water in the desert and runs to it. There is only hot sand. nagar ganDharab is a phantom city, a town that seems to float on the horizon but is not there.
People chase such things and get fooled. Think of a pop-up ad that says "You won!" It looks great until you click.
jinee sach araaDhi-aa — those who love sach, Truth. man tan fab — their mind and body become beautiful. The salok sets chasing what fades beside resting in what is true.
What is something that looked amazing from far away but disappointed up close?
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