ਅਗਰਕ ਉਸ ਕੇ ਵਡੇ ਠਗਾਊ ॥
agrak us kay vaday thagaa-oo.
Her courtiers are also great deceivers.
ਛੋਡਹਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਬਾਪ ਨ ਮਾਊ ॥
chhodeh naahee baap na maa-oo.
They do not spare even their fathers or mothers.
ਮੇਲੀ ਅਪਨੇ ਉਨਿ ਲੇ ਬਾਂਧੇ ॥
maylee apnay un lay baaNDhay.
They have enslaved their companions.
ਗੁਰ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਮੈ ਸਗਲੇ ਸਾਧੇ ॥੩॥
gur kirpaa tay mai saglay saaDhay. ||3||
By Guru's Grace, I have subjugated them all. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Her courtiers, too, are great deceivers; they spare not even father or mother; they have enslaved their own companions.
But by the Guru's grace, I have brought them all under control.
Illusion has helpers — the passions — but grace can bring them all under your control.
Maya does not act alone — "her courtiers," commonly read as the passions and lures that serve her, are "also great deceivers," sparing no relationship, enslaving even close companions. But the same grace that saw through Maya "subjugates" her courtiers — the deceivers mastered, made to serve rather than rule (cf. Shabad 92, Maya as servant).
A Question to Sit With
Which of the passions most often 'enslaves' the people around you?
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