Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Your eyes fool you. What looks sweet is really bitter poison.
Wanting what belongs to another is like keeping company with a poisonous snake.
Some things look sweet but are poison, and wanting what belongs to someone else is as dangerous as a snake.
The verse gives two warnings. First, the eyes are fooled by plants that look good, "the bitter melon and swallow-wort." They look tempting, but they are bitter and harmful.
Second, "the desire for another's spouse," wanting someone else's husband or wife, is "like the companionship of a poisonous snake." The same goes for wanting anything that is not yours. Think of a shiny berry in the woods that could make you very sick. What attracts can hurt. Coveting what is someone else's is like lying down to sleep next to a snake. Another Aasaa shabad gives the same warning.
What looks appealing in your life that might actually be harmful?
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