ਕਾਚੀ ਮਟੁਕੀ ਬਿਨਸਿ ਬਿਨਾਸਾ ॥
kaachee matukee binas binaasaa.
The clay pot of the body shall be broken.
ਜਿਸੁ ਛੂਟੈ ਤ੍ਰਿਕੁਟੀ ਤਿਸੁ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ॥੨॥
jis chhootai tarikutee tis nij ghar vaasaa. ||2||
One who has eliminated the three qualities dwells in the home of his inner self. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
This clay pot of a body will break.
The one who has dissolved the three qualities lives at home in the inner self.
The body is a clay pot that breaks — but the soul gone beyond can already be at home within.
Two truths side by side: the body is a clay pot that "shall be broken," and the one who has "eliminated the three qualities" (the trai gun) already "dwells in the home of his inner self." While the body cracks, the soul that has gone beyond the gunas is already home, untouched by the breaking.
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What part of you might be safe even when everything outward is breaking?
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