Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Picture a scene of pure indulgence — feasting and drinking, everyone chasing their cravings.
And right in the middle of it all sits a shameless trickster: the glittering pull that fools everyone.
Kabir tells a fierce little allegory. He paints a scene of indulgence — a ritual feast of rich food and wine, people lost in their cravings — and seated at the center of it, the shameless queen: his name for Maya, the glittering, grasping pull that draws everyone in. She's called 'shameless' because she has no shame about tricking people. Kabir is setting up a drama: the whole world revolves around this deceiver, and he's about to show how a wise heart deals with her. (The old imagery is vivid and a bit fierce; the point underneath is simple and safe — the pull of chasing pleasure and stuff is powerful, and it fools almost everyone.)
What are the 'shiny' things that seem to have a pull on almost everybody?
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