Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The self-willed lives in falsehood, only falsehood.
He never reaches the One's home.
Caught in the sense of being separate, he wanders, fooled by doubt;
tangled in worldly ties, he keeps coming and going.
This one says a person ruled by their own wants keeps circling, and never gets home.
A manmukh is someone who follows only their own wants instead of the Guru. Khasmai kaa mahal kaday na paavai — such a person never reaches the Master's home, the place where the One is felt close.
The home is right there. But dubidha, the feeling of being separate from the One, keeps them walking around outside it. Think of someone circling the block looking for a house while staring at their phone. The house is right beside them, but they never look up.
This wandering is not bad luck. It is simply where a life goes when it is built on feeling separate. Doubt and clinging keep the person aavai jaavai, coming and going, again and again.
What keeps a person circling around something good without ever stepping into it?
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